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2002 • PG-13 • 2h 4m • Action, Drama, Thriller • Paramount Pictures

27,000 nuclear weapons. One is missing.

🍅 58% 49%

45

3.04

6.5

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$31.20M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$119.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$194.00M

$75.00M international

Domestic legs3.81x

Budget$68.0M

2002 rank#21

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Cast & crew

Ben Affleck

Ben Affleck Starring

Morgan Freeman

Morgan Freeman Starring

James Cromwell

James Cromwell Starring

Liev Schreiber

Liev Schreiber Starring

Bridget Moynahan

Bridget Moynahan Starring

Alan Bates

Alan Bates Starring

ScreenplayPaul Attanasio, Daniel Pyne Produced byMace Neufeld CinematographyJohn Lindley MusicJerry Goldsmith StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 31-Jun 2 1 $31.2M — 3,183 $9,795 $31.2M

2 Jun 7-9 1 $19.2M −38.3% 3,218 $5,975 $62.3M

3 Jun 14-16 4 $13.5M −30.0% 3,230 $4,166 $84.5M

4 Jun 21-23 5 $7.8M −42.3% 3,037 $2,556 $97.3M

5 Jun 28-30 7 $4.9M −37.4% 2,486 $1,954 $105.4M

6 Jul 5-7 8 $3.7M −23.5% 1,592 $2,333 $111.7M

7 Jul 12-14 13 $1.9M −48.3% 1,150 $1,671 $115.1M

8 Jul 19-21 17 $940.5K −51.1% 913 $1,030 $117.0M

9 Jul 26-28 22 $295.5K −68.6% 598 $494 $117.6M

10 Aug 2-4 37 $94.9K −67.9% 278 $341 $117.9M

11 Aug 23-25 32 $168.3K +77.4% 224 $751 $118.2M

12 Aug 30-Sep 1 36 $133.4K −20.7% 204 $653 $118.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri May 31 #1 $9.5M — $9.5M 3,183 $2,995 1

Sat Jun 1 #1 $12.9M +35% $22.4M 3,183 $4,047 2

Sun Jun 2 #1 $7.8M −39% $31.2M 3,183 $2,456 3

Mon Jun 3 #1 $3.4M −57% $34.5M 3,183 $1,055 4

Tue Jun 4 #1 $3.2M −6% $37.7M 3,183 $990 5

Wed Jun 5 #1 $2.7M −15% $40.4M 3,183 $839 6

Thu Jun 6 #1 $2.7M +2% $43.1M 3,183 $854 7

Fri Jun 7 #1 $6.2M +128% −35% $49.3M 3,218 $1,922 8

Sat Jun 8 #1 $7.7M +24% −41% $56.9M 3,218 $2,378 9

Sun Jun 9 #1 $5.2M −32% −34% $62.3M 3,218 $1,615 10

Mon Jun 10 #1 $2.2M −59% −36% $64.5M 3,218 $668 11

Tue Jun 11 #1 $2.4M +11% −24% $66.9M 3,218 $741 12

Wed Jun 12 #2 $2.0M −15% −24% $68.9M 3,218 $628 13

Thu Jun 13 #2 $2.1M +6% −21% $71.0M 3,218 $664 14

Fri Jun 14 #4 $4.0M +87% −35% $75.0M 3,155 $1,267 15

Sat Jun 15 #3 $5.4M +35% −30% $80.4M 3,155 $1,706 16

Sun Jun 16 #4 $3.7M −31% −28% $84.5M 3,230 $1,152 17

Mon Jun 17 #5 $1.3M −64% −38% $85.8M 3,230 $412 18

Tue Jun 18 #5 $1.3M +1% −44% $87.1M 3,230 $415 19

Wed Jun 19 #5 $1.2M −10% −40% $88.3M 3,230 $373 20

Thu Jun 20 #5 $1.2M −2% −45% $89.5M 3,230 $365 21

Fri Jun 21 #5 $2.3M +97% −42% $91.9M 3,230 $718 22

Sat Jun 22 #6 $2.9M +25% −46% $94.8M 3,230 $897 23

Sun Jun 23 #5 $2.1M −27% −43% $97.3M 3,037 $696 24

Mon Jun 24 #6 $791.0K −63% −41% $98.1M 3,037 $260 25

Tue Jun 25 #6 $832.0K +5% −38% $98.9M 3,037 $273 26

Wed Jun 26 #6 $792.0K −5% −34% $99.7M 3,037 $260 27

Thu Jun 27 #6 $803.0K +1% −32% $100.5M 3,037 $264 28

Fri Jun 28 #7 $1.4M +73% −40% $101.9M 2,486 $559 29

Sat Jun 29 #6 $2.1M +48% −29% $104.0M 2,486 $830 30

Sun Jun 30 #7 $1.3M −35% −36% $105.4M 2,486 $541 31

Mon Jul 1 #9 $583.0K −57% −26% $106.0M 2,486 $234 32

Tue Jul 2 #9 $584.0K n/c −30% $106.5M 2,486 $234 33

Wed Jul 3 #12 $583.3K n/c −26% $107.1M 1,592 $366 34

Thu Jul 4 #9 $886.8K +52% +10% $108.0M 1,592 $557 35

Fri Jul 5 #8 $1.3M +41% −10% $109.3M 1,592 $787 36

Sat Jul 6 #8 $1.5M +21% −26% $110.8M 1,592 $953 37

Sun Jul 7 #9 $943.0K −38% −30% $111.7M 1,592 $592 38

Mon Jul 8 #10 $352.0K −63% −40% $112.1M 1,592 $221 39

Tue Jul 9 #10 $369.0K +5% −37% $112.4M 1,592 $231 40

Wed Jul 10 #10 $351.0K −5% −40% $112.8M 1,592 $220 41

Thu Jul 11 #10 $337.0K −4% −62% $113.1M 1,592 $211 42

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

Cumulative total$113.1M

May 31Jun 10Jun 21Jul 1Jul 11

Weekend grossWk 10 · $94.9K

$31.2M

$19.2M

$13.5M

$7.8M

$4.9M

$3.7M

$1.9M

$940.5K

$295.5K

$94.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,230 → 1,592 −50.7%

3,183 open1,592 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −67.9%

−38.3%

W1→2

−30.0%

W2→3

−42.3%

W3→4

−37.4%

W4→5

−23.5%

W5→6

−48.3%

W6→7

−51.1%

W7→8

−68.6%

W8→9

−67.9%

W9→10

Steepest −68.6%Best hold −23.5%

Run milestones

$100M in 28 days

$100M

Day 28

Jun 27

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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