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2003 • PG • 1h 51m • Biography, Drama, Sport • Columbia Pictures

His courage made them champions.

🍅 34% 79%

38

3.28

6.9

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$13.30M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$52.30M

Final

Worldwide total

$53.30M

$1.00M international

Domestic legs3.9x

Budget$35M

2003 rank#56

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Cast & crew

Cuba Gooding Jr.

Cuba Gooding Jr. Starring

Ed Harris

Ed Harris Starring

Alfre Woodard

Alfre Woodard Starring

Debra Winger

Debra Winger Starring

ScreenplayMike Rich Produced byBrian Robbins, Mike Tollin, Herb Gains CinematographyDon Burgess Music byJames Horner StudioColumbia Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 24-26 3 $13.3M — 3,074 $4,328 $13.3M

2 Oct 31-Nov 2 4 $9.6M −27.5% 3,074 $3,136 $26.2M

3 Nov 7-9 5 $7.2M −25.1% 2,811 $2,567 $36.1M

4 Nov 14-16 8 $4.8M −33.4% 2,416 $1,990 $43.5M

5 Nov 21-23 10 $2.6M −45.5% 1,925 $1,360 $47.1M

6 Nov 28-30 13 $1.7M −34.9% 1,101 $1,549 $50.0M

7 Dec 5-7 18 $401.5K −76.5% 515 $780 $50.6M

8 Dec 12-14 27 $155.3K −61.3% 285 $545 $50.9M

9 Dec 19-21 25 $176.4K +13.6% 308 $573 $51.1M

10 Dec 26-28 33 $206.8K +17.3% 226 $915 $51.4M

11 Jan 2-4 34 $188.1K −9.0% 193 $975 $51.8M

12 Jan 9-11 36 $132.0K −29.8% 171 $772 $52.0M

13 Jan 16-18 41 $117.0K −11.4% 148 $791 $52.1M

14 Jan 23-25 47 $84.5K −27.8% 125 $676 $52.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 24 #3 $4.4M — $4.4M 3,074 $1,442 1

Sat Oct 25 #3 $5.5M +24.2% $9.9M 3,074 $1,791 2

Sun Oct 26 #3 $3.4M −37.4% $13.3M 3,074 $1,120 3

Mon Oct 27 #3 $854.0K −75.2% $14.2M 3,074 $278 4

Tue Oct 28 #3 $866.0K +1.4% $15.0M 3,074 $282 5

Wed Oct 29 #3 $781.0K −9.8% $15.8M 3,074 $254 6

Thu Oct 30 #3 $801.0K +2.6% $16.6M 3,074 $261 7

Fri Oct 31 #3 $2.0M +152.6% −54.4% $18.6M 3,074 $658 8

Sat Nov 1 #3 $5.0M +144.8% −10.0% $23.6M 3,074 $1,611 9

Sun Nov 2 #3 $2.7M −45.7% −21.9% $26.2M 3,074 $875 10

Mon Nov 3 #4 $693.0K −74.2% −18.9% $26.9M 3,074 $225 11

Tue Nov 4 #3 $713.0K +2.9% −17.7% $27.7M 3,074 $232 12

Wed Nov 5 #4 $567.0K −20.5% −27.4% $28.2M 3,074 $184 13

Thu Nov 6 #4 $694.0K +22.4% −13.4% $28.9M 3,074 $226 14

Fri Nov 7 #5 $2.2M +214.8% +8.0% $31.1M 2,811 $777 15

Sat Nov 8 #5 $3.2M +48.4% −34.6% $34.4M 2,811 $1,153 16

Sun Nov 9 #6 $1.8M −46.0% −34.9% $36.1M 2,811 $623 17

Mon Nov 10 #6 $742.0K −57.7% +7.1% $36.9M 2,811 $264 18

Tue Nov 11 #6 $1.1M +42.2% +48.0% $37.9M 2,811 $375 19

Wed Nov 12 #7 $378.0K −64.2% −33.3% $38.3M 2,811 $134 20

Thu Nov 13 #5 $405.0K +7.1% −41.6% $38.7M 2,811 $144 21

Fri Nov 14 #9 $1.5M +275.8% −30.3% $40.2M 2,416 $630 22

Sat Nov 15 #8 $2.2M +45.5% −31.7% $42.5M 2,416 $917 23

Sun Nov 16 #8 $1.1M −51.9% −39.2% $43.5M 2,416 $441 24

Mon Nov 17 #10 $219.0K −79.4% −70.5% $43.7M 2,416 $91 25

Tue Nov 18 #9 $252.0K +15.1% −76.1% $44.0M 2,416 $104 26

Wed Nov 19 #9 $233.0K −7.5% −38.4% $44.2M 2,416 $96 27

Thu Nov 20 #7 $241.0K +3.4% −40.5% $44.5M 2,416 $100 28

Fri Nov 21 #9 $900.0K +273.4% −40.9% $45.4M 1,925 $468 29

Sat Nov 22 #10 $1.2M +31.3% −46.7% $46.5M 1,925 $614 30

Sun Nov 23 #10 $568.5K −51.9% −46.6% $47.1M 1,925 $295 31

Mon Nov 24 #10 $192.0K −66.2% −12.3% $47.3M 1,925 $100 32

Tue Nov 25 #10 $305.0K +58.9% +21.0% $47.6M 1,925 $158 33

Mon Jan 19 #38 $31.5K — $52.2M 148 $213 88

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

Cumulative total$47.6M

Oct 24Nov 1Nov 9Nov 17Nov 25

Weekend grossWk 10 · $206.8K

$13.3M

$9.6M

$7.2M

$4.8M

$2.6M

$1.7M

$401.5K

$155.3K

$176.4K

$206.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,074 → 1,925 −37.4%

3,074 open1,925 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +17.3%

−27.5%

W1→2

−25.1%

W2→3

−33.4%

W3→4

−45.5%

W4→5

−34.9%

W5→6

−76.5%

W6→7

−61.3%

W7→8

+13.6%

W8→9

+17.3%

W9→10

Steepest −76.5%Biggest gain +17.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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