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1999 • R • 1h 45m • Action, Horror, Science Fiction • Warner Bros.

Bigger. Smarter. Faster. Meaner.

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54

2.92

6.0

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$19.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$73.60M

Final

Worldwide total

$165.00M

$91.40M international

Domestic legs3.9x

Budget$60M

1999 rank#29

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Cast & crew

Full Harlin filmography

Renny Harlin

Renny Harlin Director

Saffron Burrows

Saffron Burrows Starring

Thomas Jane

Thomas Jane Starring

Samuel L. Jackson

Samuel L. Jackson Starring

Michael Rapaport

Michael Rapaport Starring

Stellan Skarsgård

Stellan Skarsgård Starring

ScreenplayDuncan Kennedy, Donna Powers, Wayne Powers Produced byAkiva Goldsman, Tony Ludwig, Alan Riche CinematographyStephen F. Windon Music byTrevor Rabin StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 30-Aug 1 3 $19.1M — 2,854 $6,695 $25.2M

2 Aug 6-8 5 $11.2M −41.4% 2,901 $3,862 $45.5M

3 Aug 13-15 6 $6.7M −40.6% 2,710 $2,455 $57.1M

4 Aug 20-22 9 $4.0M −40.2% 2,246 $1,772 $63.8M

5 Aug 27-29 13 $1.9M −53.1% 1,711 $1,091 $67.2M

6 Sep 3-6 15 $2.1M +11.6% 1,394 $1,495 $69.9M

7 Sep 10-12 17 $860.8K −58.7% 913 $943 $71.0M

8 Sep 17-19 22 $451.0K −47.6% 635 $710 $71.7M

9 Sep 24-26 22 $261.4K −42.0% 430 $608 $72.1M

10 Oct 1-3 36 $112.6K −56.9% 248 $454 $72.2M

11 Oct 8-10 41 $77.5K −31.2% 155 $500 $72.3M

12 Oct 15-17 23 $276.2K +256.5% 676 $409 $72.6M

13 Oct 22-24 31 $195.2K −29.3% 512 $381 $73.0M

14 Oct 29-31 37 $121.0K −38.0% 371 $326 $73.1M

15 Nov 5-7 38 $131.8K +8.9% 308 $428 $73.3M

16 Nov 12-14 45 $93.8K −28.8% 257 $365 $73.5M

17 Nov 19-21 48 $68.1K −27.4% 187 $364 $73.6M

18 Nov 26-28 59 $44.1K −35.3% 100 $441 $73.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Jul 28 #2 $3.0M — $3.0M 2,612 $1,157 -2

