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1999 • R • 1h 46m • Comedy, Drama • Paramount Pictures

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$15.20M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$52.90M

Final

Worldwide total

$54.30M

$1.40M international

Domestic legs3.5x

Budget$16M

1999 rank#46

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Cast & crew

Full Robbins filmography

Brian Robbins

Brian Robbins Director

Jon Voight

Jon Voight Starring

Paul Walker

Paul Walker Starring

Scott Caan

Scott Caan Starring

Amy Smart

Amy Smart Starring

Ali Larter

Ali Larter Starring

ScreenplayW. Peter Iliff Produced byBrian Robbins, Michael Tollin CinematographyChuck Cohen Music byMark Isham StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jan 15-18 1 $17.5M — 2,121 $8,258 $17.5M

2 Jan 22-24 1 $10.6M −39.6% 2,339 $4,521 $30.8M

3 Jan 29-31 3 $5.9M −44.1% 2,364 $2,502 $39.0M

4 Feb 5-7 4 $3.8M −35.1% 2,364 $1,625 $44.3M

5 Feb 12-15 10 $3.1M −18.1% 2,036 $1,546 $48.2M

6 Feb 19-21 14 $1.6M −49.7% 1,647 $962 $50.2M

7 Feb 26-28 17 $740.1K −53.3% 1,184 $625 $51.3M

8 Mar 5-7 27 $315.5K −57.4% 782 $403 $51.8M

9 Mar 12-14 36 $214.5K −32.0% 506 $424 $52.1M

10 Mar 19-21 39 $139.6K −34.9% 302 $462 $52.3M

11 Mar 26-28 38 $159.3K +14.1% 355 $449 $52.5M

12 Apr 2-4 40 $137.5K −13.7% 368 $374 $52.7M

13 Apr 9-11 50 $71.6K −47.9% 247 $290 $52.8M

14 Apr 16-18 69 $26.1K −63.5% 164 $159 $52.9M

15 Apr 23-25 89 $8.6K −67.2% 82 $105 $52.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jan 15 #1 $5.2M — $5.2M 2,121 $2,456 1

Sat Jan 16 #1 $5.2M +0.5% $10.4M 2,121 $2,468 2

Sun Jan 17 #1 $4.3M −18.7% $14.7M 2,121 $2,006 3

Mon Jan 18 #1 $2.3M −45.7% $17.5M 2,121 $1,090 4

Tue Jan 19 #1 $1.0M −56.0% $18.5M 2,121 $479 5

Wed Jan 20 #1 $754.7K −25.8% $19.3M 2,121 $356 6

Thu Jan 21 #1 $896.3K +18.8% $20.2M 2,121 $423 7

Fri Jan 22 #1 $3.4M +281.6% −34.4% $23.6M 2,339 $1,462 8

Sat Jan 23 #1 $4.7M +36.3% −11.0% $28.3M 2,339 $1,992 9

Sun Jan 24 #1 $2.4M −48.3% −43.4% $30.8M 2,339 $1,030 10

Mon Jan 25 #1 $590.8K −75.5% −74.4% $31.3M 2,339 $253 11

Tue Jan 26 #1 $622.8K +5.4% −38.7% $32.0M 2,339 $266 12

Wed Jan 27 #1 $508.7K −18.3% −32.6% $32.5M 2,339 $218 13

Thu Jan 28 #1 $588.4K +15.7% −34.4% $33.1M 2,339 $252 14

Fri Jan 29 #2 $2.2M +266.3% −37.0% $35.2M 2,364 $912 15

Sat Jan 30 #3 $2.9M +35.0% −37.6% $38.1M 2,364 $1,231 16

Sun Jan 31 #5 $721.0K −75.2% −70.1% $39.0M 2,364 $305 17

Mon Feb 1 #2 $381.0K −47.2% −35.5% $39.4M 2,364 $161 18

Tue Feb 2 #3 $408.5K +7.2% −34.4% $39.8M 2,364 $173 19

Wed Feb 3 #4 $312.6K −23.5% −38.5% $40.1M 2,364 $132 20

Thu Feb 4 #3 $335.5K +7.3% −43.0% $40.4M 2,364 $142 21

Fri Feb 5 #4 $1.2M +257.7% −44.3% $41.6M 2,364 $508 22

Sat Feb 6 #4 $1.8M +49.2% −38.5% $43.4M 2,364 $757 23

Sun Feb 7 #6 $833.0K −53.5% +15.5% $44.3M 2,364 $352 24

Mon Feb 8 #6 $192.4K −76.9% −49.5% $44.5M 2,364 $81 25

Tue Feb 9 #6 $209.0K +8.6% −48.9% $44.7M 2,364 $88 26

Wed Feb 10 #7 $173.0K −17.2% −44.7% $44.8M 2,364 $73 27

Thu Feb 11 #6 $207.4K +19.9% −38.2% $45.0M 2,364 $88 28

Fri Feb 12 #9 $715.0K +244.7% −40.4% $45.7M 2,036 $351 29

Sat Feb 13 #10 $1.1M +59.3% −36.4% $46.8M 2,036 $559 30

Sun Feb 14 #10 $1.0M −9.6% +23.6% $47.9M 2,036 $506 31

Mon Feb 15 #12 $305.3K −70.4% +58.7% $48.2M 2,036 $150 32

Tue Feb 16 #11 $175.0K −42.7% −16.2% $48.4M 2,036 $86 33

Wed Feb 17 #12 $137.6K −21.4% −20.4% $48.5M 2,036 $68 34

Thu Feb 18 #11 $143.2K +4.1% −30.9% $48.6M 2,036 $70 35

Fri Feb 19 #13 $510.0K +256.1% −28.7% $49.2M 1,647 $310 36

Sat Feb 20 #13 $750.0K +47.1% −34.2% $49.9M 1,647 $455 37

Sun Feb 21 #14 $347.0K −53.7% −66.3% $50.2M 1,647 $211 38

Mon Feb 22 #16 $75.4K −78.3% −75.3% $50.3M 1,647 $46 39

Thu Feb 25 #16 $81.2K — −43.3% $50.5M 1,647 $49 42

Sun Feb 28 #20 $160.0K — −53.9% $51.3M 1,184 $135 45

Mon Mar 1 #20 $43.3K −73.0% −42.6% $51.3M 1,184 $37 46

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

Cumulative total$51.3M

Jan 15Jan 25Feb 5Feb 15Mar 1

Weekend grossWk 10 · $139.6K

$17.5M

$10.6M

$5.9M

$3.8M

$3.1M

$1.6M

$740.1K

$315.5K

$214.5K

$139.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,364 → 1,184 −49.9%

2,121 open1,184 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −34.9%

−39.6%

W1→2

−44.1%

W2→3

−35.1%

W3→4

−18.1%

W4→5

−49.7%

W5→6

−53.3%

W6→7

−57.4%

W7→8

−32.0%

W8→9

−34.9%

W9→10

Steepest −57.4%Best hold −18.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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