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2004 • R • 1h 53m • Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller • New Line Cinema

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3.61

7.6

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$17.10M

3-day opening, 2,605 theaters

Domestic total

$57.90M

Final

Worldwide total

$95.60M

$37.70M international

Domestic legs3.4x

Budget$13M

2004 rank#55

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Cast & crew

Ashton Kutcher

Ashton Kutcher Starring

Amy Smart

Amy Smart Starring

Eric Stoltz

Eric Stoltz Starring

Logan Lerman

Logan Lerman Starring

ScreenplayEric Bress, J. Mackye Gruber Produced byChris Bender, A.J. Dix, Anthony Rhulen, J.C. Spink CinematographyMatthew F. Leonetti StudioNew Line Cinema

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jan 23-25 1 $17.1M — 2,605 $6,551 $17.1M

2 Jan 30-Feb 1 2 $9.6M −44.0% 2,605 $3,668 $31.7M

3 Feb 6-8 5 $6.5M −31.8% 2,519 $2,585 $41.3M

4 Feb 13-15 4 $5.3M −19.3% 2,288 $2,296 $48.5M

5 Feb 20-22 9 $3.0M −43.4% 1,901 $1,565 $53.2M

6 Feb 27-29 16 $1.3M −57.8% 1,035 $1,212 $55.4M

7 Mar 5-7 18 $520.8K −58.5% 554 $940 $56.4M

8 Mar 12-14 28 $267.4K −48.7% 312 $857 $56.9M

9 Mar 19-21 31 $160.2K −40.1% 226 $709 $57.2M

10 Mar 26-28 38 $100.4K −37.3% 154 $652 $57.4M

11 Apr 2-4 36 $98.9K −1.5% 157 $630 $57.5M

12 Apr 9-11 42 $73.4K −25.8% 138 $532 $57.7M

17 May 14-16 74 $24.7K −66.4% 41 $602 $57.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jan 23 #1 $6.2M — $6.2M 2,605 $2,380 1

Sat Jan 24 #2 $6.9M +11% $12.9M 2,605 $2,640 2

Sun Jan 25 #1 $4.1M −40% $17.1M 2,605 $1,590 3

Mon Jan 26 #1 $1.3M −69% $18.4M 2,605 $498 4

Tue Jan 27 #1 $1.2M −4% $19.6M 2,605 $476 5

Wed Jan 28 #1 $1.3M +1% $20.9M 2,605 $482 6

Thu Jan 29 #1 $1.2M −2% $22.2M 2,605 $470 7

Fri Jan 30 #2 $3.4M +178% −45% $25.6M 2,605 $1,305 8

Sat Jan 31 #3 $4.6M +35% −33% $30.2M 2,605 $1,760 9

Sun Feb 1 #3 $1.5M −67% −63% $31.7M 2,605 $583 10

Mon Feb 2 #1 $819.0K −46% −37% $32.6M 2,605 $314 11

Tue Feb 3 #1 $832.0K +2% −33% $33.4M 2,605 $319 12

Wed Feb 4 #1 $710.0K −15% −43% $34.1M 2,605 $273 13

Thu Feb 5 #1 $678.0K −5% −45% $34.8M 2,605 $260 14

Fri Feb 6 #4 $2.0M +195% −41% $36.8M 2,519 $794 15

Sat Feb 7 #5 $2.9M +43% −38% $39.6M 2,519 $1,136 16

Sun Feb 8 #5 $1.7M −40% +13% $41.3M 2,519 $679 17

Mon Feb 9 #3 $485.0K −72% −41% $41.8M 2,519 $193 18

Tue Feb 10 #3 $524.0K +8% −37% $42.3M 2,519 $208 19

Wed Feb 11 #3 $438.0K −16% −38% $42.8M 2,519 $174 20

Thu Feb 12 #3 $476.0K +9% −30% $43.2M 2,519 $189 21

Fri Feb 13 #4 $1.2M +152% −40% $44.4M 2,288 $524 22

Sat Feb 14 #4 $2.7M +125% −6% $47.0M 2,288 $1,177 23

Sun Feb 15 #6 $1.5M −46% −15% $48.5M 2,288 $635 24

Mon Feb 16 #7 $705.0K −51% +45% $49.2M 2,288 $308 25

Tue Feb 17 #4 $445.0K −37% −15% $49.6M 2,288 $194 26

Wed Feb 18 #4 $374.0K −16% −15% $50.0M 2,288 $163 27

Thu Feb 19 #4 $328.0K −12% −31% $50.2M 2,288 $143 28

Fri Feb 20 #8 $800.0K +144% −33% $51.0M 1,901 $421 29

Sat Feb 21 #9 $1.3M +65% −51% $52.4M 1,901 $693 30

Sun Feb 22 #8 $805.0K −39% −45% $53.2M 1,901 $423 31

Mon Feb 23 #8 $244.0K −70% −65% $53.5M 1,901 $128 32

Tue Feb 24 #8 $280.0K +15% −37% $53.7M 1,901 $147 33

Wed Feb 25 #9 $235.0K −16% −37% $54.0M 1,901 $124 34

Thu Feb 26 #10 $202.0K −14% −38% $54.1M 1,901 $106 35

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

Cumulative total$54.1M

Jan 23Feb 1Feb 9Feb 18Feb 26

Weekend grossWk 10 · $100.4K

$17.1M

$9.6M

$6.5M

$5.3M

$3.0M

$1.3M

$520.8K

$267.4K

$160.2K

$100.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,605 → 1,901 −27.0%

2,605 open1,901 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −37.3%

−44.0%

W1→2

−31.8%

W2→3

−19.3%

W3→4

−43.4%

W4→5

−57.8%

W5→6

−58.5%

W6→7

−48.7%

W7→8

−40.1%

W8→9

−37.3%

W9→10

Steepest −58.5%Best hold −19.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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