The BodyguardFollow

Name: The Bodyguard
Director: Mick Jackson
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Released: 1992
Cast: Kevin Costner, Whitney Houston, Gary Kemp, Bill Cobbs, Ralph Waite

1992 • R • 2h 9m • Action, Drama, Romance • Warner Bros.

Never let her out of your sight. Never let your guard down. Never fall in love.

🍅 38% 64%

3.30

6.4

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$16.60M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$122.00M

All releases

Worldwide total

$411.00M

$289.00M international

Domestic legs7.3x

Budget$25M

1992 rank#7

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Cast & crew

Kevin Costner Starring

Whitney Houston Starring

Bill Cobbs Starring

Ralph Waite Starring

ScreenplayLawrence Kasdan Produced byKevin Costner, Lawrence Kasdan, Jim Wilson CinematographyAndrew Dunn Music byAlan Silvestri StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 27-29 3 $16.6M — 1,717 $9,675 $24.4M

2 Dec 4-6 2 $11.1M −33.1% 1,806 $6,151 $40.4M

3 Dec 11-13 3 $7.4M −33.1% 1,806 $4,113 $51.3M

4 Dec 18-20 5 $5.4M −26.8% 1,806 $3,009 $59.3M

5 Dec 25-27 4 $8.8M +61.5% 1,806 $4,859 $72.2M

6 Jan 1-3 4 $8.7M −1.3% 1,806 $4,797 $88.2M

7 Jan 8-10 4 $5.2M −39.6% 1,747 $2,996 $95.8M

8 Jan 15-17 7 $4.8M −7.5% 1,705 $2,839 $102.2M

9 Jan 22-24 8 $3.1M −36.6% 1,540 $1,992 $106.2M

10 Jan 29-31 10 $2.2M −29.8% 1,413 $1,525 $109.2M

11 Feb 5-7 11 $1.7M −21.7% 1,187 $1,421 $111.6M

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

Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.2M

$16.6M

$11.1M

$7.4M

$5.4M

$8.8M

$8.7M

$5.2M

$4.8M

$3.1M

$2.2M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −29.8%

−33.1%

W1→2

−33.1%

W2→3

−26.8%

W3→4

+61.5%

W4→5

−1.3%

W5→6

−39.6%

W6→7

−7.5%

W7→8

−36.6%

W8→9

−29.8%

W9→10

Steepest −39.6%Biggest gain +61.5%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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