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2004 • R • 2h 9m • Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi • Paramount Pictures

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3.32

6.6

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$20.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$66.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$96.10M

$30.10M international

Domestic legs3.29x

Budget$80.0M

2004 rank#44

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Cast & crew

Full Demme filmography

Jonathan Demme

Jonathan Demme Director

Denzel Washington

Denzel Washington Starring

Meryl Streep

Meryl Streep Starring

Liev Schreiber

Liev Schreiber Starring

Simon McBurney

Simon McBurney Starring

Kimberly Elise

Kimberly Elise Starring

ScreenplayDaniel Pyne, Dean Georgaris Produced byJonathan Demme, Ilona Herzberg, Scott Rudin, Tina Sinatra CinematographyTak Fujimoto MusicRachel Portman StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 30-Aug 1 3 $20.0M — 2,867 $6,982 $20.0M

2 Aug 6-8 4 $10.3M −48.8% 2,867 $3,577 $38.0M

3 Aug 13-15 7 $6.0M −41.4% 2,612 $2,302 $48.0M

4 Aug 20-22 8 $4.0M −33.2% 1,920 $2,092 $54.5M

5 Aug 27-29 12 $2.8M −29.3% 1,484 $1,912 $59.0M

6 Sep 3-5 16 $2.0M −29.2% 1,085 $1,851 $61.9M

7 Sep 10-12 17 $1.0M −49.6% 886 $1,142 $63.9M

8 Sep 17-19 18 $563.1K −44.4% 628 $896 $64.8M

9 Sep 24-26 24 $251.1K −55.4% 389 $645 $65.3M

10 Oct 1-3 37 $92.4K −63.2% 156 $592 $65.4M

11 Oct 22-24 33 $102.9K +11.4% 208 $494 $65.7M

12 Oct 29-31 37 $64.8K −37.0% 140 $462 $65.8M

13 Nov 5-7 39 $56.5K −12.8% 109 $518 $65.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jul 30 #3 $6.1M — $6.1M 2,867 $2,127 1

Sat Jul 31 #3 $8.0M +31% $14.1M 2,867 $2,792 2

Sun Aug 1 #3 $5.9M −26% $20.0M 2,867 $2,059 3

Mon Aug 2 #3 $2.1M −64% $22.1M 2,867 $737 4

Tue Aug 3 #3 $1.9M −10% $24.0M 2,867 $665 5

Wed Aug 4 #3 $1.8M −4% $25.9M 2,867 $639 6

Thu Aug 5 #3 $1.8M n/c $27.7M 2,867 $640 7

Fri Aug 6 #4 $3.2M +74% −48% $30.9M 2,867 $1,116 8

Sat Aug 7 #4 $4.4M +37% −45% $35.1M 2,867 $1,528 9

Sun Aug 8 #4 $2.8M −35% −52% $38.0M 2,867 $989 10

Mon Aug 9 #5 $1.0M −64% −52% $39.0M 2,867 $351 11

Tue Aug 10 #5 $1.0M +4% −45% $40.0M 2,867 $364 12

Wed Aug 11 #5 $993.0K −5% −46% $41.0M 2,867 $346 13

Thu Aug 12 #5 $964.0K −3% −47% $42.0M 2,867 $336 14

Fri Aug 13 #7 $1.7M +76% −47% $43.7M 2,612 $648 15

Sat Aug 14 #7 $2.6M +52% −41% $46.2M 2,612 $984 16

Sun Aug 15 #7 $1.7M −32% −38% $48.0M 2,612 $668 17

Mon Aug 16 #7 $648.0K −63% −36% $48.6M 2,612 $248 18

Tue Aug 17 #7 $622.0K −4% −40% $49.3M 2,612 $238 19

Wed Aug 18 #6 $637.0K +2% −36% $49.9M 2,612 $243 20

Thu Aug 19 #6 $629.0K −1% −35% $50.5M 2,612 $240 21

Fri Aug 20 #8 $1.2M +91% −29% $51.7M 1,920 $625 22

Sat Aug 21 #8 $1.8M +52% −29% $53.5M 1,920 $947 23

Sun Aug 22 #8 $1.1M −42% −40% $54.5M 1,920 $547 24

Mon Aug 23 #10 $403.0K −62% −38% $54.9M 1,920 $209 25

Tue Aug 24 #8 $432.0K +7% −31% $55.4M 1,920 $225 26

Wed Aug 25 #8 $403.0K −7% −37% $55.8M 1,920 $209 27

Thu Aug 26 #8 $392.0K −3% −38% $56.2M 1,920 $204 28

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

Cumulative total$56.2M

Jul 30Aug 6Aug 13Aug 19Aug 26

Weekend grossWk 10 · $92.4K

$20.0M

$10.3M

$6.0M

$4.0M

$2.8M

$2.0M

$1.0M

$563.1K

$251.1K

$92.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,867 → 1,920 −33.0%

2,867 open1,920 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −63.2%

−48.8%

W1→2

−41.4%

W2→3

−33.2%

W3→4

−29.3%

W4→5

−29.2%

W5→6

−49.6%

W6→7

−44.4%

W7→8

−55.4%

W8→9

−63.2%

W9→10

Steepest −63.2%Best hold −29.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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