Name: Rush Hour
Director: Brett Ratner
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Released: 1998
Cast: Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Tom Wilkinson, Elizabeth Peña, Tzi Ma

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Sep 18	#1	$10.00M		—	$10.00M	2,638	$3.8K	1
Sat Sep 19	#1	$13.38M	+34%	—	$23.39M	2,638	$5.1K	2
Sun Sep 20	#1	$9.88M	-26%	—	$33.00M	2,638	$3.7K	3
Mon Sep 21	#1	$3.16M	-68%	—	$36.17M	2,638	$1.2K	4
Tue Sep 22	#1	$2.92M	-8%	—	$39.08M	2,638	$1.1K	5
Wed Sep 23	#1	$2.07M	-29%	—	$41.16M	2,638	$786	6
Thu Sep 24	#1	$2.01M	-3%	—	$43.16M	2,638	$761	7
Fri Sep 25	#1	$6.15M	+206%	-39%	$49.31M	2,643	$2.3K	8
Sat Sep 26	#1	$8.94M	+45%	-33%	$58.25M	2,643	$3.4K	9
Sun Sep 27	#1	$5.79M	-35%	-41%	$64.04M	2,643	$2.2K	10
Mon Sep 28	#1	$1.28M	-78%	-60%	$65.31M	2,643	$483	11
Tue Sep 29	#1	$1.57M	+23%	-46%	$66.89M	2,643	$594	12
Wed Sep 30	#1	$1.52M	-4%	-27%	$68.40M	2,643	$573	13
Thu Oct 1	#1	$1.23M	-19%	-39%	$69.63M	2,643	$464	14
Fri Oct 2	#3	$4.05M	+230%	-34%	$73.68M	2,701	$1.5K	15
Sat Oct 3	#2	$6.66M	+64%	-26%	$80.33M	2,701	$2.5K	16
Sun Oct 4	#3	$3.86M	-42%	-33%	$84.02M	2,701	$1.4K	17
Mon Oct 5	#3	$821K	-79%	-36%	$84.84M	2,701	$304	18
Tue Oct 6	#3	$929K	+13%	-41%	$85.76M	2,701	$344	19
Wed Oct 7	#3	$767K	-18%	-49%	$86.53M	2,701	$284	20
Thu Oct 8	#3	$869K	+13%	-29%	$87.40M	2,701	$322	21
Fri Oct 9	#3	$3.04M	+249%	-25%	$90.44M	2,701	$1.1K	22
Sat Oct 10	#2	$4.96M	+63%	-25%	$95.27M	2,701	$1.8K	23
Sun Oct 11	#2	$3.11M	-37%	-19%	$98.38M	2,701	$1.2K	24
Mon Oct 12	#2	$1.31M	-58%	+60%	$99.69M	2,701	$486	25
Tue Oct 13	#3	$683K	-48%	-27%	$100.38M	2,701	$253	26
Wed Oct 14	#3	$603K	-12%	-21%	$100.98M	2,701	$223	27
Thu Oct 15	#3	$664K	+10%	-24%	$101.84M	2,701	$246	28
Fri Oct 16	#5	$2.29M	+244%	-25%	$103.95M	2,724	$839	29
Sat Oct 17	#4	$3.56M	+56%	-28%	$107.51M	2,724	$1.3K	30
Sun Oct 18	#5	$2.13M	-40%	-32%	$109.91M	2,724	$782	31
Mon Oct 19	#5	$500K	-77%	-62%	$110.41M	2,724	$184	32
Tue Oct 20	#6	$518K	+4%	-24%	$110.93M	2,724	$190	33
Wed Oct 21	#5	$444K	-14%	-26%	$111.37M	2,724	$163	34
Thu Oct 22	#5	$511K	+15%	-23%	$111.88M	2,724	$188	35
Fri Oct 23	#6	$1.68M	+228%	-27%	$113.10M	2,602	$644	36
Sat Oct 24	#5	$2.81M	+68%	-21%	$115.92M	2,602	$1.1K	37
Sun Oct 25	#6	$1.51M	-46%	-29%	$117.28M	2,602	$579	38
Mon Oct 26	#6	$354K	-76%	-29%	$117.64M	2,602	$136	39
Tue Oct 27	#5	$386K	+9%	-25%	$118.03M	2,602	$148	40
Wed Oct 28	#5	$343K	-11%	-23%	$118.37M	2,602	$132	41
Sun Nov 1	#5	$1.24M		-18%	$122.43M	2,402	$515	45
Mon Nov 2	#5	$334K	-73%	-6%	$122.76M	2,402	$139	46
Tue Nov 3	#5	$392K	+17%	+2%	$123.15M	2,402	$163	47
Wed Nov 4	#6	$289K	-26%	-16%	$123.44M	2,402	$120	48
Thu Nov 5	#6	$316K	+9%	—	$123.76M	2,402	$132	49
Fri Nov 6	#10	$1.03M	+226%	—	$124.75M	2,043	$504	50
Sat Nov 7	#9	$1.52M	+48%	—	$126.28M	2,043	$746	51
Sun Nov 8	#10	$702K	-54%	-43%	$127.04M	2,043	$344	52
Mon Nov 9	#10	$164K	-77%	-51%	$127.21M	2,043	$80	53
Tue Nov 10	#9	$246K	+50%	-37%	$127.46M	2,043	$121	54
Wed Nov 11	#8	$395K	+60%	+37%	$127.85M	2,043	$193	55
Thu Nov 12	#10	$179K	-55%	-43%	$128.03M	2,043	$88	56

