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Rules of EngagementFollow

2000 • R • 2h 8m • Drama, Thriller, War • Paramount Pictures

A hero should never have to stand alone.

🍅 36% 55%

45

3.01

6.4

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$15.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$61.30M

Final

Worldwide total

$71.70M

$10.40M international

Domestic legs4.09x

Budget$60.0M

2000 rank#38

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Cast & crew

Full Friedkin filmography

William Friedkin

William Friedkin Director

Tommy Lee Jones

Tommy Lee Jones Starring

Samuel L. Jackson

Samuel L. Jackson Starring

Guy Pearce

Guy Pearce Starring

Ben Kingsley

Ben Kingsley Starring

Bruce Greenwood

Bruce Greenwood Starring

ScreenplayStephen Gaghan Produced byScott Rudin, Richard D. Zanuck CinematographyWilliam A. Fraker, Nicola Pecorini MusicMark Isham StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Apr 7-9 1 $15.0M — 3,155 $4,757 $15.0M

2 Apr 14-16 1 $10.9M −27.2% 3,190 $3,427 $30.6M

3 Apr 21-23 3 $8.0M −26.8% 3,220 $2,486 $43.1M

4 Apr 28-30 6 $4.6M −42.0% 3,027 $1,533 $50.2M

5 May 5-7 8 $2.4M −47.3% 2,261 $1,081 $54.1M

6 May 12-14 12 $1.8M −27.9% 1,618 $1,089 $56.7M

7 May 19-21 13 $1.2M −34.0% 1,062 $1,096 $58.4M

8 May 26-29 15 $731.6K −37.2% 793 $922 $59.5M

9 Jun 2-4 16 $316.1K −56.8% 555 $569 $60.0M

10 Jun 9-11 29 $146.4K −53.7% 372 $393 $60.2M

11 Jun 16-18 44 $74.1K −49.4% 221 $335 $60.4M

12 Jun 23-25 59 $34.1K −54.0% 184 $185 $60.4M

13 Jun 30-Jul 2 22 $202.9K +495.2% 452 $448 $60.7M

14 Jul 7-9 31 $148.8K −26.7% 320 $464 $61.0M

15 Jul 14-16 37 $87.7K −41.1% 241 $363 $61.1M

16 Jul 21-23 49 $60.6K −30.8% 175 $346 $61.2M

17 Jul 28-30 66 $30.6K −49.5% 111 $275 $61.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Apr 7 #1 $4.5M — $4.5M 2,860 $1,573 1

Sat Apr 8 #1 $6.4M +43% $10.9M 2,860 $2,242 2

Sun Apr 9 #2 $2.6M −59% $15.0M 3,155 $829 3

Mon Apr 10 #1 $1.1M −56% $16.2M 3,155 $362 4

Tue Apr 11 #1 $1.3M +10% $17.4M 3,155 $398 5

Wed Apr 12 #1 $1.1M −12% $18.5M 3,155 $349 6

Thu Apr 13 #1 $1.1M +4% $19.7M 3,155 $363 7

Fri Apr 14 #2 $3.2M +180% −29% $22.9M 3,155 $1,018 8

Sat Apr 15 #1 $5.2M +63% −18% $28.1M 3,050 $1,715 9

Sun Apr 16 #1 $2.7M −48% +4% $30.6M 3,190 $856 10

Mon Apr 17 #1 $1.0M −62% −10% $31.6M 3,190 $322 11

Tue Apr 18 #2 $1.1M +5% −14% $32.7M 3,190 $338 12

Wed Apr 19 #1 $996.2K −8% −10% $33.7M 3,190 $312 13

Thu Apr 20 #3 $1.2M +20% +5% $34.9M 3,190 $376 14

Fri Apr 21 #2 $3.0M +151% −6% $37.9M 3,050 $987 15

Sat Apr 22 #2 $3.5M +16% −33% $41.4M 3,050 $1,149 16

Sun Apr 23 #3 $1.9M −46% −31% $43.0M 3,190 $591 17

Mon Apr 24 #5 $710.1K −62% −31% $43.8M 3,190 $222 18

Tue Apr 25 #3 $653.2K −8% −39% $44.4M 3,190 $204 19

Wed Apr 26 #2 $583.8K −11% −41% $45.0M 3,190 $183 20

Thu Apr 27 #2 $577.2K −1% −52% $45.6M 3,190 $180 21

Fri Apr 28 #8 $1.2M +108% −60% $46.8M 3,027 $395 22

Sat Apr 29 #7 $1.9M +59% −46% $48.7M 3,027 $628 23

Sun Apr 30 #6 $1.1M −43% −43% $50.2M 3,027 $357 24

Mon May 1 #5 $348.9K −68% −51% $50.6M 3,027 $115 25

Tue May 2 #5 $383.4K +10% −41% $51.0M 3,027 $126 26

Wed May 3 #5 $331.1K −14% −43% $51.3M 3,027 $109 27

Thu May 4 #4 $348.5K +5% −40% $51.6M 3,027 $115 28

Sun May 7 #9 $638.0K — −41% $54.1M 2,261 $282 31

Mon May 8 #8 $203.1K −68% −42% $54.3M 2,261 $89 32

Tue May 9 #9 $221.5K +9% −42% $54.5M 2,261 $97 33

Wed May 10 #9 $212.4K −4% −36% $54.7M 2,261 $93 34

Thu May 11 #8 $206.8K −3% −41% $54.9M 2,261 $91 35

Sun May 14 #12 $482.0K — −24% $56.7M 1,618 $297 38

Mon May 15 #11 $143.6K −70% −29% $56.8M 1,618 $88 39

Tue May 16 #11 $160.3K +12% −28% $57.0M 1,616 $99 40

Wed May 17 #10 $148.4K −7% −30% $57.1M 1,616 $91 41

Thu May 18 #10 $151.0K +2% −27% $57.3M 1,616 $93 42

Sun May 21 #14 $295.0K — −39% $58.4M 1,062 $277 45

Mon May 22 #14 $103.3K −65% −28% $58.6M 1,062 $97 46

Tue May 23 #14 $92.5K −11% −42% $58.6M 1,062 $87 47

Wed May 24 #13 $76.4K −17% −49% $58.7M 1,062 $71 48

Thu May 25 #13 $72.5K −5% −52% $58.8M 793 $91 49

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

Cumulative total$58.8M

Apr 7Apr 18Apr 28May 11May 25

Weekend grossWk 10 · $146.4K

$15.0M

$10.9M

$8.0M

$4.6M

$2.4M

$1.8M

$1.2M

$731.6K

$316.1K

$146.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,190 → 793 −75.1%

2,860 open793 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −53.7%

−27.2%

W1→2

−26.8%

W2→3

−42.0%

W3→4

−47.3%

W4→5

−27.9%

W5→6

−34.0%

W6→7

−37.2%

W7→8

−56.8%

W8→9

−53.7%

W9→10

Steepest −56.8%Best hold −26.8%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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