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Rush Hour

1998 • PG-13 • 1h 38m • Action, Comedy, Crime • New Line Cinema

The fastest hands in the East meet the biggest mouth in the West.

🍅 62% 79%

61

3.68

7.1

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$33M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$141.2M

Final

Worldwide Total

$245.3M

$104.1M international

Domestic Legs4.3x

Budget$35M

1998 Rank#9

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Cast & Crew

Full Ratner filmography

Brett Ratner Director

Jackie Chan Starring

Chris Tucker Starring

Tom Wilkinson Starring

Elizabeth Peña Starring

Tzi Ma Starring

ScreenplayJim Kouf, Ross LaManna Story byRoss LaManna Produced byRoger Birnbaum, Arthur Sarkissian, Jonathan Glickman CinematographyAdam Greenberg Edited byMark Helfrich Music byLalo Schifrin StudioNew Line Cinema SeriesRush Hour

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 18-20 1 $33.0M — 2,638 $12,510 $33.0M

2 Sep 25-27 1 $21.2M −35.8% 2,643 $8,022 $64.0M

3 Oct 2-4 3 $14.5M −31.7% 2,701 $5,365 $84.0M

4 Oct 9-11 2 $11.1M −23.4% 2,701 $4,112 $98.4M

5 Oct 16-18 4 $8.2M −25.7% 2,724 $3,028 $109.9M

6 Oct 23-25 6 $5.9M −28.9% 2,602 $2,252 $117.3M

7 Oct 30-Nov 1 6 $3.8M −35.2% 2,402 $1,582 $122.4M

8 Nov 6-8 10 $3.3M −12.6% 2,043 $1,626 $127.0M

9 Nov 13-15 11 $1.9M −43.8% 1,615 $1,156 $129.8M

10 Nov 20-22 15 $974.8K −47.8% 1,229 $793 $131.2M

11 Nov 27-29 23 $457.3K −53.1% 611 $748 $132.0M

12 Dec 4-6 23 $296.3K −35.2% 408 $726 $132.4M

13 Dec 11-13 25 $281.3K −5.1% 410 $686 $132.8M

14 Dec 18-20 27 $228.1K −18.9% 332 $687 $133.1M

15 Dec 25-27 16 $1.6M +580.4% 1,014 $1,530 $134.8M

16 Jan 1-3 15 $1.5M −5.3% 1,016 $1,446 $137.5M

17 Jan 8-10 18 $837.8K −43.0% 783 $1,070 $139.0M

18 Jan 15-17 22 $527.6K −37.0% 479 $1,101 $139.9M

19 Jan 22-24 26 $384.5K −27.1% 441 $872 $140.4M

20 Jan 29-31 30 $270.0K −29.8% 427 $632 $140.8M

21 Feb 5-7 35 $142.1K −47.4% 314 $452 $141.0M

22 Feb 12-14 44 $75.4K −46.9% 157 $480 $141.1M

23 Feb 19-21 48 $48.0K −36.3% 120 $400 $141.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Sep 18 #1 $10.0M — $10.0M 2,638 $3,791 1

