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A Knight's Tale

2001 PG-13 2h 12m Action, Adventure, Drama Sony Pictures Releasing

He will rock you.

Box office summary
Domestic Total
$56.6M
Final
Opening Weekend
$16.5M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
3.43x
Opening → Total
Budget
$65.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$117M
$60.9M international
2001 Rank
#45
Domestic
Compare with other movies
Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
May 11-13 2 $16.5M $16.5M 2,980 $6K 1
May 18-20 3 $10.4M -37.0% $31.9M 2,980 $3K 2
May 25-27 4 $7.3M -30.2% $42.5M 2,964 $2K 3
Jun 1-3 7 $3.4M -52.9% $49.4M 2,441 $1K 4
Jun 8-10 9 $1.7M -50.2% $52.7M 1,850 $920 5
Jun 15-17 12 $716K -58.0% $54.3M 925 $773 6
Jun 22-24 18 $279K -61.0% $55.0M 312 $894 7
Jun 29-Jul 1 26 $107K -61.8% $55.3M 134 $796 8
Jul 6-8 27 $188K +76.7% $55.5M 223 $845 9
Jul 13-15 28 $130K -30.9% $55.8M 177 $735 10
Jul 20-22 33 $82K -37.2% $56.0M 148 $552 11
Jul 27-29 38 $68K -17.2% $56.1M 131 $516 12

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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