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2002 • R • 1h 57m • Crime, Drama, Thriller • DreamWorks Distribution

Pray for Michael Sullivan.

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3.81

7.6

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$22.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$104.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$181.00M

$76.50M international

Domestic legs4.73x

Budget$80.0M

2002 rank#24

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Cast & crew

Full Mendes filmography

Sam Mendes

Sam Mendes Director

Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks Starring

Paul Newman

Paul Newman Starring

Jude Law

Jude Law Starring

Daniel Craig

Daniel Craig Starring

Stanley Tucci

Stanley Tucci Starring

ScreenplayDavid Self Produced byRichard D. Zanuck, Dean Zanuck, Sam Mendes CinematographyConrad L. Hall MusicThomas Newman StudioDreamWorks

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 12-14 2 $22.1M — 1,797 $12,286 $22.1M

2 Jul 19-21 1 $15.4M −30.2% 2,159 $7,138 $47.3M

3 Jul 26-28 2 $11.1M −27.9% 2,250 $4,936 $65.6M

4 Aug 2-4 5 $6.6M −40.6% 2,332 $2,830 $77.2M

5 Aug 9-11 7 $4.2M −36.3% 2,211 $1,901 $84.3M

6 Aug 16-18 8 $3.8M −9.6% 1,914 $1,985 $90.3M

7 Aug 23-25 11 $2.7M −28.3% 1,863 $1,462 $94.6M

8 Aug 30-Sep 1 10 $2.7M −2.5% 1,763 $1,505 $98.5M

9 Sep 6-8 14 $1.3M −51.8% 1,420 $900 $101.1M

10 Sep 13-15 16 $913.7K −28.5% 1,134 $805 $102.5M

11 Sep 20-22 19 $390.8K −57.2% 656 $595 $103.2M

12 Sep 27-29 28 $176.5K −54.8% 338 $522 $103.6M

13 Oct 4-6 31 $133.7K −24.3% 317 $421 $103.7M

14 Oct 11-13 47 $54.1K −59.6% 106 $509 $103.9M

15 Oct 25-27 41 $143.6K +165.7% 231 $621 $104.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jul 12 #2 $6.6M — $6.6M 1,797 $3,677 1

