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2005 • PG-13 • 2h 8m • Crime, Mystery, Thriller • Universal Pictures

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$22.80M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$72.70M

Final

Worldwide total

$163.00M

$90.20M international

Domestic legs3.19x

Budget$80.0M

2005 rank#34

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Cast & crew

Full Pollack filmography

Sydney Pollack

Sydney Pollack Director

Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman Starring

Sean Penn

Sean Penn Starring

Catherine Keener

Catherine Keener Starring

ScreenplayCharles Randolph, Scott Frank, Steven Zaillian StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Apr 22-24 1 $22.8M — 2,758 $8,275 $22.8M

2 Apr 29-May 1 2 $13.8M −39.4% 2,764 $5,004 $43.2M

3 May 6-8 5 $7.8M −43.5% 2,814 $2,780 $54.4M

4 May 13-15 8 $4.6M −41.3% 2,602 $1,764 $61.2M

5 May 20-22 8 $2.9M −36.6% 2,164 $1,345 $65.4M

6 May 27-29 7 $2.1M −28.8% 1,171 $1,770 $68.7M

7 Jun 3-5 11 $799.2K −61.4% 686 $1,164 $70.4M

8 Jun 10-12 16 $385.8K −51.7% 364 $1,059 $71.2M

9 Jun 17-19 20 $207.0K −46.4% 278 $744 $71.5M

10 Jun 24-26 26 $161.2K −22.1% 208 $774 $71.8M

11 Jul 1-3 31 $114.9K −28.7% 169 $679 $72.0M

12 Jul 8-10 29 $125.3K +9.1% 179 $699 $72.2M

13 Jul 15-17 29 $105.8K −15.6% 149 $709 $72.4M

14 Jul 22-24 38 $71.8K −32.2% 113 $634 $72.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Apr 22 #1 $7.4M — $7.4M 2,758 $2,683 1

Sat Apr 23 #1 $9.7M +32% $17.0M 2,758 $3,535 2

Sun Apr 24 #1 $5.8M −41% $22.8M 2,758 $2,095 3

Mon Apr 25 #1 $1.7M −70% $24.5M 2,758 $620 4

Tue Apr 26 #1 $1.7M −2% $26.2M 2,758 $605 5

Wed Apr 27 #1 $1.6M −2% $27.8M 2,758 $594 6

Thu Apr 28 #1 $1.5M −10% $29.3M 2,758 $535 7

Fri Apr 29 #2 $4.2M +184% −43% $33.5M 2,764 $1,519 8

Sat Apr 30 #2 $6.6M +57% −32% $40.0M 2,764 $2,389 9

Sun May 1 #2 $3.1M −53% −46% $43.2M 2,764 $1,130 10

Mon May 2 #2 $858.0K −73% −50% $44.0M 2,764 $310 11

Tue May 3 #2 $897.0K +5% −46% $44.9M 2,764 $324 12

Wed May 4 #2 $858.0K −4% −48% $45.8M 2,764 $310 13

Thu May 5 #2 $815.0K −5% −45% $46.6M 2,764 $294 14

Fri May 6 #5 $2.3M +182% −45% $48.9M 2,815 $817 15

Sat May 7 #5 $3.3M +46% −49% $52.2M 2,815 $1,189 16

Sun May 8 #5 $2.2M −34% −29% $54.4M 2,815 $789 17

Mon May 9 #5 $522.0K −77% −39% $54.9M 2,815 $185 18

Tue May 10 #5 $549.0K +5% −39% $55.5M 2,815 $195 19

Wed May 11 #5 $547.0K n/c −36% $56.0M 2,815 $194 20

Thu May 12 #5 $548.0K n/c −33% $56.6M 2,815 $194 21

Fri May 13 #8 $1.3M +137% −43% $57.9M 2,600 $500 22

Sat May 14 #8 $2.2M +66% −36% $60.0M 2,600 $830 23

Sun May 15 #8 $1.1M −48% −50% $61.2M 2,600 $430 24

Mon May 16 #8 $364.0K −67% −30% $61.5M 2,600 $140 25

Tue May 17 #8 $376.0K +3% −32% $61.9M 2,600 $144 26

Wed May 18 #7 $339.0K −10% −38% $62.2M 2,600 $130 27

Thu May 19 #8 $251.0K −26% −54% $62.5M 2,600 $96 28

Fri May 20 #8 $833.1K +232% −36% $63.3M 2,164 $385 29

Sat May 21 #8 $1.3M +58% −39% $64.6M 2,164 $610 30

Sun May 22 #8 $757.4K −43% −32% $65.4M 2,164 $350 31

Mon May 23 #8 $324.0K −57% −11% $65.7M 2,164 $149 32

Tue May 24 #8 $281.0K −13% −25% $66.0M 2,164 $129 33

Wed May 25 #8 $272.0K −3% −20% $66.3M 2,164 $125 34

Thu May 26 #8 $314.0K +15% +25% $66.6M 2,164 $145 35

Fri May 27 #8 $497.7K +58% −40% $67.1M 1,171 $425 36

Sat May 28 #7 $749.4K +51% −43% $67.8M 1,171 $640 37

Sun May 29 #7 $825.6K +10% +9% $68.7M 1,171 $705 38

Mon May 30 #8 $532.8K −35% +64% $69.2M 1,171 $455 39

Tue May 31 #9 $152.2K −71% −46% $69.4M 1,171 $130 40

Wed Jun 1 #10 $132.4K −13% −51% $69.5M 1,170 $113 41

Thu Jun 2 #10 $123.3K −7% −61% $69.6M 1,170 $105 42

Fri Jun 3 #11 $243.5K +98% −51% $69.9M 1,170 $208 43

Sat Jun 4 #10 $363.6K +49% −51% $70.2M 686 $530 44

Sun Jun 5 #11 $192.1K −47% −77% $70.4M 686 $279 45

Wed Jun 8 $102.9K — −22% $70.7M 686 $150 48

Thu Jun 9 $99.3K −3% −19% $70.8M 686 $144 49

Mon Jul 4 #28 $26.2K — $72.0M 169 $155 74

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

Cumulative total$70.8M

Apr 22May 4May 15May 27Jun 9

Weekend grossWk 10 · $161.2K

$22.8M

$13.8M

$7.8M

$4.6M

$2.9M

$2.1M

$799.2K

$385.8K

$207.0K

$161.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,815 → 686 −75.6%

2,758 open686 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −22.1%

−39.4%

W1→2

−43.5%

W2→3

−41.3%

W3→4

−36.6%

W4→5

−28.8%

W5→6

−61.4%

W6→7

−51.7%

W7→8

−46.4%

W8→9

−22.1%

W9→10

Steepest −61.4%Best hold −22.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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