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A Cinderella Story

2004 • PG • 1h 35m • Comedy, Family, Romance • Warner Bros. Pictures

Once upon a time... can happen any time.

🍅 11% 53%

25

3.44

6.0

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$13.6M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$51.4M

Final

Worldwide Total

$70.1M

$18.7M international

Domestic Legs3.8x

Budget$19M

2004 Rank#62

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Cast & Crew

Hilary Duff Starring

Chad Michael Murray

Chad Michael Murray Starring

Jennifer Coolidge

Jennifer Coolidge Starring

Regina King Starring

Dan Byrd Starring

ScreenplayLeigh Dunlap Produced byHunt Lowry, Dylan Sellers, Clifford Werber, Ilyssa Goodman CinematographyAnthony B. Richmond Music byChristophe Beck StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 16-18 4 $13.6M — 2,625 $5,190 $13.6M

2 Jul 23-25 5 $7.8M −42.5% 2,625 $2,984 $29.6M

3 Jul 30-Aug 1 8 $4.9M −37.9% 2,350 $2,072 $40.3M

4 Aug 6-8 10 $2.9M −40.9% 2,065 $1,394 $46.9M

5 Aug 13-15 18 $869.2K −69.8% 1,205 $721 $49.4M

6 Aug 20-22 27 $270.1K −68.9% 435 $621 $50.2M

7 Aug 27-29 35 $138.9K −48.6% 203 $684 $50.6M

8 Sep 3-5 38 $168.3K +21.2% 208 $809 $50.8M

9 Sep 10-12 35 $147.8K −12.2% 333 $444 $51.0M

10 Sep 17-19 38 $125.3K −15.2% 290 $432 $51.1M

11 Sep 24-26 42 $95.3K −24.0% 248 $384 $51.3M

12 Oct 1-3 45 $61.6K −35.3% 188 $328 $51.3M

13 Oct 8-10 50 $32.0K −48.1% 110 $291 $51.4M

14 Oct 15-17 64 $25.0K −21.9% 71 $352 $51.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jul 16 #3 $5.6M — $5.6M 2,625 $2,133 1

Sat Jul 17 #4 $4.5M −20% $10.0M 2,625 $1,707 2

Sun Jul 18 #4 $3.6M −19% $13.6M 2,625 $1,381 3

Mon Jul 19 #3 $2.3M −36% $15.9M 2,625 $880 4

Tue Jul 20 #3 $2.1M −8% $18.1M 2,625 $814 5

Wed Jul 21 #3 $1.9M −13% $19.9M 2,625 $708 6

Thu Jul 22 #3 $1.8M −1% $21.8M 2,625 $702 7

Fri Jul 23 #5 $2.8M +52% −50% $24.6M 2,625 $1,067 8

Sat Jul 24 #5 $2.9M +5% −35% $27.5M 2,625 $1,116 9

Sun Jul 25 #5 $2.2M −26% −41% $29.6M 2,625 $821 10

Mon Jul 26 #5 $1.4M −35% −39% $31.0M 2,625 $535 11

Tue Jul 27 #5 $1.7M +20% −21% $32.7M 2,625 $643 12

Wed Jul 28 #5 $1.5M −10% −18% $34.2M 2,625 $581 13

Thu Jul 29 #5 $1.2M −19% −33% $35.5M 2,625 $468 14

Fri Jul 30 #8 $1.6M +30% −43% $37.1M 2,350 $681 15

Sat Jul 31 #7 $1.8M +12% −39% $38.8M 2,350 $763 16

Sun Aug 1 #8 $1.5M −18% −32% $40.3M 2,350 $627 17

Mon Aug 2 #7 $902.0K −39% −36% $41.2M 2,350 $384 18

Tue Aug 3 #6 $954.0K +6% −43% $42.2M 2,350 $406 19

Wed Aug 4 #6 $918.0K −4% −40% $43.1M 2,350 $391 20

Thu Aug 5 #6 $913.0K −1% −26% $44.0M 2,350 $389 21

Fri Aug 6 #9 $1.0M +10% −38% $45.0M 2,065 $484 22

Sat Aug 7 #10 $1.1M +10% −39% $46.1M 2,065 $534 23

Sun Aug 8 #10 $813.4K −26% −45% $46.9M 2,065 $394 24

Mon Aug 9 #9 $494.0K −39% −45% $47.4M 2,065 $239 25

Tue Aug 10 #9 $548.0K +11% −43% $47.9M 2,065 $265 26

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$47.9M

Jul 16Jul 22Jul 29Aug 4Aug 10

Weekend grossWk 10 · $125.3K

$13.6M

$7.8M

$4.9M

$2.9M

$869.2K

$270.1K

$138.9K

$168.3K

$147.8K

$125.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,625 → 2,065 −21.3%

2,625 open2,065 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −15.2%

−42.5%

W1→2

−37.9%

W2→3

−40.9%

W3→4

−69.8%

W4→5

−68.9%

W5→6

−48.6%

W6→7

+21.2%

W7→8

−12.2%

W8→9

−15.2%

W9→10

Steepest −69.8%Biggest gain +21.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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