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2006 • G • 1h 22m • Adventure, Animation, Comedy • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

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2.25

5.2

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$9.70M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$37.40M

Final

Worldwide total

$99.00M

$61.60M international

Domestic legs3.9x

Budget$80M

2006 rank#86

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Cast & crew

Kiefer Sutherland

Kiefer Sutherland Starring

Jim Belushi

Jim Belushi Starring

Janeane Garofalo

Janeane Garofalo Starring

William Shatner

William Shatner Starring

Richard Kind

Richard Kind Starring

ScreenplayMark Gibson, Ed Decter, John J. Strauss, Philip Halprin Produced byBeau Flynn, Clint Goldman MusicAlan Silvestri StudioWalt Disney Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Apr 14-16 4 $9.7M — 2,854 $3,393 $9.7M

2 Apr 21-23 5 $8.3M −14.0% 2,854 $2,919 $22.2M

3 Apr 28-30 9 $4.8M −42.4% 2,605 $1,842 $28.5M

4 May 5-7 12 $2.6M −44.8% 1,930 $1,373 $32.1M

5 May 12-14 14 $1.6M −38.5% 1,216 $1,341 $34.4M

6 May 19-21 23 $277.3K −83.0% 951 $292 $35.0M

7 May 26-29 37 $86.6K −68.8% 188 $460 $35.3M

8 Jun 2-4 39 $66.0K −23.7% 149 $443 $35.4M

9 Jun 9-11 19 $257.4K +289.8% 145 $1,775 $35.7M

10 Jun 16-18 21 $206.4K −19.8% 135 $1,529 $36.0M

11 Jun 23-25 33 $78.4K −62.0% 86 $911 $36.1M

12 Jun 30-Jul 2 37 $51.8K −33.8% 64 $810 $36.2M

13 Jul 7-9 38 $46.7K −10.0% 47 $993 $36.3M

14 Jul 14-16 26 $195.6K +319.3% 248 $789 $36.6M

15 Jul 21-23 28 $171.1K −12.5% 237 $722 $36.9M

16 Jul 28-30 34 $105.0K −38.6% 187 $562 $37.2M

17 Aug 4-6 44 $56.0K −46.7% 104 $538 $37.3M

18 Aug 11-13 60 $24.4K −56.5% 57 $428 $37.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Apr 14 #3 $4.2M — $4.2M 2,854 $1,465 1

Sat Apr 15 #4 $3.4M −19.1% $7.6M 2,854 $1,185 2

Sun Apr 16 #4 $2.1M −37.2% $9.7M 2,854 $744 3

Mon Apr 17 #3 $1.6M −24.2% $11.3M 2,854 $564 4

Tue Apr 18 #3 $922.6K −42.7% $12.2M 2,854 $323 5

Wed Apr 19 #3 $860.2K −6.8% $13.1M 2,854 $301 6

Thu Apr 20 #3 $830.3K −3.5% $13.9M 2,854 $291 7

Fri Apr 21 #6 $2.0M +145.7% −51.2% $15.9M 2,854 $715 8

Sat Apr 22 #5 $3.7M +82.5% +10.1% $19.7M 2,854 $1,304 9

Sun Apr 23 #5 $2.6M −31.0% +21.0% $22.2M 2,854 $900 10

Mon Apr 24 #5 $373.3K −85.5% −76.8% $22.6M 2,854 $131 11

Tue Apr 25 #5 $368.5K −1.3% −60.1% $23.0M 2,854 $129 12

Wed Apr 26 #5 $356.4K −3.3% −58.6% $23.3M 2,854 $125 13

Thu Apr 27 #5 $371.3K +4.2% −55.3% $23.7M 2,854 $130 14

Fri Apr 28 #10 $1.0M +176.4% −49.7% $24.7M 2,605 $394 15

Sat Apr 29 #9 $2.2M +113.4% −41.2% $26.9M 2,605 $841 16

Sun Apr 30 #9 $1.6M −27.7% −38.4% $28.5M 2,605 $608 17

Mon May 1 #9 $227.6K −85.6% −39.0% $28.7M 2,605 $87 18

Tue May 2 #9 $229.5K +0.8% −37.7% $29.0M 2,605 $88 19

Wed May 3 #9 $230.8K +0.6% −35.2% $29.2M 2,605 $89 20

Thu May 4 #9 $243.9K +5.7% −34.3% $29.4M 2,605 $94 21

Sun May 7 #10 $933.5K — −41.1% $32.1M 1,930 $484 24

Fri May 12 — $329.8K — $33.1M 1,216 $271 29

Sat May 13 — $685.8K +107.9% $33.7M 1,216 $564 30

Sun May 14 — $614.7K −10.4% −34.2% $34.4M 1,216 $505 31

Mon May 29 #34 $27.9K — $35.3M 188 $149 46

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

Cumulative total$35.3M

Apr 14Apr 20Apr 27May 3May 29

Weekend grossWk 10 · $206.4K

$9.7M

$8.3M

$4.8M

$2.6M

$1.6M

$277.3K

$86.6K

$66.0K

$257.4K

$206.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,854 → 188 −93.4%

2,854 open188 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −19.8%

−14.0%

W1→2

−42.4%

W2→3

−44.8%

W3→4

−38.5%

W4→5

−83.0%

W5→6

−68.8%

W6→7

−23.7%

W7→8

+289.8%

W8→9

−19.8%

W9→10

Steepest −83.0%Biggest gain +289.8%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

From the analysis desk

Ordered by how prominently this film features · all articles

Mentioned 5 movies battling it out on a busy weekend; all look to land between $15–25MWeek 39 · Preview · Sep 24, 2026 →

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