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2001 • R • 2h 4m • Biography, Crime, Drama • New Line Cinema

based on a true story

🍅 56% 87%

52

3.54

7.5

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$12.40M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$53.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$83.30M

$30.30M international

Domestic legs4.26x

Budget$53.0M

2001 rank#47

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Cast & crew

Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp Starring

Penélope Cruz

Penélope Cruz Starring

Franka Potente

Franka Potente Starring

Rachel Griffiths

Rachel Griffiths Starring

Ray Liotta

Ray Liotta Starring

Jordi Mollà

Jordi Mollà Starring

ScreenplayNick Cassavetes, David McKenna Produced byTed Demme, Joel Stillerman, Denis Leary CinematographyEllen Kuras MusicGraeme Revell Prod. DesignMichael Z. Hanan StudioNew Line Cinema

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Apr 6-8 3 $12.4M — 2,249 $5,532 $12.4M

2 Apr 13-15 5 $8.0M −35.6% 2,249 $3,563 $25.9M

3 Apr 20-22 6 $5.9M −26.4% 2,103 $2,806 $35.2M

4 Apr 27-29 6 $3.4M −43.2% 1,713 $1,958 $40.5M

5 May 4-6 7 $2.4M −27.0% 1,558 $1,571 $44.2M

6 May 11-13 8 $1.9M −24.1% 1,502 $1,237 $47.1M

7 May 18-20 8 $1.4M −24.6% 1,133 $1,237 $49.6M

8 May 25-27 9 $968.6K −30.9% 733 $1,321 $51.3M

9 Jun 1-3 13 $359.6K −62.9% 417 $862 $52.2M

10 Jun 8-10 25 $131.1K −63.6% 227 $577 $52.6M

11 Jun 15-17 24 $112.3K −14.3% 223 $503 $52.8M

12 Jun 22-24 30 $81.0K −27.9% 157 $515 $52.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Apr 6 #3 $3.6M — $3.6M 2,249 $1,613 1

