Name: Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Director: Darren Grant
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Released: 2005
Cast: Kimberly Elise, Steve Harris, Shemar Moore, Cicely Tyson, Tyler Perry

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Feb 25	#1	$7.40M		—	$7.40M	1,483	$5.0K	1
Sat Feb 26	#2	$9.14M	+23.5%	—	$16.52M	1,483	$6.2K	2
Sun Feb 27	#1	$5.38M	-41.1%	—	$21.91M	1,483	$3.6K	3
Mon Feb 28	#1	$1.27M	-76.5%	—	$23.17M	1,483	$854	4
Tue Mar 1	#2	$1.05M	-17.4%	—	$24.22M	1,483	$705	5
Wed Mar 2	#2	$905K	-13.5%	—	$25.12M	1,483	$610	6
Thu Mar 3	#2	$928K	+2.5%	—	$26.05M	1,483	$626	7
Fri Mar 4	#4	$3.20M	+244.8%	-56.8%	$29.30M	1,703	$1.9K	8
Sat Mar 5	#4	$5.27M	+64.8%	-42.3%	$34.39M	1,703	$3.1K	9
Sun Mar 6	#4	$2.69M	-49.1%	-50.1%	$37.08M	1,703	$1.6K	10
Mon Mar 7	#4	$638K	-76.2%	-49.6%	$37.72M	1,703	$375	11
Tue Mar 8	#6	$465K	-27.1%	-55.5%	$38.18M	1,703	$273	12
Wed Mar 9	#6	$468K	+0.6%	-48.3%	$38.65M	1,703	$275	13
Thu Mar 10	#6	$495K	+5.8%	-46.7%	$39.14M	1,703	$291	14
Fri Mar 11	#7	$1.30M	+162.6%	-59.4%	$40.40M	1,605	$810	15
Sat Mar 12	#7	$2.31M	+77.3%	-56.3%	$42.80M	1,605	$1.4K	16
Sun Mar 13	#7	$1.22M	-47.1%	-54.6%	$44.02M	1,605	$759	17
Mon Mar 14	#8	$361K	-70.4%	-43.4%	$44.38M	1,605	$225	18
Tue Mar 15	#8	$321K	-11.1%	-31.0%	$44.70M	1,605	$200	19
Wed Mar 16	#8	$298K	-7.2%	-36.3%	$45.00M	1,605	$186	20
Thu Mar 17	#8	$301K	+1.0%	-39.2%	$45.27M	1,605	$188	21
Fri Mar 18	#9	$700K	+132.6%	-46.2%	$46.00M	1,279	$547	22
Sat Mar 19	#9	$1.11M	+58.1%	-52.0%	$47.07M	1,279	$865	23
Sun Mar 20	#10	$594K	-46.3%	-51.3%	$47.67M	1,279	$464	24
Mon Mar 21	#10	$205K	-65.5%	-43.2%	$47.87M	1,279	$160	25
Tue Mar 22	#10	$206K	+0.5%	-35.8%	$48.08M	1,279	$161	26
Wed Mar 23	#10	$184K	-10.7%	-38.3%	$48.26M	1,279	$144	27

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Feb 25-27	1	$21.91M	—	$21.91M	1,483	$14.8K	1
Mar 4-6	4	$11.03M	-49.7%	$37.08M	1,703	$6.5K	2
Mar 11-13	7	$4.88M	-55.8%	$44.02M	1,605	$3.0K	3
Mar 18-20	9	$2.40M	-50.7%	$47.67M	1,279	$1.9K	4
Mar 25-27	13	$983K	-59.1%	$49.43M	802	$1.2K	5
Apr 1-3	21	$273K	-72.2%	$50.06M	330	$827	6
Apr 8-10	31	$126K	-53.9%	$50.27M	171	$737	7
Apr 15-17	41	$81K	-36.0%	$50.38M	171	$471	8

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Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byDarren Grant

ScreenplayTyler Perry

Produced byReuben Cannon, Tyler Perry

CinematographyDavid Claessen

Music byElvin D. Ross

StarringKimberly Elise, Steve Harris, Shemar Moore, Cicely Tyson, Tyler Perry, Lisa Marcos, Tamara Taylor

StudioLionsgate

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