Name: Rules of Engagement
Director: William Friedkin
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Released: 2000
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Samuel L. Jackson, Guy Pearce, Ben Kingsley, Bruce Greenwood

Box Office Performance

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Apr 7	#1	$4.5M		—	$4.5M	2,860	$2K	1
Sat Apr 8	#1	$6.4M	+43%	—	$10.9M	2,860	$2K	2
Sun Apr 9	#2	$2.6M	-59%	—	$15.0M	3,155	$829	3
Mon Apr 10	#1	$1.1M	-56%	—	$16.2M	3,155	$362	4
Tue Apr 11	#1	$1.3M	+10%	—	$17.4M	3,155	$398	5
Wed Apr 12	#1	$1.1M	-12%	—	$18.5M	3,155	$349	6
Thu Apr 13	#1	$1.1M	+4%	—	$19.7M	3,155	$363	7
Fri Apr 14	#2	$3.2M	+180%	-29%	$22.9M	3,155	$1K	8
Sat Apr 15	#1	$5.2M	+63%	-18%	$28.1M	3,050	$2K	9
Sun Apr 16	#1	$2.7M	-48%	+4%	$30.6M	3,190	$856	10
Mon Apr 17	#1	$1.0M	-62%	-10%	$31.6M	3,190	$322	11
Tue Apr 18	#2	$1.1M	+5%	-14%	$32.7M	3,190	$338	12
Wed Apr 19	#1	$996K	-8%	-10%	$33.7M	3,190	$312	13
Thu Apr 20	#3	$1.2M	+20%	+5%	$34.9M	3,190	$376	14
Fri Apr 21	#2	$3.0M	+151%	-6%	$37.9M	3,050	$987	15
Sat Apr 22	#2	$3.5M	+16%	-33%	$41.4M	3,050	$1K	16
Sun Apr 23	#3	$1.9M	-46%	-31%	$43.0M	3,190	$591	17
Mon Apr 24	#5	$710K	-62%	-31%	$43.8M	3,190	$222	18
Tue Apr 25	#3	$653K	-8%	-39%	$44.4M	3,190	$204	19
Wed Apr 26	#2	$584K	-11%	-41%	$45.0M	3,190	$183	20
Thu Apr 27	#2	$577K	-1%	-52%	$45.6M	3,190	$180	21
Fri Apr 28	#8	$1.2M	+108%	-60%	$46.8M	3,027	$395	22
Sat Apr 29	#7	$1.9M	+59%	-46%	$48.7M	3,027	$628	23
Sun Apr 30	#6	$1.1M	-43%	-43%	$50.2M	3,027	$357	24
Mon May 1	#5	$349K	-68%	-51%	$50.6M	3,027	$115	25
Tue May 2	#5	$383K	+10%	-41%	$51.0M	3,027	$126	26
Wed May 3	#5	$331K	-14%	-43%	$51.3M	3,027	$109	27
Thu May 4	#4	$348K	+5%	-40%	$51.6M	3,027	$115	28
Sun May 7	#9	$638K		-41%	$54.1M	2,261	$282	31
Mon May 8	#8	$203K	-68%	-42%	$54.3M	2,261	$89	32
Tue May 9	#9	$221K	+9%	-42%	$54.5M	2,261	$97	33
Wed May 10	#9	$212K	-4%	-36%	$54.7M	2,261	$93	34
Thu May 11	#8	$207K	-3%	-41%	$54.9M	2,261	$91	35
Sun May 14	#12	$482K		-24%	$56.7M	1,618	$297	38
Mon May 15	#11	$144K	-70%	-29%	$56.8M	1,618	$88	39
Tue May 16	#11	$160K	+12%	-28%	$57.0M	1,616	$99	40
Wed May 17	#10	$148K	-7%	-30%	$57.1M	1,616	$91	41
Thu May 18	#10	$151K	+2%	-27%	$57.3M	1,616	$93	42
Sun May 21	#14	$295K		-39%	$58.4M	1,062	$277	45
Mon May 22	#14	$103K	-65%	-28%	$58.6M	1,062	$97	46
Tue May 23	#14	$92K	-11%	-42%	$58.6M	1,062	$87	47
Wed May 24	#13	$76K	-17%	-49%	$58.7M	1,062	$71	48
Thu May 25	#13	$72K	-5%	-52%	$58.8M	793	$91	49

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Apr 7-9	1	$15.0M	—	$15.0M	3,155	$5K	1
Apr 14-16	1	$10.9M	-27.2%	$30.6M	3,190	$3K	2
Apr 21-23	3	$8.0M	-26.8%	$43.1M	3,220	$2K	3
Apr 28-30	6	$4.6M	-42.0%	$50.2M	3,027	$2K	4
May 5-7	8	$2.4M	-47.3%	$54.1M	2,261	$1K	5
May 12-14	12	$1.8M	-27.9%	$56.7M	1,618	$1K	6
May 19-21	13	$1.2M	-34.0%	$58.4M	1,062	$1K	7
May 26-29	15	$732K	-37.2%	$59.5M	793	$922	8
Jun 2-4	16	$316K	-56.8%	$60.0M	555	$569	9
Jun 9-11	29	$146K	-53.7%	$60.2M	372	$393	10
Jun 16-18	44	$74K	-49.4%	$60.4M	221	$335	11
Jun 23-25	59	$34K	-54.0%	$60.4M	184	$185	12
Jun 30-Jul 2	22	$203K	+495.2%	$60.7M	452	$448	13
Jul 7-9	31	$149K	-26.7%	$61.0M	320	$464	14
Jul 14-16	37	$88K	-41.1%	$61.1M	241	$363	15
Jul 21-23	49	$61K	-30.8%	$61.2M	175	$346	16
Jul 28-30	66	$31K	-49.5%	$61.3M	111	$275	17

Performance Charts

Daily Gross

Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Week-over-Week Drop

Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byWilliam Friedkin

ScreenplayStephen Gaghan

StarringTommy Lee Jones, Samuel L. Jackson, Guy Pearce, Ben Kingsley, Bruce Greenwood, Anne Archer

StudioParamount Pictures