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The Manchurian Candidate

2004 R 2h 9m Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi Paramount Pictures

Everything is under control.

Box office summary
Domestic Total
$66.0M
Final
Opening Weekend
$20.0M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
3.29x
Opening → Total
Budget
$80.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$96.1M
$30.1M international
2004 Rank
#44
Domestic
Compare with other movies
Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jul 30-Aug 1 3 $20.0M $20.0M 2,867 $7K 1
Aug 6-8 4 $10.3M -48.8% $38.0M 2,867 $4K 2
Aug 13-15 7 $6.0M -41.4% $48.0M 2,612 $2K 3
Aug 20-22 8 $4.0M -33.2% $54.5M 1,920 $2K 4
Aug 27-29 12 $2.8M -29.3% $59.0M 1,484 $2K 5
Sep 3-5 16 $2.0M -29.2% $61.9M 1,085 $2K 6
Sep 10-12 17 $1.0M -49.6% $63.9M 886 $1K 7
Sep 17-19 18 $563K -44.4% $64.8M 628 $896 8
Sep 24-26 24 $251K -55.4% $65.3M 389 $645 9
Oct 1-3 37 $92K -63.2% $65.4M 156 $592 10
Oct 22-24 33 $103K +11.4% $65.7M 208 $494 11
Oct 29-31 37 $65K -37.0% $65.8M 140 $462 12
Nov 5-7 39 $56K -12.8% $65.9M 109 $518 13

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Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byJonathan Demme
ScreenplayDaniel Pyne, Dean Georgaris
Produced byJonathan Demme, Ilona Herzberg, Scott Rudin, Tina Sinatra
CinematographyTak Fujimoto
MusicRachel Portman
StarringDenzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Liev Schreiber, Simon McBurney, Kimberly Elise, Bruno Ganz
StudioParamount Pictures