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The MissingFollow

2003 • R • 2h 16m • Adventure, Drama, Thriller • Sony Pictures Releasing

How far would you go, how much would you sacrifice to get back what you have lost?

🍅 58% 51% MC 55 LB 3.17 IMDb 6.5

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$10.80M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$26.90M
Final
Worldwide total
$38.30M
$11.40M international
Domestic legs2.5x
Budget$65M
2003 rank#96
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Cast & crew

Full Howard filmography
Ron Howard Ron Howard Director Cate Blanchett Cate Blanchett Starring Tommy Lee Jones Tommy Lee Jones Starring Evan Rachel Wood Evan Rachel Wood Starring Aaron Eckhart Aaron Eckhart Starring Val Kilmer Val Kilmer Starring
ScreenplayKen Kaufman Produced byRon Howard, Brian Grazer, Daniel Ostroff CinematographySalvatore Totino MusicJames Horner StudioSony Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Nov 28-30 7 $10.8M — 2,756 $3,931 $15.2M
2 Dec 5-7 8 $4.0M −62.8% 2,756 $1,464 $21.8M
3 Dec 12-14 13 $1.5M −62.4% 2,083 $728 $24.7M
4 Dec 19-21 17 $415.5K −72.6% 605 $687 $25.5M
5 Dec 26-28 40 $134.7K −67.6% 146 $923 $25.9M
6 Jan 2-4 40 $116.3K −13.7% 146 $797 $26.1M
7 Jan 9-11 46 $71.8K −38.2% 128 $561 $26.2M
8 Jan 16-19 47 $67.7K −5.8% 96 $705 $26.3M
9 Jan 23-25 35 $160.0K +136.4% 227 $705 $26.5M
10 Jan 30-Feb 1 38 $110.4K −31.0% 211 $523 $26.7M
11 Feb 6-8 52 $66.5K −39.7% 139 $478 $26.8M
12 Feb 13-16 56 $45.3K −31.9% 94 $482 $26.9M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $110.4K
$10.8M
$4.0M
$1.5M
$415.5K
$134.7K
$116.3K
$71.8K
$67.7K
$160.0K
$110.4K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −31.0%
−62.8%
W1→2
−62.4%
W2→3
−72.6%
W3→4
−67.6%
W4→5
−13.7%
W5→6
−38.2%
W6→7
−5.8%
W7→8
+136.4%
W8→9
−31.0%
W9→10
Steepest −72.6%Biggest gain +136.4%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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