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2001 • R • 2h 6m • Action, Crime, Thriller • Universal Pictures

It's not how you play the game. It's how the game plays you.

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63

3.37

7.1

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$21.70M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$62.40M

Final

Worldwide total

$143.00M

$80.70M international

Domestic legs2.88x

Budget$115M

2001 rank#38

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Cast & crew

Full Scott filmography

Tony Scott

Tony Scott Director

Robert Redford

Robert Redford Starring

Brad Pitt

Brad Pitt Starring

Catherine McCormack

Catherine McCormack Starring

Stephen Dillane

Stephen Dillane Starring

ScreenplayMichael Frost Beckner, David Arata Produced byDouglas Wick, Marc Abraham CinematographyDan Mindel MusicHarry Gregson-Williams StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 23-25 3 $21.7M — 2,770 $7,830 $30.6M

2 Nov 30-Dec 2 3 $11.0M −49.2% 2,770 $3,975 $46.7M

3 Dec 7-9 5 $4.5M −59.4% 2,770 $1,615 $53.9M

4 Dec 14-16 7 $2.5M −44.9% 2,503 $985 $57.8M

5 Dec 21-23 13 $921.6K −62.6% 834 $1,105 $59.6M

6 Dec 28-30 19 $543.9K −41.0% 475 $1,145 $60.7M

7 Jan 4-6 22 $349.8K −35.7% 424 $825 $61.5M

8 Jan 11-13 26 $238.8K −31.7% 376 $635 $61.8M

9 Jan 18-20 31 $148.0K −38.0% 293 $505 $62.0M

10 Jan 25-27 33 $116.6K −21.2% 259 $450 $62.2M

11 Feb 1-3 39 $81.0K −30.5% 205 $395 $62.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Nov 21 #3 $3.9M — $3.9M 2,761 $1,395 1

Thu Nov 22 #2 $5.0M +30% $8.9M 2,761 $1,815 2

Fri Nov 23 #3 $8.4M +68% $17.3M 2,761 $3,055 3

Sat Nov 24 #3 $8.7M +3% $26.0M 2,761 $3,145 4

Sun Nov 25 #3 $4.6M −47% $30.6M 2,761 $1,655 5

Mon Nov 26 #2 $1.3M −72% $31.8M 2,761 $456 6

Tue Nov 27 #2 $1.5M +20% $33.3M 2,761 $546 7

Wed Nov 28 #2 $1.2M −23% −70% $34.5M 2,761 $421 8

Thu Nov 29 #2 $1.2M +1% −77% $35.7M 2,761 $426 9

Fri Nov 30 #3 $3.5M +197% −59% $39.2M 2,761 $1,264 10

Sat Dec 1 #3 $4.8M +38% −45% $44.0M 2,761 $1,743 11

Sun Dec 2 #4 $2.6M −46% −43% $46.7M 2,761 $943 12

Mon Dec 3 #3 $651.0K −75% −48% $47.3M 2,761 $235 13

Tue Dec 4 #3 $788.0K +21% −48% $48.1M 2,761 $285 14

Wed Dec 5 #3 $677.0K −14% −42% $48.8M 2,761 $245 15

Thu Dec 6 #3 $717.0K +6% −39% $49.5M 2,761 $259 16

Fri Dec 7 #5 $1.4M +101% −59% $51.0M 2,761 $522 17

Sat Dec 8 #5 $2.1M +47% −56% $53.1M 2,761 $766 18

Sun Dec 9 #5 $1.0M −51% −60% $53.9M 2,761 $376 19

Mon Dec 10 #5 $332.0K −68% −49% $54.3M 2,770 $119 20

Tue Dec 11 #4 $388.0K +17% −51% $54.7M 2,770 $140 21

Wed Dec 12 #5 $346.0K −11% −49% $55.0M 2,770 $124 22

Thu Dec 13 #5 $347.0K n/c −52% $55.4M 2,770 $125 23

Fri Dec 14 #7 $730.0K +110% −49% $56.1M 2,485 $293 24

Sat Dec 15 #7 $1.1M +51% −48% $57.2M 2,485 $443 25

Sun Dec 16 #7 $650.0K −41% −38% $57.8M 2,485 $261 26

Mon Dec 17 #7 $238.0K −63% −28% $58.1M 2,503 $95 27

Tue Dec 18 #7 $264.0K +11% −32% $58.3M 2,503 $105 28

Wed Dec 19 #8 $197.0K −25% −43% $58.5M 2,503 $78 29

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

Cumulative total$58.5M

Nov 21Nov 28Dec 5Dec 12Dec 19

Weekend grossWk 10 · $116.6K

$21.7M

$11.0M

$4.5M

$2.5M

$921.6K

$543.9K

$349.8K

$238.8K

$148.0K

$116.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,770 → 2,503 −9.6%

2,761 open2,503 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −21.2%

−49.2%

W1→2

−59.4%

W2→3

−44.9%

W3→4

−62.6%

W4→5

−41.0%

W5→6

−35.7%

W6→7

−31.7%

W7→8

−38.0%

W8→9

−21.2%

W9→10

Steepest −62.6%Best hold −21.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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