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The RingFollow

2002 • PG-13 • 1h 55m • Horror, Mystery • DreamWorks Distribution

Before you die, you see

🍅 72% 48%

57

3.33

7.1

CS B-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$15.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$129.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$249.00M

$120.00M international

Domestic legs8.60x

Budget$48.0M

2002 rank#17

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Cast & crew

Full Verbinski filmography

Gore Verbinski

Gore Verbinski Director

Naomi Watts

Naomi Watts Starring

Martin Henderson

Martin Henderson Starring

Brian Cox

Brian Cox Starring

Jane Alexander

Jane Alexander Starring

ScreenplayEhren Kruger Produced byWalter F. Parkes, Laurie MacDonald CinematographyBojan Bazelli MusicHans Zimmer StudioDreamWorks

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 18-20 1 $15.0M — 1,981 $7,579 $15.0M

2 Oct 25-27 2 $18.5M +23.1% 2,634 $7,019 $39.4M

3 Nov 1-3 2 $18.1M −2.0% 2,808 $6,451 $64.5M

4 Nov 8-10 3 $15.5M −14.4% 2,927 $5,298 $85.6M

5 Nov 15-17 4 $10.7M −31.2% 2,882 $3,699 $100.7M

6 Nov 22-24 6 $7.6M −29.1% 2,628 $2,876 $110.8M

7 Nov 29-Dec 1 9 $5.3M −30.4% 1,912 $2,751 $119.8M

8 Dec 6-8 10 $2.5M −52.1% 1,642 $1,534 $123.3M

9 Dec 13-15 14 $1.3M −46.6% 1,282 $1,048 $125.4M

10 Dec 20-22 22 $369.3K −72.5% 373 $990 $126.2M

11 Dec 27-29 32 $298.2K −19.2% 237 $1,258 $126.8M

12 Jan 3-5 33 $235.3K −21.1% 206 $1,142 $127.2M

13 Jan 10-12 36 $169.3K −28.1% 195 $867 $127.5M

14 Jan 17-19 28 $342.8K +102.5% 366 $936 $127.9M

15 Jan 24-26 29 $252.0K −26.5% 332 $758 $128.3M

16 Jan 31-Feb 2 35 $207.0K −17.8% 261 $793 $128.6M

17 Feb 7-9 44 $115.0K −44.5% 122 $942 $128.8M

18 Feb 14-17 Presidents' Day 48 $77.7K −32.4% 105 $739 $128.9M

19 Feb 21-23 50 $52.6K −32.3% 105 $500 $128.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 18 #1 $4.8M — $4.8M 1,981 $2,444 1

