Metrics

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

Record	Rank	Amount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 101-200)	150	$226,164,286
All Time International Box Office (Rank 601-700)	696	$121,261,546
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 301-400)	353	$347,425,832

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

Movie Details

Production Budget:	$90,000,000
Domestic Releases:	August 3rd, 2001 (Wide) by New Line
MPAA Rating:	PG-13 for action violence, language and some sexual material
Running Time:	90 minutes
Franchise:	Rush Hour
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Keywords:	Buddy Cop, Buddy Comedy
Source:	Original Screenplay
Genre:	Action
Production Method:	Live Action
Creative Type:	Contemporary Fiction
Production Countries:	United States

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

Record	Rank	Amount	Chart Date	Days In Release
Fastest to $100m	141	$200,122,822	Sep 5, 2001	34
Fastest to $150m	136	$200,122,822	Sep 5, 2001	34
Fastest to $200m	136	$200,122,822	Sep 5, 2001	34
Fastest to $50m	156	$200,122,822	Sep 5, 2001	34
Labor Day (All Movies, 3-Day)	48	$9,296,573	Aug 31, 2001	31
Labor Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted)	58	$15,045,337	Aug 31, 2001	31
Labor Day (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon)	42	$11,713,042	Aug 31, 2001	31
Labor Day (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon, Inflation Adjusted)	28	$18,956,089	Aug 31, 2001	31
Biggest Domestic August Weekend	4	$67,408,222	Aug 3, 2001	3
Top Action Weekend Domestic	60	$67,408,222	Aug 3, 2001	3
Top Contemporary Fiction Weekend Domestic	17	$67,408,222	Aug 3, 2001	3
Top Live Action Weekend Domestic	81	$67,408,222	Aug 3, 2001	3
Top New Line Weekend Domestic	3	$67,408,222	Aug 3, 2001	3
Top Original Screenplay Weekend Domestic	33	$67,408,222	Aug 3, 2001	3
Biggest Domestic Sequel Weekend	92	$67,408,222	Aug 3, 2001	3
Top 2001 Theater Average	30	$21,619	Aug 3, 2001	3
Biggest Domestic August Day	11	$23,636,500	Aug 4, 2001	2
Top Contemporary Fiction Day Domestic	44	$23,636,500	Aug 4, 2001	2
Top New Line Day Domestic	6	$23,636,500	Aug 4, 2001	2

Leading Cast

Jackie Chan		Detective Inspector Lee
Chris Tucker		Det. James Carter, LAPD

Supporting Cast

John Lone		Ricky Tan
Zhang Ziyi		Hu Li
Harris Yulin		Agent Sterling
Alan King		Steven Reign
Kenneth Tsang		Captain Chin
Saul Rubinek		Red Dragon Box Man
Roselyn Sánchez		Isabella Molina
Jeremy Piven		Versace Salesman
Don Cheadle		Kenny
Maggie Q		Girl in Car

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

Production and Technical Credits

Brett Ratner		Director
Andrew Z. Davis		Producer
Michael De Luca		Executive Producer
Toby Emmerich		Executive Producer
Arthur Sarkissian		Producer
Roger Birnbaum		Producer
Jeff Nathanson		Screenwriter
Matthew F. Leonetti		Cinematographer
Terence Marsh		Production Designer
Mark Helfrich		Editor
Lalo Schifrin		Composer
Victoria Sampson		Dialogue Editor
Tim Chau		Re-recording Mixer
Tim Chau		Sound Designer
Tim Chau		Supervising Sound Editor

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

Record	Rank	Revenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 101-200)	150	$226,164,286
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 101-200)	130	$358,426,435
All Time Domestic Sequel Box Office	75	$226,164,286
Top 2001 Movies at the Domestic Box Office	5	$226,164,286
All Time Domestic Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies	50	$226,164,286
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies	84	$226,164,286
All Time Domestic Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies	17	$226,164,286
All Time Domestic Box Office for Action Movies	44	$226,164,286
All Time Domestic Box Office for PG-13 Movies	90	$226,164,286
All Time Domestic Box Office for New Line Movies	4	$226,164,286

Weekend Box Office Performance

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Week
2001/08/03	1	$67,408,222		3,118	$21,619	$67,408,222	1
2001/08/10	2	$33,117,312	-51%	3,118	$10,621	$133,525,381	2
2001/08/17	2	$19,024,208	-43%	3,080	$6,177	$164,656,828	3
2001/08/24	2	$11,582,818	-39%	3,001	$3,860	$183,421,781	4
2001/08/31	2	$9,296,573	-20%	2,825	$3,291	$198,892,734	5
2001/09/07	6	$5,752,389	-38%	2,546	$2,259	$206,036,976	6
2001/09/14	6	$4,092,375	-29%	2,268	$1,804	$211,149,100	7
2001/09/21	5	$3,520,978	-14%	2,129	$1,654	$215,615,683	8
2001/09/28	6	$2,484,904	-29%	2,086	$1,191	$219,192,504	9
2001/10/05	10	$1,724,118	-31%	1,549	$1,113	$221,526,192	10
2001/10/12	13	$968,696	-44%	1,012	$957	$223,003,057	11
2001/10/19	17	$622,254	-36%	659	$944	$223,879,783	12
2001/10/26	21	$349,541	-44%	446	$784	$224,380,724	13
2001/11/02	24	$258,242	-26%	333	$776	$224,723,595	14
2001/11/09	27	$222,051	-14%	285	$779	$225,021,823	15
2001/11/16	24	$212,360	-4%	281	$756	$225,307,315	16
2001/11/23	23	$224,271	+6%	255	$879	$225,652,237	17
2001/11/30	23	$153,947	-31%	241	$639	$225,859,794	18
2001/12/07	23	$125,229	-19%	197	$636	$226,023,478	19
2001/12/14	30	$78,344	-37%	150	$522	$226,138,454	20

