Metrics

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

Record	Rank	Amount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,201-1,300)	1,294	$61,322,858
All Time International Box Office (Rank 3,501-3,600)	3,581	$10,397,073
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,901-2,000)	1,955	$71,719,931
All Time Domestic Box Office for R Movies (Rank 301-400)	359	$61,322,858
All Time International Box Office for R Movies (Rank 1,001-1,100)	1,063	$10,397,073
All Time Worldwide Box Office for R Movies (Rank 501-600)	592	$71,719,931

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

Movie Details

Production Budget:	$60,000,000
Domestic Releases:	April 7th, 2000 (Wide) by Paramount Pictures
MPAA Rating:	R for scenes of war violence, and for language
Running Time:	127 minutes
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Source:	Based on Fiction Book/Short Story
Genre:	Thriller/Suspense
Production Method:	Live Action
Creative Type:	Contemporary Fiction
Production Companies:	Richard D. Zanuck/Scott Rudin Production
Production Countries:	United States

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

Record	Rank	Amount	Chart Date	Days In Release
Fastest to $50m	1,138	$50,218,007	Apr 28, 2000	24
Easter (All Movies, 3-Day)	112	$8,007,551	Apr 21, 2000	17
Easter (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted)	93	$13,326,110	Apr 21, 2000	17

Leading Cast

Tommy Lee Jones		Hodges
Samuel L. Jackson		Childers

Supporting Cast

Guy Pearce		Major Biggs
Bruce Greenwood		Sokal
Blair Underwood		Captain Lee
Philip Baker Hall		General Hodges
Anne Archer		Mrs. Mourain
Ben Kingsley		Mourain
Nicky Katt		Hayes III
Dale Dye		General Perry
Mark Feuerstein		Chandler
Amidou		Dr. Ahmar
Richard McGonagle		Judge
Gordon Clapp		Harris
Ryan Hurst		Corporal Hustings
Baoan Coleman		Colonel Cao
Hayden Tank		Justin
Ahmed Jimmy Abounouom		Jimi
William Gibson		Hodges' Radio Man
Tuan Tran		Translator
John Speredakos		Lawyer
Scott Alan Smith		Another Lawyer
Jihane Kortobi		Little Girl
David Lewis Hays		Bailiff, NCO
Peter Tran		Cao's Radio Man
Bonnie Johnson		Mary Hodges
Jason C. West		Childers' Radio Man
Attifi Mohamed		Tariq
Zouheir Mohamed		Aziz
Chris Ufland		Ambassador Aide
Thom Barry		Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
Kevin Cooney		4 Star General
Helen Manning		Sarah Hodges
David Graf		ARG Commander
Conrad Bachmann		Secretary of Defense
Aziz Assimi		Little Boy
Robert Pentz Jr.		Courtroom Spectator
Laird Macintosh		Radio Op
Baouyen C. Bruyere		Col. Cao's Granddaughter
Steven M. Gagnon		Juror #1
Richard F. Whiten		Juror #2
Tom Knickerbocker		Juror #3
Terry Bozeman		Juror #4
Mary Wickliffe		Juror #5
Jody Wood		Juror #6
Elayn Taylor		Juror #7
Todd Kimsey		Officer #1
Lawrence Noel Larsen		Officer #2
Stephen Ramsey		Officer #3
G. Gordon Liddy		Talk Show Host

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

Production and Technical Credits

William Friedkin		Director
Richard D. Zanuck		Producer
Scott Rudin		Producer
Stephen Gaghan		Screenwriter
James Webb		Story Creator
Adam Schroeder		Executive Producer
James Webb		Executive Producer
Nicola Pecorini		Director of Photography
William A. Fraker		Director of Photography
Robert Laing		Production Designer
Augie Hess		Editor
Gloria Gresham		Costume Designer
Arne L. Schmidt		Co-Producer
Mark Isham		Composer
J. Michael Haynie		Assistant Director
Newt Arnold		Assistant Director
Arne L. Schmidt		Unit Production Manager
Robert Malerba		Unit Production Manager
Richard H. Prince		Unit Production Manager
William Cruse		Art Director
Patrick Simpson		Supervising
Mitchell Kenney		Costume Supervisor
Russell Williams II		Sound Mixer
Kevin O'Connell		Re-recording Mixer
Greg P. Russell		Re-recording Mixer
Steve Boeddeker		Supervising Sound Editor
Mike Szakmeister		Supervising Sound Editor
Christopher Scarabosio		Sound Editor
Ron Eng		Sound Editor
Steve Boeddeker		Sound Designer
Carin Rogers		Dialogue Editor
Tom Carlson		Music Editor
Robert Ryan		Make up
Gail Ryan		Hairstylist
Denise Chamian		Casting Director
Buddy Joe Hooker		Stunt Coordinator

