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The Thomas Crown AffairFollow

1999 • R • 1h 53m • Crime, Thriller, Romance • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

How do you get the man who has everything?

🍅 68% 77%

72

3.40

6.9

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$14.60M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$69.30M

Final

Worldwide total

$124.30M

$55.00M international

Domestic legs4.7x

Budget$48M

1999 rank#31

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Cast & crew

Full McTiernan filmography

John McTiernan

John McTiernan Director

Pierce Brosnan

Pierce Brosnan Starring

Rene Russo

Rene Russo Starring

Denis Leary

Denis Leary Starring

Ben Gazzara

Ben Gazzara Starring

Frankie Faison

Frankie Faison Starring

ScreenplayLeslie Dixon, Kurt Wimmer Produced byPierce Brosnan, Beau St. Clair CinematographyTom Priestley Jr. Music byBill Conti StudioMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 6-8 4 $14.6M — 2,427 $6,016 $14.6M

2 Aug 13-15 5 $10.1M −31.0% 2,427 $4,150 $31.0M

3 Aug 20-22 6 $7.0M −30.4% 2,427 $2,887 $42.2M

4 Aug 27-29 6 $4.6M −34.1% 2,095 $2,205 $49.8M

5 Sep 3-6 5 $6.1M +31.6% 1,977 $3,074 $57.7M

6 Sep 10-12 7 $2.7M −55.6% 1,849 $1,460 $61.4M

7 Sep 17-19 7 $2.0M −27.6% 1,658 $1,180 $64.3M

8 Sep 24-26 11 $969.0K −50.5% 1,405 $690 $66.0M

9 Oct 1-3 16 $443.8K −54.2% 717 $619 $66.8M

10 Oct 8-10 19 $418.2K −5.8% 717 $583 $67.4M

11 Oct 15-17 20 $416.9K −0.3% 717 $581 $68.0M

12 Oct 22-24 34 $170.4K −59.1% 256 $666 $68.3M

13 Oct 29-31 32 $148.8K −12.7% 258 $577 $68.6M

14 Nov 5-7 32 $153.9K +3.4% 272 $566 $68.8M

15 Nov 12-14 40 $118.9K −22.7% 214 $556 $69.0M

16 Nov 19-21 51 $56.0K −52.9% 119 $471 $69.1M

17 Nov 26-28 57 $48.0K −14.4% 82 $585 $69.1M

18 Dec 3-5 64 $30.6K −36.2% 76 $403 $69.2M

19 Dec 10-12 62 $26.7K −12.6% 90 $297 $69.2M

20 Dec 17-19 61 $19.7K −26.2% 53 $372 $69.3M

21 Dec 24-26 74 $4.2K −78.8% 14 $299 $69.3M

22 Dec 31-Jan 2 84 $4.9K +16.6% 13 $376 $69.3M

23 Jan 7-9 81 $5.9K +21.8% 11 $541 $69.3M

24 Jan 14-16 94 $2.0K −66.2% 6 $335 $69.3M

25 Jan 21-23 100 $803 −60.0% 4 $201 $69.3M

26 Jan 28-30 101 $1.5K +84.7% 5 $297 $69.3M

27 Feb 4-6 100 $1.2K −18.5% 3 $403 $69.3M

28 Feb 11-13 102 $442 −63.4% 1 $442 $69.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Aug 6 #4 $4.1M — $4.1M 2,427 $1,675 1

