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2001 • PG-13 • 2h 1m • Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi • Universal Pictures

Change the way you look at the world.

🍅 41% 75%

49

3.39

7.4

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$17.20M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$50.30M

Final

Worldwide total

$65.00M

$14.70M international

Domestic legs2.9x

Budget$48M

2001 rank#52

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Cast & crew

Full Softley filmography

Iain Softley

Iain Softley Director

Kevin Spacey

Kevin Spacey Starring

Jeff Bridges

Jeff Bridges Starring

Mary McCormack

Mary McCormack Starring

Alfre Woodard

Alfre Woodard Starring

David Patrick Kelly

David Patrick Kelly Starring

StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 26-28 1 $17.2M — 2,541 $6,775 $17.2M

2 Nov 2-4 4 $10.1M −41.5% 2,545 $3,955 $31.5M

3 Nov 9-11 6 $6.4M −36.5% 2,581 $2,475 $40.4M

4 Nov 16-18 7 $3.1M −50.9% 2,325 $1,350 $45.3M

5 Nov 23-25 12 $1.7M −45.0% 1,256 $1,375 $48.2M

6 Nov 30-Dec 2 14 $675.6K −60.9% 889 $760 $49.3M

7 Dec 7-9 18 $332.1K −50.9% 738 $450 $49.8M

8 Dec 14-16 23 $160.6K −51.6% 440 $365 $50.0M

9 Dec 21-23 39 $58.0K −63.9% 132 $440 $50.2M

10 Dec 28-30 35 $84.5K +45.6% 161 $525 $50.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 26 #1 $5.5M — $5.5M 2,543 $2,179 1

Sat Oct 27 #1 $6.7M +21% $12.2M 2,543 $2,635 2

Sun Oct 28 #1 $4.4M −35% $17.2M 2,543 $1,722 3

Mon Oct 29 #1 $1.1M −74% $18.3M 2,541 $440 4

Tue Oct 30 #1 $1.1M −1% $19.4M 2,541 $435 5

Wed Oct 31 #2 $978.0K −11% $20.4M 2,541 $385 6

Thu Nov 1 #1 $1.0M +7% $21.5M 2,541 $410 7

Fri Nov 2 #4 $3.3M +218% −40% $24.8M 2,545 $1,305 8

Sat Nov 3 #4 $4.7M +41% −30% $29.5M 2,545 $1,839 9

Sun Nov 4 #4 $2.3M −52% −49% $31.5M 2,545 $884 10

Mon Nov 5 #4 $624.0K −72% −44% $32.1M 2,545 $245 11

Tue Nov 6 #4 $701.0K +12% −37% $32.8M 2,545 $275 12

Wed Nov 7 #4 $597.0K −15% −39% $33.4M 2,545 $235 13

Thu Nov 8 #4 $610.0K +2% −42% $34.1M 2,545 $240 14

Fri Nov 9 #6 $1.8M +190% −47% $35.8M 2,580 $686 15

Sat Nov 10 #6 $2.8M +60% −40% $38.6M 2,580 $1,097 16

Sun Nov 11 #6 $1.7M −41% −25% $40.4M 2,580 $651 17

Mon Nov 12 #6 $658.0K −61% +5% $41.1M 2,581 $255 18

Tue Nov 13 #6 $400.0K −39% −43% $41.5M 2,581 $155 19

Wed Nov 14 #7 $348.0K −13% −42% $41.9M 2,581 $135 20

Thu Nov 15 #7 $336.0K −3% −45% $42.2M 2,581 $130 21

Fri Nov 16 #7 $990.0K +195% −44% $43.2M 2,305 $430 22

Sat Nov 17 #7 $1.4M +41% −51% $44.6M 2,305 $607 23

Sun Nov 18 #8 $740.0K −47% −56% $45.3M 2,305 $321 24

Mon Nov 19 #7 $244.0K −67% −63% $45.6M 2,325 $105 25

Tue Nov 20 #7 $326.0K +34% −19% $45.9M 2,325 $140 26

Wed Nov 21 #10 $384.0K +18% +10% $46.3M 1,255 $306 27

Thu Nov 22 #10 $525.0K +37% +56% $46.8M 1,255 $418 28

Cumulative total$46.8M

Oct 26Nov 2Nov 9Nov 15Nov 22

Weekend grossWk 10 · $84.5K

$17.2M

$10.1M

$6.4M

$3.1M

$1.7M

$675.6K

$332.1K

$160.6K

$58.0K

$84.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,581 → 1,255 −51.4%

2,543 open1,255 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +45.6%

−41.5%

W1→2

−36.5%

W2→3

−50.9%

W3→4

−45.0%

W4→5

−60.9%

W5→6

−50.9%

W6→7

−51.6%

W7→8

−63.9%

W8→9

+45.6%

W9→10

Steepest −63.9%Biggest gain +45.6%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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