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2000 • PG-13 • 2h • Action, Adventure, Drama • Sony Pictures Classics

A timeless story of strength, secrets and two warriors who would never surrender.

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4.08

7.9

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$663K

Limited · 16 theaters

Domestic total

$128.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$214.00M

$85.40M international

Domestic legs14.8x from $8.6M first wide weekend

Budget$17.0M

2000 rank#12

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Cast & crew

Full Lee filmography

Ang Lee

Ang Lee Director

Chow Yun-Fat

Chow Yun-Fat Starring

Michelle Yeoh

Michelle Yeoh Starring

Zhang Ziyi

Zhang Ziyi Starring

ScreenplayJames Schamus Produced byBill Kong, Hsu Li-kong, Ang Lee CinematographyPeter Pau MusicTan Dun, Jorge Calandrelli, CoCo Lee Prod. DesignTimothy Yip Gam-Tim StudioSony Pictures Classics

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 8-10 15 $663.2K — 16 $41,450 $663.2K

2 Dec 15-17 13 $1.1M +62.7% 31 $34,799 $2.1M

3 Dec 22-24 8 $2.6M +144.4% 143 $18,440 $5.5M

4 Dec 29-31 8 $3.3M +23.8% 162 $20,147 $12.2M

5 Jan 5-7 10 $3.4M +4.4% 172 $19,816 $18.5M

6 Jan 12-14 6 $8.6M +153.7% 693 $12,478 $28.6M

7 Jan 19-21 8 $6.1M −29.7% 837 $7,264 $37.3M

8 Jan 26-28 6 $5.1M −16.8% 868 $5,832 $44.4M

9 Feb 2-4 5 $6.8M +34.7% 1,163 $5,861 $53.0M

10 Feb 9-11 4 $5.4M −20.7% 1,204 $4,489 $60.3M

11 Feb 16-18 5 $8.7M +60.7% 1,651 $5,260 $71.4M

12 Feb 23-25 5 $6.6M −24.1% 1,749 $3,769 $81.9M

13 Mar 2-4 5 $4.9M −25.6% 1,751 $2,802 $88.7M

14 Mar 9-11 6 $4.3M −13.2% 1,756 $2,424 $94.5M

15 Mar 16-18 6 $4.0M −5% 1,860 $2,175 $100.3M

16 Mar 23-25 6 $4.6M +14% 2,027 $2,276 $106.3M

17 Mar 30-Apr 1 8 $4.9M +5.4% 1,906 $2,551 $113.6M

18 Apr 6-8 9 $2.8M −42% 1,628 $1,732 $117.5M

19 Apr 13-15 12 $1.9M −33.2% 1,244 $1,515 $120.5M

20 Apr 20-22 14 $1.4M −24.8% 1,012 $1,400 $122.7M

21 Apr 27-29 17 $775.3K −45.3% 683 $1,135 $123.9M

22 May 4-6 17 $584.3K −24.6% 563 $1,038 $124.7M

23 May 11-13 18 $481.2K −17.6% 539 $893 $125.5M

24 May 18-20 15 $395.4K −17.8% 438 $903 $126.1M

25 May 25-28 16 $460.4K — 312 $1,476 $126.7M

26 Jun 1-3 18 $269.6K −29.4% 276 $977 $127.2M

27 Jun 8-10 19 $164.1K −39.1% 229 $717 $127.4M

28 Jun 15-17 23 $113.3K −31% 171 $662 $127.7M

29 Jun 22-24 31 $73.0K −35.5% 122 $599 $127.8M

30 Jun 29-Jul 1 37 $61.6K −15.6% 79 $780 $127.9M

33 Jul 20-22 50 $37.2K — 52 $716 $128.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 8 #10 $189.6K — $189.6K 16 $11,850 1

