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2002 • PG-13 • 1h 32m • Action, Adventure, Fantasy • Universal Pictures

Warrior. Legend. King.

🍅 40% 38%

45

2.24

5.5

CS B

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$36.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$91.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$179.00M

$87.80M international

Domestic legs2.52x

Budget$60.0M

2002 rank#29

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Cast & crew

Full Russell filmography

Chuck Russell

Chuck Russell Director

Dwayne Johnson

Dwayne Johnson Starring

Michael Clarke Duncan

Michael Clarke Duncan Starring

Bernard Hill

Bernard Hill Starring

Grant Heslov

Grant Heslov Starring

ScreenplayStephen Sommers, David Hayter, William Osborne Produced bySean Daniel, James Jacks, Kevin Misher, Stephen Sommers CinematographyJohn R. Leonetti MusicJohn Debney StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Apr 19-21 1 $36.1M — 3,444 $10,474 $36.1M

2 Apr 26-28 1 $18.0M −50.0% 3,449 $5,230 $61.3M

3 May 3-5 2 $9.0M −49.8% 3,466 $2,610 $74.3M

4 May 10-12 4 $4.9M −45.6% 3,219 $1,530 $80.9M

5 May 17-19 7 $2.9M −40.9% 2,555 $1,139 $85.2M

6 May 24-26 10 $1.4M −50.8% 1,524 $939 $87.5M

7 May 31-Jun 2 13 $594.1K −58.5% 752 $790 $88.9M

8 Jun 7-9 16 $386.6K −34.9% 577 $670 $89.5M

9 Jun 14-16 18 $323.6K −16.3% 423 $765 $90.0M

10 Jun 21-23 25 $180.1K −44.3% 275 $655 $90.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Apr 19 #1 $12.6M — $12.6M 3,443 $3,660 1

Sat Apr 20 #1 $14.3M +13% $26.8M 3,443 $4,146 2

Sun Apr 21 #1 $9.2M −35% $36.1M 3,443 $2,685 3

Mon Apr 22 #1 $2.1M −77% $38.2M 3,444 $619 4

Tue Apr 23 #1 $1.9M −10% $40.1M 3,444 $555 5

Wed Apr 24 #1 $1.6M −15% $41.7M 3,444 $470 6

Thu Apr 25 #1 $1.5M −5% $43.3M 3,444 $445 7

Fri Apr 26 #1 $5.4M +253% −57% $48.7M 3,449 $1,570 8

Sat Apr 27 #1 $7.8M +45% −45% $56.5M 3,449 $2,274 9

Sun Apr 28 #1 $5.2M −34% −44% $61.3M 3,449 $1,494 10

Mon Apr 29 #1 $1.0M −80% −51% $62.4M 3,449 $300 11

Tue Apr 30 #1 $1.1M +2% −45% $63.4M 3,449 $305 12

Wed May 1 #1 $931.0K −12% −43% $64.3M 3,449 $269 13

Thu May 2 #1 $879.0K −6% −43% $65.2M 3,449 $254 14

Fri May 3 #2 $2.8M +216% −49% $68.0M 3,465 $801 15

Sat May 4 #2 $3.7M +32% −53% $71.7M 3,465 $1,061 16

Sun May 5 #2 $2.2M −41% −58% $74.3M 3,465 $626 17

Mon May 6 #2 $450.0K −79% −57% $74.7M 3,466 $129 18

Tue May 7 #2 $466.0K +4% −56% $75.2M 3,466 $134 19

Wed May 8 #2 $416.0K −11% −55% $75.6M 3,466 $120 20

Thu May 9 #2 $418.0K n/c −52% $76.0M 3,466 $120 21

Fri May 10 #4 $1.3M +208% −54% $77.3M 3,219 $400 22

Sat May 11 #4 $2.1M +66% −42% $79.4M 3,219 $665 23

Sun May 12 #4 $1.5M −30% −31% $80.9M 3,219 $465 24

Mon May 13 #4 $387.0K −74% −14% $81.3M 3,219 $120 25

Tue May 14 #4 $386.0K n/c −17% $81.7M 3,219 $119 26

Wed May 15 #4 $336.0K −13% −19% $82.0M 3,219 $104 27

Thu May 16 #5 $235.0K −30% −44% $82.3M 3,219 $73 28

Fri May 17 #7 $692.0K +194% −46% $83.0M 2,555 $270 29

Sat May 18 #7 $1.2M +75% −43% $84.2M 2,555 $473 30

Sun May 19 #6 $1.0M −17% −33% $85.2M 2,555 $395 31

Mon May 20 #7 $255.0K −75% −34% $85.4M 2,555 $99 32

Tue May 21 #7 $217.0K −15% −44% $85.7M 2,555 $84 33

Wed May 22 #7 $192.0K −12% −43% $85.9M 2,555 $75 34

Thu May 23 #7 $217.0K +13% −8% $86.1M 2,555 $84 35

Fri May 24 #10 $344.0K +59% −50% $86.4M 2,555 $134 36

Sat May 25 #10 $580.0K +69% −52% $87.0M 2,555 $227 37

Sun May 26 #10 $542.0K −7% −46% $87.5M 2,555 $212 38

Mon May 27 #9 $411.5K −24% +61% $87.8M 1,524 $270 39

Tue May 28 #9 $130.0K −68% −40% $88.0M 1,524 $85 40

Wed May 29 #9 $122.0K −6% −36% $88.2M 1,524 $80 41

Cumulative total$88.2M

Apr 19Apr 29May 9May 19May 29

Weekend grossWk 10 · $180.1K

$36.1M

$18.0M

$9.0M

$4.9M

$2.9M

$1.4M

$594.1K

$386.6K

$323.6K

$180.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,466 → 1,524 −56.0%

3,443 open1,524 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −44.3%

−50.0%

W1→2

−49.8%

W2→3

−45.6%

W3→4

−40.9%

W4→5

−50.8%

W5→6

−58.5%

W6→7

−34.9%

W7→8

−16.3%

W8→9

−44.3%

W9→10

Steepest −58.5%Best hold −16.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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