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1997 • PG-13 • 1h 36m • Action, Fantasy, Horror • New Line Cinema

Born in darkness. Sworn to justice.

🍅 17% 37% MC 34 LB 2.24 IMDb 5.2

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$19.70M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$55.00M
Final
Worldwide total
$87.90M
$33.00M international
Domestic legs2.8x
Budget$40M
1997 rank#31
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Cast & crew

Michael Jai White Michael Jai White Starring John Leguizamo John Leguizamo Starring Martin Sheen Martin Sheen Starring Theresa Randle Theresa Randle Starring D. B. Sweeney D. B. Sweeney Starring Miko Hughes Miko Hughes Starring
ScreenplayAlan B. McElroy Produced byClint Goldman CinematographyGuillermo Navarro Music byGraeme Revell StudioNew Line Cinema

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Aug 1-3 2 $19.7M — 2,536 $7,783 $21.2M
2 Aug 8-10 3 $8.9M −54.7% 2,604 $3,437 $37.7M
3 Aug 15-17 5 $5.0M −44.3% 2,478 $2,012 $46.7M
4 Aug 22-24 13 $1.6M −68.5% 1,408 $1,114 $50.3M
5 Aug 29-Sep 1 19 $957.5K −39.0% 709 $1,351 $51.9M
6 Sep 5-7 23 $461.9K −51.8% 570 $810 $52.5M
7 Sep 12-14 25 $324.9K −29.7% 426 $763 $52.9M
8 Sep 19-21 27 $222.7K −31.4% 354 $629 $53.2M
9 Sep 26-28 32 $121.0K −45.7% 198 $611 $53.4M
10 Oct 3-5 39 $58.6K −51.6% 119 $492 $53.5M
11 Oct 10-12 21 $346.1K +490.8% 465 $744 $53.9M
12 Oct 17-19 26 $263.4K −23.9% 390 $675 $54.3M
13 Oct 24-26 29 $191.8K −27.2% 332 $578 $54.5M
14 Oct 31-Nov 2 35 $124.4K −35.2% 252 $494 $54.7M
15 Nov 7-9 41 $78.5K −36.9% 151 $520 $54.8M
17 Nov 21-23 54 $22.7K — 37 $613 $54.9M
18 Nov 28-30 58 $24.7K +9.0% 39 $634 $55.0M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $58.6K
$19.7M
$8.9M
$5.0M
$1.6M
$957.5K
$461.9K
$324.9K
$222.7K
$121.0K
$58.6K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −51.6%
−54.7%
W1→2
−44.3%
W2→3
−68.5%
W3→4
−39.0%
W4→5
−51.8%
W5→6
−29.7%
W6→7
−31.4%
W7→8
−45.7%
W8→9
−51.6%
W9→10
Steepest −68.5%Best hold −29.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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