Thu Jul 29 #2 $3.0M +0.4% $6.1M 2,612 $1,162 -1

Fri Jul 30 #3 $5.8M +92.0% $11.9M 2,854 $2,041 1

Sat Jul 31 #3 $7.3M +25.0% $19.2M 2,854 $2,551 2

Sun Aug 1 #3 $5.9M −19.0% $25.2M 2,854 $2,067 3

Mon Aug 2 #3 $2.5M −57.4% $27.7M 2,854 $881 4

Tue Aug 3 #3 $2.4M −4.2% $30.1M 2,854 $844 5

Wed Aug 4 #3 $2.1M −11.6% $32.2M 2,854 $745 6

Thu Aug 5 #3 $2.1M −1.6% $34.3M 2,854 $734 7

Fri Aug 6 #6 $3.2M +53.1% −45.0% $37.5M 2,901 $1,105 8

Sat Aug 7 #5 $4.4M +38.7% −38.9% $42.0M 2,901 $1,532 9

Sun Aug 8 #5 $3.7M −15.8% −36.6% $45.5M 2,901 $1,290 10

Mon Aug 9 #5 $1.3M −66.2% −49.6% $46.8M 2,901 $436 11

Tue Aug 10 #5 $1.4M +8.4% −43.0% $48.1M 2,901 $473 12

Wed Aug 11 #6 $1.2M −14.6% −44.9% $49.3M 2,901 $404 13

Thu Aug 12 #6 $1.1M −4.3% −46.5% $50.4M 2,901 $386 14

Fri Aug 13 #6 $1.9M +65.9% −42.0% $52.3M 2,710 $686 15

Sat Aug 14 #6 $2.7M +46.2% −38.8% $55.0M 2,710 $1,004 16

Sun Aug 15 #6 $2.1M −24.4% −45.0% $57.1M 2,710 $759 17

Mon Aug 16 #6 $716.5K −65.2% −43.4% $57.8M 2,710 $264 18

Tue Aug 17 #6 $772.1K +7.8% −43.7% $58.6M 2,710 $285 19

Wed Aug 18 #7 $643.4K −16.7% −45.1% $59.2M 2,710 $237 20

Thu Aug 19 #7 $637.0K −1.0% −43.2% $59.9M 2,710 $235 21

Fri Aug 20 #8 $1.2M +95.6% −33.0% $61.1M 2,246 $555 22

Sat Aug 21 #9 $1.5M +23.2% −43.6% $62.6M 2,246 $683 23

Sun Aug 22 #9 $1.2M −21.9% −41.7% $63.8M 2,246 $534 24

Mon Aug 23 #10 $391.1K −67.4% −45.4% $64.2M 2,246 $174 25

Tue Aug 24 #10 $412.3K +5.4% −46.6% $64.6M 2,246 $184 26

Wed Aug 25 #12 $333.8K −19.0% −48.1% $65.0M 2,246 $149 27

Thu Aug 26 #9 $338.6K +1.4% −46.8% $65.3M 2,246 $151 28

Fri Aug 27 #13 $606.0K +79.0% −51.4% $65.9M 1,711 $354 29

Sat Aug 28 #13 $790.0K +30.4% −48.5% $66.7M 1,711 $462 30

Sun Aug 29 #14 $534.0K −32.4% −55.5% $67.2M 1,711 $312 31

Mon Aug 30 #16 $168.9K −68.4% −56.8% $67.4M 1,711 $99 32

Tue Aug 31 #16 $184.5K +9.2% −55.3% $67.5M 1,711 $108 33

Wed Sep 1 #16 $131.7K −28.6% −60.5% $67.7M 1,711 $77 34

Thu Sep 2 #16 $129.4K −1.8% −61.8% $67.8M 1,711 $76 35

Fri Sep 3 #14 $443.0K +242.5% −26.9% $68.2M 1,393 $318 36

Sat Sep 4 #15 $757.0K +70.9% −4.2% $69.0M 1,393 $543 37

Sun Sep 5 #15 $810.0K +7.0% +51.7% $69.8M 1,394 $581 38

Mon Sep 6 #16 $440.3K −45.6% +160.7% $69.9M 1,394 $316 39

Tue Sep 7 #15 $97.8K −77.8% −47.0% $70.0M 1,394 $70 40

Wed Sep 8 #14 $82.5K −15.6% −37.3% $70.1M 1,394 $59 41

Thu Sep 9 #13 $81.0K −1.8% −37.4% $70.1M 1,394 $58 42

Fri Sep 10 #15 $221.0K +172.7% −50.1% $70.4M 1,394 $159 43

Sat Sep 11 #16 $403.0K +82.4% −46.8% $70.8M 912 $442 44

Sun Sep 12 #17 $228.0K −43.4% −71.9% $71.0M 912 $250 45

Mon Sep 13 #18 $46.6K −79.5% −89.4% $71.1M 912 $51 46

Tue Sep 14 #18 $54.5K +16.9% −44.3% $71.1M 912 $60 47

Wed Sep 15 #20 $46.5K −14.7% −43.7% $71.2M 912 $51 48

Thu Sep 16 #18 $47.7K +2.6% −41.1% $71.2M 912 $52 49

Fri Sep 17 #18 $122.0K +155.8% −44.8% $71.3M 635 $192 50

Sat Sep 18 #20 $177.0K +45.1% −56.1% $71.5M 635 $279 51

Mon Sep 20 #20 $36.4K — −21.9% $71.7M 635 $57 53

Tue Sep 21 #19 $36.6K +0.4% −32.9% $71.7M 635 $58 54

Wed Sep 22 #19 $32.1K −12.2% −30.9% $71.8M 635 $51 55

Thu Sep 23 #19 $32.5K +1.3% −31.8% $71.8M 635 $51 56

Fri Sep 24 #18 $63.0K +93.7% −48.4% $71.9M 433 $145 57

Sat Sep 25 #18 $119.0K +88.9% −32.8% $72.0M 432 $275 58

Sun Sep 26 #18 $73.0K −38.7% $72.1M 430 $170 59

Mon Sep 27 #19 $19.1K −73.8% −47.5% $72.1M 430 $44 60

Tue Sep 28 #19 $18.4K −3.5% −49.6% $72.1M 430 $43 61

Wed Sep 29 #19 $16.1K −12.9% −49.9% $72.1M 430 $37 62

Thu Sep 30 #19 $17.2K +6.9% −47.2% $72.1M 430 $40 63

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

Cumulative total$72.1M

Jul 28Aug 13Aug 29Sep 13Sep 30

Weekend grossWk 10 · $112.6K

$19.1M

$11.2M

$6.7M

$4.0M

$1.9M

$2.1M

$860.8K

$451.0K

$261.4K

$112.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,901 → 430 −85.2%

2,612 open430 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −56.9%

−41.4%

W1→2

−40.6%

W2→3

−40.2%

W3→4

−53.1%

W4→5

+11.6%

W5→6

−58.7%

W6→7

−47.6%

W7→8

−42.0%

W8→9

−56.9%

W9→10

Steepest −58.7%Biggest gain +11.6%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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