Sat Dec 9 #10 $261.7K +38% $451.3K 16 $16,354 2

Sun Dec 10 #10 $211.9K −19% $663.2K 16 $13,246 3

Mon Dec 11 #10 $94.9K −55.2% $758.1K 16 $5,933 4

Tue Dec 12 #10 $113.9K +20% $872.0K 16 $7,120 5

Wed Dec 13 #10 $99.7K −12.5% $971.7K 16 $6,230 6

Thu Dec 14 #10 $94.9K −4.8% $1.1M 16 $5,933 7

Fri Dec 15 #10 $294.0K +209.7% +55% $1.4M 31 $9,483 8

Sat Dec 16 #10 $417.4K +42% +59.5% $1.8M 31 $13,466 9

Sun Dec 17 #8 $367.3K −12% +73.3% $2.1M 31 $11,850 10

Mon Dec 18 #8 $160.1K −56.4% +68.6% $2.3M 31 $5,164 11

Tue Dec 19 #8 $200.1K +25% +75.7% $2.5M 31 $6,455 12

Wed Dec 20 #10 $134.1K −33% +34.5% $2.6M 31 $4,325 13

Thu Dec 21 #9 $198.4K +48% +109% $2.8M 31 $6,400 14

Fri Dec 22 #7 $854.1K +330.4% +190.5% $3.7M 143 $5,972 15

Sat Dec 23 #7 $1.1M +25% +155.7% $4.8M 143 $7,465 16

Sun Dec 24 #8 $715.3K −33% +94.7% $5.5M 143 $5,002 17

Mon Dec 25 #9 $1.1M +48% +561.3% $6.5M 143 $7,403 18

Tue Dec 26 #8 $910.2K −14% +354.9% $7.4M 143 $6,365 19

Wed Dec 27 #10 $747.4K −17.9% +457.5% $8.2M 143 $5,227 20

Thu Dec 28 #10 $732.8K −1.9% +269.4% $8.9M 143 $5,125 21

Fri Dec 29 #7 $1.2M +61.3% +38.4% $10.1M 162 $7,296 22

Sat Dec 30 #7 $1.2M +3% +14% $11.3M 162 $7,515 23

Sun Dec 31 #8 $864.4K −29% +20.8% $12.2M 162 $5,336 24

Mon Jan 1 #8 $1.3M +46.1% +19.3% $13.5M 162 $7,796 25

Tue Jan 2 #6 $638.5K −49.4% −29.8% $14.1M 162 $3,942 26

Wed Jan 3 #6 $491.6K −23% −34.2% $14.6M 162 $3,034 27

Thu Jan 4 #5 $506.8K +3.1% −30.8% $15.1M 162 $3,128 28

Fri Jan 5 #5 $918.6K +81.3% −22.3% $16.0M 172 $5,341 29

Sat Jan 6 #5 $1.4M +54% +16.2% $17.4M 172 $8,225 30

Sun Jan 7 #5 $1.1M −24% +24.4% $18.5M 172 $6,251 31

Mon Jan 8 #5 $355.0K −67% −71.9% $18.9M 172 $2,064 32

Tue Jan 9 #5 $417.7K +17.6% −34.6% $19.3M 172 $2,428 33

Wed Jan 10 #5 $349.8K −16.2% −28.8% $19.6M 172 $2,034 34

Thu Jan 11 #5 $375.9K +7.5% −25.8% $20.0M 172 $2,186 35

Fri Jan 12 #6 $2.3M +520.3% +153.9% $22.3M 693 $3,365 36

Sat Jan 13 #6 $3.6M +53% +152.2% $25.9M 693 $5,149 37

Sun Jan 14 #4 $2.7M −23% +155.5% $28.6M 693 $3,964 38

Mon Jan 15 #3 $1.7M −38.7% +374.3% $30.3M 693 $2,430 39

Tue Jan 16 #7 $336.9K −80% −19.4% $30.7M 693 $486 40

Wed Jan 17 #7 $266.8K −20.8% −23.7% $30.9M 693 $385 41

Thu Jan 18 #7 $277.7K +4.1% −26.1% $31.2M 693 $401 42

Fri Jan 19 #6 $1.7M +496.4% −29% $32.9M 837 $1,979 43

Sat Jan 20 #6 $2.6M +59% −26.2% $35.5M 837 $3,146 44

Sun Jan 21 #3 $1.8M −32% −34.8% $37.3M 837 $2,139 45

Mon Jan 22 #3 $506.8K −71.7% −69.9% $37.8M 837 $605 46

Tue Jan 23 #3 $552.9K +9.1% +64.1% $38.3M 837 $661 47

Wed Jan 24 #2 $506.8K — $38.9M 837 $605 48

Thu Jan 25 #2 $511.4K +0.9% +84.2% $39.4M 837 $611 49

Fri Jan 26 #3 $1.4M +183.5% −12.5% $40.8M 868 $1,670 50

Sat Jan 27 #3 $2.5M +73% −4.8% $43.3M 868 $2,890 51

Sun Jan 28 #3 $1.1M −56% −38.4% $44.4M 868 $1,271 52

Mon Jan 29 #3 $446.2K −59.6% −12% $44.9M 868 $514 53

Tue Jan 30 #3 $471.6K — $45.3M 868 $543 54

Wed Jan 31 #3 $405.7K −14% −20% $45.8M 868 $467 55

