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2002 • R • 1h 36m • Drama, Thriller • Fox Searchlight Pictures

The things that we fear the most have already happened to us...

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$322K

3-day opening

Domestic total

$31.60M

Final

Worldwide total

$52.20M

$20.60M international

Domestic legs3.9x from $8.0M first wide weekend

Budget$12M

2002 rank#82

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Cast & crew

Full Romanek filmography

Mark Romanek

Mark Romanek Director

Robin Williams

Robin Williams Starring

Connie Nielsen

Connie Nielsen Starring

Michael Vartan

Michael Vartan Starring

Gary Cole

Gary Cole Starring

Clark Gregg

Clark Gregg Starring

ScreenplayMark Romanek Produced byChristine Vachon, Pamela Koffler, Stan Wlodkowski CinematographyJeff Cronenweth MusicReinhold Heil, Johnny Klimek StudioFox Searchlight Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 23-25 24 $321.5K — 7 $45,931 $360.6K

2 Aug 30-Sep 1 11 $2.5M +683.0% 164 $15,351 $3.8M

3 Sep 6-8 13 $1.5M −40.2% 173 $8,706 $5.9M

4 Sep 13-15 3 $8.0M +431.6% 1,212 $6,606 $14.6M

5 Sep 20-22 6 $4.6M −42.2% 1,332 $3,477 $21.7M

6 Sep 27-29 7 $3.0M −34.8% 1,307 $2,312 $26.1M

7 Oct 4-6 10 $1.7M −42.6% 1,261 $1,375 $28.8M

8 Oct 11-13 17 $741.3K −57.2% 654 $1,133 $30.1M

9 Oct 18-20 22 $359.0K −51.6% 428 $839 $30.8M

10 Oct 25-27 37 $163.0K −54.6% 238 $685 $31.1M

11 Nov 1-3 42 $93.0K −42.9% 132 $705 $31.2M

12 Nov 8-10 43 $66.4K −28.6% 113 $588 $31.3M

13 Nov 15-17 44 $63.7K −4.0% 76 $838 $31.4M

14 Nov 22-24 53 $33.5K −47.4% 57 $588 $31.5M

15 Nov 29-Dec 1 63 $24.4K −27.2% 36 $678 $31.5M

16 Dec 6-8 60 $17.8K −27.1% 34 $524 $31.5M

17 Dec 13-15 61 $16.4K −7.8% 36 $456 $31.6M

18 Dec 20-22 62 $7.7K −53.3% 22 $348 $31.6M

19 Dec 27-29 70 $6.9K −9.7% 15 $461 $31.6M

20 Jan 3-5 75 $5.6K −19.2% 11 $508 $31.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Aug 23 #20 $96.0K — $135.1K 7 $13,721 1

