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Plot summary
June has a garage in Boston. At an airport heading home, a man bumps into her a few times and tries to keep her off the plane. He's under FBI surveillance; they wonder if he and she are working together, so they let both on a flight full of armed men wanting to arrest the stranger. He's Roy, he shoots his way out of trouble and tells her she's in danger. She's home the next day, miraculously, when agents pick her up; Roy saves her again, and a transcontinental chase ensues with Roy convincing her that he's the good guy, protecting an energy source that a rogue agent wants to sell on the black market. Can she trust Roy, and will trust matter when the bullets start flying?
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Knight and Day (2010)
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- To help finance the film, New Regency and Dune Entertainment paid Tom Cruise an advance of $11 million rather than the $20 million or higher he normally received, and Cruise also agreed not to receive first-dollar gross, which was customary for him.
- When the film was still titled Wichita, Adam Sandler was offered a starring role and turned it down, explaining simply: "I just don't see me with a gun."
- After Tucker and Mendes dropped out, Diaz signed on with Sony Pictures and Gerard Butler met production staff about starring opposite her, but Butler took the lead in The Bounty Hunter opposite Jennifer Aniston instead.
- Box Office Mojo noted the opening day was the worst attended action film debut for Tom Cruise since Legend in 1986, and his lowest-grossing opening day in a leading role since Far and Away in 1992.
- More than 12 writers contributed to the film, and the Writers Guild of America, West decided that because of that crowd only Patrick O'Neill, who had worked on the beginning layout of the script, would be credited.
- At Sony Pictures the project was titled Trouble Man and intended as a romantic vehicle for Chris Tucker and Eva Mendes, who were slated to play the two lead roles.
- Worldwide the film grossed $262 million, and it was remade in Hindi as Bang Bang, with Hrithik Roshan and Katrina Kaif taking the two lead roles.
