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2000 • R • 1h 39m • Action, Crime, Thriller • Paramount Pictures

Still the man, any questions?

🍅 67% 40%

50

2.91

6.0

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$21.70M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$70.30M

Final

Worldwide total

$107.00M

$36.90M international

Domestic legs3.24x

Budget$46.0M

2000 rank#32

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Cast & crew

Full Singleton filmography

John Singleton

John Singleton Director

Samuel L. Jackson

Samuel L. Jackson Starring

Vanessa Williams

Vanessa Williams Starring

Jeffrey Wright

Jeffrey Wright Starring

Christian Bale

Christian Bale Starring

Dan Hedaya

Dan Hedaya Starring

ScreenplayJohn Singleton, Shane Salerno, Richard Price Produced byScott Rudin, John Singleton CinematographyDonald E. Thorin MusicDavid Arnold StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 16-18 1 $21.7M — 2,337 $9,291 $21.7M

2 Jun 23-25 3 $12.7M −41.5% 2,407 $5,279 $42.4M

3 Jun 30-Jul 2 6 $6.7M −47.5% 2,433 $2,739 $53.4M

4 Jul 7-9 7 $4.1M −38.2% 2,262 $1,820 $62.0M

5 Jul 14-16 10 $2.4M −42.0% 1,747 $1,365 $66.0M

6 Jul 21-23 15 $1.1M −55.6% 1,225 $863 $67.9M

7 Jul 28-30 19 $454.6K −57.0% 757 $600 $68.8M

8 Aug 4-6 32 $150.1K −67.0% 463 $324 $69.2M

9 Aug 11-13 42 $97.9K −34.8% 245 $399 $69.4M

10 Aug 18-20 55 $43.0K −56.1% 101 $425 $69.5M

11 Sep 15-17 29 $265.2K +517.3% 353 $751 $69.8M

12 Sep 22-24 35 $173.7K −34.5% 303 $573 $70.1M

13 Sep 29-Oct 1 49 $70.4K −59.5% 177 $397 $70.2M

14 Oct 6-8 60 $38.4K −45.5% 101 $379 $70.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jun 16 #1 $6.8M — $6.8M 2,337 $2,929 1

Sat Jun 17 #1 $7.8M +14% $14.7M 2,337 $3,342 2

Sun Jun 18 #1 $6.9M −11% $21.7M 2,337 $2,962 3

Mon Jun 19 #1 $2.0M −71% $23.7M 2,337 $865 4

Tue Jun 20 #1 $2.2M +10% $26.0M 2,337 $950 5

Wed Jun 21 #1 $1.9M −15% $27.8M 2,337 $802 6

Thu Jun 22 #1 $1.8M −4% $29.6M 2,337 $773 7

Fri Jun 23 #3 $3.5M +96% −48% $33.2M 2,407 $1,474 8

Sat Jun 24 #3 $5.2M +46% −34% $38.4M 2,407 $2,145 9

Sun Jun 25 #3 $3.7M −28% −46% $42.4M 2,407 $1,552 10

Mon Jun 26 #3 $1.3M −66% −37% $43.6M 2,407 $530 11

Tue Jun 27 #4 $1.2M −5% −45% $44.8M 2,407 $504 12

Wed Jun 28 #5 $952.3K −22% −49% $45.8M 2,407 $395 13

Thu Jun 29 #5 $978.3K +3% −46% $46.8M 2,407 $406 14

Fri Jun 30 #6 $1.7M +71% −53% $48.4M 2,433 $686 15

Sat Jul 1 #6 $2.4M +43% −54% $50.8M 2,433 $982 16

Sun Jul 2 #5 $2.6M +9% −30% $53.4M 2,433 $1,072 17

Mon Jul 3 #6 $1.7M −36% +32% $55.1M 2,433 $690 18

Tue Jul 4 #6 $1.3M −20% +11% $56.5M 2,433 $552 19

Wed Jul 5 #8 $723.2K −46% −24% $57.2M 2,433 $297 20

Thu Jul 6 #8 $722.5K n/c −26% $57.9M 2,433 $296 21

Fri Jul 7 #9 $1.0M +44% −38% $58.9M 2,262 $459 22

Sat Jul 8 #7 $1.5M +46% −36% $60.5M 2,262 $671 23

Sun Jul 9 #8 $1.2M −23% −55% $62.0M 2,262 $514 24

Mon Jul 10 #10 $418.4K −64% −75% $62.4M 2,262 $184 25

Tue Jul 11 #10 $421.5K +1% −69% $62.9M 2,262 $186 26

Wed Jul 12 #10 $367.4K −13% −49% $63.2M 2,262 $162 27

Thu Jul 13 #10 $368.5K n/c −49% $63.6M 2,262 $162 28

Fri Jul 14 #10 $581.0K +58% −44% $64.2M 1,747 $332 29

Sat Jul 15 #10 $869.0K +50% −43% $65.0M 1,747 $497 30

Sun Jul 16 #11 $669.0K −23% −43% $66.0M 1,747 $382 31

Mon Jul 17 #12 $247.0K −63% −41% $66.2M 1,747 $141 32

Tue Jul 18 #12 $247.7K n/c −41% $66.5M 1,747 $141 33

Wed Jul 19 #14 $211.0K −15% −43% $66.7M 1,747 $120 34

Thu Jul 20 #13 $203.9K −3% −45% $66.9M 1,747 $116 35

Sun Jul 23 #16 $281.0K — −58% $67.9M 1,225 $229 38

Mon Jul 24 #17 $104.9K −63% −58% $68.1M 1,225 $85 39

Tue Jul 25 #17 $109.3K +4% −56% $68.2M 1,225 $89 40

Wed Jul 26 #18 $100.3K −8% −52% $68.3M 1,225 $81 41

Sun Jul 30 #19 $136.0K — −52% $68.8M 757 $179 45

Mon Jul 31 #20 $51.3K −62% −51% $68.9M 757 $67 46

Tue Aug 1 #20 $52.5K +2% −52% $68.9M 757 $69 47

Wed Aug 2 #20 $47.3K −10% −53% $69.0M 757 $62 48

Thu Aug 3 #20 $47.9K +1% $69.0M 757 $63 49

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

Cumulative total$69.0M

Jun 16Jun 27Jul 8Jul 18Aug 3

Weekend grossWk 10 · $43.0K

$21.7M

$12.7M

$6.7M

$4.1M

$2.4M

$1.1M

$454.6K

$150.1K

$97.9K

$43.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,433 → 757 −68.9%

2,337 open757 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −56.1%

−41.5%

W1→2

−47.5%

W2→3

−38.2%

W3→4

−42.0%

W4→5

−55.6%

W5→6

−57.0%

W6→7

−67.0%

W7→8

−34.8%

W8→9

−56.1%

W9→10

Steepest −67.0%Best hold −34.8%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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