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The Sentinel

2006 • PG-13 • 1h 48m • Action, Crime, Thriller • 20th Century Fox

In 141 years, there's never been a traitor in the Secret Service... until now.

🍅 34% 41%

49

2.74

6.1

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$14.4M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$36.3M

Final

Worldwide Total

$78.1M

$41.8M international

Domestic Legs2.5x

Budget$60M

2006 Rank#89

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Cast & Crew

Michael Douglas

Michael Douglas Starring

Kiefer Sutherland

Kiefer Sutherland Starring

Eva Longoria Starring

Kim Basinger Starring

ScreenplayGeorge Nolfi Produced byMichael Douglas, Arnon Milchan, Marcy Drogin CinematographyGabriel Beristain MusicChristophe Beck Prod. DesignAndrew McAlpine Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Apr 21-23 3 $14.4M — 2,822 $5,091 $14.4M

2 Apr 28-30 6 $7.8M −45.8% 2,851 $2,731 $25.7M

3 May 5-7 11 $3.1M −60.4% 2,343 $1,317 $30.9M

4 May 12-14 15 $1.5M −50.3% 1,314 $1,168 $33.6M

5 May 19-21 21 $381.0K −75.2% 446 $854 $34.5M

6 May 26-28 14 $563.3K +47.9% 446 $1,263 $35.2M

7 Jun 2-4 20 $278.2K −50.6% 242 $1,150 $35.6M

8 Jun 9-11 29 $152.0K −45.4% 186 $817 $35.9M

9 Jun 16-18 33 $80.3K −47.2% 147 $546 $36.0M

10 Jun 23-25 37 $63.0K −21.5% 121 $521 $36.1M

11 Jun 30-Jul 2 47 $30.8K −51.1% 73 $422 $36.2M

12 Jul 7-9 55 $17.8K −42.4% 49 $362 $36.3M

13 Jul 14-16 76 $7.9K −55.7% 23 $342 $36.3M

14 Jul 21-23 90 $3.8K −51.5% 8 $476 $36.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Apr 21 #3 $4.8M — $4.8M 2,819 $1,704 1

