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Black Snake Moan

2007 • R • 1h 58m • Drama, Music • Paramount Vantage

Everything is hotter down south.

🍅 66% 69%

52

3.27

6.9

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$4.1M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$9.4M

Final

Worldwide Total

$11.0M

$1.6M international

Domestic Legs2.3x

Budget$15M

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Cast & Crew

Full Brewer filmography

Craig Brewer Director

Christina Ricci

Christina Ricci Starring

Samuel L. Jackson

Samuel L. Jackson Starring

Justin Timberlake

Justin Timberlake Starring

ScreenplayCraig Brewer Produced byJohn Singleton, Stephanie Allain CinematographyAmy Vincent StudioParamount Vantage

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 2-4 8 $4.1M — 1,252 $3,309 $4.1M

2 Mar 9-11 11 $1.9M −54.5% 1,253 $1,504 $7.3M

3 Mar 16-18 18 $665.5K −64.7% 862 $772 $8.7M

4 Mar 23-25 37 $102.2K −84.6% 136 $752 $9.2M

5 Mar 30-Apr 1 52 $28.7K −71.9% 30 $957 $9.3M

6 Apr 6-8 65 $11.9K −58.5% 19 $628 $9.3M

7 Apr 13-15 56 $43.4K +264.0% 105 $414 $9.3M

8 Apr 20-22 66 $14.9K −65.6% 57 $262 $9.4M

9 Apr 27-29 90 $4.8K −67.7% 21 $230 $9.4M

10 May 4-6 93 $2.0K −58.2% 10 $202 $9.4M

11 May 11-13 101 $1.6K −22.8% 7 $223 $9.4M

12 May 18-20 110 $1.4K −12.2% 6 $228 $9.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Mar 2 #8 $1.4M — $1.4M 1,252 $1,107 1

