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The Bone Collector

1999 • R • 1h 58m • Crime, Drama, Mystery • Universal Pictures

Right now, this serial killer could be looking at his next victim.

🍅 30% 63%

45

3.26

6.7

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$16.7M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$66.5M

Final

Worldwide Total

$151.5M

$85M international

Domestic Legs4.0x

Budget$48M

1999 Rank#34

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Cast & Crew

Full Noyce filmography

Phillip Noyce Director

Denzel Washington

Denzel Washington Starring

Angelina Jolie Starring

Queen Latifah Starring

Michael Rooker Starring

ScreenplayJeremy Iacone Produced byMartin Bregman, Michael Bregman, Louis A. Stroller CinematographyDean Semler Music byCraig Armstrong StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 5-7 1 $16.7M — 2,587 $6,460 $16.7M

2 Nov 12-14 2 $12.0M −28.1% 2,587 $4,643 $35.2M

3 Nov 19-21 4 $6.5M −45.6% 2,623 $2,490 $45.1M

4 Nov 26-28 6 $5.5M −16.0% 2,500 $2,195 $53.7M

5 Dec 3-5 5 $3.2M −41.7% 2,518 $1,270 $58.1M

6 Dec 10-12 7 $1.7M −46.7% 2,022 $844 $60.8M

7 Dec 17-19 10 $979.4K −42.6% 1,115 $878 $62.4M

8 Dec 24-26 19 $246.7K −74.8% 372 $663 $63.1M

9 Dec 31-Jan 2 20 $403.5K +63.6% 427 $945 $63.8M

10 Jan 7-9 22 $401.4K −0.5% 427 $940 $64.3M

11 Jan 14-16 30 $351.4K −12.5% 384 $915 $64.8M

12 Jan 21-23 35 $221.7K −36.9% 341 $650 $65.1M

13 Jan 28-30 35 $197.5K −10.9% 332 $595 $65.4M

14 Feb 4-6 35 $212.1K +7.4% 329 $645 $65.7M

15 Feb 11-13 36 $192.7K −9.1% 292 $660 $66.0M

16 Feb 18-20 43 $162.9K −15.5% 245 $665 $66.2M

17 Feb 25-27 42 $109.6K −32.7% 215 $510 $66.4M

18 Mar 3-5 48 $78.1K −28.8% 161 $485 $66.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 5 #1 $5.5M — $5.5M 2,590 $2,120 1