Sat Sep 19 #1 $13.4M +34% $23.4M 2,638 $5,074 2

Sun Sep 20 #1 $9.9M −26% $33.0M 2,638 $3,746 3

Mon Sep 21 #1 $3.2M −68% $36.2M 2,638 $1,200 4

Tue Sep 22 #1 $2.9M −8% $39.1M 2,638 $1,106 5

Wed Sep 23 #1 $2.1M −29% $41.2M 2,638 $786 6

Thu Sep 24 #1 $2.0M −3% $43.2M 2,638 $761 7

Fri Sep 25 #1 $6.2M +206% −39% $49.3M 2,643 $2,327 8

Sat Sep 26 #1 $8.9M +45% −33% $58.3M 2,643 $3,381 9

Sun Sep 27 #1 $5.8M −35% −41% $64.0M 2,643 $2,190 10

Mon Sep 28 #1 $1.3M −78% −60% $65.3M 2,643 $483 11

Tue Sep 29 #1 $1.6M +23% −46% $66.9M 2,643 $594 12

Wed Sep 30 #1 $1.5M −4% −27% $68.4M 2,643 $573 13

Thu Oct 1 #1 $1.2M −19% −39% $69.6M 2,643 $464 14

Fri Oct 2 #3 $4.0M +230% −34% $73.7M 2,701 $1,499 15

Sat Oct 3 #2 $6.7M +64% −26% $80.3M 2,701 $2,464 16

Sun Oct 4 #3 $3.9M −42% −33% $84.0M 2,701 $1,429 17

Mon Oct 5 #3 $820.9K −79% −36% $84.8M 2,701 $304 18

Tue Oct 6 #3 $929.4K +13% −41% $85.8M 2,701 $344 19

Wed Oct 7 #3 $766.5K −18% −49% $86.5M 2,701 $284 20

Thu Oct 8 #3 $868.9K +13% −29% $87.4M 2,701 $322 21

Fri Oct 9 #3 $3.0M +249% −25% $90.4M 2,701 $1,124 22

Sat Oct 10 #2 $5.0M +63% −25% $95.3M 2,701 $1,836 23

Sun Oct 11 #2 $3.1M −37% −19% $98.4M 2,701 $1,152 24

Mon Oct 12 #2 $1.3M −58% +60% $99.7M 2,701 $486 25

Tue Oct 13 #3 $682.9K −48% −27% $100.4M 2,701 $253 26

Wed Oct 14 #3 $603.4K −12% −21% $101.0M 2,701 $223 27

Thu Oct 15 #3 $663.7K +10% −24% $101.8M 2,701 $246 28

Fri Oct 16 #5 $2.3M +244% −25% $103.9M 2,724 $839 29

Sat Oct 17 #4 $3.6M +56% −28% $107.5M 2,724 $1,307 30

Sun Oct 18 #5 $2.1M −40% −32% $109.9M 2,724 $782 31

Mon Oct 19 #5 $500.2K −77% −62% $110.4M 2,724 $184 32

Tue Oct 20 #6 $517.9K +4% −24% $110.9M 2,724 $190 33

Wed Oct 21 #5 $443.8K −14% −26% $111.4M 2,724 $163 34

Thu Oct 22 #5 $511.2K +15% −23% $111.9M 2,724 $188 35

Fri Oct 23 #6 $1.7M +228% −27% $113.1M 2,602 $644 36

Sat Oct 24 #5 $2.8M +68% −21% $115.9M 2,602 $1,082 37

Sun Oct 25 #6 $1.5M −46% −29% $117.3M 2,602 $579 38

Mon Oct 26 #6 $354.5K −76% −29% $117.6M 2,602 $136 39

Tue Oct 27 #5 $386.0K +9% −25% $118.0M 2,602 $148 40

Wed Oct 28 #5 $343.0K −11% −23% $118.4M 2,602 $132 41

Sun Nov 1 #5 $1.2M — −18% $122.4M 2,402 $515 45

Mon Nov 2 #5 $334.0K −73% −6% $122.8M 2,402 $139 46

Tue Nov 3 #5 $392.2K +17% +2% $123.2M 2,402 $163 47

Wed Nov 4 #6 $289.2K −26% −16% $123.4M 2,402 $120 48

Thu Nov 5 #6 $316.3K +9% $123.8M 2,402 $132 49

Fri Nov 6 #10 $1.0M +226% $124.8M 2,043 $504 50

Sat Nov 7 #9 $1.5M +48% $126.3M 2,043 $746 51

Sun Nov 8 #10 $702.0K −54% −43% $127.0M 2,043 $344 52

Mon Nov 9 #10 $164.3K −77% −51% $127.2M 2,043 $80 53

Tue Nov 10 #9 $246.2K +50% −37% $127.5M 2,043 $121 54

Wed Nov 11 #8 $395.1K +60% +37% $127.9M 2,043 $193 55

Thu Nov 12 #10 $179.1K −55% −43% $128.0M 2,043 $88 56

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

Cumulative total$128.0M

Sep 18Oct 1Oct 14Oct 27Nov 12

Weekend grossWk 10 · $974.8K

$33.0M

$21.2M

$14.5M

$11.1M

$8.2M

$5.9M

$3.8M

$3.3M

$1.9M

$974.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,724 → 2,043 −25.0%

2,638 open2,043 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −47.8%

−35.8%

W1→2

−31.7%

W2→3

−23.4%

W3→4

−25.7%

W4→5

−28.9%

W5→6

−35.2%

W6→7

−12.6%

W7→8

−43.8%

W8→9

−47.8%

W9→10

Steepest −47.8%Best hold −12.6%

Run milestones

$100M in 26 days

$100M

Day 26

Oct 13

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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