Don’t Say a Word (2001)

Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $54,997,476Details
International Box Office $49,490,907Details
Worldwide Box Office $104,488,383
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Metrics

Opening Weekend:$17,090,474 (31.1% of total gross)
Legs:3.22 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:52.6% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$50,000,000 (worldwide box office is 2.1 times production budget)
Theater counts:2,802 opening theaters/2,842 max. theaters, 5.3 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $102,316,356

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,601-1,700) 1,673 $54,997,476
All Time International Box Office (Rank 1,901-2,000) 1,987 $49,490,907
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,701-1,800) 1,733 $104,488,383
All Time Domestic Box Office for R Movies (Rank 401-500) 466 $54,997,476
All Time International Box Office for R Movies (Rank 401-500) 483 $49,490,907
All Time Worldwide Box Office for R Movies (Rank 401-500) 448 $104,488,383

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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: September 28th, 2001 (Wide) by 20th Century Fox
Video Release: February 19th, 2002 by Fox Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: R for violence, including some gruesome images, and language
Running Time: 113 minutes
Comparisons: vs. Cats & Dogs
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Keywords: Kidnap, Crime Thriller, Heist, Double-Crossed, No Honor Among Thieves, Faulty Memory, Mental Illness
Source:Based on Fiction Book/Short Story
Genre:Thriller/Suspense
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Regency Enterprises, Village Roadshow Productions, NPV Entertainment, Epsilon Motion Pictures, New Regency, Further Films
Production Countries: Australia, United States
Languages: English, Italian

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Columbus Day (All Movies, 3-Day) 92 $9,766,100 Oct 5, 2001 10
Columbus Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 89 $19,497,687 Oct 5, 2001 10
Columbus Day (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon) 81 $10,800,100 Oct 5, 2001 10
Columbus Day (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon, Inflation Adjusted) 63 $21,562,039 Oct 5, 2001 10
Biggest Domestic September Weekend 94 $17,090,474 Sep 28, 2001 3

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Sep 28, 2001 1 $17,090,474   2,802 $6,099   $17,090,474 1
Oct 5, 2001 3 $9,766,100 -43% 2,842 $3,436   $31,933,981 2
Oct 12, 2001 5 $6,713,774 -31% 2,729 $2,460   $41,716,926 3
Oct 19, 2001 8 $4,215,594 -37% 2,256 $1,869   $47,885,454 4
Oct 26, 2001 12 $2,302,271 -45% 1,700 $1,354   $51,382,964 5
Nov 2, 2001 15 $996,959 -57% 884 $1,128   $53,051,306 6
Nov 9, 2001 19 $475,586 -52% 517 $920   $53,843,358 7
Nov 16, 2001 25 $210,931 -56% 295 $715   $54,218,420 8
Nov 23, 2001 30 $135,506 -36% 217 $624   $54,435,446 9
Nov 30, 2001 28 $120,788 -11% 251 $481   $54,607,812 10
Dec 7, 2001 29 $89,884 -26% 203 $443   $54,753,061 11
Dec 14, 2001 41 $50,355 -44% 157 $321   $54,843,721 12
Dec 21, 2001 60 $9,634 -81% 49 $197   $54,888,194 13
Dec 28, 2001 55 $19,849 +106% 39 $509   $54,924,196 14
Jan 4, 2002 56 $18,621 -6% 37 $503   $54,950,408 15
Jan 11, 2002 61 $10,463 -44% 22 $476   $54,969,992 16
Jan 18, 2002 67 $9,754 -7% 17 $574   $54,986,735 17
Jan 25, 2002 73 $7,502 -23% 18 $417   $54,997,476 18

