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The TransporterFollow

2002 • PG-13 • 1h 32m • Action, Crime, Thriller • 20th Century Fox

Rules are made to be broken.

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3.15

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$9.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$25.30M

Final

Worldwide total

$43.90M

$18.60M international

Domestic legs2.8x

Budget$21M

2002 rank#103

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Cast & crew

Full Leterrier filmography

Louis Leterrier

Louis Leterrier Director

Jason Statham

Jason Statham Starring

François Berléand

François Berléand Starring

Written byLuc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen Produced byLuc Besson, Stephen Chasman CinematographyPierre Morel Music byStanley Clarke Studio20th Century Fox SeriesTransporter

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 11-13 4 $9.1M — 2,573 $3,540 $9.1M

2 Oct 18-20 6 $5.1M −44.2% 2,610 $1,948 $17.2M

3 Oct 25-27 8 $2.8M −44.7% 1,884 $1,492 $21.5M

4 Nov 1-3 14 $1.3M −54.2% 1,114 $1,157 $23.6M

5 Nov 8-10 19 $588.3K −54.4% 569 $1,034 $24.6M

6 Nov 15-17 27 $169.0K −71.3% 205 $824 $24.9M

7 Nov 22-24 41 $59.4K −64.8% 120 $495 $25.0M

8 Nov 29-Dec 1 54 $37.2K −37.4% 74 $503 $25.1M

9 Dec 6-8 48 $37.6K +1.0% 63 $596 $25.2M

10 Dec 13-15 46 $34.3K −8.6% 73 $470 $25.2M

11 Dec 20-22 55 $14.1K −59.0% 41 $343 $25.3M

12 Dec 27-29 68 $9.5K −32.3% 24 $397 $25.3M

13 Jan 3-5 74 $6.4K −33.3% 15 $424 $25.3M

14 Jan 10-12 81 $3.5K −44.9% 8 $438 $25.3M

15 Jan 17-19 108 $2.0K −42.6% 3 $670 $25.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 11 #4 $3.0M — $3.0M 2,573 $1,185 1

Sat Oct 12 #5 $3.6M +17% $6.6M 2,573 $1,391 2

Sun Oct 13 #4 $2.5M −31% $9.1M 2,573 $964 3

Mon Oct 14 #5 $1.1M −56% $10.2M 2,573 $427 4

Tue Oct 15 #4 $706.0K −36% $10.9M 2,573 $274 5

Wed Oct 16 #4 $603.0K −15% $11.5M 2,573 $234 6

Thu Oct 17 #4 $591.0K −2% $12.1M 2,573 $230 7

Fri Oct 18 #6 $1.6M +164% −49% $13.7M 2,610 $597 8

Sat Oct 19 #6 $2.2M +41% −38% $15.9M 2,610 $845 9

Sun Oct 20 #5 $1.3M −40% −47% $17.2M 2,610 $506 10

Mon Oct 21 #5 $373.0K −72% −66% $17.6M 2,610 $143 11

Tue Oct 22 #5 $408.0K +9% −42% $18.0M 2,610 $156 12

Wed Oct 23 #5 $350.0K −14% −42% $18.3M 2,610 $134 13

Thu Oct 24 #5 $340.0K −3% −42% $18.7M 2,610 $130 14

Fri Oct 25 #8 $912.2K +168% −41% $19.6M 1,884 $484 15

Sat Oct 26 #10 $1.2M +31% −46% $20.8M 1,884 $634 16

Sun Oct 27 #10 $705.2K −41% −47% $21.5M 1,884 $374 17

Mon Oct 28 #8 $201.0K −71% −46% $21.7M 1,884 $107 18

Tue Oct 29 #8 $218.0K +8% −47% $21.9M 1,884 $116 19

Wed Oct 30 #8 $179.0K −18% −49% $22.1M 1,884 $95 20

Thu Oct 31 #9 $192.0K +7% −44% $22.3M 1,884 $102 21

Fri Nov 8 #18 $177.0K — $24.1M 569 $311 29

Sat Nov 9 #19 $240.0K +36% $24.4M 569 $422 30

Sun Nov 10 #19 $171.0K −29% $24.6M 569 $301 31

Fri Nov 15 #19 $55.5K — −69% $24.8M 205 $271 36

Sat Nov 16 #20 $72.6K +31% −70% $24.9M 205 $354 37

Sun Nov 17 #20 $40.8K −44% −76% $24.9M 205 $199 38

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

Cumulative total$24.9M

Oct 11Oct 18Oct 24Oct 31Nov 17

Weekend grossWk 10 · $34.3K

$9.1M

$5.1M

$2.8M

$1.3M

$588.3K

$169.0K

$59.4K

$37.2K

$37.6K

$34.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,610 → 205 −92.1%

2,573 open205 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −8.6%

−44.2%

W1→2

−44.7%

W2→3

−54.2%

W3→4

−54.4%

W4→5

−71.3%

W5→6

−64.8%

W6→7

−37.4%

W7→8

+1.0%

W8→9

−8.6%

W9→10

Steepest −71.3%Biggest gain +1.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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