Sat Apr 7 #3 $5.0M +36% $8.6M 2,249 $2,200 2

Sun Apr 8 #3 $3.5M −30% $12.4M 2,249 $1,551 3

Mon Apr 9 #2 $1.5M −58% $13.9M 2,249 $645 4

Tue Apr 10 #2 $1.6M +8% $15.5M 2,249 $696 5

Wed Apr 11 #2 $1.3M −15% $16.8M 2,249 $595 6

Thu Apr 12 #6 $948.5K −29% $17.7M 2,249 $421 7

Fri Apr 13 #5 $2.7M +189% −24% $20.5M 2,249 $1,220 8

Sat Apr 14 #4 $3.1M +12% −38% $23.6M 2,249 $1,372 9

Sun Apr 15 #5 $2.2M −30% −38% $25.9M 2,249 $963 10

Mon Apr 16 #5 $1.0M −52% −29% $27.0M 2,249 $461 11

Tue Apr 17 #4 $1.0M −1% −35% $28.0M 2,249 $455 12

Wed Apr 18 #4 $829.8K −19% −38% $28.8M 2,249 $368 13

Thu Apr 19 #4 $684.9K −17% −28% $29.3M 2,249 $304 14

Fri Apr 20 #7 $1.7M +145% −39% $30.9M 2,103 $799 15

Sat Apr 21 #6 $2.5M +50% −18% $33.6M 2,103 $1,200 16

Sun Apr 22 #5 $1.6M −37% −26% $35.2M 2,103 $757 17

Mon Apr 23 #3 $525.0K −67% −49% $35.7M 2,103 $249 18

Tue Apr 24 #3 $639.7K +22% −38% $36.3M 2,103 $304 19

Wed Apr 25 #3 $516.0K −19% −38% $36.8M 2,103 $245 20

Thu Apr 26 #3 $385.5K −25% −44% $37.1M 2,103 $183 21

Fri Apr 27 #8 $991.0K +157% −41% $38.1M 1,713 $578 22

Sat Apr 28 #6 $1.4M +41% −45% $39.5M 1,713 $816 23

Sun Apr 29 #6 $921.0K −34% −42% $40.5M 1,713 $537 24

Mon Apr 30 #4 $345.8K −62% −34% $40.8M 1,713 $201 25

Tue May 1 #4 $386.7K +12% −40% $41.2M 1,713 $225 26

Wed May 2 #4 $315.3K −18% −39% $41.5M 1,713 $184 27

Thu May 3 #4 $290.3K −8% −25% $41.8M 1,713 $169 28

Fri May 4 #7 $754.3K +160% −24% $42.6M 1,558 $484 29

Sat May 5 #7 $1.0M +34% −28% $43.6M 1,558 $648 30

Sun May 6 #7 $673.0K −33% −27% $44.2M 1,558 $431 31

Mon May 7 #4 $264.7K −61% −23% $44.5M 1,558 $169 32

Tue May 8 #5 $315.1K +19% −19% $44.8M 1,558 $202 33

Wed May 9 #5 $237.0K −25% −25% $45.1M 1,558 $152 34

Thu May 10 #5 $246.6K +4% −15% $45.3M 1,558 $158 35

Fri May 11 #8 $525.0K +113% −30% $45.8M 1,502 $349 36

Sat May 12 #8 $870.0K +66% −14% $46.7M 1,502 $579 37

Sun May 13 #8 $485.0K −44% −28% $47.1M 1,502 $322 38

Mon May 14 #5 $261.0K −46% −1% $47.4M 1,502 $173 39

Tue May 15 #6 $299.1K +15% −5% $47.7M 1,502 $199 40

Wed May 16 #6 $249.2K −17% +5% $48.0M 1,502 $165 41

Thu May 17 #6 $227.3K −9% −8% $48.2M 1,502 $151 42

Fri May 18 #8 $394.5K +74% −25% $48.6M 1,133 $348 43

Sat May 19 #9 $567.0K +44% −35% $49.1M 1,133 $500 44

Sun May 20 #8 $414.7K −27% −14% $49.6M 1,133 $366 45

Mon May 21 #7 $225.6K −46% −14% $49.8M 1,133 $199 46

Tue May 22 #7 $216.1K −4% −28% $50.0M 1,133 $190 47

Wed May 23 #7 $189.7K −12% −24% $50.2M 1,133 $167 48

Thu May 24 #8 $163.1K −14% −28% $50.3M 1,133 $143 49

Fri May 25 #10 $228.5K +40% −42% $50.6M 733 $311 50

Sat May 26 #10 $404.5K +77% −29% $51.0M 733 $551 51

Sun May 27 #9 $376.0K −7% −9% $51.3M 733 $512 52

Mon May 28 #10 $274.2K −27% +22% $51.6M 733 $374 53

Tue May 29 #9 $121.5K −56% −44% $51.7M 733 $165 54

Wed May 30 #10 $103.0K −15% −46% $51.8M 733 $140 55

Thu May 31 #10 $92.2K −10% −43% $51.9M 733 $125 56

Sun Jun 3 #13 $112.0K — −70% $52.2M 417 $268 59

Mon Jun 4 #13 $53.2K −53% −81% $52.3M 417 $127 60

Tue Jun 5 #12 $58.9K +11% −52% $52.3M 417 $141 61

Wed Jun 6 #12 $49.3K −16% −52% $52.4M 417 $118 62

Thu Jun 7 #13 $46.7K −5% −49% $52.4M 417 $112 63

Sun Jun 10 #19 $36.0K — −68% $52.6M 227 $158 66

Mon Jun 11 #16 $28.3K −21% −47% $52.6M 227 $124 67

Tue Jun 12 #16 $32.8K +16% −44% $52.6M 227 $144 68

Wed Jun 13 #16 $23.2K −29% −53% $52.7M 227 $102 69

Sun Jun 17 #20 $33.0K — −8% $52.8M 223 $147 73

Mon Jun 18 #17 $22.0K −33% −22% $52.8M 223 $98 74

Tue Jun 19 #17 $25.7K +17% −22% $52.8M 223 $115 75

Wed Jun 20 #17 $23.4K −9% +1% $52.8M 223 $104 76

Mon Jun 25 #20 $12.9K — −41% $52.9M 157 $82 81

Tue Jun 26 #19 $14.8K +14% −43% $53.0M 157 $93 82

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

Cumulative total$52.7M

Apr 6Apr 22May 8May 24Jun 13

Weekend grossWk 10 · $131.1K

$12.4M

$8.0M

$5.9M

$3.4M

$2.4M

$1.9M

$1.4M

$968.6K

$359.6K

$131.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,249 → 227 −89.9%

2,249 open227 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −63.6%

−35.6%

W1→2

−26.4%

W2→3

−43.2%

W3→4

−27.0%

W4→5

−24.1%

W5→6

−24.6%

W6→7

−30.9%

W7→8

−62.9%

W8→9

−63.6%

W9→10

Steepest −63.6%Best hold −24.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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