Daily Box Office Performance

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
2001/08/03	1	$22,617,500		3,118	$7,254	$22,617,500	1
2001/08/04	1	$23,636,500	+5%	3,118	$7,581	$46,254,000	2
2001/08/05	1	$19,956,000	-16%	3,118	$6,400	$67,408,222	3
2001/08/06	1	$9,470,392	-53%	3,118	$3,037	$76,878,614	4
2001/08/07	1	$8,832,713	-7%	3,118	$2,833	$85,711,327	5
2001/08/08	1	$7,303,054	-17%	3,118	$2,342	$93,014,381	6
2001/08/09	1	$6,853,224	-6%	3,118	$2,198	$100,408,069	7
2001/08/10	2	$10,577,000	+54%	3,118	$3,392	$110,985,000	8
2001/08/11	2	$12,958,500	+23%	3,118	$4,156	$123,943,500	9
2001/08/12	2	$10,016,000	-23%	3,118	$3,212	$133,525,381	10
2001/08/13	2	$3,981,881	-60%	3,118	$1,277	$137,507,262	11
2001/08/14	2	$4,000,271	n/c	3,118	$1,283	$141,507,533	12
2001/08/15	2	$3,273,141	-18%	3,118	$1,050	$144,780,674	13
2001/08/16	2	$2,661,475	-19%	3,118	$854	$145,632,620	14
2001/08/17	2	$5,340,000	+101%	3,080	$1,734	$150,973,000	15
2001/08/18	1	$7,878,000	+48%	3,080	$2,558	$158,659,000	16
2001/08/19	2	$5,782,000	-27%	3,080	$1,877	$164,656,828	17
2001/08/20	2	$2,283,013	-61%	3,080	$741	$166,939,841	18
2001/08/21	2	$2,420,831	+6%	3,080	$786	$169,360,672	19
2001/08/22	2	$1,902,344	-21%	3,080	$618	$171,263,016	20
2001/08/23	2	$1,487,387	-22%	3,080	$483	$172,750,403	21
2001/08/24	3	$3,365,000	+126%	3,001	$1,121	$176,115,000	22
2001/08/25	1	$4,705,500	+40%	3,001	$1,568	$180,820,500	23
2001/08/26	2	$3,321,000	-29%	3,001	$1,107	$183,421,781	24
2001/08/27	3	$1,184,933	-64%	3,001	$395	$184,606,714	25
2001/08/28	1	$1,346,746	+14%	3,001	$449	$185,953,460	26
2001/08/29	1	$1,029,691	-24%	3,001	$343	$186,983,151	27
2001/08/30	3	$791,975	-23%	3,001	$264	$187,775,126	28
2001/08/31	2	$2,525,000	+219%	2,825	$894	$189,700,000	29
2001/09/01	2	$3,858,000	+53%	2,825	$1,366	$193,558,000	30
2001/09/02	2	$3,717,000	-4%	2,825	$1,316	$197,306,057	31
2001/09/03	2	$2,416,469	-35%	2,825	$855	$198,892,734	32
2001/09/04	2	$705,367	-71%	2,825	$250	$199,598,101	33
2001/09/05	2	$524,721	-26%	2,825	$186	$200,122,822	34
2001/09/06	2	$484,489	-8%	2,825	$172	$200,607,311	35
2001/09/07	7	$1,392,000	+187%	2,546	$547	$201,999,000	36
2001/09/08	5	$2,510,000	+80%	2,546	$986	$204,509,000	37
2001/09/09	2	$1,797,976	-28%	2,546	$706	$206,306,976	38
2001/09/10	7	$271,134	-85%	2,546	$106	$206,578,110	39
2001/09/11	6	$257,423	-5%	2,546	$101	$206,635,533	40
2001/09/12	6	$352,754	+37%	2,546	$139	$206,988,287	41
2001/09/13	7	$279,476	-21%	2,546	$110	$207,056,722	42
2001/09/14	6	$1,160,000	+315%	2,268	$511	$208,220,000	43
2001/09/15	6	$2,100,000	+81%	2,268	$926	$210,320,000	44
2001/09/16	6	$1,070,000	-49%	2,268	$472	$211,149,100	45
2001/09/17	6	$293,307	-73%	2,268	$129	$211,442,404	46
2001/09/18	5	$372,314	+27%	2,266	$164	$211,814,721	47
2001/09/19	5	$286,648	-23%	2,266	$126	$212,101,369	48
2001/09/20	9	$210,000	-27%	2,266	$93	$212,094,705	49
2001/09/21	2	$1,345,295	+541%	2,129	$632	$213,440,000	50
2001/09/22	4	$1,760,000	+31%	2,129	$827	$215,200,000	51
2001/09/23	4	$930,000	-47%	2,129	$437	$215,615,683	52
2001/09/24	4	$247,000	-73%	2,129	$116	$215,863,000	53
2001/09/25	4	$393,000	+59%	2,129	$185	$216,256,000	54
2001/09/26	4	$268,000	-32%	2,129	$126	$216,524,000	55
2001/09/27	3	$296,000	+10%	2,129	$139	$216,820,000	56
2001/09/28	6	$710,000	+140%	2,086	$340	$217,530,000	57
2001/09/29	6	$1,250,000	+76%	2,086	$599	$218,780,000	58
2001/09/30	6	$630,000	-50%	2,086	$302	$219,192,504	59
2001/10/01	6	$175,000	-72%	2,086	$84	$219,367,000	60
2001/10/02	6	$189,000	+8%	2,086	$91	$219,556,000	61
2001/10/03	6	$165,000	-13%	2,086	$79	$219,721,000	62
2001/10/04	6	$147,000	-11%	2,086	$70	$219,802,000	63
2001/10/05	10	$480,000	+227%	1,549	$310	$220,280,000	64
2001/10/06	10	$870,000	+81%	1,549	$562	$221,150,000	65
2001/10/07	10	$430,000	-51%	1,549	$278	$221,530,000	66
2001/10/08	10	$213,000	-50%	1,549	$138	$221,740,000	67
2001/10/09	10	$115,000	-46%	1,549	$74	$221,855,000	68
2001/10/10	10	$107,000	-7%	1,549	$69	$221,962,000	69
2001/10/11	10	$109,000	+2%	1,549	$70	$222,034,000	70

