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2000 • PG-13 • 1h 56m • Action, War • Universal Pictures

Heroes are ordinary men who do extraordinary things in extraordinary times.

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62

3.23

6.6

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$19.60M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$77.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$128.00M

$50.50M international

Domestic legs3.94x

Budget$62.0M

2000 rank#27

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Cast & crew

Matthew McConaughey

Matthew McConaughey Starring

Bill Paxton

Bill Paxton Starring

Harvey Keitel

Harvey Keitel Starring

Thomas Kretschmann

Thomas Kretschmann Starring

ScreenplayDavid Ayer, Sam Montgomery Produced byDino De Laurentiis, Martha De Laurentiis CinematographyOliver Wood MusicRichard Marvin StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Apr 21-23 1 $19.6M — 2,583 $7,570 $19.6M

2 Apr 28-30 1 $12.2M −37.6% 2,616 $4,665 $38.1M

3 May 5-7 2 $7.8M −36.4% 2,701 $2,875 $49.6M

4 May 12-14 3 $5.7M −26.1% 2,820 $2,035 $57.8M

5 May 19-21 4 $4.6M −19.2% 2,736 $1,695 $64.4M

6 May 26-28 6 $2.6M −44.0% 2,044 $1,270 $68.3M

7 Jun 2-4 9 $1.5M −40.8% 1,602 $960 $71.1M

8 Jun 9-11 10 $1.1M −31.0% 1,172 $905 $72.9M

9 Jun 16-18 14 $688.0K −35.1% 688 $1,000 $74.2M

10 Jun 23-25 16 $503.2K −26.9% 544 $924 $75.0M

11 Jun 30-Jul 2 21 $203.9K −59.5% 337 $605 $75.4M

12 Jul 7-9 22 $226.7K +11.2% 357 $635 $75.7M

13 Jul 14-16 22 $197.5K −12.9% 311 $634 $76.1M

14 Jul 21-23 22 $199.6K +1.1% 330 $604 $76.4M

15 Jul 28-30 27 $179.4K −10.2% 287 $625 $76.7M

16 Aug 4-6 31 $154.7K −13.8% 238 $649 $76.9M

17 Aug 11-13 49 $71.3K −53.9% 155 $460 $77.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Apr 21 #1 $7.9M — $7.9M 2,305 $3,443 1

