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2004 • PG-13 • 1h 55m • Action, Drama, Thriller • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Their greatest challenge lies in rescuing one of their own

🍅 40% 81%

47

3.05

6.5

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$22.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$74.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$102.00M

$27.80M international

Domestic legs3.37x

Budget$50.0M

2004 rank#37

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Cast & crew

Full Russell filmography

Jay Russell

Jay Russell Director

Joaquin Phoenix

Joaquin Phoenix Starring

John Travolta

John Travolta Starring

Jacinda Barrett

Jacinda Barrett Starring

Robert Patrick

Robert Patrick Starring

Morris Chestnut

Morris Chestnut Starring

ScreenplayLewis Colick Produced byCasey Silver CinematographyJames L. Carter MusicWilliam Ross Prod. DesignTony Burrough StudioWalt Disney Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 1-3 2 $22.1M — 3,260 $6,775 $22.1M

2 Oct 8-10 3 $13.1M −40.7% 3,261 $4,018 $41.0M

3 Oct 15-17 5 $8.5M −35.1% 3,255 $2,612 $53.7M

4 Oct 22-24 6 $5.3M −37.4% 2,802 $1,900 $61.4M

5 Oct 29-31 7 $3.3M −38.8% 2,382 $1,367 $66.1M

6 Nov 5-7 9 $2.7M −18.0% 1,670 $1,599 $70.0M

7 Nov 12-14 14 $1.2M −55.0% 830 $1,448 $72.0M

8 Nov 19-21 21 $394.4K −67.2% 445 $886 $72.7M

9 Nov 26-28 27 $179.9K −54.4% 249 $722 $73.1M

10 Dec 3-5 30 $106.5K −40.8% 217 $490 $73.2M

11 Dec 10-12 37 $51.9K −51.3% 160 $324 $73.3M

12 Dec 17-19 48 $34.1K −34.2% 104 $328 $73.4M

13 Dec 24-26 31 $92.1K +169.8% 255 $361 $73.5M

14 Dec 31-Jan 2 30 $165.3K +79.5% 255 $648 $73.9M

15 Jan 7-9 32 $161.1K −2.6% 241 $668 $74.1M

16 Jan 14-16 35 $108.0K −33.0% 190 $568 $74.3M

17 Jan 21-23 41 $68.6K −36.5% 160 $428 $74.4M

18 Jan 28-30 48 $46.5K −32.2% 101 $460 $74.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 1 #2 $7.5M — $7.5M 3,260 $2,300 1

Sat Oct 2 #2 $9.4M +25% $16.8M 3,260 $2,872 2

Sun Oct 3 #2 $5.3M −44% $22.1M 3,260 $1,612 3

Mon Oct 4 #2 $1.6M −70% $23.6M 3,260 $476 4

Tue Oct 5 #2 $1.6M n/c $25.2M 3,260 $477 5

Wed Oct 6 #2 $1.3M −13% $26.5M 3,260 $413 6

Thu Oct 7 #2 $1.4M +2% $27.9M 3,260 $421 7

Fri Oct 8 #3 $3.8M +177% −49% $31.7M 3,261 $1,165 8

Sat Oct 9 #3 $5.8M +53% −38% $37.4M 3,261 $1,785 9

Sun Oct 10 #3 $3.6M −39% −32% $41.0M 3,261 $1,096 10

Mon Oct 11 #3 $1.6M −55% +3% $42.6M 3,261 $493 11

Tue Oct 12 #3 $912.0K −43% −41% $43.5M 3,261 $279 12

Wed Oct 13 #3 $803.0K −12% −40% $44.3M 3,261 $246 13

Thu Oct 14 #3 $895.0K +11% −35% $45.2M 3,261 $274 14

Fri Oct 15 #5 $2.5M +185% −33% $47.8M 3,255 $783 15

Sat Oct 16 #5 $3.9M +52% −34% $51.7M 3,255 $1,189 16

Sun Oct 17 #6 $2.0M −47% −43% $53.7M 3,255 $628 17

Mon Oct 18 #5 $547.0K −73% −66% $54.3M 3,255 $168 18

Tue Oct 19 #5 $631.0K +15% −31% $54.9M 3,255 $193 19

Wed Oct 20 #5 $523.0K −17% −35% $55.4M 3,255 $160 20

Thu Oct 21 #5 $593.0K +13% −34% $56.0M 3,255 $182 21

Fri Oct 22 #6 $1.7M +187% −33% $57.7M 2,802 $606 22

Sat Oct 23 #6 $2.4M +44% −37% $60.2M 2,802 $870 23

Sun Oct 24 #6 $1.2M −51% −41% $61.4M 2,802 $429 24

Mon Oct 25 #6 $358.0K −70% −35% $61.7M 2,802 $127 25

Tue Oct 26 #5 $395.0K +10% −37% $62.1M 2,802 $140 26

Wed Oct 27 #6 $359.0K −9% −31% $62.5M 2,802 $128 27

Thu Oct 28 #6 $386.0K +8% −35% $62.9M 2,802 $137 28

Fri Oct 29 #8 $1.1M +172% −38% $63.9M 2,382 $440 29

Sat Oct 30 #7 $1.5M +46% −37% $65.4M 2,382 $643 30

Sun Oct 31 #8 $689.6K −55% −43% $66.1M 2,382 $289 31

Mon Nov 1 #8 $283.0K −59% −21% $66.4M 2,382 $118 32

Tue Nov 2 #8 $328.0K +16% −17% $66.7M 2,382 $137 33

Wed Nov 3 #8 $281.0K −14% −22% $67.0M 2,382 $117 34

Thu Nov 4 #8 $297.0K +6% −23% $67.3M 2,382 $124 35

Fri Nov 5 #9 $850.0K +186% −19% $68.2M 1,670 $508 36

Sat Nov 6 #9 $1.3M +54% −15% $69.4M 1,670 $781 37

Sun Nov 7 #9 $545.8K −58% −21% $70.0M 1,670 $326 38

Mon Nov 8 #10 $154.0K −72% −46% $70.1M 1,670 $92 39

Tue Nov 9 #7 $198.0K +29% −40% $70.3M 1,670 $118 40

Wed Nov 10 #9 $202.0K +2% −28% $70.5M 1,178 $171 41

Thu Nov 11 #9 $304.0K +50% +2% $70.8M 1,178 $258 42

Mon Jan 17 #35 $20.2K — $74.3M 190 $106 109

Mon Feb 21 #79 $1.2K — $74.5M 10 $116 144

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

Cumulative total$70.8M

Oct 1Oct 11Oct 22Nov 1Nov 11

Weekend grossWk 10 · $106.5K

$22.1M

$13.1M

$8.5M

$5.3M

$3.3M

$2.7M

$1.2M

$394.4K

$179.9K

$106.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,261 → 1,178 −63.9%

3,260 open1,178 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −40.8%

−40.7%

W1→2

−35.1%

W2→3

−37.4%

W3→4

−38.8%

W4→5

−18.0%

W5→6

−55.0%

W6→7

−67.2%

W7→8

−54.4%

W8→9

−40.8%

W9→10

Steepest −67.2%Best hold −18.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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