Weekly Box Office Performance

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Week
2001/08/03	1	$100,408,069		3,118	$32,203	$100,408,069	1
2001/08/10	2	$45,224,551	-55%	3,118	$14,504	$145,632,620	2
2001/08/17	2	$26,206,343	-42%	3,080	$8,509	$171,838,963	3
2001/08/24	2	$17,757,198	-32%	3,001	$5,917	$189,596,161	4
2001/08/31	2	$10,688,426	-40%	2,825	$3,784	$200,284,587	5
2001/09/07	6	$6,772,138	-37%	2,546	$2,660	$207,056,725	6
2001/09/14	6	$5,037,980	-26%	2,268	$2,221	$212,094,705	7
2001/09/21	5	$4,612,895	-8%	2,129	$2,167	$216,707,600	8
2001/09/28	6	$3,094,474	-33%	2,086	$1,483	$219,802,074	9
2001/10/05	10	$2,232,287	-28%	1,549	$1,441	$222,034,361	10
2001/10/12	13	$1,223,168	-45%	1,012	$1,209	$223,257,529	11
2001/10/19	17	$773,654	-37%	659	$1,174	$224,031,183	12
2001/10/26	21	$434,170	-44%	446	$973	$224,465,353	13
2001/11/02	26	$334,419	-23%	333	$1,004	$224,799,772	14
2001/11/09	27	$295,183	-12%	285	$1,036	$225,094,955	15
2001/11/16	23	$333,011	+13%	281	$1,185	$225,427,966	16
2001/11/23	24	$277,881	-17%	255	$1,090	$225,705,847	17
2001/11/30	25	$192,402	-31%	241	$798	$225,898,249	18
2001/12/07	24	$161,861	-16%	197	$822	$226,060,110	19
2001/12/14	37	$104,176	-36%	150	$695	$226,164,286	20

International Cumulative Box Office Records

Record	Rank	Revenue
All Time International Box Office (Rank 601-700)	696	$121,261,546
All Time International Sequel Box Office (Rank 201-300)	225	$121,261,546
Top 2001 Movies at the International Box Office	18	$121,261,546
All Time International Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 201-300)	291	$121,261,546
All Time International Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 501-600)	502	$121,261,546
All Time International Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 201-300)	223	$121,261,546
All Time International Box Office for Action Movies (Rank 201-300)	208	$121,261,546
All Time International Box Office for PG-13 Movies (Rank 301-400)	319	$121,261,546
All Time International Box Office for New Line Movies	7	$121,261,546

Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records

Record	Rank	Revenue
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 301-400)	353	$347,425,832
All Time Worldwide Sequel Box Office (Rank 101-200)	148	$347,425,832
Biggest Film in a Single Market (Rank 101-200)	172	$226,164,286
Top 2001 Movies at the Worldwide Box Office	11	$347,425,832
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 101-200)	134	$347,425,832
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 201-300)	221	$347,425,832
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies	77	$347,425,832
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Action Movies (Rank 101-200)	112	$347,425,832
All Time Worldwide Box Office for PG-13 Movies (Rank 101-200)	189	$347,425,832
All Time Worldwide Box Office for New Line Movies	6	$347,425,832

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