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2002 • R • 1h 38m • Drama, Thriller • Paramount Pictures

One wrong turn deserves another.

🍅 77% 53%

69

3.05

6.5

CS B-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$17.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$66.80M

Final

Worldwide total

$94.90M

$28.10M international

Domestic legs3.90x

Budget$45.0M

2002 rank#41

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Cast & crew

Full Michell filmography

Roger Michell

Roger Michell Director

Ben Affleck

Ben Affleck Starring

Samuel L. Jackson

Samuel L. Jackson Starring

Toni Collette

Toni Collette Starring

Sydney Pollack

Sydney Pollack Starring

William Hurt

William Hurt Starring

ScreenplayChap Taylor, Michael Tolkin Produced byScott Rudin CinematographySalvatore Totino MusicDavid Arnold Prod. DesignKristi Zea StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Apr 12-14 1 $17.1M — 2,613 $6,554 $17.1M

2 Apr 19-21 2 $11.1M −35.4% 2,642 $4,189 $32.8M

3 Apr 26-28 2 $9.0M −18.6% 2,642 $3,409 $44.6M

4 May 3-5 3 $5.3M −40.7% 2,642 $2,020 $52.1M

5 May 10-12 5 $3.8M −28.5% 2,510 $1,519 $57.3M

6 May 17-19 6 $3.1M −18.6% 2,158 $1,439 $61.6M

7 May 24-26 9 $1.6M −47.4% 1,258 $1,299 $64.2M

8 May 31-Jun 2 15 $437.4K −73.2% 758 $577 $65.2M

9 Jun 7-9 20 $239.9K −45.2% 327 $733 $65.7M

10 Jun 14-16 31 $90.1K −62.5% 211 $426 $65.9M

11 Jun 21-23 39 $54.2K −39.8% 170 $319 $66.0M

12 Jul 5-7 27 $188.1K +246.8% 217 $866 $66.3M

13 Jul 12-14 32 $123.2K −34.5% 206 $598 $66.5M

14 Jul 19-21 37 $88.2K −28.4% 148 $596 $66.7M

15 Jul 26-28 53 $46.7K −47.1% 104 $448 $66.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Apr 12 #1 $5.2M — $5.2M 2,613 $2,000 1

Sat Apr 13 #1 $7.3M +39% $12.5M 2,613 $2,785 2

Sun Apr 14 #1 $4.1M −44% $17.1M 2,613 $1,565 3

Mon Apr 15 #1 $1.2M −70% $18.4M 2,613 $469 4

Tue Apr 16 #1 $1.2M +1% $19.6M 2,613 $475 5

Wed Apr 17 #1 $1.1M −13% $20.7M 2,613 $412 6

Thu Apr 18 #1 $1.0M −6% $21.7M 2,613 $388 7

Fri Apr 19 #2 $3.2M +215% −39% $24.9M 2,642 $1,209 8

Sat Apr 20 #2 $5.1M +59% −30% $30.0M 2,642 $1,924 9

Sun Apr 21 #2 $2.8M −45% −32% $32.8M 2,642 $1,054 10

Mon Apr 22 #2 $761.0K −73% −38% $33.5M 2,642 $288 11

Tue Apr 23 #2 $746.0K −2% −40% $34.3M 2,642 $282 12

Wed Apr 24 #2 $662.0K −11% −39% $34.9M 2,642 $250 13

Thu Apr 25 #2 $635.0K −4% −37% $35.6M 2,642 $240 14

Fri Apr 26 #3 $2.5M +294% −22% $38.1M 2,642 $947 15

Sat Apr 27 #2 $4.1M +63% −20% $42.2M 2,642 $1,549 16

Sun Apr 28 #2 $2.4M −42% −15% $44.6M 2,642 $891 17

Mon Apr 29 #2 $561.0K −76% −26% $45.1M 2,642 $212 18

Tue Apr 30 #2 $588.0K +5% −21% $45.7M 2,642 $222 19

Wed May 1 #2 $533.0K −9% −19% $46.3M 2,642 $201 20

Thu May 2 #2 $490.0K −8% −23% $46.7M 2,642 $185 21

Fri May 3 #3 $1.7M +244% −33% $48.4M 2,642 $638 22

Sat May 4 #3 $2.4M +45% −40% $50.9M 2,642 $924 23

Sun May 5 #3 $1.1M −53% −51% $52.1M 2,642 $435 24

Mon May 6 #3 $342.0K −70% −39% $52.4M 2,642 $129 25

Tue May 7 #3 $370.0K +8% −37% $52.8M 2,642 $140 26

Wed May 8 #3 $353.0K −5% −34% $53.2M 2,642 $133 27

Thu May 9 #3 $342.0K −3% −30% $53.5M 2,642 $129 28

Fri May 10 #5 $1.0M +193% −41% $54.5M 2,510 $398 29

Sat May 11 #5 $1.7M +69% −31% $56.2M 2,510 $675 30

Sun May 12 #5 $1.1M −34% −3% $57.3M 2,510 $445 31

Mon May 13 #5 $309.0K −72% −10% $57.6M 2,510 $123 32

Tue May 14 #5 $318.0K +3% −14% $57.9M 2,510 $126 33

Wed May 15 #5 $290.0K −9% −18% $58.2M 2,510 $115 34

Thu May 16 #6 $232.0K −20% −32% $58.5M 2,510 $92 35

Fri May 17 #6 $822.0K +254% −18% $59.3M 2,158 $380 36

Sat May 18 #6 $1.4M +70% −18% $60.7M 2,158 $647 37

Sun May 19 #7 $887.3K −36% −21% $61.6M 2,158 $411 38

Mon May 20 #6 $271.0K −69% −12% $61.8M 2,158 $125 39

Tue May 21 #6 $235.0K −13% −26% $62.1M 2,158 $108 40

Wed May 22 #6 $226.0K −4% −22% $62.3M 2,158 $104 41

Thu May 23 #6 $243.0K +8% +5% $62.5M 2,158 $112 42

Fri May 24 #9 $408.0K +68% −50% $62.9M 1,258 $324 43

Sat May 25 #9 $650.0K +59% −53% $63.6M 1,258 $516 44

Sun May 26 #9 $576.0K −11% −35% $64.2M 1,258 $457 45

Mon May 27 #11 $280.0K −51% +3% $64.5M 1,258 $222 46

Tue May 28 #10 $118.0K −58% −50% $64.6M 1,258 $93 47

Wed May 29 #10 $116.0K −2% −49% $64.7M 1,258 $92 48

Thu May 30 #9 $129.0K +11% −47% $64.8M 1,258 $102 49

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

Cumulative total$64.8M

Apr 12Apr 24May 6May 18May 30

Weekend grossWk 10 · $90.1K

$17.1M

$11.1M

$9.0M

$5.3M

$3.8M

$3.1M

$1.6M

$437.4K

$239.9K

$90.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,642 → 1,258 −52.4%

2,613 open1,258 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −62.5%

−35.4%

W1→2

−18.6%

W2→3

−40.7%

W3→4

−28.5%

W4→5

−18.6%

W5→6

−47.4%

W6→7

−73.2%

W7→8

−45.2%

W8→9

−62.5%

W9→10

Steepest −73.2%Best hold −18.6%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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