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The Master of DisguiseFollow

2002 • PG • 1h 20m • Adventure, Comedy, Family • Sony Pictures Releasing

1,000 faces...and not a single clue.

🍅 1% 37% MC 12 LB 1.86 IMDb 3.4

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$12.60M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$40.40M
Final
Worldwide total
$43.40M
$3.00M international
Domestic legs3.2x
Budget$16M
2002 rank#62
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Cast & crew

Dana Carvey Dana Carvey Starring Brent Spiner Brent Spiner Starring Jennifer Esposito Jennifer Esposito Starring Harold Gould Harold Gould Starring
ScreenplayDana Carvey, Harris Goldberg Produced byBarry Bernardi, Sidney Ganis, Todd Garner, Alex Siskin CinematographyPeter Lyons Collister Prod. DesignAlan Au StudioSony Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Aug 2-4 3 $12.6M — 2,565 $4,895 $12.6M
2 Aug 9-11 6 $5.1M −59.3% 2,568 $1,989 $23.8M
3 Aug 16-18 9 $3.2M −38.1% 2,137 $1,481 $30.3M
4 Aug 23-25 12 $2.1M −33.0% 1,737 $1,221 $34.2M
5 Aug 30-Sep 2 16 $1.7M −20.7% 1,432 $1,174 $37.4M
6 Sep 6-8 18 $670.2K −60.1% 864 $776 $38.2M
7 Sep 13-15 20 $460.9K −31.2% 687 $671 $38.8M
8 Sep 20-22 22 $322.3K −30.1% 663 $486 $39.2M
9 Sep 27-29 30 $166.4K −48.4% 370 $450 $39.4M
10 Oct 4-6 39 $76.2K −54.2% 220 $346 $39.5M
11 Oct 11-13 29 $217.5K +185.6% 846 $257 $39.8M
12 Oct 18-20 57 $37.0K −83.0% 104 $356 $39.9M
13 Oct 25-27 38 $159.7K +332.0% 226 $707 $40.0M
14 Nov 1-3 41 $94.9K −40.6% 136 $698 $40.1M
15 Nov 8-10 39 $85.1K −10.3% 116 $734 $40.2M
16 Nov 15-17 46 $59.8K −29.7% 104 $575 $40.3M
17 Nov 22-24 58 $27.5K −54.1% 68 $404 $40.4M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $76.2K
$12.6M
$5.1M
$3.2M
$2.1M
$1.7M
$670.2K
$460.9K
$322.3K
$166.4K
$76.2K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −54.2%
−59.3%
W1→2
−38.1%
W2→3
−33.0%
W3→4
−20.7%
W4→5
−60.1%
W5→6
−31.2%
W6→7
−30.1%
W7→8
−48.4%
W8→9
−54.2%
W9→10
Steepest −60.1%Best hold −20.7%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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