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2005 • R • 1h 36m • Crime, Drama, Thriller • New Line Cinema

Tom Stall had the perfect life...until he became a hero.

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3.73

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$516K

Limited · 14 theaters

Domestic total

$31.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$61.50M

$30.00M international

Domestic legs3.9x from $8.1M first wide weekend

Budget$32M

2005 rank#89

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Cast & crew

Full Cronenberg filmography

David Cronenberg

David Cronenberg Director

Viggo Mortensen

Viggo Mortensen Starring

Maria Bello

Maria Bello Starring

Ed Harris

Ed Harris Starring

William Hurt

William Hurt Starring

ScreenplayJosh Olson Music byHoward Shore StudioNew Line Cinema

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 23-25 18 $516.0K — 14 $36,857 $516.0K

2 Sep 30-Oct 2 4 $8.1M +1,470.4% 1,340 $6,047 $8.9M

3 Oct 7-9 9 $5.1M −37.5% 1,340 $3,781 $16.6M

4 Oct 14-16 8 $3.6M −28.9% 1,348 $2,671 $22.4M

5 Oct 21-23 9 $2.7M −25.0% 1,308 $2,064 $26.3M

6 Oct 28-30 14 $1.4M −49.9% 1,011 $1,337 $28.5M

7 Nov 4-6 18 $814.3K −39.8% 707 $1,152 $29.9M

8 Nov 11-13 24 $344.2K −57.7% 308 $1,118 $30.5M

9 Nov 18-20 34 $109.4K −68.2% 167 $655 $30.7M

10 Nov 25-27 45 $54.6K −50.1% 63 $866 $30.8M

11 Dec 2-4 41 $56.6K +3.7% 93 $609 $30.9M

12 Dec 9-11 41 $42.7K −24.5% 123 $347 $31.0M

13 Dec 16-18 38 $37.1K −13.3% 104 $356 $31.1M

15 Dec 30-Jan 1 46 $47.0K — 56 $840 $31.2M

16 Jan 6-8 41 $46.6K −0.9% 57 $818 $31.3M

17 Jan 13-15 42 $42.3K −9.2% 46 $920 $31.4M

18 Jan 20-22 49 $32.3K −23.6% 34 $951 $31.4M

19 Jan 27-29 54 $30.2K −6.7% 25 $1,207 $31.5M

20 Feb 3-5 63 $22.2K −26.3% 22 $1,010 $31.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Sep 30 #4 $2.6M — $3.4M 1,340 $1,940 8

Sat Oct 1 #4 $3.4M +31% $6.8M 1,340 $2,537 9

Sun Oct 2 #4 $2.1M −38% $8.9M 1,340 $1,567 10

Mon Oct 3 #3 $720.0K −66% $9.6M 1,340 $537 11

Tue Oct 4 #3 $735.0K +2% $10.3M 1,340 $549 12

Wed Oct 5 #2 $600.0K −18% $10.9M 1,340 $448 13

Thu Oct 6 #2 $620.0K +3% $11.6M 1,340 $463 14

Fri Oct 7 #10 $1.5M +142% −42% $13.0M 1,340 $1,119 15

Sat Oct 8 #8 $2.2M +47% −35% $15.2M 1,340 $1,642 16

Sun Oct 9 #9 $1.4M −36% −33% $16.6M 1,340 $1,045 17

Mon Oct 10 #7 $730.0K −48% +1% $17.4M 1,340 $545 18

Tue Oct 11 #6 $425.0K −42% −42% $17.8M 1,340 $317 19

Wed Oct 12 #6 $410.0K −4% −32% $18.2M 1,340 $306 20

Thu Oct 13 #7 $450.0K +10% −27% $18.8M 1,340 $336 21

Fri Oct 14 #8 $1.1M +144% −27% $19.9M 1,348 $816 22

Sat Oct 15 #8 $1.6M +45% −27% $21.5M 1,348 $1,187 23

Sun Oct 16 #9 $900.0K −44% −36% $22.4M 1,348 $668 24

Mon Oct 17 #9 $300.0K −67% −59% $22.7M 1,348 $223 25

Tue Oct 18 #9 $325.0K +8% −24% $23.0M 1,348 $241 26

Wed Oct 19 #9 $285.0K −12% −30% $23.3M 1,348 $211 27

Thu Oct 20 #9 $310.0K +9% −31% $23.6M 1,348 $230 28

Fri Oct 21 #9 $900.0K +190% −18% $24.5M 1,308 $688 29

Sat Oct 22 #9 $1.2M +33% −25% $25.7M 1,308 $917 30

Sun Oct 23 #11 $600.0K −50% −33% $26.3M 1,308 $459 31

Mon Oct 24 #10 $230.0K −62% −23% $26.5M 1,308 $176 32

Tue Oct 25 #10 $235.0K +2% −28% $26.8M 1,308 $180 33

Wed Oct 26 #10 $220.0K −6% −23% $27.0M 1,308 $168 34

Thu Oct 27 #10 $202.0K −8% −35% $27.2M 1,308 $154 35

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

Cumulative total$27.2M

Sep 30Oct 7Oct 14Oct 20Oct 27

Weekend grossWk 10 · $54.6K

$516.0K

$8.1M

$5.1M

$3.6M

$2.7M

$1.4M

$814.3K

$344.2K

$109.4K

$54.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,348 → 1,308 −3.0%

1,340 open1,308 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −50.1%

+1,470.4%

W1→2

−37.5%

W2→3

−28.9%

W3→4

−25.0%

W4→5

−49.9%

W5→6

−39.8%

W6→7

−57.7%

W7→8

−68.2%

W8→9

−50.1%

W9→10

Steepest −68.2%Biggest gain +1,470.4%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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