Name: A Knight's Tale
Director: Brian Helgeland
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Released: 2001
Cast: Heath Ledger, Rufus Sewell, Shannyn Sossamon, Paul Bettany, Laura Fraser

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri May 11	#2	$5.86M		—	$5.86M	2,980	$2.0K	1
Sat May 12	#2	$6.50M	+11%	—	$12.36M	2,980	$2.2K	2
Sun May 13	#2	$4.03M	-38%	—	$16.51M	2,980	$1.4K	3
Mon May 14	#2	$1.31M	-68%	—	$17.82M	2,980	$438	4
Tue May 15	#2	$1.46M	+11%	—	$19.27M	2,980	$488	5
Wed May 16	#2	$1.13M	-22%	—	$20.40M	2,980	$378	6
Thu May 17	#2	$1.06M	-6%	—	$21.47M	2,980	$357	7
Fri May 18	#3	$3.47M	+226%	-41%	$24.93M	2,980	$1.2K	8
Sat May 19	#3	$4.20M	+21%	-35%	$29.14M	2,980	$1.4K	9
Sun May 20	#3	$2.58M	-39%	-36%	$31.88M	2,980	$865	10
Mon May 21	#3	$955K	-63%	-27%	$32.83M	2,980	$320	11
Tue May 22	#3	$838K	-12%	-42%	$33.67M	2,980	$281	12
Wed May 23	#3	$734K	-12%	-35%	$34.40M	2,980	$246	13
Thu May 24	#3	$806K	+10%	-24%	$35.21M	2,980	$270	14
Fri May 25	#4	$2.00M	+149%	-42%	$37.21M	2,964	$676	15
Sat May 26	#4	$2.72M	+36%	-35%	$39.93M	2,964	$917	16
Sun May 27	#4	$2.45M	-10%	-5%	$42.46M	2,964	$827	17
Mon May 28	#4	$1.85M	-25%	+94%	$44.32M	2,964	$624	18
Tue May 29	#4	$617K	-67%	-26%	$44.93M	2,964	$208	19
Wed May 30	#4	$518K	-16%	-29%	$45.45M	2,964	$174	20
Thu May 31	#4	$554K	+7%	-31%	$46.01M	2,964	$186	21
Fri Jun 1	#7	$1.19M	+114%	-41%	$47.19M	2,964	$399	22
Sat Jun 2	#7	$1.64M	+39%	-40%	$48.83M	2,441	$672	23
Sun Jun 3	#7	$885K	-46%	-64%	$49.42M	2,441	$362	24
Mon Jun 4	#7	$353K	-60%	-81%	$49.78M	2,441	$144	25
Tue Jun 5	#7	$435K	+23%	-30%	$50.21M	2,441	$178	26
Wed Jun 6	#7	$372K	-14%	-28%	$50.58M	2,441	$152	27
Thu Jun 7	#7	$376K	+1%	-32%	$50.96M	2,441	$154	28
Fri Jun 8	#9	$513K	+36%	-57%	$51.47M	1,850	$277	29
Sat Jun 9	#9	$667K	+30%	-59%	$52.14M	1,850	$360	30
Sun Jun 10	#9	$435K	-35%	-51%	$52.66M	1,850	$235	31
Mon Jun 11	#9	$221K	-49%	-37%	$52.88M	1,850	$119	32
Tue Jun 12	#9	$259K	+17%	-40%	$53.14M	1,850	$139	33
Wed Jun 13	#9	$204K	-21%	-45%	$53.35M	1,850	$110	34
Thu Jun 14	#9	$225K	+10%	-40%	$53.57M	1,850	$121	35
Sun Jun 17	#12	$188K		-57%	$54.29M	925	$203	38

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
May 11-13	2	$16.51M	—	$16.51M	2,980	$5.5K	1
May 18-20	3	$10.41M	-37.0%	$31.87M	2,980	$3.5K	2
May 25-27	4	$7.26M	-30.2%	$42.46M	2,964	$2.4K	3
Jun 1-3	7	$3.42M	-52.9%	$49.42M	2,441	$1.4K	4
Jun 8-10	9	$1.70M	-50.2%	$52.66M	1,850	$920	5
Jun 15-17	12	$716K	-58.0%	$54.29M	925	$773	6
Jun 22-24	18	$279K	-61.0%	$55.00M	312	$894	7
Jun 29-Jul 1	26	$107K	-61.8%	$55.26M	134	$796	8
Jul 6-8	27	$188K	+76.7%	$55.54M	223	$845	9
Jul 13-15	28	$130K	-30.9%	$55.79M	177	$735	10
Jul 20-22	33	$82K	-37.2%	$55.95M	148	$552	11
Jul 27-29	38	$68K	-17.2%	$56.08M	131	$516	12

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

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Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byBrian Helgeland

ScreenplayBrian Helgeland

Produced byTodd Black, Brian Helgeland, Tim Van Rellim

CinematographyRichard Greatrex

MusicCarter Burwell

Prod. DesignTony Burrough

StarringHeath Ledger, Rufus Sewell, Shannyn Sossamon, Paul Bettany, Laura Fraser, Mark Addy

StudioSony Pictures Releasing

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