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1999 • R • 1h 56m • Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller • Paramount Pictures

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2.96

6.4

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$22.30M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$102.70M

Final

Worldwide total

$149.70M

$47.00M international

Domestic legs4.6x

Budget$60M

1999 rank#19

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Cast & crew

Full West filmography

Simon West

Simon West Director

John Travolta

John Travolta Starring

Madeleine Stowe

Madeleine Stowe Starring

James Cromwell

James Cromwell Starring

Timothy Hutton

Timothy Hutton Starring

Clarence Williams III

Clarence Williams III Starring

ScreenplayChristopher Bertolini, William Goldman Produced byMace Neufeld CinematographyPeter Menzies Jr. Music byCarter Burwell StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 18-20 3 $22.3M — 2,856 $7,819 $22.3M

2 Jun 25-27 4 $15.2M −32.0% 2,858 $5,311 $46.8M

3 Jul 2-4 5 $14.2M −6.4% 2,858 $4,971 $67.4M

4 Jul 9-11 5 $7.9M −44.2% 2,710 $2,926 $79.2M

5 Jul 16-18 9 $5.2M −34.4% 2,258 $2,304 $87.9M

6 Jul 23-25 12 $3.8M −26.7% 1,668 $2,285 $94.1M

7 Jul 30-Aug 1 14 $2.3M −40.1% 1,319 $1,732 $97.8M

8 Aug 6-8 17 $1.1M −50.9% 936 $1,198 $99.8M

9 Aug 13-15 23 $446.7K −60.2% 553 $808 $100.7M

10 Aug 20-22 30 $232.2K −48.0% 360 $645 $101.2M

11 Aug 27-29 46 $106.2K −54.3% 215 $494 $101.4M

12 Sep 3-5 47 $141.8K +33.5% 199 $712 $101.5M

13 Sep 10-12 56 $57.5K −59.5% 151 $381 $101.6M

14 Sep 17-19 25 $318.1K +453.5% 461 $690 $102.0M

15 Sep 24-26 26 $224.1K −29.6% 409 $548 $102.3M

16 Oct 1-3 33 $131.3K −41.4% 305 $430 $102.6M

17 Oct 8-10 46 $64.2K −51.1% 159 $404 $102.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jun 18 #3 $7.0M — $7.0M 2,856 $2,440 1

