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2001 • R • 2h 2m • Crime, Drama, Thriller • Warner Bros.

The only thing more dangerous than the line being crossed, is the cop who will cross it.

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4.04

7.8

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$22.60M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$76.60M

Final

Worldwide total

$105.00M

$28.20M international

Domestic legs3.40x

Budget$45.0M

2001 rank#29

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Cast & crew

Full Fuqua filmography

Antoine Fuqua

Antoine Fuqua Director

Denzel Washington

Denzel Washington Starring

Ethan Hawke

Ethan Hawke Starring

Scott Glenn

Scott Glenn Starring

Tom Berenger

Tom Berenger Starring

Harris Yulin

Harris Yulin Starring

ScreenplayDavid Ayer Produced byBobby Newmyer, Jeffrey Silver CinematographyMauro Fiore MusicMark Mancina StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 5-7 1 $22.6M — 2,712 $8,315 $22.6M

2 Oct 12-14 1 $13.4M −40.6% 2,712 $4,936 $43.4M

3 Oct 19-21 3 $9.3M −30.3% 2,603 $3,582 $57.3M

4 Oct 26-28 5 $5.1M −44.9% 2,328 $2,206 $65.0M

5 Nov 2-4 8 $3.1M −40.6% 1,805 $1,691 $69.6M

6 Nov 9-11 10 $2.0M −33.7% 1,407 $1,438 $72.6M

7 Nov 16-18 12 $908.9K −55.1% 855 $1,063 $74.2M

8 Nov 23-25 19 $430.0K −52.7% 458 $938 $75.0M

9 Nov 30-Dec 2 22 $221.3K −48.5% 251 $881 $75.3M

10 Dec 7-9 16 $352.8K +59.4% 441 $799 $75.7M

11 Dec 14-16 18 $229.3K −35.0% 345 $664 $76.1M

12 Dec 21-23 30 $71.3K −68.9% 337 $211 $76.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 5 #1 $7.5M — $7.5M 2,712 $2,776 1

Sat Oct 6 #1 $9.3M +24% $16.9M 2,712 $3,447 2

Sun Oct 7 #1 $5.9M −37% $22.6M 2,712 $2,168 3

Mon Oct 8 #1 $2.7M −54% $25.3M 2,712 $996 4

Tue Oct 9 #1 $1.8M −33% $27.1M 2,712 $665 5

Wed Oct 10 #1 $1.6M −13% $28.6M 2,712 $576 6

Thu Oct 11 #1 $1.4M −8% $30.1M 2,712 $528 7

Fri Oct 12 #1 $4.1M +184% −46% $34.1M 2,712 $1,497 8

Sat Oct 13 #2 $5.7M +41% −39% $39.8M 2,712 $2,103 9

Sun Oct 14 #1 $3.6M −37% −38% $43.4M 2,712 $1,334 10

Mon Oct 15 #1 $1.1M −69% −59% $44.6M 2,712 $410 11

Tue Oct 16 #1 $1.3M +14% −29% $45.8M 2,712 $469 12

Wed Oct 17 #1 $1.1M −15% −31% $46.9M 2,712 $396 13

Thu Oct 18 #1 $1.1M −2% −26% $48.0M 2,712 $389 14

Fri Oct 19 #3 $2.7M +154% −34% $50.6M 2,603 $1,033 15

Sat Oct 20 #3 $4.1M +54% −27% $54.8M 2,603 $1,590 16

Sun Oct 21 #2 $2.4M −41% −33% $57.3M 2,603 $933 17

Mon Oct 22 #3 $647.0K −73% −42% $57.9M 2,603 $248 18

Tue Oct 23 #2 $787.0K +22% −38% $58.7M 2,603 $302 19

Wed Oct 24 #3 $616.0K −22% −43% $59.3M 2,603 $236 20

Thu Oct 25 #3 $603.0K −2% −43% $59.9M 2,603 $231 21

Fri Oct 26 #5 $1.8M +194% −34% $61.7M 2,603 $680 22

Sat Oct 27 #5 $2.3M +27% −46% $63.9M 2,328 $966 23

Sun Oct 28 #5 $1.4M −39% −43% $65.0M 2,328 $592 24

Mon Oct 29 #4 $405.0K −71% −37% $65.4M 2,328 $173 25

Tue Oct 30 #5 $368.0K −9% −53% $65.8M 2,328 $158 26

Wed Oct 31 #5 $331.0K −10% −46% $66.1M 2,328 $142 27

Thu Nov 1 #5 $383.0K +16% −36% $66.5M 2,328 $164 28

Fri Nov 2 #8 $940.0K +145% −47% $67.5M 1,805 $520 29

Sat Nov 3 #8 $1.4M +49% −38% $68.9M 1,805 $775 30

Sun Nov 4 #8 $760.0K −46% −45% $69.6M 1,805 $421 31

Mon Nov 5 #8 $258.0K −66% −36% $69.8M 1,805 $142 32

Tue Nov 6 #8 $272.0K +5% −26% $70.1M 1,805 $150 33

Wed Nov 7 #8 $240.0K −12% −27% $70.3M 1,805 $132 34

Thu Nov 8 #8 $245.0K +2% −36% $70.6M 1,805 $135 35

Fri Nov 9 #10 $560.0K +129% −40% $71.1M 1,407 $398 36

Sat Nov 10 #10 $900.0K +61% −36% $72.0M 1,407 $639 37

Sun Nov 11 #10 $590.0K −34% −22% $72.6M 1,407 $419 38

Mon Nov 12 #10 $264.0K −55% +2% $72.9M 1,407 $187 39

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

Cumulative total$72.9M

Oct 5Oct 15Oct 24Nov 3Nov 12

Weekend grossWk 10 · $352.8K

$22.6M

$13.4M

$9.3M

$5.1M

$3.1M

$2.0M

$908.9K

$430.0K

$221.3K

$352.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,712 → 1,407 −48.1%

2,712 open1,407 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +59.4%

−40.6%

W1→2

−30.3%

W2→3

−44.9%

W3→4

−40.6%

W4→5

−33.7%

W5→6

−55.1%

W6→7

−52.7%

W7→8

−48.5%

W8→9

+59.4%

W9→10

Steepest −55.1%Biggest gain +59.4%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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