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2006 • PG-13 • 2h 19m • Action, Adventure, Drama • Touchstone Pictures

How do you decide who lives or who dies?

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$18.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$55.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$95.00M

$40.00M international

Domestic legs3.1x

Budget$70M

2006 rank#58

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Cast & crew

Full Davis filmography

Andrew Davis

Andrew Davis Director

Kevin Costner

Kevin Costner Starring

Ashton Kutcher

Ashton Kutcher Starring

Sela Ward

Sela Ward Starring

Clancy Brown

Clancy Brown Starring

Neal McDonough

Neal McDonough Starring

ScreenplayRon L. Brinkerhoff Produced byBeau Flynn, Tripp Vinson CinematographyStephen St. John Music byTrevor Rabin StudioTouchstone Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 29-Oct 1 2 $18.0M — 3,241 $5,556 $18.0M

2 Oct 6-8 5 $9.6M −46.9% 3,241 $2,952 $32.3M

3 Oct 13-15 7 $5.9M −38.7% 3,044 $1,927 $41.1M

4 Oct 20-22 11 $3.6M −37.8% 2,558 $1,427 $46.6M

5 Oct 27-29 11 $2.4M −34.9% 1,973 $1,204 $49.9M

6 Nov 3-5 13 $1.6M −31.2% 1,274 $1,283 $52.3M

7 Nov 10-12 18 $784.5K −52.0% 626 $1,253 $53.6M

8 Nov 17-19 26 $225.4K −71.3% 292 $772 $54.0M

9 Nov 24-26 27 $232.3K +3.1% 332 $700 $54.3M

10 Dec 1-3 25 $150.4K −35.3% 314 $479 $54.6M

11 Dec 8-10 30 $97.3K −35.3% 244 $399 $54.7M

12 Dec 15-17 39 $53.8K −44.7% 168 $320 $54.8M

13 Dec 22-24 43 $25.5K −52.6% 101 $252 $54.9M

14 Dec 29-31 40 $51.2K +100.7% 95 $538 $55.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Sep 29 #2 $5.6M — $5.6M 3,241 $1,728 1

Sat Sep 30 #2 $7.8M +39.3% $13.4M 3,241 $2,407 2

Sun Oct 1 #2 $4.6M −41.0% $18.0M 3,241 $1,419 3

Mon Oct 2 #2 $1.4M −70.6% $19.4M 3,241 $417 4

Tue Oct 3 #1 $1.2M −10.4% $20.6M 3,241 $374 5

Wed Oct 4 #1 $1.1M −8.8% $21.7M 3,241 $341 6

Thu Oct 5 #1 $1.1M −2.2% $22.8M 3,241 $333 7

Fri Oct 6 #5 $2.9M +172.4% −47.5% $25.7M 3,241 $908 8

Sat Oct 7 #5 $4.1M +40.4% −47.0% $29.8M 3,241 $1,275 9

Sun Oct 8 #5 $2.5M −39.6% −45.8% $32.3M 3,241 $770 10

Mon Oct 9 #5 $1.1M −57.7% −21.8% $33.4M 3,241 $326 11

Tue Oct 10 #4 $629.1K −40.4% −48.0% $34.0M 3,241 $194 12

Wed Oct 11 #4 $615.6K −2.1% −44.2% $34.6M 3,241 $190 13

Thu Oct 12 #4 $645.3K +4.8% −40.3% $35.3M 3,241 $199 14

Fri Oct 13 #7 $1.8M +172.1% −40.3% $37.0M 3,044 $577 15

Sat Oct 14 #7 $2.6M +48.8% −36.8% $39.6M 3,044 $858 16

Sun Oct 15 #7 $1.5M −42.6% −39.9% $41.1M 3,044 $492 17

Mon Oct 16 #7 $429.6K −71.3% −59.3% $41.6M 3,044 $141 18

Tue Oct 17 #6 $471.5K +9.7% −25.1% $42.0M 3,044 $155 19

Wed Oct 18 #6 $424.9K −9.9% −31.0% $42.5M 3,044 $140 20

Thu Oct 19 #6 $448.7K +5.6% −30.5% $42.9M 3,044 $147 21

Mon Oct 23 #10 $250.1K — −41.8% $46.8M 2,558 $98 25

Tue Oct 24 #10 $257.1K +2.8% −45.5% $47.1M 2,558 $101 26

Wed Oct 25 #10 $241.0K −6.3% −43.3% $47.3M 2,558 $94 27

Thu Oct 26 #9 $263.0K +9.1% −41.4% $47.6M 2,558 $103 28

Fri Oct 27 #11 $721.5K +174.4% $48.3M 2,558 $282 29

Sat Oct 28 #10 $1.1M +50.1% $49.4M 2,558 $423 30

Sun Oct 29 #11 $572.4K −47.1% $49.9M 2,558 $224 31

Fri Nov 3 #- $511.9K — −29.0% $51.2M 1,274 $402 36

Sat Nov 4 #- $765.9K +49.6% −29.2% $51.9M 1,274 $601 37

Mon Dec 25 #45 $6.8K — $54.9M 101 $67 88

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

Cumulative total$51.9M

Sep 29Oct 6Oct 14Oct 24Nov 4

Weekend grossWk 10 · $150.4K

$18.0M

$9.6M

$5.9M

$3.6M

$2.4M

$1.6M

$784.5K

$225.4K

$232.3K

$150.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,241 → 1,274 −60.7%

3,241 open1,274 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −35.3%

−46.9%

W1→2

−38.7%

W2→3

−37.8%

W3→4

−34.9%

W4→5

−31.2%

W5→6

−52.0%

W6→7

−71.3%

W7→8

+3.1%

W8→9

−35.3%

W9→10

Steepest −71.3%Biggest gain +3.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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