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

Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Record	Rank	Revenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,201-1,300)	1,294	$61,322,858
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 1,201-1,300)	1,244	$102,053,062
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 1,001-1,100)	1,001	$61,322,858
Top 2000 Movies at the Domestic Box Office	39	$61,322,858
All Time Domestic Box Office for Based on Fiction Book/Short Story Movies (Rank 201-300)	287	$61,322,858
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 1,001-1,100)	1,061	$61,322,858
All Time Domestic Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 501-600)	583	$61,322,858
All Time Domestic Box Office for Thriller/Suspense Movies	99	$61,322,858
All Time Domestic Box Office for R Movies (Rank 301-400)	359	$61,322,858
All Time Domestic Box Office for Paramount Pictures Movies (Rank 101-200)	183	$61,322,858

Weekend Box Office Performance

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Week
2000/04/07	1	$15,011,181		3,155	$4,758	$15,011,181	1
2000/04/14	1	$10,933,627	-27%	3,190	$3,427	$30,595,672	2
2000/04/21	3	$8,007,551	-27%	3,220	$2,487	$43,050,371	3
2000/04/28	6	$4,643,307	-42%	3,027	$1,534	$50,218,007	4
2000/05/05	8	$2,445,265	-47%	2,261	$1,081	$54,075,079	5
2000/05/12	12	$1,763,323	-28%	1,618	$1,090	$56,682,161	6
2000/05/19	13	$1,164,224	-34%	1,062	$1,096	$58,449,752	7
2000/05/26	15	$731,618	-37%	793	$923	$59,525,998	8
2000/06/02	16	$316,061	-57%	555	$569	$59,997,864	9
2000/06/09	29	$146,420	-54%	372	$394	$60,247,329	10
2000/06/16	45	$74,063	-49%	221	$335	$60,376,642	11
2000/06/23	60	$34,082	-54%	184	$185	$60,439,410	12
2000/06/30	22	$202,870	+495%	452	$449	$60,748,091	13
2000/07/07	29	$148,754	-27%	320	$465	$60,956,301	14
2000/07/14	37	$87,655	-41%	241	$364	$61,114,362	15
2000/07/21	49	$60,633	-31%	175	$346	$61,223,778	16
2000/07/28	65	$30,592	-50%	111	$276	$61,286,824	17
2000/08/04	79	$18,143	-41%	91	$199	$61,322,858	18

Daily Box Office Performance

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
2000/04/07	1	$4,499,000		2,860	$1,573	$4,499,000	1
2000/04/08	1	$6,412,120	+43%	2,860	$2,242	$10,911,592	2
2000/04/09	2	$2,617,000	-59%	3,155	$829	$15,011,181	3
2000/04/10	1	$1,143,321	-56%	3,155	$362	$16,154,502	4
2000/04/11	1	$1,257,041	+10%	3,155	$398	$17,411,543	5
2000/04/12	1	$1,102,251	-12%	3,155	$349	$18,513,794	6
2000/04/13	1	$1,148,252	+4%	3,155	$364	$19,662,045	7
2000/04/14	2	$3,214,700	+180%	3,155	$1,019	$22,876,745	8
2000/04/15	1	$5,230,750	+63%	3,050	$1,715	$28,107,495	9
2000/04/16	1	$2,733,000	-48%	3,190	$857	$30,595,672	10
2000/04/17	1	$1,028,706	-62%	3,190	$322	$31,624,378	11
2000/04/18	2	$1,078,551	+5%	3,190	$338	$32,702,929	12
2000/04/19	1	$996,184	-8%	3,190	$312	$33,699,113	13
2000/04/20	3	$1,200,000	+20%	3,190	$376	$34,899,113	14
2000/04/21	2	$3,010,350	+151%	3,050	$987	$37,909,463	15
2000/04/22	2	$3,504,450	+16%	3,050	$1,149	$41,413,913	16
2000/04/23	3	$1,888,000	-46%	3,190	$592	$43,050,000	17
2000/04/24	5	$710,093	-62%	3,190	$223	$43,760,464	18
2000/04/25	3	$653,233	-8%	3,190	$205	$44,413,697	19
2000/04/26	2	$583,783	-11%	3,190	$183	$44,997,480	20
2000/04/27	2	$577,220	-1%	3,190	$181	$45,574,700	21
2000/04/28	8	$1,197,756	+108%	3,027	$396	$46,772,456	22
2000/04/29	7	$1,901,388	+59%	3,027	$628	$48,673,844	23
2000/04/30	6	$1,082,000	-43%	3,027	$357	$50,218,007	24
2000/05/01	5	$348,907	-68%	3,027	$115	$50,566,914	25
2000/05/02	5	$383,372	+10%	3,027	$127	$50,950,286	26
2000/05/03	5	$331,056	-14%	3,027	$109	$51,281,342	27
2000/05/04	4	$348,472	+5%	3,027	$115	$51,629,814	28
2000/05/07	9	$638,000		2,261	$282	$54,075,079	31
2000/05/08	8	$203,068	-68%	2,261	$90	$54,278,147	32
2000/05/09	9	$221,477	+9%	2,261	$98	$54,499,624	33
2000/05/10	9	$212,436	-4%	2,261	$94	$54,712,060	34
2000/05/11	8	$206,778	-3%	2,261	$91	$54,916,838	35
2000/05/14	12	$482,000		1,618	$298	$56,682,161	38
2000/05/15	11	$143,555	-70%	1,618	$89	$56,825,716	39
2000/05/16	11	$160,322	+12%	1,616	$99	$56,986,038	40
2000/05/17	10	$148,446	-7%	1,616	$92	$57,134,484	41
2000/05/18	10	$151,044	+2%	1,616	$93	$57,285,528	42
2000/05/21	14	$295,000		1,062	$278	$58,449,752	45
2000/05/22	14	$103,336	-65%	1,062	$97	$58,553,088	46
2000/05/23	14	$92,456	-11%	1,062	$87	$58,645,544	47
2000/05/24	13	$76,377	-17%	1,062	$72	$58,721,921	48
2000/05/25	13	$72,459	-5%	793	$91	$58,794,380	49

