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Rush Hour 2

2001 PG-13 1h 30m Action, Comedy, Crime New Line Cinema

Get ready for a second Rush!

Box office summary
Opening Weekend
$67.4M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$226M
Final
Worldwide Total
$347M
$121M international
Domestic Legs3.36x
Budget$90.0M
2001 Rank#5
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Aug 3-5 1 $67.4M $67.4M 3,118 $22K 1
Aug 10-12 2 $33.1M -50.9% $133.5M 3,118 $11K 2
Aug 17-19 2 $19.0M -42.6% $164.7M 3,080 $6K 3
Aug 24-26 2 $11.6M -39.1% $183.4M 3,001 $4K 4
Aug 31-Sep 2 2 $9.3M -19.7% $196.5M 2,825 $3K 5
Sep 7-9 6 $5.8M -38.1% $206.0M 2,546 $2K 6
Sep 14-16 6 $4.1M -28.9% $211.1M 2,268 $2K 7
Sep 21-23 5 $3.5M -14.0% $215.6M 2,129 $2K 8
Sep 28-30 6 $2.5M -29.4% $219.2M 2,086 $1K 9
Oct 5-7 10 $1.7M -30.6% $221.5M 1,549 $1K 10
Oct 12-14 13 $969K -43.8% $223.0M 1,012 $957 11
Oct 19-21 17 $622K -35.8% $223.9M 659 $944 12
Oct 26-28 21 $350K -43.8% $224.4M 446 $783 13
Nov 2-4 24 $258K -26.1% $224.7M 333 $775 14
Nov 9-11 27 $222K -14.0% $225.0M 285 $779 15
Nov 16-18 24 $212K -4.4% $225.3M 281 $755 16
Nov 23-25 23 $224K +5.6% $225.7M 255 $879 17
Nov 30-Dec 2 24 $154K -31.4% $225.9M 241 $638 18
Dec 7-9 23 $125K -18.7% $226.0M 197 $635 19
Dec 14-16 31 $78K -37.4% $226.1M 150 $522 20

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

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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
ScreenplayJeff Nathanson
Produced byRoger Birnbaum, Jonathan Glickman, Arthur M. Sarkissian, Jay Stern
CinematographyMatthew F. Leonetti
MusicLalo Schifrin
StarringChris Tucker, John Lone, Roselyn Sánchez, Alan King, Harris Yulin, Lisa LoCicero
StudioNew Line Cinema