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2002 • PG-13 • 1h 46m • Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

It's not like they didn't warn us.

🍅 76% 67%

59

3.51

6.8

CS B

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$60.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$228.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$408.00M

$180.00M international

Domestic legs3.79x

Budget$72.0M

2002 rank#6

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Cast & crew

Full Shyamalan filmography

M. Night Shyamalan

M. Night Shyamalan Director

Mel Gibson

Mel Gibson Starring

Joaquin Phoenix

Joaquin Phoenix Starring

Abigail Breslin

Abigail Breslin Starring

Cherry Jones

Cherry Jones Starring

ScreenplayM. Night Shyamalan Produced byKathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, M. Night Shyamalan, Sam Mercer CinematographyTak Fujimoto MusicJames Newton Howard StudioWalt Disney Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 2-4 1 $60.1M — 3,264 $18,418 $60.1M

2 Aug 9-11 2 $29.5M −51.0% 3,310 $8,898 $117.7M

3 Aug 16-18 2 $19.4M −34.3% 3,344 $5,790 $150.5M

4 Aug 23-25 1 $14.3M −26.2% 3,453 $4,136 $173.1M

5 Aug 30-Sep 1 1 $13.4M −5.9% 3,437 $3,910 $192.0M

6 Sep 6-8 4 $7.9M −41.6% 3,232 $2,429 $205.7M

7 Sep 13-15 6 $5.4M −31.2% 3,051 $1,771 $213.0M

8 Sep 20-22 7 $3.5M −35.2% 2,338 $1,497 $217.9M

9 Sep 27-29 9 $2.4M −32.5% 1,783 $1,325 $221.2M

10 Oct 4-6 11 $1.7M −30.1% 1,537 $1,075 $223.4M

11 Oct 11-13 16 $802.2K −51.5% 802 $1,000 $224.6M

12 Oct 18-20 21 $392.1K −51.1% 455 $861 $225.3M

13 Oct 25-27 34 $201.4K −48.6% 283 $711 $225.6M

14 Nov 1-3 38 $132.8K −34.1% 195 $681 $225.8M

15 Nov 8-10 38 $111.3K −16.2% 156 $713 $225.9M

16 Nov 15-17 39 $91.7K −17.6% 120 $764 $226.1M

17 Nov 22-24 22 $278.0K +203.0% 321 $866 $226.4M

18 Nov 29-Dec 1 24 $282.2K +1.5% 291 $969 $226.9M

19 Dec 6-8 30 $156.0K −44.7% 244 $639 $227.1M

20 Dec 13-15 33 $118.7K −23.9% 221 $537 $227.3M

21 Dec 20-22 44 $70.5K −40.6% 154 $457 $227.4M

22 Dec 27-29 48 $94.2K +33.6% 123 $766 $227.5M

23 Jan 3-5 44 $98.7K +4.8% 102 $967 $227.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Aug 2 #1 $20.9M — $20.9M 3,264 $6,398 1

