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Shaft

2000 R 1h 39m Action, Crime, Thriller Paramount Pictures

Still the man, any questions?

Shaft Box Office

Opening Weekend
$21.7M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$70.3M
Final
Worldwide Total
$107M
$36.9M international
Domestic Legs3.24x
Budget$46.0M
2000 Rank#32
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jun 16-18 1 $21.71M $21.71M 2,337 $9.3K 1
Jun 23-25 3 $12.71M -41.5% $42.35M 2,407 $5.3K 2
Jun 30-Jul 2 6 $6.67M -47.5% $53.44M 2,433 $2.7K 3
Jul 7-9 7 $4.12M -38.2% $62.02M 2,262 $1.8K 4
Jul 14-16 10 $2.39M -42.0% $65.98M 1,747 $1.4K 5
Jul 21-23 15 $1.06M -55.6% $67.95M 1,225 $863 6
Jul 28-30 19 $455K -57.0% $68.81M 757 $600 7
Aug 4-6 32 $150K -67.0% $69.16M 463 $324 8
Aug 11-13 42 $98K -34.8% $69.36M 245 $399 9
Aug 18-20 55 $43K -56.1% $69.46M 101 $425 10
Sep 15-17 29 $265K +517.3% $69.84M 353 $751 11
Sep 22-24 35 $174K -34.5% $70.11M 303 $573 12
Sep 29-Oct 1 49 $70K -59.5% $70.23M 177 $397 13
Oct 6-8 60 $38K -45.5% $70.30M 101 $379 14

Performance Charts

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

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

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Cast & Crew

Directed byJohn Singleton
ScreenplayJohn Singleton, Shane Salerno, Richard Price
Produced byScott Rudin, John Singleton
CinematographyDonald E. Thorin
MusicDavid Arnold
StarringSamuel L. Jackson, Vanessa Williams, Jeffrey Wright, Christian Bale, Busta Rhymes, Dan Hedaya
StudioParamount Pictures

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