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2005 • R • 2h 4m • Crime, Thriller • Dimension Films

There is no justice without sin.

🍅 76% 78%

74

3.70

8.0

CS B

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$29.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$74.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$159.00M

$84.60M international

Domestic legs2.5x

Budget$40.0M

2005 rank#33

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Cast & crew

Full Miller filmography

Frank Miller

Frank Miller Director

Robert Rodriguez

Robert Rodriguez Director

Bruce Willis

Bruce Willis Starring

Jessica Alba

Jessica Alba Starring

Clive Owen

Clive Owen Starring

Mickey Rourke

Mickey Rourke Starring

ScreenplayFrank Miller, Robert Rodriguez Produced byElizabeth Avellán, Robert Rodriguez CinematographyRobert Rodriguez MusicJohn Debney, Graeme Revell, Robert Rodriguez StudioDimension Films

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

6 May 6-8 18 $348.0K — 1,002 $347 $72.0M

7 May 13-15 19 $346.9K −0.3% 343 $1,011 $73.0M

8 May 20-22 24 $136.4K −60.7% 188 $725 $73.2M

9 May 27-29 28 $87.2K −36.1% 108 $807 $73.4M

14 Jul 1-3 36 $78.3K −10.3% 173 $452 $73.8M

15 Jul 8-10 40 $68.6K −12.3% 155 $442 $73.9M

16 Jul 15-17 52 $35.8K −47.9% 104 $343 $74.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Apr 1 #1 $11.9M — $11.9M 3,230 $3,684 1

Sat Apr 2 #1 $10.2M −14% $22.1M 3,230 $3,157 2

Sun Apr 3 #1 $7.0M −31% $29.1M 3,230 $2,167 3

Mon Apr 4 #1 $2.5M −65% $31.6M 3,230 $766 4

Tue Apr 5 #1 $2.5M n/c $34.1M 3,230 $766 5

Wed Apr 6 #1 $2.1M −15% $36.2M 3,230 $654 6

Thu Apr 7 #1 $1.7M −19% $36.6M 3,230 $527 7

Fri Apr 8 #3 $4.5M +164% −62% $41.1M 3,230 $1,393 8

Sat Apr 9 #2 $5.9M +31% −42% $47.0M 3,230 $1,826 9

Sun Apr 10 #2 $3.7M −37% −47% $50.8M 3,230 $1,145 10

Mon Apr 11 #2 $1.3M −65% −48% $52.1M 3,230 $399 11

Tue Apr 12 #2 $1.3M +2% −47% $53.4M 3,230 $408 12

Wed Apr 13 #2 $1.1M −17% −48% $54.5M 3,230 $339 13

Thu Apr 14 #2 $841.0K −23% −51% $54.6M 3,230 $260 14

Fri Apr 15 #4 $2.1M +150% −53% $56.7M 3,002 $699 15

Sat Apr 16 #4 $2.8M +33% −53% $59.5M 3,002 $932 16

Sun Apr 17 #4 $1.8M −36% −51% $61.3M 3,002 $599 17

Mon Apr 18 #3 $697.0K −61% −46% $62.0M 3,002 $232 18

Tue Apr 19 #3 $693.0K −1% −47% $62.7M 3,002 $230 19

Wed Apr 20 #3 $658.0K −5% −40% $63.4M 3,002 $219 20

Thu Apr 21 #4 $554.0K −16% −34% $63.5M 3,002 $184 21

Fri Apr 22 #7 $1.1M +99% −48% $64.6M 2,343 $469 22

Sat Apr 23 #8 $1.6M +45% −43% $66.2M 2,343 $682 23

Sun Apr 24 #7 $1.1M −31% −39% $67.3M 2,343 $469 24

Mon Apr 25 #6 $427.0K −61% −39% $67.7M 2,343 $182 25

Tue Apr 26 #6 $420.0K −2% −39% $68.1M 2,343 $179 26

Wed Apr 27 #6 $412.0K −2% −37% $68.5M 2,343 $175 27

Thu Apr 28 #7 $308.0K −25% −44% $68.6M 2,343 $131 28

Fri Apr 29 #10 $600.0K +95% −45% $69.2M 1,665 $360 29

Sun May 1 #10 $500.0K — −55% $70.6M 1,665 $300 31

Mon May 2 #8 $233.0K −53% −45% $70.8M 1,665 $139 32

Tue May 3 #8 $244.0K +5% −42% $71.1M 1,665 $146 33

Wed May 4 #8 $232.0K −5% −44% $71.3M 1,665 $139 34

Thu May 5 #9 $167.0K −28% −46% $71.4M 1,665 $100 35

Mon May 9 #10 $125.0K — −46% $72.3M 1,002 $124 39

Tue May 10 #10 $130.0K +4% −47% $72.5M 1,002 $129 40

Wed May 11 #10 $128.0K −2% −45% $72.6M 1,002 $127 41

Mon May 30 #29 $25.4K — $73.4M 108 $234 60

Mon Jul 4 #37 $14.5K — $73.8M 173 $84 95

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

Cumulative total$73.4M

Apr 1Apr 10Apr 20Apr 29May 30

Weekend grossWk 9 · $87.2K

$348.0K

$346.9K

$136.4K

$87.2K

W6W7W8W9

Theater countPeak 3,230 → 108 −96.7%

3,230 open108 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −36.1%

−0.3%

W6→7

−60.7%

W7→8

−36.1%

W8→9

Steepest −60.7%Best hold −0.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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