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2002 • R • 1h 58m • Drama, Mystery, Thriller • Warner Bros.

A tough cop. A brilliant killer. An unspeakable crime.

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78

3.55

7.2

CS B

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$20.90M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$67.40M

Final

Worldwide total

$114.00M

$46.40M international

Domestic legs3.22x

Budget$46.0M

2002 rank#40

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Cast & crew

Full Nolan filmography

Christopher Nolan

Christopher Nolan Director

Al Pacino

Al Pacino Starring

Robin Williams

Robin Williams Starring

Hilary Swank

Hilary Swank Starring

Martin Donovan

Martin Donovan Starring

Maura Tierney

Maura Tierney Starring

ScreenplayHillary Seitz Produced byPaul Junger Witt, Edward L. McDonnell, Broderick Johnson, Andrew A. Kosove CinematographyWally Pfister MusicDavid Julyan Prod. DesignEli Bø StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 24-26 3 $20.9M — 2,610 $8,019 $20.9M

2 May 31-Jun 2 6 $9.9M −52.5% 2,610 $3,810 $41.6M

3 Jun 7-9 8 $6.1M −38.4% 2,458 $2,490 $52.0M

4 Jun 14-16 11 $3.5M −43.0% 1,929 $1,808 $58.4M

5 Jun 21-23 15 $1.8M −49.3% 1,343 $1,316 $61.8M

6 Jun 28-30 14 $1.1M −37.7% 866 $1,271 $63.7M

7 Jul 5-7 17 $731.9K −33.5% 460 $1,591 $65.0M

8 Jul 12-14 21 $334.0K −54.4% 271 $1,232 $65.7M

9 Jul 19-21 27 $157.6K −52.8% 156 $1,009 $66.1M

10 Jul 26-28 36 $92.6K −41.2% 122 $758 $66.2M

11 Aug 2-4 30 $142.5K +53.9% 305 $467 $66.4M

12 Aug 9-11 32 $111.3K −21.8% 248 $448 $66.7M

13 Aug 16-18 34 $104.0K −6.6% 190 $547 $66.8M

14 Aug 23-25 42 $93.9K −9.7% 173 $542 $67.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri May 24 #3 $6.0M — $6.0M 2,610 $2,311 1

Sat May 25 #3 $7.9M +31% $13.9M 2,610 $3,033 2

Sun May 26 #3 $7.1M −10% $21.0M 2,610 $2,719 3

Mon May 27 #4 $5.1M −28% $26.2M 2,610 $1,969 4

Tue May 28 #3 $2.0M −62% $28.0M 2,610 $755 5

Wed May 29 #3 $1.8M −9% $29.8M 2,610 $691 6

Thu May 30 #3 $1.8M +1% $31.7M 2,610 $698 7

Fri May 31 #5 $2.9M +57% −53% $34.5M 2,610 $1,093 8

Sat Jun 1 #5 $4.7M +65% −41% $39.2M 2,610 $1,804 9

Sun Jun 2 #6 $2.6M −44% −63% $41.6M 2,610 $1,015 10

Mon Jun 3 #6 $1.1M −59% −79% $42.7M 2,610 $412 11

Tue Jun 4 #5 $1.1M +6% −42% $43.8M 2,610 $437 12

Wed Jun 5 #5 $1.0M −9% −42% $44.9M 2,610 $397 13

Thu Jun 6 #6 $1.0M −1% −44% $45.9M 2,610 $392 14

Fri Jun 7 #8 $1.9M +87% −33% $47.8M 2,458 $779 15

Sat Jun 8 #8 $2.4M +26% −49% $50.2M 2,458 $986 16

Sun Jun 9 #8 $1.6M −36% −42% $52.0M 2,458 $630 17

Mon Jun 10 #8 $674.0K −57% −37% $52.7M 2,458 $274 18

Tue Jun 11 #8 $789.3K +17% −31% $53.5M 2,458 $321 19

Wed Jun 12 #8 $702.7K −11% −32% $54.2M 2,458 $285 20

Thu Jun 13 #8 $715.2K +2% −30% $54.9M 2,458 $290 21

Fri Jun 14 #11 $1.0M +45% −46% $55.9M 1,929 $537 22

Sat Jun 15 #11 $1.5M +49% −36% $57.5M 1,929 $799 23

Sun Jun 16 #11 $911.4K −41% −41% $58.4M 1,929 $472 24

Fri Sep 20 #34 $6.4K — $67.3M 33 $194 120

Sat Sep 21 #34 $7.6K +19% $67.3M 33 $231 121

Sun Sep 22 #34 $5.1K −34% $67.3M 33 $153 122

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

Cumulative total$58.4M

May 24May 30Jun 5Jun 10Jun 16

Weekend grossWk 10 · $92.6K

$20.9M

$9.9M

$6.1M

$3.5M

$1.8M

$1.1M

$731.9K

$334.0K

$157.6K

$92.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,610 → 1,929 −26.1%

2,610 open1,929 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −41.2%

−52.5%

W1→2

−38.4%

W2→3

−43.0%

W3→4

−49.3%

W4→5

−37.7%

W5→6

−33.5%

W6→7

−54.4%

W7→8

−52.8%

W8→9

−41.2%

W9→10

Steepest −54.4%Best hold −33.5%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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