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2003 • PG-13 • 1h 57m • Action, Adventure, Crime • Sony Pictures Releasing

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$37.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$117.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$208.00M

$90.80M international

Domestic legs3.16x

Budget$80.0M

2003 rank#19

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Cast & crew

Full Johnson filmography

Clark Johnson

Clark Johnson Director

Samuel L. Jackson

Samuel L. Jackson Starring

Colin Farrell

Colin Farrell Starring

Michelle Rodriguez

Michelle Rodriguez Starring

Josh Charles

Josh Charles Starring

Jeremy Renner

Jeremy Renner Starring

ScreenplayDavid McKenna, David Ayer StudioSony Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 8-10 1 $37.1M — 3,202 $11,574 $37.1M

2 Aug 15-17 2 $18.1M −51.1% 3,220 $5,628 $69.7M

3 Aug 22-24 2 $10.6M −41.6% 3,204 $3,302 $87.8M

4 Aug 29-31 3 $8.3M −21.2% 2,781 $2,997 $100.3M

5 Sep 5-7 5 $4.6M −45.2% 2,600 $1,757 $108.8M

6 Sep 12-14 9 $2.7M −40.7% 2,062 $1,313 $112.8M

7 Sep 19-21 15 $1.2M −54.3% 1,278 $967 $114.7M

8 Sep 26-28 20 $486.4K −60.7% 642 $757 $115.5M

9 Oct 3-5 28 $183.1K −62.4% 351 $521 $115.8M

10 Oct 10-12 26 $229.6K +25.4% 237 $968 $116.1M

11 Oct 17-19 27 $168.5K −26.6% 197 $855 $116.4M

12 Oct 24-26 32 $128.3K −23.9% 188 $682 $116.5M

13 Oct 31-Nov 2 36 $91.8K −28.4% 169 $543 $116.6M

14 Nov 7-9 40 $65.8K −28.4% 117 $562 $116.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Aug 8 #1 $13.5M — $13.6M 3,202 $4,231 1

Sat Aug 9 #1 $13.0M −4% $26.6M 3,202 $4,073 2

Sun Aug 10 #1 $10.4M −20% $37.1M 3,202 $3,259 3

Mon Aug 11 #1 $4.6M −56% $41.6M 3,202 $1,422 4

Tue Aug 12 #1 $4.0M −11% $45.7M 3,202 $1,263 5

Wed Aug 13 #1 $3.2M −20% $48.9M 3,202 $1,011 6

Thu Aug 14 #1 $2.5M −21% $51.5M 3,202 $796 7

Fri Aug 15 #2 $5.6M +121% −58% $57.2M 3,220 $1,753 8

Sat Aug 16 #2 $7.2M +27% −45% $64.4M 3,220 $2,227 9

Sun Aug 17 #2 $5.3M −26% −49% $69.7M 3,220 $1,647 10

Mon Aug 18 #2 $2.1M −61% −55% $71.7M 3,220 $637 11

Tue Aug 19 #2 $2.1M +1% −49% $73.8M 3,220 $640 12

Wed Aug 20 #2 $1.8M −15% −46% $75.6M 3,220 $547 13

Thu Aug 21 #2 $1.7M −3% −33% $77.3M 3,220 $531 14

Fri Aug 22 #2 $3.5M +103% −38% $80.7M 3,204 $1,084 15

Sat Aug 23 #2 $4.3M +23% −41% $84.9M 3,204 $1,330 16

Sun Aug 24 #2 $3.0M −30% −44% $87.8M 3,204 $931 17

Mon Aug 25 #2 $1.1M −62% −45% $89.0M 3,204 $351 18

Tue Aug 26 #2 $1.2M +2% −44% $90.1M 3,204 $359 19

Wed Aug 27 #1 $928.0K −20% −47% $91.1M 3,204 $289 20

Thu Aug 28 #1 $868.0K −6% −49% $91.9M 3,204 $270 21

Fri Aug 29 #3 $2.2M +157% −36% $94.2M 2,781 $803 22

Sat Aug 30 #3 $3.1M +37% −28% $97.2M 2,781 $1,101 23

Sun Aug 31 #5 $3.0M −1% +2% $100.3M 2,781 $1,092 24

Mon Sep 1 #6 $2.4M −19% +117% $102.7M 2,781 $879 25

Tue Sep 2 #2 $603.0K −75% −48% $103.3M 2,781 $216 26

Wed Sep 3 #4 $473.0K −22% −49% $103.8M 2,781 $170 27

Thu Sep 4 #4 $435.0K −8% −50% $104.2M 2,781 $156 28

Fri Sep 5 #5 $1.4M +220% −38% $105.6M 2,600 $535 29

Sat Sep 6 #5 $2.1M +52% −31% $107.7M 2,600 $811 30

Sun Sep 7 #5 $1.1M −46% −63% $108.8M 2,600 $435 31

Mon Sep 8 #5 $295.0K −74% −88% $109.1M 2,600 $113 32

Tue Sep 9 #4 $364.0K +23% −40% $109.4M 2,600 $140 33

Wed Sep 10 #4 $314.0K −14% −34% $109.8M 2,600 $120 34

Thu Sep 11 #4 $326.0K +4% −25% $110.1M 2,600 $125 35

Fri Sep 12 #7 $783.0K +140% −44% $110.9M 2,062 $379 36

Sat Sep 13 #10 $1.2M +58% −41% $112.1M 2,062 $600 37

Sun Sep 14 #9 $683.7K −45% −40% $112.8M 2,062 $331 38

Mon Sep 15 #9 $158.0K −77% −46% $112.9M 2,062 $76 39

Tue Sep 16 #7 $194.0K +23% −47% $113.1M 2,062 $94 40

Wed Sep 17 #9 $163.0K −16% −48% $113.3M 2,062 $79 41

Thu Sep 18 #7 $164.0K +1% −50% $113.5M 2,062 $79 42

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

Cumulative total$113.5M

Aug 8Aug 18Aug 29Sep 8Sep 18

Weekend grossWk 10 · $229.6K

$37.1M

$18.1M

$10.6M

$8.3M

$4.6M

$2.7M

$1.2M

$486.4K

$183.1K

$229.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,220 → 2,062 −36.0%

3,202 open2,062 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +25.4%

−51.1%

W1→2

−41.6%

W2→3

−21.2%

W3→4

−45.2%

W4→5

−40.7%

W5→6

−54.3%

W6→7

−60.7%

W7→8

−62.4%

W8→9

+25.4%

W9→10

Steepest −62.4%Biggest gain +25.4%

Run milestones

$100M in 24 days

$100M

Day 24

Aug 31

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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