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2004 • R • 2h 26m • Action, Crime, Drama • 20th Century Fox

Creasy's art is death, and he is about to paint his masterpiece.

🍅 39% 89%

47

3.75

7.7

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$22.80M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$77.90M

Final

Worldwide total

$131.00M

$52.90M international

Domestic legs3.42x

Budget$70.0M

2004 rank#33

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Cast & crew

Full Scott filmography

Tony Scott

Tony Scott Director

Denzel Washington

Denzel Washington Starring

Dakota Fanning

Dakota Fanning Starring

Christopher Walken

Christopher Walken Starring

Radha Mitchell

Radha Mitchell Starring

Giancarlo Giannini

Giancarlo Giannini Starring

ScreenplayBrian Helgeland Produced byLucas Foster, Arnon Milchan, Tony Scott CinematographyPaul Cameron MusicHarry Gregson-Williams Prod. DesignBenjamín Fernández, Chris Seagers Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Apr 23-25 1 $22.8M — 2,980 $7,634 $22.8M

2 Apr 30-May 2 2 $15.0M −34.0% 2,986 $5,027 $44.3M

3 May 7-9 3 $8.2M −45.1% 2,846 $2,893 $56.4M

4 May 14-16 4 $5.1M −38.1% 2,650 $1,924 $64.2M

5 May 21-23 5 $3.7M −27.8% 2,104 $1,749 $69.5M

6 May 28-30 8 $2.3M −38.6% 1,426 $1,585 $73.1M

7 Jun 4-6 9 $1.0M −53.6% 683 $1,534 $75.4M

8 Jun 11-13 14 $453.0K −56.8% 402 $1,126 $76.3M

9 Jun 18-20 20 $247.1K −45.5% 271 $911 $76.7M

10 Jun 25-27 25 $152.5K −38.3% 194 $785 $77.0M

11 Jul 2-4 29 $111.4K −26.9% 166 $670 $77.2M

12 Jul 9-11 32 $119.9K +7.6% 152 $788 $77.4M

13 Jul 16-18 40 $109.6K −8.6% 145 $755 $77.6M

14 Jul 23-25 45 $68.8K −37.2% 117 $588 $77.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Apr 23 #2 $7.3M — $7.3M 2,979 $2,450 1

Sat Apr 24 #1 $9.4M +29% $16.8M 2,980 $3,162 2

Sun Apr 25 #1 $6.0M −36% $22.8M 2,980 $2,011 3

Mon Apr 26 #1 $1.9M −68% $24.7M 2,980 $642 4

Tue Apr 27 #1 $1.7M −9% $26.4M 2,980 $581 5

Wed Apr 28 #1 $1.4M −18% $27.9M 2,980 $478 6

Thu Apr 29 #1 $1.4M −1% $29.3M 2,980 $474 7

Fri Apr 30 #2 $4.2M +197% −42% $33.5M 2,986 $1,406 8

Sat May 1 #2 $6.7M +60% −29% $40.2M 2,986 $2,249 9

Sun May 2 #2 $4.1M −39% −32% $44.3M 2,986 $1,365 10

Mon May 3 #2 $1.2M −71% −39% $45.5M 2,986 $389 11

Tue May 4 #2 $1.0M −12% −41% $46.5M 2,986 $341 12

Wed May 5 #2 $862.0K −15% −40% $47.3M 2,986 $288 13

Thu May 6 #2 $775.0K −10% −45% $48.1M 2,986 $259 14

Fri May 7 #3 $2.4M +210% −43% $50.5M 2,846 $843 15

Sat May 8 #3 $3.5M +44% −49% $53.8M 2,846 $1,212 16

Sun May 9 #3 $2.5M −27% −38% $56.4M 2,846 $883 17

Mon May 10 #3 $727.0K −71% −37% $57.1M 2,846 $255 18

Tue May 11 #3 $680.0K −6% −33% $57.8M 2,846 $238 19

Wed May 12 #3 $674.0K −1% −22% $58.4M 2,846 $236 20

Thu May 13 #3 $636.0K −6% −18% $59.1M 2,846 $223 21

Fri May 14 #5 $1.4M +120% −42% $60.5M 2,650 $528 22

Sat May 15 #4 $2.2M +58% −36% $62.8M 2,650 $835 23

Sun May 16 #4 $1.4M −36% −44% $64.2M 2,650 $530 24

Mon May 17 #4 $440.0K −69% −39% $64.6M 2,650 $166 25

Tue May 18 #4 $467.0K +6% −31% $65.1M 2,650 $176 26

Wed May 19 #5 $342.0K −27% −49% $65.4M 2,154 $158 27

Thu May 20 #5 $362.0K +6% −43% $65.8M 2,154 $168 28

Fri May 21 #5 $1.0M +176% −29% $66.8M 2,104 $475 29

Sat May 22 #5 $1.7M +70% −23% $68.5M 2,104 $807 30

Sun May 23 #5 $1.1M −36% −22% $69.5M 2,104 $517 31

Mon May 24 #5 $432.0K −60% −2% $69.9M 2,104 $205 32

Tue May 25 #5 $320.0K −26% −31% $70.2M 2,104 $152 33

Wed May 26 #5 $334.0K +4% −2% $70.5M 2,104 $158 34

Thu May 27 #5 $334.0K n/c −8% $70.9M 2,104 $158 35

Fri May 28 #8 $500.0K +50% −50% $71.4M 1,426 $350 36

Sat May 29 #8 $848.7K +70% −50% $72.4M 1,426 $595 37

Sun May 30 #8 $788.0K −7% −28% $73.1M 1,426 $552 38

Mon May 31 #8 $580.0K −26% +34% $73.7M 1,426 $406 39

Tue Jun 1 #8 $206.0K −64% −36% $73.9M 1,426 $144 40

Wed Jun 2 #8 $205.0K n/c −39% $74.1M 1,430 $143 41

Thu Jun 3 #8 $195.0K −5% −42% $74.3M 1,430 $136 42

Fri Jun 4 #9 $300.0K +54% −40% $74.6M 683 $439 43

Sat Jun 5 #9 $469.1K +56% −45% $75.1M 683 $686 44

Sun Jun 6 #10 $258.8K −45% −67% $75.4M 683 $378 45

Mon Jun 7 #10 $110.0K −57% −81% $75.5M 683 $161 46

Tue Jun 8 #10 $118.0K +7% −43% $75.6M 683 $172 47

Wed Jun 9 #10 $123.0K +4% −40% $75.7M 683 $180 48

Thu Jun 10 #10 $112.0K −9% −43% $75.8M 683 $163 49

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

Cumulative total$75.8M

Apr 23May 5May 17May 29Jun 10

Weekend grossWk 10 · $152.5K

$22.8M

$15.0M

$8.2M

$5.1M

$3.7M

$2.3M

$1.0M

$453.0K

$247.1K

$152.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,986 → 683 −77.1%

2,979 open683 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −38.3%

−34.0%

W1→2

−45.1%

W2→3

−38.1%

W3→4

−27.8%

W4→5

−38.6%

W5→6

−53.6%

W6→7

−56.8%

W7→8

−45.5%

W8→9

−38.3%

W9→10

Steepest −56.8%Best hold −27.8%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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