Name: Almost Famous
Director: Cameron Crowe
Genre: Drama, Music
Released: 2000
Cast: Billy Crudup, Frances McDormand, Kate Hudson, Jason Lee, Patrick Fugit

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Sep 15	#5	$738K		—	$738K	131	$5.6K	1
Sat Sep 16	#7	$1.13M	+53.5%	—	$1.87M	131	$8.6K	2
Sun Sep 17	#6	$659K	-41.8%	—	$2.38M	131	$5.0K	3
Mon Sep 18	#5	$211K	-68.0%	—	$2.59M	131	$1.6K	4
Tue Sep 19	#5	$224K	+6.4%	—	$2.81M	131	$1.7K	5
Wed Sep 20	#5	$219K	-2.5%	—	$3.03M	131	$1.7K	6
Thu Sep 21	#6	$191K	-12.5%	—	$3.22M	131	$1.5K	7
Fri Sep 22	#3	$2.08M	+989.5%	+182.5%	$5.31M	1,193	$1.7K	8
Sat Sep 23	#3	$3.34M	+60.1%	+194.6%	$8.64M	1,193	$2.8K	9
Sun Sep 24	#3	$1.68M	-49.6%	+155.1%	$10.15M	1,193	$1.4K	10
Mon Sep 25	#2	$489K	-70.9%	+132.2%	$10.64M	1,193	$410	11
Tue Sep 26	#1	$596K	+21.8%	+165.8%	$11.23M	1,193	$499	12
Wed Sep 27	#1	$514K	-13.7%	+135.2%	$11.75M	1,193	$431	13
Thu Sep 28	#1	$516K	+0.4%	+169.9%	$12.26M	1,193	$433	14
Fri Sep 29	#3	$1.67M	+223.7%	-19.8%	$13.94M	1,635	$1.0K	15
Sat Sep 30	#3	$2.69M	+60.6%	-19.5%	$16.62M	1,635	$1.6K	16
Sun Oct 1	#3	$1.38M	-48.8%	-18.2%	$17.83M	1,635	$841	17
Mon Oct 2	#3	$399K	-71.0%	-18.5%	$18.23M	1,635	$244	18
Tue Oct 3	#3	$441K	+10.5%	-26.0%	$18.67M	1,635	$269	19
Wed Oct 4	#3	$414K	-5.9%	-19.4%	$19.09M	1,635	$253	20
Thu Oct 5	#2	$456K	+10.1%	-11.7%	$19.54M	1,635	$279	21
Fri Oct 6	#6	$1.06M	+133.2%	-36.4%	$20.61M	2,085	$510	22
Sat Oct 7	#6	$1.62M	+52.4%	-39.6%	$22.23M	2,085	$778	23
Sun Oct 8	#6	$998K	-38.5%	-27.4%	$23.26M	2,085	$479	24
Mon Oct 9	#6	$463K	-53.6%	+16.2%	$23.73M	2,085	$222	25
Tue Oct 10	#5	$276K	-40.4%	-37.3%	$24.00M	2,085	$132	26
Wed Oct 11	#5	$243K	-12.2%	-41.5%	$24.24M	2,085	$116	27
Thu Oct 12	#5	$239K	-1.3%	-47.5%	$24.48M	2,085	$115	28
Fri Oct 13	#10	$593K	+147.6%	-44.3%	$25.08M	2,262	$262	29
Sat Oct 14	#9	$949K	+60.0%	-41.5%	$26.03M	2,262	$420	30
Sun Oct 15	#11	$554K	-41.6%	-44.5%	$26.68M	2,262	$245	31
Mon Oct 16	#9	$198K	-64.2%	-57.2%	$26.87M	2,262	$88	32
Tue Oct 17	#9	$204K	+3.1%	-26.0%	$27.08M	2,262	$90	33
Wed Oct 18	#9	$199K	-2.4%	-17.8%	$27.28M	2,262	$88	34
Thu Oct 19	#9	$195K	-2.1%	-18.5%	$27.47M	2,262	$86	35
Sun Oct 22	#14	$308K		-44.4%	$28.71M	1,707	$180	38
Mon Oct 23	#13	$101K	-67.4%	-49.3%	$28.81M	1,707	$59	39
Tue Oct 24	#13	$108K	+7.7%	-47.0%	$28.92M	1,707	$63	40
Wed Oct 25	#12	$101K	-6.4%	-49.2%	$29.02M	1,707	$59	41
Thu Oct 26	#12	$100K	-1.7%	-49.0%	$29.12M	1,707	$58	42
Mon Oct 30	#15	$52K		-47.8%	$29.87M	707	$74	46
Tue Oct 31	#15	$56K	+5.9%	-48.7%	$29.93M	707	$79	47
Wed Nov 1	#15	$60K	+7.8%	-40.9%	$29.99M	707	$85	48
Thu Nov 2	#16	$54K	-10.4%	-46.1%	$30.05M	707	$76	49
Sun Nov 5	#18	$105K		—	$30.51M	417	$252	52
Mon Nov 6	#18	$31K	-70.0%	-40.0%	$30.54M	417	$75	53
Tue Nov 7	#18	$33K	+3.9%	-41.1%	$30.58M	417	$78	54
Wed Nov 8	#18	$32K	-0.7%	-45.8%	$30.61M	417	$78	55
Sun Nov 12	#19	$70K		-33.3%	$30.95M	267	$262	59
Mon Nov 13	#19	$21K	-70.3%	-33.9%	$30.97M	267	$78	60
Tue Nov 14	#20	$23K	+12.8%	-28.2%	$30.99M	267	$88	61
Wed Nov 15	#20	$21K	-9.4%	-34.5%	$31.02M	267	$80	62
Mon Nov 20	#20	$12K		-40.0%	$31.22M	174	$72	67
Tue Nov 21	#20	$18K	+45.1%	-22.8%	$31.24M	174	$104	68

