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2001 • R • 1h 53m • Drama, Mystery, Thriller • 20th Century Fox

...I'll never tell.

🍅 24% 49%

38

2.98

6.3

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$17.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$55.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$100.00M

$45.00M international

Domestic legs3.22x

Budget$50.0M

2001 rank#46

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Cast & crew

Michael Douglas

Michael Douglas Starring

Sean Bean

Sean Bean Starring

Brittany Murphy

Brittany Murphy Starring

Jennifer Esposito

Jennifer Esposito Starring

ScreenplayAnthony Peckham, Patrick Smith Kelly Produced byArnon Milchan, Arnold Kopelson, Anne Kopelson CinematographyAmir Mokri MusicMark Isham Prod. DesignNelson Coates Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 28-30 1 $17.1M — 2,802 $6,099 $17.1M

2 Oct 5-7 3 $9.8M −42.9% 2,842 $3,436 $31.9M

3 Oct 12-14 5 $6.7M −31.3% 2,729 $2,460 $41.7M

4 Oct 19-21 8 $4.2M −37.2% 2,256 $1,868 $47.9M

5 Oct 26-28 12 $2.3M −45.4% 1,700 $1,354 $51.4M

6 Nov 2-4 15 $997.0K −56.7% 884 $1,127 $53.1M

7 Nov 9-11 19 $475.6K −52.3% 517 $919 $53.8M

8 Nov 16-18 25 $210.9K −55.6% 295 $715 $54.2M

9 Nov 23-25 30 $135.5K −35.8% 217 $624 $54.4M

10 Nov 30-Dec 2 29 $120.8K −10.9% 251 $481 $54.6M

11 Dec 7-9 29 $89.9K −25.6% 203 $442 $54.8M

12 Dec 14-16 42 $50.4K −44.0% 157 $320 $54.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Sep 28 #1 $5.8M — $5.8M 2,802 $2,056 1

Sat Sep 29 #1 $7.5M +29% $13.2M 2,802 $2,658 2

Sun Sep 30 #1 $4.1M −45% $17.1M 2,802 $1,463 3

Mon Oct 1 #1 $1.3M −69% $18.4M 2,802 $451 4

Tue Oct 2 #1 $1.5M +16% $19.8M 2,802 $522 5

Wed Oct 3 #1 $1.2M −18% $21.0M 2,802 $430 6

Thu Oct 4 #1 $1.1M −5% $22.2M 2,802 $406 7

Fri Oct 5 #4 $2.7M +140% −52% $24.9M 2,842 $964 8

Sat Oct 6 #3 $4.4M +60% −41% $29.3M 2,842 $1,541 9

Sun Oct 7 #4 $2.4M −45% −41% $31.9M 2,842 $855 10

Mon Oct 8 #3 $1.0M −57% −18% $33.0M 2,842 $363 11

Tue Oct 9 #3 $727.0K −30% −50% $33.7M 2,842 $255 12

Wed Oct 10 #3 $673.0K −7% −44% $34.4M 2,842 $236 13

Thu Oct 11 #3 $635.0K −6% −44% $35.0M 2,842 $223 14

Fri Oct 12 #6 $1.9M +202% −30% $36.9M 2,728 $702 15

Sat Oct 13 #5 $3.1M +64% −28% $40.1M 2,728 $1,151 16

Sun Oct 14 #5 $1.7M −47% −32% $41.7M 2,728 $608 17

Mon Oct 15 #5 $448.0K −73% −57% $42.2M 2,729 $164 18

Tue Oct 16 #4 $559.0K +25% −23% $42.7M 2,729 $204 19

Wed Oct 17 #4 $473.0K −15% −30% $43.2M 2,729 $173 20

Thu Oct 18 #5 $472.0K n/c −26% $43.7M 2,729 $172 21

Fri Oct 19 #8 $1.2M +160% −36% $44.9M 2,260 $542 22

Sat Oct 20 #8 $2.0M +63% −36% $46.9M 2,260 $884 23

Sun Oct 21 #8 $980.0K −51% −41% $47.9M 2,260 $433 24

Mon Oct 22 #7 $268.0K −73% −40% $48.2M 2,256 $118 25

Tue Oct 23 #7 $353.0K +32% −37% $48.5M 2,256 $156 26

Wed Oct 24 #8 $293.0K −17% −38% $48.8M 2,256 $129 27

Thu Oct 25 #8 $281.0K −4% −40% $49.1M 2,256 $124 28

Mon Oct 29 #10 $150.0K — −44% $51.5M 1,700 $88 32

Tue Oct 30 #9 $180.0K +20% −49% $51.7M 1,700 $105 33

Wed Oct 31 #10 $172.0K −4% −41% $51.9M 1,700 $101 34

Thu Nov 1 #10 $169.0K −2% −40% $52.1M 1,700 $99 35

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

Cumulative total$52.1M

Sep 28Oct 6Oct 14Oct 21Nov 1

Weekend grossWk 10 · $120.8K

$17.1M

$9.8M

$6.7M

$4.2M

$2.3M

$997.0K

$475.6K

$210.9K

$135.5K

$120.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,842 → 1,700 −40.2%

2,802 open1,700 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −10.9%

−42.9%

W1→2

−31.3%

W2→3

−37.2%

W3→4

−45.4%

W4→5

−56.7%

W5→6

−52.3%

W6→7

−55.6%

W7→8

−35.8%

W8→9

−10.9%

W9→10

Steepest −56.7%Best hold −10.9%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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