Name: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Director: Chris Columbus
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Released: 2002
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Kenneth Branagh, Toby Jones

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Nov 15	#1	$29.63M		—	$29.63M	3,682	$8.0K	1
Sat Nov 16	#1	$34.21M	+15%	—	$63.85M	3,682	$9.3K	2
Sun Nov 17	#1	$24.51M	-28%	—	$88.36M	3,682	$6.7K	3
Mon Nov 18	#1	$5.32M	-78%	—	$93.68M	3,682	$1.4K	4
Tue Nov 19	#1	$4.74M	-11%	—	$98.42M	3,682	$1.3K	5
Wed Nov 20	#1	$4.03M	-15%	—	$102.45M	3,682	$1.1K	6
Thu Nov 21	#1	$3.68M	-9%	—	$106.13M	3,682	$998	7
Fri Nov 22	#2	$11.01M	+199%	-63%	$117.14M	3,682	$3.0K	8
Sat Nov 23	#2	$18.71M	+70%	-45%	$135.85M	3,682	$5.1K	9
Sun Nov 24	#1	$12.51M	-33%	-49%	$148.36M	3,682	$3.4K	10
Mon Nov 25	#2	$2.56M	-80%	-52%	$150.92M	3,682	$695	11
Tue Nov 26	#2	$3.49M	+36%	-26%	$154.41M	3,682	$947	12
Wed Nov 27	#2	$6.41M	+84%	+59%	$160.82M	3,682	$1.7K	13
Thu Nov 28	#2	$7.22M	+13%	+96%	$168.04M	3,682	$2.0K	14
Fri Nov 29	#1	$13.38M	+85%	+22%	$181.42M	3,682	$3.6K	15
Sat Nov 30	#2	$12.03M	-10%	-36%	$193.45M	3,682	$3.3K	16
Sun Dec 1	#1	$6.71M	-44%	-46%	$200.16M	3,682	$1.8K	17
Mon Dec 2	#2	$1.05M	-84%	-59%	$201.21M	3,682	$284	18
Tue Dec 3	#2	$953K	-9%	-73%	$202.16M	3,682	$258	19
Wed Dec 4	#2	$837K	-12%	-87%	$203.00M	3,682	$227	20
Thu Dec 5	#2	$887K	+6%	-88%	$203.88M	3,682	$240	21
Fri Dec 6	#3	$2.71M	+206%	-80%	$206.60M	3,387	$801	22
Sat Dec 7	#3	$4.64M	+71%	-61%	$211.24M	3,387	$1.4K	23
Sun Dec 8	#2	$2.85M	-38%	-57%	$213.97M	3,387	$842	24
Mon Dec 9	#3	$562K	-80%	-46%	$214.53M	3,387	$165	25
Tue Dec 10	#3	$628K	+12%	-34%	$215.16M	3,387	$185	26
Wed Dec 11	#3	$579K	-8%	-31%	$215.74M	3,387	$170	27
Thu Dec 12	#3	$554K	-4%	-38%	$216.29M	3,387	$163	28
Fri Dec 13	#7	$1.43M	+158%	-47%	$217.72M	3,025	$472	29
Sat Dec 14	#6	$2.89M	+102%	-38%	$220.61M	3,025	$954	30
Sun Dec 15	#5	$2.01M	-30%	-30%	$222.62M	3,025	$664	31
Mon Dec 16	#7	$447K	-78%	-20%	$223.07M	3,025	$147	32
Tue Dec 17	#5	$507K	+13%	-19%	$223.57M	3,025	$167	33
Wed Dec 18	#7	$433K	-15%	-25%	$224.01M	3,025	$143	34
Thu Dec 19	#7	$443K	+2%	-20%	$224.45M	3,025	$146	35
Fri Dec 20	#10	$903K	+104%	-37%	$225.35M	2,750	$328	36
Sat Dec 21	#10	$1.52M	+69%	-47%	$226.88M	2,750	$554	37
Sun Dec 22	#7	$1.66M	+9%	-17%	$228.82M	2,750	$602	38
Mon Dec 23	#7	$1.34M	-19%	+199%	$230.16M	2,750	$485	39
Tue Dec 24	#7	$842K	-37%	+66%	$231.00M	2,750	$306	40
Wed Dec 25	#9	$950K	+13%	+119%	$231.95M	2,505	$379	41
Thu Dec 26	#7	$1.88M	+98%	+325%	$233.83M	2,505	$751	42
Fri Dec 27	#8	$2.10M	+12%	+133%	$236.00M	2,505	$838	43
Sat Dec 28	#8	$2.23M	+6%	+46%	$238.25M	2,505	$891	44
Sun Dec 29	#8	$2.06M	-8%	+24%	$240.31M	2,505	$822	45
Mon Dec 30	#7	$1.82M	-12%	+36%	$242.13M	2,505	$727	46
Tue Dec 31	#7	$1.73M	-5%	+105%	$243.85M	2,505	$688	47
Wed Jan 1	#7	$2.13M	+23%	+124%	$246.00M	2,505	$849	48
Thu Jan 2	#7	$1.45M	-32%	-23%	$247.44M	2,505	$578	49
Fri Jan 3	#10	$1.41M	-3%	-33%	$248.85M	2,015	$699	50
Sat Jan 4	#10	$1.85M	+31%	-17%	$250.72M	2,015	$918	51
Sun Jan 5	#8	$1.38M	-26%	-33%	$252.10M	2,015	$683	52
Mon Jan 6	#10	$292K	-79%	-84%	$252.39M	2,015	$144	53
Sat Jan 11	#13	$1.10M		-40%	$254.59M	1,550	$711	58
Sun Jan 12	#11	$856K	-22%	-38%	$255.45M	1,550	$552	59

