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2003 • R • 2h 18m • Crime, Drama, Mystery • Warner Bros.

We bury our sins, we wash them clean.

🍅 89% 89%

84

3.87

7.9

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$10.40M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$90.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$157.00M

$66.50M international

Domestic legs8.63x

Budget$25.0M

2003 rank#34

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Cast & crew

Full Eastwood filmography

Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood Director

Sean Penn

Sean Penn Starring

Tim Robbins

Tim Robbins Starring

Kevin Bacon

Kevin Bacon Starring

Laurence Fishburne

Laurence Fishburne Starring

Marcia Gay Harden

Marcia Gay Harden Starring

ScreenplayBrian Helgeland Produced byClint Eastwood, Robert Lorenz, Judie G. Hoyt CinematographyTom Stern MusicClint Eastwood StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 17-19 5 $10.4M — 1,467 $7,120 $13.5M

2 Oct 24-26 5 $7.8M −25.4% 1,493 $5,215 $24.7M

3 Oct 31-Nov 2 6 $6.2M −20.0% 1,551 $4,018 $33.5M

4 Nov 7-9 8 $4.8M −23.2% 1,581 $3,027 $40.4M

5 Nov 14-16 10 $3.2M −32.2% 1,550 $2,093 $45.6M

6 Nov 21-23 11 $2.0M −37.8% 1,250 $1,613 $48.6M

7 Nov 28-30 14 $1.6M −20.2% 775 $2,077 $50.9M

8 Dec 5-7 14 $622.5K −61.3% 505 $1,232 $51.9M

9 Dec 12-14 18 $397.4K −36.2% 410 $969 $52.5M

10 Dec 19-21 19 $305.4K −23.2% 302 $1,011 $53.0M

11 Dec 26-28 27 $325.2K +6.5% 201 $1,617 $53.5M

12 Jan 2-4 26 $409.7K +26.0% 201 $2,038 $54.3M

13 Jan 9-11 28 $327.9K −20.0% 155 $2,115 $54.8M

14 Jan 16-18 26 $328.7K +0.2% 133 $2,471 $55.2M

15 Jan 23-25 10 $3.4M +924.8% 1,327 $2,538 $58.8M

16 Jan 30-Feb 1 8 $4.4M +30.0% 1,370 $3,195 $64.9M

17 Feb 6-8 8 $3.6M −16.9% 1,370 $2,655 $69.9M

18 Feb 13-15 10 $3.7M +1.4% 1,370 $2,691 $74.6M

19 Feb 20-22 7 $3.1M −16.1% 1,352 $2,288 $79.2M

20 Feb 27-29 12 $2.1M −32.6% 1,125 $1,853 $82.2M

21 Mar 5-7 11 $2.0M −5.3% 1,051 $1,879 $85.2M

22 Mar 12-14 14 $1.4M −29.8% 927 $1,495 $87.2M

23 Mar 19-21 17 $634.4K −54.2% 670 $946 $88.3M

24 Mar 26-28 22 $244.1K −61.5% 350 $697 $88.8M

25 Apr 2-4 37 $96.1K −60.6% 120 $800 $89.0M

26 Apr 16-18 25 $337.0K +250.8% 408 $826 $89.4M

27 Apr 23-25 28 $188.3K −44.1% 395 $476 $89.7M

28 Apr 30-May 2 36 $152.4K −19.1% 275 $554 $90.0M

29 May 7-9 59 $44.5K −70.8% 128 $347 $90.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Oct 15 #2 $1.1M — $2.1M 1,467 $723 8