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Sep 28, 2001 1 $5,763,000     2,802 $2,057   $5,763,000 1
Sep 29, 2001 1 $7,450,000 +29%   2,802 $2,659   $13,213,000 2
Sep 30, 2001 1 $4,100,000 -45%   2,802 $1,463   $17,090,474 3
Oct 1, 2001 1 $1,266,000 -69%   2,802 $452   $18,356,000 4
Oct 2, 2001 1 $1,465,000 +16%   2,802 $523   $19,821,000 5
Oct 3, 2001 1 $1,206,000 -18%   2,802 $430   $21,028,000 6
Oct 4, 2001 1 $1,140,000 -5%   2,802 $407   $22,168,000 7
Oct 5, 2001 4 $2,740,000 +140% -52% 2,842 $964   $24,910,000 8
Oct 6, 2001 3 $4,380,000 +60% -41% 2,842 $1,541   $29,290,000 9
Oct 7, 2001 4 $2,430,000 -45% -41% 2,842 $855   $31,930,000 10
Oct 8, 2001 3 $1,034,000 -57% -18% 2,842 $364   $32,968,000 11
Oct 9, 2001 3 $727,000 -30% -50% 2,842 $256   $33,695,000 12
Oct 10, 2001 3 $673,000 -7% -44% 2,842 $237   $34,368,000 13
Oct 11, 2001 3 $635,000 -6% -44% 2,842 $223   $35,003,000 14
Oct 12, 2001 6 $1,916,000 +202% -30% 2,728 $702   $36,919,000 15
Oct 13, 2001 5 $3,141,000 +64% -28% 2,728 $1,151   $40,060,000 16
Oct 14, 2001 5 $1,660,000 -47% -32% 2,728 $609   $41,720,000 17
Oct 15, 2001 5 $448,000 -73% -57% 2,729 $164   $42,165,000 18
Oct 16, 2001 4 $559,000 +25% -23% 2,729 $205   $42,724,000 19
Oct 17, 2001 4 $473,000 -15% -30% 2,729 $173   $43,198,000 20
Oct 18, 2001 5 $472,000 n/c -26% 2,729 $173   $43,670,000 21
Oct 19, 2001 8 $1,225,000 +160% -36% 2,260 $542   $44,895,000 22
Oct 20, 2001 8 $2,000,000 +63% -36% 2,260 $885   $46,895,000 23
Oct 21, 2001 8 $980,000 -51% -41% 2,260 $434   $47,885,454 24
Oct 22, 2001 7 $268,000 -73% -40% 2,256 $119   $48,154,000 25
Oct 23, 2001 7 $353,000 +32% -37% 2,256 $156   $48,507,000 26
Oct 24, 2001 8 $293,000 -17% -38% 2,256 $130   $48,800,000 27
Oct 25, 2001 8 $281,000 -4% -40% 2,256 $125   $49,081,000 28
Oct 29, 2001 10 $150,000   -44% 1,700 $88   $51,533,000 32
Oct 30, 2001 9 $180,000 +20% -49% 1,700 $106   $51,713,000 33
Oct 31, 2001 10 $172,000 -4% -41% 1,700 $101   $51,885,000 34
Nov 1, 2001 10 $169,000 -2% -40% 1,700 $99   $52,054,000 35

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Sep 28, 2001 1 $22,167,881   2,802 $7,911   $22,167,881 1
Oct 5, 2001 3 $12,835,271 -42% 2,842 $4,516   $35,003,152 2
Oct 12, 2001 5 $8,666,708 -32% 2,729 $3,176   $43,669,860 3
Oct 19, 2001 8 $5,410,833 -38% 2,256 $2,398   $49,080,693 4
Oct 26, 2001 11 $2,973,654 -45% 1,700 $1,749   $52,054,347 5
Nov 2, 2001 14 $1,313,425 -56% 884 $1,486   $53,367,772 6
Nov 9, 2001 19 $639,717 -51% 517 $1,237   $54,007,489 7
Nov 16, 2001 25 $292,451 -54% 295 $991   $54,299,940 8
Nov 23, 2001 30 $187,084 -36% 217 $862   $54,487,024 9
Nov 30, 2001 27 $176,153 -6% 251 $702   $54,663,177 10
Dec 7, 2001 29 $130,189 -26% 203 $641   $54,793,366 11
Dec 14, 2001 40 $85,194 -35% 157 $543   $54,878,560 12
Dec 21, 2001 53 $25,787 -70% 49 $526   $54,904,347 13
Dec 28, 2001 62 $27,440 +6% 39 $704   $54,931,787 14
Jan 4, 2002 54 $27,742 +1% 37 $750   $54,959,529 15
Jan 11, 2002 59 $17,452 -37% 22 $793   $54,976,981 16
Jan 18, 2002 66 $12,993 -26% 17 $764   $54,989,974 17
Jan 25, 2002 80 $7,502 -42% 18 $417   $54,997,476 18

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


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Leading Cast

Michael Douglas    Dr. Nathan Conrad

Uncategorized

Jennifer Esposito    Det. Sandra Cassidy
Conrad Goode    Max J. Dunlevy
Isabella Fink    Elisabeth at 8 years
Paul J. Q. Lee    Man with a Cell Phone
Skye McCole Bartusiak    Jessie Conrad
Lorli Villanueva    Chinese Woman
Paul Schulze    Jake
Guy Torry    Martin J. Dolen
Brittany Murphy    Elisabeth Burrows
Oliver Platt    Dr. Louis Sachs
Famke Janssen    Aggie Conrad
Shawn Doyle    Russel Maddox
Sean Bean    Patrick Koster
Victor Argo    Sydney Simon

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Gary Fleder    Director
Mark Isham    Composer
Nelson Coates    Production Designer
Bruce Berman    Executive Producer
Cal Loucks*    Set Decorator

The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.


