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2003 • PG-13 • 1h 59m • Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi • Paramount Pictures

The future depends on a past he was paid to forget.

🍅 27% 45%

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2.79

6.3

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$13.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$53.80M

Final

Worldwide total

$117.00M

$63.50M international

Domestic legs4.00x

Budget$60.0M

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Cast & crew

Full Woo filmography

John Woo

John Woo Director

Ben Affleck

Ben Affleck Starring

Uma Thurman

Uma Thurman Starring

Aaron Eckhart

Aaron Eckhart Starring

Paul Giamatti

Paul Giamatti Starring

Colm Feore

Colm Feore Starring

ScreenplayDean Georgaris Produced byJohn Woo, John Davis, Terence Chang, Michael Hackett CinematographyJeffrey L. Kimball MusicJohn Powell StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 26-28 5 $13.5M — 2,762 $4,874 $18.6M

2 Jan 2-4 5 $9.8M −26.9% 2,762 $3,561 $38.6M

3 Jan 9-11 8 $5.1M −47.7% 2,762 $1,863 $46.4M

4 Jan 16-18 12 $2.5M −51.3% 1,984 $1,263 $50.4M

5 Jan 23-25 17 $1.2M −53.1% 1,108 $1,061 $52.6M

6 Jan 30-Feb 1 28 $267.6K −77.3% 620 $431 $53.1M

7 Feb 6-8 52 $67.3K −74.8% 188 $358 $53.3M

8 Feb 13-15 53 $46.9K −30.3% 106 $442 $53.4M

9 Feb 27-29 44 $122.5K +161.2% 208 $588 $53.6M

10 Mar 5-7 49 $72.2K −41.1% 153 $471 $53.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Dec 25 #3 $5.3M — $5.3M 2,762 $1,918 1

Fri Dec 26 #4 $5.0M −6% $10.2M 2,762 $1,810 2

Sat Dec 27 #5 $4.8M −3% $14.9M 2,762 $1,749 3

Sun Dec 28 #5 $3.7M −24% $18.6M 2,762 $1,335 4

Mon Dec 29 #7 $2.2M −40% $20.8M 2,762 $797 5

Tue Dec 30 #7 $2.2M +1% $23.0M 2,762 $801 6

Wed Dec 31 #7 $2.1M −5% $25.1M 2,762 $760 7

Thu Jan 1 #5 $4.0M +89% −25% $29.1M 2,762 $1,434 8

Fri Jan 2 #5 $3.9M −2% −22% $33.0M 2,762 $1,412 9

Sat Jan 3 #5 $4.0M +1% −18% $36.6M 2,762 $1,431 10

Sun Jan 4 #6 $2.1M −48% −44% $38.6M 2,762 $751 11

Mon Jan 5 #5 $742.0K −64% −66% $39.4M 2,762 $268 12

Tue Jan 6 #6 $669.0K −10% −70% $40.1M 2,762 $242 13

Wed Jan 7 #6 $635.0K −5% −70% $40.7M 2,762 $229 14

Thu Jan 8 #7 $607.0K −4% −85% $41.3M 2,762 $219 15

Fri Jan 9 #8 $1.6M +164% −59% $42.9M 2,762 $579 16

Sat Jan 10 #8 $2.3M +43% −42% $45.2M 2,762 $827 17

Sun Jan 11 #9 $1.2M −46% −40% $46.4M 2,762 $448 18

Mon Jan 12 #7 $374.0K −70% −50% $46.8M 2,762 $135 19

Tue Jan 13 #9 $401.0K +7% −40% $47.2M 2,762 $145 20

Wed Jan 14 #8 $349.0K −13% −45% $47.6M 2,762 $126 21

Thu Jan 15 #9 $361.0K +3% −41% $47.9M 2,762 $130 22

Mon Jan 19 #14 $460.1K — +23% $50.9M 1,984 $231 26

Mon Feb 16 #60 $5.9K — $53.4M 106 $55 54

Cumulative total$53.4M

Dec 25Dec 31Jan 6Jan 11Feb 16

Weekend grossWk 10 · $72.2K

$13.5M

$9.8M

$5.1M

$2.5M

$1.2M

$267.6K

$67.3K

$46.9K

$122.5K

$72.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,762 → 106 −96.2%

2,762 open106 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −41.1%

−26.9%

W1→2

−47.7%

W2→3

−51.3%

W3→4

−53.1%

W4→5

−77.3%

W5→6

−74.8%

W6→7

−30.3%

W7→8

+161.2%

W8→9

−41.1%

W9→10

Steepest −77.3%Biggest gain +161.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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