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2002 • PG-13 • 1h 39m • Action, Adventure, Drama • Miramax Films

One man's strength will unite an empire.

🍅 94% 87%

85

4.01

7.9

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$18.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$53.70M

Final

Worldwide total

$176.40M

$122.70M international

Domestic legs3.0x

Budget$17M

2004 rank#60

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Cast & crew

Full Yimou filmography

Zhang Yimou

Zhang Yimou Director

Jet Li

Jet Li Starring

Tony Leung Chiu-wai

Tony Leung Chiu-wai Starring

Zhang Ziyi

Zhang Ziyi Starring

Donnie Yen

Donnie Yen Starring

ScreenplayFeng Li, Bin Wang, Zhang Yimou Produced byZhang Yimou, Bill Kong CinematographyChristopher Doyle Music byTan Dun Edited byAngie Lam StudioMiramax Films

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 27-29 1 $18.0M — 2,031 $8,865 $18.0M

2 Sep 3-5 1 $8.8M −51.1% 2,092 $4,210 $32.5M

3 Sep 10-12 4 $4.4M −49.8% 2,175 $2,033 $41.7M

4 Sep 17-19 7 $2.8M −35.8% 1,926 $1,473 $46.1M

5 Sep 24-26 10 $2.2M −20.9% 1,713 $1,310 $49.2M

6 Oct 1-3 14 $1.2M −45.0% 1,140 $1,083 $51.1M

7 Oct 8-10 17 $657.6K −46.8% 667 $986 $52.2M

8 Oct 15-17 20 $353.0K −46.3% 395 $894 $52.8M

9 Oct 22-24 26 $166.2K −52.9% 226 $735 $53.1M

10 Oct 29-31 29 $85.7K −48.4% 144 $595 $53.2M

11 Nov 5-7 36 $64.5K −24.7% 90 $717 $53.3M

12 Nov 12-14 30 $112.4K +74.3% 212 $530 $53.5M

13 Nov 19-21 38 $57.0K −49.3% 144 $396 $53.6M

14 Nov 26-28 51 $38.0K −33.3% 62 $614 $53.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Aug 27 #1 $6.8M — $6.8M 2,031 $3,348 1

Sat Aug 28 #1 $6.6M −3% $13.4M 2,031 $3,250 2

Sun Aug 29 #1 $4.7M −29% $18.0M 2,031 $2,314 3

Mon Aug 30 #1 $1.8M −62% $19.8M 2,031 $882 4

Tue Aug 31 #1 $1.5M −14% $21.3M 2,031 $757 5

Wed Sep 1 #1 $1.2M −21% $22.5M 2,031 $598 6

Thu Sep 2 #1 $1.1M −8% $23.7M 2,031 $550 7

Fri Sep 3 #1 $2.5M +124% −63% $26.2M 2,092 $1,195 8

Sat Sep 4 #1 $3.2M +29% −51% $29.3M 2,092 $1,540 9

Sun Sep 5 #1 $3.2M — −31% $32.5M 2,092 $1,540 10

Mon Sep 6 #1 $2.7M −16% +51% $35.2M 2,092 $1,294 11

Tue Sep 7 #1 $770.0K −72% −50% $36.0M 2,092 $368 12

Wed Sep 8 #1 $627.0K −19% −48% $36.6M 2,092 $300 13

Thu Sep 9 #1 $569.0K −9% −49% $37.2M 2,092 $272 14

Fri Sep 10 #4 $1.2M +111% −52% $38.4M 2,175 $552 15

Sat Sep 11 #4 $1.9M +61% −40% $40.4M 2,175 $887 16

Sun Sep 12 #3 $1.3M −33% −60% $41.7M 2,175 $596 17

Mon Sep 13 #3 $397.0K −69% −85% $42.0M 2,175 $183 18

Tue Sep 14 #3 $385.0K −3% −50% $42.4M 2,175 $177 19

Wed Sep 15 #3 $411.0K +7% −34% $42.8M 2,175 $189 20

Thu Sep 16 #3 $432.0K +5% −24% $43.3M 2,175 $199 21

Fri Sep 17 #7 $800.0K +85% −33% $44.1M 1,926 $415 22

Sat Sep 18 #7 $1.2M +55% −36% $45.3M 1,926 $645 23

Sun Sep 19 #7 $785.0K −37% −39% $46.1M 1,926 $408 24

Mon Sep 20 #6 $240.0K −69% −40% $46.3M 1,926 $125 25

Tue Sep 21 #6 $267.0K +11% −31% $46.6M 1,926 $139 26

Wed Sep 22 #6 $239.0K −10% −42% $46.8M 1,926 $124 27

Thu Sep 23 #6 $214.0K −10% −50% $47.0M 1,926 $111 28

Fri Sep 24 #10 $500.0K +134% −38% $47.5M 1,926 $260 29

Sat Sep 25 #10 $1.1M +110% −15% $48.6M 1,713 $614 30

Sun Sep 26 #9 $585.0K −44% −25% $49.2M 1,713 $342 31

Mon Sep 27 #9 $174.0K −70% −28% $49.4M 1,713 $102 32

Tue Sep 28 #9 $195.0K +12% −27% $49.6M 1,713 $114 33

Wed Sep 29 #9 $172.0K −12% −28% $49.8M 1,713 $100 34

Thu Sep 30 #10 $152.0K −12% −29% $49.9M 1,713 $89 35

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

Cumulative total$49.9M

Aug 27Sep 5Sep 13Sep 22Sep 30

Weekend grossWk 10 · $85.7K

$18.0M

$8.8M

$4.4M

$2.8M

$2.2M

$1.2M

$657.6K

$353.0K

$166.2K

$85.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,175 → 1,713 −21.2%

2,031 open1,713 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −48.4%

−51.1%

W1→2

−49.8%

W2→3

−35.8%

W3→4

−20.9%

W4→5

−45.0%

W5→6

−46.8%

W6→7

−46.3%

W7→8

−52.9%

W8→9

−48.4%

W9→10

Steepest −52.9%Best hold −20.9%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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