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1998 • PG-13 • 2h 11m • Action, Crime, Thriller • Warner Bros.

The cop who won't stop is back. But this time he's chasing down a lot more than a fugitive.

🍅 31% 53%

47

3.16

6.6

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$16.90M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$57.80M

Final

Worldwide total

$103.00M

$45.20M international

Domestic legs3.4x

Budget$60M

1998 rank#35

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Cast & crew

Tommy Lee Jones

Tommy Lee Jones Starring

Wesley Snipes

Wesley Snipes Starring

Robert Downey Jr.

Robert Downey Jr. Starring

Joe Pantoliano

Joe Pantoliano Starring

Kate Nelligan

Kate Nelligan Starring

Irène Jacob

Irène Jacob Starring

ScreenplayJohn Pogue Produced byArnold Kopelson, Anne Kopelson CinematographyAndrzej Bartkowiak Music byJerry Goldsmith StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 6-8 2 $16.9M — 2,817 $5,987 $16.9M

2 Mar 13-15 3 $11.4M −32.7% 2,817 $4,031 $32.9M

3 Mar 20-22 5 $7.2M −36.4% 2,817 $2,565 $43.6M

4 Mar 27-29 8 $4.1M −43.0% 2,436 $1,690 $49.5M

5 Apr 3-5 12 $2.2M −47.0% 1,979 $1,102 $52.9M

6 Apr 10-12 17 $791.4K −63.7% 1,203 $658 $54.5M

7 Apr 17-19 23 $411.0K −48.1% 606 $678 $55.2M

8 Apr 24-26 29 $258.7K −37.1% 577 $448 $55.6M

9 May 1-3 31 $188.9K −27.0% 322 $587 $55.8M

10 May 8-10 20 $400.8K +112.1% 706 $568 $56.3M

11 May 15-17 23 $272.5K −32.0% 607 $449 $56.7M

12 May 22-24 25 $305.2K +12.0% 419 $728 $57.1M

13 May 29-31 38 $86.2K −71.8% 111 $776 $57.3M

14 Jun 5-7 39 $78.9K −8.4% 123 $642 $57.4M

15 Jun 12-14 43 $54.5K −31.0% 88 $619 $57.5M

16 Jun 19-21 45 $44.1K −19.0% 73 $604 $57.6M

17 Jun 26-28 50 $31.3K −29.0% 53 $591 $57.6M

18 Jul 3-5 53 $25.6K −18.3% 42 $609 $57.7M

19 Jul 10-12 48 $38.6K +51.0% 34 $1,136 $57.7M

20 Jul 17-19 57 $20.9K −46.0% 28 $745 $57.8M

21 Jul 24-26 60 $16.8K −19.3% 24 $701 $57.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Mar 6 #1 $5.1M — $5.1M 2,817 $1,812 1

Sat Mar 7 #2 $7.2M +41.5% $12.3M 2,817 $2,565 2

Sun Mar 8 #2 $4.6M −36.3% $16.9M 2,817 $1,633 3

Mon Mar 9 #1 $1.3M −71.7% $18.2M 2,817 $462 4

Tue Mar 10 #1 $1.4M +8.6% $19.6M 2,817 $502 5

Wed Mar 11 #2 $1.0M −28.4% $20.5M 2,817 $360 6

Thu Mar 12 #2 $1.0M −1.3% $21.5M 2,817 $355 7

Fri Mar 13 #3 $3.0M +202.8% −40.6% $24.6M 2,817 $1,076 8

Sat Mar 14 #3 $5.1M +69.5% −28.9% $29.7M 2,817 $1,823 9

Sun Mar 15 #3 $3.2M −37.5% −30.2% $32.9M 2,817 $1,139 10

Mon Mar 16 #3 $861.9K −73.1% −33.8% $33.7M 2,817 $306 11

Tue Mar 17 #3 $925.6K +7.4% −34.6% $34.7M 2,817 $329 12

Wed Mar 18 #3 $833.4K −10.0% −17.8% $35.5M 2,817 $296 13

Thu Mar 19 #3 $831.3K −0.2% −16.9% $36.3M 2,817 $295 14

Fri Mar 20 #5 $2.0M +137.0% −35.0% $38.3M 2,817 $699 15

Sat Mar 21 #5 $3.3M +69.0% −35.2% $41.6M 2,817 $1,182 16

Sun Mar 22 #5 $1.9M −41.5% −39.3% $43.6M 2,817 $691 17

Mon Mar 23 #5 $433.0K −77.8% −49.8% $44.0M 2,817 $154 18

Tue Mar 24 #7 $530.0K +22.4% −42.7% $44.5M 2,817 $188 19

Wed Mar 25 #7 $438.9K −17.2% −47.3% $44.9M 2,817 $156 20

Thu Mar 26 #7 $452.3K +3.1% −45.6% $45.4M 2,817 $161 21

Fri Mar 27 #9 $1.2M +158.7% −40.6% $46.6M 2,436 $480 22

Sat Mar 28 #7 $1.9M +60.3% −43.7% $48.4M 2,436 $770 23

Sun Mar 29 #6 $1.1M −43.5% −45.6% $49.5M 2,436 $435 24

Mon Mar 30 #9 $253.5K −76.1% −41.5% $49.8M 2,436 $104 25

Tue Mar 31 #9 $340.9K +34.5% −35.7% $50.1M 2,436 $140 26

Wed Apr 1 #8 $312.1K −8.5% −28.9% $50.4M 2,436 $128 27

Thu Apr 2 #8 $317.3K +1.7% −29.8% $50.7M 2,436 $130 28

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

Cumulative total$50.7M

Mar 6Mar 13Mar 20Mar 26Apr 2

Weekend grossWk 10 · $400.8K

$16.9M

$11.4M

$7.2M

$4.1M

$2.2M

$791.4K

$411.0K

$258.7K

$188.9K

$400.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,817 → 2,436 −13.5%

2,817 open2,436 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +112.1%

−32.7%

W1→2

−36.4%

W2→3

−43.0%

W3→4

−47.0%

W4→5

−63.7%

W5→6

−48.1%

W6→7

−37.1%

W7→8

−27.0%

W8→9

+112.1%

W9→10

Steepest −63.7%Biggest gain +112.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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