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1999 • R • 1h 40m • Action, Crime, Thriller • Paramount Pictures

Get ready to root for the bad guy.

🍅 56% 69%

46

3.34

7.0

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$21.20M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$81.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$161.60M

$80.10M international

Domestic legs3.8x

Budget$50M

1999 rank#26

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Cast & crew

Full Helgeland filmography

Brian Helgeland

Brian Helgeland Director

Mel Gibson

Mel Gibson Starring

Maria Bello

Maria Bello Starring

Bill Duke

Bill Duke Starring

Deborah Kara Unger

Deborah Kara Unger Starring

Lucy Liu

Lucy Liu Starring

ScreenplayBrian Helgeland, Terry Hayes Produced byBruce Davey CinematographyEricson Core Music byChris Boardman StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Feb 5-7 1 $21.2M — 2,720 $7,802 $21.2M

2 Feb 12-15 2 $17.7M −16.5% 2,751 $6,441 $44.1M

3 Feb 19-21 1 $10.3M −42.1% 2,768 $3,710 $57.1M

4 Feb 26-28 2 $6.8M −33.9% 2,852 $2,380 $66.5M

5 Mar 5-7 5 $4.1M −39.2% 2,855 $1,446 $72.3M

6 Mar 12-14 12 $2.5M −38.8% 1,982 $1,276 $75.9M

7 Mar 19-21 16 $1.2M −54.2% 1,081 $1,071 $77.9M

8 Mar 26-28 20 $615.9K −46.8% 802 $768 $78.8M

9 Apr 2-4 28 $303.3K −50.8% 480 $632 $79.3M

10 Apr 9-11 35 $187.4K −38.2% 421 $445 $79.6M

11 Apr 16-18 37 $131.0K −30.1% 382 $343 $79.8M

12 Apr 23-25 46 $105.7K −19.4% 294 $359 $79.9M

13 Apr 30-May 2 48 $74.0K −29.9% 206 $359 $80.0M

14 May 7-9 55 $50.5K −31.8% 142 $355 $80.1M

15 May 14-16 63 $38.6K −23.5% 99 $390 $80.1M

16 May 21-23 18 $330.2K +755.4% 567 $582 $80.5M

17 May 28-30 23 $296.0K −10.4% 537 $551 $80.9M

18 Jun 4-6 29 $147.0K −50.4% 403 $365 $81.1M

19 Jun 11-13 42 $87.0K −40.8% 246 $354 $81.3M

20 Jun 18-20 46 $70.3K −19.2% 183 $384 $81.4M

21 Jun 25-27 57 $32.3K −54.1% 153 $211 $81.5M

22 Jul 2-4 64 $25.4K −21.4% 92 $276 $81.5M

23 Jul 9-11 74 $13.1K −48.4% 54 $243 $81.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Feb 5 #1 $6.5M — $6.5M 2,720 $2,404 1

