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The Sum of All Fears

2002 PG-13 2h 4m Action, Drama, Thriller Paramount Pictures

27,000 nuclear weapons. One is missing.

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$119M
Final
Opening Weekend
$31.2M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
3.81x
Opening → Total
Budget
$68.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$194M
$75.0M international
2002 Rank
#21
Domestic

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
May 31-Jun 2 World Cup (Korea/Japan) 1 $31.2M $31.2M 3,183 $10K 1
Jun 7-9 World Cup (Korea/Japan) 1 $19.2M -38.3% $62.3M 3,218 $6K 2
Jun 14-16 World Cup (Korea/Japan) 4 $13.5M -30.0% $84.5M 3,230 $4K 3
Jun 21-23 World Cup (Korea/Japan) 5 $7.8M -42.3% $97.3M 3,037 $3K 4
Jun 28-30 World Cup (Korea/Japan) 7 $4.9M -37.4% $105.4M 2,486 $2K 5
Jul 5-7 8 $3.7M -23.5% $111.7M 1,592 $2K 6
Jul 12-14 13 $1.9M -48.3% $115.1M 1,150 $2K 7
Jul 19-21 17 $941K -51.1% $117.0M 913 $1K 8
Jul 26-28 22 $296K -68.6% $117.6M 598 $494 9
Aug 2-4 37 $95K -67.9% $117.9M 278 $341 10
Aug 23-25 32 $168K +77.4% $118.2M 224 $751 11
Aug 30-Sep 1 36 $133K -20.7% $118.4M 204 $653 12

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Profitability

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

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Cast & Crew

Directed byPhil Alden Robinson
ScreenplayPaul Attanasio, Daniel Pyne
StarringBen Affleck, Morgan Freeman, James Cromwell, Liev Schreiber, Bridget Moynahan, Alan Bates
StudioParamount Pictures