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2002 • R • 2h 14m • Action, Drama, War • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Honor Was Their Code.

🍅 33% 50% MC 51 LB 2.98 IMDb 6.1

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$14.50M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$40.90M
Final
Worldwide total
$77.60M
$36.70M international
Domestic legs2.8x
Budget$115M
2002 rank#60
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Cast & crew

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John Woo John Woo Director Nicolas Cage Nicolas Cage Starring Adam Beach Adam Beach Starring Peter Stormare Peter Stormare Starring Noah Emmerich Noah Emmerich Starring Mark Ruffalo Mark Ruffalo Starring
ScreenplayJohn Rice, Joe Batteer Produced byJohn Woo, Terence Chang, Tracie Graham, Alison Rosenzweig CinematographyJeffrey Kimball Music byJames Horner StudioMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jun 14-16 3 $14.5M — 2,898 $5,010 $14.5M
2 Jun 21-23 6 $6.6M −54.9% 2,898 $2,261 $26.6M
3 Jun 28-30 10 $3.5M −46.6% 2,529 $1,384 $33.2M
4 Jul 5-7 15 $1.8M −49.4% 1,563 $1,132 $36.6M
5 Jul 12-14 17 $1.2M −32.9% 1,485 $800 $38.6M
6 Jul 19-21 18 $833.1K −29.8% 1,285 $648 $40.1M
7 Jul 26-28 32 $116.4K −86.0% 202 $576 $40.4M
8 Aug 2-4 35 $98.2K −15.6% 187 $525 $40.5M
9 Aug 9-11 45 $73.8K −24.8% 140 $527 $40.7M
12 Aug 30-Sep 1 68 $15.1K — 34 $443 $40.9M
13 Sep 6-8 78 $7.7K −48.8% 21 $367 $40.9M
14 Sep 13-15 82 $8.9K +16.1% 13 $688 $40.9M
15 Sep 20-22 105 $5.3K −40.2% 12 $446 $40.9M
16 Sep 27-29 93 $9.9K +84.9% 20 $494 $40.9M
17 Oct 4-6 105 $4.0K −59.3% 11 $366 $40.9M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 9 · $73.8K
$14.5M
$6.6M
$3.5M
$1.8M
$1.2M
$833.1K
$116.4K
$98.2K
$73.8K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −24.8%
−54.9%
W1→2
−46.6%
W2→3
−49.4%
W3→4
−32.9%
W4→5
−29.8%
W5→6
−86.0%
W6→7
−15.6%
W7→8
−24.8%
W8→9
Steepest −86.0%Best hold −15.6%

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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