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2001 • R • 2h 16m • Fantasy, Mystery, Romance • Paramount Pictures

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3.55

6.9

CS D-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$25.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$101.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$203.00M

$103.00M international

Domestic legs4.02x

Budget$68.0M

2001 rank#20

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Cast & crew

Full Crowe filmography

Cameron Crowe

Cameron Crowe Director

Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise Starring

Penélope Cruz

Penélope Cruz Starring

Cameron Diaz

Cameron Diaz Starring

Kurt Russell

Kurt Russell Starring

Jason Lee

Jason Lee Starring

ScreenplayCameron Crowe Produced byTom Cruise, Paula Wagner, Cameron Crowe CinematographyJohn Toll MusicNancy Wilson StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 14-16 1 $25.0M — 2,742 $9,123 $25.0M

2 Dec 21-23 4 $12.1M −51.7% 2,744 $4,401 $45.1M

3 Dec 28-30 5 $11.5M −4.6% 2,744 $4,196 $66.6M

4 Jan 4-6 6 $7.1M −38.1% 2,842 $2,507 $81.1M

5 Jan 11-13 7 $5.0M −29.5% 2,770 $1,813 $88.5M

6 Jan 18-20 10 $3.1M −38.0% 2,355 $1,322 $93.2M

7 Jan 25-27 16 $1.7M −46.9% 1,640 $1,008 $96.1M

8 Feb 1-3 21 $943.6K −43.0% 1,325 $712 $97.5M

9 Feb 8-10 26 $528.0K −44.0% 967 $546 $98.5M

10 Feb 15-17 30 $279.1K −47.1% 583 $478 $99.0M

11 Feb 22-24 33 $181.9K −34.9% 407 $446 $99.3M

12 Mar 1-3 40 $104.8K −42.4% 360 $291 $99.4M

13 Mar 8-10 43 $88.1K −16.0% 308 $285 $99.6M

14 Mar 15-17 46 $81.3K −7.7% 203 $400 $99.7M

15 Mar 22-24 46 $78.6K −3.3% 112 $701 $99.8M

16 Mar 29-31 31 $196.1K +149.6% 315 $622 $100.1M

17 Apr 5-7 33 $168.2K −14.3% 246 $683 $100.4M

18 Apr 12-14 46 $77.6K −53.9% 178 $435 $100.5M

19 Apr 19-21 64 $31.4K −59.5% 103 $304 $100.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 14 #1 $8.4M — $8.4M 2,742 $3,066 1

Sat Dec 15 #2 $9.1M +8% $17.5M 2,742 $3,318 2

Sun Dec 16 #1 $6.4M −30% $25.0M 2,742 $2,334 3

Mon Dec 17 #1 $2.2M −65% $27.3M 2,742 $815 4

Tue Dec 18 #1 $2.2M n/c $29.5M 2,742 $818 5

Wed Dec 19 #3 $1.8M −19% $31.3M 2,742 $664 6

Thu Dec 20 #4 $1.2M −34% $32.5M 2,742 $440 7

Fri Dec 21 #3 $4.1M +237% −52% $36.6M 2,744 $1,485 8

Sat Dec 22 #4 $4.0M −1% −56% $40.6M 2,744 $1,463 9

Sun Dec 23 #4 $3.7M −8% −42% $44.3M 2,744 $1,349 10

Mon Dec 24 #3 $1.8M −53% −22% $46.5M 2,744 $637 11

Tue Dec 25 #4 $3.0M +69% +32% $49.5M 2,744 $1,075 12

Wed Dec 26 #6 $3.0M n/c +63% $52.5M 2,744 $1,079 13

Thu Dec 27 #6 $2.7M −9% +124% $55.3M 2,744 $985 14

Fri Dec 28 #6 $3.5M +30% −14% $58.8M 2,744 $1,282 15

Sat Dec 29 #5 $4.3M +22% +7% $63.1M 2,744 $1,567 16

Sun Dec 30 #5 $3.6M −16% −2% $66.7M 2,744 $1,320 17

Mon Dec 31 #7 $2.1M −43% +18% $68.8M 2,744 $751 18

Tue Jan 1 #6 $2.8M +35% −6% $71.4M 2,744 $1,011 19

Wed Jan 2 #5 $1.4M −49% −52% $72.8M 2,744 $516 20

Thu Jan 3 #6 $1.1M −19% −58% $74.0M 2,744 $416 21

Fri Jan 4 #6 $2.2M +96% −36% $76.2M 2,842 $787 22

Sat Jan 5 #7 $3.3M +46% −24% $79.5M 2,842 $1,149 23

Sun Jan 6 #7 $1.6M −51% −56% $81.1M 2,842 $557 24

Mon Jan 7 #5 $565.0K −64% −73% $81.6M 2,842 $198 25

Tue Jan 8 #5 $712.0K +26% −74% $82.4M 2,842 $250 26

Wed Jan 9 #5 $559.0K −21% −61% $82.9M 2,842 $196 27

Thu Jan 10 #5 $518.0K −7% −55% $83.4M 2,842 $182 28

Fri Jan 11 #7 $1.5M +192% −32% $84.9M 2,770 $546 29

Sat Jan 12 #7 $2.2M +48% −31% $87.2M 2,770 $809 30

Sun Jan 13 #8 $1.1M −49% −28% $88.5M 2,770 $412 31

Mon Jan 14 #6 $379.0K −67% −33% $88.8M 2,770 $136 32

Tue Jan 15 #6 $478.0K +26% −33% $89.3M 2,770 $172 33

Wed Jan 16 #6 $377.0K −21% −33% $89.7M 2,770 $136 34

Thu Jan 17 #6 $363.0K −4% −30% $90.1M 2,770 $131 35

Fri Jan 18 #10 $881.0K +143% −42% $90.9M 2,355 $374 36

Tue Jan 22 #10 $280.0K — −41% $93.9M 2,355 $118 40

Wed Jan 23 #10 $246.0K −12% −35% $94.2M 2,355 $104 41

Thu Jan 24 #10 $247.0K n/c −32% $94.4M 2,355 $104 42

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

Cumulative total$94.4M

Dec 14Dec 24Jan 2Jan 12Jan 24

Weekend grossWk 10 · $279.1K

$25.0M

$12.1M

$11.5M

$7.1M

$5.0M

$3.1M

$1.7M

$943.6K

$528.0K

$279.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,842 → 2,355 −17.1%

2,742 open2,355 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −47.1%

−51.7%

W1→2

−4.6%

W2→3

−38.1%

W3→4

−29.5%

W4→5

−38.0%

W5→6

−46.9%

W6→7

−43.0%

W7→8

−44.0%

W8→9

−47.1%

W9→10

Steepest −51.7%Best hold −4.6%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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