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Metrics

Opening Weekend:$17,090,474 (31.1% of total gross)
Legs:3.22 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:52.6% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$50,000,000 (worldwide box office is 2.1 times production budget)
Theater counts:2,802 opening theaters/2,842 max. theaters, 5.3 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $102,316,356

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,601-1,700) 1,673 $54,997,476
All Time International Box Office (Rank 1,901-2,000) 1,987 $49,490,907
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,701-1,800) 1,733 $104,488,383
All Time Domestic Box Office for R Movies (Rank 401-500) 466 $54,997,476
All Time International Box Office for R Movies (Rank 401-500) 483 $49,490,907
All Time Worldwide Box Office for R Movies (Rank 401-500) 448 $104,488,383

See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.


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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: September 28th, 2001 (Wide) by 20th Century Fox
Video Release: February 19th, 2002 by Fox Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: R for violence, including some gruesome images, and language
Running Time: 113 minutes
Comparisons: vs. Cats & Dogs
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Keywords: Kidnap, Crime Thriller, Heist, Double-Crossed, No Honor Among Thieves, Faulty Memory, Mental Illness
Source:Based on Fiction Book/Short Story
Genre:Thriller/Suspense
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Regency Enterprises, Village Roadshow Productions, NPV Entertainment, Epsilon Motion Pictures, New Regency, Further Films
Production Countries: Australia, United States
Languages: English, Italian

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Columbus Day (All Movies, 3-Day) 92 $9,766,100 Oct 5, 2001 10
Columbus Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 89 $19,497,687 Oct 5, 2001 10
Columbus Day (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon) 81 $10,800,100 Oct 5, 2001 10
Columbus Day (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon, Inflation Adjusted) 63 $21,562,039 Oct 5, 2001 10
Biggest Domestic September Weekend 94 $17,090,474 Sep 28, 2001 3

Leading Cast

Michael Douglas    Dr. Nathan Conrad

Uncategorized

Jennifer Esposito    Det. Sandra Cassidy
Conrad Goode    Max J. Dunlevy
Isabella Fink    Elisabeth at 8 years
Paul J. Q. Lee    Man with a Cell Phone
Skye McCole Bartusiak    Jessie Conrad
Lorli Villanueva    Chinese Woman
Paul Schulze    Jake
Guy Torry    Martin J. Dolen
Brittany Murphy    Elisabeth Burrows
Oliver Platt    Dr. Louis Sachs
Famke Janssen    Aggie Conrad
Shawn Doyle    Russel Maddox
Sean Bean    Patrick Koster
Victor Argo    Sydney Simon

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Gary Fleder    Director
Mark Isham    Composer
Nelson Coates    Production Designer
Bruce Berman    Executive Producer
Cal Loucks*    Set Decorator

The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Sep 28, 2001 1 $17,090,474   2,802 $6,099   $17,090,474 1
Oct 5, 2001 3 $9,766,100 -43% 2,842 $3,436   $31,933,981 2
Oct 12, 2001 5 $6,713,774 -31% 2,729 $2,460   $41,716,926 3
Oct 19, 2001 8 $4,215,594 -37% 2,256 $1,869   $47,885,454 4
Oct 26, 2001 12 $2,302,271 -45% 1,700 $1,354   $51,382,964 5
Nov 2, 2001 15 $996,959 -57% 884 $1,128   $53,051,306 6
Nov 9, 2001 19 $475,586 -52% 517 $920   $53,843,358 7
Nov 16, 2001 25 $210,931 -56% 295 $715   $54,218,420 8
Nov 23, 2001 30 $135,506 -36% 217 $624   $54,435,446 9
Nov 30, 2001 28 $120,788 -11% 251 $481   $54,607,812 10
Dec 7, 2001 29 $89,884 -26% 203 $443   $54,753,061 11
Dec 14, 2001 41 $50,355 -44% 157 $321   $54,843,721 12
Dec 21, 2001 60 $9,634 -81% 49 $197   $54,888,194 13
Dec 28, 2001 55 $19,849 +106% 39 $509   $54,924,196 14
Jan 4, 2002 56 $18,621 -6% 37 $503   $54,950,408 15
Jan 11, 2002 61 $10,463 -44% 22 $476   $54,969,992 16
Jan 18, 2002 67 $9,754 -7% 17 $574   $54,986,735 17
Jan 25, 2002 73 $7,502 -23% 18 $417   $54,997,476 18

