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2002 • PG-13 • 1h 56m • Crime, Drama, Thriller • New Line Cinema

Give a father no options and you leave him no choice.

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30

3.50

7.1

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$20.30M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$71.80M

Final

Worldwide total

$102.00M

$30.50M international

Domestic legs3.54x

Budget$36.0M

2002 rank#38

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Cast & crew

Full Cassavetes filmography

Nick Cassavetes

Nick Cassavetes Director

Denzel Washington

Denzel Washington Starring

James Woods

James Woods Starring

Kimberly Elise

Kimberly Elise Starring

Robert Duvall

Robert Duvall Starring

Shawn Hatosy

Shawn Hatosy Starring

ScreenplayJames Kearns Produced byMark Burg, Oren Koules CinematographyRogier Stoffers MusicAaron Zigman Prod. DesignStefania Cella StudioNew Line Cinema

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Feb 15-17 1 $20.3M — 2,466 $8,221 $20.3M

2 Feb 22-24 2 $12.5M −38.5% 2,505 $4,979 $39.8M

3 Mar 1-3 3 $8.5M −31.8% 2,456 $3,465 $51.2M

4 Mar 8-10 5 $5.9M −30.4% 2,382 $2,487 $59.0M

5 Mar 15-17 8 $3.6M −38.9% 2,019 $1,794 $64.4M

6 Mar 22-24 13 $2.1M −42.5% 1,302 $1,600 $67.4M

7 Mar 29-31 18 $919.8K −55.9% 720 $1,277 $69.2M

8 Apr 5-7 23 $543.9K −40.9% 509 $1,068 $70.2M

9 Apr 12-14 25 $302.2K −44.4% 333 $907 $70.6M

10 Apr 19-21 32 $161.3K −46.6% 237 $680 $70.9M

11 Apr 26-28 39 $133.1K −17.4% 191 $697 $71.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Feb 15 #1 $6.0M — $6.0M 2,466 $2,434 1

Sat Feb 16 #1 $8.1M +35% $14.1M 2,466 $3,280 2

Sun Feb 17 #1 $5.9M −27% $20.3M 2,466 $2,384 3

Mon Feb 18 #2 $3.3M −43% $23.6M 2,466 $1,353 4

Tue Feb 19 #1 $1.5M −54% $25.1M 2,466 $617 5

Wed Feb 20 #1 $1.3M −14% $26.5M 2,466 $533 6

Thu Feb 21 #1 $1.2M −12% $27.3M 2,466 $471 7

Fri Feb 22 #2 $3.9M +233% −36% $31.2M 2,505 $1,543 8

Sat Feb 23 #2 $5.6M +45% −31% $36.8M 2,505 $2,231 9

Sun Feb 24 #2 $2.9M −48% −51% $39.8M 2,505 $1,161 10

Mon Feb 25 #2 $817.0K −72% −76% $40.6M 2,505 $326 11

Tue Feb 26 #2 $833.0K +2% −45% $41.5M 2,505 $332 12

Wed Feb 27 #1 $716.0K −14% −46% $42.2M 2,505 $285 13

Thu Feb 28 #2 $684.0K −4% −41% $42.7M 2,505 $273 14

Fri Mar 1 #3 $2.4M +255% −37% $45.1M 2,456 $987 15

Sat Mar 2 #3 $3.9M +61% −30% $49.0M 2,456 $1,590 16

Sun Mar 3 #4 $2.2M −44% −25% $51.2M 2,456 $887 17

Mon Mar 4 #3 $549.0K −75% −33% $51.7M 2,456 $223 18

Tue Mar 5 #3 $574.0K +5% −31% $52.3M 2,456 $233 19

Wed Mar 6 #3 $528.0K −8% −26% $52.8M 2,456 $214 20

Thu Mar 7 #3 $464.0K −12% −32% $53.1M 2,456 $188 21

Fri Mar 8 #5 $1.7M +264% −30% $54.8M 2,382 $709 22

Sat Mar 9 #5 $2.8M +63% −29% $57.6M 2,382 $1,159 23

Sun Mar 10 #6 $1.5M −47% −33% $59.0M 2,382 $609 24

Mon Mar 11 #5 $455.0K −69% −17% $59.5M 2,382 $191 25

Tue Mar 12 #5 $529.0K +16% −8% $60.0M 2,382 $222 26

Wed Mar 13 #5 $459.0K −13% −13% $60.5M 2,382 $192 27

Thu Mar 14 #5 $426.0K −7% −8% $60.8M 2,382 $178 28

Fri Mar 15 #8 $1.1M +159% −35% $61.9M 2,019 $545 29

Sat Mar 16 #8 $1.7M +55% −38% $63.6M 2,019 $845 30

Sun Mar 17 #9 $790.0K −54% −46% $64.4M 2,019 $391 31

Mon Mar 18 #9 $275.0K −65% −40% $64.7M 2,019 $136 32

Tue Mar 19 #9 $279.0K +1% −47% $64.9M 2,019 $138 33

Wed Mar 20 #9 $257.0K −8% −44% $65.2M 2,019 $127 34

Thu Mar 21 #9 $235.0K −9% −45% $65.3M 2,019 $116 35

Fri Mar 22 #11 $645.0K +174% −41% $66.1M 1,302 $495 36

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

Cumulative total$66.1M

Feb 15Feb 24Mar 5Mar 13Mar 22

Weekend grossWk 10 · $161.3K

$20.3M

$12.5M

$8.5M

$5.9M

$3.6M

$2.1M

$919.8K

$543.9K

$302.2K

$161.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,505 → 1,302 −48.0%

2,466 open1,302 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −46.6%

−38.5%

W1→2

−31.8%

W2→3

−30.4%

W3→4

−38.9%

W4→5

−42.5%

W5→6

−55.9%

W6→7

−40.9%

W7→8

−44.4%

W8→9

−46.6%

W9→10

Steepest −55.9%Best hold −30.4%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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