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Sep 15-17	8	$2.31M	—	$2.38M	131	$17.7K	1
Sep 22-24	3	$6.93M	+199.2%	$10.15M	1,193	$5.8K	2
Sep 29-Oct 1	3	$5.57M	-19.6%	$17.83M	1,635	$3.4K	3
Oct 6-8	6	$3.72M	-33.2%	$23.26M	2,085	$1.8K	4
Oct 13-15	9	$2.19M	-41.0%	$26.68M	2,262	$969	5
Oct 20-22	12	$1.24M	-43.4%	$28.71M	1,707	$727	6
Oct 27-29	14	$695K	-43.9%	$29.82M	707	$984	7
Nov 3-5	17	$461K	-33.8%	$30.51M	417	$1.1K	8
Nov 10-12	17	$304K	-34.0%	$30.95M	267	$1.1K	9
Nov 17-19	23	$167K	-45.1%	$31.20M	174	$959	10
Nov 24-26	23	$218K	+30.6%	$31.51M	310	$703	11
Dec 1-3	24	$139K	-36.3%	$31.72M	249	$557	12
Dec 8-10	31	$81K	-41.8%	$31.85M	171	$473	13
Dec 15-17	36	$49K	-38.9%	$31.93M	91	$542	14
Feb 16-19 Presidents' Day	42	$174K	—	$32.11M	41	$4.2K	23
Feb 23-25	46	$92K	—	$32.25M	57	$1.6K	24
Mar 2-4	51	$67K	-27.3%	$32.34M	54	$1.2K	25
Mar 9-11	53	$55K	-17.1%	$32.42M	47	$1.2K	26
Mar 16-18	59	$35K	-35.8%	$32.48M	32	$1.1K	27
Mar 23-25	63	$32K	-9.1%	$32.52M	25	$1.3K	28

Performance Charts

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

Daily Gross

Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Week-over-Week Drop

Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byCameron Crowe

ScreenplayCameron Crowe

Produced byCameron Crowe, Ian Bryce

CinematographyJohn Toll

Music byNancy Wilson

StarringBilly Crudup, Frances McDormand, Kate Hudson, Jason Lee, Patrick Fugit, Zooey Deschanel, Anna Paquin, Fairuza Balk, Noah Taylor, Philip Seymour Hoffman

StudioDreamWorks Pictures