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2002 • PG-13 • 2h 21m • Biography, Crime, Drama • DreamWorks Distribution

The true story of a real fake.

🍅 96% 89%

75

4.05

8.1

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$30.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$165.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$352.00M

$187.00M international

Domestic legs5.48x

Budget$52.0M

2002 rank#10

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Cast & crew

Full Spielberg filmography

Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg Director

Leonardo DiCaprio

Leonardo DiCaprio Starring

Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks Starring

Christopher Walken

Christopher Walken Starring

Martin Sheen

Martin Sheen Starring

Amy Adams

Amy Adams Starring

ScreenplayJeff Nathanson Produced bySteven Spielberg, Walter F. Parkes CinematographyJanusz Kamiński MusicJohn Williams Prod. DesignJeannine Oppewall StudioDreamWorks

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 27-29 2 $30.1M — 3,156 $9,522 $48.6M

2 Jan 3-5 2 $21.1M −29.7% 3,170 $6,669 $97.4M

3 Jan 10-12 3 $14.6M −30.8% 3,225 $4,536 $119.4M

4 Jan 17-19 4 $10.7M −26.9% 3,050 $3,507 $134.5M

5 Jan 24-26 6 $6.5M −39.2% 2,776 $2,341 $145.0M

6 Jan 31-Feb 2 8 $5.1M −21.9% 2,316 $2,191 $152.2M

7 Feb 7-9 12 $3.0M −41.3% 1,744 $1,708 $156.4M

8 Feb 14-16 13 $2.3M −24.0% 1,135 $1,995 $159.5M

9 Feb 21-23 19 $829.8K −63.4% 598 $1,387 $161.1M

10 Feb 28-Mar 2 21 $582.7K −29.8% 401 $1,453 $161.9M

11 Mar 7-9 24 $338.9K −41.9% 295 $1,148 $162.5M

12 Mar 14-16 27 $255.7K −24.5% 236 $1,083 $162.9M

13 Mar 21-23 23 $364.4K +42.5% 378 $963 $163.3M

14 Mar 28-30 25 $307.1K −15.7% 340 $903 $163.8M

15 Apr 4-6 32 $216.8K −29.4% 294 $737 $164.1M

16 Apr 11-13 42 $119.2K −45.0% 200 $596 $164.3M

17 Apr 18-20 49 $78.4K −34.3% 128 $612 $164.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Dec 25 #2 $9.9M — $9.9M 3,156 $3,131 1

Thu Dec 26 #2 $8.9M −10% $18.9M 3,156 $2,812 2

Fri Dec 27 #2 $10.1M +14% $29.0M 3,156 $3,200 3

Sat Dec 28 #2 $11.2M +11% $39.9M 3,156 $3,546 4

Sun Dec 29 #2 $8.8M −22% $48.7M 3,156 $2,778 5

Mon Dec 30 #2 $6.1M −30% $54.8M 3,156 $1,946 6

Tue Dec 31 #2 $7.6M +24% $62.4M 3,156 $2,408 7

Wed Jan 1 #2 $9.1M +20% −8% $71.7M 3,156 $2,878 8

Thu Jan 2 #2 $4.6M −49% −48% $76.3M 3,156 $1,469 9

Fri Jan 3 #2 $6.6M +42% −35% $82.9M 3,170 $2,080 10

Sat Jan 4 #2 $9.5M +44% −15% $92.4M 3,170 $2,995 11

Sun Jan 5 #2 $5.1M −47% −42% $97.4M 3,170 $1,593 12

Mon Jan 6 #2 $1.8M −64% −71% $99.3M 3,170 $571 13

Tue Jan 7 #2 $2.0M +12% −73% $101.3M 3,170 $639 14

Wed Jan 8 #1 $1.8M −12% −80% $103.0M 3,170 $559 15

Thu Jan 9 #1 $1.7M −5% −64% $104.7M 3,170 $533 16

Fri Jan 10 #2 $4.5M +169% −31% $109.3M 3,225 $1,410 17

Sat Jan 11 #3 $6.6M +45% −31% $115.9M 3,225 $2,045 18

Sun Jan 12 #3 $3.5M −47% −31% $119.4M 3,225 $1,080 19

Mon Jan 13 #2 $1.0M −71% −44% $120.4M 3,225 $317 20

Tue Jan 14 #1 $1.2M +22% −38% $121.6M 3,225 $386 21

Wed Jan 15 #1 $1.1M −14% −40% $122.7M 3,225 $330 22

Thu Jan 16 #1 $1.1M +2% −36% $123.8M 3,225 $336 23

Fri Jan 17 #4 $3.0M +175% −34% $126.8M 3,050 $978 24

Sat Jan 18 #3 $5.0M +66% −25% $131.7M 3,050 $1,624 25

Sun Jan 19 #5 $2.8M −44% −21% $134.5M 3,050 $903 26

Mon Jan 20 #6 $1.8M −34% +79% $136.3M 3,050 $599 27

Tue Jan 21 #3 $774.0K −58% −38% $137.1M 3,050 $253 28

Wed Jan 22 #2 $650.0K −16% −39% $137.7M 3,050 $213 29

Thu Jan 23 #2 $718.0K +10% −34% $138.5M 3,050 $235 30

Fri Jan 24 #6 $2.0M +180% −33% $140.5M 2,776 $722 31

Sat Jan 25 #5 $3.5M +73% −30% $143.9M 2,776 $1,248 32

Sun Jan 26 #7 $994.0K −71% −64% $144.9M 2,776 $358 33

Mon Jan 27 #6 $474.0K −52% −74% $145.4M 2,776 $170 34

Tue Jan 28 #4 $561.0K +18% −28% $146.0M 2,776 $202 35

Wed Jan 29 #3 $535.0K −5% −18% $146.5M 2,776 $192 36

Thu Jan 30 #3 $550.0K +3% −23% $147.1M 2,776 $198 37

Fri Jan 31 #7 $1.4M +157% −30% $148.5M 2,776 $509 38

Sat Feb 1 #7 $2.4M +71% −30% $150.9M 2,316 $1,043 39

Sun Feb 2 #8 $1.2M −49% +25% $152.2M 2,316 $537 40

Mon Feb 3 #7 $282.0K −77% −41% $152.4M 2,316 $121 41

Tue Feb 4 #6 $356.0K +26% −37% $152.8M 2,316 $153 42

Wed Feb 5 #5 $328.0K −8% −39% $153.1M 2,316 $141 43

Thu Feb 6 #5 $323.0K −2% −41% $153.4M 2,316 $139 44

Fri Feb 7 #11 $790.5K +145% −44% $154.2M 1,744 $453 45

Thu Feb 13 #10 $207.0K — −36% $157.2M 1,744 $118 51

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

Cumulative total$157.2M

Dec 25Jan 5Jan 17Jan 28Feb 13

Weekend grossWk 10 · $582.7K

$30.1M

$21.1M

$14.6M

$10.7M

$6.5M

$5.1M

$3.0M

$2.3M

$829.8K

$582.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,225 → 1,744 −45.9%

3,156 open1,744 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −29.8%

−29.7%

W1→2

−30.8%

W2→3

−26.9%

W3→4

−39.2%

W4→5

−21.9%

W5→6

−41.3%

W6→7

−24.0%

W7→8

−63.4%

W8→9

−29.8%

W9→10

Steepest −63.4%Best hold −21.9%

Run milestones

$100M in 14 days

$100M

Day 14

Jan 7

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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