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The Art of WarFollow

2000 • R • 1h 57m • Action, Adventure, Crime • Warner Bros.

Do you know who your enemy is?

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$10.40M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$30.20M
Final
Worldwide total
$40.40M
$10.20M international
Domestic legs2.9x
Budget$40M

Cast & crew

Wesley Snipes Wesley Snipes Starring Donald Sutherland Donald Sutherland Starring Anne Archer Anne Archer Starring Maury Chaykin Maury Chaykin Starring Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa Starring Michael Biehn Michael Biehn Starring
ScreenplaySimon Barry, Wayne Beach Produced byNicolas Clermont CinematographyPierre Gill MusicNormand Corbeil Prod. DesignAnne Pritchard StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Aug 25-27 2 $10.4M — 2,630 $3,959 $10.4M
2 Sep 1-4 4 $7.7M −26.2% 2,630 $2,922 $10.4M
3 Sep 8-10 7 $2.5M −67.8% 2,370 $1,045 $25.0M
4 Sep 15-17 11 $1.6M −37.3% 1,705 $911 $27.4M
5 Sep 22-24 17 $831.1K −46.5% 1,085 $766 $28.7M
6 Sep 29-Oct 1 21 $439.2K −47.2% 720 $610 $29.5M
7 Oct 6-8 38 $144.2K −67.2% 308 $468 $29.7M
8 Oct 13-15 31 $204.7K +41.9% 252 $812 $30.0M
9 Oct 20-22 56 $50.3K −75.4% 144 $349 $30.1M
11 Nov 3-5 63 $27.8K — 86 $323 $30.2M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 9 · $50.3K
$10.4M
$7.7M
$2.5M
$1.6M
$831.1K
$439.2K
$144.2K
$204.7K
$50.3K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −75.4%
−26.2%
W1→2
−67.8%
W2→3
−37.3%
W3→4
−46.5%
W4→5
−47.2%
W5→6
−67.2%
W6→7
+41.9%
W7→8
−75.4%
W8→9
Steepest −75.4%Biggest gain +41.9%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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