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The Core

2003 • PG-13 • 2h 17m • Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi • Paramount Pictures

The only way out is in.

🍅 39% 34%

48

2.53

5.5

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$12.1M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$31.1M

Final

Worldwide Total

$74.1M

$43.0M international

Domestic Legs2.6x

Budget$85M

2003 Rank#90

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Cast & Crew

Full Amiel filmography

Jon Amiel Director

Aaron Eckhart Starring

Hilary Swank Starring

Delroy Lindo Starring

Stanley Tucci Starring

Tchéky Karyo Starring

ScreenplayJohn Rogers, Cooper Layne Produced bySean Bailey, David Foster, Cooper Layne CinematographyJohn Lindley MusicChristopher Young StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 28-30 3 $12.1M — 3,017 $3,995 $12.1M

2 Apr 4-6 6 $6.2M −48.7% 3,019 $2,048 $20.8M

3 Apr 11-13 8 $3.3M −46.5% 3,019 $1,095 $25.8M

4 Apr 18-20 15 $1.8M −45.0% 2,021 $901 $28.8M

5 Apr 25-27 22 $612.7K −66.3% 1,228 $499 $30.1M

6 May 2-4 33 $161.9K −73.6% 589 $275 $30.5M

7 May 9-11 49 $54.9K −66.1% 152 $361 $30.6M

8 May 16-18 71 $21.4K −61.0% 94 $228 $30.6M

9 May 23-26 80 $13.5K −37.0% 33 $409 $30.6M

10 May 30-Jun 1 60 $9.4K −30.4% 27 $348 $30.7M

11 Jun 6-8 32 $118.2K +1158.4% 173 $683 $30.8M

12 Jun 13-15 36 $76.2K −35.5% 125 $610 $30.9M

13 Jun 20-22 40 $56.3K −26.1% 96 $587 $31.0M

14 Jun 27-29 56 $18.4K −67.3% 49 $376 $31.1M

15 Jul 4-6 68 $8.7K −53.0% 29 $299 $31.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Mar 28 #2 $4.0M — $4.0M 3,017 $1,318 1

Sat Mar 29 #3 $5.0M +26.1% $9.0M 3,017 $1,662 2

Sun Mar 30 #3 $3.1M −38.9% $12.1M 3,017 $1,015 3

Mon Mar 31 #4 $718.0K −76.6% $12.8M 3,017 $238 4

Tue Apr 1 #4 $689.0K −4.0% $13.5M 3,017 $228 5

Wed Apr 2 #4 $588.0K −14.7% $14.0M 3,017 $195 6

Thu Apr 3 #4 $573.0K −2.6% $14.6M 3,017 $190 7

Fri Apr 4 #6 $1.7M +203.2% −56.3% $16.4M 3,019 $576 8

Sat Apr 5 #6 $2.8M +59.6% −44.7% $19.1M 3,019 $919 9

Sun Apr 6 #6 $1.7M −39.8% −45.5% $20.8M 3,019 $553 10

Mon Apr 7 #6 $394.0K −76.4% −45.1% $21.2M 3,019 $131 11

Tue Apr 8 #7 $453.0K +15.0% −34.3% $21.6M 3,019 $150 12

Wed Apr 9 #8 $394.0K −13.0% −33.0% $22.0M 3,019 $131 13

Thu Apr 10 #7 $405.0K +2.8% −29.3% $22.4M 3,019 $134 14

Fri Apr 11 #9 $889.0K +119.5% −48.8% $23.3M 3,019 $294 15

Sat Apr 12 #8 $1.5M +64.1% −47.4% $24.8M 3,019 $483 16

Sun Apr 13 #7 $922.2K −36.8% −44.8% $25.8M 3,019 $305 17

Mon Apr 14 #8 $289.0K −68.7% −26.6% $26.0M 3,019 $96 18

Tue Apr 15 #8 $304.0K +5.2% −32.9% $26.3M 3,019 $101 19

Thu Apr 17 #9 $353.0K — −12.8% $27.0M 3,019 $117 21

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

Cumulative total$27.0M

Mar 28Apr 2Apr 7Apr 11Apr 17

Weekend grossWk 10 · $9.4K

$12.1M

$6.2M

$3.3M

$1.8M

$612.7K

$161.9K

$54.9K

$21.4K

$13.5K

$9.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,019 → 3,019 +0.0%

3,017 open3,019 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −30.4%

−48.7%

W1→2

−46.5%

W2→3

−45.0%

W3→4

−66.3%

W4→5

−73.6%

W5→6

−66.1%

W6→7

−61.0%

W7→8

−37.0%

W8→9

−30.4%

W9→10

Steepest −73.6%Best hold −30.4%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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