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Behind Enemy Lines

2001 PG-13 1h 46m Action, Drama, Thriller 20th Century Fox

His only weapon is his will to survive.

Behind Enemy Lines Box Office

Opening Weekend
$18.7M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$58.9M
Final
Worldwide Total
$91.8M
$32.9M international
Domestic Legs3.14x
Budget$40.0M
2001 Rank#40
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Nov 30-Dec 2 2 $18.74M $18.74M 2,770 $6.8K 1
Dec 7-9 3 $8.04M -57.1% $31.18M 2,844 $2.8K 2
Dec 14-16 5 $5.41M -32.7% $38.81M 2,792 $1.9K 3
Dec 21-23 11 $3.20M -40.9% $43.83M 1,808 $1.8K 4
Dec 28-30 15 $2.98M -6.9% $49.49M 1,332 $2.2K 5
Jan 4-6 17 $1.98M -33.5% $53.71M 1,079 $1.8K 6
Jan 11-13 17 $1.45M -26.8% $55.65M 963 $1.5K 7
Jan 18-20 21 $819K -43.5% $56.84M 874 $937 8
Jan 25-27 27 $320K -60.9% $57.46M 503 $637 9
Feb 1-3 29 $252K -21.2% $57.80M 409 $617 10
Feb 8-10 32 $189K -25.2% $58.08M 306 $616 11
Feb 15-17 32 $175K -7.4% $58.33M 278 $628 12
Feb 22-24 35 $143K -17.9% $58.55M 249 $576 13
Mar 1-3 41 $86K -40.0% $58.69M 184 $467 14
Mar 8-10 46 $53K -38.9% $58.77M 121 $434 15

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

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Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byJohn Moore
ScreenplayDavid Veloz, Zak Penn
Produced byJohn Davis
CinematographyBrendan Galvin
MusicDon Davis
Prod. DesignNathan Crowley
StarringOwen Wilson, Gene Hackman, Gabriel Macht, Olek Krupa, Marko Igonda, David Keith
Studio20th Century Fox

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