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1998 • R • 2h 16m • Drama, Sport • Touchstone Pictures

The father, the son and the holy game.

🍅 82% 83%

64

3.65

6.9

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$7.60M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$21.60M

Final

Worldwide total

$22.40M

$0.80M international

Domestic legs2.8x

Budget$25M

1998 rank#83

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Cast & crew

Full Lee filmography

Spike Lee

Spike Lee Director

Denzel Washington

Denzel Washington Starring

Milla Jovovich

Milla Jovovich Starring

Rosario Dawson

Rosario Dawson Starring

Hill Harper

Hill Harper Starring

Jim Brown

Jim Brown Starring

ScreenplaySpike Lee Produced byJon Kilik, Spike Lee CinematographyMalik Hassan Sayeed Music byAaron Copland, Public Enemy StudioTouchstone Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 1-3 1 $7.6M — 1,319 $5,770 $7.6M

2 May 8-10 3 $3.7M −51.2% 1,322 $2,807 $13.2M

3 May 15-17 5 $2.4M −34.1% 1,414 $1,730 $16.7M

4 May 22-25 9 $1.8M −27.7% 1,244 $1,421 $19.1M

5 May 29-31 14 $589.0K −66.7% 731 $806 $20.0M

6 Jun 5-7 23 $215.6K −63.4% 397 $543 $20.5M

7 Jun 12-14 33 $105.2K −51.2% 170 $619 $20.7M

8 Jun 19-21 42 $48.0K −54.4% 91 $527 $20.8M

9 Jun 26-28 27 $171.4K +257.2% 311 $551 $21.0M

10 Jul 3-5 28 $146.9K −14.3% 244 $602 $21.3M

11 Jul 10-12 37 $80.6K −45.2% 137 $588 $21.4M

12 Jul 17-19 51 $31.5K −60.9% 81 $389 $21.5M

13 Jul 24-26 54 $23.9K −24.2% 59 $405 $21.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri May 1 #1 $2.6M — $2.6M 1,319 $1,975 1

Sat May 2 #1 $3.3M +26.5% $5.9M 1,319 $2,498 2

Sun May 3 #1 $1.8M −46.6% $7.6M 1,319 $1,334 3

Mon May 4 #1 $528.3K −70.0% $8.1M 1,319 $401 4

Tue May 5 #1 $513.0K −2.9% $8.7M 1,319 $389 5

Wed May 6 #1 $434.4K −15.3% $9.1M 1,319 $329 6

Thu May 7 #1 $437.0K +0.6% $9.5M 1,319 $331 7

Fri May 8 #3 $1.1M +154.0% −57.4% $10.6M 1,322 $840 8

Sat May 9 #3 $1.7M +55.4% −47.6% $12.4M 1,322 $1,305 9

Sun May 10 #4 $939.0K −45.6% −46.6% $13.2M 1,322 $710 10

Mon May 11 #3 $317.1K −66.2% −40.0% $13.6M 1,322 $240 11

Tue May 12 #3 $305.8K −3.6% −40.4% $13.9M 1,322 $231 12

Wed May 13 #3 $222.4K −27.3% −48.8% $14.1M 1,322 $168 13

Thu May 14 #3 $190.0K −14.6% −56.5% $14.3M 1,322 $144 14

Fri May 15 #5 $703.0K +270.0% −36.7% $15.0M 1,414 $497 15

Sat May 16 #5 $1.1M +49.4% −39.1% $16.0M 1,414 $743 16

Sun May 17 #5 $656.0K −37.5% −30.1% $16.7M 1,414 $464 17

Mon May 18 #5 $207.0K −68.4% −34.7% $16.9M 1,414 $146 18

Tue May 19 #6 $160.3K −22.6% −47.6% $17.1M 1,414 $113 19

Wed May 20 #7 $135.2K −15.7% −39.2% $17.2M 1,414 $96 20

Thu May 21 #7 $159.0K +17.7% −16.3% $17.4M 1,414 $112 21

Fri May 22 #9 $339.7K +113.6% −51.7% $17.7M 1,244 $273 22

Sat May 23 #9 $520.0K +53.1% −50.5% $18.2M 1,244 $418 23

Sun May 24 #9 $505.0K −2.9% −23.0% $18.7M 1,244 $406 24

Mon May 25 #10 $375.9K −25.6% +81.6% $19.1M 1,244 $302 25

Tue May 26 #9 $126.9K −66.2% −20.8% $19.3M 1,244 $102 26

Thu May 28 #10 $105.0K — −34.0% $19.5M 1,244 $84 28

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

Cumulative total$19.5M

May 1May 8May 14May 21May 28

Weekend grossWk 10 · $146.9K

$7.6M

$3.7M

$2.4M

$1.8M

$589.0K

$215.6K

$105.2K

$48.0K

$171.4K

$146.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,414 → 1,244 −12.0%

1,319 open1,244 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −14.3%

−51.2%

W1→2

−34.1%

W2→3

−27.7%

W3→4

−66.7%

W4→5

−63.4%

W5→6

−51.2%

W6→7

−54.4%

W7→8

+257.2%

W8→9

−14.3%

W9→10

Steepest −66.7%Biggest gain +257.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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