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2005 • PG-13 • 2h 16m • Biography, Drama, Sport • Paramount Pictures

It begins on the streets. It ends here.

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57

3.84

7.4

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$24.20M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$67.30M

Final

Worldwide total

$76.70M

$9.40M international

Domestic legs2.78x

Budget$30.0M

2005 rank#37

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Cast & crew

Directed byThomas Carter ScreenplayMark Schwahn, John Gatins Produced byDavid Gale, Brian Robbins, Michael Tollin CinematographySharone Meir MusicTrevor Rabin StarringSamuel L. Jackson, Rob Brown, Robert Ri'chard, Rick Gonzalez, Nana Gbewonyo, Antwon Tanner StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jan 14-16 1 $24.2M — 2,524 $9,581 $24.2M

2 Jan 21-23 2 $10.5M −56.4% 2,552 $4,133 $42.8M

3 Jan 28-30 5 $8.0M −24.0% 2,574 $3,113 $53.6M

4 Feb 4-6 10 $4.2M −47.2% 2,574 $1,644 $59.3M

5 Feb 11-13 12 $2.5M −40.2% 2,028 $1,248 $62.9M

6 Feb 18-20 17 $1.2M −54.1% 965 $1,204 $64.8M

7 Feb 25-27 23 $503.8K −56.7% 744 $677 $65.8M

8 Mar 4-6 32 $198.1K −60.7% 359 $551 $66.1M

9 Mar 11-13 40 $107.7K −45.6% 210 $512 $66.3M

10 Mar 18-20 33 $179.2K +66.4% 237 $756 $66.5M

11 Mar 25-27 29 $141.5K −21.1% 214 $661 $66.8M

12 Apr 1-3 34 $106.5K −24.7% 170 $626 $67.0M

13 Apr 8-10 42 $68.7K −35.5% 128 $536 $67.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jan 14 #1 $8.1M — $8.1M 2,524 $3,209 1

Sat Jan 15 #1 $9.5M +17% $17.4M 2,524 $3,763 2

Sun Jan 16 #1 $6.8M −29% $24.2M 2,524 $2,689 3

Mon Jan 17 #1 $5.0M −27% $29.2M 2,524 $1,975 4

Tue Jan 18 #2 $1.1M −78% $30.3M 2,524 $438 5

Wed Jan 19 #2 $887.0K −20% $31.2M 2,524 $351 6

Thu Jan 20 #1 $1.1M +22% $32.2M 2,524 $427 7

Fri Jan 21 #2 $3.8M +252% −53% $36.0M 2,552 $1,489 8

Sat Jan 22 #2 $4.6M +20% −52% $40.6M 2,552 $1,791 9

Sun Jan 23 #2 $2.2M −52% −67% $42.8M 2,552 $866 10

Mon Jan 24 #3 $754.0K −66% −85% $43.5M 2,552 $295 11

Tue Jan 25 #4 $646.0K −14% −42% $44.2M 2,552 $253 12

Wed Jan 26 #4 $647.0K n/c −27% $44.8M 2,552 $253 13

Thu Jan 27 #4 $717.0K +11% −34% $45.6M 2,552 $280 14

Fri Jan 28 #4 $2.3M +221% −39% $47.9M 2,574 $893 15

Sat Jan 29 #5 $3.6M +58% −21% $51.5M 2,574 $1,411 16

Sun Jan 30 #6 $2.0M −44% −8% $53.6M 2,574 $788 17

Mon Jan 31 #7 $411.0K −80% −45% $54.0M 2,574 $159 18

Tue Feb 1 #7 $378.0K −8% −41% $54.4M 2,574 $146 19

Wed Feb 2 #7 $372.0K −2% −43% $54.7M 2,574 $144 20

Thu Feb 3 #7 $373.0K n/c −48% $55.1M 2,574 $144 21

Fri Feb 4 #9 $1.4M +275% −39% $56.5M 2,574 $543 22

Sat Feb 5 #9 $2.3M +61% −38% $58.7M 2,574 $876 23

Sun Feb 6 #10 $592.6K −74% −71% $59.3M 2,574 $230 24

Mon Feb 7 #9 $277.0K −53% −33% $59.6M 2,574 $107 25

Tue Feb 8 #9 $252.0K −9% −33% $59.9M 2,574 $97 26

Wed Feb 9 #9 $239.0K −5% −36% $60.1M 2,574 $92 27

Thu Feb 10 #9 $261.0K +9% −30% $60.4M 2,574 $101 28

Mon Feb 21 #18 $221.9K — $65.1M 965 $229 39

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

Cumulative total$65.1M

Jan 14Jan 21Jan 28Feb 4Feb 21

Weekend grossWk 10 · $179.2K

$24.2M

$10.5M

$8.0M

$4.2M

$2.5M

$1.2M

$503.8K

$198.1K

$107.7K

$179.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,574 → 965 −62.5%

2,524 open965 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +66.4%

−56.4%

W1→2

−24.0%

W2→3

−47.2%

W3→4

−40.2%

W4→5

−54.1%

W5→6

−56.7%

W6→7

−60.7%

W7→8

−45.6%

W8→9

+66.4%

W9→10

Steepest −60.7%Biggest gain +66.4%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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