Sat Aug 3 #1 $21.7M +4% $42.6M 3,264 $6,643 2

Sun Aug 4 #1 $17.5M −19% $60.1M 3,264 $5,376 3

Mon Aug 5 #1 $8.8M −50% $68.9M 3,264 $2,687 4

Tue Aug 6 #1 $7.3M −17% $76.2M 3,264 $2,241 5

Wed Aug 7 #1 $6.3M −15% $82.5M 3,264 $1,915 6

Thu Aug 8 #1 $5.8M −7% $88.3M 3,264 $1,778 7

Fri Aug 9 #2 $9.3M +61% −55% $97.6M 3,310 $2,820 8

Sat Aug 10 #2 $11.5M +23% −47% $109.1M 3,310 $3,463 9

Sun Aug 11 #2 $8.7M −25% −51% $117.7M 3,310 $2,614 10

Mon Aug 12 #2 $3.5M −59% −60% $121.3M 3,310 $1,072 11

Tue Aug 13 #2 $3.7M +3% −50% $124.9M 3,310 $1,104 12

Wed Aug 14 #2 $3.2M −12% −49% $128.1M 3,310 $968 13

Thu Aug 15 #2 $3.0M −6% −48% $131.1M 3,310 $912 14

Fri Aug 16 #2 $6.1M +101% −35% $137.2M 3,344 $1,810 15

Sat Aug 17 #2 $8.0M +33% −30% $145.2M 3,344 $2,403 16

Sun Aug 18 #2 $5.3M −34% −39% $150.5M 3,344 $1,576 17

Mon Aug 19 #2 $2.2M −59% −39% $152.7M 3,344 $648 18

Tue Aug 20 #2 $2.3M +4% −38% $154.9M 3,344 $673 19

Wed Aug 21 #2 $1.9M −16% −41% $156.8M 3,344 $565 20

Thu Aug 22 #2 $2.0M +6% −34% $158.8M 3,344 $598 21

Fri Aug 23 #1 $4.4M +122% −27% $163.3M 3,453 $1,284 22

Sat Aug 24 #1 $6.2M +39% −23% $169.4M 3,453 $1,783 23

Sun Aug 25 #1 $3.7M −40% −30% $173.1M 3,453 $1,069 24

Mon Aug 26 #1 $1.4M −63% −37% $174.5M 3,453 $395 25

Tue Aug 27 #1 $1.5M +7% −35% $175.9M 3,453 $424 26

Wed Aug 28 #1 $1.3M −12% −32% $177.2M 3,453 $373 27

Thu Aug 29 #1 $1.3M +1% −35% $178.5M 3,453 $378 28

Fri Aug 30 #1 $3.4M +160% −23% $181.9M 3,437 $988 29

Sat Aug 31 #1 $5.0M +48% −19% $187.0M 3,437 $1,460 30

Sun Sep 1 #1 $5.0M n/c +36% $192.0M 3,437 $1,462 31

Mon Sep 2 #2 $3.6M −28% +164% $195.6M 3,437 $1,047 32

Tue Sep 3 #2 $875.3K −76% −40% $196.5M 3,437 $254 33

Wed Sep 4 #2 $702.1K −20% −46% $197.2M 3,437 $204 34

Thu Sep 5 #2 $685.1K −2% −48% $197.8M 3,437 $199 35

Fri Sep 6 #4 $2.3M +236% −32% $200.1M 3,232 $711 36

Sat Sep 7 #3 $3.8M +63% −25% $203.9M 3,232 $1,161 37

Sun Sep 8 #4 $1.8M −52% −64% $205.7M 3,232 $556 38

Mon Sep 9 #4 $461.0K −74% −87% $206.2M 3,232 $142 39

Tue Sep 10 #4 $541.5K +17% −38% $206.7M 3,232 $167 40

Wed Sep 11 #4 $473.1K −13% −33% $207.2M 3,232 $146 41

Thu Sep 12 #4 $454.5K −4% −34% $207.6M 3,232 $140 42

Fri Sep 13 #6 $1.6M +242% −32% $209.2M 3,051 $509 43

Sat Sep 14 #5 $2.5M +61% −33% $211.7M 3,051 $819 44

Sun Sep 15 #6 $1.4M −46% −25% $213.0M 3,051 $442 45

Mon Sep 16 #7 $378.5K −72% −18% $213.4M 3,051 $124 46

Tue Sep 17 #5 $368.2K −3% −32% $213.8M 3,051 $120 47

Wed Sep 18 #5 $332.0K −10% −30% $214.1M 3,051 $108 48

Thu Sep 19 #5 $329.4K −1% −28% $214.4M 3,051 $107 49

Fri Sep 20 #10 $1.0M +212% −34% $215.5M 2,338 $439 50

Sat Sep 21 #7 $1.7M +63% −33% $217.1M 2,338 $717 51

