Name: The Jackal
Director: Michael Caton-Jones
Genre: Action, Thriller, Crime
Released: 1997
Cast: Bruce Willis, Richard Gere, Sidney Poitier, Diane Venora, J.K. Simmons

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Nov 14	#1	$5.08M		—	$5.08M	2,192	$2.3K	1
Sat Nov 15	#1	$6.69M	+31.7%	—	$11.77M	2,192	$3.1K	2
Sun Nov 16	#1	$3.81M	-43.1%	—	$15.16M	2,192	$1.7K	3
Mon Nov 17	#1	$1.11M	-70.9%	—	$16.27M	2,193	$505	4
Tue Nov 18	#1	$1.26M	+13.9%	—	$17.53M	2,193	$575	5
Wed Nov 19	#1	$1.06M	-15.7%	—	$18.60M	2,193	$485	6
Thu Nov 20	#1	$943K	-11.3%	—	$19.54M	2,193	$430	7
Fri Nov 21	#4	$2.71M	+186.9%	-46.8%	$22.25M	2,200	$1.2K	8
Sat Nov 22	#4	$4.08M	+50.6%	-39.1%	$26.32M	2,200	$1.9K	9
Sun Nov 23	#4	$2.23M	-45.2%	-41.3%	$28.56M	2,201	$1.0K	10
Mon Nov 24	#4	$627K	-71.9%	-43.4%	$29.19M	2,201	$285	11
Tue Nov 25	#4	$858K	+36.8%	-31.9%	$30.05M	2,201	$390	12
Wed Nov 26	#5	$1.22M	+41.6%	+14.3%	$31.27M	2,220	$548	13
Thu Nov 27	#4	$1.84M	+51.4%	+95.1%	$33.10M	2,220	$829	14
Fri Nov 28	#5	$2.87M	+55.7%	+5.9%	$35.97M	2,235	$1.3K	15
Sat Nov 29	#5	$3.19M	+11.2%	-21.8%	$39.16M	2,235	$1.4K	16
Sun Nov 30	#5	$1.52M	-52.3%	-32.0%	$40.59M	2,235	$680	17
Mon Dec 1	#5	$368K	-75.8%	-41.3%	$40.95M	2,235	$165	18
Tue Dec 2	#4	$480K	+30.3%	-44.1%	$41.43M	2,235	$215	19
Wed Dec 3	#4	$402K	-16.3%	-66.9%	$41.84M	2,235	$180	20
Thu Dec 4	#4	$380K	-5.6%	-79.4%	$42.22M	2,235	$170	21
Fri Dec 5	#4	$1.18M	+210.8%	-58.8%	$43.40M	2,305	$512	22
Sat Dec 6	#5	$1.82M	+54.4%	-42.8%	$45.22M	2,309	$789	23
Sun Dec 7	#5	$1.00M	-44.9%	-33.9%	$46.22M	2,309	$435	24
Mon Dec 8	#4	$265K	-73.6%	-28.1%	$46.49M	2,309	$115	25
Tue Dec 9	#4	$357K	+34.8%	-25.6%	$46.84M	2,309	$155	26
Wed Dec 10	#4	$300K	-16.1%	-25.4%	$47.14M	2,309	$130	27
Thu Dec 11	#4	$299K	-0.4%	-21.3%	$47.44M	2,309	$129	28
Fri Dec 12	#8	$725K	+142.6%	-38.6%	$48.17M	2,060	$352	29
Sat Dec 13	#9	$1.02M	+41.4%	-43.7%	$49.19M	2,060	$498	30
Sun Dec 14	#9	$598K	-41.7%	-40.4%	$49.89M	2,062	$290	31
Mon Dec 15	#8	$185K	-69.1%	-30.3%	$50.07M	2,062	$90	32
Wed Dec 17	#7	$225K		-24.9%	$50.56M	2,062	$109	34

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Nov 14-16	1	$15.16M	—	$15.16M	2,193	$6.9K	1
Nov 21-23	4	$9.02M	-40.5%	$28.56M	2,201	$4.1K	2
Nov 28-30	5	$7.57M	-16.2%	$40.59M	2,235	$3.4K	3
Dec 5-7	5	$4.01M	-47.0%	$46.22M	2,309	$1.7K	4
Dec 12-14	9	$2.44M	-39.0%	$49.89M	2,062	$1.2K	5
Dec 19-21	11	$835K	-65.8%	$51.61M	1,176	$710	6
Dec 26-28	24	$352K	-57.8%	$52.43M	398	$885	7
Jan 2-4	24	$393K	+11.5%	$53.11M	485	$810	8
Jan 9-11	22	$359K	-8.7%	$53.61M	520	$690	9
Jan 16-18	28	$331K	-7.9%	$54.08M	456	$725	10
Jan 23-25	29	$235K	-28.9%	$54.40M	376	$625	11
Jan 30-Feb 1	37	$151K	-35.7%	$54.64M	222	$680	12
Feb 6-8	46	$97K	-35.9%	$54.79M	150	$645	13
Feb 13-15	51	$75K	-22.1%	$54.91M	81	$930	14

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

Daily Gross

Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Week-over-Week Drop

Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byMichael Caton-Jones

ScreenplayChuck Pfarrer

Produced byJames Jacks, Sean Daniel, Michael Caton-Jones, Kevin Jarre

CinematographyKarl Walter Lindenlaub

Music byCarter Burwell

StarringBruce Willis, Richard Gere, Sidney Poitier, Diane Venora, J.K. Simmons, Mathilda May, Jack Black

StudioUniversal Pictures

Box Office Comparisons

No head-to-head comparisons featuring The Jackal yet — build one in seconds.

Build your own comparison →

The Jackal

The Jackal Box Office