Sat Jun 19 #3 $8.7M +24.5% $15.7M 2,856 $3,039 2

Sun Jun 20 #4 $6.3M −27.4% $22.3M 2,856 $2,207 3

Mon Jun 21 #3 $2.4M −61.8% $24.7M 2,856 $843 4

Tue Jun 22 #3 $2.5M +2.7% $27.2M 2,856 $866 5

Wed Jun 23 #4 $2.1M −13.7% $29.3M 2,856 $747 6

Thu Jun 24 #4 $2.3M +7.3% $31.6M 2,856 $802 7

Fri Jun 25 #4 $4.3M +86.9% −38.6% $35.9M 2,858 $1,498 8

Sat Jun 26 #4 $6.7M +55.7% −23.2% $42.6M 2,858 $2,332 9

Sun Jun 27 #5 $4.3M −35.0% −31.2% $46.8M 2,858 $1,516 10

Mon Jun 28 #5 $1.6M −63.0% −33.4% $48.4M 2,858 $561 11

Tue Jun 29 #5 $1.7M +4.6% −32.2% $50.1M 2,858 $587 12

Wed Jun 30 #7 $1.3M −20.0% −37.2% $51.4M 2,858 $469 13

Thu Jul 1 #7 $1.7M +28.4% −24.8% $53.2M 2,858 $603 14

Fri Jul 2 #6 $3.2M +83.8% −26.1% $56.3M 2,858 $1,107 15

Sat Jul 3 #5 $4.2M +31.6% −37.5% $60.5M 2,858 $1,457 16

Sun Jul 4 #4 $2.9M −29.7% −32.4% $63.4M 2,858 $1,025 17

Mon Jul 5 #5 $3.5M +19.5% +118.4% $67.4M 2,858 $1,225 18

Tue Jul 6 #7 $1.4M −59.5% −15.4% $68.8M 2,858 $496 19

Wed Jul 7 #7 $1.2M −13.9% −9.0% $70.0M 2,858 $427 20

Thu Jul 8 #7 $1.3M +6.5% −24.5% $71.3M 2,858 $455 21

Fri Jul 9 #7 $2.2M +70.4% −30.0% $73.5M 2,710 $817 22

Sat Jul 10 #5 $3.4M +55.5% −17.3% $76.9M 2,710 $1,271 23

Sun Jul 11 #6 $2.2M −37.3% −26.2% $79.2M 2,710 $797 24

Mon Jul 12 #8 $836.4K −61.3% −76.1% $80.0M 2,710 $309 25

Tue Jul 13 #8 $920.6K +10.1% −35.1% $80.9M 2,710 $340 26

Wed Jul 14 #8 $892.6K −3.0% −26.9% $81.8M 2,710 $329 27

Thu Jul 15 #7 $874.5K −2.0% −32.7% $82.7M 2,710 $323 28

Fri Jul 16 #9 $1.5M +69.2% −33.2% $84.2M 2,258 $655 29

Sat Jul 17 #9 $2.3M +56.1% −32.9% $86.5M 2,258 $1,023 30

Sun Jul 18 #10 $1.4M −39.8% −35.7% $87.9M 2,258 $616 31

Mon Jul 19 #12 $569.8K −59.0% −31.9% $88.5M 2,258 $252 32

Tue Jul 20 #11 $609.7K +7.0% −33.8% $89.1M 2,258 $270 33

Wed Jul 21 #11 $573.4K −6.0% −35.8% $89.7M 2,258 $254 34

Thu Jul 22 #11 $591.6K +3.2% −32.4% $90.3M 2,258 $262 35

Fri Jul 23 #12 $905.0K +53.0% −38.9% $91.2M 1,668 $543 36

Sat Jul 24 #11 $1.6M +77.9% −30.3% $92.8M 1,668 $965 37

Sun Jul 25 #12 $969.0K −39.8% −30.3% $94.1M 1,668 $581 38

Mon Jul 26 #13 $351.0K −63.8% −38.4% $94.4M 1,668 $210 39

Tue Jul 27 #13 $384.6K +9.6% −36.9% $94.8M 1,668 $231 40

Wed Jul 28 #15 $333.8K −13.2% −41.8% $95.1M 1,668 $200 41

Thu Jul 29 #15 $340.7K +2.1% −42.4% $95.5M 1,668 $204 42

Fri Jul 30 #15 $625.0K +83.5% −30.9% $96.1M 1,319 $474 43

Sat Jul 31 #14 $1.0M +60.8% −37.6% $97.1M 1,319 $762 44

Mon Aug 2 #15 $216.4K — −38.3% $98.0M 1,319 $164 46

Tue Aug 3 #15 $235.2K +8.7% −38.8% $98.2M 1,319 $178 47

Wed Aug 4 #15 $230.1K −2.2% −31.1% $98.4M 1,319 $174 48

Thu Aug 5 #15 $221.4K −3.8% −35.0% $98.7M 1,319 $168 49

Sun Aug 8 #17 $341.0K — $99.8M 936 $364 52

Mon Aug 9 #16 $127.8K −62.5% −41.0% $99.9M 936 $137 53

Tue Aug 10 #16 $143.2K +12.0% −39.1% $100.1M 936 $153 54

Wed Aug 11 #16 $121.2K −15.3% −47.3% $100.2M 936 $130 55

Thu Aug 12 #16 $121.6K +0.3% −45.1% $100.3M 936 $130 56

Wed Aug 18 #20 $49.3K — −59.3% $100.9M 553 $89 62

Thu Aug 19 #20 $44.4K −10.0% −63.5% $100.9M 553 $80 63

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

Cumulative total$100.9M

Jun 18Jul 2Jul 15Jul 29Aug 19

Weekend grossWk 10 · $232.2K

$22.3M

$15.2M

$14.2M

$7.9M

$5.2M

$3.8M

$2.3M

$1.1M

$446.7K

$232.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,858 → 553 −80.7%

2,856 open553 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −48.0%

−32.0%

W1→2

−6.4%

W2→3

−44.2%

W3→4

−34.4%

W4→5

−26.7%

W5→6

−40.1%

W6→7

−50.9%

W7→8

−60.2%

W8→9

−48.0%

W9→10

Steepest −60.2%Best hold −6.4%

Run milestones

$100M in 54 days

$100M

Day 54

Aug 10

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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