Tom Cruise’s KNIGHT AND DAY

Share Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz in James Mangold‘s Knight and Day Tom Cruise‘s vehicle Knight and Day was labeled a "belly-up flop" in the United States because it opened in late June with $20.1m on its initial weekend (the spy caper had been out since Wed. that week). Not helping matters was Cruise’s reputation as a Couch-Jumping Scientologist. Its run is almost over, Tom Cruise’s "flop" has taken in nearly $76m at the domestic box office. Not a bad figure, though a disappointment considering the film’s $117m production cost (not including marketing/distribution expenses). However, Knight and Day has scored $146.5m overseas, where apparently people don’t care about Cruise’s religious beliefs or where he chooses to do his calisthenics. The film’s worldwide total to date is $222.27m, placing it at no. 17 among 2010 releases. Not bad at all for a belly-up flop. Photo: Knight and Day (Frank Masi / 20th Century Fox)