Thu Oct 16 #2 $1.0M −5% $3.1M 1,467 $689 9

Fri Oct 17 #5 $3.3M +225% $6.4M 1,467 $2,236 10

Sat Oct 18 #5 $4.4M +34% $10.8M 1,467 $3,006 11

Sun Oct 19 #3 $2.8M −38% $13.5M 1,467 $1,874 12

Mon Oct 20 #4 $851.0K −69% $14.4M 1,467 $580 13

Tue Oct 21 #4 $904.0K +6% $15.3M 1,467 $616 14

Wed Oct 22 #4 $850.0K −6% −20% $16.1M 1,467 $579 15

Thu Oct 23 #4 $807.0K −5% −20% $16.9M 1,467 $550 16

Fri Oct 24 #5 $2.3M +182% −31% $19.2M 1,467 $1,552 17

Sat Oct 25 #5 $3.3M +44% −26% $22.5M 1,493 $2,198 18

Sun Oct 26 #4 $2.2M −32% −19% $24.7M 1,493 $1,487 19

Mon Oct 27 #6 $647.0K −71% −24% $25.4M 1,493 $433 20

Tue Oct 28 #6 $692.0K +7% −23% $26.1M 1,493 $463 21

Wed Oct 29 #5 $660.0K −5% −22% $26.7M 1,493 $442 22

Thu Oct 30 #5 $582.0K −12% −28% $27.3M 1,493 $389 23

Fri Oct 31 #5 $1.4M +139% −39% $28.7M 1,551 $896 24

Sat Nov 1 #6 $3.1M +122% −6% $31.8M 1,551 $1,986 25

Sun Nov 2 #5 $1.8M −42% −20% $33.5M 1,551 $1,142 26

Mon Nov 3 #6 $512.0K −71% −21% $34.1M 1,551 $330 27

Tue Nov 4 #6 $568.0K +11% −18% $34.6M 1,551 $366 28

Wed Nov 5 #5 $512.0K −10% −22% $35.1M 1,551 $330 29

Thu Nov 6 #6 $509.0K −1% −13% $35.6M 1,551 $328 30

Fri Nov 7 #9 $1.4M +169% −2% $37.0M 1,581 $866 31

Sat Nov 8 #7 $2.2M +61% −28% $39.2M 1,581 $1,393 32

Sun Nov 9 #7 $1.3M −43% −29% $40.4M 1,581 $796 33

Mon Nov 10 #8 $479.0K −62% −6% $40.9M 1,581 $302 34

Tue Nov 11 #7 $678.0K +42% +19% $41.6M 1,581 $428 35

Wed Nov 12 #6 $381.0K −44% −26% $42.0M 1,581 $240 36

Thu Nov 13 #6 $350.0K −8% −31% $42.3M 1,581 $221 37

Fri Nov 14 #10 $960.0K +174% −30% $43.3M 1,550 $619 38

Sat Nov 15 #9 $1.6M +63% −29% $44.8M 1,550 $1,008 39

Sun Nov 16 #10 $783.6K −50% −38% $45.6M 1,550 $505 40

Mon Nov 17 #9 $221.0K −72% −54% $45.8M 1,550 $142 41

Tue Nov 18 #8 $264.0K +19% −61% $46.1M 1,550 $170 42

Wed Nov 19 #8 $248.0K −6% −35% $46.3M 1,550 $160 43

Thu Nov 20 #9 $236.0K −5% −33% $46.5M 1,550 $152 44

Mon Jan 19 #28 $74.4K — $55.3M 133 $559 104

Fri Jan 23 #10 $800.0K — $56.2M 1,327 $602 108

Sat Jan 24 #10 $1.6M +102% $57.8M 1,327 $1,218 109

Sun Jan 25 #9 $1.0M −37% $58.8M 1,327 $763 110

Mon Jan 26 #7 $348.0K −66% +367% $59.1M 1,327 $262 111

Tue Jan 27 #6 $433.0K +24% $59.5M 1,327 $326 112

Wed Jan 28 #6 $461.0K +6% $60.0M 1,327 $347 113

Thu Jan 29 #4 $472.0K +2% $60.5M 1,327 $355 114

Fri Jan 30 #8 $1.3M +175% +63% $61.8M 1,370 $948 115

Sat Jan 31 #6 $2.3M +77% +42% $64.1M 1,370 $1,679 116

Sun Feb 1 #7 $775.1K −66% −23% $64.9M 1,370 $565 117

Mon Feb 2 #6 $348.0K −55% n/c $65.2M 1,370 $254 118

Tue Feb 3 #7 $364.0K +5% −16% $65.6M 1,370 $265 119

Wed Feb 4 #5 $348.0K −4% −25% $65.9M 1,370 $254 120

Thu Feb 5 #5 $322.0K −7% −32% $66.2M 1,370 $235 121

Fri Feb 6 #10 $900.0K +180% −31% $67.1M 1,370 $656 122

Sat Feb 7 #8 $1.8M +95% −24% $68.9M 1,370 $1,283 123

Sun Feb 8 #8 $1.0M −43% +29% $69.9M 1,370 $732 124

Mon Feb 9 #8 $258.0K −74% −26% $70.1M 1,370 $188 125

Tue Feb 10 #7 $278.0K +8% −24% $70.4M 1,370 $202 126

Wed Feb 11 #7 $262.0K −6% −25% $70.7M 1,370 $191 127

Thu Feb 12 #8 $282.0K +8% −12% $71.0M 1,370 $205 128

Fri Feb 13 #9 $700.0K +148% −22% $71.6M 1,092 $641 129

Sat Feb 14 #9 $1.8M +160% +4% $73.5M 1,370 $1,328 130

Sun Feb 15 #9 $1.1M −38% +12% $74.6M 1,370 $822 131

Mon Feb 16 #9 $620.7K −45% +141% $75.3M 1,370 $453 132

Tue Feb 17 #8 $291.0K −53% +5% $75.6M 1,370 $212 133

Wed Feb 18 #8 $278.0K −4% +6% $75.8M 1,370 $202 134

Thu Feb 19 #7 $273.0K −2% −3% $76.1M 1,370 $199 135

Fri Feb 20 #9 $700.0K +156% n/c $76.8M 1,352 $517 136

Sat Feb 21 #7 $1.7M +143% −6% $78.5M 1,352 $1,259 137

Sun Feb 22 #10 $719.3K −58% −36% $79.2M 1,352 $532 138

Mon Feb 23 #9 $226.0K −69% −64% $79.4M 1,352 $167 139

Tue Feb 24 #9 $258.0K +14% −11% $79.7M 1,352 $190 140

Wed Feb 25 #10 $233.0K −10% −16% $79.9M 1,352 $172 141

Thu Feb 26 #9 $224.0K −4% −18% $80.1M 1,352 $165 142

Mon Mar 1 #9 $236.0K — +4% $82.5M 1,125 $209 146

Tue Mar 2 #8 $267.0K +13% +3% $82.7M 1,125 $237 147

Wed Mar 3 #8 $232.0K −13% n/c $83.0M 1,125 $206 148

Thu Mar 4 #8 $231.0K n/c +3% $83.2M 1,125 $205 149

Tue Mar 9 #10 $159.0K — −40% $85.5M 1,051 $151 154

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

Cumulative total$46.5M

Oct 15Oct 24Nov 2Nov 11Nov 20

Weekend grossWk 10 · $305.4K

$10.4M

$7.8M

$6.2M

$4.8M

$3.2M

$2.0M

$1.6M

$622.5K

$397.4K

$305.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,581 → 1,550 −2.0%

1,467 open1,550 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −23.2%

−25.4%

W1→2

−20.0%

W2→3

−23.2%

W3→4

−32.2%

W4→5

−37.8%

W5→6

−20.2%

W6→7

−61.3%

W7→8

−36.2%

W8→9

−23.2%

W9→10

Steepest −61.3%Best hold −20.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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