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2001 • PG-13 • 1h 41m • Horror, Mystery, Thriller • Miramax

Sooner or later they’ll find you.

🍅 84% 77%

74

3.79

7.6

CS B

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$14.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$96.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$210.00M

$113.00M international

Domestic legs6.85x

Budget$17.0M

2001 rank#21

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Cast & crew

Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman Starring

Fionnula Flanagan

Fionnula Flanagan Starring

Christopher Eccleston

Christopher Eccleston Starring

ScreenplayAlejandro Amenábar Produced byFernando Bovaira, José Luis Cuerda, Sunmin Park CinematographyJavier Aguirresarobe MusicAlejandro Amenábar StudioMiramax

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 10-12 4 $14.1M — 1,678 $8,396 $14.1M

2 Aug 17-19 4 $10.9M −22.6% 2,153 $5,065 $32.2M

3 Aug 24-26 4 $8.6M −21.5% 2,436 $3,516 $46.1M

4 Aug 31-Sep 2 4 $8.2M −4.8% 2,716 $3,001 $57.9M

5 Sep 7-9 5 $6.0M −26.3% 2,737 $2,193 $67.5M

6 Sep 14-16 5 $4.6M −23.8% 2,843 $1,609 $73.4M

7 Sep 21-23 2 $5.1M +11.1% 2,801 $1,814 $80.1M

8 Sep 28-30 5 $4.8M −5.9% 2,724 $1,756 $86.7M

9 Oct 5-7 9 $2.8M −40.5% 2,272 $1,253 $90.6M

10 Oct 12-14 12 $1.8M −38.6% 1,554 $1,126 $93.2M

11 Oct 19-21 16 $906.5K −48.2% 1,146 $791 $94.5M

12 Oct 26-28 19 $434.2K −52.1% 673 $645 $95.2M

13 Nov 2-4 17 $678.5K +56.3% 1,663 $407 $96.1M

14 Nov 9-11 29 $175.0K −74.2% 345 $507 $96.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Aug 10 #3 $4.8M — $4.8M 1,678 $2,866 1

