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Lord of War

2005 R 2h 2m Crime, Drama Lionsgate

Where there's a will, there's a weapon.

Lord of War Box Office

Opening Weekend
$9.4M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$24.1M
Final
Worldwide Total
$60.4M
$36.3M international
Domestic Legs2.6x
Budget$42M
2005 Rank#106
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Sep 16-18 3 $9.39M $9.39M 2,814 $3.3K 1
Sep 23-25 6 $5.03M -46.4% $17.38M 2,814 $1.8K 2
Sep 30-Oct 2 11 $2.46M -51.1% $21.64M 2,125 $1.2K 3
Oct 7-9 18 $681K -72.4% $23.28M 550 $1.2K 4
Oct 14-16 28 $226K -66.8% $23.82M 194 $1.2K 5
Oct 21-23 43 $116K -48.5% $24.03M 88 $1.3K 6
Oct 28-30 55 $44K -62.4% $24.13M 45 $971 7

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Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byAndrew Niccol
ScreenplayAndrew Niccol
Produced byNicolas Cage, Norman Golightly, Andy Grosch, Chris Roberts, Philippe Rousselot, Andrew Niccol
CinematographyAmir Mokri
EditingZach Staenberg
Music byAntonio Pinto
StarringNicolas Cage, Jared Leto, Bridget Moynahan, Ian Holm, Ethan Hawke, Eamonn Walker
StudioLionsgate

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