Thu Feb 1 #3 $415.8K +2.5% −18.7% $46.2M 868 $479 56

Fri Feb 2 #2 $1.8M +342.4% +26.9% $48.0M 1,163 $1,582 57

Sat Feb 3 #2 $3.0M +65% +21% $51.0M 1,163 $2,610 58

Sun Feb 4 #2 $1.9M −36% +76% $53.0M 1,163 $1,670 59

Mon Feb 5 #2 $475.7K −75.5% +6.6% $53.5M 1,163 $409 60

Tue Feb 6 #2 $528.0K +11% +12% $54.0M 1,163 $454 61

Wed Feb 7 #2 $454.1K −14% +11.9% $54.4M 1,163 $390 62

Thu Feb 8 #2 $490.4K +8% +18% $54.9M 1,163 $422 63

Fri Feb 9 #3 $1.4M +182.3% −24.7% $56.3M 1,204 $1,150 64

Sat Feb 10 #3 $2.5M +77% −19.2% $58.8M 1,204 $2,036 65

Sun Feb 11 #3 $1.6M −36% −19.2% $60.3M 1,204 $1,303 66

Mon Feb 12 #2 $430.4K −72.6% −9.5% $60.8M 1,204 $357 67

Tue Feb 13 #1 $506.3K +17.6% −4.1% $61.3M 1,204 $421 68

Wed Feb 14 #2 $860.7K +70% +89.5% $62.1M 1,204 $715 69

Thu Feb 15 #1 $607.6K −29.4% +23.9% $62.7M 1,204 $505 70

Fri Feb 16 #2 $2.1M +240.1% +49.2% $64.8M 1,651 $1,252 71

Sat Feb 17 #2 $3.6M +75% +47.5% $68.4M 1,651 $2,190 72

Sun Feb 18 #2 $3.0M −17% +91.3% $71.4M 1,651 $1,818 73

Mon Feb 19 #3 $1.8M −40.7% +313.3% $73.2M 1,651 $1,077 74

Tue Feb 20 #2 $821.4K −53.8% +62.2% $74.0M 1,651 $498 75

Wed Feb 21 #2 $657.0K −20% −23.7% $74.7M 1,651 $398 76

Thu Feb 22 #2 $666.8K +1.5% +9.8% $75.3M 1,651 $404 77

Fri Feb 23 #1 $1.8M +170.4% −12.7% $77.2M 1,749 $1,031 78

Sat Feb 24 #2 $3.0M +66% −17.2% $80.1M 1,749 $1,711 79

Sun Feb 25 #2 $1.8M −40% −40.2% $81.9M 1,749 $1,027 80

Mon Feb 26 #1 $461.6K −74.3% −74% $82.4M 1,749 $264 81

Tue Feb 27 #1 $498.3K — $82.9M 1,749 $285 82

Wed Feb 28 #1 $409.1K −17.9% −37.7% $83.3M 1,749 $234 83

Thu Mar 1 #1 $440.6K +7.7% −33.9% $83.7M 1,749 $252 84

Fri Mar 2 #2 $1.3M +192.1% −28.6% $85.0M 1,751 $735 85

Sat Mar 3 #2 $2.3M +78% −23.5% $87.3M 1,751 $1,308 86

Sun Mar 4 #2 $1.3M −42% −26% $88.7M 1,751 $759 87

Mon Mar 5 #2 $387.5K −70.8% −16.1% $89.0M 1,751 $221 88

Tue Mar 6 #2 $452.9K +16.9% −9.1% $89.5M 1,751 $259 89

Wed Mar 7 #2 $382.4K −15.6% −6.5% $89.9M 1,751 $218 90

Thu Mar 8 #2 $377.4K −1.3% −14.3% $90.3M 1,751 $216 91

Fri Mar 9 #2 $1.1M +188% −15.5% $91.3M 1,756 $619 92

Sat Mar 10 #2 $2.0M +80% −14.6% $93.3M 1,756 $1,114 93

Sun Mar 11 #2 $1.2M −38% −8.7% $94.5M 1,756 $691 94

Mon Mar 12 #2 $404.5K −66.7% +4.4% $94.9M 1,756 $230 95

Tue Mar 13 #2 $455.1K — $95.4M 1,756 $259 96

Wed Mar 14 #2 $404.5K −11.1% +5.8% $95.8M 1,756 $230 97

Thu Mar 15 #2 $455.1K +12.5% +20.6% $96.2M 1,756 $259 98

Fri Mar 16 #2 $1.1M +146.4% +3.2% $97.4M 1,860 $603 99

Sat Mar 17 #2 $1.8M +58% −9.4% $99.1M 1,860 $953 100

Sun Mar 18 #2 $1.2M −35% −5.1% $100.3M 1,860 $619 101

Mon Mar 19 #2 $323.6K −71.9% −20% $100.6M 1,860 $174 102

Tue Mar 20 #2 $366.7K +13.3% −19.4% $101.0M 1,860 $197 103

Wed Mar 21 #2 $327.9K −10.6% −18.9% $101.3M 1,860 $176 104

Thu Mar 22 #2 $345.1K +5.3% −24.2% $101.6M 1,860 $186 105

Fri Mar 23 #2 $1.2M +240.7% +4.9% $102.8M 2,027 $580 106

Sat Mar 24 #2 $2.2M +85% +22.8% $105.0M 2,027 $1,073 107

Sun Mar 25 #1 $1.3M −42% +9.6% $106.3M 2,027 $622 108