Sat Aug 7 #4 $5.8M +41.9% $9.8M 2,427 $2,377 2

Sun Aug 8 #4 $4.4M −22.9% $14.6M 2,427 $1,832 3

Mon Aug 9 #4 $1.5M −66.3% $16.1M 2,427 $618 4

Tue Aug 10 #4 $1.7M +14.5% $17.8M 2,427 $708 5

Wed Aug 11 #4 $1.6M −9.4% $19.4M 2,427 $642 6

Thu Aug 12 #4 $1.5M −2.4% $20.9M 2,427 $626 7

Fri Aug 13 #5 $3.0M +94.2% −27.4% $23.8M 2,427 $1,215 8

Sat Aug 14 #5 $4.3M +46.3% −25.2% $28.2M 2,427 $1,778 9

Sun Aug 15 #5 $2.8M −35.2% −37.1% $31.0M 2,427 $1,152 10

Mon Aug 16 #5 $975.0K −65.1% −35.0% $31.9M 2,427 $402 11

Tue Aug 17 #5 $1.2M +23.6% −29.9% $33.1M 2,427 $496 12

Wed Aug 18 #5 $1.0M −13.1% −32.8% $34.2M 2,427 $431 13

Thu Aug 19 #5 $1.0M −2.7% −32.9% $35.2M 2,427 $420 14

Fri Aug 20 #6 $2.1M +102.6% −30.0% $37.3M 2,427 $851 15

Sat Aug 21 #5 $3.0M +46.0% −30.2% $40.3M 2,427 $1,242 16

Sun Aug 22 #6 $1.9M −36.0% −31.1% $42.2M 2,427 $794 17

Mon Aug 23 #6 $662.0K −65.7% −32.1% $42.9M 2,427 $273 18

Tue Aug 24 #6 $842.2K +27.2% −30.1% $43.7M 2,427 $347 19

Wed Aug 25 #6 $726.3K −13.8% −30.6% $44.5M 2,427 $299 20

Thu Aug 26 #5 $726.0K −0.0% −28.8% $45.2M 2,427 $299 21

Fri Aug 27 #6 $1.3M +83.6% −35.4% $46.5M 2,095 $636 22

Sat Aug 28 #6 $2.1M +54.1% −31.9% $48.6M 2,095 $980 23

Sun Aug 29 #7 $1.2M −40.3% −36.4% $49.8M 2,095 $586 24

Mon Aug 30 #6 $426.0K −65.3% −35.6% $50.2M 2,095 $203 25

Tue Aug 31 #6 $536.0K +25.8% −36.4% $50.8M 2,095 $256 26

Wed Sep 1 #7 $408.0K −23.9% −43.8% $51.2M 1,977 $206 27

Thu Sep 2 #7 $407.0K −0.2% −43.9% $51.6M 1,977 $206 28

Fri Sep 3 #7 $1.1M +163.4% −19.6% $52.6M 1,978 $542 29

Sat Sep 4 #5 $1.8M +64.6% −14.1% $54.4M 1,978 $892 30

Sun Sep 5 #5 $1.9M +5.3% +51.4% $56.3M 1,977 $940 31

Mon Sep 6 #5 $1.4M −25.7% +224.0% $57.7M 1,977 $698 32

Tue Sep 7 #5 $375.7K −72.8% −29.9% $58.0M 1,977 $190 33

Wed Sep 8 #5 $311.8K −17.0% −23.6% $58.3M 1,977 $158 34

Thu Sep 9 #4 $319.0K +2.3% −21.6% $58.7M 1,977 $161 35

Fri Sep 10 #7 $800.0K +150.8% −25.4% $59.5M 1,977 $405 36

Sat Sep 11 #6 $1.3M +62.9% −26.1% $60.8M 1,848 $705 37

Sun Sep 12 #7 $584.0K −55.2% −68.6% $61.4M 1,849 $316 38

Mon Sep 13 #6 $202.3K −65.4% −85.3% $61.6M 1,849 $109 39

Tue Sep 14 #5 $284.9K +40.8% −24.2% $61.8M 1,849 $154 40

Wed Sep 15 #5 $265.9K −6.7% −14.7% $62.1M 1,849 $144 41

Thu Sep 16 #6 $239.6K −9.9% −24.9% $62.4M 1,849 $130 42

Fri Sep 17 #7 $596.0K +148.8% −25.5% $62.9M 1,656 $360 43

Sat Sep 18 #7 $905.0K +51.8% −30.5% $63.9M 1,656 $546 44

Sun Sep 19 #8 $446.0K −50.7% −23.6% $64.3M 1,656 $269 45

Mon Sep 20 #8 $154.1K −65.5% −23.8% $64.5M 1,658 $93 46

Tue Sep 21 #6 $207.0K +34.3% −27.3% $64.7M 1,658 $125 47

Wed Sep 22 #7 $175.2K −15.4% −34.1% $64.8M 1,658 $106 48

Thu Sep 23 #7 $167.1K −4.6% −30.2% $65.0M 1,658 $101 49

Fri Sep 24 #11 $280.0K +67.5% −53.0% $65.3M 1,405 $199 50

Sat Sep 25 #11 $475.0K +69.6% −47.5% $65.8M 1,402 $339 51

Sun Sep 26 #12 $212.0K −55.4% −52.5% $66.0M 1,405 $151 52

Mon Sep 27 #11 $80.8K −61.9% −47.6% $66.1M 1,405 $57 53

Tue Sep 28 #11 $106.8K +32.2% −48.4% $66.2M 1,405 $76 54

Wed Sep 29 #11 $97.4K −8.8% −44.4% $66.3M 1,405 $69 55

Thu Sep 30 #11 $97.8K +0.4% −41.5% $66.4M 1,405 $70 56

Fri Oct 1 #16 $131.0K +34.0% −53.2% $66.5M 716 $183 57

Sat Oct 2 #16 $213.0K +62.6% −55.2% $66.7M 716 $297 58

Sun Oct 3 #16 $107.0K −49.8% −49.5% $66.8M 717 $149 59

Mon Oct 4 #16 $37.3K −65.2% −53.8% $66.8M 717 $52 60

Tue Oct 5 #16 $47.3K +26.8% −55.7% $66.9M 717 $66 61

Wed Oct 6 #16 $43.3K −8.3% −55.5% $66.9M 717 $60 62

Thu Oct 7 #16 $44.9K +3.5% −54.1% $67.0M 717 $63 63

Fri Oct 8 #18 $111.0K +147.3% −15.3% $67.1M 716 $155 64

Sat Oct 9 #17 $186.0K +67.6% −12.7% $67.3M 716 $260 65

Sun Oct 10 #18 $121.0K −34.9% +13.1% $67.4M 717 $169 66

Mon Oct 11 #18 $56.7K −53.1% +52.1% $67.5M 717 $79 67

Tue Oct 12 #17 $41.3K −27.1% −12.5% $67.5M 717 $58 68

Wed Oct 13 #18 $38.3K −7.4% −11.6% $67.5M 717 $53 69

Thu Oct 14 #17 $42.0K +9.8% −6.3% $67.6M 717 $59 70

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

Cumulative total$67.6M

Aug 6Aug 23Sep 10Sep 27Oct 14

Weekend grossWk 10 · $418.2K

$14.6M

$10.1M

$7.0M

$4.6M

$6.1M

$2.7M

$2.0M

$969.0K

$443.8K

$418.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,427 → 717 −70.5%

2,427 open717 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −5.8%

−31.0%

W1→2

−30.4%

W2→3

−34.1%

W3→4

+31.6%

W4→5

−55.6%

W5→6

−27.6%

W6→7

−50.5%

W7→8

−54.2%

W8→9

−5.8%

W9→10

Steepest −55.6%Biggest gain +31.6%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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