Sat Aug 24 #21 $127.3K +32.6% $262.5K 7 $18,192 2

Sun Aug 25 #20 $98.1K −22.9% $360.6K 7 $14,017 3

Fri Aug 30 #10 $715.0K — +644.4% $1.2M 163 $4,387 8

Sat Aug 31 #11 $950.0K +32.9% +646.0% $2.2M 164 $5,793 9

Sun Sep 1 #11 $885.0K −6.8% +801.9% $3.1M 164 $5,396 10

Mon Sep 2 #11 $808.8K −8.6% $3.8M 164 $4,931 11

Tue Sep 3 #10 $213.0K −73.7% $4.1M 164 $1,299 12

Wed Sep 4 #10 $189.0K −11.3% $4.2M 164 $1,152 13

Thu Sep 5 #10 $175.0K −7.4% $4.4M 164 $1,067 14

Sun Sep 8 #12 $413.0K — −53.3% $5.9M 173 $2,387 17

Mon Sep 9 #9 $137.0K −66.8% −83.1% $6.1M 173 $792 18

Tue Sep 10 #8 $185.0K +35.0% −13.1% $6.2M 173 $1,069 19

Wed Sep 11 #10 $155.0K −16.2% −18.0% $6.4M 173 $896 20

Thu Sep 12 #9 $161.0K +3.9% −8.0% $6.6M 173 $931 21

Fri Sep 13 #3 $2.4M +1378.9% $8.9M 1,177 $2,023 22

Sat Sep 14 #3 $3.5M +44.9% $12.4M 1,177 $2,931 23

Sun Sep 15 #3 $2.1M −38.6% +413.1% $14.6M 1,212 $1,748 24

Mon Sep 16 #3 $702.0K −66.9% +412.4% $15.3M 1,212 $579 25

Tue Sep 17 #3 $716.0K +2.0% +287.0% $16.0M 1,212 $591 26

Wed Sep 18 #3 $589.0K −17.7% +280.0% $16.6M 1,212 $486 27

Thu Sep 19 #3 $540.0K −8.3% +235.4% $17.1M 1,212 $446 28

Fri Sep 20 #6 $1.4M +165.6% −39.8% $18.5M 1,332 $1,077 29

Sat Sep 21 #6 $2.1M +47.6% −38.6% $20.7M 1,332 $1,590 30

Sun Sep 22 #6 $1.1M −49.0% −49.0% $21.7M 1,332 $811 31

Mon Sep 23 #6 $320.0K −70.4% −54.4% $22.1M 1,332 $240 32

Tue Sep 24 #6 $383.0K +19.7% −46.5% $22.4M 1,332 $288 33

Wed Sep 25 #6 $333.0K −13.1% −43.5% $22.8M 1,332 $250 34

Thu Sep 26 #6 $303.0K −9.0% −43.9% $23.1M 1,332 $227 35

Fri Sep 27 #7 $947.8K +212.8% −33.9% $24.0M 1,307 $725 36

Sat Sep 28 #7 $1.4M +46.4% −34.5% $25.4M 1,303 $1,065 37

Sun Sep 29 #8 $687.0K −50.5% −36.4% $26.1M 1,303 $527 38

Mon Sep 30 #8 $223.0K −67.5% −30.3% $26.3M 1,307 $171 39

Tue Oct 1 #7 $264.0K +18.4% −31.1% $26.6M 1,307 $202 40

Wed Oct 2 #7 $235.0K −11.0% −29.4% $26.8M 1,307 $180 41

Thu Oct 3 #7 $218.0K −7.2% −28.1% $27.0M 1,307 $167 42

Fri Oct 4 #10 $532.3K +144.2% −43.8% $27.6M 1,261 $422 43

Sat Oct 5 #10 $815.3K +53.2% −41.2% $28.4M 1,261 $647 44

Sun Oct 6 #10 $386.2K −52.6% −43.8% $28.8M 1,261 $306 45

Mon Oct 7 #10 $125.0K −67.6% −43.9% $28.9M 1,261 $99 46

Tue Oct 8 #9 $165.0K +32.0% −37.5% $29.1M 1,261 $131 47

Wed Oct 9 #9 $147.0K −10.9% −37.4% $29.2M 1,261 $117 48

Thu Oct 10 #9 $147.0K +0.0% −32.6% $29.4M 1,261 $117 49

Fri Oct 11 #15 $212.5K +44.5% −60.1% $29.6M 654 $325 50

Sat Oct 12 #15 $327.5K +54.1% −59.8% $29.9M 654 $501 51

Sun Oct 13 #15 $201.3K −38.5% −47.9% $30.1M 654 $308 52

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

Cumulative total$30.1M

Aug 23Sep 9Sep 21Oct 2Oct 13

Weekend grossWk 10 · $163.0K

$321.5K

$2.5M

$1.5M

$8.0M

$4.6M

$3.0M

$1.7M

$741.3K

$359.0K

$163.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,332 → 654 −50.9%

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Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −54.6%

+683.0%

W1→2

−40.2%

W2→3

+431.6%

W3→4

−42.2%

W4→5

−34.8%

W5→6

−42.6%

W6→7

−57.2%

W7→8

−51.6%

W8→9

−54.6%

W9→10

Steepest −57.2%Biggest gain +683.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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