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2006 • R • 1h 51m • Drama, History, Thriller • Universal Pictures

September 11, 2001. Four planes were hijacked. Three of them reached their target. This is the story of the fourth.

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$11.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$31.60M

Final

Worldwide total

$77.60M

$46.10M international

Domestic legs2.8x

Budget$18M

2006 rank#97

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Cast & crew

Directed byPaul Greengrass ScreenplayPaul Greengrass Produced byTim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lloyd Levin, Paul Greengrass CinematographyBarry Ackroyd Music byJohn Powell StarringJ.J. Johnson, Gary Commock, Polly Adams, Opal Alladin, Starla Benford, Trish Gates, Nancy McDoniel, David Alan Basche StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Apr 28-30 2 $11.5M — 1,795 $6,395 $11.5M

2 May 5-7 5 $5.3M −53.4% 1,819 $2,940 $20.2M

3 May 12-14 6 $3.5M −34.4% 1,871 $1,875 $25.6M

4 May 19-21 9 $1.4M −60.1% 1,308 $1,070 $28.3M

5 May 26-28 9 $808.5K −42.3% 781 $1,035 $29.6M

6 Jun 2-4 12 $493.0K −39.0% 653 $755 $30.6M

7 Jun 9-11 21 $232.3K −52.9% 384 $605 $31.0M

8 Jun 16-18 28 $101.7K −56.2% 192 $530 $31.3M

9 Jun 23-25 36 $67.3K −33.8% 148 $455 $31.4M

10 Jun 30-Jul 2 45 $32.4K −51.9% 80 $405 $31.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Apr 28 #3 $3.7M — $3.7M 1,795 $2,055 1

Sat Apr 29 #2 $4.8M +29.9% $8.5M 1,795 $2,670 2

Sun Apr 30 #2 $3.0M −37.5% $11.5M 1,795 $1,670 3

Mon May 1 #1 $969.2K −67.7% $12.4M 1,795 $540 4

Tue May 2 #2 $870.6K −10.2% $13.3M 1,795 $485 5

Wed May 3 #2 $790.3K −9.2% $14.1M 1,795 $440 6

Thu May 4 #2 $736.0K −6.9% $14.8M 1,795 $410 7

Fri May 5 #5 $1.5M +103.9% −59.3% $16.3M 1,795 $836 8

Sat May 6 #4 $2.3M +53.9% −51.8% $18.7M 1,795 $1,287 9

Sun May 7 #3 $1.5M −33.5% −48.7% $20.2M 1,795 $856 10

Mon May 8 #3 $481.2K −68.7% −50.4% $20.7M 1,795 $268 11

Tue May 9 #3 $464.6K −3.5% −46.6% $21.1M 1,795 $259 12

Wed May 10 #3 $435.9K −6.2% −44.8% $21.6M 1,795 $243 13

Thu May 11 #3 $472.9K +8.5% −35.7% $22.0M 1,795 $263 14

Fri May 12 #7 $1.0M +117.6% −31.4% $23.1M 1,795 $573 15

Sat May 13 #6 $1.5M +40.9% −37.2% $24.5M 1,795 $808 16

Sun May 14 #6 $1.0M −29.0% −33.1% $25.6M 1,795 $573 17

Mon May 15 #5 $337.1K −67.2% −29.9% $25.9M 1,795 $188 18

Tue May 16 #5 $354.7K +5.2% −23.6% $26.2M 1,795 $198 19

Wed May 17 #5 $300.1K −15.4% −31.2% $26.5M 1,870 $160 20

Thu May 18 #5 $309.2K +3.0% −34.6% $26.9M 1,870 $165 21

Fri May 19 #9 $412.6K +33.4% −59.9% $27.3M 1,308 $315 22

Sat May 20 #9 $608.2K +47.4% −58.1% $27.9M 1,308 $465 23

Sun May 21 #8 $379.4K −37.6% −63.1% $28.3M 1,308 $290 24

Mon May 22 #9 $143.9K −62.1% −57.3% $28.4M 1,308 $110 25

Tue May 23 #8 $137.3K −4.5% −61.3% $28.5M 1,308 $105 26

Wed May 24 #8 $130.3K −5.1% −56.6% $28.7M 1,308 $100 27

Thu May 25 #8 $156.4K +20.0% −49.4% $28.8M 1,308 $120 28

Fri May 26 #10 $215.0K +37.5% −47.9% $29.0M 781 $275 29

Sat May 27 #9 $304.6K +41.7% −49.9% $29.3M 781 $390 30

Sun May 28 #9 $289.0K −5.1% −23.8% $29.6M 781 $370 31

Mon May 29 #10 $246.0K −14.9% +71.0% $29.9M 781 $315 32

Cumulative total$29.9M

Apr 28May 6May 14May 21May 29

Weekend grossWk 10 · $32.4K

$11.5M

$5.3M

$3.5M

$1.4M

$808.5K

$493.0K

$232.3K

$101.7K

$67.3K

$32.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,870 → 781 −58.2%

1,795 open781 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −51.9%

−53.4%

W1→2

−34.4%

W2→3

−60.1%

W3→4

−42.3%

W4→5

−39.0%

W5→6

−52.9%

W6→7

−56.2%

W7→8

−33.8%

W8→9

−51.9%

W9→10

Steepest −60.1%Best hold −33.8%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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