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2009 • R • 1h 46m • Action, Crime, Thriller • Sony Pictures Releasing

I can't get it out of my head. I'm gonna die today.

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3.07

6.4

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$23.40M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$65.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$150.00M

$84.70M international

Domestic legs2.80x

Budget$100M

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Cast & crew

Full Scott filmography

Tony Scott

Tony Scott Director

Denzel Washington

Denzel Washington Starring

John Travolta

John Travolta Starring

John Turturro

John Turturro Starring

Luis Guzmán

Luis Guzmán Starring

James Gandolfini

James Gandolfini Starring

ScreenplayBrian Helgeland Produced byTodd Black, Tony Scott, Jason Blumenthal, Steve Tisch CinematographyTobias A. Schliessler MusicHarry Gregson-Williams StudioSony Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 12-14 3 $23.4M — 3,074 $7,603 $23.4M

2 Jun 19-21 5 $12.0M −48.5% 3,077 $3,911 $44.1M

3 Jun 26-28 7 $5.5M −54.7% 2,995 $1,820 $53.5M

4 Jul 3-5 8 $2.5M −53.5% 1,908 $1,328 $58.5M

5 Jul 10-12 10 $1.5M −39.1% 1,116 $1,383 $61.4M

6 Jul 17-19 11 $889.3K −42.4% 610 $1,457 $62.9M

7 Jul 24-26 17 $491.5K −44.7% 371 $1,324 $63.8M

8 Jul 31-Aug 2 20 $456.3K −7.1% 383 $1,191 $64.5M

9 Aug 7-9 26 $217.6K −52.3% 288 $755 $65.0M

10 Aug 14-16 31 $158.0K −27.4% 202 $781 $65.2M

11 Aug 21-23 34 $122.9K −22.2% 163 $754 $65.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jun 12 #3 $8.2M — $8.2M 3,074 $2,678 1

Sat Jun 13 #3 $9.3M +13% $17.6M 3,074 $3,036 2

Sun Jun 14 #3 $5.8M −38% $23.4M 3,074 $1,887 3

Mon Jun 15 #3 $2.3M −60% $25.7M 3,074 $757 4

Tue Jun 16 #3 $2.4M +4% $28.1M 3,074 $789 5

Wed Jun 17 #3 $2.0M −19% $30.1M 3,074 $638 6

Thu Jun 18 #3 $1.9M −1% $32.0M 3,074 $631 7

Fri Jun 19 #5 $3.2M +65% −61% $35.2M 3,077 $1,040 8

Sat Jun 20 #5 $4.6M +45% −50% $39.9M 3,077 $1,509 9

Sun Jun 21 #5 $4.2M −10% −28% $44.1M 3,077 $1,361 10

Mon Jun 22 #5 $1.2M −72% −50% $45.2M 3,077 $376 11

Tue Jun 23 #5 $1.1M −2% −53% $46.4M 3,077 $369 12

Wed Jun 24 #6 $867.9K −24% −56% $47.2M 3,077 $282 13

Thu Jun 25 #6 $774.5K −11% −60% $48.0M 3,077 $251 14

Fri Jun 26 #7 $1.6M +100% −52% $49.6M 2,995 $517 15

Sat Jun 27 #6 $2.3M +50% −50% $51.9M 2,995 $776 16

Sun Jun 28 #7 $1.6M −32% −62% $53.5M 2,995 $525 17

Mon Jun 29 #7 $686.0K −56% −41% $54.1M 2,995 $229 18

Tue Jun 30 #7 $828.0K +21% −27% $55.0M 2,995 $276 19

Wed Jul 1 #9 $459.8K −44% −47% $55.4M 2,995 $153 20

Thu Jul 2 #9 $543.2K +18% −30% $56.0M 2,995 $181 21

Fri Jul 3 #8 $948.7K +75% −39% $56.9M 1,908 $497 22

Sat Jul 4 #8 $789.1K −17% −66% $57.7M 1,908 $413 23

Sun Jul 5 #9 $796.4K +1% −49% $58.5M 1,908 $417 24

Mon Jul 6 #9 $353.8K −56% −48% $58.9M 1,908 $185 25

Tue Jul 7 #9 $376.6K +6% −55% $59.2M 1,908 $197 26

Wed Jul 8 #9 $336.3K −11% −27% $59.6M 1,908 $176 27

Thu Jul 9 #10 $319.7K −5% −41% $59.9M 1,908 $167 28

Fri Jul 10 #11 $460.6K +44% −51% $60.4M 1,116 $412 29

Sat Jul 11 #10 $656.5K +43% −17% $61.0M 1,116 $588 30

Sun Jul 12 #10 $426.4K −35% −46% $61.4M 1,116 $382 31

Mon Jul 13 #10 $178.1K −58% −50% $61.6M 1,116 $159 32

Tue Jul 14 #11 $177.9K n/c −53% $61.8M 1,116 $159 33

Wed Jul 15 #11 $105.4K −41% −69% $61.9M 1,116 $94 34

Thu Jul 16 #11 $111.6K +6% −65% $62.0M 1,116 $100 35

Fri Jul 17 #11 $266.9K +139% −42% $62.3M 610 $437 36

Sat Jul 18 #11 $384.6K +44% −41% $62.7M 610 $630 37

Sun Jul 19 #12 $237.7K −38% −44% $62.9M 610 $389 38

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

Cumulative total$62.9M

Jun 12Jun 21Jul 1Jul 10Jul 19

Weekend grossWk 10 · $158.0K

$23.4M

$12.0M

$5.5M

$2.5M

$1.5M

$889.3K

$491.5K

$456.3K

$217.6K

$158.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,077 → 610 −80.2%

3,074 open610 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −27.4%

−48.5%

W1→2

−54.7%

W2→3

−53.5%

W3→4

−39.1%

W4→5

−42.4%

W5→6

−44.7%

W6→7

−7.1%

W7→8

−52.3%

W8→9

−27.4%

W9→10

Steepest −54.7%Best hold −7.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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