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Sep 28, 2001 1 $5,763,000     2,802 $2,057   $5,763,000 1
Sep 29, 2001 1 $7,450,000 +29%   2,802 $2,659   $13,213,000 2
Sep 30, 2001 1 $4,100,000 -45%   2,802 $1,463   $17,090,474 3
Oct 1, 2001 1 $1,266,000 -69%   2,802 $452   $18,356,000 4
Oct 2, 2001 1 $1,465,000 +16%   2,802 $523   $19,821,000 5
Oct 3, 2001 1 $1,206,000 -18%   2,802 $430   $21,028,000 6
Oct 4, 2001 1 $1,140,000 -5%   2,802 $407   $22,168,000 7
Oct 5, 2001 4 $2,740,000 +140% -52% 2,842 $964   $24,910,000 8
Oct 6, 2001 3 $4,380,000 +60% -41% 2,842 $1,541   $29,290,000 9
Oct 7, 2001 4 $2,430,000 -45% -41% 2,842 $855   $31,930,000 10
Oct 8, 2001 3 $1,034,000 -57% -18% 2,842 $364   $32,968,000 11
Oct 9, 2001 3 $727,000 -30% -50% 2,842 $256   $33,695,000 12
Oct 10, 2001 3 $673,000 -7% -44% 2,842 $237   $34,368,000 13
Oct 11, 2001 3 $635,000 -6% -44% 2,842 $223   $35,003,000 14
Oct 12, 2001 6 $1,916,000 +202% -30% 2,728 $702   $36,919,000 15
Oct 13, 2001 5 $3,141,000 +64% -28% 2,728 $1,151   $40,060,000 16
Oct 14, 2001 5 $1,660,000 -47% -32% 2,728 $609   $41,720,000 17
Oct 15, 2001 5 $448,000 -73% -57% 2,729 $164   $42,165,000 18
Oct 16, 2001 4 $559,000 +25% -23% 2,729 $205   $42,724,000 19
Oct 17, 2001 4 $473,000 -15% -30% 2,729 $173   $43,198,000 20
Oct 18, 2001 5 $472,000 n/c -26% 2,729 $173   $43,670,000 21
Oct 19, 2001 8 $1,225,000 +160% -36% 2,260 $542   $44,895,000 22
Oct 20, 2001 8 $2,000,000 +63% -36% 2,260 $885   $46,895,000 23
Oct 21, 2001 8 $980,000 -51% -41% 2,260 $434   $47,885,454 24
Oct 22, 2001 7 $268,000 -73% -40% 2,256 $119   $48,154,000 25
Oct 23, 2001 7 $353,000 +32% -37% 2,256 $156   $48,507,000 26
Oct 24, 2001 8 $293,000 -17% -38% 2,256 $130   $48,800,000 27
Oct 25, 2001 8 $281,000 -4% -40% 2,256 $125   $49,081,000 28
Oct 29, 2001 10 $150,000   -44% 1,700 $88   $51,533,000 32
Oct 30, 2001 9 $180,000 +20% -49% 1,700 $106   $51,713,000 33
Oct 31, 2001 10 $172,000 -4% -41% 1,700 $101   $51,885,000 34
Nov 1, 2001 10 $169,000 -2% -40% 1,700 $99   $52,054,000 35

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Sep 28, 2001 1 $22,167,881   2,802 $7,911   $22,167,881 1
Oct 5, 2001 3 $12,835,271 -42% 2,842 $4,516   $35,003,152 2
Oct 12, 2001 5 $8,666,708 -32% 2,729 $3,176   $43,669,860 3
Oct 19, 2001 8 $5,410,833 -38% 2,256 $2,398   $49,080,693 4
Oct 26, 2001 11 $2,973,654 -45% 1,700 $1,749   $52,054,347 5
Nov 2, 2001 14 $1,313,425 -56% 884 $1,486   $53,367,772 6
Nov 9, 2001 19 $639,717 -51% 517 $1,237   $54,007,489 7
Nov 16, 2001 25 $292,451 -54% 295 $991   $54,299,940 8
Nov 23, 2001 30 $187,084 -36% 217 $862   $54,487,024 9
Nov 30, 2001 27 $176,153 -6% 251 $702   $54,663,177 10
Dec 7, 2001 29 $130,189 -26% 203 $641   $54,793,366 11
Dec 14, 2001 40 $85,194 -35% 157 $543   $54,878,560 12
Dec 21, 2001 53 $25,787 -70% 49 $526   $54,904,347 13
Dec 28, 2001 62 $27,440 +6% 39 $704   $54,931,787 14
Jan 4, 2002 54 $27,742 +1% 37 $750   $54,959,529 15
Jan 11, 2002 59 $17,452 -37% 22 $793   $54,976,981 16
Jan 18, 2002 66 $12,993 -26% 17 $764   $54,989,974 17
Jan 25, 2002 80 $7,502 -42% 18 $417   $54,997,476 18

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue are available through our research services. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.