{"id":6682,"date":"2015-11-04T02:13:35","date_gmt":"2015-11-04T07:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bombreport.com\/?page_id=6682"},"modified":"2019-09-20T08:12:20","modified_gmt":"2019-09-20T12:12:20","slug":"trapped","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bombreport.com\/yearly-breakdowns\/2002-2\/trapped\/","title":{"rendered":"TRAPPED"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><div class=\"schema_block schema_movie\"><div typeof=\"schema:Movie\"><div class=\"schema_name\" property=\"schema:name\">Trapped<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6683\" src=\"https:\/\/bombreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/trapped.jpg\" alt=\"trapped 2002 box office\" width=\"175\" height=\"279\" \/><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15912 alignnone alignleft\" style=\"box-shadow: none; padding-top: 15px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bombreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2000px-RATED_R.svg_-e1520094966823.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"38\" height=\"33\" \/><button style=\"background-color: #c47135; box-shadow: 1px 2px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5); margin-top: 10px; font-family: Arial Black; font-size: 11px;\"><strong>Genre(s): Thriller<\/strong><\/button><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><strong style=\"color: black;\">Directed By:<\/strong>\u00a0Luis Mandoki<\/li>\r\n<li><strong style=\"color: black;\">Written By:<\/strong>\u00a0Greg Iles<\/li>\r\n<li><strong style=\"color: black;\">Release Date:<\/strong> September 20, 2002<\/li>\r\n<li><strong style=\"color: black;\">Domestic Distributor:<\/strong> Sony<\/li>\r\n<li><strong style=\"color: black;\">Cast:<\/strong>\u00a0Charlize Theron, Kevin Bacon, Courtney Love, Stuart Townsend<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2TjMkAj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-21017\" style=\"box-shadow: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/bombreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/amazon.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"42\" \/><\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<hr style=\"clear: both;\" \/>\r\n<pre>Box Office Info:<\/pre>\r\n<table border=\"\u201d5\u2033\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th><strong>Budget: $30 million<\/strong><\/th>\r\n<th><strong>Financed by: Senator Entertainment<\/strong><\/th>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><strong>Domestic Box Office: $7,073,251<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td><strong>Overseas Box Office: $6,341,165<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29015 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/bombreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/trapped-2002.jpg\" alt=\"trapped 2002\" width=\"1200\" height=\"616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bombreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/trapped-2002.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/bombreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/trapped-2002-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bombreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/trapped-2002-768x394.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bombreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/trapped-2002-1024x526.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bombreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/trapped-2002-348x180.jpg 348w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><br \/>\r\n<span class=\"schema-faq wp-block-yoast-faq-block\">\r\n<span class=\"schema-faq-section\"><strong class=\"schema-faq-question\">The budget for <em>Trapped<\/em><\/strong>\r\n<a class=\"schema-faq-answer\">was $30 million and Senator Entertainment fully financed and they also handled international sales to distributors.<\/a>\r\n<\/span>\r\n<\/span>\r\n\u00a0 Sony took on distribution duties in most markets when the film was in post-production.\u00a0 <em>Trapped<\/em> was first dated for August 23, 2002 but it was pushed back to September 20 and then it was buried by Sony.<\/p>\r\n<p>After a few high profile kidnappings in the US, the kidnapping premise of the film\u00a0was toxic to Sony and they tried to disguise the plot from its marketing.\u00a0 The studio then told the cast not to talk about or promote the movie and Sony slashed the marketing budget.\u00a0 The studio quietly released <em>Trapped<\/em> and also did not hold critics screenings.<\/p>\r\n<p>It bowed against <em>The Banger Sisters,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bombreport.com\/yearly-breakdowns\/2002-2\/ballistic-ecks-vs-sever\/\">Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever<\/a> <\/em>and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/bombreport.com\/yearly-breakdowns\/2002-2\/the-four-feathers\/\">The Four Feathers.<\/a>\u00a0 Trapped<\/em> was booked into 2,227 theaters and it predictably bombed, placing #10 for the weekend with a terrible $3,210,765.\u00a0 It sank 53.2% in its second frame to\u00a0$1,502,880 and was pulled from release after only four weeks\u00a0with $7,073,251. \u00a0Sony would see back about $3.8 million after theaters take their percentage of\u00a0the gross, barely putting a dent in the modest P&amp;A costs.<\/p>\r\n<p>The film did not fare much better overseas and pulled in just $6,341,165. \u00a0After a strong quarter of films, in a Sony <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sony.com\/en_us\/SCA\/company-news\/press-releases\/sony-corporation-of-america\/2002\/consolidated-financial-results-for-the-second-quar.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">financial report<\/a>\u00a0they cited the &#8216;disappointing U.S. box office performance of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/bombreport.com\/yearly-breakdowns\/2002-2\/stuart-little-2\/\">Stuart Little 2<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/bombreport.com\/yearly-breakdowns\/2002-2\/stealing-harvard\/\">Stealing Harvard<\/a> <\/em>and <em>Trapped<\/em>&#8216; as eating into their profits.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Genre(s): Thriller Directed By:\u00a0Luis Mandoki Written By:\u00a0Greg Iles Release Date: September 20, 2002 Domestic Distributor: Sony Cast:\u00a0Charlize Theron, Kevin Bacon, Courtney Love, Stuart Townsend Box Office Info: Budget: $30 million Financed by: Senator Entertainment Domestic Box Office: $7,073,251 Overseas Box Office: $6,341,165 \u00a0 Sony took on distribution duties in most markets when the film was [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/bombreport.com\/yearly-breakdowns\/2002-2\/trapped\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":216,"featured_media":0,"parent":6382,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"yasr_overall_rating":0,"yasr_post_is_review":"","yasr_auto_insert_disabled":"","yasr_review_type":"Product","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6682","page","type-page","status-publish"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Trapped (2002) | Bomb Report<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"After a few high profile kidnappings in the US, the kidnapping premise of Trapped\u00a0was toxic to Sony 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