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Three Kings

1999 • R • 1h 54m • Action, Adventure, Comedy • Warner Bros.

It's good to be king.

🍅 94% 77%

82

3.50

7.1

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$15.8M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$60.7M

Final

Worldwide Total

$107.8M

$47.1M international

Domestic Legs3.8x

Budget$48M

1999 Rank#37

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Cast & Crew

Full Russell filmography

David O. Russell

David O. Russell Director

George Clooney Starring

Mark Wahlberg Starring

Ice Cube Starring

Spike Jonze Starring

Cliff Curtis Starring

ScreenplayDavid O. Russell Produced byCharles Roven, Paul Junger Witt, Edward L. McDonnell CinematographyNewton Thomas Sigel Music byCarter Burwell StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 1-3 2 $15.8M — 2,942 $5,387 $15.8M

2 Oct 8-10 3 $12.0M −24.3% 2,942 $4,080 $32.7M

3 Oct 15-17 4 $7.3M −39.4% 2,942 $2,473 $43.7M

4 Oct 22-24 9 $4.3M −41.3% 2,411 $1,773 $50.1M

5 Oct 29-31 10 $2.5M −41.0% 1,851 $1,363 $53.7M

6 Nov 5-7 15 $1.7M −34.3% 1,295 $1,280 $56.2M

7 Nov 12-14 20 $604.6K −63.5% 712 $849 $57.4M

8 Nov 19-21 27 $198.2K −67.2% 325 $610 $57.8M

9 Nov 26-28 42 $109.8K −44.6% 235 $467 $58.0M

10 Dec 3-5 48 $62.9K −42.7% 115 $547 $58.1M

11 Dec 10-12 54 $38.3K −39.1% 99 $387 $58.1M

12 Dec 17-19 52 $39.0K +1.8% 84 $465 $58.2M

13 Dec 24-26 21 $238.0K +509.6% 609 $391 $58.6M

14 Dec 31-Jan 2 25 $340.6K +43.1% 595 $572 $59.2M

15 Jan 7-9 26 $328.2K −3.7% 545 $602 $59.8M

16 Jan 14-16 31 $252.4K −23.1% 315 $801 $60.2M

17 Jan 21-23 41 $140.3K −44.4% 274 $512 $60.3M

18 Jan 28-30 46 $83.2K −40.7% 203 $410 $60.5M

19 Feb 4-6 55 $67.8K −18.5% 166 $409 $60.6M

20 Feb 11-13 64 $48.5K −28.5% 116 $418 $60.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 1 #2 $5.0M — $5.0M 2,942 $1,697 1

Sat Oct 2 #2 $6.6M +32% $11.6M 2,942 $2,247 2

Sun Oct 3 #1 $4.1M −38% $15.8M 2,942 $1,402 3

Mon Oct 4 #1 $1.3M −69% $17.1M 2,942 $433 4

Tue Oct 5 #2 $1.3M +3% $18.4M 2,942 $445 5

Wed Oct 6 #2 $1.1M −13% $19.6M 2,942 $386 6

Thu Oct 7 #2 $1.1M — $20.7M 2,942 $388 7

Fri Oct 8 #3 $3.4M +196% −32% $24.1M 2,943 $1,147 8

Sat Oct 9 #3 $5.0M +48% −25% $29.1M 2,943 $1,693 9

Sun Oct 10 #2 $3.6M −27% −12% $32.7M 2,942 $1,231 10

Mon Oct 11 #2 $1.3M −63% +6% $34.1M 2,942 $457 11

Tue Oct 12 #3 $836.7K −38% −36% $34.9M 2,942 $284 12

Wed Oct 13 #3 $760.8K −9% −33% $35.7M 2,942 $259 13

Thu Oct 14 #3 $748.8K −2% −34% $36.4M 2,942 $255 14

Fri Oct 15 #4 $2.1M +177% −39% $38.5M 2,942 $705 15

Sat Oct 16 #3 $3.4M +61% −33% $41.8M 2,942 $1,139 16

Sun Oct 17 #4 $1.9M −44% −48% $43.7M 2,942 $636 17

Mon Oct 18 #5 $501.4K −73% −63% $44.2M 2,942 $170 18

Tue Oct 19 #5 $548.3K +9% −34% $44.7M 2,942 $186 19

Wed Oct 20 #5 $553.5K +1% −27% $45.3M 2,942 $188 20

Thu Oct 21 #5 $511.6K −8% −32% $45.8M 2,942 $174 21

Fri Oct 22 #9 $1.3M +146% −39% $47.1M 2,411 $523 22

Sat Oct 23 #9 $1.9M +48% −44% $48.9M 2,411 $774 23

Sun Oct 24 #8 $1.1M −42% −42% $50.1M 2,411 $450 24

Mon Oct 25 #7 $278.2K −74% −45% $50.3M 2,411 $115 25

Tue Oct 26 #9 $296.6K +7% −46% $50.6M 2,411 $123 26

Wed Oct 27 #9 $266.4K −10% −52% $50.9M 2,411 $111 27

Thu Oct 28 #8 $294.8K +11% −42% $51.2M 2,411 $122 28

Fri Oct 29 #10 $790.0K +168% −37% $52.0M 1,850 $427 29

Sat Oct 30 #10 $1.2M +48% −37% $53.2M 1,850 $632 30

Sun Oct 31 #11 $580.0K −50% −47% $53.7M 1,851 $313 31

Mon Nov 1 #11 $196.8K −66% −29% $53.9M 1,851 $106 32

Tue Nov 2 #11 $239.6K +22% −19% $54.2M 1,851 $129 33

Wed Nov 3 #10 $204.1K −15% −23% $54.4M 1,851 $110 34

Thu Nov 4 #10 $209.0K +2% −29% $54.6M 1,851 $113 35

Fri Nov 5 #13 $480.0K +130% −39% $55.1M 1,402 $342 36

Sat Nov 6 #13 $793.0K +65% −32% $55.9M 1,402 $566 37

Sun Nov 7 #15 $383.0K −52% −34% $56.2M 1,851 $207 38

Mon Nov 8 #14 $108.2K −72% −45% $56.3M 1,851 $58 39

Tue Nov 9 #14 $128.5K +19% −46% $56.5M 1,851 $69 40

Wed Nov 10 #17 $138.4K +8% −32% $56.6M 1,401 $99 41

Thu Nov 11 #17 $182.2K +32% −13% $56.8M 1,401 $130 42

Sun Nov 14 #19 $134.0K — −65% $57.4M 712 $188 45

Mon Nov 15 #18 $50.6K −62% −53% $57.4M 712 $71 46

Tue Nov 16 #19 $56.2K +11% −56% $57.5M 712 $79 47

Wed Nov 17 #19 $51.0K −9% −63% $57.6M 712 $72 48

Thu Nov 18 #18 $51.5K +1% −72% $57.6M 712 $72 49

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

Cumulative total$57.6M

Oct 1Oct 13Oct 24Nov 5Nov 18

Weekend grossWk 10 · $62.9K

$15.8M

$12.0M

$7.3M

$4.3M

$2.5M

$1.7M

$604.6K

$198.2K

$109.8K

$62.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,943 → 712 −75.8%

2,942 open712 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −42.7%

−24.3%

W1→2

−39.4%

W2→3

−41.3%

W3→4

−41.0%

W4→5

−34.3%

W5→6

−63.5%

W6→7

−67.2%

W7→8

−44.6%

W8→9

−42.7%

W9→10

Steepest −67.2%Best hold −24.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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