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1996 • PG-13 • 1h 47m • Action, Drama, Sci-Fi • 20th Century Fox
🍅 18% 28% LB 2.69 IMDb 5.7

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$7.50M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$21.20M
Final
Worldwide total
$60.20M
$39.00M international
Domestic legs2.8x
Budget$55M
1996 rank#75
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Cast & crew

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Andrew Davis Andrew Davis Director Keanu Reeves Keanu Reeves Starring Morgan Freeman Morgan Freeman Starring Rachel Weisz Rachel Weisz Starring Kevin Dunn Kevin Dunn Starring Brian Cox Brian Cox Starring
ScreenplayJ.F. Lawton, Michael Bortman Produced byAndrew Davis, Arne Schmidt CinematographyFrank Tidy MusicJerry Goldsmith Prod. DesignMaher Ahmad Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Aug 2-4 4 $7.5M — 2,255 $3,346 $7.5M
2 Aug 9-11 7 $3.7M −50.7% 2,556 $1,455 $14.9M
3 Aug 16-18 15 $1.3M −64.4% 1,201 $1,101 $18.2M
4 Aug 23-25 26 $400.1K −69.7% 416 $962 $19.2M
5 Aug 30-Sep 2 31 $324.5K −18.9% 252 $1,288 $19.7M
6 Sep 6-8 33 $202.9K −37.5% 252 $805 $20.0M
7 Sep 13-15 38 $162.7K −19.8% 247 $659 $20.2M
8 Sep 20-22 36 $127.8K −21.5% 212 $603 $20.4M
9 Sep 27-29 39 $100.6K −21.3% 170 $592 $20.6M
Weekend grossWk 9 · $100.6K
$7.5M
$3.7M
$1.3M
$400.1K
$324.5K
$202.9K
$162.7K
$127.8K
$100.6K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −21.3%
−50.7%
W1→2
−64.4%
W2→3
−69.7%
W3→4
−18.9%
W4→5
−37.5%
W5→6
−19.8%
W6→7
−21.5%
W7→8
−21.3%
W8→9
Steepest −69.7%Best hold −18.9%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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