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2000 • R • 1h 47m • Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi • New Line Cinema

Enter the mind of a killer.

🍅 46% 57%

40

3.28

6.4

CS C+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$17.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$61.30M

Final

Worldwide total

$104.00M

$42.80M international

Domestic legs3.50x

Budget$33.0M

2000 rank#39

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Cast & crew

Full Singh filmography

Tarsem Singh

Tarsem Singh Director

Jennifer Lopez

Jennifer Lopez Starring

Vince Vaughn

Vince Vaughn Starring

Vincent D'Onofrio

Vincent D'Onofrio Starring

ScreenplayMark Protosevich Produced byJulio Caro, Eric McLeod CinematographyPaul Laufer MusicHoward Shore StudioNew Line Cinema

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 18-20 1 $17.5M — 2,411 $7,264 $17.5M

2 Aug 25-27 3 $9.7M −44.8% 2,430 $3,981 $33.7M

3 Sep 1-4 2 $8.9M −7.7% 2,444 $3,653 $46.3M

4 Sep 8-10 4 $3.7M −59.1% 2,476 $1,475 $51.3M

5 Sep 15-17 6 $2.4M −33.0% 2,250 $1,088 $55.0M

6 Sep 22-24 11 $1.6M −34.5% 1,903 $842 $57.4M

7 Sep 29-Oct 1 13 $1.0M −35.1% 1,423 $731 $59.1M

8 Oct 6-8 17 $529.4K −49.1% 774 $683 $60.0M

9 Oct 13-15 26 $220.9K −58.3% 395 $559 $60.4M

10 Oct 20-22 37 $112.4K −49.1% 232 $484 $60.6M

11 Oct 27-29 53 $46.7K −58.4% 121 $386 $60.7M

12 Nov 24-26 28 $138.1K +195.4% 243 $568 $61.0M

13 Dec 1-3 28 $95.4K −30.9% 227 $420 $61.2M

14 Dec 8-10 37 $49.1K −48.5% 160 $306 $61.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Aug 18 #1 $6.0M — $6.0M 2,411 $2,491 1

Sat Aug 19 #1 $5.6M −7% $11.6M 2,411 $2,326 2

Sun Aug 20 #1 $5.2M −8% $17.5M 2,411 $2,138 3

Mon Aug 21 #1 $2.1M −60% $19.6M 2,411 $857 4

Tue Aug 22 #1 $2.1M +3% $21.7M 2,411 $880 5

Wed Aug 23 #1 $1.6M −25% $23.3M 2,411 $662 6

Thu Aug 24 #1 $1.7M +5% $25.0M 2,411 $695 7

Fri Aug 25 #3 $2.9M +71% −52% $27.8M 2,411 $1,186 8

Sat Aug 26 #2 $3.7M +30% −34% $31.6M 2,411 $1,545 9

Sun Aug 27 #3 $2.9M −21% −43% $33.7M 2,411 $1,214 10

Mon Aug 28 #2 $1.1M −64% −49% $34.8M 2,430 $433 11

Tue Aug 29 #2 $1.1M +7% −47% $35.9M 2,430 $465 12

Wed Aug 30 #2 $878.5K −22% −45% $36.8M 2,430 $361 13

Thu Aug 31 #2 $849.5K −3% −49% $37.7M 2,430 $349 14

Fri Sep 1 #3 $1.8M +109% −38% $39.4M 2,444 $725 15

Sat Sep 2 #2 $2.5M +43% −32% $42.0M 2,444 $1,036 16

Sun Sep 3 #2 $2.5M −3% −16% $44.4M 2,444 $1,009 17

Mon Sep 4 #3 $1.8M −26% +74% $46.3M 2,444 $750 18

Tue Sep 5 #1 $611.7K −67% −46% $46.9M 2,444 $250 19

Wed Sep 6 #1 $481.5K −21% −45% $47.4M 2,444 $196 20

Thu Sep 7 #1 $448.8K −7% −47% $47.8M 2,444 $183 21

Fri Sep 8 #4 $993.0K +121% −44% $48.8M 2,476 $401 22

Sat Sep 9 #4 $1.6M +56% −39% $50.4M 2,476 $627 23

Sun Sep 10 #4 $1.0M −34% −58% $51.3M 2,476 $414 24

Mon Sep 11 #3 $322.6K −69% −82% $51.7M 2,476 $130 25

Tue Sep 12 #3 $417.2K +29% −32% $52.1M 2,476 $168 26

Wed Sep 13 #3 $308.1K −26% −36% $52.4M 2,476 $124 27

Thu Sep 14 #3 $304.7K −1% −32% $52.7M 2,476 $123 28

Fri Sep 15 #7 $705.0K +131% −29% $53.4M 2,250 $313 29

Sat Sep 16 #8 $1.1M +57% −29% $54.5M 2,250 $493 30

Sun Sep 17 #5 $659.0K −41% −36% $55.0M 2,250 $292 31

Mon Sep 18 #4 $219.2K −67% −32% $55.2M 2,250 $97 32

Tue Sep 19 #4 $273.2K +25% −35% $55.5M 2,250 $121 33

Wed Sep 20 #4 $219.8K −20% −29% $55.7M 2,250 $97 34

Thu Sep 21 #4 $219.7K n/c −28% $55.9M 2,250 $97 35

Sun Sep 24 #11 $417.0K — −37% $57.4M 1,903 $219 38

Mon Sep 25 #9 $142.0K −66% −35% $57.6M 1,903 $74 39

Tue Sep 26 #9 $176.0K +24% −36% $57.8M 1,903 $92 40

Wed Sep 27 #9 $144.5K −18% −34% $57.9M 1,903 $75 41

Thu Sep 28 #8 $149.3K +3% −32% $58.0M 1,903 $78 42

Sun Oct 1 #13 $263.0K — −37% $59.1M 1,423 $184 45

Mon Oct 2 #9 $91.1K −65% −36% $59.2M 1,423 $64 46

Tue Oct 3 #9 $111.9K +23% −36% $59.3M 1,423 $78 47

Wed Oct 4 #10 $100.8K −10% −30% $59.4M 1,423 $70 48

Sun Oct 8 #17 $162.0K — −38% $60.0M 774 $209 52

Mon Oct 9 #18 $70.8K −56% −22% $60.1M 774 $91 53

Tue Oct 10 #16 $52.8K −25% −53% $60.1M 774 $68 54

Wed Oct 11 #16 $47.0K −11% −53% $60.2M 774 $60 55

Thu Oct 12 #16 $43.4K −8% $60.2M 774 $56 56

Tue Oct 17 #20 $24.8K — −53% $60.5M 395 $62 61

Wed Oct 18 #20 $21.9K −12% −54% $60.5M 395 $55 62

Thu Oct 19 #20 $22.3K +2% −49% $60.5M 395 $56 63

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

Cumulative total$60.5M

Aug 18Aug 31Sep 13Sep 27Oct 19

Weekend grossWk 10 · $112.4K

$17.5M

$9.7M

$8.9M

$3.7M

$2.4M

$1.6M

$1.0M

$529.4K

$220.9K

$112.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,476 → 395 −84.0%

2,411 open395 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −49.1%

−44.8%

W1→2

−7.7%

W2→3

−59.1%

W3→4

−33.0%

W4→5

−34.5%

W5→6

−35.1%

W6→7

−49.1%

W7→8

−58.3%

W8→9

−49.1%

W9→10

Steepest −59.1%Best hold −7.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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