Sat Apr 22 #3 $6.2M +29.0% $11.0M 2,819 $2,198 2

Sun Apr 23 #4 $3.4M −45.7% $14.4M 2,819 $1,195 3

Mon Apr 24 #2 $923.5K −72.6% $15.3M 2,819 $328 4

Tue Apr 25 #2 $965.1K +4.5% $16.3M 2,819 $342 5

Wed Apr 26 #2 $846.0K −12.3% $17.1M 2,819 $300 6

Thu Apr 27 #2 $838.9K −0.8% $17.9M 2,819 $298 7

Fri Apr 28 #6 $2.3M +168.8% −53.1% $20.2M 2,851 $791 8

Sat Apr 29 #5 $3.6M +61.7% −41.2% $23.8M 2,851 $1,278 9

Sun Apr 30 #6 $1.9M −48.2% −43.9% $25.7M 2,851 $662 10

Mon May 1 #4 $524.2K −72.2% −43.2% $26.3M 2,851 $184 11

Tue May 2 #4 $567.7K +8.3% −41.2% $26.8M 2,851 $199 12

Wed May 3 #4 $538.7K −5.1% −36.3% $27.4M 2,851 $189 13

Thu May 4 #4 $490.7K −8.9% −41.5% $27.8M 2,851 $172 14

Fri May 5 #11 $857.7K +74.8% −62.0% $28.7M 2,851 $301 15

Sat May 6 #10 $1.4M +68.8% −60.3% $30.2M 2,343 $618 16

Sun May 7 #11 $780.6K −46.1% −58.7% $30.9M 2,343 $333 17

Mon May 8 #7 $248.6K −68.2% −52.6% $31.2M 2,343 $106 18

Tue May 9 #6 $275.4K +10.8% −51.5% $31.5M 2,343 $118 19

Wed May 10 #6 $273.7K −0.6% −49.2% $31.7M 2,343 $117 20

Thu May 11 #6 $308.1K +12.6% −37.2% $32.0M 2,343 $132 21

Fri May 12 — $455.2K +47.7% −46.9% $32.5M 1,314 $346 22

Sat May 13 — $670.3K +47.3% −53.7% $33.2M 1,314 $510 23

Sun May 14 — $408.7K −39.0% −47.6% $33.6M 1,314 $311 24

Mon May 15 — $120.5K −70.5% −51.5% $33.7M 1,314 $92 25

Tue May 16 — $143.6K +19.2% −47.9% $33.8M 1,314 $109 26

Wed May 17 — $123.2K −14.2% −55.0% $34.0M 1,314 $94 27

Thu May 18 — $134.8K +9.4% −56.3% $34.1M 1,314 $103 28

Fri May 19 — $114.1K −15.4% −74.9% $34.2M 446 $256 29

Sat May 20 — $173.6K +52.2% −74.1% $34.4M 446 $389 30

Sun May 21 — $93.2K −46.3% −77.2% $34.5M 446 $209 31

Mon May 22 — $32.8K −64.8% −72.8% $34.5M 446 $74 32

Tue May 23 — $31.9K −2.6% −77.8% $34.5M 446 $72 33

Wed May 24 — $31.8K −0.3% −74.2% $34.6M 446 $71 34

Thu May 25 — $38.6K +21.3% −71.3% $34.6M 446 $87 35

Fri May 26 — $139.7K +261.6% +22.4% $34.8M 446 $313 36

Sat May 27 — $245.2K +75.6% +41.2% $35.0M 446 $550 37

Sun May 28 — $178.4K −27.2% +91.4% $35.2M 446 $400 38

Mon May 29 #23 $72.1K −59.6% +120.0% $35.2M 446 $162 39

Tue May 30 — $39.8K −44.9% +24.5% $35.3M 446 $89 40

Wed May 31 — $35.0K −11.9% +10.1% $35.3M 446 $79 41

Thu Jun 1 — $37.6K +7.2% −2.7% $35.4M 446 $84 42

Fri Jun 2 — $102.3K +172.4% −26.7% $35.5M 242 $423 43

Sat Jun 3 — $113.7K +11.1% −53.6% $35.6M 242 $470 44

Sun Jun 4 — $62.1K −45.4% −65.2% $35.6M 242 $257 45

Mon Jun 5 — $26.2K −57.8% −63.7% $35.7M 242 $108 46

Tue Jun 6 — $32.3K +23.1% −18.9% $35.7M 201 $160 47

Wed Jun 7 — $21.0K −34.8% −39.9% $35.7M 201 $105 48

Thu Jun 8 — $22.5K +6.9% −40.2% $35.7M 201 $112 49

Fri Jun 9 — $50.8K +126.0% −50.4% $35.8M 186 $273 50

Sat Jun 10 — $66.8K +31.5% −41.3% $35.9M 186 $359 51

Sun Jun 11 — $34.4K −48.5% −44.6% $35.9M 186 $185 52

Mon Jun 12 — $17.8K −48.3% −32.0% $35.9M 186 $96 53

Tue Jun 13 — $18.7K +5.1% −42.0% $35.9M 186 $101 54

Wed Jun 14 — $17.0K −9.1% −19.1% $35.9M 186 $91 55

Thu Jun 15 — $17.7K +4.1% −21.2% $36.0M 186 $95 56

Fri Jun 16 — $25.4K +43.4% −50.0% $36.0M 147 $173 57

Sat Jun 17 — $33.4K +31.4% −50.0% $36.0M 147 $227 58

Sun Jun 18 — $21.5K −35.5% −37.5% $36.0M 147 $146 59

Mon Jun 19 — $9.8K −54.5% −45.0% $36.1M 147 $67 60

Tue Jun 20 — $10.0K +1.7% −46.8% $36.1M 147 $68 61

Wed Jun 21 — $10.4K +4.9% −38.6% $36.1M 147 $71 62

Thu Jun 22 — $11.0K +4.9% −38.1% $36.1M 147 $75 63

Fri Jun 23 — $19.1K +74.4% −24.8% $36.1M 121 $158 64

Sat Jun 24 — $26.9K +41.0% −19.3% $36.1M 121 $223 65

Sun Jun 25 — $16.9K −37.1% −21.3% $36.1M 121 $140 66

Mon Jun 26 — $7.9K −53.6% −19.7% $36.2M 121 $65 67

Tue Jun 27 — $9.7K +23.4% −2.6% $36.2M 121 $80 68

Wed Jun 28 — $7.7K −20.6% −26.2% $36.2M 121 $64 69

Thu Jun 29 — $7.9K +2.8% −27.7% $36.2M 121 $65 70

Fri Jun 30 — $8.9K +11.8% −53.6% $36.2M 73 $121 71

Sat Jul 1 — $12.3K +38.7% −54.4% $36.2M 73 $168 72

Sun Jul 2 — $9.7K −21.3% −42.9% $36.2M 73 $132 73

Mon Jul 3 — $6.7K −30.3% −14.3% $36.2M 73 $92 74

Tue Jul 4 — $5.6K −17.0% −42.4% $36.2M 73 $77 75

Wed Jul 5 — $3.5K −37.2% −54.4% $36.2M 73 $48 76

Thu Jul 6 — $3.8K +9.3% −51.5% $36.2M 73 $53 77

Fri Jul 7 — $5.8K +50.5% −34.8% $36.2M 73 $79 78

Sat Jul 8 — $7.4K +27.4% −40.1% $36.2M 73 $101 79

Sun Jul 9 — $4.6K −37.4% −52.3% $36.3M 49 $94 80

Mon Jul 10 — $2.9K −36.8% −56.7% $36.3M 49 $59 81

Tue Jul 11 — $3.2K +9.5% −42.9% $36.3M 49 $65 82

Wed Jul 12 — $2.8K −12.3% −20.3% $36.3M 49 $57 83

Thu Jul 13 — $2.8K −1.2% −28.0% $36.3M 49 $56 84

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

Cumulative total$36.2M

Apr 21May 8May 26Jun 12Jun 29

Weekend grossWk 10 · $63.0K

$14.4M

$7.8M

$3.1M

$1.5M

$381.0K

$563.3K

$278.2K

$152.0K

$80.3K

$63.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,851 → 121 −95.8%

2,819 open121 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −21.5%

−45.8%

W1→2

−60.4%

W2→3

−50.3%

W3→4

−75.2%

W4→5

+47.9%

W5→6

−50.6%

W6→7

−45.4%

W7→8

−47.2%

W8→9

−21.5%

W9→10

Steepest −75.2%Biggest gain +47.9%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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