Sat Nov 6 #1 $7.2M +32% $12.7M 2,590 $2,794 2

Sun Nov 7 #1 $4.3M −41% $16.7M 2,587 $1,655 3

Mon Nov 8 #1 $1.3M −69% $18.0M 2,587 $515 4

Tue Nov 9 #1 $1.5M +13% $19.5M 2,587 $580 5

Wed Nov 10 #2 $1.7M +10% $21.2M 2,587 $640 6

Thu Nov 11 #2 $2.0M +22% $23.2M 2,587 $779 7

Fri Nov 12 #2 $3.8M +90% −30% $27.0M 2,587 $1,477 8

Sat Nov 13 #2 $5.1M +33% −30% $32.1M 2,587 $1,960 9

Sun Nov 14 #2 $3.1M −39% −28% $35.2M 2,594 $1,190 10

Mon Nov 15 #2 $843.0K −73% −37% $36.1M 2,594 $325 11

Tue Nov 16 #2 $946.8K +12% −37% $37.0M 2,594 $365 12

Wed Nov 17 #2 $804.1K −15% −51% $37.8M 2,594 $310 13

Thu Nov 18 #2 $778.2K −3% −61% $38.6M 2,594 $300 14

Fri Nov 19 #4 $2.0M +151% −49% $40.6M 2,622 $745 15

Sat Nov 20 #4 $3.0M +53% −41% $43.5M 2,622 $1,140 16

Sun Nov 21 #4 $1.6M −46% −48% $45.1M 2,623 $610 17

Mon Nov 22 #4 $485.3K −70% −42% $45.6M 2,623 $185 18

Tue Nov 23 #4 $629.5K +30% −34% $46.2M 2,623 $240 19

Wed Nov 24 #6 $804.0K +28% $47.0M 2,450 $328 20

Thu Nov 25 #5 $1.3M +57% +63% $48.3M 2,450 $517 21

Fri Nov 26 #6 $2.1M +66% +7% $50.4M 2,450 $857 22

Sat Nov 27 #6 $2.2M +7% −25% $52.6M 2,506 $893 23

Sun Nov 28 #6 $1.1M −52% −33% $53.7M 2,500 $430 24

Mon Nov 29 #5 $275.0K −74% −43% $54.0M 2,500 $110 25

Tue Nov 30 #5 $312.5K +14% −50% $54.3M 2,500 $125 26

Wed Dec 1 #5 $287.5K −8% −64% $54.6M 2,500 $115 27

Thu Dec 2 #5 $300.5K +5% −76% $54.9M 2,500 $120 28

Fri Dec 3 #5 $963.0K +220% −54% $55.9M 2,500 $385 29

Sat Dec 4 #5 $1.5M +57% −33% $57.4M 2,500 $604 30

Sun Dec 5 #6 $781.0K −48% −27% $58.1M 2,518 $310 31

Mon Dec 6 #5 $239.2K −69% −13% $58.4M 2,518 $95 32

Tue Dec 7 #5 $277.0K +16% −11% $58.6M 2,518 $110 33

Wed Dec 8 #5 $250.9K −9% −13% $58.9M 2,518 $100 34

Thu Dec 9 #6 $239.2K −5% −20% $59.1M 2,518 $95 35

Fri Dec 10 #7 $487.0K +104% −49% $59.6M 2,022 $241 36

Sat Dec 11 #7 $747.0K +53% −50% $60.4M 2,022 $369 37

Sun Dec 12 #8 $427.0K −43% −45% $60.8M 2,031 $210 38

Mon Dec 13 #7 $142.2K −67% −41% $61.0M 2,031 $70 39

Tue Dec 14 #7 $152.3K +7% −45% $61.1M 2,031 $75 40

Wed Dec 15 #7 $142.8K −6% −43% $61.3M 2,031 $70 41

Thu Dec 16 #7 $162.5K +14% −32% $61.4M 2,031 $80 42

Fri Dec 17 #10 $292.0K +80% −40% $61.7M 1,150 $254 43

Sat Dec 18 #10 $448.0K +53% −40% $62.2M 1,150 $390 44

Sun Dec 19 #10 $289.0K −35% −32% $62.4M 1,113 $260 45

Mon Dec 20 #10 $133.6K −54% −6% $62.5M 1,113 $120 46

Tue Dec 21 #10 $150.3K +13% −1% $62.7M 1,113 $135 47

Mon Jan 3 #21 $49.1K — $63.8M 425 $116 60

Wed Jan 5 #19 $40.6K — $63.9M 425 $95 62

Thu Jan 6 #19 $42.7K +5% $63.9M 425 $100 63

Mon Jan 17 #28 $48.0K — $64.8M 384 $125 74

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

Cumulative total$63.9M

Nov 5Nov 17Nov 30Dec 12Jan 6

Weekend grossWk 10 · $401.4K

$16.7M

$12.0M

$6.5M

$5.5M

$3.2M

$1.7M

$979.4K

$246.7K

$403.5K

$401.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,623 → 425 −83.8%

2,590 open425 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −0.5%

−28.1%

W1→2

−45.6%

W2→3

−16.0%

W3→4

−41.7%

W4→5

−46.7%

W5→6

−42.6%

W6→7

−74.8%

W7→8

+63.6%

W8→9

−0.5%

W9→10

Steepest −74.8%Biggest gain +63.6%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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