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The Rookie

2002 2h 8m Drama, Family, Sport Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Sometimes dreams come back to life.

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$75.6M
Final
Opening Weekend
$16.0M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
4.72x
Opening → Total
Budget
$22.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$80.7M
$5.1M international
2002 Rank
#36
Domestic

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Mar 29-31 3 $16.0M $16.0M 2,511 $6K 1
Apr 5-7 4 $11.7M -27.0% $34.9M 2,524 $5K 2
Apr 12-14 5 $8.1M -31.0% $45.3M 2,520 $3K 3
Apr 19-21 4 $6.5M -20.1% $53.8M 2,507 $3K 4
Apr 26-28 6 $5.6M -13.1% $60.8M 2,543 $2K 5
May 3-5 6 $3.1M -44.3% $64.9M 2,351 $1K 6
May 10-12 6 $2.6M -15.8% $68.2M 2,117 $1K 7
May 17-19 8 $1.7M -34.2% $70.5M 1,849 $934 8
May 24-26 12 $756K -56.2% $71.8M 836 $904 9
May 31-Jun 2 World Cup (Korea/Japan) 16 $332K -56.1% $72.5M 435 $762 10
Jun 7-9 World Cup (Korea/Japan) 22 $231K -30.2% $73.0M 257 $900 11
Jun 14-16 World Cup (Korea/Japan) 27 $146K -36.8% $73.2M 174 $840 12
Jun 21-23 World Cup (Korea/Japan) 22 $232K +58.7% $73.5M 140 $2K 13
Jun 28-30 World Cup (Korea/Japan) 21 $302K +30.1% $73.9M 326 $925 14
Jul 5-7 23 $296K -2.0% $74.5M 294 $1K 15
Jul 12-14 26 $186K -37.1% $74.9M 247 $753 16
Jul 19-21 30 $140K -24.8% $75.2M 198 $706 17
Jul 26-28 43 $77K -44.8% $75.4M 121 $638 18

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Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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Cast & Crew

Directed byJohn Lee Hancock
ScreenplayMike Rich
StarringDennis Quaid, Rachel Griffiths, Jay Hernandez, Beth Grant, Angus T. Jones, Brian Cox
StudioWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures