Box Office Game — October 28, 2026 Answer

Here is the Box Office Game answer for Wednesday, October 28, 2026 (day #1700 of the game): the weekend of October 12, 2001 — a 2001 box office chart. The clues the game gives you (distributor, last week’s rank, weeks in release and the grosses) are shown for all five films; the titles and posters stay blurred until you tap reveal.

Top 5 answer · Day #1700
The weekend to guessOctober 12, 2001Friday — top 5 at the US box office
1
Poster of the #1 movie
Training Day
Warner Bros.Last week #1Week 2 in release-40.6% vs last week
Weekend$13,386,457Total$43,439,167
2
Poster of the #2 movie
Bandits
MGMNew this weekendWeek 1 in release
Weekend$13,050,700Total$13,050,700
3
Poster of the #3 movie
Corky Romano
TouchstoneNew this weekendWeek 1 in release
Weekend$9,023,173Total$9,023,173
4
Poster of the #4 movie
Serendipity
MiramaxLast week #2Week 2 in release-34.1% vs last week
Weekend$8,766,356Total$26,396,130
5
Poster of the #5 movie
Don't Say a Word
20th Century FoxLast week #3Week 3 in release-31.3% vs last week
Weekend$6,713,774Total$41,716,926

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About the five films

Training Day poster

#1 Training Day IMDb →

“The only thing more dangerous than the line being crossed, is the cop who will cross it.”

On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears.

Director: Antoine Fuqua · Starring: Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke, Scott Glenn · Genre: Action, Crime, Drama · Budget: $45,000,000 · Worldwide: $104,900,000 · Domestic total: $76,631,907
Bandits poster

#2 Bandits IMDb →

“Two's company, three's a crime.”

After escaping from prison, Joe and Terry go on a crime spree, robbing banks through Oregon and California in order to finance their scheme for a new life south of the border. Unfortunately, things get more complicated when they meet Kate, who runs into them with her car. She joins the bandits on their cross-country spree, and eventually she steals something, too: their hearts.

Director: Barry Levinson · Starring: Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Cate Blanchett · Genre: Comedy, Crime · Budget: $75,000,000 · Worldwide: $67,631,903 · Domestic total: $41,575,141
Corky Romano poster

#3 Corky Romano IMDb →

“Undercover and Out The Way!”

Corky Romano is a bumbling, simpleton, veterinarian and the youngest, outcast son of an aging gangster, named Pops Romano, who calls upon Corky to infiltrate the local FBI and retrieve and destroy evidence being used to incriminate Pops for racketeering charges.

Director: Rob Pritts · Starring: Chris Kattan, Vinessa Shaw, Peter Falk · Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime · Budget: $11,000,000 · Worldwide: $23,978,402 · Domestic total: $23,980,304
Serendipity poster

#4 Serendipity IMDb →

“Can once in a lifetime happen twice?”

Although already in relationships, two strangers realize they have genuine chemistry after a chance encounter – but part company soon after. Years later, they each yearn to reunite, despite being destined for the altar. But to give true love a chance, they have to find one another again.

Director: Peter Chelsom · Starring: John Cusack, Kate Beckinsale, Jeremy Piven · Genre: Comedy, Romance · Budget: $28,000,000 · Worldwide: $77,516,304 · Domestic total: $50,294,317
Don't Say a Word poster

#5 Don't Say a Word IMDb →

“...I'll never tell.”

When the daughter of a psychiatrist is kidnapped, he is horrified to discover that the abductors' demand is that he break through to a young woman, suffering from PTSD, who knows a secret six digit code number.

Director: Gary Fleder · Starring: Michael Douglas, Sean Bean, Brittany Murphy · Genre: Thriller, Mystery, Crime · Budget: $50,000,000 · Worldwide: $100,020,092 · Domestic total: $55,001,642

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Box Office Game (boxofficega.me) hands you one weekend from box office history and asks you to name the five highest-grossing films from that weekend, in order. You start with only the weekend date and each film’s weekend gross; every clue you buy (distributor, last week’s rank, total gross, budget, director, cast and so on) costs points off your score. The page above lists exactly those clues for each slot so you can match your own guesses before revealing. This page is part of our complete daily archive, updated every morning.

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