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Friday Night Lights

2004 PG-13 1h 58m Action, Drama, Sport Universal Pictures

Hope comes alive on Friday nights.

Box office summary
Domestic Total
$61.3M
Final
Opening Weekend
$20.3M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
3.02x
Opening → Total
Budget
$30.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$62.0M
$651K international
2004 Rank
#47
Domestic
Compare with other movies
Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Oct 8-10 2 $20.3M $20.3M 2,667 $8K 1
Oct 15-17 2 $12.2M -39.7% $37.8M 2,764 $4K 2
Oct 22-24 4 $6.9M -43.1% $47.3M 2,969 $2K 3
Oct 29-31 6 $4.1M -41.2% $52.9M 3,004 $1K 4
Nov 5-7 8 $3.0M -27.2% $57.3M 2,110 $1K 5
Nov 12-14 13 $1.3M -57.7% $59.3M 984 $1K 6
Nov 19-21 19 $537K -57.4% $60.1M 587 $915 7
Nov 26-28 21 $292K -45.6% $60.6M 342 $854 8
Dec 3-5 22 $179K -38.7% $60.8M 323 $555 9
Dec 10-12 26 $116K -35.2% $61.0M 270 $430 10
Dec 17-19 36 $62K -46.3% $61.1M 154 $405 11
Dec 24-26 43 $31K -50.8% $61.2M 104 $295 12

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Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byPeter Berg
ScreenplayPeter Berg, David Aaron Cohen
Produced byBrian Grazer
CinematographyTobias Schliessler
MusicBrian Reitzell, Explosions in the Sky, David Torn
Prod. DesignSharon Seymour
StarringBilly Bob Thornton, Lucas Black, Garrett Hedlund, Derek Luke, Jay Hernandez, Lee Jackson
StudioUniversal Pictures