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Jarhead

2005 • R • 2h 5m • Biography, Drama, War • Universal Pictures

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3.65

7.0

CS B

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$27.7M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$62.7M

Final

Worldwide Total

$96.9M

$34.2M international

Domestic Legs2.26x

Budget$72.0M

2005 Rank#42

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Cast & Crew

Full Mendes filmography

Sam Mendes Director

Jake Gyllenhaal

Jake Gyllenhaal Starring

Jamie Foxx Starring

Peter Sarsgaard

Peter Sarsgaard Starring

Chris Cooper Starring

ScreenplayWilliam Broyles Jr. Produced byDouglas Wick, Lucy Fisher CinematographyRoger Deakins MusicThomas Newman Prod. DesignDennis Gassner StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 4-6 2 $27.7M — 2,411 $11,499 $27.7M

2 Nov 11-13 5 $11.7M −57.7% 2,448 $4,795 $46.5M

3 Nov 18-20 6 $4.8M −59.5% 2,413 $1,969 $54.3M

4 Nov 25-27 12 $2.8M −41.0% 1,612 $1,740 $59.3M

5 Dec 2-4 13 $1.1M −60.2% 1,246 $895 $61.1M

6 Dec 9-11 19 $436.5K −60.9% 704 $619 $62.0M

7 Dec 16-18 26 $116.6K −73.3% 324 $359 $62.2M

8 Dec 23-25 39 $40.7K −65.1% 194 $210 $62.3M

9 Dec 30-Jan 1 36 $76.6K +88.1% 194 $394 $62.5M

10 Jan 6-8 36 $67.1K −12.5% 194 $345 $62.6M

11 Jan 13-15 43 $35.7K −46.8% 102 $349 $62.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 4 #2 $10.5M — $10.5M 2,411 $4,375 1

Sat Nov 5 #2 $10.4M −1% $21.0M 2,411 $4,330 2

Sun Nov 6 #2 $6.7M −35% $27.7M 2,411 $2,794 3

Mon Nov 7 #1 $2.0M −71% $29.7M 2,410 $815 4

Tue Nov 8 #2 $1.9M −5% $31.6M 2,410 $775 5

Wed Nov 9 #3 $1.6M −17% $33.1M 2,410 $644 6

Thu Nov 10 #3 $1.7M +9% $34.8M 2,410 $700 7

Fri Nov 11 #4 $4.4M +160% −58% $39.2M 2,448 $1,795 8

Sat Nov 12 #5 $4.7M +8% −55% $43.9M 2,448 $1,935 9

Sun Nov 13 #5 $2.6M −45% −61% $46.5M 2,448 $1,065 10

Mon Nov 14 #3 $771.1K −70% −61% $47.3M 2,448 $315 11

Tue Nov 15 #3 $807.8K +5% −57% $48.1M 2,448 $330 12

Wed Nov 16 #3 $734.4K −9% −53% $48.9M 2,448 $299 13

Thu Nov 17 #3 $674.2K −8% −60% $49.5M 2,448 $275 14

Fri Nov 18 #5 $1.5M +124% −66% $51.0M 2,413 $625 15

Sat Nov 19 #6 $2.0M +35% −57% $53.1M 2,413 $845 16

Sun Nov 20 #6 $1.2M −41% −54% $54.3M 2,413 $499 17

Mon Nov 21 #5 $458.5K −62% −41% $54.7M 2,413 $190 18

Tue Nov 22 #5 $555.5K +21% −31% $55.3M 2,413 $230 19

Mon Nov 28 #11 $169.3K — −63% $59.5M — — 25

Tue Nov 29 #10 $177.3K +5% −68% $59.7M 1,612 $110 26

Wed Nov 30 #10 $161.2K −9% $59.8M 1,612 $99 27

Thu Dec 1 #10 $161.0K n/c $60.0M 1,612 $99 28

Mon Dec 26 #33 $22.3K — $62.3M 194 $115 53

Mon Jan 2 #35 $24.2K — +9% $62.5M 194 $124 60

Mon Jan 16 #42 $7.1K — $62.6M 102 $70 74

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

Cumulative total$62.5M

Nov 4Nov 10Nov 16Nov 22Jan 2

Weekend grossWk 10 · $67.1K

$27.7M

$11.7M

$4.8M

$2.8M

$1.1M

$436.5K

$116.6K

$40.7K

$76.6K

$67.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,448 → 194 −92.1%

2,411 open194 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −12.5%

−57.7% W1→2

−59.5% W2→3

−41.0% W3→4

−60.2% W4→5

−60.9% W5→6

−73.3% W6→7

−65.1% W7→8

+88.1% W8→9

−12.5% W9→10

Steepest +88.1%Best hold −12.5%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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