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Panic RoomFollow

2002 • R • 1h 52m • Crime, Drama, Thriller • Sony Pictures Releasing

It was supposed to be the safest room in the house.

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3.53

6.8

CS B

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$30.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$96.40M

Final

Worldwide total

$196.00M

$100.00M international

Domestic legs3.21x

Budget$48.0M

2002 rank#25

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Cast & crew

Full Fincher filmography

David Fincher

David Fincher Director

Jodie Foster

Jodie Foster Starring

Kristen Stewart

Kristen Stewart Starring

Forest Whitaker

Forest Whitaker Starring

Jared Leto

Jared Leto Starring

Patrick Bauchau

Patrick Bauchau Starring

ScreenplayDavid Koepp Produced byGavin Polone, Judy Hofflund, David Koepp, Ceán Chaffin CinematographyConrad W. Hall, Darius Khondji MusicHoward Shore StudioSony Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 29-31 1 $30.1M — 3,053 $9,844 $30.1M

2 Apr 5-7 1 $18.2M −39.3% 3,053 $5,975 $58.5M

3 Apr 12-14 2 $10.6M −41.8% 3,119 $3,404 $73.4M

4 Apr 19-21 5 $6.0M −43.5% 2,825 $2,125 $82.0M

5 Apr 26-28 8 $4.2M −29.9% 2,463 $1,709 $87.7M

6 May 3-5 10 $2.1M −50.4% 1,827 $1,142 $91.0M

7 May 10-12 9 $1.5M −27.9% 1,350 $1,115 $93.1M

8 May 17-19 12 $906.7K −39.8% 937 $967 $94.4M

9 May 24-26 16 $295.8K −67.4% 287 $1,030 $95.0M

10 May 31-Jun 2 29 $80.1K −72.9% 126 $635 $95.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Mar 29 #1 $11.8M — $11.8M 3,053 $3,860 1

Sat Mar 30 #1 $11.1M −6% $22.9M 3,053 $3,627 2

Sun Mar 31 #1 $7.2M −35% $30.1M 3,053 $2,346 3

Mon Apr 1 #2 $3.0M −59% $33.0M 3,053 $966 4

Tue Apr 2 #1 $2.7M −8% $35.7M 3,053 $888 5

Wed Apr 3 #1 $2.4M −12% $38.1M 3,053 $782 6

Thu Apr 4 #2 $2.2M −9% $40.3M 3,053 $711 7

Fri Apr 5 #1 $6.0M +176% −49% $46.3M 3,053 $1,963 8

Sat Apr 6 #1 $8.2M +37% −26% $54.5M 3,053 $2,693 9

Sun Apr 7 #1 $4.3M −48% −41% $58.5M 3,053 $1,396 10

Mon Apr 8 #1 $1.1M −75% −63% $59.6M 3,053 $353 11

Tue Apr 9 #1 $1.2M +12% −55% $60.8M 3,053 $396 12

Wed Apr 10 #1 $1.0M −16% −58% $61.8M 3,053 $332 13

Thu Apr 11 #1 $978.0K −4% −55% $62.8M 3,053 $320 14

Fri Apr 12 #3 $3.3M +236% −45% $66.1M 3,119 $1,052 15

Sat Apr 13 #2 $5.0M +51% −40% $71.0M 3,119 $1,591 16

Sun Apr 14 #3 $2.5M −50% −42% $73.4M 3,119 $787 17

Mon Apr 15 #2 $626.0K −75% −42% $74.0M 3,119 $200 18

Tue Apr 16 #3 $702.0K +12% −42% $74.8M 3,119 $225 19

Wed Apr 17 #2 $618.0K −12% −39% $75.4M 3,119 $198 20

Thu Apr 18 #2 $609.0K −1% −38% $76.0M 3,119 $195 21

Fri Apr 19 #5 $1.8M +193% −46% $77.8M 2,825 $632 22

Sat Apr 20 #5 $2.7M +54% −45% $80.5M 2,825 $972 23

Sun Apr 21 #6 $1.5M −46% −40% $82.0M 2,825 $526 24

Mon Apr 22 #4 $396.0K −73% −37% $82.4M 2,825 $140 25

Tue Apr 23 #5 $417.0K +5% −41% $82.8M 2,825 $147 26

Wed Apr 24 #4 $367.0K −12% −41% $83.2M 2,825 $129 27

Thu Apr 25 #4 $365.0K −1% −40% $83.5M 2,825 $129 28

Fri Apr 26 #8 $1.3M +252% −28% $84.8M 2,463 $521 29

Sat Apr 27 #8 $1.9M +49% −31% $86.7M 2,463 $775 30

Sun Apr 28 #8 $1.1M −43% −27% $87.7M 2,463 $441 31

Mon Apr 29 #6 $284.0K −74% −28% $88.0M 2,463 $115 32

Tue Apr 30 #6 $312.0K +10% −25% $88.3M 2,463 $126 33

Wed May 1 #6 $272.0K −13% −26% $88.6M 2,463 $110 34

Thu May 2 #6 $271.0K n/c −26% $88.9M 2,463 $110 35

Fri May 3 #9 $690.5K +155% −46% $89.6M 1,827 $377 36

Sat May 4 #8 $955.0K +38% −50% $90.5M 1,827 $522 37

Mon May 6 #8 $146.0K — −49% $91.1M 1,827 $79 39

Tue May 7 #8 $165.0K +13% −47% $91.3M 1,827 $90 40

Wed May 8 #8 $156.0K −5% −43% $91.4M 1,827 $85 41

Thu May 9 #8 $155.0K −1% −43% $91.6M 1,827 $84 42

Fri May 10 #9 $376.6K +143% −45% $92.0M 1,350 $278 43

Sat May 11 #8 $687.1K +82% −28% $92.6M 1,350 $508 44

Sun May 12 #8 $442.0K −36% $93.1M 1,350 $327 45

Mon May 13 #10 $125.9K −72% −14% $93.2M 1,350 $93 46

Tue May 14 #10 $120.0K −5% −27% $93.3M 1,350 $88 47

Wed May 15 #10 $112.0K −7% −28% $93.4M 1,350 $82 48

Cumulative total$93.4M

Mar 29Apr 10Apr 21May 3May 15

Weekend grossWk 10 · $80.1K

$30.1M

$18.2M

$10.6M

$6.0M

$4.2M

$2.1M

$1.5M

$906.7K

$295.8K

$80.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,119 → 1,350 −56.7%

3,053 open1,350 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −72.9%

−39.3%

W1→2

−41.8%

W2→3

−43.5%

W3→4

−29.9%

W4→5

−50.4%

W5→6

−27.9%

W6→7

−39.8%

W7→8

−67.4%

W8→9

−72.9%

W9→10

Steepest −72.9%Best hold −27.9%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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