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2002 • 2h 8m • Drama, Family, Sport • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Sometimes dreams come back to life.

🍅 84% 70%

72

3.26

6.9

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$16.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$75.60M

Final

Worldwide total

$80.70M

$5.10M international

Domestic legs4.72x

Budget$22.0M

2002 rank#36

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Cast & crew

Full Hancock filmography

John Lee Hancock

John Lee Hancock Director

Dennis Quaid

Dennis Quaid Starring

Rachel Griffiths

Rachel Griffiths Starring

Jay Hernandez

Jay Hernandez Starring

Beth Grant

Beth Grant Starring

Brian Cox

Brian Cox Starring

ScreenplayMike Rich Produced byMark Ciardi, Gordon Gray, Mark Johnson CinematographyJohn Schwartzman MusicCarter Burwell StudioWalt Disney Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 29-31 3 $16.0M — 2,511 $6,380 $16.0M

2 Apr 5-7 4 $11.7M −27.0% 2,524 $4,636 $34.9M

3 Apr 12-14 5 $8.1M −31.0% 2,520 $3,205 $45.3M

4 Apr 19-21 4 $6.5M −20.1% 2,507 $2,573 $53.8M

5 Apr 26-28 6 $5.6M −13.1% 2,543 $2,204 $60.8M

6 May 3-5 6 $3.1M −44.3% 2,351 $1,327 $64.9M

7 May 10-12 6 $2.6M −15.8% 2,117 $1,240 $68.2M

8 May 17-19 8 $1.7M −34.2% 1,849 $934 $70.5M

9 May 24-26 12 $755.9K −56.2% 836 $904 $71.8M

10 May 31-Jun 2 16 $331.6K −56.1% 435 $762 $72.5M

11 Jun 7-9 22 $231.4K −30.2% 257 $900 $73.0M

12 Jun 14-16 27 $146.2K −36.8% 174 $840 $73.2M

13 Jun 21-23 22 $232.0K +58.7% 140 $1,657 $73.5M

14 Jun 28-30 21 $301.9K +30.1% 326 $925 $73.9M

15 Jul 5-7 23 $295.8K −2.0% 294 $1,006 $74.5M

16 Jul 12-14 26 $186.0K −37.1% 247 $753 $74.9M

17 Jul 19-21 30 $140.0K −24.8% 198 $706 $75.2M

18 Jul 26-28 43 $77.3K −44.8% 121 $638 $75.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Mar 29 #3 $6.1M — $6.1M 2,511 $2,427 1

