Box Office Performance
The film grossed $17.1 million in 2,733 theatres in the United States and Canada on its opening weekend, ranking #2 at the box office. It also grossed £919,537 in the United Kingdom, about $1.9 million. As of December 15, 2007, the film has grossed an estimated $47,536,778 in the United States and $39,042,352 at the foreign box office with a worldwide gross of $86,579,130.
The film has been extremely successful in the rental market, grossing $77.4 million in the United States as of April 13, 2008.
The film had been banned in several Arab countries for claims of being biased against Saudi treatment with terrorism.
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