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The Cell

2000 R 1h 47m Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi New Line Cinema

Enter the mind of a killer.

Box office summary
Opening Weekend
$17.5M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$61.3M
Final
Worldwide Total
$104M
$42.8M international
Domestic Legs3.50x
Budget$33.0M
2000 Rank#39
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Aug 18-20 1 $17.5M $17.5M 2,411 $7K 1
Aug 25-27 3 $9.7M -44.8% $33.7M 2,430 $4K 2
Sep 1-4 2 $8.9M -7.7% $46.3M 2,444 $4K 3
Sep 8-10 4 $3.7M -59.1% $51.3M 2,476 $1K 4
Sep 15-17 6 $2.4M -33.0% $55.0M 2,250 $1K 5
Sep 22-24 11 $1.6M -34.5% $57.4M 1,903 $842 6
Sep 29-Oct 1 13 $1.0M -35.1% $59.1M 1,423 $731 7
Oct 6-8 17 $529K -49.1% $60.0M 774 $683 8
Oct 13-15 26 $221K -58.3% $60.4M 395 $559 9
Oct 20-22 37 $112K -49.1% $60.6M 232 $484 10
Oct 27-29 53 $47K -58.4% $60.7M 121 $386 11
Nov 24-26 28 $138K +195.4% $61.0M 243 $568 12
Dec 1-3 28 $95K -30.9% $61.2M 227 $420 13
Dec 8-10 37 $49K -48.5% $61.3M 160 $306 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 byTarsem Singh
ScreenplayMark Protosevich
Produced byJulio Caro, Eric McLeod
CinematographyPaul Laufer
MusicHoward Shore
StarringJennifer Lopez, Vince Vaughn, Vincent D'Onofrio, Catherine Sutherland, James Gammon, Colton James
StudioNew Line Cinema