Name: House of Flying Daggers
Director: Zhang Yimou
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Released: 2004
Cast: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, Zhang Ziyi, Song Dandan, Zhao Hongfei

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Zhang Ziyi Starring Sony Pictures Classics Studio

ScreenplayWang Bin, Zhang Yimou Produced byBill Kong, Zhang Yimou CinematographyZhao Xiaoding MusicShigeru Umebayashi Prod. DesignTingxiao Huo StudioSony Pictures Classics

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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 3-5 19 $397.5K — 15 $26,498 $397.5K

2 Dec 10-12 20 $205.4K −48.3% 15 $13,694 $723.0K

3 Dec 17-19 15 $812.8K +295.7% 145 $5,605 $1.6M

4 Dec 24-26 20 $662.3K −18.5% 165 $4,014 $2.7M

5 Dec 31-Jan 2 21 $741.9K +12.0% 161 $4,608 $4.2M

6 Jan 7-9 25 $552.0K −25.6% 142 $3,887 $5.0M

7 Jan 14-16 16 $1.7M +214.7% 1,189 $1,461 $7.0M

8 Jan 21-23 18 $1.0M −42.1% 1,017 $988 $9.0M

9 Jan 28-30 23 $464.4K −53.8% 402 $1,155 $9.8M

10 Feb 4-6 28 $236.6K −49.1% 187 $1,265 $10.2M

11 Feb 11-13 35 $146.4K −38.1% 103 $1,421 $10.4M

12 Feb 18-20 44 $95.0K −35.1% 84 $1,130 $10.6M

13 Feb 25-27 41 $83.9K −11.7% 72 $1,165 $10.7M

14 Mar 4-6 58 $35.7K −57.4% 43 $830 $10.8M

15 Mar 11-13 49 $56.5K +58.1% 75 $753 $10.9M

16 Mar 18-20 53 $53.1K −6.1% 75 $707 $10.9M

17 Mar 25-27 57 $48.0K −9.6% 62 $773 $11.0M

18 Apr 1-3 66 $17.6K −63.4% 28 $627 $11.0M

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

Weekend grossWk 10 · $236.6K

$397.5K

$205.4K

$812.8K

$662.3K

$741.9K

$552.0K

$1.7M

$1.0M

$464.4K

$236.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −49.1%

−48.3%

W1→2

+295.7%

W2→3

−18.5%

W3→4

+12.0%

W4→5

−25.6%

W5→6

+214.7%

W6→7

−42.1%

W7→8

−53.8%

W8→9

−49.1%

W9→10

Steepest −53.8%Biggest gain +295.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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