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Sep 18-20	1	$33.00M	—	$33.00M	2,638	$12.5K	1
Sep 25-27	1	$21.20M	-35.8%	$64.04M	2,643	$8.0K	2
Oct 2-4	3	$14.49M	-31.7%	$84.01M	2,701	$5.4K	3
Oct 9-11	2	$11.11M	-23.4%	$98.38M	2,701	$4.1K	4
Oct 16-18	4	$8.25M	-25.7%	$109.91M	2,724	$3.0K	5
Oct 23-25	6	$5.86M	-28.9%	$117.28M	2,602	$2.3K	6
Oct 30-Nov 1	6	$3.80M	-35.2%	$122.43M	2,402	$1.6K	7
Nov 6-8	10	$3.32M	-12.6%	$127.04M	2,043	$1.6K	8
Nov 13-15	11	$1.87M	-43.8%	$129.83M	1,615	$1.2K	9
Nov 20-22	15	$975K	-47.8%	$131.22M	1,229	$793	10
Nov 27-29	23	$457K	-53.1%	$132.01M	611	$748	11
Dec 4-6	23	$296K	-35.2%	$132.43M	408	$726	12
Dec 11-13	25	$281K	-5.1%	$132.79M	410	$686	13
Dec 18-20	27	$228K	-18.9%	$133.07M	332	$687	14
Dec 25-27	16	$1.55M	+580.4%	$134.77M	1,014	$1.5K	15
Jan 1-3	15	$1.47M	-5.3%	$137.53M	1,016	$1.4K	16
Jan 8-10	18	$838K	-43.0%	$139.04M	783	$1.1K	17
Jan 15-17	22	$528K	-37.0%	$139.90M	479	$1.1K	18
Jan 22-24	26	$385K	-27.1%	$140.38M	441	$872	19
Jan 29-31	30	$270K	-29.8%	$140.75M	427	$632	20
Feb 5-7	35	$142K	-47.4%	$140.98M	314	$452	21
Feb 12-14	44	$75K	-46.9%	$141.09M	157	$480	22
Feb 19-21	48	$48K	-36.3%	$141.15M	120	$400	23

Performance Charts

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

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Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byBrett Ratner

ScreenplayJim Kouf, Ross LaManna

Story byRoss LaManna

Produced byRoger Birnbaum, Arthur Sarkissian, Jonathan Glickman

CinematographyAdam Greenberg

Edited byMark Helfrich

Music byLalo Schifrin

StarringJackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Tom Wilkinson, Elizabeth Peña, Tzi Ma, Philip Baker Hall

StudioNew Line Cinema

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