Sat Mar 3 #10 $1.6M +17.1% $3.0M 1,252 $1,296 2

Sun Mar 4 #8 $1.1M −30.0% $4.1M 1,252 $907 3

Mon Mar 5 #6 $364.0K −67.9% $4.5M 1,252 $291 4

Tue Mar 6 #7 $327.2K −10.1% $4.8M 1,252 $261 5

Wed Mar 7 #7 $297.4K −9.1% $5.1M 1,252 $238 6

Thu Mar 8 #7 $278.3K −6.4% $5.4M 1,252 $222 7

Fri Mar 9 #11 $612.0K +119.9% −55.8% $6.0M 1,253 $488 8

Sat Mar 10 — $761.1K +24.4% −53.1% $6.8M 1,253 $607 9

Sun Mar 11 — $511.7K −32.8% −54.9% $7.3M 1,253 $408 10

Mon Mar 12 #9 $207.8K −59.4% −42.9% $7.5M 1,253 $166 11

Tue Mar 13 #10 $198.0K −4.7% −39.5% $7.7M 1,253 $158 12

Wed Mar 14 #10 $191.5K −3.2% −35.6% $7.9M 1,253 $153 13

Thu Mar 15 #10 $187.4K −2.2% −32.7% $8.1M 1,253 $150 14

Fri Mar 16 — $195.7K +4.5% −68.0% $8.3M 862 $227 15

Sat Mar 17 — $253.7K +29.6% −66.7% $8.5M 862 $294 16

Sun Mar 18 — $216.1K −14.8% −57.8% $8.7M 862 $251 17

Mon Mar 19 — $87.2K −59.7% −58.0% $8.8M 862 $101 18

Tue Mar 20 — $86.7K −0.6% −56.2% $8.9M 862 $101 19

Wed Mar 21 — $84.4K −2.6% −55.9% $9.0M 862 $98 20

Thu Mar 22 — $83.4K −1.3% −55.5% $9.1M 862 $97 21

Fri Mar 23 — $30.8K −63.0% −84.3% $9.1M 136 $227 22

Sat Mar 24 — $43.2K +40.2% −83.0% $9.2M 136 $318 23

Sun Mar 25 — $28.2K −34.8% −87.0% $9.2M 136 $207 24

Mon Mar 26 — $11.4K −59.6% −86.9% $9.2M 136 $84 25

Tue Mar 27 — $11.2K −1.5% −87.1% $9.2M 136 $83 26

Wed Mar 28 — $10.8K −3.8% −87.2% $9.2M 136 $79 27

Thu Mar 29 — $11.3K +4.7% −86.4% $9.2M 136 $83 28

Fri Mar 30 — $8.1K −28.4% −73.7% $9.2M 30 $270 29

Sat Mar 31 — $11.8K +45.3% −72.8% $9.3M 30 $392 30

Sun Apr 1 — $8.9K −24.6% −68.5% $9.3M 30 $296 31

Mon Apr 2 — $3.1K −65.5% −73.1% $9.3M 30 $102 32

Tue Apr 3 — $3.6K +17.2% −68.0% $9.3M 30 $120 33

Wed Apr 4 — $3.7K +3.3% −65.7% $9.3M 30 $124 34

Thu Apr 5 — $3.8K +2.0% −66.6% $9.3M 30 $126 35

Fri Apr 6 — $3.7K −3.0% −54.8% $9.3M 19 $193 36

Sat Apr 7 — $5.4K +46.5% −54.4% $9.3M 19 $282 37

Sun Apr 8 — $2.9K −45.9% −67.2% $9.3M 19 $153 38

Mon Apr 9 — $1.5K −47.5% −50.2% $9.3M 19 $80 39

Tue Apr 10 — $1.7K +14.2% −51.4% $9.3M 19 $92 40

Wed Apr 11 — $1.5K −16.1% −60.5% $9.3M 19 $77 41

Thu Apr 12 — $1.5K +3.6% −59.9% $9.3M 19 $80 42

Fri Apr 13 — $12.4K +720.7% +239.4% $9.3M 105 $118 43

Sat Apr 14 — $18.1K +45.4% +237.0% $9.3M 105 $172 44

Sun Apr 15 — $12.9K −28.5% +345.0% $9.3M 105 $123 45

Mon Apr 16 — $5.2K −59.8% +240.1% $9.3M 105 $49 46

Tue Apr 17 — $5.1K −1.6% +193.2% $9.3M 105 $49 47

Wed Apr 18 — $5.3K +3.3% +260.7% $9.4M 105 $50 48

Thu Apr 19 — $5.4K +2.2% +255.6% $9.4M 105 $51 49

Fri Apr 20 — $4.3K −20.3% −65.5% $9.4M 57 $75 50

Sat Apr 21 — $6.0K +40.0% −66.8% $9.4M 57 $105 51

Sun Apr 22 — $4.6K −22.8% −64.1% $9.4M 57 $81 52

Mon Apr 23 — $1.6K −65.1% −68.7% $9.4M 57 $28 53

Tue Apr 24 — $1.8K +10.4% −64.9% $9.4M 57 $31 54

Wed Apr 25 — $1.8K −2.0% −66.7% $9.4M 57 $31 55

Thu Apr 26 — $2.1K +20.6% −60.7% $9.4M 57 $37 56

Fri Apr 27 — $1.5K −31.5% −66.2% $9.4M 21 $69 57

Sat Apr 28 — $1.8K +22.5% −70.4% $9.4M 21 $85 58

Sun Apr 29 — $1.6K −10.1% −65.6% $9.4M 21 $76 59

Mon Apr 30 — $845 −47.2% −47.9% $9.4M 21 $40 60

Tue May 1 — $807 −4.5% −54.9% $9.4M 21 $38 61

Wed May 2 — $878 +8.8% −50.0% $9.4M 21 $42 62

Thu May 3 — $862 −1.8% −59.3% $9.4M 21 $41 63

Fri May 4 — $550 −36.2% −62.1% $9.4M 10 $55 64

Sat May 5 — $832 +51.3% −53.2% $9.4M 10 $83 65

Sun May 6 — $638 −23.3% −60.1% $9.4M 10 $64 66

Mon May 7 — $186 −70.8% −78.0% $9.4M 10 $19 67

Tue May 8 — $293 +57.5% −63.7% $9.4M 10 $29 68

Wed May 9 — $360 +22.9% −59.0% $9.4M 10 $36 69

Thu May 10 — $325 −9.7% −62.3% $9.4M 10 $32 70

Fri May 11 — $419 +28.9% −23.8% $9.4M 7 $60 71

Sat May 12 — $722 +72.3% −13.2% $9.4M 7 $103 72

Sun May 13 — $419 −42.0% −34.3% $9.4M 7 $60 73

Mon May 14 — $237 −43.4% +27.4% $9.4M 7 $34 74

Tue May 15 — $244 +3.0% −16.7% $9.4M 7 $35 75

Wed May 16 — $224 −8.2% −37.8% $9.4M 7 $32 76

Thu May 17 — $194 −13.4% −40.3% $9.4M 7 $28 77

Fri May 18 — $691 +256.2% +64.9% $9.4M 6 $115 78

Sat May 19 — $573 −17.1% −20.6% $9.4M 6 $96 79

Sun May 20 — $106 −81.5% −74.7% $9.4M 6 $18 80

Mon May 21 — $103 −2.8% −56.5% $9.4M 6 $17 81

Tue May 22 — $101 −1.9% −58.6% $9.4M 6 $17 82

Wed May 23 — $90 −10.9% −59.8% $9.4M 6 $15 83

Thu May 24 — $89 −1.1% −54.1% $9.4M 6 $15 84

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

Cumulative total$9.4M

Mar 2Mar 19Apr 6Apr 23May 10

Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.0K

$4.1M

$1.9M

$665.5K

$102.2K

$28.7K

$11.9K

$43.4K

$14.9K

$4.8K

$2.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,253 → 10 −99.2%

1,252 open10 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −58.2%

−54.5%

W1→2

−64.7%

W2→3

−84.6%

W3→4

−71.9%

W4→5

−58.5%

W5→6

+264.0%

W6→7

−65.6%

W7→8

−67.7%

W8→9

−58.2%

W9→10

Steepest −84.6%Biggest gain +264.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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