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2003 • PG-13 • 1h 55m • Action, Thriller • Touchstone Pictures

Trust. Betrayal. Deception. In the C.I.A. nothing is what it seems.

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$16.30M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$52.80M

Final

Worldwide total

$101.20M

$48.40M international

Domestic legs3.2x

2003 rank#55

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Cast & crew

Full Donaldson filmography

Roger Donaldson

Roger Donaldson Director

Al Pacino

Al Pacino Starring

Colin Farrell

Colin Farrell Starring

Bridget Moynahan

Bridget Moynahan Starring

Gabriel Macht

Gabriel Macht Starring

ScreenplayRoger Towne, Kurt Wimmer, Mitch Glazer Produced byRoger Birnbaum, Jeff Apple, Gary Barber CinematographyStuart Dryburgh Music byKlaus Badelt StudioTouchstone Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jan 31-Feb 2 1 $16.3M — 2,376 $6,861 $16.3M

2 Feb 7-9 4 $9.2M −43.4% 2,376 $3,883 $29.8M

3 Feb 14-16 6 $6.4M −30.3% 2,336 $2,754 $39.4M

4 Feb 21-23 10 $3.4M −46.9% 1,678 $2,035 $44.3M

5 Feb 28-Mar 2 10 $2.7M −20.1% 1,508 $1,809 $48.1M

6 Mar 7-9 15 $1.4M −50.2% 1,071 $1,269 $50.3M

7 Mar 14-16 19 $685.8K −49.6% 640 $1,072 $51.5M

8 Mar 21-23 27 $237.3K −65.4% 287 $827 $52.0M

9 Mar 28-30 53 $62.7K −73.6% 94 $667 $52.2M

10 Apr 4-6 66 $31.8K −49.3% 56 $568 $52.2M

11 Apr 11-13 68 $24.0K −24.7% 48 $499 $52.3M

12 Apr 18-20 36 $142.1K +492.9% 206 $690 $52.4M

13 Apr 25-27 42 $101.4K −28.7% 184 $551 $52.6M

14 May 2-4 49 $57.6K −43.2% 100 $576 $52.7M

15 May 9-11 65 $33.9K −41.2% 64 $529 $52.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jan 31 #2 $5.3M — $5.3M 2,376 $2,243 1

Sat Feb 1 #1 $6.9M +28.8% $12.2M 2,376 $2,889 2

Sun Feb 2 #1 $4.1M −40.2% $16.3M 2,376 $1,729 3

Mon Feb 3 #1 $1.1M −72.4% $17.4M 2,376 $478 4

Tue Feb 4 #1 $1.2M +2.6% $18.6M 2,376 $490 5

Wed Feb 5 #1 $1.0M −13.3% $19.6M 2,376 $425 6

Thu Feb 6 #1 $983.0K −2.7% $20.6M 2,376 $414 7

Fri Feb 7 #4 $2.8M +181.1% −48.1% $23.4M 2,376 $1,163 8

Sat Feb 8 #4 $4.1M +49.7% −39.7% $27.4M 2,376 $1,741 9

Sun Feb 9 #4 $2.4M −41.9% −41.5% $29.8M 2,376 $1,012 10

Mon Feb 10 #5 $572.0K −76.2% −49.6% $30.4M 2,376 $241 11

Tue Feb 11 #4 $615.0K +7.5% −47.2% $31.0M 2,376 $259 12

Wed Feb 12 #4 $581.0K −5.5% −42.5% $31.6M 2,376 $245 13

Thu Feb 13 #4 $542.0K −6.7% −44.9% $32.1M 2,376 $228 14

Fri Feb 14 #7 $1.9M +255.1% −30.3% $34.1M 2,336 $824 15

Sat Feb 15 #6 $2.6M +37.5% −36.0% $36.8M 2,336 $1,133 16

Sun Feb 16 #6 $1.8M −31.7% −24.8% $38.6M 2,336 $774 17

Mon Feb 17 #7 $845.6K −53.2% +47.8% $39.4M 2,336 $362 18

Tue Feb 18 #6 $564.0K −33.3% −8.3% $40.0M 2,336 $241 19

Wed Feb 19 #6 $467.0K −17.2% −19.6% $40.4M 2,336 $200 20

Thu Feb 20 #6 $474.0K +1.5% −12.5% $40.9M 2,336 $203 21

Fri Feb 21 #10 $1.0M +115.8% −46.8% $41.9M 2,336 $438 22

Sat Feb 22 #10 $1.5M +49.6% −42.2% $43.5M 1,678 $912 23

Sun Feb 23 #10 $846.9K −44.7% −53.1% $44.3M 1,678 $505 24

Tue Feb 25 #10 $275.0K — −51.2% $44.8M 1,678 $164 26

Wed Feb 26 #10 $267.0K −2.9% −42.8% $45.1M 1,678 $159 27

Thu Feb 27 #10 $266.0K −0.4% −43.9% $45.4M 1,678 $159 28

Fri Feb 28 #10 $758.0K +185.0% −25.9% $46.1M 1,508 $503 29

Mon Mar 3 #10 $204.0K — $48.3M 1,678 $122 32

Tue Mar 4 #10 $218.0K +6.9% −20.7% $48.5M 1,678 $130 33

Wed Mar 5 #9 $206.0K −5.5% −22.8% $48.7M 1,508 $137 34

Thu Mar 6 #9 $201.0K −2.4% −24.4% $48.9M 1,508 $133 35

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

Cumulative total$48.9M

Jan 31Feb 8Feb 16Feb 23Mar 6

Weekend grossWk 10 · $31.8K

$16.3M

$9.2M

$6.4M

$3.4M

$2.7M

$1.4M

$685.8K

$237.3K

$62.7K

$31.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,376 → 1,508 −36.5%

2,376 open1,508 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −49.3%

−43.4%

W1→2

−30.3%

W2→3

−46.9%

W3→4

−20.1%

W4→5

−50.2%

W5→6

−49.6%

W6→7

−65.4%

W7→8

−73.6%

W8→9

−49.3%

W9→10

Steepest −73.6%Best hold −20.1%

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