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2003 • R • 2h 1m • Action, Drama, War • Revolution Studios

He was trained to follow orders. He became a hero by defying them.

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3.14

6.6

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$17.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$43.60M

Final

Worldwide total

$85.60M

$42.00M international

Domestic legs2.6x

Budget$75M

2003 rank#68

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Cast & crew

Full Fuqua filmography

Antoine Fuqua

Antoine Fuqua Director

Bruce Willis

Bruce Willis Starring

Monica Bellucci

Monica Bellucci Starring

Cole Hauser

Cole Hauser Starring

Tom Skerritt

Tom Skerritt Starring

ScreenplayAlex Lasker, Patrick Cirillo Produced byIan Bryce, Mike Lobell, Arnold Rifkin CinematographyMauro Fiore Music byHans Zimmer StudioRevolution Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 7-9 2 $17.1M — 2,973 $5,737 $17.1M

2 Mar 14-16 4 $8.7M −49.0% 2,973 $2,928 $30.7M

3 Mar 21-23 8 $4.4M −49.0% 2,810 $1,579 $37.9M

4 Mar 28-30 13 $2.0M −54.8% 1,764 $1,137 $41.4M

5 Apr 4-6 20 $705.7K −64.8% 855 $825 $42.8M

6 Apr 11-13 30 $210.1K −70.2% 343 $613 $43.3M

7 Apr 18-20 48 $89.1K −57.6% 123 $725 $43.4M

8 Apr 25-27 56 $44.8K −49.7% 71 $631 $43.5M

9 May 2-4 74 $20.6K −54.0% 71 $290 $43.5M

11 May 16-18 43 $63.8K — 133 $480 $43.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Mar 7 #2 $5.8M — $5.8M 2,973 $1,953 1

Sat Mar 8 #2 $6.7M +16.1% $12.5M 2,973 $2,267 2

Sun Mar 9 #2 $4.5M −33.1% $17.1M 2,973 $1,517 3

Mon Mar 10 #2 $1.3M −70.2% $18.4M 2,973 $453 4

Tue Mar 11 #2 $1.4M +0.9% $19.8M 2,973 $457 5

Wed Mar 12 #2 $1.1M −16.0% $20.9M 2,973 $384 6

Thu Mar 13 #2 $1.1M −2.4% $22.0M 2,973 $375 7

Fri Mar 14 #4 $2.6M +130.0% −55.9% $24.6M 2,973 $862 8

Sat Mar 15 #4 $3.7M +44.0% −45.3% $28.3M 2,973 $1,241 9

Sun Mar 16 #4 $2.5M −33.4% −45.6% $30.7M 2,973 $826 10

Mon Mar 17 #4 $662.0K −73.0% −50.8% $31.4M 2,973 $223 11

Tue Mar 18 #5 $802.0K +21.1% −40.9% $32.2M 2,973 $270 12

Wed Mar 19 #5 $647.0K −19.3% −43.3% $32.8M 2,973 $218 13

Thu Mar 20 #5 $653.0K +0.9% −41.4% $33.5M 2,973 $220 14

Fri Mar 21 #8 $1.3M +95.9% −50.1% $34.8M 2,810 $455 15

Sat Mar 22 #8 $2.1M +62.7% −43.6% $36.8M 2,810 $741 16

Sun Mar 23 #8 $1.1M −48.3% −56.2% $37.9M 2,810 $383 17

Mon Mar 24 #8 $363.0K −66.2% −45.2% $38.3M 2,810 $129 18

Tue Mar 25 #8 $403.0K +11.0% −49.8% $38.7M 2,810 $143 19

Wed Mar 26 #8 $366.0K −9.2% −43.4% $39.1M 2,810 $130 20

Thu Mar 27 #8 $374.0K +2.2% −42.7% $39.4M 2,810 $133 21

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

Cumulative total$39.4M

Mar 7Mar 12Mar 17Mar 22Mar 27

Weekend grossWk 9 · $20.6K

$17.1M

$8.7M

$4.4M

$2.0M

$705.7K

$210.1K

$89.1K

$44.8K

$20.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9

Theater countPeak 2,973 → 2,810 −5.5%

2,973 open2,810 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −54.0%

−49.0%

W1→2

−49.0%

W2→3

−54.8%

W3→4

−64.8%

W4→5

−70.2%

W5→6

−57.6%

W6→7

−49.7%

W7→8

−54.0%

W8→9

Steepest −70.2%Best hold −49.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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