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Taking Lives

2004 • R • 1h 42m • Crime, Mystery, Thriller • Warner Bros.

He would kill to be you.

🍅 21% 54%

38

2.88

6.2

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$11.5M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$32.7M

Final

Worldwide Total

$64.2M

$31.6M international

Domestic Legs2.9x

2004 Rank#85

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Cast & Crew

Full Caruso filmography

D.J. Caruso Director

Angelina Jolie Starring

Ethan Hawke Starring

Kiefer Sutherland

Kiefer Sutherland Starring

Gena Rowlands Starring

Tchéky Karyo Starring

ScreenplayJon Bokenkamp Produced byMark Canton, Bernie Goldmann CinematographyAmir Mokri MusicPhilip Glass Prod. DesignTom Southwell StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 19-21 3 $11.5M — 2,705 $4,236 $11.5M

2 Mar 26-28 6 $6.6M −42.8% 2,705 $2,424 $21.7M

3 Apr 2-4 10 $3.5M −46.7% 2,010 $1,739 $27.5M

4 Apr 9-11 16 $1.5M −56.3% 902 $1,694 $30.4M

5 Apr 16-18 21 $644.5K −57.8% 492 $1,310 $31.7M

6 Apr 23-25 26 $237.4K −63.2% 315 $754 $32.1M

7 Apr 30-May 2 44 $108.4K −54.3% 87 $1,246 $32.3M

8 May 7-9 39 $84.5K −22.1% 237 $356 $32.4M

9 May 14-16 48 $67.8K −19.7% 203 $334 $32.5M

10 May 21-23 54 $52.4K −22.8% 124 $422 $32.6M

11 May 28-31 81 $15.7K −70.0% 44 $357 $32.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Mar 19 #3 $4.2M — $4.2M 2,705 $1,553 1

Sat Mar 20 #3 $4.6M +9.5% $8.6M 2,705 $1,700 2

Sun Mar 21 #3 $2.9M −37.2% $11.5M 2,705 $1,068 3

Mon Mar 22 #3 $1.0M −65.3% $12.5M 2,705 $370 4

Tue Mar 23 #3 $968.0K −3.4% $13.4M 2,705 $358 5

Wed Mar 24 #3 $851.0K −12.1% $14.3M 2,705 $315 6

Thu Mar 25 #3 $879.0K +3.3% $15.2M 2,705 $325 7

Fri Mar 26 #7 $2.1M +138.9% −50.0% $17.3M 2,705 $776 8

Sat Mar 27 #6 $2.8M +33.5% −39.0% $20.0M 2,705 $1,037 9

Sun Mar 28 #6 $1.7M −39.4% −41.1% $21.7M 2,705 $629 10

Mon Mar 29 #6 $556.0K −67.3% −44.5% $22.3M 2,705 $206 11

Tue Mar 30 #6 $603.0K +8.5% −37.7% $22.9M 2,705 $223 12

Wed Mar 31 #6 $565.0K −6.3% −33.6% $23.4M 2,705 $209 13

Thu Apr 1 #6 $540.0K −4.4% −38.6% $24.0M 2,705 $200 14

Fri Apr 2 #10 $1.1M +101.7% −48.1% $25.1M 2,010 $542 15

Sat Apr 3 #10 $1.5M +33.4% −48.2% $26.5M 2,010 $723 16

Sun Apr 4 #10 $944.4K −35.0% −44.5% $27.5M 2,010 $470 17

Mon Apr 5 #10 $312.0K −67.0% −43.9% $27.8M 2,010 $155 18

Tue Apr 6 #10 $361.0K +15.7% −40.1% $28.1M 2,010 $180 19

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

Cumulative total$28.1M

Mar 19Mar 24Mar 28Apr 2Apr 6

Weekend grossWk 10 · $52.4K

$11.5M

$6.6M

$3.5M

$1.5M

$644.5K

$237.4K

$108.4K

$84.5K

$67.8K

$52.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,705 → 2,010 −25.7%

2,705 open2,010 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −22.8%

−42.8%

W1→2

−46.7%

W2→3

−56.3%

W3→4

−57.8%

W4→5

−63.2%

W5→6

−54.3%

W6→7

−22.1%

W7→8

−19.7%

W8→9

−22.8%

W9→10

Steepest −63.2%Best hold −19.7%

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