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City by the SeaFollow

2002 • R • 1h 48m • Crime, Drama, Mystery • Warner Bros.

When you're searching for a killer... the last suspect you want to see is your son.

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$8.90M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$22.40M

Final

Worldwide total

$29.70M

$7.20M international

Domestic legs2.5x

Budget$40M

Compare with other movies

Cast & crew

Robert De Niro

Robert De Niro Starring

Frances McDormand

Frances McDormand Starring

James Franco

James Franco Starring

Eliza Dushku

Eliza Dushku Starring

Patti LuPone

Patti LuPone Starring

ScreenplayKen Hixon Produced byBrad Grey, Michael Caton-Jones, Elie Samaha, Matthew Baer CinematographyKarl Walter Lindenlaub MusicJohn Murphy Prod. DesignJane Musky StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 6-8 3 $8.9M — 2,575 $3,470 $8.9M

2 Sep 13-15 7 $4.9M −45.6% 2,575 $1,888 $16.7M

3 Sep 20-22 12 $2.0M −59.3% 2,150 $920 $20.2M

4 Sep 27-29 15 $764.4K −61.4% 1,034 $739 $21.6M

5 Oct 4-6 25 $227.5K −70.2% 425 $535 $22.1M

6 Oct 11-13 53 $41.1K −81.9% 85 $484 $22.2M

7 Oct 18-20 60 $30.4K −26.0% 54 $564 $22.3M

8 Oct 25-27 73 $13.8K −54.6% 31 $446 $22.3M

9 Nov 1-3 48 $70.8K +412.0% 185 $383 $22.4M

10 Nov 8-10 57 $32.1K −54.7% 94 $341 $22.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Sep 6 #2 $2.9M — $2.9M 2,575 $1,136 1

Sat Sep 7 #4 $3.7M +26.5% $6.6M 2,575 $1,437 2

Sun Sep 8 #3 $2.2M −39.6% $8.9M 2,575 $868 3

Mon Sep 9 #2 $711.0K −68.2% $9.6M 2,575 $276 4

Tue Sep 10 #2 $818.0K +15.0% $10.5M 2,575 $318 5

Wed Sep 11 #2 $703.0K −14.1% $11.2M 2,575 $273 6

Thu Sep 12 #2 $624.0K −11.2% $11.8M 2,575 $242 7

Fri Sep 13 #7 $1.4M +126.1% −51.8% $13.2M 2,575 $548 8

Sat Sep 14 #7 $2.1M +51.2% −42.3% $15.4M 2,575 $828 9

Sun Sep 15 #7 $1.3M −38.9% −41.6% $16.7M 2,575 $506 10

Mon Sep 16 #4 $414.0K −68.2% −41.8% $17.1M 2,575 $161 11

Tue Sep 17 #4 $427.0K +3.1% −47.8% $17.5M 2,575 $166 12

Wed Sep 18 #4 $381.0K −10.8% −45.8% $17.9M 2,575 $148 13

Thu Sep 19 #4 $353.0K −7.3% −43.4% $18.2M 2,575 $137 14

Fri Sep 20 #12 $568.4K +61.0% −59.7% $18.8M 2,150 $264 15

Sat Sep 21 #12 $924.3K +62.6% −56.7% $19.7M 2,150 $430 16

Sun Sep 22 #12 $485.5K −47.5% −62.8% $20.2M 2,150 $226 17

Mon Sep 23 #10 $153.0K −68.5% −63.0% $20.4M 2,150 $71 18

Tue Sep 24 #10 $183.0K +19.6% −57.1% $20.5M 2,150 $85 19

Wed Sep 25 #10 $158.0K −13.7% −58.5% $20.7M 2,150 $73 20

Thu Sep 26 #10 $161.0K +1.9% −54.4% $20.9M 2,150 $75 21

Fri Oct 4 #18 $63.6K — $21.9M 425 $150 29

Sat Oct 5 #18 $111.3K +74.9% $22.0M 425 $262 30

Sun Oct 6 #18 $52.6K −52.8% $22.1M 425 $124 31

Cumulative total$22.1M

Sep 6Sep 12Sep 18Sep 23Oct 6

Weekend grossWk 10 · $32.1K

$8.9M

$4.9M

$2.0M

$764.4K

$227.5K

$41.1K

$30.4K

$13.8K

$70.8K

$32.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,575 → 425 −83.5%

2,575 open425 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −54.7%

−45.6%

W1→2

−59.3%

W2→3

−61.4%

W3→4

−70.2%

W4→5

−81.9%

W5→6

−26.0%

W6→7

−54.6%

W7→8

+412.0%

W8→9

−54.7%

W9→10

Steepest −81.9%Biggest gain +412.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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