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2006 • PG-13 • 2h 9m • Drama, History, Thriller • Paramount Pictures

The world saw evil that day. Two men saw something else.

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$18.70M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$70.30M

Final

Worldwide total

$163.00M

$93.00M international

Domestic legs3.75x

Budget$65.0M

2006 rank#37

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Cast & crew

Full Stone filmography

Oliver Stone

Oliver Stone Director

Nicolas Cage

Nicolas Cage Starring

Maria Bello

Maria Bello Starring

ScreenplayJohn McLoughlin, Andrea Berloff Produced byMoritz Borman, Debra Hill, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher CinematographySeamus McGarvey MusicCraig Armstrong StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 11-13 3 $18.7M — 2,957 $6,334 $26.5M

2 Aug 18-20 3 $10.9M −41.8% 2,998 $3,636 $45.1M

3 Aug 25-27 5 $6.5M −40.6% 3,021 $2,142 $55.6M

4 Sep 1-3 8 $4.6M −28.8% 2,902 $1,588 $62.5M

5 Sep 8-10 11 $2.6M −44.3% 2,674 $959 $67.2M

6 Sep 15-17 18 $1.0M −59.4% 1,474 $706 $69.1M

7 Sep 22-24 23 $371.1K −64.4% 607 $611 $69.7M

8 Sep 29-Oct 1 36 $157.5K −57.6% 242 $650 $70.0M

9 Oct 6-8 45 $64.5K −59.0% 117 $551 $70.1M

10 Oct 13-15 42 $92.6K +43.5% 191 $484 $70.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Aug 9 #2 $4.4M — $4.4M 2,803 $1,570 1

Thu Aug 10 #2 $3.3M −24% $7.8M 2,803 $1,193 2

Fri Aug 11 #3 $5.8M +75% $13.6M 2,957 $1,976 3

Sat Aug 12 #2 $7.3M +24% $20.9M 2,957 $2,457 4

Sun Aug 13 #2 $5.6M −23% $26.5M 2,957 $1,900 5

Mon Aug 14 #3 $2.2M −61% $28.7M 2,957 $749 6

Tue Aug 15 #3 $2.1M −5% $30.8M 2,957 $710 7

Wed Aug 16 #3 $1.7M −17% −60% $32.6M 2,957 $590 8

Thu Aug 17 #3 $1.6M −8% −52% $34.2M 2,957 $544 9

Fri Aug 18 #5 $3.2M +98% −46% $37.4M 2,998 $1,061 10

Sat Aug 19 #3 $4.5M +41% −38% $41.9M 2,998 $1,497 11

Sun Aug 20 #3 $3.2M −28% −43% $45.1M 2,998 $1,076 12

Mon Aug 21 #5 $1.1M −67% −51% $46.2M 2,998 $359 13

Tue Aug 22 #5 $1.1M −1% −49% $47.3M 2,998 $356 14

Wed Aug 23 #5 $964.7K −10% −45% $48.2M 2,998 $321 15

Thu Aug 24 #5 $952.6K −1% −41% $49.2M 2,998 $317 16

Fri Aug 25 #9 $1.8M +88% −44% $51.0M 3,021 $593 17

Sat Aug 26 #4 $2.7M +50% −40% $53.6M 3,021 $888 18

Sun Aug 27 #5 $2.0M −26% −38% $55.6M 3,021 $661 19

Mon Aug 28 #7 $626.6K −69% −42% $56.3M 3,021 $207 20

Tue Aug 29 #9 $613.0K −2% −43% $56.9M 3,021 $202 21

Wed Aug 30 #9 $531.6K −13% −45% $57.4M 3,021 $175 22

Thu Aug 31 #8 $471.9K −11% −50% $57.9M 3,021 $156 23

Fri Sep 1 #10 $1.0M +122% −42% $58.9M 2,902 $360 24

Sat Sep 2 #8 $1.8M +68% −34% $60.7M 2,902 $607 25

Sun Sep 3 #8 $1.8M +2% −10% $62.5M 2,902 $620 26

Mon Sep 4 #8 $1.3M −29% +103% $63.8M 2,902 $439 27

Tue Sep 5 #8 $295.9K −77% −52% $64.1M 2,902 $101 28

Wed Sep 6 #8 $267.4K −10% −50% $64.3M 2,902 $92 29

Thu Sep 7 #8 $253.4K −5% −46% $64.6M 2,902 $87 30

Fri Sep 8 #12 $686.6K +171% −34% $65.3M 2,674 $256 31

Sat Sep 9 #13 $1.2M +69% −34% $66.4M 2,674 $433 32

Sun Sep 10 #11 $718.9K −38% −60% $67.2M 2,674 $268 33

Mon Sep 11 #7 $337.3K −53% −74% $67.5M 2,674 $126 34

Tue Sep 12 #10 $193.3K −43% −35% $67.7M 2,674 $72 35

Wed Sep 13 #10 $181.8K −6% −32% $67.9M 2,674 $67 36

Thu Sep 14 #10 $184.0K +1% −27% $68.0M 2,674 $68 37

Cumulative total$68.0M

Aug 9Aug 18Aug 27Sep 5Sep 14

Weekend grossWk 10 · $92.6K

$18.7M

$10.9M

$6.5M

$4.6M

$2.6M

$1.0M

$371.1K

$157.5K

$64.5K

$92.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,021 → 2,674 −11.5%

2,803 open2,674 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +43.5%

−41.8%

W1→2

−40.6%

W2→3

−28.8%

W3→4

−44.3%

W4→5

−59.4%

W5→6

−64.4%

W6→7

−57.6%

W7→8

−59.0%

W8→9

+43.5%

W9→10

Steepest −64.4%Biggest gain +43.5%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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