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The HurricaneFollow

1999 • R • 2h 26m • Biography, Drama, Sport • Universal Pictures

His greatest fight was for justice.

🍅 82% 87% MC 74 LB 3.75 IMDb 7.6

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$384.6K
3-day opening
Domestic total
$50.70M
Final
Worldwide total
$74.00M
$23.30M international
Domestic legs7.8x from $6.5M first wide weekend
Budget$38M
1999 rank#49
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Cast & crew

Full Jewison filmography
Norman Jewison Norman Jewison Director Denzel Washington Denzel Washington Starring Deborah Kara Unger Deborah Kara Unger Starring Liev Schreiber Liev Schreiber Starring Dan Hedaya Dan Hedaya Starring Rod Steiger Rod Steiger Starring
ScreenplayArmyan Bernstein, Dan Gordon Produced byNorman Jewison, Armyan Bernstein, John Ketcham CinematographyRoger Deakins Music byChristopher Young StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Dec 31-Jan 2 21 $384.6K — 11 $34,967 $541.2K
2 Jan 7-9 15 $2.5M +558.1% 159 $15,920 $3.2M
3 Jan 14-17 3 $10.5M +315.3% 1,454 $7,230 $14.6M
4 Jan 21-23 3 $6.5M −38.1% 2,101 $3,095 $22.9M
5 Jan 28-30 3 $5.7M −12.3% 2,135 $2,670 $30.9M
6 Feb 4-6 2 $4.9M −13.3% 2,148 $2,300 $37.6M
7 Feb 11-13 5 $3.6M −26.8% 2,078 $1,740 $42.4M
8 Feb 18-21 12 $2.8M −23.8% 1,711 $1,610 $46.4M
9 Feb 25-27 16 $1.3M −54.3% 1,346 $935 $48.1M
10 Mar 3-5 22 $500.6K −60.2% 589 $850 $49.0M
11 Mar 10-12 27 $326.8K −34.7% 406 $805 $49.5M
12 Mar 17-19 32 $200.0K −38.8% 336 $595 $49.8M
13 Mar 24-26 31 $206.8K +3.4% 311 $665 $50.1M
14 Mar 31-Apr 2 31 $158.9K −23.2% 321 $495 $50.3M
15 Apr 7-9 33 $138.6K −12.8% 241 $575 $50.5M
16 Apr 14-16 42 $74.5K −46.2% 138 $540 $50.7M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $500.6K
$384.6K
$2.5M
$10.5M
$6.5M
$5.7M
$4.9M
$3.6M
$2.8M
$1.3M
$500.6K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −60.2%
+558.1%
W1→2
+315.3%
W2→3
−38.1%
W3→4
−12.3%
W4→5
−13.3%
W5→6
−26.8%
W6→7
−23.8%
W7→8
−54.3%
W8→9
−60.2%
W9→10
Steepest −60.2%Biggest gain +558.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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