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The Bourne IdentityFollow

2002 • PG-13 • 1h 59m • Action, Mystery, Thriller • Universal Pictures

He was the perfect weapon until he became the target.

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3.74

7.8

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$27.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$121.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$214.40M

$92.90M international

Domestic legs4.48x

Budget$60.0M

2002 rank#20

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Cast & crew

Full Liman filmography

Doug Liman

Doug Liman Director

Matt Damon

Matt Damon Starring

Franka Potente

Franka Potente Starring

Chris Cooper

Chris Cooper Starring

Clive Owen

Clive Owen Starring

Brian Cox

Brian Cox Starring

ScreenplayTony Gilroy, William Blake Herron Produced byDoug Liman, Patrick Crowley, Richard N. Gladstein CinematographyOliver Wood MusicJohn Powell StudioUniversal Pictures SeriesBourne

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 14-16 2 $27.1M — 2,638 $10,280 $27.1M

2 Jun 21-23 4 $15.1M −44.4% 2,643 $5,705 $54.4M

3 Jun 28-30 5 $11.2M −25.7% 2,663 $4,205 $72.9M

4 Jul 5-7 6 $9.2M −18.2% 2,512 $3,645 $89.0M

5 Jul 12-14 10 $5.8M −37.1% 2,199 $2,620 $99.0M

6 Jul 19-21 13 $3.8M −34.0% 1,629 $2,334 $105.7M

7 Jul 26-28 13 $2.6M −31.5% 1,155 $2,254 $110.2M

8 Aug 2-4 13 $1.6M −38.5% 989 $1,619 $113.1M

9 Aug 9-11 14 $811.0K −49.4% 654 $1,239 $114.7M

10 Aug 16-18 16 $684.2K −15.6% 494 $1,384 $115.9M

11 Aug 23-25 18 $603.4K −11.8% 431 $1,399 $116.9M

12 Aug 30-Sep 1 19 $770.5K +27.7% 467 $1,649 $117.9M

13 Sep 6-8 20 $534.1K −30.7% 436 $1,224 $118.9M

14 Sep 13-15 19 $504.7K −5.5% 468 $1,078 $119.5M

15 Sep 20-22 20 $362.5K −28.2% 394 $920 $120.1M

16 Sep 27-29 25 $251.0K −30.8% 297 $845 $120.5M

17 Oct 4-6 27 $196.4K −21.7% 241 $815 $120.7M

18 Oct 11-13 36 $130.4K −33.6% 161 $810 $120.9M

19 Oct 18-20 37 $119.6K −8.3% 128 $934 $121.1M

20 Oct 25-27 48 $94.8K −20.8% 117 $810 $121.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jun 14 #2 $8.8M — $8.8M 2,636 $3,338 1