Sat Feb 6 #1 $9.2M +41.0% $15.8M 2,720 $3,390 2

Sun Feb 7 #1 $5.2M −43.4% $21.2M 2,720 $1,917 3

Mon Feb 8 #1 $1.3M −74.2% $22.6M 2,720 $494 4

Tue Feb 9 #1 $1.4M +5.8% $24.0M 2,720 $523 5

Wed Feb 10 #1 $1.2M −18.0% $25.2M 2,720 $429 6

Thu Feb 11 #1 $1.2M +1.2% $26.3M 2,720 $434 7

Fri Feb 12 #2 $3.5M +197.0% −46.4% $29.8M 2,751 $1,274 8

Sat Feb 13 #2 $6.0M +72.5% −34.4% $35.9M 2,751 $2,197 9

Sun Feb 14 #2 $5.7M −5.9% +9.1% $41.6M 2,751 $2,068 10

Mon Feb 15 #3 $2.1M −63.3% +55.4% $44.1M 2,751 $759 11

Tue Feb 16 #2 $1.1M −48.4% −24.3% $45.1M 2,751 $392 12

Wed Feb 17 #2 $872.1K −19.0% −25.2% $46.0M 2,751 $317 13

Thu Feb 18 #2 $876.0K +0.4% −25.8% $46.9M 2,751 $318 14

Fri Feb 19 #2 $2.7M +212.2% −22.0% $49.6M 2,768 $988 15

Sat Feb 20 #1 $4.8M +77.3% −19.8% $54.5M 2,768 $1,752 16

Sun Feb 21 #1 $2.7M −44.2% −52.5% $57.1M 2,768 $977 17

Mon Feb 22 #1 $656.4K −75.7% −68.6% $57.8M 2,768 $237 18

Tue Feb 23 #2 $714.7K +8.9% −33.6% $58.5M 2,768 $258 19

Wed Feb 24 #2 $562.7K −21.3% −35.5% $59.1M 2,768 $203 20

Thu Feb 25 #2 $583.7K +3.7% −33.4% $59.7M 2,768 $211 21

Fri Feb 26 #3 $1.8M +211.8% −33.5% $61.5M 2,768 $657 22

Sat Feb 27 #2 $3.3M +81.6% −31.9% $64.8M 2,852 $1,159 23

Sun Feb 28 #3 $1.7M −47.4% −35.7% $66.5M 2,852 $609 24

Mon Mar 1 #3 $426.0K −75.5% −35.1% $66.9M 2,852 $149 25

Tue Mar 2 #4 $466.2K +9.4% −34.8% $67.3M 2,852 $163 26

Wed Mar 3 #4 $372.2K −20.2% −33.9% $67.7M 2,852 $131 27

Thu Mar 4 #4 $408.6K +9.8% −30.0% $68.1M 2,852 $143 28

Fri Mar 5 #5 $1.1M +164.4% −40.6% $69.2M 2,852 $379 29

Sat Mar 6 #5 $2.0M +83.3% −40.1% $71.2M 2,855 $694 30

Sun Mar 7 #6 $1.1M −45.8% −38.3% $72.3M 2,855 $376 31

Mon Mar 8 #5 $289.8K −73.0% −32.0% $72.5M 2,855 $102 32

Tue Mar 9 #6 $321.8K +11.0% −31.0% $72.9M 2,855 $113 33

Wed Mar 10 #7 $275.4K −14.4% −26.0% $73.1M 2,855 $96 34

Thu Mar 11 #7 $277.9K +0.9% −32.0% $73.4M 2,855 $97 35

Fri Mar 12 #12 $685.0K +146.5% −36.6% $74.1M 1,982 $346 36

Sat Mar 13 #12 $1.1M +66.4% −42.4% $75.2M 1,982 $575 37

Sun Mar 14 #12 $636.0K −44.2% −40.7% $75.9M 1,982 $321 38

Mon Mar 15 #13 $202.2K −68.2% −30.2% $76.2M 1,982 $102 39

Tue Mar 16 #14 $219.4K +8.5% −31.8% $76.4M 1,982 $111 40

Wed Mar 17 #14 $176.9K −19.4% −35.8% $76.5M 1,982 $89 41

Thu Mar 18 #14 $201.6K +14.0% −27.4% $76.7M 1,982 $102 42

Sun Mar 21 #18 $266.0K — −58.2% $77.9M 1,081 $246 45

Mon Mar 22 #18 $76.9K −71.1% −62.0% $78.0M 1,081 $71 46

Tue Mar 23 #18 $84.2K +9.6% −61.6% $78.1M 1,081 $78 47

Wed Mar 24 #18 $76.9K −8.7% −56.5% $78.1M 1,081 $71 48

Thu Mar 25 #18 $86.9K +13.1% −56.9% $78.2M 1,081 $80 49

Sun Mar 28 #19 $138.0K — −48.1% $78.8M 802 $172 52

Mon Mar 29 #20 $43.7K −68.3% −43.1% $78.9M 802 $54 53

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

Cumulative total$78.9M

Feb 5Feb 17Mar 1Mar 13Mar 29

Weekend grossWk 10 · $187.4K

$21.2M

$17.7M

$10.3M

$6.8M

$4.1M

$2.5M

$1.2M

$615.9K

$303.3K

$187.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,855 → 802 −71.9%

2,720 open802 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −38.2%

−16.5%

W1→2

−42.1%

W2→3

−33.9%

W3→4

−39.2%

W4→5

−38.8%

W5→6

−54.2%

W6→7

−46.8%

W7→8

−50.8%

W8→9

−38.2%

W9→10

Steepest −54.2%Best hold −16.5%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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