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2002 • R • 1h 50m • Drama, Music • Universal Pictures

Every moment is another chance.

🍅 76% 54%

77

3.63

7.2

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$51.20M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$117.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$243.00M

$126.00M international

Domestic legs2.28x

Budget$41.0M

2002 rank#22

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Cast & crew

Full Hanson filmography

Curtis Hanson

Curtis Hanson Director

Kim Basinger

Kim Basinger Starring

Mekhi Phifer

Mekhi Phifer Starring

Brittany Murphy

Brittany Murphy Starring

Omar Benson Miller

Omar Benson Miller Starring

ScreenplayScott Silver Produced byCurtis Hanson, Brian Grazer, Jimmy Iovine CinematographyRodrigo Prieto MusicEminem Prod. DesignPhilip Messina StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 8-10 1 $51.2M — 2,470 $20,745 $51.2M

2 Nov 15-17 2 $19.3M −62.2% 2,496 $7,750 $84.4M

3 Nov 22-24 5 $8.6M −55.4% 2,585 $3,335 $97.6M

4 Nov 29-Dec 1 8 $5.8M −33.2% 2,498 $2,305 $107.4M

5 Dec 6-8 9 $2.5M −55.7% 2,015 $1,265 $111.2M

6 Dec 13-15 13 $1.4M −46.9% 1,375 $985 $113.4M

7 Dec 20-22 23 $344.0K −74.6% 450 $764 $114.1M

8 Dec 27-29 30 $346.6K +0.8% 321 $1,079 $114.7M

9 Jan 3-5 32 $304.8K −12.1% 365 $834 $115.3M

10 Jan 10-12 35 $216.1K −29.1% 325 $664 $115.6M

11 Jan 17-19 33 $188.2K −12.9% 246 $765 $115.9M

12 Jan 24-26 37 $134.6K −28.5% 207 $650 $116.1M

13 Jan 31-Feb 2 39 $123.4K −8.4% 169 $730 $116.3M

14 Feb 7-9 45 $105.6K −14.4% 153 $689 $116.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 8 #1 $19.6M — $19.6M 2,471 $7,921 1

Sat Nov 9 #1 $18.5M −5% $38.1M 2,471 $7,488 2

Sun Nov 10 #1 $13.1M −29% $51.2M 2,470 $5,304 3

Mon Nov 11 #1 $5.7M −56% $57.0M 2,470 $2,314 4

Tue Nov 12 #1 $3.3M −42% $60.3M 2,470 $1,349 5

Wed Nov 13 #1 $2.5M −26% $62.8M 2,470 $1,004 6

Thu Nov 14 #1 $2.3M −6% $65.1M 2,470 $939 7

Fri Nov 15 #2 $6.6M +184% −66% $71.7M 2,499 $2,636 8

Sat Nov 16 #2 $8.3M +26% −55% $80.0M 2,496 $3,325 9

Sun Nov 17 #2 $4.5M −46% −66% $84.4M 2,496 $1,785 10

Mon Nov 18 #2 $1.2M −73% −79% $85.6M 2,496 $475 11

Tue Nov 19 #2 $1.3M +9% −61% $86.9M 2,496 $520 12

Wed Nov 20 #2 $1.0M −22% −59% $87.9M 2,496 $404 13

Thu Nov 21 #2 $1.0M +1% −56% $89.0M 2,496 $409 14

Fri Nov 22 #4 $2.8M +171% −58% $91.7M 2,587 $1,070 15

Sat Nov 23 #5 $3.7M +34% −55% $95.4M 2,587 $1,434 16

Sun Nov 24 #5 $2.0M −45% −54% $97.6M 2,587 $789 17

Mon Nov 25 #5 $634.0K −69% −47% $98.2M 2,585 $245 18

Tue Nov 26 #4 $841.0K +33% −35% $99.1M 2,585 $325 19

Wed Nov 27 #7 $1.2M +42% +19% $100.3M 2,498 $479 20

Thu Nov 28 #8 $1.5M +25% +47% $101.8M 2,498 $601 21

Fri Nov 29 #8 $2.4M +59% −14% $104.1M 2,498 $956 22

Sat Nov 30 #8 $2.3M −3% −38% $106.5M 2,498 $926 23

Sun Dec 1 #8 $1.1M −52% −46% $107.4M 2,498 $445 24

Mon Dec 2 #8 $300.0K −73% −53% $107.7M 2,498 $120 25

Tue Dec 3 #6 $338.0K +13% −60% $108.0M 2,498 $135 26

Wed Dec 4 #6 $287.0K −15% −76% $108.3M 2,498 $114 27

Thu Dec 5 #6 $312.0K +9% −79% $108.6M 2,498 $124 28

Fri Dec 6 #11 $826.0K +165% −65% $109.5M 2,015 $409 29

Sat Dec 7 #10 $1.1M +35% −52% $110.6M 2,015 $554 30

Sun Dec 8 #9 $605.0K −46% −46% $111.2M 2,015 $300 31

Mon Dec 9 #9 $190.0K −69% −37% $111.4M 2,015 $94 32

Tue Dec 10 #7 $231.0K +22% −32% $111.6M 2,015 $114 33

Wed Dec 11 #7 $201.0K −13% −30% $111.8M 2,015 $99 34

Thu Dec 12 #7 $202.0K n/c −35% $112.0M 2,015 $100 35

Fri Dec 13 #13 $419.4K +108% −49% $112.4M 2,015 $208 36

Sat Dec 14 #13 $577.5K +38% −48% $113.0M 1,375 $419 37

Sun Dec 15 #12 $357.7K −38% −41% $113.4M 1,375 $260 38

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

Cumulative total$113.4M

Nov 8Nov 17Nov 27Dec 6Dec 15

Weekend grossWk 10 · $216.1K

$51.2M

$19.3M

$8.6M

$5.8M

$2.5M

$1.4M

$344.0K

$346.6K

$304.8K

$216.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,587 → 1,375 −46.8%

2,471 open1,375 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −29.1%

−62.2%

W1→2

−55.4%

W2→3

−33.2%

W3→4

−55.7%

W4→5

−46.9%

W5→6

−74.6%

W6→7

+0.8%

W7→8

−12.1%

W8→9

−29.1%

W9→10

Steepest −74.6%Biggest gain +0.8%

Run milestones

$100M in 20 days

$100M

Day 20

Nov 27

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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