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1999 • R • 1h 43m • Action, Adventure, History • Touchstone Pictures

Prey for the living.

🍅 34% 66%

42

3.17

6.6

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$10.30M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$32.70M

Final

Worldwide total

$61.70M

$29.00M international

Domestic legs3.2x

Budget$125M

1999 rank#63

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Cast & crew

Full McTiernan filmography

John McTiernan

John McTiernan Director

Antonio Banderas

Antonio Banderas Starring

Omar Sharif

Omar Sharif Starring

Tony Curran

Tony Curran Starring

ScreenplayWilliam Wisher, Warren Lewis Produced byJohn McTiernan, Michael Crichton, Ned Dowd CinematographyPeter Menzies Jr. Music byJerry Goldsmith StudioTouchstone Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 27-29 2 $10.3M — 2,306 $4,453 $10.3M

2 Sep 3-6 3 $8.5M −17.4% 2,313 $3,665 $22.4M

3 Sep 10-12 6 $3.0M −64.3% 2,283 $1,326 $26.8M

4 Sep 17-19 9 $1.7M −44.9% 1,969 $847 $29.5M

5 Sep 24-26 14 $758.2K −54.5% 1,137 $667 $30.9M

6 Oct 1-3 19 $281.5K −62.9% 469 $600 $31.5M

7 Oct 8-10 28 $178.4K −36.6% 306 $583 $31.8M

8 Oct 15-17 36 $110.2K −38.2% 193 $571 $32.0M

9 Oct 22-24 32 $184.2K +67.1% 359 $513 $32.2M

10 Oct 29-31 40 $101.6K −44.8% 250 $406 $32.4M

11 Nov 5-7 44 $88.5K −12.9% 181 $489 $32.5M

12 Nov 12-14 53 $53.3K −39.8% 122 $437 $32.6M

13 Nov 19-21 65 $26.5K −50.2% 71 $374 $32.7M

14 Nov 26-28 78 $9.3K −65.0% 24 $387 $32.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Aug 27 #2 $3.4M — $3.4M 2,306 $1,466 1

Sat Aug 28 #2 $3.8M +13.1% $7.2M 2,306 $1,659 2

Sun Aug 29 #2 $2.9M −23.4% $10.3M 2,306 $1,271 3

Mon Aug 30 #2 $1.0M −65.3% $11.3M 2,306 $440 4

Tue Aug 31 #2 $1.1M +4.9% $12.3M 2,306 $462 5

Wed Sep 1 #2 $817.2K −23.3% $13.2M 2,306 $354 6

Thu Sep 2 #2 $750.1K −8.2% $13.9M 2,306 $325 7

Fri Sep 3 #2 $1.6M +113.3% −52.7% $15.5M 2,312 $692 8

Sat Sep 4 #3 $2.3M +42.7% −40.3% $17.8M 2,312 $987 9

Sun Sep 5 #3 $2.5M +9.5% −14.7% $20.3M 2,313 $1,081 10

Mon Sep 6 #2 $1.9M −25.0% +84.7% $22.4M 2,313 $811 11

Tue Sep 7 #2 $561.3K −70.1% −47.3% $23.0M 2,313 $243 12

Wed Sep 8 #2 $447.4K −20.3% −45.3% $23.4M 2,313 $193 13

Thu Sep 9 #2 $384.2K −14.1% −48.8% $23.8M 2,313 $166 14

Fri Sep 10 #6 $845.0K +120.0% −47.2% $24.6M 2,313 $365 15

Sat Sep 11 #7 $1.3M +48.9% −44.9% $25.9M 2,283 $551 16

Sun Sep 12 #5 $814.0K −35.3% −67.4% $26.8M 2,283 $357 17

Mon Sep 13 #4 $239.2K −70.6% −87.3% $27.1M 2,283 $105 18

Tue Sep 14 #6 $284.8K +19.1% −49.3% $27.3M 2,283 $125 19

Wed Sep 15 #6 $259.1K −9.0% −42.1% $27.6M 2,283 $113 20

Thu Sep 16 #5 $262.3K +1.2% −31.7% $27.9M 2,283 $115 21

Fri Sep 17 #9 $460.0K +75.4% −45.6% $28.3M 1,974 $233 22

Sat Sep 18 #9 $627.0K +36.3% −50.2% $28.9M 1,974 $318 23

Sun Sep 19 #7 $498.0K −20.6% −38.8% $29.5M 1,974 $252 24

Mon Sep 20 #7 $155.0K −68.9% −35.2% $29.7M 1,969 $79 25

Tue Sep 21 #8 $194.0K +25.2% −31.9% $29.9M 1,969 $99 26

Wed Sep 22 #8 $156.1K −19.5% −39.8% $30.0M 1,969 $79 27

Thu Sep 23 #8 $151.1K −3.2% −42.4% $30.2M 1,969 $77 28

Fri Sep 24 #14 $184.0K +21.8% −60.0% $30.4M 1,136 $162 29

Sat Sep 25 #14 $311.0K +69.0% −50.4% $30.7M 1,136 $274 30

Sun Sep 26 #13 $206.0K −33.8% −58.6% $30.9M 1,137 $181 31

Mon Sep 27 #14 $62.2K −69.8% −59.9% $31.0M 1,137 $55 32

Tue Sep 28 #12 $77.4K +24.5% −60.1% $31.1M 1,137 $68 33

Wed Sep 29 #12 $67.4K −12.8% −56.8% $31.1M 1,137 $59 34

Thu Sep 30 #12 $67.1K −0.4% −55.6% $31.2M 1,137 $59 35

Fri Oct 1 #19 $68.0K +1.3% −63.0% $31.3M 472 $144 36

Sat Oct 2 #18 $105.0K +54.4% −66.2% $31.4M 472 $222 37

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

Cumulative total$31.4M

Aug 27Sep 5Sep 14Sep 23Oct 2

Weekend grossWk 10 · $101.6K

$10.3M

$8.5M

$3.0M

$1.7M

$758.2K

$281.5K

$178.4K

$110.2K

$184.2K

$101.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,313 → 472 −79.6%

2,306 open472 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −44.8%

−17.4%

W1→2

−64.3%

W2→3

−44.9%

W3→4

−54.5%

W4→5

−62.9%

W5→6

−36.6%

W6→7

−38.2%

W7→8

+67.1%

W8→9

−44.8%

W9→10

Steepest −64.3%Biggest gain +67.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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