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2000 • PG-13 • 2h 4m • Action, Adventure, Drama • Sony Pictures Releasing

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2.82

6.0

CS B

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$15.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$69.20M

Final

Worldwide total

$216.00M

$146.00M international

Domestic legs4.47x

Budget$75.0M

2000 rank#34

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Cast & crew

Full Campbell filmography

Martin Campbell

Martin Campbell Director

Chris O'Donnell

Chris O'Donnell Starring

Robin Tunney

Robin Tunney Starring

Bill Paxton

Bill Paxton Starring

Scott Glenn

Scott Glenn Starring

Izabella Scorupco

Izabella Scorupco Starring

ScreenplayRobert King StudioSony Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 8-10 2 $15.5M — 2,307 $6,722 $15.5M

2 Dec 15-17 5 $9.1M −41.3% 2,307 $3,946 $28.8M

3 Dec 22-24 7 $4.0M −56.4% 2,405 $1,651 $36.7M

4 Dec 29-31 7 $6.1M +54.1% 2,456 $2,492 $49.8M

5 Jan 5-7 7 $5.0M −18.1% 2,602 $1,926 $59.3M

6 Jan 12-15 14 $3.0M — 2,042 $1,474 $63.8M

7 Jan 19-21 18 $1.3M — 1,323 $950 $65.6M

8 Jan 26-28 21 $581.8K −53.7% 714 $815 $66.5M

9 Feb 2-4 24 $541.9K −6.8% 602 $900 $67.2M

10 Feb 9-11 25 $400.2K −26.1% 452 $885 $67.8M

11 Feb 16-19 32 $310.4K — 296 $1,049 $68.1M

12 Feb 23-25 40 $147.9K — 192 $770 $68.3M

13 Mar 2-4 43 $98.6K −33.4% 134 $735 $68.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 8 #1 $5.1M — $5.1M 2,307 $2,213 1

Sat Dec 9 #2 $6.6M +28.8% $11.7M 2,307 $2,850 2

Sun Dec 10 #2 $3.8M −41.8% $15.5M 2,307 $1,659 3

Mon Dec 11 #1 $1.0M −73.8% $16.5M 2,307 $435 4

Tue Dec 12 #1 $1.2M +23.2% $17.7M 2,307 $536 5

Wed Dec 13 #2 $952.2K −23% $18.7M 2,307 $413 6

Thu Dec 14 #2 $1.0M +5.8% $19.7M 2,307 $436 7

Fri Dec 15 #3 $2.7M +166% −47.5% $22.4M 2,307 $1,161 8

Sat Dec 16 #3 $3.9M +43.7% −41.4% $26.2M 2,307 $1,669 9

Sun Dec 17 #3 $2.6M −33.1% −32.7% $28.8M 2,307 $1,116 10

Mon Dec 18 #3 $819.0K −68.2% −18.4% $29.6M 2,307 $355 11

Tue Dec 19 #3 $1.0M +22.7% −18.8% $30.6M 2,307 $435 12

Wed Dec 20 #3 $977.1K −2.7% +2.6% $31.6M 2,307 $424 13

Thu Dec 21 #3 $1.1M +13.7% +10.4% $32.7M 2,307 $482 14

Fri Dec 22 #6 $1.4M +27.9% −47% $34.1M 2,405 $591 15

Sat Dec 23 #6 $1.8M +28.1% −52.7% $36.0M 2,405 $757 16

Sun Dec 24 #7 $730.4K −59.9% −71.6% $36.7M 2,405 $304 17

Mon Dec 25 #7 $1.7M +131.4% +106.3% $38.4M 2,405 $703 18

Tue Dec 26 #6 $2.0M +15.5% +94.2% $40.3M 2,405 $811 19

Wed Dec 27 #6 $1.7M −15.2% +69.4% $42.0M 2,405 $688 20

Thu Dec 28 #6 $1.7M +4.1% +55.1% $43.7M 2,405 $717 21

Fri Dec 29 #6 $2.3M +34% +62.6% $46.0M 2,456 $941 22

Sat Dec 30 #6 $2.4M +4.3% +32.4% $48.4M 2,456 $981 23

Sun Dec 31 #7 $1.4M −41.9% +91.8% $49.8M 2,456 $570 24

Mon Jan 1 #6 $2.0M +46% +21.0% $51.9M 2,456 $833 25

Tue Jan 2 #4 $1.0M −50.8% −48.4% $52.9M 2,456 $410 26

Wed Jan 3 #4 $676.2K −32.8% −59.1% $53.6M 2,456 $275 27

Thu Jan 4 #4 $701.7K +3.8% −59.3% $54.3M 2,456 $286 28

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

Cumulative total$54.3M

Dec 8Dec 15Dec 22Dec 28Jan 4

Weekend grossWk 10 · $400.2K

$15.5M

$9.1M

$4.0M

$6.1M

$5.0M

$3.0M

$1.3M

$581.8K

$541.9K

$400.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,456 → 2,456 +0.0%

2,307 open2,456 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −26.1%

−41.3%

W1→2

−56.4%

W2→3

+54.1%

W3→4

−18.1%

W4→5

−53.7%

W7→8

−6.8%

W8→9

−26.1%

W9→10

Steepest −56.4%Biggest gain +54.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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