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2002 • R • 2h 4m • Crime, Drama, Thriller • Universal Pictures

To understand the origin of evil, you must go back to the beginning.

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60

3.47

7.2

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$36.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$93.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$209.00M

$116.00M international

Domestic legs2.55x

Budget$78.0M

2002 rank#28

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Cast & crew

Full Ratner filmography

Brett Ratner

Brett Ratner Director

Edward Norton

Edward Norton Starring

Anthony Hopkins

Anthony Hopkins Starring

Ralph Fiennes

Ralph Fiennes Starring

Emily Watson

Emily Watson Starring

Harvey Keitel

Harvey Keitel Starring

ScreenplayTed Tally Produced byDino De Laurentiis, Martha De Laurentiis CinematographyDante Spinotti MusicDanny Elfman StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 4-6 1 $36.5M — 3,357 $10,885 $36.5M

2 Oct 11-13 1 $17.7M −51.7% 3,363 $5,250 $63.3M

3 Oct 18-20 3 $8.8M −50.4% 3,307 $2,649 $77.8M

4 Oct 25-27 6 $4.7M −46.8% 2,886 $1,615 $84.9M

5 Nov 1-3 9 $2.7M −41.5% 1,949 $1,399 $89.0M

6 Nov 8-10 12 $1.6M −42.7% 1,324 $1,180 $91.5M

7 Nov 15-17 18 $507.8K −67.5% 552 $919 $92.5M

8 Nov 22-24 27 $161.2K −68.3% 307 $525 $92.8M

9 Nov 29-Dec 1 41 $77.1K −52.2% 159 $484 $92.9M

10 Dec 13-15 51 $42.6K −44.7% 108 $394 $93.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 4 #1 $13.5M — $13.5M 3,357 $4,015 1

Sat Oct 5 #1 $14.5M +8% $28.0M 3,357 $4,330 2

Sun Oct 6 #1 $8.5M −41% $36.5M 3,357 $2,540 3

Mon Oct 7 #1 $2.4M −72% $39.0M 3,357 $719 4

Tue Oct 8 #1 $2.6M +8% $41.6M 3,357 $775 5

Wed Oct 9 #1 $2.1M −19% $43.7M 3,357 $625 6

Thu Oct 10 #1 $2.0M −6% $45.6M 3,357 $585 7

Fri Oct 11 #1 $5.4M +177% −60% $51.1M 3,363 $1,620 8

Sat Oct 12 #1 $7.4M +36% −49% $58.5M 3,363 $2,205 9

Sun Oct 13 #1 $4.8M −35% −44% $63.3M 3,363 $1,425 10

Mon Oct 14 #1 $2.0M −58% −17% $65.3M 3,363 $600 11

Tue Oct 15 #1 $1.4M −33% −48% $66.7M 3,363 $404 12

Wed Oct 16 #1 $1.2M −9% −41% $67.9M 3,363 $369 13

Thu Oct 17 #1 $1.1M −8% −42% $69.0M 3,363 $339 14

Fri Oct 18 #3 $2.7M +140% −50% $71.8M 3,307 $829 15

Sat Oct 19 #3 $4.0M +44% −47% $75.7M 3,307 $1,195 16

Sun Oct 20 #3 $2.1M −48% −57% $77.8M 3,307 $625 17

Mon Oct 21 #2 $612.0K −70% −70% $78.4M 3,307 $185 18

Tue Oct 22 #2 $679.0K +11% −50% $79.1M 3,307 $205 19

Wed Oct 23 #2 $594.0K −13% −52% $79.7M 3,307 $179 20

Thu Oct 24 #3 $562.0K −5% −51% $80.3M 3,307 $169 21

Fri Oct 25 #6 $1.5M +172% −44% $81.8M 2,886 $530 22

Sat Oct 26 #6 $2.1M +35% −48% $83.9M 2,886 $715 23

Sun Oct 27 #6 $1.1M −48% −48% $84.9M 2,886 $370 24

Mon Oct 28 #6 $331.0K −69% −46% $85.2M 2,886 $114 25

Tue Oct 29 #6 $375.0K +13% −45% $85.6M 2,886 $129 26

Wed Oct 30 #6 $318.0K −15% −46% $85.9M 2,886 $110 27

Thu Oct 31 #6 $376.0K +18% −33% $86.3M 2,886 $130 28

Fri Nov 1 #9 $800.0K +113% −48% $87.1M 1,955 $409 29

Sat Nov 2 #9 $1.2M +55% −40% $88.4M 1,955 $633 30

Sun Nov 3 #9 $690.0K −44% −35% $89.0M 1,955 $352 31

Mon Nov 4 #9 $205.0K −70% −38% $89.3M 1,949 $105 32

Tue Nov 5 #9 $254.0K +24% −32% $89.5M 1,949 $130 33

Wed Nov 6 #10 $205.0K −19% −36% $89.7M 1,949 $105 34

Thu Nov 7 #10 $195.0K −5% −48% $89.9M 1,949 $100 35

Fri Nov 8 #12 $463.0K +137% −42% $90.4M 1,949 $237 36

Sat Nov 9 #12 $688.0K +49% −44% $91.1M 1,949 $353 37

Sun Nov 10 #13 $410.0K −40% −41% $91.5M 1,324 $309 38

Fri Nov 15 #16 $154.6K — −67% $92.1M 552 $280 43

Sat Nov 16 #17 $234.6K +52% −66% $92.4M 552 $424 44

Sun Nov 17 #16 $118.7K −49% −71% $92.5M 552 $215 45

Cumulative total$92.5M

Oct 4Oct 14Oct 24Nov 3Nov 17

Weekend grossWk 10 · $42.6K

$36.5M

$17.7M

$8.8M

$4.7M

$2.7M

$1.6M

$507.8K

$161.2K

$77.1K

$42.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,363 → 552 −83.6%

3,357 open552 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −44.7%

−51.7%

W1→2

−50.4%

W2→3

−46.8%

W3→4

−41.5%

W4→5

−42.7%

W5→6

−67.5%

W6→7

−68.3%

W7→8

−52.2%

W8→9

−44.7%

W9→10

Steepest −68.3%Best hold −41.5%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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