Sat Jul 13 #2 $8.6M +31% $15.2M 1,797 $4,804 2

Sun Jul 14 #2 $6.6M −23% $22.1M 1,797 $3,678 3

Mon Jul 15 #2 $2.5M −62% $24.6M 1,797 $1,390 4

Tue Jul 16 #2 $2.6M +4% $27.2M 1,797 $1,445 5

Wed Jul 17 #2 $2.4M −8% $29.6M 1,797 $1,327 6

Thu Jul 18 #2 $2.3M −2% $31.9M 1,797 $1,297 7

Fri Jul 19 #2 $4.6M +98% −30% $36.5M 2,159 $2,139 8

Sat Jul 20 #1 $6.3M +37% −27% $42.9M 2,159 $2,937 9

Sun Jul 21 #1 $4.5M −28% −31% $47.3M 2,159 $2,107 10

Mon Jul 22 #2 $1.9M −58% −24% $49.2M 2,159 $879 11

Tue Jul 23 #2 $2.0M +6% −23% $51.2M 2,159 $930 12

Wed Jul 24 #2 $1.8M −12% −26% $53.0M 2,159 $819 13

Thu Jul 25 #3 $1.6M −12% −33% $54.5M 2,159 $722 14

Fri Jul 26 #3 $3.1M +100% −32% $57.7M 2,159 $1,445 15

Sat Jul 27 #2 $4.7M +51% −26% $62.4M 2,159 $2,180 16

Sun Jul 28 #2 $3.3M −31% −28% $65.6M 2,250 $1,447 17

Mon Jul 29 #3 $1.2M −62% −35% $66.9M 2,250 $549 18

Tue Jul 30 #3 $1.3M +8% −34% $68.2M 2,250 $591 19

Wed Jul 31 #3 $1.2M −13% −35% $69.4M 2,250 $513 20

Thu Aug 1 #3 $1.2M +2% −24% $70.6M 2,250 $525 21

Fri Aug 2 #5 $1.9M +59% −40% $72.4M 2,332 $805 22

Sat Aug 3 #4 $2.8M +47% −41% $75.2M 2,332 $1,185 23

Sun Aug 4 #5 $2.0M −29% −40% $77.2M 2,332 $839 24

Mon Aug 5 #6 $795.0K −59% −36% $77.9M 2,332 $340 25

Tue Aug 6 #5 $760.0K −4% −43% $78.7M 2,332 $325 26

Wed Aug 7 #6 $687.0K −10% −41% $79.4M 2,332 $294 27

Thu Aug 8 #5 $677.0K −1% −43% $80.1M 2,332 $290 28

Fri Aug 9 #7 $1.1M +69% −39% $81.2M 2,211 $516 29

Sat Aug 10 #7 $1.8M +57% −35% $83.0M 2,211 $809 30

Sun Aug 11 #7 $1.3M −29% −35% $84.3M 2,211 $574 31

Mon Aug 12 #7 $521.0K −59% −34% $84.8M 2,211 $235 32

Tue Aug 13 #7 $603.0K +16% −21% $85.4M 2,211 $272 33

Wed Aug 14 #8 $565.0K −6% −18% $86.0M 2,211 $255 34

Thu Aug 15 #7 $537.0K −5% −21% $86.5M 2,211 $242 35

Fri Aug 16 #8 $1.1M +102% −5% $87.6M 1,914 $567 36

Sat Aug 17 #8 $1.7M +52% −8% $89.2M 1,914 $864 37

Sun Aug 18 #8 $1.1M −36% −17% $90.3M 1,914 $552 38

Mon Aug 19 #9 $399.0K −62% −23% $90.7M 1,914 $208 39

Tue Aug 20 #9 $429.0K +8% −29% $91.1M 1,914 $224 40

Wed Aug 21 #9 $376.0K −12% −33% $91.5M 1,914 $196 41

Thu Aug 22 #9 $401.0K +7% −25% $91.9M 1,914 $209 42

Fri Aug 23 #11 $788.1K +97% −27% $92.7M 1,863 $423 43

Sat Aug 24 #11 $1.2M +56% −26% $93.9M 1,863 $661 44

Sun Aug 25 #11 $703.7K −43% −33% $94.6M 1,863 $377 45

Tue Aug 27 #10 $312.0K — −27% $95.2M 1,863 $167 47

Wed Aug 28 #9 $299.0K −4% −20% $95.5M 1,863 $160 48

Thu Aug 29 #9 $306.0K +2% −24% $95.8M 1,863 $164 49

Fri Aug 30 #11 $600.0K +96% −24% $96.4M 1,763 $340 50

Sat Aug 31 #10 $960.0K +60% −22% $97.4M 1,763 $544 51

Sun Sep 1 #9 $1.1M +13% +54% $98.5M 1,763 $615 52

Mon Sep 2 #10 $875.1K −19% $99.3M 1,763 $496 53

Sun Sep 8 #14 $302.0K — −72% $101.1M 1,420 $212 59

Fri Sep 20 #16 $122.5K — $103.0M 656 $186 71

Sat Sep 21 #15 $187.2K +53% $103.2M 656 $285 72

Sun Sep 22 #19 $81.1K −57% $103.2M 656 $123 73

Fri Sep 27 #19 $56.3K — −54% $103.4M 338 $166 78

Sat Sep 28 #20 $86.1K +53% −54% $103.5M 338 $254 79

Sun Sep 29 #23 $34.1K −60% −58% $103.6M 338 $100 80

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

Cumulative total$101.1M

Jul 12Jul 25Aug 7Aug 20Sep 8

Weekend grossWk 10 · $913.7K

$22.1M

$15.4M

$11.1M

$6.6M

$4.2M

$3.8M

$2.7M

$2.7M

$1.3M

$913.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,332 → 1,420 −39.1%

1,797 open1,420 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −28.5%

−30.2%

W1→2

−27.9%

W2→3

−40.6%

W3→4

−36.3%

W4→5

−9.6%

W5→6

−28.3%

W6→7

−2.5%

W7→8

−51.8%

W8→9

−28.5%

W9→10

Steepest −51.8%Best hold −2.5%

Run milestones

$100M in 59 days

$100M

Day 59

Sep 8

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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