Weekly Box Office Performance

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Week
2000/04/07	1	$19,662,045		3,155	$6,232	$19,662,045	1
2000/04/14	1	$15,380,775	-22%	3,190	$4,822	$35,042,820	2
2000/04/21	2	$10,531,880	-32%	3,220	$3,271	$45,574,700	3
2000/04/28	6	$6,055,114	-43%	3,027	$2,000	$51,629,814	4
2000/05/05	9	$3,289,024	-46%	2,261	$1,455	$54,918,838	5
2000/05/12	11	$2,366,690	-28%	1,618	$1,463	$57,285,528	6
2000/05/19	13	$1,508,852	-36%	1,062	$1,421	$58,794,380	7
2000/05/26	15	$887,423	-41%	793	$1,119	$59,681,803	8
2000/06/02	16	$419,106	-53%	555	$755	$60,100,909	9
2000/06/09	35	$201,670	-52%	372	$542	$60,302,579	10
2000/06/16	47	$102,749	-49%	221	$465	$60,405,328	11
2000/06/23	42	$139,893	+36%	184	$760	$60,545,221	12
2000/06/30	22	$262,326	+88%	452	$580	$60,807,547	13
2000/07/07	32	$219,160	-16%	320	$685	$61,026,707	14
2000/07/14	41	$136,438	-38%	241	$566	$61,163,145	15
2000/07/21	50	$93,087	-32%	175	$532	$61,256,232	16
2000/07/28	67	$48,483	-48%	111	$437	$61,304,715	17
2000/08/04	81	$18,143	-63%	91	$199	$61,322,858	18

International Cumulative Box Office Records

Record	Rank	Revenue
All Time International Box Office (Rank 3,501-3,600)	3,581	$10,397,073
All Time International Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 3,001-3,100)	3,044	$10,397,073
Top 2000 Movies at the International Box Office	89	$10,397,073
All Time International Box Office for Based on Fiction Book/Short Story Movies (Rank 601-700)	677	$10,397,073
All Time International Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 3,001-3,100)	3,045	$10,397,073
All Time International Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 1,701-1,800)	1,759	$10,397,073
All Time International Box Office for Thriller/Suspense Movies (Rank 301-400)	351	$10,397,073
All Time International Box Office for R Movies (Rank 1,001-1,100)	1,063	$10,397,073
All Time International Box Office for Paramount Pictures Movies (Rank 201-300)	246	$10,397,073

Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records

Record	Rank	Revenue
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,901-2,000)	1,955	$71,719,931
All Time Worldwide Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 1,501-1,600)	1,553	$71,719,931
Top 2000 Movies at the Worldwide Box Office	54	$71,719,931
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Based on Fiction Book/Short Story Movies (Rank 401-500)	434	$71,719,931
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 1,601-1,700)	1,660	$71,719,931
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 801-900)	896	$71,719,931
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Thriller/Suspense Movies (Rank 101-200)	162	$71,719,931
All Time Worldwide Box Office for R Movies (Rank 501-600)	592	$71,719,931
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Paramount Pictures Movies (Rank 201-300)	216	$71,719,931

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