Mon Mar 26 #1 $652.1K −48.3% +101.5% $106.9M 2,027 $322 109

Tue Mar 27 #1 $692.8K +6.3% +88.9% $107.6M 2,027 $342 110

Wed Mar 28 #1 $560.4K −19.1% +70.9% $108.2M 2,027 $276 111

Thu Mar 29 #1 $550.2K −1.8% +59.4% $108.7M 2,027 $271 112

Fri Mar 30 #1 $1.4M +159.8% +21.6% $110.1M 1,906 $750 113

Sat Mar 31 #1 $2.2M +53% +0.5% $112.3M 1,906 $1,147 114

Sun Apr 1 #1 $1.2M −43% −1.2% $113.6M 1,906 $654 115

Mon Apr 2 #1 $261.1K −79.1% −60% $113.8M 1,906 $137 116

Tue Apr 3 #1 $336.9K +29% −51.4% $114.2M 1,906 $177 117

Wed Apr 4 #1 $269.5K −20% −51.9% $114.4M 1,906 $141 118

Thu Apr 5 #1 $265.3K −1.6% −51.8% $114.7M 1,906 $139 119

Fri Apr 6 #1 $818.0K +208.3% −42.8% $115.5M 1,628 $502 120

Sat Apr 7 #1 $1.3M +60% −40.2% $116.8M 1,628 $804 121

Sun Apr 8 #1 $693.6K −47% −44.4% $117.5M 1,628 $426 122

Mon Apr 9 #9 $243.9K −64.8% −6.6% $117.8M 1,628 $150 123

Tue Apr 10 #9 $292.7K +20% −13.1% $118.1M 1,628 $180 124

Wed Apr 11 #11 $248.8K −15% −7.7% $118.3M 1,628 $153 125

Thu Apr 12 #10 $312.2K +25.5% +17.7% $118.6M 1,628 $192 126

Fri Apr 13 #3 $655.6K +110% −19.8% $119.3M 1,244 $527 127

Sat Apr 14 #3 $753.9K +15% −42.4% $120.0M 1,244 $606 128

Sun Apr 15 #3 $475.0K −37% −31.5% $120.5M 1,244 $382 129

Mon Apr 16 #12 $234.4K −50.7% −3.9% $120.7M 1,244 $188 130

Tue Apr 17 #12 $213.1K −9.1% −27.2% $121.0M 1,244 $171 131

Wed Apr 18 #12 $191.8K −10% −22.9% $121.1M 1,244 $154 132

Thu Apr 19 #12 $181.1K −5.6% −42% $121.3M 1,244 $146 133

Fri Apr 20 #3 $428.0K +136.3% −34.7% $121.8M 1,012 $423 134

Sat Apr 21 #3 $650.6K +52% −13.7% $122.4M 1,012 $643 135

Sun Apr 22 #3 $338.3K −48% −28.8% $122.7M 1,012 $334 136

Mon Apr 23 #15 $90.1K −73.4% −61.6% $122.8M 1,012 $89 137

Tue Apr 24 #15 $112.6K +25% −47.1% $122.9M 1,012 $111 138

Wed Apr 25 #15 $94.6K −16% −50.7% $123.0M 1,012 $93 139

Thu Apr 26 #14 $90.1K −4.8% −50.2% $123.1M 1,012 $89 140

Fri Apr 27 #3 $220.1K +144.2% −48.6% $123.4M 683 $322 141

Sat Apr 28 #3 $365.3K +66% −43.9% $123.7M 683 $535 142

Sun Apr 29 #3 $190.0K −48% −43.9% $123.9M 683 $278 143

Mon Apr 30 #14 $65.0K −65.8% −27.9% $124.0M 683 $95 144

Tue May 1 #14 $68.0K +4.6% −39.6% $124.0M 683 $100 145

Wed May 2 #14 $63.0K −7.4% −33.4% $124.1M 683 $92 146

Thu May 3 #14 $42.1K — $124.1M 683 $62 147

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

Cumulative total$62.7M

Dec 8Dec 25Jan 12Jan 29Feb 15

Weekend grossWk 10 · $5.4M

$663.2K

$1.1M

$2.6M

$3.3M

$3.4M

$8.6M

$6.1M

$5.1M

$6.8M

$5.4M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,204 → 1,204 +0.0%

16 open1,204 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −20.7%

+62.7%

W1→2

+144.4%

W2→3

+23.8%

W3→4

+4.4%

W4→5

+153.7%

W5→6

−29.7%

W6→7

−16.8%

W7→8

+34.7%

W8→9

−20.7%

W9→10

Steepest −29.7%Biggest gain +153.7%

Run milestones

$100M in 101 days

$100M

Day 101

Mar 18

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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