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Nov 15-17	1	$88.36M	—	$88.36M	3,682	$24.0K	1
Nov 22-24	2	$42.23M	-52.2%	$148.36M	3,682	$11.5K	2
Nov 29-Dec 1	1	$32.12M	-23.9%	$200.16M	3,682	$8.7K	3
Dec 6-8	3	$10.09M	-68.6%	$213.97M	3,387	$3.0K	4
Dec 13-15	6	$6.32M	-37.3%	$222.62M	3,025	$2.1K	5
Dec 20-22	9	$4.37M	-30.9%	$228.82M	2,750	$1.6K	6
Dec 27-29	8	$6.47M	+48.1%	$240.31M	2,505	$2.6K	7
Jan 3-5	10	$4.65M	-28.1%	$252.10M	2,015	$2.3K	8
Jan 10-12	15	$2.41M	-48.2%	$255.45M	1,550	$1.6K	9
Jan 17-19	18	$1.41M	-41.4%	$257.41M	1,077	$1.3K	10
Jan 24-26	21	$778K	-44.9%	$258.90M	783	$994	11
Jan 31-Feb 2	27	$507K	-34.8%	$259.63M	502	$1.0K	12
Feb 7-9	31	$303K	-40.2%	$260.02M	352	$861	13
Feb 14-16	27	$328K	+8.3%	$260.42M	441	$744	14
Feb 21-23	28	$259K	-21.2%	$260.84M	388	$666	15
Feb 28-Mar 2	30	$222K	-14.2%	$261.12M	388	$572	16
Mar 7-9	34	$180K	-18.9%	$261.37M	360	$500	17
Mar 14-16	44	$121K	-32.6%	$261.59M	205	$592	18
Mar 21-23	47	$87K	-28.5%	$261.72M	151	$574	19

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 byChris Columbus

ScreenplaySteve Kloves

Produced byDavid Heyman

CinematographyRoger Pratt

MusicJohn Williams

Prod. DesignStuart Craig

StarringDaniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Kenneth Branagh, Toby Jones, Robbie Coltrane

StudioWarner Bros.

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