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1997 • R • 2h 18m • Action, Crime, Sci-Fi • Paramount Pictures

In order to trap him, he must become him.

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3.59

7.3

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$23.40M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$112.30M

Final

Worldwide total

$241.20M

$128.90M international

Domestic legs4.8x

Budget$80M

1997 rank#8

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Cast & crew

Full Woo filmography

John Woo

John Woo Director

John Travolta

John Travolta Starring

Nicolas Cage

Nicolas Cage Starring

Joan Allen

Joan Allen Starring

Alessandro Nivola

Alessandro Nivola Starring

Gina Gershon

Gina Gershon Starring

Written byMike Werb, Michael Colleary Produced byDavid Permut, Barrie M. Osborne, Terence Chang, Christopher Godsick CinematographyOliver Wood Music byJohn Powell StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 27-29 1 $23.4M — 2,621 $8,923 $23.4M

2 Jul 4-6 2 $16.1M −31.3% 2,637 $6,092 $51.5M

3 Jul 11-13 3 $12.3M −23.2% 2,851 $4,325 $71.8M

4 Jul 18-20 5 $8.9M −27.7% 2,851 $3,125 $86.3M

5 Jul 25-27 7 $5.6M −37.1% 2,509 $2,233 $96.1M

6 Aug 1-3 9 $3.8M −32.9% 1,888 $1,990 $102.0M

7 Aug 8-10 12 $2.1M −43.8% 1,542 $1,369 $105.7M

8 Aug 15-17 14 $1.1M −46.8% 1,110 $1,011 $107.7M

9 Aug 22-24 21 $538.5K −52.0% 610 $882 $108.7M

10 Aug 29-31 26 $466.7K −13.3% 390 $1,196 $109.4M

11 Sep 5-7 30 $227.6K −51.2% 343 $663 $109.7M

12 Sep 12-14 26 $273.4K +20.1% 354 $772 $110.0M

13 Sep 19-21 17 $705.4K +158.0% 776 $908 $110.8M

14 Sep 26-28 21 $421.6K −40.2% 618 $682 $111.4M

15 Oct 3-5 26 $216.6K −48.6% 460 $470 $111.7M

16 Oct 10-12 30 $148.8K −31.3% 330 $450 $112.0M

17 Oct 17-19 40 $86.3K −42.0% 218 $395 $112.1M

18 Oct 24-26 47 $54.2K −37.2% 194 $279 $112.2M

19 Oct 31-Nov 2 56 $27.0K −50.2% 111 $242 $112.2M

20 Nov 7-9 65 $16.6K −38.3% 74 $224 $112.3M

21 Nov 14-16 65 $8.1K −51.5% 42 $192 $112.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jun 27 #1 $7.7M — $7.7M 2,621 $2,952 1

