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2003 • PG-13 • 1h 56m • Comedy, Crime, Drama • Warner Bros.

Lie. Cheat. Steal. Rinse. Repeat.

🍅 82% 74%

61

3.63

7.2

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$13.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$36.90M

Final

Worldwide total

$59.20M

$22.30M international

Domestic legs2.8x

2003 rank#77

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Cast & crew

Full Scott filmography

Ridley Scott

Ridley Scott Director

Nicolas Cage

Nicolas Cage Starring

Sam Rockwell

Sam Rockwell Starring

Alison Lohman

Alison Lohman Starring

Bruce McGill

Bruce McGill Starring

Beth Grant

Beth Grant Starring

ScreenplayNicholas Griffin, Ted Griffin Produced byJack Rapke, Ridley Scott, Steve Starkey, Sean Bailey, Ted Griffin CinematographyJohn Mathieson Music byHans Zimmer StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 12-14 2 $13.1M — 2,711 $4,827 $13.1M

2 Sep 19-21 6 $7.6M −42.3% 2,711 $2,786 $24.2M

3 Sep 26-28 9 $4.4M −42.3% 2,666 $1,633 $30.7M

4 Oct 3-5 11 $2.3M −47.9% 2,007 $1,130 $34.2M

5 Oct 10-12 16 $881.4K −61.1% 1,021 $863 $35.8M

6 Oct 17-19 24 $203.2K −76.9% 314 $647 $36.3M

7 Oct 24-26 39 $67.9K −66.6% 118 $575 $36.4M

8 Oct 31-Nov 2 30 $148.6K +118.9% 250 $594 $36.6M

9 Nov 7-9 33 $94.1K −36.7% 201 $468 $36.7M

10 Nov 14-16 41 $50.6K −46.2% 120 $422 $36.8M

11 Nov 21-23 49 $27.4K −45.8% 70 $392 $36.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Sep 12 #2 $4.2M — $4.2M 2,711 $1,531 1

Sat Sep 13 #2 $5.9M +41.6% $10.0M 2,711 $2,168 2

Sun Sep 14 #2 $3.1M −47.1% $13.1M 2,711 $1,146 3

Mon Sep 15 #2 $882.0K −71.6% $14.0M 2,711 $325 4

Tue Sep 16 #2 $978.0K +10.9% $14.9M 2,711 $361 5

Wed Sep 17 #2 $888.0K −9.2% $15.8M 2,711 $328 6

Thu Sep 18 #2 $845.0K −4.8% $16.7M 2,711 $312 7

Fri Sep 19 #5 $2.5M +201.8% −38.6% $19.2M 2,711 $941 8

Sat Sep 20 #6 $3.4M +33.0% −42.3% $22.6M 2,711 $1,251 9

Sun Sep 21 #6 $1.6M −52.1% −47.7% $24.2M 2,711 $599 10

Mon Sep 22 #6 $504.0K −69.0% −42.9% $24.7M 2,711 $186 11

Tue Sep 23 #4 $611.0K +21.2% −37.5% $25.3M 2,711 $225 12

Wed Sep 24 #4 $502.0K −17.8% −43.5% $25.9M 2,711 $185 13

Thu Sep 25 #4 $497.0K −1.0% −41.2% $26.3M 2,711 $183 14

Fri Sep 26 #8 $1.3M +164.4% −48.5% $27.7M 2,666 $493 15

Sat Sep 27 #7 $2.0M +53.4% −40.6% $29.7M 2,666 $756 16

Sun Sep 28 #10 $1.0M −50.1% −38.0% $30.7M 2,666 $378 17

Mon Sep 29 #7 $292.0K −71.0% −42.1% $31.0M 2,666 $110 18

Tue Sep 30 #6 $334.0K +14.4% −45.3% $31.3M 2,666 $125 19

Wed Oct 1 #6 $294.0K −12.0% −41.4% $31.6M 2,666 $110 20

Thu Oct 2 #7 $296.0K +0.7% −40.4% $31.9M 2,666 $111 21

Tue Oct 7 #10 $182.0K — −45.5% $34.6M 2,007 $91 26

Wed Oct 8 #10 $165.0K −9.3% −43.9% $34.7M 2,007 $82 27

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

Cumulative total$34.7M

Sep 12Sep 18Sep 23Sep 29Oct 8

Weekend grossWk 10 · $50.6K

$13.1M

$7.6M

$4.4M

$2.3M

$881.4K

$203.2K

$67.9K

$148.6K

$94.1K

$50.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,711 → 2,007 −26.0%

2,711 open2,007 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −46.2%

−42.3%

W1→2

−42.3%

W2→3

−47.9%

W3→4

−61.1%

W4→5

−76.9%

W5→6

−66.6%

W6→7

+118.9%

W7→8

−36.7%

W8→9

−46.2%

W9→10

Steepest −76.9%Biggest gain +118.9%

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