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We Were SoldiersFollow

2002 • R • 2h 18m • Action, Drama, History • Paramount Pictures

Father, Husband, Brother. No Man is Just a Soldier.

🍅 63% 84%

65

3.43

7.2

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$20.20M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$78.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$115.00M

$36.50M international

Domestic legs3.87x

Budget$75.0M

2002 rank#33

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Cast & crew

Mel Gibson

Mel Gibson Starring

Madeleine Stowe

Madeleine Stowe Starring

Greg Kinnear

Greg Kinnear Starring

Sam Elliott

Sam Elliott Starring

Keri Russell

Keri Russell Starring

ScreenplayRandall Wallace Produced byBruce Davey, Stephen McEveety, Randall Wallace CinematographyDean Semler MusicNick Glennie-Smith StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 1-3 1 $20.2M — 3,143 $6,430 $20.2M

2 Mar 8-10 2 $14.2M −29.7% 3,143 $4,520 $40.6M

3 Mar 15-17 5 $8.5M −40.3% 3,143 $2,700 $53.3M

4 Mar 22-24 6 $5.7M −32.5% 2,859 $2,003 $61.6M

5 Mar 29-31 9 $3.7M −35.0% 2,046 $1,819 $67.6M

6 Apr 5-7 11 $2.5M −31.9% 1,740 $1,457 $71.7M

7 Apr 12-14 14 $1.4M −43.7% 1,112 $1,284 $73.9M

8 Apr 19-21 14 $892.2K −37.6% 838 $1,064 $75.3M

9 Apr 26-28 22 $541.9K −39.3% 602 $900 $76.2M

10 May 3-5 25 $365.9K −32.5% 448 $816 $76.8M

11 May 10-12 27 $279.0K −23.7% 352 $792 $77.2M

12 May 17-19 26 $177.8K −36.3% 241 $737 $77.5M

13 May 24-27 25 $276.4K +55.4% 322 $858 $77.8M

14 May 31-Jun 2 30 $77.5K −71.9% 234 $331 $78.0M

15 Jun 7-9 38 $42.4K −45.3% 105 $403 $78.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Mar 1 #1 $5.5M — $5.5M 3,143 $1,764 1

Sat Mar 2 #1 $9.3M +67% $14.8M 3,143 $2,948 2

Sun Mar 3 #1 $5.4M −42% $20.2M 3,143 $1,718 3

Mon Mar 4 #1 $1.7M −69% $21.9M 3,143 $528 4

Tue Mar 5 #1 $1.6M −1% $23.5M 3,143 $522 5

Wed Mar 6 #1 $1.4M −14% $24.9M 3,143 $449 6

Thu Mar 7 #1 $1.4M n/c $26.3M 3,143 $450 7

Fri Mar 8 #2 $3.6M +156% −35% $30.0M 3,143 $1,151 8

Sat Mar 9 #2 $6.7M +85% −28% $36.9M 3,143 $2,128 9

Sun Mar 10 #2 $3.7M −45% −32% $40.6M 3,143 $1,168 10

Mon Mar 11 #2 $1.1M −70% −33% $41.7M 3,143 $351 11

Tue Mar 12 #2 $1.2M +9% −26% $42.9M 3,143 $384 12

Wed Mar 13 #2 $1.0M −16% −28% $43.9M 3,143 $323 13

Thu Mar 14 #2 $954.0K −6% −33% $44.8M 3,143 $303 14

Fri Mar 15 #5 $2.3M +139% −37% $47.1M 3,143 $726 15

Sat Mar 16 #5 $3.7M +61% −45% $50.8M 3,143 $1,172 16

Sun Mar 17 #5 $2.1M −43% −43% $53.3M 3,143 $668 17

Mon Mar 18 #5 $673.0K −68% −39% $54.0M 3,143 $214 18

Tue Mar 19 #5 $702.0K +4% −42% $54.7M 3,143 $223 19

Wed Mar 20 #5 $606.0K −14% −40% $55.3M 3,143 $192 20

Thu Mar 21 #5 $603.0K n/c −37% $55.9M 3,143 $191 21

Fri Mar 22 #6 $2.1M +245% −9% $58.0M 2,859 $727 22

Sat Mar 23 #6 $2.6M +26% −29% $60.6M 2,859 $918 23

Sun Mar 24 #7 $1.3M −49% −37% $61.6M 2,859 $465 24

Mon Mar 25 #7 $517.0K −61% −23% $62.2M 2,859 $180 25

Tue Mar 26 #6 $584.0K +13% −17% $62.7M 2,859 $204 26

Wed Mar 27 #6 $536.0K −8% −12% $63.3M 2,859 $187 27

Thu Mar 28 #7 $603.0K +13% n/c $63.9M 2,859 $210 28

Fri Mar 29 #10 $1.3M +114% −38% $65.2M 2,046 $631 29

Sat Mar 30 #9 $1.5M +14% −44% $66.6M 2,046 $717 30

Sun Mar 31 #8 $963.0K −34% −28% $67.6M 2,046 $470 31

Mon Apr 1 #11 $406.0K −58% −21% $68.0M 2,046 $198 32

Tue Apr 2 #8 $395.0K −3% −32% $68.4M 2,046 $193 33

Wed Apr 3 #7 $388.0K −2% −28% $68.8M 2,046 $189 34

Thu Apr 4 #7 $369.0K −5% −39% $69.2M 2,046 $180 35

Fri Apr 5 #11 $678.0K +84% −48% $69.8M 2,046 $331 36

Sat Apr 6 #11 $1.1M +56% −28% $70.9M 2,046 $515 37

Mon Apr 8 #9 $176.0K — −57% $71.9M 1,740 $101 39

Tue Apr 9 #9 $204.0K +16% −48% $72.1M 1,740 $117 40

Wed Apr 10 #9 $183.0K −10% −53% $72.3M 1,740 $105 41

Thu Apr 11 #9 $181.0K −1% −51% $72.4M 1,740 $104 42

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

Cumulative total$72.4M

Mar 1Mar 11Mar 21Mar 31Apr 11

Weekend grossWk 10 · $365.9K

$20.2M

$14.2M

$8.5M

$5.7M

$3.7M

$2.5M

$1.4M

$892.2K

$541.9K

$365.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,143 → 1,740 −44.6%

3,143 open1,740 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −32.5%

−29.7%

W1→2

−40.3%

W2→3

−32.5%

W3→4

−35.0%

W4→5

−31.9%

W5→6

−43.7%

W6→7

−37.6%

W7→8

−39.3%

W8→9

−32.5%

W9→10

Steepest −43.7%Best hold −29.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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