Sat Jun 28 #1 $8.2M +5% $15.9M 2,621 $3,112 2

Sun Jun 29 #1 $7.5M −8% $23.4M 2,621 $2,859 3

Mon Jun 30 #2 $3.4M −55% $26.7M 2,621 $1,283 4

Tue Jul 1 #3 $3.0M −11% $29.8M 2,621 $1,146 5

Wed Jul 2 #3 $2.3M −25% $32.0M 2,621 $859 6

Thu Jul 3 #3 $3.4M +53% $35.5M 2,621 $1,316 7

Fri Jul 4 #2 $4.4M +29% −43% $39.9M 2,637 $1,686 8

Sat Jul 5 #2 $6.8M +53% −17% $46.7M 2,637 $2,580 9

Sun Jul 6 #2 $4.8M −29% −36% $51.5M 2,637 $1,827 10

Mon Jul 7 #2 $2.0M −58% −40% $53.5M 2,637 $769 11

Tue Jul 8 #3 $2.1M +3% −31% $55.6M 2,637 $791 12

Wed Jul 9 #3 $1.9M −8% −15% $57.5M 2,637 $725 13

Thu Jul 10 #3 $1.9M −1% −45% $59.4M 2,637 $717 14

Fri Jul 11 #3 $3.7M +96% −17% $63.1M 2,851 $1,298 15

Sat Jul 12 #3 $5.1M +39% −25% $68.3M 2,851 $1,799 16

Sun Jul 13 #3 $3.5M −32% −27% $71.8M 2,851 $1,229 17

Mon Jul 14 #3 $1.4M −59% −30% $73.2M 2,851 $500 18

Tue Jul 15 #3 $1.6M +12% −24% $74.8M 2,851 $559 19

Wed Jul 16 #4 $1.3M −18% −32% $76.1M 2,851 $457 20

Thu Jul 17 #4 $1.3M −1% −31% $77.4M 2,851 $455 21

Fri Jul 18 #5 $2.7M +108% −27% $80.1M 2,851 $948 22

Sat Jul 19 #5 $3.7M +39% −27% $83.8M 2,851 $1,315 23

Sun Jul 20 #5 $2.5M −34% −30% $86.3M 2,851 $863 24

Mon Jul 21 #5 $1.0M −59% −28% $87.3M 2,851 $358 25

Tue Jul 22 #5 $1.1M +11% −29% $88.5M 2,851 $397 26

Wed Jul 23 #5 $973.3K −14% −25% $89.4M 2,851 $341 27

Thu Jul 24 #5 $1.0M +5% −21% $90.5M 2,851 $360 28

Fri Jul 25 #7 $1.7M +67% −37% $92.2M 2,509 $682 29

Sat Jul 26 #7 $2.4M +40% −36% $94.6M 2,509 $952 30

Sun Jul 27 #7 $1.5M −37% −39% $96.1M 2,509 $599 31

Mon Jul 28 #8 $572.2K −62% −44% $96.6M 2,509 $228 32

Tue Jul 29 #8 $648.5K +13% −43% $97.3M 2,509 $258 33

Wed Jul 30 #8 $516.3K −20% −47% $97.8M 2,509 $206 34

Thu Jul 31 #8 $475.6K −8% −54% $98.3M 2,509 $190 35

Fri Aug 1 #9 $1.1M +132% −35% $99.4M 1,888 $585 36

Sat Aug 2 #9 $1.6M +48% −31% $101.0M 1,888 $869 37

Sun Aug 3 #10 $1.0M −38% −33% $102.0M 1,888 $536 38

Mon Aug 4 #11 $420.5K −58% −27% $102.4M 1,888 $223 39

Tue Aug 5 #11 $428.2K +2% −34% $102.9M 1,888 $227 40

Wed Aug 6 #12 $358.7K −16% −31% $103.2M 1,888 $190 41

Thu Aug 7 #12 $318.0K −11% −33% $103.6M 1,888 $168 42

Fri Aug 8 #12 $620.4K +95% −44% $104.2M 1,542 $402 43

Sat Aug 9 #11 $951.8K +53% −42% $105.1M 1,542 $617 44

Sun Aug 10 #13 $539.9K −43% −47% $105.7M 1,542 $350 45

Mon Aug 11 #13 $221.3K −59% −47% $105.9M 1,542 $143 46

Tue Aug 12 #13 $257.2K +16% −40% $106.1M 1,542 $167 47

Wed Aug 13 #14 $223.2K −13% −38% $106.4M 1,542 $145 48

Thu Aug 14 #13 $198.6K −11% −38% $106.6M 1,542 $129 49

Fri Aug 15 #14 $340.6K +71% −45% $106.9M 1,110 $307 50

Sat Aug 16 #14 $498.3K +46% −48% $107.4M 1,110 $449 51

Sun Aug 17 #15 $284.0K −43% −47% $107.7M 1,110 $256 52

Mon Aug 18 #16 $114.4K −60% −48% $107.8M 1,110 $103 53

Tue Aug 19 #15 $133.5K +17% −48% $107.9M 1,110 $120 54

Wed Aug 20 #15 $131.4K −2% −41% $108.1M 1,110 $118 55

Thu Aug 21 #16 $121.9K −7% −39% $108.2M 1,110 $110 56

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

Cumulative total$108.2M

Jun 27Jul 11Jul 25Aug 7Aug 21

Weekend grossWk 10 · $466.7K

$23.4M

$16.1M

$12.3M

$8.9M

$5.6M

$3.8M

$2.1M

$1.1M

$538.5K

$466.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,851 → 1,110 −61.1%

2,621 open1,110 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −13.3%

−31.3%

W1→2

−23.2%

W2→3

−27.7%

W3→4

−37.1%

W4→5

−32.9%

W5→6

−43.8%

W6→7

−46.8%

W7→8

−52.0%

W8→9

−13.3%

W9→10

Steepest −52.0%Best hold −13.3%

Run milestones

$100M in 37 days

$100M

Day 37

Aug 2

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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