Sat Aug 11 #4 $5.2M +8% $10.0M 1,678 $3,097 2

Sun Aug 12 #4 $4.1M −20% $14.1M 1,678 $2,462 3

Mon Aug 13 #4 $1.9M −54% $16.0M 1,678 $1,144 4

Tue Aug 14 #4 $1.9M −2% $17.9M 1,678 $1,118 5

Wed Aug 15 #4 $1.7M −12% $19.5M 1,678 $987 6

Thu Aug 16 #4 $1.7M +1% $21.3M 1,678 $996 7

Fri Aug 17 #4 $3.3M +97% −31% $24.6M 2,153 $1,532 8

Sat Aug 18 #4 $4.2M +28% −19% $28.7M 2,153 $1,962 9

Sun Aug 19 #4 $3.3M −22% −20% $32.2M 2,153 $1,540 10

Mon Aug 20 #5 $1.4M −57% −25% $33.6M 2,153 $669 11

Tue Aug 21 #5 $1.5M +2% −21% $35.1M 2,153 $684 12

Wed Aug 22 #5 $1.2M −17% −27% $36.3M 2,153 $565 13

Thu Aug 23 #5 $1.2M +1% −27% $37.5M 2,153 $569 14

Fri Aug 24 #5 $2.6M +113% −21% $40.1M 2,436 $1,069 15

Sat Aug 25 #3 $3.6M +36% −16% $43.7M 2,436 $1,459 16

Sun Aug 26 #4 $2.4M −32% −27% $46.1M 2,436 $994 17

Mon Aug 27 #4 $926.1K −62% −36% $47.1M 2,436 $380 18

Tue Aug 28 #4 $998.6K +8% −32% $48.1M 2,436 $409 19

Wed Aug 29 #4 $793.6K −21% −35% $48.9M 2,436 $325 20

Thu Aug 30 #4 $692.7K −13% −44% $49.6M 2,436 $284 21

Fri Aug 31 #4 $2.3M +238% −10% $51.8M 2,716 $862 22

Sat Sep 1 #4 $3.2M +35% −11% $55.0M 2,716 $1,162 23

Sun Sep 2 #4 $2.9M −8% +20% $57.9M 2,716 $1,068 24

Mon Sep 3 #4 $2.0M −31% +117% $60.0M 2,716 $740 25

Tue Sep 4 #4 $602.1K −70% −40% $60.6M 2,716 $221 26

Wed Sep 5 #3 $482.7K −20% −39% $61.0M 2,716 $177 27

Thu Sep 6 #3 $474.3K −2% −32% $61.5M 2,716 $174 28

Fri Sep 7 #5 $1.7M +251% −29% $63.2M 2,737 $607 29

Sat Sep 8 #4 $2.7M +61% −15% $65.9M 2,737 $979 30

Sun Sep 9 #4 $1.7M −38% −43% $67.5M 2,737 $605 31

Mon Sep 10 #5 $381.8K −77% −81% $67.9M 2,737 $139 32

Tue Sep 11 #5 $268.7K −30% −55% $68.2M 2,737 $98 33

Wed Sep 12 #5 $355.5K +32% −26% $68.5M 2,737 $129 34

Thu Sep 13 #5 $347.9K −2% −27% $68.8M 2,737 $127 35

Fri Sep 14 #4 $1.4M +291% −18% $70.2M 2,843 $478 36

Sat Sep 15 #5 $2.1M +54% −22% $72.3M 2,843 $738 37

Sun Sep 16 #5 $1.1M −48% −34% $73.4M 2,843 $386 38

Mon Sep 17 #3 $322.8K −71% −15% $73.7M 2,843 $113 39

Tue Sep 18 #4 $406.4K +26% +51% $74.2M 2,843 $142 40

Wed Sep 19 #3 $318.1K −22% −11% $74.5M 2,843 $111 41

Thu Sep 20 #2 $383.0K +20% +10% $75.0M 2,843 $134 42

Fri Sep 21 #4 $1.2M +221% −10% $76.2M 2,801 $438 43

Sat Sep 22 #2 $2.3M +88% +10% $78.5M 2,801 $824 44

Sun Sep 23 #2 $1.3M −46% +14% $80.1M 2,801 $446 45

Mon Sep 24 #2 $318.0K −75% −1% $80.4M 2,801 $113 46

Tue Sep 25 #2 $550.0K +73% +35% $81.0M 2,801 $196 47

Wed Sep 26 #2 $370.0K −33% +16% $81.3M 2,801 $132 48

Thu Sep 27 #2 $448.0K +21% +17% $81.9M 2,801 $159 49

Fri Sep 28 #4 $1.5M +229% +20% $83.4M 2,724 $541 50

Sat Sep 29 #5 $2.3M +53% −3% $85.6M 2,724 $825 51

Sun Sep 30 #5 $950.0K −58% −24% $86.7M 2,724 $348 52

Mon Oct 1 #4 $227.0K −76% −29% $86.9M 2,724 $83 53

Tue Oct 2 #4 $249.0K +10% −55% $87.2M 2,724 $91 54

Wed Oct 3 #4 $212.0K −15% −43% $87.4M 2,724 $77 55

Thu Oct 4 #4 $266.0K +25% −41% $87.7M 2,724 $97 56

Fri Oct 5 #9 $830.0K +212% −44% $88.6M 2,272 $365 57

Sat Oct 6 #9 $1.4M +70% −37% $90.0M 2,272 $620 58

Sun Oct 7 #9 $710.0K −50% −25% $90.5M 2,272 $312 59

Mon Oct 8 #9 $289.0K −59% +27% $90.9M 2,272 $127 60

Tue Oct 9 #8 $163.0K −44% −35% $91.0M 2,272 $71 61

Wed Oct 10 #8 $159.0K −2% −25% $91.2M 2,272 $69 62

Thu Oct 11 #8 $181.0K +14% −32% $91.4M 2,272 $79 63

Tue Oct 16 #10 $117.0K — −28% $93.4M 1,554 $75 68

Thu Oct 19 $25.3K — $96.6M 39 $648

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

Cumulative total$96.6M

Aug 10Aug 26Sep 11Sep 27Oct 19

Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.8M

$14.1M

$10.9M

$8.6M

$8.2M

$6.0M

$4.6M

$5.1M

$4.8M

$2.8M

$1.8M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,843 → 1,554 −45.3%

1,678 open1,554 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −38.6%

−22.6%

W1→2

−21.5%

W2→3

−4.8%

W3→4

−26.3%

W4→5

−23.8%

W5→6

+11.1%

W6→7

−5.9%

W7→8

−40.5%

W8→9

−38.6%

W9→10

Steepest −40.5%Biggest gain +11.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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