Universal Pictures teamed up Miramax Films to buy the film's North American and U.K. rights for $7.5 million. The film debuted with a 10.7 million opening ahead of "Two Can Play That Game". In its second weekend the film made $5.3 million. It went on grossing $27 million in Canada and the United States, and it was very profitable for Universal. The film also grossed $7 million in other markets for a combined worldwide gross of $34 million. It was the number-one film in the country during the week of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks.