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approximately $1 trillion in fake money
Contemporary reporting about the production says the prop cash totaled about $1 billion, not $1 trillion.
Full reasoning
Multiple sources describing the 2001 Secret Service recall of the film's prop money put the face value at about $1 billion, not $1 trillion. An Associated Press report published by Deseret News states: "Bills with phony face values totaling about $1 billion were blown up during recent filming of the action movie 'Rush Hour 2' in Las Vegas." A later San Francisco Fed explainer also cites the Rush Hour 2 prop-money incident as an example of realistic movie currency entering circulation, consistent with the well-documented 2001 recall. The article's "$1 trillion" figure overstates the amount by a factor of 1,000.
2 sources
- Agents target use of bogus movie cash - Deseret News
Bills with phony face values totaling about $1 billion were blown up during recent filming of the action movie "Rush Hour 2" in Las Vegas.
- U.S. Currency's Starring Role in Film - San Francisco Fed
When the likeness gets too close, the prop companies and studios can expect a cease and desist letter or visit from the Secret Service, like when props from Rush Hour 2 entered the local economy.
It became one of the four 2001 films to generate $60 million in their first three days of release, with the others being Monsters, Inc., The Mummy Returns and Planet of the Apes.
This is outdated/incorrect: there were at least five 2001 releases with $60M+ opening weekends, because Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone also opened above $60 million.
Full reasoning
A 2001 box-office chart sorted by opening weekend shows five films from 2001 opened above $60 million domestically, not four. In addition to Monsters, Inc. ($62.6M), The Mummy Returns ($68.1M), Planet of the Apes ($68.5M), and Rush Hour 2 ($67.4M), Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone opened to $90.3M on November 16, 2001. So the article's claim that there were only four such films in 2001 is incorrect.
2 sources
- Domestic Box Office For 2001 - Box Office Mojo
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone — Opening $90,294,621; Planet of the Apes — $68,532,960; The Mummy Returns — $68,139,035; Rush Hour 2 — $67,408,222; Monsters, Inc. — $62,577,067.
- Rush Hour 2 (2001) - Box Office and Financial Information
Opening Weekend: $67,408,222.