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2007 • R • 2h 37m • Biography, Crime, Drama • Universal Pictures

There are two sides to the American dream.

🍅 81% 90%

76

3.93

7.8

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$43.60M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$130.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$270.00M

$140.00M international

Domestic legs2.99x

Budget$100M

2007 rank#19

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Cast & crew

Full Scott filmography

Ridley Scott

Ridley Scott Director

Denzel Washington

Denzel Washington Starring

Russell Crowe

Russell Crowe Starring

Josh Brolin

Josh Brolin Starring

Chiwetel Ejiofor

Chiwetel Ejiofor Starring

Cuba Gooding Jr.

Cuba Gooding Jr. Starring

ScreenplaySteven Zaillian Produced byRidley Scott, Brian Grazer CinematographyHarris Savides MusicMarc Streitenfeld Prod. DesignArthur Max StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 2-4 1 $43.6M — 3,054 $14,264 $43.6M

2 Nov 9-11 2 $24.0M −44.8% 3,059 $7,855 $80.4M

3 Nov 16-18 3 $12.9M −46.4% 3,110 $4,139 $100.7M

4 Nov 23-25 8 $9.0M −30.0% 2,799 $3,220 $115.6M

5 Nov 30-Dec 2 11 $4.3M −52.7% 2,699 $1,579 $121.7M

6 Dec 7-9 12 $2.5M −40.5% 2,132 $1,190 $125.6M

7 Dec 14-16 14 $1.1M −57.4% 1,215 $890 $127.6M

8 Dec 21-23 22 $341.9K −68.4% 459 $744 $128.5M

9 Dec 28-30 23 $294.7K −13.8% 307 $959 $129.0M

10 Jan 4-6 24 $260.1K −11.7% 327 $795 $129.5M

11 Jan 11-13 29 $174.8K −32.8% 282 $619 $129.8M

12 Jan 18-20 36 $123.5K −29.4% 213 $579 $130.0M

13 Jan 25-27 39 $100.5K −18.6% 172 $584 $130.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 2 #1 $15.9M — $15.9M 3,054 $5,194 1

Sat Nov 3 #1 $17.7M +11% $33.5M 3,054 $5,780 2

Sun Nov 4 #2 $10.0M −43% $43.6M 3,054 $3,290 3

Mon Nov 5 #1 $3.6M −64% $47.1M 3,054 $1,170 4

Tue Nov 6 #1 $3.5M −1% $50.7M 3,054 $1,155 5

Wed Nov 7 #1 $2.9M −17% $53.6M 3,054 $960 6

Thu Nov 8 #1 $2.8M −6% $56.4M 3,054 $904 7

Fri Nov 9 #1 $7.2M +160% −55% $63.5M 3,059 $2,345 8

Sat Nov 10 #2 $10.2M +42% −42% $73.8M 3,059 $3,340 9

Sun Nov 11 #2 $6.6M −35% −34% $80.4M 3,059 $2,170 10

Mon Nov 12 #3 $2.9M −56% −18% $83.3M 3,059 $955 11

Tue Nov 13 #1 $1.6M −46% −55% $84.9M 3,059 $520 12

Wed Nov 14 #1 $1.5M −9% −50% $86.4M 3,059 $474 13

Thu Nov 15 #1 $1.4M −2% −48% $87.8M 3,059 $465 14

Fri Nov 16 #2 $3.9M +172% −46% $91.6M 3,111 $1,244 15

Sat Nov 17 #3 $5.8M +51% −43% $97.5M 3,111 $1,879 16

Sun Nov 18 #3 $3.2M −46% −52% $100.7M 3,111 $1,014 17

Mon Nov 19 #2 $1.1M −65% −62% $101.8M 2,814 $392 18

Tue Nov 20 #4 $1.3M +18% −18% $103.1M 2,814 $464 19

Wed Nov 21 #9 $1.5M +19% +7% $104.6M 2,814 $550 20

Thu Nov 22 #8 $1.9M +25% +35% $106.5M 2,814 $685 21

Fri Nov 23 #8 $3.6M +87% −7% $110.1M 2,814 $1,278 22

Sat Nov 24 #8 $3.6M +1% −38% $113.8M 2,814 $1,288 23

Sun Nov 25 #9 $1.8M −51% −43% $115.6M 2,814 $636 24

Mon Nov 26 #7 $503.8K −72% −54% $116.1M 2,814 $179 25

Tue Nov 27 #8 $504.0K n/c −61% $116.6M 2,814 $179 26

Wed Nov 28 #7 $475.8K −6% −69% $117.0M 2,799 $170 27

Thu Nov 29 #8 $419.9K −12% −78% $117.5M 2,799 $150 28

Fri Nov 30 #10 $1.3M +218% −63% $118.8M 2,693 $495 29

Sat Dec 1 #10 $1.9M +41% −48% $120.7M 2,693 $701 30

Sun Dec 2 #11 $1.0M −45% −42% $121.7M 2,693 $385 31

Mon Dec 3 #9 $311.3K −70% −38% $122.0M 2,699 $115 32

Tue Dec 4 #8 $338.5K +9% −33% $122.4M 2,699 $125 33

Wed Dec 5 #7 $325.0K −4% −32% $122.7M 2,699 $120 34

Thu Dec 6 #8 $323.4K n/c −23% $123.0M 2,699 $119 35

Fri Dec 7 #11 $699.0K +116% −48% $123.7M 2,133 $327 36

Mon Dec 10 #11 $233.5K — −25% $125.8M 2,133 $109 39

Tue Dec 11 #10 $245.0K +5% −28% $126.0M 2,133 $114 40

Wed Dec 12 #11 $234.0K −4% −28% $126.3M 2,133 $109 41

Thu Dec 13 #11 $234.8K n/c −27% $126.5M 2,133 $110 42

Tue Jan 1 $72.1K — $129.2M 307 $235 61

Mon Jan 21 #36 $22.4K — $130.0M 213 $105 81

Tue Jan 22 $12.8K −43% $130.0M 213 $60 82

Wed Jan 23 #23 $11.8K −8% $130.0M 213 $55 83

Thu Jan 24 $12.9K +9% $130.0M 213 $60 84

Fri Jan 25 $28.3K +120% $130.1M 172 $164 85

Sat Jan 26 $44.7K +58% $130.1M 172 $260 86

Sun Jan 27 $27.5K −38% $130.1M 172 $160 87

Mon Jan 28 $10.3K −62% −54% $130.1M 172 $60 88

Tue Jan 29 $9.5K −8% −26% $130.1M 172 $55 89

Wed Jan 30 $8.6K −9% −27% $130.2M 172 $50 90

Thu Jan 31 $8.6K −1% −33% $130.2M 172 $49 91

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

Cumulative total$129.2M

Nov 2Nov 12Nov 22Dec 2Jan 1

Weekend grossWk 10 · $260.1K

$43.6M

$24.0M

$12.9M

$9.0M

$4.3M

$2.5M

$1.1M

$341.9K

$294.7K

$260.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,111 → 307 −90.1%

3,054 open307 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −11.7%

−44.8%

W1→2

−46.4%

W2→3

−30.0%

W3→4

−52.7%

W4→5

−40.5%

W5→6

−57.4%

W6→7

−68.4%

W7→8

−13.8%

W8→9

−11.7%

W9→10

Steepest −68.4%Best hold −11.7%

Run milestones

$100M in 17 days

$100M

Day 17

Nov 18

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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