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2005 • R • 1h 49m • Action, Crime, Drama • Paramount Pictures

They came home to bury mom... and her killer

🍅 53% 80%

49

3.24

6.8

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$21.20M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$74.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$92.50M

$18.00M international

Domestic legs3.52x

Budget$45.0M

2005 rank#32

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Cast & crew

Full Singleton filmography

John Singleton

John Singleton Director

Mark Wahlberg

Mark Wahlberg Starring

Tyrese Gibson

Tyrese Gibson Starring

Garrett Hedlund

Garrett Hedlund Starring

Terrence Howard

Terrence Howard Starring

Josh Charles

Josh Charles Starring

ScreenplayDavid Elliot, Paul Lovett Produced byLorenzo di Bonaventura CinematographyPeter Menzies Jr. MusicDavid Arnold Prod. DesignKeith Brian Burns StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 12-14 1 $21.2M — 2,533 $8,360 $21.2M

2 Aug 19-21 3 $12.5M −41.0% 2,649 $4,714 $43.1M

3 Aug 26-28 4 $7.9M −37.0% 2,649 $2,968 $55.4M

4 Sep 2-4 6 $5.0M −36.1% 2,435 $2,063 $63.0M

5 Sep 9-11 9 $2.9M −41.4% 2,093 $1,407 $68.3M

6 Sep 16-18 13 $1.9M −36.3% 1,509 $1,244 $71.1M

7 Sep 23-25 15 $882.7K −53.0% 814 $1,084 $72.5M

8 Sep 30-Oct 2 20 $466.1K −47.2% 455 $1,024 $73.3M

9 Oct 7-9 34 $146.2K −68.6% 154 $949 $73.6M

10 Oct 14-16 41 $101.0K −30.9% 101 $999 $73.8M

11 Oct 21-23 38 $179.4K +77.7% 215 $834 $74.0M

12 Oct 28-30 43 $101.7K −43.3% 166 $612 $74.2M

13 Nov 4-6 44 $93.8K −7.8% 136 $689 $74.3M

14 Nov 11-13 47 $71.3K −23.9% 105 $679 $74.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Aug 12 #1 $7.0M — $7.0M 2,533 $2,755 1

Sat Aug 13 #1 $7.7M +11% $14.7M 2,533 $3,055 2

Sun Aug 14 #1 $6.5M −17% $21.2M 2,533 $2,549 3

Mon Aug 15 #1 $2.8M −57% $24.0M 2,533 $1,098 4

Tue Aug 16 #1 $2.5M −10% $26.5M 2,533 $984 5

Wed Aug 17 #1 $2.1M −15% $28.6M 2,533 $840 6

Thu Aug 18 #1 $2.0M −4% $30.6M 2,533 $808 7

Fri Aug 19 #3 $3.7M +79% −47% $34.3M 2,649 $1,384 8

Sat Aug 20 #3 $5.0M +36% −36% $39.3M 2,649 $1,883 9

Sun Aug 21 #3 $3.8M −23% −41% $43.1M 2,649 $1,446 10

Mon Aug 22 #3 $1.3M −67% −55% $44.4M 2,649 $476 11

Tue Aug 23 #3 $1.1M −9% −54% $45.5M 2,649 $431 12

Wed Aug 24 #3 $1.0M −11% −52% $46.5M 2,649 $382 13

Thu Aug 25 #3 $971.3K −4% −53% $47.5M 2,649 $366 14

Fri Aug 26 #4 $2.2M +126% −40% $49.7M 2,649 $827 15

Sat Aug 27 #4 $3.3M +52% −33% $53.0M 2,649 $1,260 16

Sun Aug 28 #4 $2.3M −30% −39% $55.4M 2,649 $880 17

Mon Aug 29 #4 $752.6K −68% −40% $56.1M 2,649 $284 18

Tue Aug 30 #4 $734.7K −2% −36% $56.9M 2,649 $277 19

Wed Aug 31 #6 $601.7K −18% −41% $57.5M 2,649 $227 20

Thu Sep 1 #5 $527.2K −12% −46% $58.0M 2,649 $199 21

Fri Sep 2 #6 $1.2M +130% −45% $59.2M 2,435 $497 22

Sat Sep 3 #6 $1.9M +56% −43% $61.1M 2,435 $777 23

Sun Sep 4 #6 $1.9M +1% −18% $63.0M 2,435 $788 24

Mon Sep 5 #7 $1.3M −30% +78% $64.4M 2,435 $551 25

Tue Sep 6 #6 $358.5K −73% −51% $64.7M 2,435 $147 26

Wed Sep 7 #6 $322.9K −10% −46% $65.0M 2,435 $132 27

Thu Sep 8 #7 $291.1K −10% −45% $65.3M 2,435 $119 28

Fri Sep 9 #9 $864.1K +197% −29% $66.2M 2,093 $412 29

Sat Sep 10 #9 $1.3M +53% −30% $67.5M 2,093 $631 30

Sun Sep 11 #9 $760.4K −42% −60% $68.3M 2,093 $363 31

Mon Sep 12 #9 $212.2K −72% −84% $68.5M 2,093 $101 32

Tue Sep 13 #9 $239.0K +13% −33% $68.7M 2,093 $114 33

Wed Sep 14 #10 $231.6K −3% −28% $69.0M 2,093 $110 34

Thu Sep 15 #10 $233.3K +1% −20% $69.2M 2,093 $111 35

Mon Oct 10 #34 $22.5K — $73.6M 154 $146 60

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

Cumulative total$73.6M

Aug 12Aug 21Aug 30Sep 7Oct 10

Weekend grossWk 10 · $101.0K

$21.2M

$12.5M

$7.9M

$5.0M

$2.9M

$1.9M

$882.7K

$466.1K

$146.2K

$101.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,649 → 154 −94.2%

2,533 open154 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −30.9%

−41.0%

W1→2

−37.0%

W2→3

−36.1%

W3→4

−41.4%

W4→5

−36.3%

W5→6

−53.0%

W6→7

−47.2%

W7→8

−68.6%

W8→9

−30.9%

W9→10

Steepest −68.6%Best hold −30.9%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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