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2002 • PG-13 • 2h 11m • Action, Adventure, Drama • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Prepare for adventure. Count on revenge.

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61

3.82

7.7

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$11.40M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$54.20M

Final

Worldwide total

$75.40M

$21.20M international

Domestic legs4.77x

Budget$35.0M

2002 rank#46

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Cast & crew

Jim Caviezel

Jim Caviezel Starring

Guy Pearce

Guy Pearce Starring

Richard Harris

Richard Harris Starring

James Frain

James Frain Starring

Dagmara Domińczyk

Dagmara Domińczyk Starring

ScreenplayJay Wolpert Produced byGary Barber, Roger Birnbaum, Jonathan Glickman CinematographyAndrew Dunn MusicEdward Shearmur StudioWalt Disney Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jan 25-27 5 $11.4M — 2,007 $5,668 $11.4M

2 Feb 1-3 4 $8.8M −22.9% 2,211 $3,967 $23.4M

3 Feb 8-10 6 $6.5M −26.4% 2,199 $2,935 $32.4M

4 Feb 15-17 11 $4.8M −25.2% 1,525 $3,165 $39.5M

5 Feb 22-24 14 $3.2M −33.5% 1,353 $2,373 $44.6M

6 Mar 1-3 11 $2.5M −23.2% 1,228 $2,008 $48.0M

7 Mar 8-10 15 $1.6M −34.5% 1,003 $1,609 $50.4M

8 Mar 15-17 19 $865.6K −46.4% 604 $1,433 $51.9M

9 Mar 22-24 28 $394.1K −54.5% 295 $1,336 $52.6M

10 Mar 29-31 36 $151.4K −61.6% 148 $1,023 $53.0M

11 Apr 12-14 32 $198.8K +31.3% 212 $937 $53.3M

12 Apr 19-21 31 $163.6K −17.7% 203 $806 $53.6M

13 Apr 26-28 40 $129.1K −21.1% 159 $812 $53.8M

14 May 3-5 43 $83.7K −35.2% 125 $669 $53.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jan 25 #4 $3.7M — $3.7M 2,007 $1,863 1

Sat Jan 26 #5 $4.9M +31% $8.6M 2,007 $2,437 2

Sun Jan 27 #3 $2.8M −44% $11.4M 2,007 $1,375 3

Mon Jan 28 #2 $829.0K −70% $12.2M 2,007 $413 4

Tue Jan 29 #3 $869.0K +5% $13.1M 2,007 $432 5

Wed Jan 30 #3 $762.0K −12% $13.8M 2,007 $379 6

Thu Jan 31 #2 $763.0K n/c $14.6M 2,007 $380 7

Fri Feb 1 #3 $2.8M +266% −25% $17.4M 2,211 $1,262 8

Sat Feb 2 #4 $4.3M +54% −12% $21.7M 2,211 $1,941 9

Sun Feb 3 #3 $1.6M −62% −42% $23.4M 2,211 $728 10

Mon Feb 4 #2 $606.0K −62% −27% $24.0M 2,211 $274 11

Tue Feb 5 #2 $675.0K +11% −22% $24.7M 2,211 $305 12

Wed Feb 6 #3 $618.0K −8% −19% $25.3M 2,211 $279 13

Thu Feb 7 #2 $636.0K +3% −17% $25.9M 2,211 $287 14

Fri Feb 8 #5 $1.8M +183% −36% $27.7M 2,199 $817 15

Sat Feb 9 #7 $2.9M +64% −31% $30.7M 2,199 $1,341 16

Sun Feb 10 #6 $1.8M −40% +10% $32.4M 2,199 $804 17

Mon Feb 11 #5 $445.0K −75% −27% $32.8M 2,199 $202 18

Tue Feb 12 #4 $466.0K +5% −31% $33.3M 2,199 $211 19

Wed Feb 13 #4 $400.0K −14% −35% $33.7M 2,199 $181 20

Thu Feb 14 #3 $956.0K +139% +50% $34.6M 2,199 $434 21

Fri Feb 15 #10 $1.2M +28% −32% $35.9M 2,199 $556 22

Tue Mar 5 #9 $195.0K — $48.4M 1,228 $158 40

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

Cumulative total$48.4M

Jan 25Jan 31Feb 5Feb 11Mar 5

Weekend grossWk 10 · $151.4K

$11.4M

$8.8M

$6.5M

$4.8M

$3.2M

$2.5M

$1.6M

$865.6K

$394.1K

$151.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,211 → 1,228 −44.5%

2,007 open1,228 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −61.6%

−22.9%

W1→2

−26.4%

W2→3

−25.2%

W3→4

−33.5%

W4→5

−23.2%

W5→6

−34.5%

W6→7

−46.4%

W7→8

−54.5%

W8→9

−61.6%

W9→10

Steepest −61.6%Best hold −22.9%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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