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The SiegeFollow

1998 • R • 1h 56m • Action, Crime, Thriller • 20th Century Fox

An enemy they can't see. A nation under siege. A crisis they can't control.

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3.05

6.4

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$13.90M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$40.90M

Final

Worldwide total

$116.60M

$75.70M international

Domestic legs2.9x

Budget$70M

1998 rank#49

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Cast & crew

Full Zwick filmography

Edward Zwick

Edward Zwick Director

Denzel Washington

Denzel Washington Starring

Annette Bening

Annette Bening Starring

Bruce Willis

Bruce Willis Starring

Tony Shalhoub

Tony Shalhoub Starring

David Proval

David Proval Starring

ScreenplayLawrence Wright, Menno Meyjes, Edward Zwick Produced byLynda Obst, Edward Zwick CinematographyRoger Deakins Music byGraeme Revell Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 6-8 2 $13.9M — 2,541 $5,483 $13.9M

2 Nov 13-15 4 $8.1M −41.8% 2,582 $3,138 $26.4M

3 Nov 20-22 6 $3.6M −55.8% 2,438 $1,467 $32.1M

4 Nov 27-29 12 $2.5M −30.2% 1,676 $1,491 $36.2M

5 Dec 4-6 13 $1.0M −58.5% 1,206 $860 $37.8M

6 Dec 11-13 16 $571.4K −44.9% 787 $726 $38.7M

7 Dec 18-20 22 $321.7K −43.7% 486 $662 $39.3M

8 Dec 25-27 29 $223.5K −30.5% 371 $603 $39.7M

9 Jan 1-3 32 $255.3K +14.2% 425 $601 $40.2M

10 Jan 8-10 28 $231.9K −9.2% 397 $584 $40.5M

11 Jan 15-17 41 $127.9K −44.8% 212 $603 $40.7M

12 Jan 22-24 47 $68.0K −46.9% 157 $433 $40.8M

13 Jan 29-31 51 $37.0K −45.5% 117 $316 $40.9M

14 Feb 5-7 57 $17.0K −54.0% 69 $247 $40.9M

15 Feb 12-14 63 $9.6K −43.4% 23 $419 $40.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 6 #2 $4.7M — $4.7M 2,541 $1,850 1

Sat Nov 7 #2 $6.1M +29.8% $10.8M 2,541 $2,401 2

Sun Nov 8 #2 $3.3M −46.6% $13.9M 2,541 $1,282 3

Mon Nov 9 #2 $891.0K −72.7% $14.8M 2,541 $351 4

Tue Nov 10 #2 $1.2M +36.7% $16.0M 2,541 $479 5

Wed Nov 11 #2 $1.4M +15.9% $17.5M 2,541 $555 6

Thu Nov 12 #2 $818.9K −41.9% $18.3M 2,541 $322 7

Fri Nov 13 #4 $2.5M +208.9% −46.2% $20.8M 2,579 $981 8

Sat Nov 14 #4 $3.7M +47.0% −39.0% $24.5M 2,579 $1,442 9

Sun Nov 15 #4 $1.9M −48.5% −41.3% $26.4M 2,579 $742 10

Mon Nov 16 #4 $479.7K −74.9% −46.2% $26.9M 2,582 $186 11

Tue Nov 17 #4 $617.9K +28.8% −49.2% $27.5M 2,582 $239 12

Wed Nov 18 #4 $534.6K −13.5% −62.1% $28.0M 2,582 $207 13

Thu Nov 19 #4 $478.9K −10.4% −41.5% $28.5M 2,582 $185 14

Fri Nov 20 #6 $1.0M +118.2% −58.7% $29.5M 1,715 $609 15

Sat Nov 21 #6 $1.7M +58.9% −55.4% $31.2M 1,715 $968 16

Sun Nov 22 #6 $868.0K −47.7% −54.6% $32.1M 2,438 $356 17

Mon Nov 23 #6 $271.2K −68.8% −43.5% $32.3M 2,438 $111 18

Tue Nov 24 #6 $385.0K +42.0% −37.7% $32.7M 1,691 $228 19

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

Cumulative total$32.7M

Nov 6Nov 11Nov 15Nov 20Nov 24

Weekend grossWk 10 · $231.9K

$13.9M

$8.1M

$3.6M

$2.5M

$1.0M

$571.4K

$321.7K

$223.5K

$255.3K

$231.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,582 → 1,691 −34.5%

2,541 open1,691 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −9.2%

−41.8%

W1→2

−55.8%

W2→3

−30.2%

W3→4

−58.5%

W4→5

−44.9%

W5→6

−43.7%

W6→7

−30.5%

W7→8

+14.2%

W8→9

−9.2%

W9→10

Steepest −58.5%Biggest gain +14.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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