Sun Sep 22 #7 $797.0K −52% −41% $217.9M 2,338 $340 52

Mon Sep 23 #8 $198.6K −75% −48% $218.1M 2,338 $84 53

Tue Sep 24 #8 $232.0K +17% −37% $218.4M 2,338 $99 54

Wed Sep 25 #8 $210.6K −9% −37% $218.6M 2,338 $90 55

Thu Sep 26 #8 $209.6K −1% −36% $218.8M 2,338 $89 56

Fri Sep 27 #9 $718.2K +243% −30% $219.5M 2,338 $307 57

Sat Sep 28 #9 $1.1M +57% −33% $220.6M 1,783 $632 58

Sun Sep 29 #9 $516.9K −54% −35% $221.2M 2,338 $221 59

Mon Sep 30 #9 $141.3K −73% −29% $221.3M 1,783 $79 60

Tue Oct 1 #9 $161.4K +14% −30% $221.5M 1,783 $90 61

Wed Oct 2 #9 $146.8K −9% −30% $221.6M 1,783 $82 62

Thu Oct 3 #9 $142.3K −3% −32% $221.7M 1,783 $79 63

Fri Oct 4 #11 $503.8K +254% −30% $222.3M 1,537 $327 64

Sat Oct 5 #11 $792.8K +57% −30% $223.0M 1,537 $515 65

Sun Oct 6 #11 $356.4K −55% −31% $223.4M 1,537 $231 66

Mon Oct 7 $93.7K −74% −34% $223.5M 1,537 $60 67

Tue Oct 8 $114.8K +22% −29% $223.6M 1,537 $74 68

Wed Oct 9 $103.6K −10% −29% $223.7M 1,537 $67 69

Thu Oct 10 $121.7K +18% −14% $223.8M 1,537 $79 70

Fri Oct 11 #14 $238.3K +96% −53% $224.1M 802 $297 71

Sat Oct 12 #14 $369.6K +55% −53% $224.4M 802 $460 72

Sun Oct 13 #16 $195.0K −47% −45% $224.6M 802 $243 73

Mon Oct 14 $84.9K −56% −9% $224.7M 802 $105 74

Tue Oct 15 $51.2K −40% −55% $224.8M 802 $63 75

Wed Oct 16 $48.5K −5% −53% $224.8M 802 $60 76

Thu Oct 17 $55.0K +13% −55% $224.9M 802 $68 77

Fri Oct 18 $120.7K +120% −49% $225.0M 455 $265 78

Sat Oct 19 $191.0K +58% −48% $225.2M 455 $419 79

Sun Oct 20 $81.2K −57% −58% $225.3M 455 $178 80

Mon Oct 21 $24.7K −70% −71% $225.3M 455 $54 81

Tue Oct 22 $27.4K +11% −47% $225.3M 455 $60 82

Wed Oct 23 $24.8K −9% −49% $225.3M 455 $54 83

Thu Oct 24 $29.6K +19% −46% $225.4M 455 $65 84

Wed Jan 1 $41.4K — $225.4M 123 $336 153

Thu Jan 2 $25.5K −38% $225.4M 123 $207 154

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

Cumulative total$223.8M

Aug 2Aug 19Sep 6Sep 23Oct 10

Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.7M

$60.1M

$29.5M

$19.4M

$14.3M

$13.4M

$7.9M

$5.4M

$3.5M

$2.4M

$1.7M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,453 → 1,537 −55.5%

3,264 open1,537 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −30.1%

−51.0%

W1→2

−34.3%

W2→3

−26.2%

W3→4

−5.9%

W4→5

−41.6%

W5→6

−31.2%

W6→7

−35.2%

W7→8

−32.5%

W8→9

−30.1%

W9→10

Steepest −51.0%Best hold −5.9%

Run milestones

$200M in 36 days

$100M

Day 9

Aug 10

$200M

Day 36

Sep 6

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

#7 Biggest August openingsAll-time $60.1M #11 Biggest horror openingsAll-time $60.1M

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