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Broken ArrowFollow

1996 • R • 1h 48m • Action, Thriller • 20th Century Fox

Prepare to go ballistic.

🍅 53% 44% MC 61 LB 2.95 IMDb 6.1
CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$15.60M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$70.60M
Final
Worldwide total
$148.30M
$77.70M international
Domestic legs4.5x
Budget$65M
1996 rank#20
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Cast & crew

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John Woo John Woo Director John Travolta John Travolta Starring Christian Slater Christian Slater Starring Samantha Mathis Samantha Mathis Starring Delroy Lindo Delroy Lindo Starring Bob Gunton Bob Gunton Starring
ScreenplayGraham Yost Produced byMark Gordon, Bill Badalato, Terence Chang CinematographyPeter Levy Music byHans Zimmer Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Feb 9-11 1 $15.6M — 2,388 $6,526 $15.6M
2 Feb 16-18 1 $13.5M −13.6% 2,392 $5,627 $33.8M
3 Feb 23-25 2 $8.4M −37.6% 2,372 $3,539 $44.8M
4 Mar 1-3 4 $6.0M −28.1% 2,277 $2,653 $53.0M
5 Mar 8-10 6 $4.2M −29.9% 1,929 $2,194 $58.8M
6 Mar 15-17 7 $2.2M −48.1% 1,632 $1,346 $62.3M
7 Mar 22-24 10 $1.5M −32.7% 1,463 $1,011 $64.6M
8 Mar 29-31 15 $824.9K −44.2% 980 $842 $65.9M
9 Apr 5-7 19 $612.9K −25.7% 786 $780 $66.8M
10 Apr 12-14 21 $516.2K −15.8% 687 $751 $67.6M
11 Apr 19-21 18 $487.0K −5.7% 620 $786 $68.3M
12 Apr 26-28 20 $431.7K −11.4% 513 $842 $68.8M
13 May 3-5 26 $285.6K −33.8% 507 $563 $69.3M
14 May 10-12 32 $165.6K −42.0% 395 $419 $69.5M
15 May 17-19 35 $125.6K −24.1% 294 $427 $69.7M
16 May 24-26 28 $235.6K +87.5% 345 $683 $70.2M
17 May 31-Jun 2 32 $141.6K −39.9% 185 $766 $70.5M
18 Jun 7-9 36 $86.3K −39.1% 108 $799 $70.6M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $516.2K
$15.6M
$13.5M
$8.4M
$6.0M
$4.2M
$2.2M
$1.5M
$824.9K
$612.9K
$516.2K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −15.8%
−13.6%
W1→2
−37.6%
W2→3
−28.1%
W3→4
−29.9%
W4→5
−48.1%
W5→6
−32.7%
W6→7
−44.2%
W7→8
−25.7%
W8→9
−15.8%
W9→10
Steepest −48.1%Best hold −13.6%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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