Sat Mar 30 #3 $5.9M −3% $12.0M 2,511 $2,356 2

Sun Mar 31 #3 $4.0M −32% $16.0M 2,511 $1,596 3

Mon Apr 1 #3 $2.2M −45% $18.2M 2,511 $876 4

Tue Apr 2 #3 $1.7M −24% $19.9M 2,511 $666 5

Wed Apr 3 #3 $1.7M +4% $21.6M 2,511 $691 6

Thu Apr 4 #3 $1.6M −7% $23.2M 2,511 $640 7

Fri Apr 5 #4 $3.7M +128% −40% $26.9M 2,524 $1,450 8

Sat Apr 6 #4 $5.1M +38% −14% $32.0M 2,524 $2,008 9

Sun Apr 7 #4 $2.9M −42% −27% $34.9M 2,524 $1,163 10

Mon Apr 8 #5 $569.0K −81% −74% $35.5M 2,524 $225 11

Tue Apr 9 #6 $604.0K +6% −64% $36.1M 2,524 $239 12

Wed Apr 10 #4 $530.0K −12% −69% $36.6M 2,524 $209 13

Thu Apr 11 #4 $557.0K +5% −65% $37.2M 2,524 $220 14

Fri Apr 12 #5 $2.2M +304% −39% $39.5M 2,520 $892 15

Sat Apr 13 #4 $3.7M +65% −27% $43.2M 2,520 $1,470 16

Sun Apr 14 #5 $2.0M −47% −33% $45.3M 2,520 $777 17

Mon Apr 15 #5 $528.0K −73% −7% $45.8M 2,520 $209 18

Tue Apr 16 #6 $492.0K −7% −19% $46.3M 2,520 $195 19

Wed Apr 17 #4 $532.0K +8% n/c $46.8M 2,520 $211 20

Thu Apr 18 #3 $544.0K +2% −2% $47.4M 2,520 $215 21

Fri Apr 19 #4 $2.0M +261% −13% $49.3M 2,504 $783 22

Sat Apr 20 #4 $2.9M +47% −22% $52.1M 2,507 $1,151 23

Sun Apr 21 #5 $1.8M −39% −10% $53.8M 2,507 $702 24

Mon Apr 22 #5 $361.0K −79% −32% $54.2M 2,507 $143 25

Tue Apr 23 #6 $305.0K −16% −38% $54.5M 2,507 $121 26

Wed Apr 24 #6 $300.0K −2% −44% $54.8M 2,507 $119 27

Thu Apr 25 #5 $363.0K +21% −33% $55.2M 2,507 $144 28

Fri Apr 26 #6 $1.5M +306% −25% $56.6M 2,543 $580 29

Sat Apr 27 #6 $2.5M +73% −12% $59.2M 2,543 $1,002 30

Sun Apr 28 #5 $1.6M −37% −8% $60.8M 2,543 $634 31

Mon Apr 29 #7 $262.0K −84% −27% $61.0M 2,543 $103 32

Tue Apr 30 #8 $251.0K −4% −18% $61.3M 2,543 $98 33

Wed May 1 #7 $236.0K −6% −21% $61.5M 2,543 $92 34

Thu May 2 #7 $262.0K +11% −28% $61.8M 2,543 $103 35

Fri May 3 #7 $970.0K +270% −34% $62.8M 2,351 $412 36

Sat May 4 #5 $1.4M +42% −46% $64.1M 2,351 $585 37

Sun May 5 #6 $670.0K −51% −58% $64.9M 2,351 $284 38

Mon May 6 #7 $169.0K −75% −35% $65.1M 2,351 $71 39

Tue May 7 #7 $169.0K n/c −33% $65.2M 2,351 $71 40

Wed May 8 #7 $174.0K +3% −26% $65.4M 2,351 $74 41

Thu May 9 #6 $196.0K +13% −25% $65.6M 2,351 $83 42

Fri May 10 #7 $608.8K +211% −37% $66.2M 2,117 $287 43

Sat May 11 #6 $1.0M +72% −24% $67.3M 2,117 $494 44

Sun May 12 #6 $970.2K −7% +45% $68.2M 2,117 $458 45

Mon May 13 #8 $159.0K −84% −6% $68.4M 2,117 $75 46

Tue May 14 #8 $139.0K −13% −18% $68.5M 2,117 $65 47

Wed May 15 #7 $130.0K −6% −25% $68.7M 2,117 $61 48

Thu May 16 #8 $122.0K −6% −38% $68.8M 2,117 $57 49

Fri May 17 #9 $457.0K +275% −25% $69.2M 1,849 $247 50

Sat May 18 #8 $829.0K +81% −21% $70.1M 1,849 $448 51

Sun May 19 #9 $419.4K −49% −57% $70.5M 1,849 $226 52

Mon May 20 #9 $115.0K −73% −28% $70.6M 1,849 $62 53

Tue May 21 #9 $116.0K +1% −17% $70.7M 1,849 $62 54

Wed May 22 #9 $113.0K −3% −13% $70.9M 1,849 $61 55

Thu May 23 #9 $139.5K +23% +14% $71.0M 1,849 $75 56

Mon May 27 #12 $229.5K — +100% $72.0M 836 $274 60

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

Cumulative total$72.0M

Mar 29Apr 12Apr 26May 10May 27

Weekend grossWk 10 · $331.6K

$16.0M

$11.7M

$8.1M

$6.5M

$5.6M

$3.1M

$2.6M

$1.7M

$755.9K

$331.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,543 → 836 −67.1%

2,511 open836 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −56.1%

−27.0%

W1→2

−31.0%

W2→3

−20.1%

W3→4

−13.1%

W4→5

−44.3%

W5→6

−15.8%

W6→7

−34.2%

W7→8

−56.2%

W8→9

−56.1%

W9→10

Steepest −56.2%Best hold −13.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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