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The JackalFollow

1997 • R • 2h 4m • Action, Thriller, Crime • Universal Pictures

How do you stop an assassin who has no identity?

🍅 24% 51%

36

3.00

6.4

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$15.20M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$55.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$159.40M

$104.40M international

Domestic legs3.6x

Budget$60M

1997 rank#32

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Cast & crew

Bruce Willis

Bruce Willis Starring

Richard Gere

Richard Gere Starring

Sidney Poitier

Sidney Poitier Starring

J.K. Simmons

J.K. Simmons Starring

Jack Black

Jack Black Starring

ScreenplayChuck Pfarrer Produced byJames Jacks, Sean Daniel, Michael Caton-Jones, Kevin Jarre CinematographyKarl Walter Lindenlaub Music byCarter Burwell StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 14-16 1 $15.2M — 2,193 $6,915 $15.2M

2 Nov 21-23 4 $9.0M −40.5% 2,201 $4,100 $28.6M

3 Nov 28-30 5 $7.6M −16.2% 2,235 $3,385 $40.6M

4 Dec 5-7 5 $4.0M −47.0% 2,309 $1,735 $46.2M

5 Dec 12-14 9 $2.4M −39.0% 2,062 $1,185 $49.9M

6 Dec 19-21 11 $834.9K −65.8% 1,176 $710 $51.6M

7 Dec 26-28 24 $352.2K −57.8% 398 $885 $52.4M

8 Jan 2-4 24 $392.9K +11.5% 485 $810 $53.1M

9 Jan 9-11 22 $358.8K −8.7% 520 $690 $53.6M

10 Jan 16-18 28 $330.6K −7.9% 456 $725 $54.1M

11 Jan 23-25 29 $235.0K −28.9% 376 $625 $54.4M

12 Jan 30-Feb 1 37 $151.0K −35.7% 222 $680 $54.6M

13 Feb 6-8 46 $96.8K −35.9% 150 $645 $54.8M

14 Feb 13-15 51 $75.3K −22.1% 81 $930 $54.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 14 #1 $5.1M — $5.1M 2,192 $2,318 1

Sat Nov 15 #1 $6.7M +31.7% $11.8M 2,192 $3,052 2

Sun Nov 16 #1 $3.8M −43.1% $15.2M 2,192 $1,736 3

Mon Nov 17 #1 $1.1M −70.9% $16.3M 2,193 $505 4

Tue Nov 18 #1 $1.3M +13.9% $17.5M 2,193 $575 5

Wed Nov 19 #1 $1.1M −15.7% $18.6M 2,193 $485 6

Thu Nov 20 #1 $943.0K −11.3% $19.5M 2,193 $430 7

Fri Nov 21 #4 $2.7M +186.9% −46.8% $22.2M 2,200 $1,230 8

Sat Nov 22 #4 $4.1M +50.6% −39.1% $26.3M 2,200 $1,852 9

Sun Nov 23 #4 $2.2M −45.2% −41.3% $28.6M 2,201 $1,015 10

Mon Nov 24 #4 $627.3K −71.9% −43.4% $29.2M 2,201 $285 11

Tue Nov 25 #4 $858.4K +36.8% −31.9% $30.0M 2,201 $390 12

Wed Nov 26 #5 $1.2M +41.6% +14.3% $31.3M 2,220 $548 13

Thu Nov 27 #4 $1.8M +51.4% +95.1% $33.1M 2,220 $829 14

Fri Nov 28 #5 $2.9M +55.7% +5.9% $36.0M 2,235 $1,282 15

Sat Nov 29 #5 $3.2M +11.2% −21.8% $39.2M 2,235 $1,425 16

Sun Nov 30 #5 $1.5M −52.3% −32.0% $40.6M 2,235 $680 17

Mon Dec 1 #5 $368.4K −75.8% −41.3% $41.0M 2,235 $165 18

Tue Dec 2 #4 $480.1K +30.3% −44.1% $41.4M 2,235 $215 19

Wed Dec 3 #4 $401.9K −16.3% −66.9% $41.8M 2,235 $180 20

Thu Dec 4 #4 $379.6K −5.6% −79.4% $42.2M 2,235 $170 21

Fri Dec 5 #4 $1.2M +210.8% −58.8% $43.4M 2,305 $512 22

Sat Dec 6 #5 $1.8M +54.4% −42.8% $45.2M 2,309 $789 23

Sun Dec 7 #5 $1.0M −44.9% −33.9% $46.2M 2,309 $435 24

Mon Dec 8 #4 $265.1K −73.6% −28.1% $46.5M 2,309 $115 25

Tue Dec 9 #4 $357.4K +34.8% −25.6% $46.8M 2,309 $155 26

Wed Dec 10 #4 $300.0K −16.1% −25.4% $47.1M 2,309 $130 27

Thu Dec 11 #4 $298.9K −0.4% −21.3% $47.4M 2,309 $129 28

Fri Dec 12 #8 $725.0K +142.6% −38.6% $48.2M 2,060 $352 29

Sat Dec 13 #9 $1.0M +41.4% −43.7% $49.2M 2,060 $498 30

Sun Dec 14 #9 $598.0K −41.7% −40.4% $49.9M 2,062 $290 31

Mon Dec 15 #8 $184.8K −69.1% −30.3% $50.1M 2,062 $90 32

Wed Dec 17 #7 $225.4K — −24.9% $50.6M 2,062 $109 34

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

Cumulative total$50.6M

Nov 14Nov 22Nov 30Dec 8Dec 17

Weekend grossWk 10 · $330.6K

$15.2M

$9.0M

$7.6M

$4.0M

$2.4M

$834.9K

$352.2K

$392.9K

$358.8K

$330.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,309 → 2,062 −10.7%

2,192 open2,062 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −7.9%

−40.5%

W1→2

−16.2%

W2→3

−47.0%

W3→4

−39.0%

W4→5

−65.8%

W5→6

−57.8%

W6→7

+11.5%

W7→8

−8.7%

W8→9

−7.9%

W9→10

Steepest −65.8%Biggest gain +11.5%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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