Sat Jun 15 #2 $10.7M +22% $19.5M 2,636 $4,057 2

Sun Jun 16 #2 $7.6M −29% $27.1M 2,636 $2,877 3

Mon Jun 17 #2 $3.4M −55% $30.5M 2,638 $1,299 4

Tue Jun 18 #2 $3.2M −6% $33.8M 2,638 $1,225 5

Wed Jun 19 #2 $2.8M −12% $36.6M 2,638 $1,079 6

Thu Jun 20 #2 $2.7M −6% $39.3M 2,638 $1,015 7

Fri Jun 21 #4 $4.7M +77% −46% $44.0M 2,638 $1,794 8

Sat Jun 22 #4 $6.0M +27% −44% $50.0M 2,638 $2,274 9

Sun Jun 23 #4 $4.4M −26% −41% $54.4M 2,638 $1,683 10

Mon Jun 24 #4 $1.8M −59% −47% $56.2M 2,643 $684 11

Tue Jun 25 #4 $1.9M +4% −42% $58.1M 2,643 $709 12

Wed Jun 26 #4 $1.8M −3% −36% $59.9M 2,643 $689 13

Thu Jun 27 #4 $1.8M −1% −32% $61.7M 2,643 $684 14

Fri Jun 28 #5 $3.2M +76% −33% $64.9M 2,662 $1,194 15

Sat Jun 29 #5 $4.3M +35% −28% $69.2M 2,662 $1,615 16

Sun Jun 30 #5 $3.4M −21% −23% $72.9M 2,662 $1,280 17

Mon Jul 1 #5 $1.5M −55% −16% $74.4M 2,663 $570 18

Tue Jul 2 #5 $1.5M +1% −18% $76.0M 2,663 $574 19

Wed Jul 3 #6 $1.7M +14% −4% $77.7M 2,512 $694 20

Thu Jul 4 #6 $2.2M +24% +20% $79.9M 2,512 $862 21

Fri Jul 5 #6 $3.1M +43% −2% $83.0M 2,512 $1,235 22

Sat Jul 6 #6 $3.5M +13% −19% $86.5M 2,512 $1,395 23

Sun Jul 7 #6 $2.5M −27% −25% $89.0M 2,512 $1,014 24

Mon Jul 8 #6 $1.0M −60% −33% $90.0M 2,512 $404 25

Tue Jul 9 #6 $1.1M +12% −25% $91.2M 2,512 $455 26

Wed Jul 10 #6 $1.1M −6% −38% $92.3M 2,512 $429 27

Thu Jul 11 #6 $1.0M −7% −54% $93.3M 2,512 $400 28

Fri Jul 12 #10 $1.6M +60% −48% $94.9M 2,191 $733 29

Sat Jul 13 #10 $2.4M +49% −32% $97.3M 2,191 $1,095 30

Sun Jul 14 #10 $1.7M −31% −35% $99.0M 2,191 $757 31

Mon Jul 15 #10 $660.0K −60% −35% $99.7M 2,199 $300 32

Tue Jul 16 #10 $770.0K +17% −33% $100.5M 2,199 $350 33

Sun Jul 21 #13 $1.1M — −34% $106.7M 1,629 $673 38

Sat Jul 27 #11 $1.0M — $109.2M 1,155 $908 44

Sun Jul 28 #12 $716.1K −32% −35% $110.2M 1,155 $619 45

Mon Jul 29 #14 $306.1K −57% $110.5M 1,155 $265 46

Tue Jul 30 #13 $352.3K +15% $110.9M 1,155 $305 47

Wed Jul 31 #13 $317.6K −10% $111.2M 1,155 $275 48

Thu Aug 1 #13 $323.4K +2% $111.5M 1,155 $280 49

Fri Aug 2 #13 $494.5K +53% $112.0M 989 $499 50

Sat Aug 3 #12 $647.8K +31% −38% $112.7M 989 $655 51

Sun Aug 4 #13 $459.9K −29% −36% $113.1M 989 $464 52

Fri Aug 9 #13 $248.5K — −50% $114.2M 654 $380 57

Sat Aug 10 #13 $343.3K +38% −47% $114.5M 654 $524 58

Sun Aug 11 #14 $219.1K −36% −52% $114.7M 654 $335 59

Fri Aug 16 #16 $207.5K — −17% $115.4M 494 $419 64

Sat Aug 17 #16 $289.0K +39% −16% $115.7M 494 $585 65

Sun Aug 18 #16 $187.7K −35% −14% $115.9M 494 $380 66

Fri Aug 23 #17 $187.5K — −10% $116.4M 431 $435 71

Sat Aug 24 #17 $258.6K +38% −11% $116.7M 431 $599 72

Sun Aug 25 #17 $157.3K −39% −16% $116.9M 431 $365 73

Fri Aug 30 #12 $185.0K — −1% $117.3M 480 $385 78

Sat Aug 31 #12 $266.0K +44% +3% $117.6M 480 $554 79

Sun Sep 1 #12 $298.0K +12% +89% $117.9M 480 $620 80

Mon Sep 2 #19 $233.5K −22% $118.1M 480 $486 81

Sun Sep 8 #19 $124.3K — −58% $118.9M 436 $285 87

Fri Sep 20 #17 $112.3K — $119.8M 394 $285 99

Sat Sep 21 #17 $171.4K +53% $120.0M 394 $435 100

Sun Sep 22 #20 $78.8K −54% $120.1M 394 $200 101

Fri Sep 27 #18 $80.2K — −29% $120.3M 297 $270 106

Sat Sep 28 #18 $115.8K +44% −32% $120.4M 297 $390 107

Sun Sep 29 #19 $54.9K −53% −30% $120.5M 297 $185 108

Fri Oct 4 #19 $62.7K — −22% $120.6M 241 $260 113

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

Cumulative total$115.9M

Jun 14Jun 26Jul 8Jul 29Aug 18

Weekend grossWk 10 · $684.2K

$27.1M

$15.1M

$11.2M

$9.2M

$5.8M

$3.8M

$2.6M

$1.6M

$811.0K

$684.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,663 → 494 −81.4%

2,636 open494 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −15.6%

−44.4%

W1→2

−25.7%

W2→3

−18.2%

W3→4

−37.1%

W4→5

−34.0%

W5→6

−31.5%

W6→7

−38.5%

W7→8

−49.4%

W8→9

−15.6%

W9→10

Steepest −49.4%Best hold −15.6%

Run milestones

$100M in 33 days

$100M

Day 33

Jul 16

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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