Name: Rules of Engagement
Director: William Friedkin
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Released: 2000
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Samuel L. Jackson, Guy Pearce, Ben Kingsley, Bruce Greenwood

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Apr 7	#1	$4.50M		—	$4.50M	2,860	$1.6K	1
Sat Apr 8	#1	$6.41M	+43%	—	$10.91M	2,860	$2.2K	2
Sun Apr 9	#2	$2.62M	-59%	—	$15.01M	3,155	$829	3
Mon Apr 10	#1	$1.14M	-56%	—	$16.15M	3,155	$362	4
Tue Apr 11	#1	$1.26M	+10%	—	$17.41M	3,155	$398	5
Wed Apr 12	#1	$1.10M	-12%	—	$18.51M	3,155	$349	6
Thu Apr 13	#1	$1.15M	+4%	—	$19.66M	3,155	$363	7
Fri Apr 14	#2	$3.21M	+180%	-29%	$22.88M	3,155	$1.0K	8
Sat Apr 15	#1	$5.23M	+63%	-18%	$28.11M	3,050	$1.7K	9
Sun Apr 16	#1	$2.73M	-48%	+4%	$30.60M	3,190	$856	10
Mon Apr 17	#1	$1.03M	-62%	-10%	$31.62M	3,190	$322	11
Tue Apr 18	#2	$1.08M	+5%	-14%	$32.70M	3,190	$338	12
Wed Apr 19	#1	$996K	-8%	-10%	$33.70M	3,190	$312	13
Thu Apr 20	#3	$1.20M	+20%	+5%	$34.90M	3,190	$376	14
Fri Apr 21	#2	$3.01M	+151%	-6%	$37.91M	3,050	$987	15
Sat Apr 22	#2	$3.50M	+16%	-33%	$41.41M	3,050	$1.1K	16
Sun Apr 23	#3	$1.89M	-46%	-31%	$43.05M	3,190	$591	17
Mon Apr 24	#5	$710K	-62%	-31%	$43.76M	3,190	$222	18
Tue Apr 25	#3	$653K	-8%	-39%	$44.41M	3,190	$204	19
Wed Apr 26	#2	$584K	-11%	-41%	$45.00M	3,190	$183	20
Thu Apr 27	#2	$577K	-1%	-52%	$45.57M	3,190	$180	21
Fri Apr 28	#8	$1.20M	+108%	-60%	$46.77M	3,027	$395	22
Sat Apr 29	#7	$1.90M	+59%	-46%	$48.67M	3,027	$628	23
Sun Apr 30	#6	$1.08M	-43%	-43%	$50.22M	3,027	$357	24
Mon May 1	#5	$349K	-68%	-51%	$50.57M	3,027	$115	25
Tue May 2	#5	$383K	+10%	-41%	$50.95M	3,027	$126	26
Wed May 3	#5	$331K	-14%	-43%	$51.28M	3,027	$109	27
Thu May 4	#4	$348K	+5%	-40%	$51.63M	3,027	$115	28
Sun May 7	#9	$638K		-41%	$54.08M	2,261	$282	31
Mon May 8	#8	$203K	-68%	-42%	$54.28M	2,261	$89	32
Tue May 9	#9	$221K	+9%	-42%	$54.50M	2,261	$97	33
Wed May 10	#9	$212K	-4%	-36%	$54.71M	2,261	$93	34
Thu May 11	#8	$207K	-3%	-41%	$54.92M	2,261	$91	35
Sun May 14	#12	$482K		-24%	$56.68M	1,618	$297	38
Mon May 15	#11	$144K	-70%	-29%	$56.83M	1,618	$88	39
Tue May 16	#11	$160K	+12%	-28%	$56.99M	1,616	$99	40
Wed May 17	#10	$148K	-7%	-30%	$57.13M	1,616	$91	41
Thu May 18	#10	$151K	+2%	-27%	$57.29M	1,616	$93	42
Sun May 21	#14	$295K		-39%	$58.45M	1,062	$277	45
Mon May 22	#14	$103K	-65%	-28%	$58.55M	1,062	$97	46
Tue May 23	#14	$92K	-11%	-42%	$58.65M	1,062	$87	47
Wed May 24	#13	$76K	-17%	-49%	$58.72M	1,062	$71	48
Thu May 25	#13	$72K	-5%	-52%	$58.79M	793	$91	49

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Apr 7-9	1	$15.01M	—	$15.01M	3,155	$4.8K	1
Apr 14-16	1	$10.93M	-27.2%	$30.60M	3,190	$3.4K	2
Apr 21-23	3	$8.01M	-26.8%	$43.05M	3,220	$2.5K	3
Apr 28-30	6	$4.64M	-42.0%	$50.22M	3,027	$1.5K	4
May 5-7	8	$2.45M	-47.3%	$54.08M	2,261	$1.1K	5
May 12-14	12	$1.76M	-27.9%	$56.68M	1,618	$1.1K	6
May 19-21	13	$1.16M	-34.0%	$58.45M	1,062	$1.1K	7
May 26-29	15	$732K	-37.2%	$59.53M	793	$922	8
Jun 2-4	16	$316K	-56.8%	$60.00M	555	$569	9
Jun 9-11	29	$146K	-53.7%	$60.25M	372	$393	10
Jun 16-18	44	$74K	-49.4%	$60.38M	221	$335	11
Jun 23-25	59	$34K	-54.0%	$60.44M	184	$185	12
Jun 30-Jul 2	22	$203K	+495.2%	$60.66M	452	$448	13
Jul 7-9	31	$149K	-26.7%	$60.96M	320	$464	14
Jul 14-16	37	$88K	-41.1%	$61.11M	241	$363	15
Jul 21-23	49	$61K	-30.8%	$61.22M	175	$346	16
Jul 28-30	66	$31K	-49.5%	$61.29M	111	$275	17

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

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Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byWilliam Friedkin

ScreenplayStephen Gaghan

Produced byScott Rudin, Richard D. Zanuck

CinematographyWilliam A. Fraker, Nicola Pecorini

MusicMark Isham

StarringTommy Lee Jones, Samuel L. Jackson, Guy Pearce, Ben Kingsley, Bruce Greenwood, Anne Archer

StudioParamount Pictures

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