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Romeo Must DieFollow

2000 • R • 1h 55m • Action, Crime, Thriller • Warner Bros.

In a world of vicious rivalries and violent betrayals, only one thing is sure...

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2.99

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$18.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$56.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$91.00M

$35.10M international

Domestic legs3.11x

Budget$25.0M

2000 rank#47

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Cast & crew

Full Bartkowiak filmography

Andrzej Bartkowiak

Andrzej Bartkowiak Director

Jet Li

Jet Li Starring

Isaiah Washington

Isaiah Washington Starring

Russell Wong

Russell Wong Starring

Delroy Lindo

Delroy Lindo Starring

ScreenplayEric Bernt, John Jarrell StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 24-26 2 $18.0M — 2,641 $6,821 $24.6M

2 Mar 31-Apr 2 4 $9.4M −47.9% 2,641 $3,551 $38.8M

3 Apr 7-9 7 $4.6M −51.5% 2,289 $1,988 $45.8M

4 Apr 14-16 12 $2.7M −41.3% 1,824 $1,465 $49.7M

5 Apr 21-23 15 $1.5M −42.3% 1,439 $1,071 $52.4M

6 Apr 28-30 18 $807.9K −47.6% 709 $1,139 $53.7M

7 May 5-7 18 $447.2K −44.6% 453 $987 $54.4M

8 May 12-14 26 $241.3K −46.0% 286 $843 $54.8M

9 May 19-21 25 $325.6K +34.9% 490 $664 $55.2M

10 May 26-29 31 $244.1K −25.0% 297 $821 $55.6M

11 Jun 2-4 41 $109.8K −55.0% 239 $459 $55.7M

12 Jun 9-11 40 $85.2K −22.4% 195 $436 $55.9M

13 Jun 16-18 54 $45.4K −46.7% 139 $326 $56.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Mar 22 #1 $4.1M — $4.1M 2,602 $1,577 1

Thu Mar 23 #1 $2.5M −40% $6.6M 2,602 $946 2

Fri Mar 24 #2 $6.2M +153% $12.8M 2,602 $2,398 3

Sat Mar 25 #2 $8.1M +30% $20.9M 2,602 $3,117 4

Sun Mar 26 #1 $4.8M −41% $24.6M 2,641 $1,807 5

Mon Mar 27 #2 $1.4M −70% $26.0M 2,641 $533 6

Tue Mar 28 #2 $1.4M −3% $27.4M 2,641 $520 7

Wed Mar 29 #2 $1.0M −24% −74% $28.4M 2,641 $396 8

Thu Mar 30 #2 $1.1M +1% −57% $29.5M 2,641 $398 9

Fri Mar 31 #4 $3.0M +190% −51% $32.5M 2,570 $1,186 10

Sat Apr 1 #4 $4.5M +46% −45% $37.0M 2,570 $1,735 11

Sun Apr 2 #4 $2.4M −45% −49% $38.8M 2,641 $923 12

Mon Apr 3 #4 $644.3K −74% −54% $39.5M 2,641 $243 13

Tue Apr 4 #4 $732.4K +14% −47% $40.2M 2,641 $277 14

Wed Apr 5 #4 $543.3K −26% −48% $40.8M 2,641 $205 15

Thu Apr 6 #4 $526.8K −3% −50% $41.3M 2,641 $199 16

Fri Apr 7 #8 $1.3M +153% −56% $42.6M 2,020 $658 17

Sat Apr 8 #7 $2.0M +53% −54% $44.7M 2,020 $1,007 18

Sun Apr 9 #7 $1.3M −37% −48% $45.8M 2,289 $559 19

Mon Apr 10 #7 $307.0K −76% −52% $46.2M 2,289 $134 20

Tue Apr 11 #9 $339.1K +10% −54% $46.5M 2,289 $148 21

Wed Apr 12 #8 $284.6K −16% −48% $46.8M 2,289 $124 22

Thu Apr 13 #8 $286.9K +1% −46% $47.1M 2,289 $125 23

Sun Apr 16 #10 $773.0K — −40% $49.7M 1,824 $423 26

Mon Apr 17 #12 $255.5K −67% −17% $50.0M 1,824 $140 27

Tue Apr 18 #11 $278.3K +9% −18% $50.3M 1,824 $152 28

Wed Apr 19 #11 $248.9K −11% −13% $50.5M 1,824 $136 29

Sun Apr 23 #14 $474.0K — −39% $52.4M 1,824 $259 33

Mon Apr 24 #14 $151.2K −68% −41% $52.5M 1,824 $82 34

Tue Apr 25 #15 $116.6K −23% −58% $52.6M 1,824 $63 35

Wed Apr 26 #16 $111.9K −4% −55% $52.8M 1,824 $61 36

Thu Apr 27 #16 $106.5K −5% $52.9M 1,824 $58 37

Sun Apr 30 #17 $227.0K — −52% $53.7M 709 $320 40

Mon May 1 #17 $66.8K −71% −56% $53.7M 709 $94 41

Tue May 2 #18 $73.0K +9% −37% $53.8M 709 $102 42

Wed May 3 #17 $60.6K −17% −46% $53.9M 709 $85 43

Thu May 4 #18 $58.9K −3% −45% $53.9M 709 $83 44

Sun May 7 #18 $128.0K — −44% $54.4M 453 $282 47

Mon May 8 #20 $36.8K −71% −45% $54.4M 453 $81 48

Thu May 11 #20 $37.4K — −36% $54.5M 453 $82 51

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$54.5M

Mar 22Apr 1Apr 11Apr 25May 11

Weekend grossWk 10 · $244.1K

$18.0M

$9.4M

$4.6M

$2.7M

$1.5M

$807.9K

$447.2K

$241.3K

$325.6K

$244.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,641 → 453 −82.8%

2,602 open453 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −25.0%

−47.9%

W1→2

−51.5%

W2→3

−41.3%

W3→4

−42.3%

W4→5

−47.6%

W5→6

−44.6%

W6→7

−46.0%

W7→8

+34.9%

W8→9

−25.0%

W9→10

Steepest −51.5%Biggest gain +34.9%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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