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The NegotiatorFollow

1998 • R • 2h 19m • Action, Crime, Thriller • Warner Bros.

He frees hostages for a living. Now he's taking hostages to survive.

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62

3.61

7.3

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$10.20M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$44.70M

Final

Worldwide total

$49.10M

$4.40M international

Domestic legs4.4x

Budget$50M

1998 rank#46

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Cast & crew

Full Gray filmography

F. Gary Gray

F. Gary Gray Director

Samuel L. Jackson

Samuel L. Jackson Starring

Kevin Spacey

Kevin Spacey Starring

David Morse

David Morse Starring

Ron Rifkin

Ron Rifkin Starring

Paul Giamatti

Paul Giamatti Starring

ScreenplayJames DeMonaco, Kevin Fox Produced byDavid Hoberman, Arnon Milchan CinematographyRussell Carpenter Music byGraeme Revell StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 31-Aug 2 4 $10.2M — 2,436 $4,195 $13.1M

2 Aug 7-9 7 $6.5M −36.4% 2,436 $2,670 $25.0M

3 Aug 14-16 9 $4.2M −35.4% 2,032 $2,069 $32.5M

4 Aug 21-23 14 $2.3M −46.1% 1,558 $1,454 $36.8M

5 Aug 28-30 17 $1.4M −37.8% 1,004 $1,404 $39.1M

6 Sep 4-6 15 $1.4M +2.4% 911 $1,585 $41.0M

7 Sep 11-13 19 $718.4K −50.2% 830 $866 $42.0M

8 Sep 18-20 23 $404.6K −43.7% 650 $622 $42.6M

9 Sep 25-27 33 $177.9K −56.0% 421 $422 $43.0M

10 Oct 2-4 48 $61.4K −65.5% 205 $299 $43.1M

11 Oct 9-11 55 $40.8K −33.6% — — $43.2M

12 Oct 16-18 17 $524.5K +1186.8% 734 $715 $43.7M

13 Oct 23-25 22 $304.7K −41.9% 614 $496 $44.2M

14 Oct 30-Nov 1 28 $160.4K −47.4% 259 $619 $44.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Jul 29 #5 $1.4M — $1.4M 2,311 $621 -2

Thu Jul 30 #4 $1.4M +1.0% $2.9M 2,311 $627 -1

Fri Jul 31 #5 $3.1M +114.0% $6.0M 2,436 $1,273 1

Sat Aug 1 #4 $4.0M +29.0% $10.0M 2,436 $1,642 2

Sun Aug 2 #3 $3.2M −20.3% $13.1M 2,436 $1,309 3

Mon Aug 3 #5 $1.4M −56.0% $14.5M 2,515 $558 4

Tue Aug 4 #5 $1.5M +5.0% $16.0M 2,436 $605 5

Wed Aug 5 #6 $1.3M −13.3% $17.3M 2,436 $524 6

Thu Aug 6 #6 $1.2M −5.3% $18.5M 2,436 $496 7

Fri Aug 7 #7 $1.9M +57.1% −38.7% $20.4M 2,436 $780 8

Sat Aug 8 #7 $2.6M +36.8% −35.0% $23.0M 2,436 $1,067 9

Sun Aug 9 #7 $2.0M −22.8% −37.1% $25.0M 2,436 $823 10

Mon Aug 10 #7 $812.7K −59.5% −42.1% $25.8M 2,436 $334 11

Tue Aug 11 #7 $932.4K +14.7% −36.7% $26.7M 2,436 $383 12

Wed Aug 12 #7 $804.5K −13.7% −37.0% $27.5M 2,436 $330 13

Thu Aug 13 #7 $760.0K −5.5% −37.1% $28.3M 2,436 $312 14

Fri Aug 14 #9 $1.2M +57.9% −36.8% $29.5M 2,032 $591 15

Sat Aug 15 #10 $1.7M +44.4% −33.3% $31.2M 2,032 $853 16

Sun Aug 16 #9 $1.3M −26.6% −36.6% $32.5M 2,032 $626 17

Mon Aug 17 #11 $511.9K −59.8% −37.0% $33.0M 2,032 $252 18

Tue Aug 18 #10 $617.2K +20.6% −33.8% $33.6M 2,032 $304 19

Wed Aug 19 #10 $483.8K −21.6% −39.9% $34.1M 2,032 $238 20

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

Cumulative total$34.1M

Jul 29Aug 3Aug 9Aug 14Aug 19

Weekend grossWk 10 · $61.4K

$10.2M

$6.5M

$4.2M

$2.3M

$1.4M

$1.4M

$718.4K

$404.6K

$177.9K

$61.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,515 → 2,032 −19.2%

2,311 open2,032 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −65.5%

−36.4%

W1→2

−35.4%

W2→3

−46.1%

W3→4

−37.8%

W4→5

+2.4%

W5→6

−50.2%

W6→7

−43.7%

W7→8

−56.0%

W8→9

−65.5%

W9→10

Steepest −65.5%Biggest gain +2.4%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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