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The Game

1997 • R • 2h 8m • Drama, Mystery, Thriller • PolyGram Filmed Entertainment

What do you get for the man who has everything...?

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3.82

7.7

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$14.3M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$48.3M

Final

Worldwide Total

$80.4M

$32.1M international

Domestic Legs3.4x

Budget$50M

1997 Rank#38

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Cast & Crew

Full Fincher filmography

David Fincher Director

Michael Douglas

Michael Douglas Starring

Sean Penn Starring

Deborah Kara Unger

Deborah Kara Unger Starring

James Rebhorn Starring

Carroll Baker Starring

Written byJohn Brancato, Michael Ferris Produced bySteve Golin, Ceán Chaffin CinematographyHarris Savides Music byHoward Shore StudioPolyGram Filmed Entertainment

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 12-14 1 $14.3M — 2,403 $5,966 $14.3M

2 Sep 19-21 2 $9.0M −37.0% 2,433 $3,713 $28.3M

3 Sep 26-28 5 $5.0M −44.5% 2,521 $1,989 $35.8M

4 Oct 3-5 7 $2.9M −42.0% 2,365 $1,231 $40.2M

5 Oct 10-12 11 $2.1M −29.2% 1,804 $1,142 $43.2M

6 Oct 17-19 15 $1.0M −51.0% 1,185 $852 $44.9M

7 Oct 24-26 18 $662.0K −34.5% 870 $761 $45.9M

8 Oct 31-Nov 2 21 $457.4K −30.9% 695 $658 $46.6M

9 Nov 7-9 22 $344.2K −24.7% 539 $639 $47.2M

10 Nov 14-16 31 $218.6K −36.5% 434 $504 $47.6M

11 Nov 21-23 35 $155.3K −29.0% 371 $419 $47.8M

12 Nov 28-30 40 $105.5K −32.1% 232 $455 $48.0M

13 Dec 5-7 38 $75.2K −28.7% 170 $443 $48.1M

14 Dec 12-14 45 $32.1K −57.3% 139 $231 $48.2M

15 Dec 19-21 49 $25.1K −21.9% 72 $348 $48.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Sep 12 #1 $4.5M — $4.5M 2,403 $1,865 1

Sat Sep 13 #1 $5.9M +33% $10.4M 2,403 $2,475 2

Sun Sep 14 #1 $3.9M −34% $14.3M 2,403 $1,627 3

Mon Sep 15 #1 $1.2M −70% $15.5M 2,403 $493 4

Tue Sep 16 #1 $1.5M +24% $17.0M 2,403 $613 5

Wed Sep 17 #1 $1.1M −23% $18.1M 2,403 $470 6

Thu Sep 18 #1 $1.1M −2% $19.2M 2,403 $459 7

Fri Sep 19 #2 $2.6M +139% −41% $21.9M 2,433 $1,083 8

Sat Sep 20 #2 $4.1M +56% −31% $26.0M 2,433 $1,690 9

Sun Sep 21 #2 $2.3M −44% −41% $28.3M 2,433 $940 10

Mon Sep 22 #2 $525.1K −77% −56% $28.8M 2,433 $216 11

Tue Sep 23 #2 $803.7K +53% −45% $29.6M 2,433 $330 12

Wed Sep 24 #2 $610.6K −24% −46% $30.2M 2,433 $251 13

Thu Sep 25 #2 $545.6K −11% −51% $30.8M 2,433 $224 14

Fri Sep 26 #5 $1.5M +172% −44% $32.3M 2,521 $589 15

Sat Sep 27 #5 $2.3M +55% −44% $34.6M 2,521 $916 16

Sun Sep 28 #5 $1.2M −47% −47% $35.8M 2,521 $485 17

Mon Sep 29 #6 $320.0K −74% −39% $36.1M 2,521 $127 18

Tue Sep 30 #5 $432.7K +35% −46% $36.6M 2,521 $172 19

Wed Oct 1 #6 $328.9K −24% −46% $36.9M 2,521 $130 20

Thu Oct 2 #6 $354.6K +8% −35% $37.2M 2,521 $141 21

Fri Oct 3 #8 $889.9K +151% −40% $38.1M 2,365 $376 22

Sat Oct 4 #7 $1.3M +50% −42% $39.5M 2,365 $566 23

Sun Oct 5 #8 $682.5K −49% −44% $40.2M 2,365 $289 24

Mon Oct 6 #8 $181.2K −73% −43% $40.3M 2,365 $77 25

Tue Oct 7 #7 $303.7K +68% −30% $40.6M 2,365 $128 26

Wed Oct 8 #8 $239.9K −21% −27% $40.9M 2,365 $101 27

Thu Oct 9 #8 $230.1K −4% −35% $41.1M 2,365 $97 28

Fri Oct 10 #11 $583.2K +153% −34% $41.7M 1,804 $323 29

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

Cumulative total$41.7M

Sep 12Sep 19Sep 26Oct 3Oct 10

Weekend grossWk 10 · $218.6K

$14.3M

$9.0M

$5.0M

$2.9M

$2.1M

$1.0M

$662.0K

$457.4K

$344.2K

$218.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,521 → 1,804 −28.4%

2,403 open1,804 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −36.5%

−37.0%

W1→2

−44.5%

W2→3

−42.0%

W3→4

−29.2%

W4→5

−51.0%

W5→6

−34.5%

W6→7

−30.9%

W7→8

−24.7%

W8→9

−36.5%

W9→10

Steepest −51.0%Best hold −24.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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