suicidal, having found his urges irrepressible. At a cemetery, Brooks tells Smith to kill him and dispose of his body in an open grave, sparing his family the shame of his crimes. Smith pulls the trigger. However, Brooks had previously tampered with the gun on the off-chance that he changes his mind. Brooks, deciding he wants to live and see his grandchild, kills Smith and hides his body in the open grave. With the photos already destroyed, there is no evidence tying Brooks to the crimes. With Smith's urine the only DNA evidence tied to the Thumbprint Killer, the investigation is off Brooks' trail. Brooks anonymously calls Detective Atwood, whom he has come to admire. The brief conversation makes Atwood suspect Smith is not the Thumbprint Killer. That night, Brooks has a nightmare in which Jane murders him. Cast Kevin Costner as Earl Brooks/The Thumbprint Killer Demi Moore as Detective Tracy Atwood Dane Cook as Graves Baffert/Mr Smith William Hurt as Marshall, Brooks' id Marg Helgenberger as Emma Brooks Ruben Santiago-Hudson as Detective Hawkins Danielle Panabaker as Jane Brooks Aisha Hinds as Nancy Hart Lindsay Crouse as Captain Lister Jason Lewis as Jesse Vialo Reiko Aylesworth as Sheila Matt Schulze as Thornton Meeks/The Hangman Yasmine Delawari as Sunday Traci Dinwiddie as Sarah Leaves Michael Cole as Atwood's lawyer Laura Bailey as flight attendant Reception Box office Mr. Brooks opened in 2,453 theaters and grossed $10,017,067, with an average of $4,083 per theater and ranking #4 at the North American box office. The film ultimately grossed $28,549,298 domestically and $19,572,602 internationally for a total of $48,121,900 worldwide, above its $20 million budget. Critical response Mr. Brooks received mixed reviews from film critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, the film has a score of 55% based on 161 reviews with an average rating of 5.70/10. The critical consensus states "The set-up is intriguing, but Mr. Brooks overstuffs itself with twists and sub-plots, becoming more preposterous as it goes along." Costner and Hurt were both praised for their performances. The film also has a score of 45 out of 100 on Metacritic based on 34 critics indicating "mixed or average reviews". Rolling Stone wrote that "the cop on the case, [is] played by Demi Moore with a striking directness that deserved better than being saddled with an absurd back story as an heiress with a fortune-hunting husband." Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave