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2006 • R • 2h 9m • Crime, Drama, Mystery • Universal Pictures

It looked like the perfect bank robbery. But you can’t judge a crime by its cover.

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3.70

7.6

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$29.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$88.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$186.00M

$97.50M international

Domestic legs3.06x

Budget$45.0M

2006 rank#22

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Cast & crew

Full Lee filmography

Spike Lee

Spike Lee Director

Denzel Washington

Denzel Washington Starring

Clive Owen

Clive Owen Starring

Jodie Foster

Jodie Foster Starring

Christopher Plummer

Christopher Plummer Starring

Willem Dafoe

Willem Dafoe Starring

ScreenplayRussell Gewirtz Produced byBrian Grazer CinematographyMatthew Libatique MusicTerence Blanchard Prod. DesignWynn Thomas StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 24-26 1 $29.0M — 2,818 $10,274 $29.0M

2 Mar 31-Apr 2 2 $15.4M −46.7% 2,830 $5,455 $52.5M

3 Apr 7-9 4 $9.1M −40.9% 2,867 $3,185 $66.0M

4 Apr 14-16 6 $6.4M −29.6% 2,477 $2,595 $75.4M

5 Apr 21-23 8 $3.7M −41.7% 2,021 $1,855 $81.3M

6 Apr 28-30 12 $2.1M −44.5% 1,289 $1,614 $84.5M

7 May 5-7 16 $896.1K −57.0% 750 $1,194 $86.0M

8 May 12-14 21 $605.1K −32.5% 455 $1,329 $87.0M

9 May 19-21 26 $245.9K −59.4% 281 $875 $87.4M

10 May 26-28 29 $185.1K −24.7% 190 $974 $87.7M

11 Jun 2-4 29 $149.6K −19.2% 171 $875 $88.0M

12 Jun 9-11 34 $119.3K −20.3% 150 $795 $88.2M

13 Jun 16-18 31 $89.1K −25.3% 130 $685 $88.3M

14 Jun 23-25 35 $68.5K −23.1% 100 $684 $88.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Mar 24 #1 $9.4M — $9.4M 2,818 $3,349 1

Sat Mar 25 #1 $12.2M +30% $21.7M 2,818 $4,345 2

Sun Mar 26 #1 $7.3M −41% $29.0M 2,818 $2,580 3

Mon Mar 27 #1 $2.3M −69% $31.2M 2,818 $809 4

Tue Mar 28 #1 $2.2M −5% $33.4M 2,818 $770 5

Wed Mar 29 #1 $1.9M −14% $35.3M 2,818 $665 6

Thu Mar 30 #1 $1.8M −5% $37.1M 2,818 $635 7

Fri Mar 31 #2 $4.9M +172% −48% $41.9M 2,830 $1,719 8

Sat Apr 1 #2 $6.8M +40% −45% $48.7M 2,830 $2,400 9

Sun Apr 2 #2 $3.8M −44% −48% $52.5M 2,830 $1,335 10

Mon Apr 3 #2 $1.0M −73% −55% $53.5M 2,830 $360 11

Tue Apr 4 #2 $1.2M +17% −45% $54.7M 2,830 $419 12

Wed Apr 5 #2 $1.1M −7% −41% $55.8M 2,830 $390 13

Thu Apr 6 #2 $1.1M −4% −41% $56.9M 2,830 $375 14

Fri Apr 7 #4 $2.7M +150% −46% $59.5M 2,867 $925 15

Sat Apr 8 #4 $4.3M +63% −36% $63.9M 2,867 $1,510 16

Sun Apr 9 #4 $2.2M −50% −43% $66.0M 2,867 $750 17

Mon Apr 10 #4 $688.1K −68% −32% $66.7M 2,867 $240 18

Tue Apr 11 #4 $717.0K +4% −40% $67.4M 2,867 $250 19

Wed Apr 12 #4 $687.4K −4% −38% $68.1M 2,867 $239 20

Thu Apr 13 #4 $887.8K +29% −16% $69.0M 2,867 $309 21

Fri Apr 14 #6 $2.2M +146% −18% $71.2M 2,477 $880 22

Sat Apr 15 #5 $2.6M +19% −40% $73.8M 2,477 $1,045 23

Sun Apr 16 #6 $1.7M −36% −23% $75.4M 2,477 $670 24

Mon Apr 17 #6 $644.0K −61% −6% $76.1M 2,477 $260 25

Tue Apr 18 #6 $507.8K −21% −29% $76.6M 2,477 $205 26

Wed Apr 19 #6 $483.0K −5% −30% $77.1M 2,477 $195 27

Thu Apr 20 #6 $508.6K +5% −43% $77.6M 2,477 $205 28

Fri Apr 21 #9 $1.1M +107% −52% $78.6M 2,015 $521 29

Sat Apr 22 #8 $1.7M +66% −32% $80.4M 2,015 $867 30

Sun Apr 23 #8 $949.9K −46% −43% $81.3M 2,015 $471 31

Mon Apr 24 #8 $262.7K −72% −59% $81.6M 2,015 $130 32

Tue Apr 25 #8 $273.0K +4% −46% $81.8M 2,015 $135 33

Wed Apr 26 #9 $263.1K −4% −46% $82.1M 2,015 $130 34

Thu Apr 27 #8 $271.9K +3% −47% $82.4M 2,021 $134 35

Mon May 29 #29 $47.0K — $87.8M 188 $249 67

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

Cumulative total$87.8M

Mar 24Apr 2Apr 11Apr 19May 29

Weekend grossWk 10 · $185.1K

$29.0M

$15.4M

$9.1M

$6.4M

$3.7M

$2.1M

$896.1K

$605.1K

$245.9K

$185.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,867 → 188 −93.4%

2,818 open188 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −24.7%

−46.7%

W1→2

−40.9%

W2→3

−29.6%

W3→4

−41.7%

W4→5

−44.5%

W5→6

−57.0%

W6→7

−32.5%

W7→8

−59.4%

W8→9

−24.7%

W9→10

Steepest −59.4%Best hold −24.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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