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2003 • PG-13 • 1h 54m • Action, Adventure, Comedy • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

A Royal Kick In The Arse

🍅 66% 54%

58

2.92

6.2

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$19.60M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$60.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$88.30M

$27.80M international

Domestic legs3.08x

Budget$50.0M

2003 rank#49

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Cast & crew

Jackie Chan

Jackie Chan Starring

Owen Wilson

Owen Wilson Starring

Donnie Yen

Donnie Yen Starring

Aaron Taylor-Johnson

Aaron Taylor-Johnson Starring

ScreenplayMiles Millar, Alfred Gough Produced byRoger Birnbaum, Gary Barber, Jonathan Glickman CinematographyAdrian Biddle MusicRandy Edelman StudioWalt Disney Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Feb 7-9 2 $19.6M — 2,753 $7,120 $19.6M

2 Feb 14-16 5 $11.0M −43.7% 2,755 $4,005 $34.2M

3 Feb 21-23 7 $6.5M −41.0% 2,526 $2,576 $44.5M

4 Feb 28-Mar 2 7 $5.0M −22.7% 2,515 $1,999 $50.9M

5 Mar 7-9 9 $2.7M −46.5% 1,905 $1,411 $54.7M

6 Mar 14-16 12 $1.5M −42.4% 1,316 $1,176 $57.2M

7 Mar 21-23 21 $668.3K −56.9% 628 $1,064 $58.5M

8 May 9-11 37 $131.3K −80.4% 190 $690 $60.2M

9 May 16-18 35 $93.7K −28.6% 132 $709 $60.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Feb 7 #2 $6.2M — $6.2M 2,753 $2,257 1

Sat Feb 8 #2 $8.3M +34% $14.5M 2,753 $3,026 2

Sun Feb 9 #2 $5.1M −39% $19.6M 2,753 $1,850 3

Mon Feb 10 #2 $1.0M −79% $20.7M 2,753 $381 4

Tue Feb 11 #3 $893.0K −15% $21.5M 2,753 $324 5

Wed Feb 12 #3 $799.0K −11% $22.3M 2,753 $290 6

Thu Feb 13 #3 $806.0K +1% $23.1M 2,753 $292 7

Fri Feb 14 #4 $3.6M +342% −43% $26.7M 2,755 $1,292 8

Sat Feb 15 #5 $4.4M +22% −48% $31.0M 2,755 $1,581 9

Sun Feb 16 #5 $3.1M −28% −38% $34.2M 2,755 $1,143 10

Mon Feb 17 #5 $1.8M −44% +68% $35.9M 2,755 $639 11

Tue Feb 18 #5 $751.0K −57% −16% $36.7M 2,755 $272 12

Wed Feb 19 #5 $645.0K −14% −19% $37.3M 2,755 $234 13

Thu Feb 20 #5 $659.0K +2% −18% $38.0M 2,755 $239 14

Fri Feb 21 #7 $1.8M +174% −49% $39.8M 2,755 $655 15

Sat Feb 22 #7 $3.0M +65% −31% $42.9M 2,526 $1,181 16

Sun Feb 23 #7 $1.7M −44% −47% $44.5M 2,526 $656 17

Mon Feb 24 #9 $329.0K −80% −81% $44.8M 2,526 $130 18

Tue Feb 25 #8 $369.0K +12% −51% $45.2M 2,526 $146 19

Wed Feb 26 #7 $341.0K −8% −47% $45.5M 2,526 $134 20

Thu Feb 27 #7 $354.0K +4% −46% $45.9M 2,526 $140 21

Fri Feb 28 #6 $1.4M +290% −24% $47.3M 2,515 $548 22

Sat Mar 1 #7 $2.3M +65% −24% $49.6M 2,515 $902 23

Sun Mar 2 #7 $1.3M −41% −19% $50.9M 2,515 $532 24

Mon Mar 3 #8 $278.0K −79% −16% $51.2M 2,526 $110 25

Tue Mar 4 #8 $300.0K +8% −19% $51.5M 2,526 $118 26

Wed Mar 5 #8 $264.0K −12% −23% $51.8M 2,515 $104 27

Thu Mar 6 #8 $284.0K +8% −20% $52.1M 2,515 $112 28

Fri Mar 7 #9 $754.6K +166% −45% $52.8M 1,905 $396 29

Sat Mar 8 #9 $1.2M +61% −47% $54.0M 1,905 $636 30

Sun Mar 9 #9 $720.7K −41% −46% $54.7M 1,905 $378 31

Mon Mar 10 #9 $208.0K −71% −25% $55.0M 1,905 $109 32

Tue Mar 11 #9 $271.0K +30% −10% $55.2M 1,905 $142 33

Wed Mar 12 #9 $231.0K −15% −13% $55.5M 1,905 $121 34

Thu Mar 13 #9 $232.0K n/c −18% $55.7M 1,905 $121 35

Mon May 26 $12.8K — $60.4M 88 $144 109

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

Cumulative total$55.7M

Feb 7Feb 16Feb 24Mar 5Mar 13

Weekend grossWk 9 · $93.7K

$19.6M

$11.0M

$6.5M

$5.0M

$2.7M

$1.5M

$668.3K

$131.3K

$93.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9

Theater countPeak 2,755 → 1,905 −30.9%

2,753 open1,905 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −28.6%

−43.7%

W1→2

−41.0%

W2→3

−22.7%

W3→4

−46.5%

W4→5

−42.4%

W5→6

−56.9%

W6→7

−80.4%

W7→8

−28.6%

W8→9

Steepest −80.4%Best hold −22.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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