Sat Apr 22 #1 $7.3M −8% $15.3M 2,305 $3,184 2

Sun Apr 23 #1 $4.5M −39% $19.6M 2,583 $1,735 3

Mon Apr 24 #1 $1.8M −59% $21.4M 2,583 $715 4

Tue Apr 25 #1 $1.7M −10% $23.1M 2,583 $645 5

Wed Apr 26 #1 $1.5M −12% $24.5M 2,583 $570 6

Thu Apr 27 #1 $1.4M −7% $25.9M 2,583 $530 7

Fri Apr 28 #1 $4.2M +208% −47% $30.1M 2,613 $1,612 8

Sat Apr 29 #1 $6.0M +42% −19% $36.1M 2,613 $2,282 9

Sun Apr 30 #2 $2.9M −51% −35% $38.1M 2,615 $1,110 10

Mon May 1 #1 $928.7K −68% −50% $39.0M 2,615 $355 11

Tue May 2 #1 $1.0M +11% −38% $40.1M 2,615 $395 12

Wed May 3 #1 $850.2K −18% −42% $40.9M 2,615 $325 13

Thu May 4 #1 $902.5K +6% −34% $41.8M 2,615 $345 14

Fri May 5 #2 $2.3M +153% −46% $44.1M 2,615 $874 15

Sat May 6 #2 $3.8M +64% −37% $47.9M 2,525 $1,486 16

Sun May 7 #3 $2.0M −47% −32% $49.6M 2,701 $730 17

Mon May 8 #2 $594.2K −70% −36% $50.2M 2,701 $220 18

Tue May 9 #2 $675.3K +14% −35% $50.9M 2,701 $250 19

Wed May 10 #2 $607.7K −10% −29% $51.5M 2,701 $225 20

Thu May 11 #2 $621.2K +2% −31% $52.1M 2,701 $230 21

Fri May 12 #4 $1.8M +186% −22% $53.9M 2,820 $629 22

Sat May 13 #3 $2.8M +55% −27% $56.6M 2,820 $977 23

Sun May 14 #5 $1.4M −50% −30% $57.8M 2,820 $490 24

Mon May 15 #3 $465.5K −66% −22% $58.3M 2,701 $172 25

Tue May 16 #3 $521.7K +12% −23% $58.8M 2,820 $185 26

Wed May 17 #3 $465.3K −11% −23% $59.3M 2,820 $165 27

Thu May 18 #3 $479.4K +3% −23% $59.8M 2,820 $170 28

Fri May 19 #4 $1.3M +173% −26% $61.1M 2,735 $478 29

Sat May 20 #4 $1.4M +9% −48% $62.5M 2,735 $523 30

Sun May 21 #4 $1.2M −19% −16% $64.4M 2,736 $425 31

Mon May 22 #4 $424.1K −64% −9% $64.8M 2,736 $155 32

Tue May 23 #4 $396.0K −7% −24% $65.2M 2,736 $144 33

Wed May 24 #5 $237.7K −40% −49% $65.5M 2,736 $86 34

Thu May 25 #7 $237.1K n/c −51% $65.7M 2,155 $110 35

Fri May 26 #9 $549.0K +132% −58% $66.2M 2,020 $271 36

Sat May 27 #8 $1.0M +82% −30% $67.2M 2,020 $495 37

Sun May 28 #8 $908.3K −9% −22% $68.1M 2,020 $449 38

Mon May 29 #8 $684.3K −25% +61% $69.0M 2,044 $334 39

Tue May 30 #7 $204.4K −70% −48% $69.2M 2,044 $100 40

Wed May 31 #7 $204.5K n/c −14% $69.4M 2,044 $100 41

Thu Jun 1 #7 $214.6K +5% −9% $69.6M 2,044 $105 42

Fri Jun 2 #9 $361.3K +68% −34% $69.9M 1,575 $229 43

Sat Jun 3 #9 $604.0K +67% −40% $70.5M 1,575 $383 44

Sun Jun 4 #9 $409.0K −32% −55% $71.1M 1,602 $255 45

Mon Jun 5 #8 $184.2K −55% −73% $71.3M 1,602 $115 46

Tue Jun 6 #8 $220.3K +20% +8% $71.5M 1,602 $137 47

Wed Jun 7 #9 $168.2K −24% −18% $71.7M 1,602 $105 48

Thu Jun 8 #8 $184.2K +10% −14% $71.9M 1,602 $115 49

Fri Jun 9 #10 $268.8K +46% −26% $72.1M 1,145 $234 50

Sat Jun 10 #10 $437.5K +63% −28% $72.6M 1,145 $382 51

Sun Jun 11 #10 $299.0K −32% −27% $72.9M 1,172 $255 52

Mon Jun 12 #10 $134.8K −55% −27% $73.0M 1,172 $115 53

Tue Jun 13 #10 $146.5K +9% −33% $73.2M 1,172 $125 54

Wed Jun 14 #10 $128.9K −12% −23% $73.3M 1,172 $110 55

Thu Jun 15 #10 $140.6K +9% −24% $73.5M 1,172 $120 56

Sun Jun 18 #14 $227.0K — −24% $74.2M 688 $329 59

Mon Jun 19 #14 $72.2K −68% −46% $74.2M 688 $105 60

Tue Jun 20 #14 $79.1K +10% −46% $74.3M 688 $115 61

Wed Jun 21 #14 $79.0K n/c −39% $74.4M 688 $114 62

Thu Jun 22 #14 $79.2K n/c −44% $74.5M 688 $115 63

Sun Jun 25 #16 $133.0K — −41% $75.0M 544 $244 66

Mon Jun 26 #16 $54.4K −59% −25% $75.0M 544 $100 67

Tue Jun 27 #16 $57.1K +5% −28% $75.1M 544 $105 68

Wed Jun 28 #17 $40.8K −29% −48% $75.1M 544 $75 69

Thu Jun 29 #17 $40.8K n/c −49% $75.2M 544 $74 70

Wed Jul 5 #18 $27.0K — −34% $75.5M 340 $79 76

Thu Jul 6 #18 $30.1K +12% −26% $75.5M 340 $88 77

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

Cumulative total$75.2M

Apr 21May 7May 24Jun 9Jun 29

Weekend grossWk 10 · $503.2K

$19.6M

$12.2M

$7.8M

$5.7M

$4.6M

$2.6M

$1.5M

$1.1M

$688.0K

$503.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,820 → 544 −80.7%

2,305 open544 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −26.9%

−37.6%

W1→2

−36.4%

W2→3

−26.1%

W3→4

−19.2%

W4→5

−44.0%

W5→6

−40.8%

W6→7

−31.0%

W7→8

−35.1%

W8→9

−26.9%

W9→10

Steepest −44.0%Best hold −19.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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