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Red Dragon

2002 R 2h 4m Crime, Drama, Thriller Universal Pictures

To understand the origin of evil, you must go back to the beginning.

Box office summary
Domestic Total
$93.1M
Final
Opening Weekend
$36.5M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
2.55x
Opening → Total
Budget
$78.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$209M
$116M international
2002 Rank
#28
Domestic
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Oct 4-6 1 $36.5M $36.5M 3,357 $11K 1
Oct 11-13 1 $17.7M -51.7% $63.3M 3,363 $5K 2
Oct 18-20 3 $8.8M -50.4% $77.8M 3,307 $3K 3
Oct 25-27 6 $4.7M -46.8% $84.9M 2,886 $2K 4
Nov 1-3 9 $2.7M -41.5% $89.0M 1,949 $1K 5
Nov 8-10 12 $1.6M -42.7% $91.5M 1,324 $1K 6
Nov 15-17 18 $508K -67.5% $92.5M 552 $919 7
Nov 22-24 27 $161K -68.3% $92.8M 307 $525 8
Nov 29-Dec 1 41 $77K -52.2% $92.9M 159 $484 9
Dec 13-15 51 $43K -44.7% $93.1M 108 $394 10

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Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byBrett Ratner
ScreenplayTed Tally
Produced byDino De Laurentiis, Martha De Laurentiis
CinematographyDante Spinotti
MusicDanny Elfman
StarringEdward Norton, Anthony Hopkins, Ralph Fiennes, Emily Watson, Harvey Keitel, Philip Seymour Hoffman
StudioUniversal Pictures