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1999 • R • 2h 3m • Thriller, Crime, Mystery • Columbia Pictures

You can't prepare for where the truth will take you.

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3.25

6.6

CS C-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$14.30M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$36.40M

Final

Worldwide total

$96.40M

$60.00M international

Domestic legs2.6x

Budget$40M

1999 rank#57

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Cast & crew

Full Schumacher filmography

Joel Schumacher

Joel Schumacher Director

Nicolas Cage

Nicolas Cage Starring

Joaquin Phoenix

Joaquin Phoenix Starring

James Gandolfini

James Gandolfini Starring

Peter Stormare

Peter Stormare Starring

Catherine Keener

Catherine Keener Starring

ScreenplayAndrew Kevin Walker Produced byGavin Polone, Judy Hofflund, Joel Schumacher CinematographyRobert Elswit Music byMychael Danna StudioColumbia Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Feb 26-28 1 $14.3M — 2,370 $6,014 $14.3M

2 Mar 5-7 3 $7.0M −50.8% 2,370 $2,958 $25.3M

3 Mar 12-14 9 $3.5M −49.8% 2,241 $1,571 $31.0M

4 Mar 19-21 15 $1.7M −52.4% 1,324 $1,266 $34.0M

5 Mar 26-28 19 $714.1K −57.4% 727 $982 $35.3M

6 Apr 2-4 30 $285.0K −60.1% 407 $700 $35.7M

7 Apr 9-11 43 $113.6K −60.1% 253 $449 $35.9M

8 Apr 16-18 47 $76.0K −33.2% 182 $417 $36.0M

9 Apr 23-25 59 $50.1K −34.1% 121 $414 $36.1M

10 Apr 30-May 2 36 $110.7K +121.2% 422 $262 $36.2M

11 May 7-9 47 $61.9K −44.1% 297 $208 $36.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Feb 26 #1 $4.6M — $4.6M 2,370 $1,926 1

Sat Feb 27 #1 $5.9M +28.7% $10.4M 2,370 $2,479 2

Sun Feb 28 #1 $3.8M −35.3% $14.3M 2,370 $1,603 3

Mon Mar 1 #1 $1.1M −71.9% $15.3M 2,370 $451 4

Tue Mar 2 #1 $1.2M +13.9% $16.5M 2,370 $513 5

Wed Mar 3 #1 $871.1K −28.4% $17.4M 2,370 $368 6

Thu Mar 4 #1 $907.4K +4.2% $18.3M 2,370 $383 7

Fri Mar 5 #3 $2.0M +121.6% −56.0% $20.3M 2,370 $848 8

Sat Mar 6 #3 $3.0M +50.5% −48.5% $23.4M 2,370 $1,276 9

Sun Mar 7 #3 $2.0M −34.7% −48.0% $25.3M 2,370 $833 10

Mon Mar 8 #3 $518.1K −73.8% −51.5% $25.8M 2,370 $219 11

Tue Mar 9 #3 $627.5K +21.1% −48.4% $26.5M 2,370 $265 12

Wed Mar 10 #3 $502.7K −19.9% −42.3% $27.0M 2,370 $212 13

Thu Mar 11 #3 $475.0K −5.5% −47.6% $27.5M 2,370 $200 14

Fri Mar 12 #9 $1.1M +125.2% −46.8% $28.5M 2,241 $477 15

Sat Mar 13 #9 $1.5M +44.4% −48.9% $30.1M 2,241 $689 16

Sun Mar 14 #8 $1.0M −33.1% −47.6% $31.0M 2,241 $461 17

Mon Mar 15 #9 $359.1K −65.3% −30.7% $31.3M 2,241 $160 18

Tue Mar 16 #9 $394.3K +9.8% −37.2% $31.7M 2,241 $176 19

Wed Mar 17 #10 $288.2K −26.9% −42.7% $32.0M 2,241 $129 20

Thu Mar 18 #10 $319.0K +10.7% −32.9% $32.3M 2,241 $142 21

Fri Mar 19 #15 $450.0K +41.1% −57.9% $32.8M 1,324 $340 22

Sat Mar 20 #15 $705.0K +56.7% −54.4% $33.5M 1,324 $532 23

Sun Mar 21 #14 $415.0K −41.1% −59.9% $34.0M 1,324 $313 24

Mon Mar 22 #14 $142.2K −65.7% −60.4% $34.1M 1,324 $107 25

Tue Mar 23 #13 $173.9K +22.3% −55.9% $34.3M 1,324 $131 26

Wed Mar 24 #14 $143.0K −17.7% −50.4% $34.5M 1,324 $108 27

Thu Mar 25 #15 $145.3K +1.6% −54.4% $34.6M 1,324 $110 28

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

Cumulative total$34.6M

Feb 26Mar 5Mar 12Mar 18Mar 25

Weekend grossWk 10 · $110.7K

$14.3M

$7.0M

$3.5M

$1.7M

$714.1K

$285.0K

$113.6K

$76.0K

$50.1K

$110.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,370 → 1,324 −44.1%

2,370 open1,324 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +121.2%

−50.8%

W1→2

−49.8%

W2→3

−52.4%

W3→4

−57.4%

W4→5

−60.1%

W5→6

−60.1%

W6→7

−33.2%

W7→8

−34.1%

W8→9

+121.2%

W9→10

Steepest −60.1%Biggest gain +121.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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