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The PunisherFollow

2004 • R • 2h 4m • Action, Crime, Drama • Lionsgate

There is no justice, there is only revenge.

🍅 30% 63%

33

2.97

6.4

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$13.80M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$33.70M

Final

Worldwide total

$54.50M

$20.90M international

Domestic legs2.4x

Budget$33M

2004 rank#83

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Cast & crew

Thomas Jane

Thomas Jane Starring

John Travolta

John Travolta Starring

Will Patton

Will Patton Starring

Roy Scheider

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Ben Foster

Ben Foster Starring Lionsgate Studio

ScreenplayJonathan Hensleigh, Michael France Produced byAvi Arad, Gale Anne Hurd CinematographyConrad W. Hall Music byCarlo Siliotto StudioLionsgate

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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Apr 16-18 2 $13.8M — 2,649 $5,223 $13.8M

2 Apr 23-25 4 $6.3M −54.6% 2,649 $2,374 $24.2M

3 Apr 30-May 2 8 $3.5M −44.3% 2,267 $1,544 $29.7M

4 May 7-9 11 $1.1M −67.5% 1,435 $792 $32.1M

5 May 14-16 22 $371.4K −67.3% 539 $689 $33.0M

6 May 21-23 30 $134.2K −63.9% 206 $651 $33.3M

7 May 28-30 49 $58.3K −56.6% 84 $694 $33.4M

8 Jun 4-6 62 $25.8K −55.6% 56 $462 $33.4M

9 Jun 11-13 70 $19.4K −25.0% 41 $473 $33.5M

10 Jun 18-20 77 $9.1K −53.0% 28 $326 $33.5M

11 Jun 25-27 33 $77.6K +751.8% 97 $800 $33.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Apr 16 #2 $5.2M — $5.2M 2,649 $1,963 1

Sat Apr 17 #2 $5.2M — $10.3M 2,649 $1,963 2

Sun Apr 18 #2 $3.5M −33% $13.8M 2,649 $1,316 3

Mon Apr 19 #2 $1.1M −69% $14.9M 2,649 $402 4

Tue Apr 20 #2 $1.0M −5% $15.9M 2,649 $382 5

Wed Apr 21 #2 $953.0K −6% $16.9M 2,649 $360 6

Thu Apr 22 #2 $992.0K +4% $17.9M 2,649 $374 7

Fri Apr 23 #4 $2.0M +102% −62% $19.9M 2,649 $755 8

Sat Apr 24 #4 $2.6M +28% −51% $22.4M 2,649 $969 9

Sun Apr 25 #4 $1.8M −29% −48% $24.2M 2,649 $684 10

Mon Apr 26 #4 $565.0K −69% −47% $24.7M 2,649 $213 11

Tue Apr 27 #4 $560.0K −1% −45% $25.3M 2,649 $211 12

Wed Apr 28 #4 $463.0K −17% −51% $25.8M 2,649 $175 13

Thu Apr 29 #4 $438.0K −5% −56% $26.2M 2,649 $165 14

Fri Apr 30 #8 $1.0M +128% −50% $27.2M 2,267 $441 15

Sat May 1 #8 $1.5M +51% −41% $28.7M 2,267 $664 16

Sun May 2 #8 $1.0M −31% −43% $29.7M 2,267 $458 17

Mon May 3 #8 $336.0K −68% −41% $30.1M 2,267 $148 18

Tue May 4 #8 $321.0K −4% −43% $30.4M 2,267 $142 19

Wed May 5 #8 $280.0K −13% −40% $30.7M 2,267 $124 20

Thu May 6 #7 $256.0K −9% −42% $30.9M 2,267 $113 21

Fri May 7 #10 $400.0K +56% −60% $31.3M 1,435 $279 22

Sat May 8 #10 $472.0K +18% −69% $31.8M 1,435 $329 23

Mon May 10 #10 $136.0K — −60% $32.2M 1,435 $95 25

Tue May 11 #10 $138.0K +1% −57% $32.4M 1,435 $96 26

Wed May 12 #10 $141.0K +2% −50% $32.5M 1,435 $98 27

Thu May 13 #10 $127.0K −10% −50% $32.6M 1,435 $89 28

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

Cumulative total$32.6M

Apr 16Apr 23Apr 29May 6May 13

Weekend grossWk 10 · $9.1K

$13.8M

$6.3M

$3.5M

$1.1M

$371.4K

$134.2K

$58.3K

$25.8K

$19.4K

$9.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,649 → 1,435 −45.8%

2,649 open1,435 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −53.0%

−54.6%

W1→2

−44.3%

W2→3

−67.5%

W3→4

−67.3%

W4→5

−63.9%

W5→6

−56.6%

W6→7

−55.6%

W7→8

−25.0%

W8→9

−53.0%

W9→10

Steepest −67.5%Best hold −25.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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