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The Hunted

2003 • R • 1h 34m • Action, Crime, Drama • Paramount Pictures

Some men should not be found.

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Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$13.5M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$34.2M

Final

Worldwide Total

$47.2M

$13.0M international

Domestic Legs2.5x

Budget$55M

2003 Rank#85

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Cast & Crew

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William Friedkin

William Friedkin Director

Tommy Lee Jones

Tommy Lee Jones Starring

Benicio del Toro

Benicio del Toro Starring

Connie Nielsen Starring

ScreenplayDavid Griffiths, Art Monterastelli, Peter Griffiths Produced byJames Jacks, Ricardo Mestres CinematographyCaleb Deschanel MusicBrian Tyler StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 14-16 3 $13.5M — 2,516 $5,359 $13.5M

2 Mar 21-23 5 $6.5M −51.7% 2,517 $2,586 $23.4M

3 Mar 28-30 9 $3.6M −44.5% 2,244 $1,612 $29.2M

4 Apr 4-6 13 $1.9M −48.7% 1,685 $1,101 $32.1M

5 Apr 11-13 17 $670.4K −63.9% 1,090 $615 $33.4M

6 Apr 18-20 31 $188.9K −71.8% 456 $414 $33.8M

7 Apr 25-27 47 $67.9K −64.1% 213 $319 $33.9M

8 May 2-4 50 $48.9K −28.0% 145 $337 $34.0M

9 May 9-11 39 $106.0K +116.7% 205 $517 $34.1M

10 May 16-18 48 $51.3K −51.6% 120 $427 $34.2M

11 May 23-26 75 $15.8K −69.2% 42 $376 $34.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Mar 14 #2 $4.5M — $4.5M 2,516 $1,779 1

Sat Mar 15 #3 $5.5M +22.7% $10.0M 2,516 $2,184 2

Sun Mar 16 #3 $3.5M −36.1% $13.5M 2,516 $1,396 3

Mon Mar 17 #2 $880.0K −74.9% $14.4M 2,516 $350 4

Tue Mar 18 #2 $977.0K +11.0% $15.3M 2,516 $388 5

Wed Mar 19 #2 $778.0K −20.4% $16.1M 2,516 $309 6

Thu Mar 20 #4 $763.0K −1.9% $16.9M 2,516 $303 7

Fri Mar 21 #5 $1.9M +148.9% −57.6% $18.8M 2,517 $754 8

Sat Mar 22 #6 $2.9M +52.5% −47.3% $21.7M 2,517 $1,151 9

Sun Mar 23 #5 $1.7M −40.8% −51.2% $23.4M 2,517 $681 10

Mon Mar 24 #4 $528.0K −69.2% −40.0% $23.9M 2,517 $210 11

Tue Mar 25 #4 $581.0K +10.0% −40.5% $24.5M 2,517 $231 12

Wed Mar 26 #4 $544.0K −6.4% −30.1% $25.0M 2,517 $216 13

Thu Mar 27 #5 $563.0K +3.5% −26.2% $25.6M 2,517 $224 14

Fri Mar 28 #10 $971.2K +72.5% −48.9% $26.6M 2,244 $433 15

Sat Mar 29 #9 $1.6M +65.0% −44.7% $28.2M 2,244 $714 16

Sun Mar 30 #9 $1.0M −34.9% −39.2% $29.2M 2,244 $465 17

Mon Mar 31 #9 $277.0K −73.4% −47.5% $29.5M 2,244 $123 18

Tue Apr 1 #9 $281.0K +1.4% −51.6% $29.8M 2,244 $125 19

Wed Apr 2 #9 $254.0K −9.6% −53.3% $30.0M 2,244 $113 20

Thu Apr 3 #9 $248.0K −2.4% −56.0% $30.3M 2,244 $111 21

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

Cumulative total$30.3M

Mar 14Mar 19Mar 24Mar 29Apr 3

Weekend grossWk 10 · $51.3K

$13.5M

$6.5M

$3.6M

$1.9M

$670.4K

$188.9K

$67.9K

$48.9K

$106.0K

$51.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,517 → 2,244 −10.8%

2,516 open2,244 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −51.6%

−51.7%

W1→2

−44.5%

W2→3

−48.7%

W3→4

−63.9%

W4→5

−71.8%

W5→6

−64.1%

W6→7

−28.0%

W7→8

+116.7%

W8→9

−51.6%

W9→10

Steepest −71.8%Biggest gain +116.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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