Name: Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Director: Adam McKay
Genre: Comedy
Released: 2004
Cast: Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Paul Rudd, Steve Carell, David Koechner

Box Office Performance

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Jul 9	#2	$10.8M		—	$10.8M	3,091	$3K	1
Sat Jul 10	#2	$9.6M	-11%	—	$20.3M	3,091	$3K	2
Sun Jul 11	#2	$8.1M	-16%	—	$28.4M	3,091	$3K	3
Mon Jul 12	#2	$4.3M	-47%	—	$32.7M	3,091	$1K	4
Tue Jul 13	#2	$3.8M	-12%	—	$36.5M	3,091	$1K	5
Wed Jul 14	#2	$3.6M	-5%	—	$40.0M	3,091	$1K	6
Thu Jul 15	#2	$3.1M	-14%	—	$43.1M	3,091	$994	7
Fri Jul 16	#4	$4.4M	+43%	-59%	$47.5M	3,104	$1K	8
Sat Jul 17	#3	$5.1M	+16%	-47%	$52.7M	3,104	$2K	9
Sun Jul 18	#3	$4.3M	-16%	-47%	$57.0M	3,104	$1K	10
Mon Jul 19	#4	$2.0M	-53%	-53%	$59.0M	3,104	$652	11
Tue Jul 20	#4	$1.9M	-8%	-51%	$60.8M	3,104	$597	12
Wed Jul 21	#4	$1.6M	-11%	-54%	$62.5M	3,104	$529	13
Thu Jul 22	#4	$1.6M	-3%	-48%	$64.1M	3,104	$516	14
Fri Jul 23	#6	$2.4M	+50%	-45%	$66.5M	2,936	$817	15
Sat Jul 24	#6	$2.7M	+13%	-47%	$69.1M	2,936	$920	16
Sun Jul 25	#6	$2.0M	-27%	-54%	$71.1M	2,936	$674	17
Mon Jul 26	#6	$1.0M	-48%	-49%	$72.1M	2,936	$351	18
Tue Jul 27	#6	$1.1M	+8%	-40%	$73.2M	2,936	$381	19
Wed Jul 28	#6	$988K	-12%	-40%	$74.2M	2,936	$336	20
Thu Jul 29	#6	$834K	-16%	-48%	$75.0M	2,936	$284	21
Fri Jul 30	#9	$1.0M	+20%	-58%	$76.0M	2,032	$492	22
Sat Jul 31	#10	$1.2M	+16%	-57%	$77.2M	2,032	$569	23
Sun Aug 1	#10	$953K	-18%	-52%	$78.2M	2,032	$469	24
Mon Aug 2	#10	$532K	-44%	-48%	$78.7M	2,032	$261	25
Tue Aug 3	#10	$525K	-1%	-53%	$79.2M	2,032	$258	26
Wed Aug 4	#10	$522K	-1%	-47%	$79.7M	2,032	$256	27
Thu Aug 5	#10	$496K	-5%	-41%	$80.2M	2,032	$244	28

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Jul 9-11	2	$28.4M	—	$28.4M	3,091	$9K	1
Jul 16-18	3	$13.8M	-51.3%	$57.0M	3,104	$4K	2
Jul 23-25	6	$7.0M	-49.6%	$71.1M	2,936	$2K	3
Jul 30-Aug 1	9	$3.1M	-55.1%	$78.2M	2,032	$2K	4
Aug 6-8	14	$1.6M	-49.5%	$81.8M	1,370	$1K	5
Aug 13-15 Athens Olympics	20	$650K	-58.9%	$83.5M	707	$919	6
Aug 20-22 Athens Olympics	31	$241K	-62.9%	$84.1M	322	$749	7
Sep 3-6	33	$313K	+29.5%	$84.8M	258	$1K	8

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Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byAdam McKay

ScreenplayAdam McKay, Will Ferrell

StarringWill Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Paul Rudd, Steve Carell, David Koechner, Fred Willard

StudioDreamWorks Distribution