Sat Oct 19 #1 $6.3M +31% $11.2M 1,981 $3,192 2

Sun Oct 20 #1 $3.8M −39% $15.0M 1,981 $1,942 3

Mon Oct 21 #1 $1.4M −64% $16.4M 1,981 $700 4

Tue Oct 22 #1 $1.5M +6% $17.9M 1,981 $742 5

Wed Oct 23 #1 $1.4M −5% $19.3M 1,981 $702 6

Thu Oct 24 #1 $1.6M +18% $20.9M 1,981 $826 7

Fri Oct 25 #2 $6.1M +272% +26% $27.0M 2,634 $2,310 8

Sat Oct 26 #2 $7.8M +28% +23% $34.8M 2,634 $2,949 9

Sun Oct 27 #2 $4.6M −40% +20% $39.4M 2,634 $1,758 10

Mon Oct 28 #2 $1.4M −70% +1% $40.8M 2,634 $533 11

Tue Oct 29 #2 $1.5M +8% +4% $42.3M 2,634 $578 12

Wed Oct 30 #2 $1.3M −13% −5% $43.6M 2,634 $504 13

Thu Oct 31 #1 $2.8M +109% +70% $46.4M 2,634 $1,054 14

Fri Nov 1 #2 $5.7M +105% −6% $52.1M 2,808 $2,027 15

Sat Nov 2 #2 $7.8M +38% +1% $60.0M 2,808 $2,793 16

Sun Nov 3 #2 $4.6M −42% −1% $64.5M 2,808 $1,631 17

Mon Nov 4 #2 $1.5M −67% +6% $66.0M 2,808 $532 18

Tue Nov 5 #2 $1.6M +6% +4% $67.6M 2,808 $563 19

Wed Nov 6 #1 $1.2M −27% −13% $68.8M 2,808 $413 20

Thu Nov 7 #2 $1.3M +13% −53% $70.1M 2,808 $467 21

Fri Nov 8 #3 $5.1M +289% −10% $75.2M 2,927 $1,743 22

Sat Nov 9 #3 $6.3M +24% −19% $81.5M 2,927 $2,159 23

Sun Nov 10 #3 $4.1M −35% −11% $85.6M 2,927 $1,393 24

Mon Nov 11 #3 $1.9M −53% +27% $87.5M 2,927 $648 25

Tue Nov 12 #2 $893.0K −53% −44% $88.4M 2,927 $305 26

Wed Nov 13 #2 $783.0K −12% −33% $89.2M 2,927 $267 27

Thu Nov 14 #2 $845.0K +8% −36% $90.0M 2,927 $288 28

Fri Nov 15 #3 $3.6M +324% −30% $93.6M 2,882 $1,242 29

Sat Nov 16 #4 $4.8M +33% −24% $98.4M 2,882 $1,656 30

Sun Nov 17 #4 $2.3M −52% −43% $100.7M 2,882 $800 31

Mon Nov 18 #3 $607.0K −74% −68% $101.3M 2,882 $210 32

Tue Nov 19 #3 $701.0K +15% −22% $102.0M 2,882 $243 33

Wed Nov 20 #3 $599.0K −15% −23% $102.6M 2,882 $207 34

Thu Nov 21 #3 $686.0K +15% −19% $103.3M 2,882 $238 35

Fri Nov 22 #5 $2.5M +267% −30% $105.8M 2,628 $958 36

Sat Nov 23 #6 $3.3M +33% −30% $109.1M 2,628 $1,272 37

Sun Nov 24 #6 $1.7M −50% −28% $110.8M 2,628 $635 38

Mon Nov 25 #6 $537.0K −68% −12% $111.4M 2,628 $204 39

Tue Nov 26 #5 $822.0K +53% +17% $112.2M 2,628 $312 40

Wed Nov 27 #10 $1.0M +26% +72% $113.2M 1,912 $539 41

Thu Nov 28 #9 $1.3M +25% +88% $114.5M 1,912 $673 42

Fri Nov 29 #10 $2.2M +69% −14% $116.7M 1,912 $1,137 43

Sat Nov 30 #9 $2.2M n/c −35% $118.9M 1,912 $1,138 44

Sun Dec 1 #9 $957.8K −56% −43% $119.8M 1,912 $500 45

Mon Dec 2 #10 $254.0K −73% −53% $120.0M 1,912 $132 46

Tue Dec 3 #9 $276.0K +9% −66% $120.3M 1,912 $144 47

Wed Dec 4 #9 $236.0K −14% −77% $120.5M 1,912 $123 48

Thu Dec 5 #9 $246.0K +4% −81% $120.8M 1,912 $128 49

Fri Dec 6 #9 $839.0K +241% −61% $121.6M 1,642 $510 50

Sat Dec 7 #9 $1.2M +38% −47% $122.8M 1,642 $707 51

Sun Dec 8 #11 $519.0K −55% −46% $123.3M 1,642 $316 52

Mon Dec 9 #11 $165.0K −68% −35% $123.5M 1,642 $100 53

Tue Dec 10 #10 $188.0K +14% −32% $123.7M 1,642 $114 54

Wed Dec 11 #11 $173.0K −8% −27% $123.8M 1,642 $105 55

Thu Dec 12 #10 $175.0K +1% −29% $124.0M 1,642 $106 56

Fri Dec 13 #12 $437.9K +150% −48% $124.5M 1,282 $341 57

Sat Dec 14 #12 $590.5K +35% −49% $125.0M 1,282 $460 58

Sun Dec 15 #13 $316.3K −46% −39% $125.4M 1,282 $246 59

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

Cumulative total$125.4M

Oct 18Nov 2Nov 16Dec 1Dec 15

Weekend grossWk 10 · $369.3K

$15.0M

$18.5M

$18.1M

$15.5M

$10.7M

$7.6M

$5.3M

$2.5M

$1.3M

$369.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,927 → 1,282 −56.2%

1,981 open1,282 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −72.5%

+23.1%

W1→2

−2.0%

W2→3

−14.4%

W3→4

−31.2%

W4→5

−29.1%

W5→6

−30.4%

W6→7

−52.1%

W7→8

−46.6%

W8→9

−72.5%

W9→10

Steepest −72.5%Biggest gain +23.1%

Run milestones

$100M in 31 days

$100M

Day 31

Nov 17

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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