Name: Ladder 49
Director: Jay Russell
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Released: 2004
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, John Travolta, Jacinda Barrett, Robert Patrick, Morris Chestnut

Box Office Performance

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Oct 1	#2	$7.5M		—	$7.5M	3,260	$2K	1
Sat Oct 2	#2	$9.4M	+25%	—	$16.8M	3,260	$3K	2
Sun Oct 3	#2	$5.3M	-44%	—	$22.1M	3,260	$2K	3
Mon Oct 4	#2	$1.6M	-70%	—	$23.6M	3,260	$476	4
Tue Oct 5	#2	$1.6M	n/c	—	$25.2M	3,260	$477	5
Wed Oct 6	#2	$1.3M	-13%	—	$26.5M	3,260	$413	6
Thu Oct 7	#2	$1.4M	+2%	—	$27.9M	3,260	$421	7
Fri Oct 8	#3	$3.8M	+177%	-49%	$31.7M	3,261	$1K	8
Sat Oct 9	#3	$5.8M	+53%	-38%	$37.4M	3,261	$2K	9
Sun Oct 10	#3	$3.6M	-39%	-32%	$41.0M	3,261	$1K	10
Mon Oct 11	#3	$1.6M	-55%	+3%	$42.6M	3,261	$493	11
Tue Oct 12	#3	$912K	-43%	-41%	$43.5M	3,261	$279	12
Wed Oct 13	#3	$803K	-12%	-40%	$44.3M	3,261	$246	13
Thu Oct 14	#3	$895K	+11%	-35%	$45.2M	3,261	$274	14
Fri Oct 15	#5	$2.5M	+185%	-33%	$47.8M	3,255	$783	15
Sat Oct 16	#5	$3.9M	+52%	-34%	$51.7M	3,255	$1K	16
Sun Oct 17	#6	$2.0M	-47%	-43%	$53.7M	3,255	$628	17
Mon Oct 18	#5	$547K	-73%	-66%	$54.3M	3,255	$168	18
Tue Oct 19	#5	$631K	+15%	-31%	$54.9M	3,255	$193	19
Wed Oct 20	#5	$523K	-17%	-35%	$55.4M	3,255	$160	20
Thu Oct 21	#5	$593K	+13%	-34%	$56.0M	3,255	$182	21
Fri Oct 22	#6	$1.7M	+187%	-33%	$57.7M	2,802	$606	22
Sat Oct 23	#6	$2.4M	+44%	-37%	$60.2M	2,802	$870	23
Sun Oct 24	#6	$1.2M	-51%	-41%	$61.4M	2,802	$429	24
Mon Oct 25	#6	$358K	-70%	-35%	$61.7M	2,802	$127	25
Tue Oct 26	#5	$395K	+10%	-37%	$62.1M	2,802	$140	26
Wed Oct 27	#6	$359K	-9%	-31%	$62.5M	2,802	$128	27
Thu Oct 28	#6	$386K	+8%	-35%	$62.9M	2,802	$137	28
Fri Oct 29	#8	$1.1M	+172%	-38%	$63.9M	2,382	$440	29
Sat Oct 30	#7	$1.5M	+46%	-37%	$65.4M	2,382	$643	30
Sun Oct 31	#8	$690K	-55%	-43%	$66.1M	2,382	$289	31
Mon Nov 1	#8	$283K	-59%	-21%	$66.4M	2,382	$118	32
Tue Nov 2	#8	$328K	+16%	-17%	$66.7M	2,382	$137	33
Wed Nov 3	#8	$281K	-14%	-22%	$67.0M	2,382	$117	34
Thu Nov 4	#8	$297K	+6%	-23%	$67.3M	2,382	$124	35
Fri Nov 5	#9	$850K	+186%	-19%	$68.2M	1,670	$508	36
Sat Nov 6	#9	$1.3M	+54%	-15%	$69.4M	1,670	$781	37
Sun Nov 7	#9	$546K	-58%	-21%	$70.0M	1,670	$326	38
Mon Nov 8	#10	$154K	-72%	-46%	$70.1M	1,670	$92	39
Tue Nov 9	#7	$198K	+29%	-40%	$70.3M	1,670	$118	40
Wed Nov 10	#9	$202K	+2%	-28%	$70.5M	1,178	$171	41
Thu Nov 11	#9	$304K	+50%	+2%	$70.8M	1,178	$258	42
Mon Jan 17	#35	$20K			$74.3M	190	$106	109
Mon Feb 21	#79	$1K			$74.5M	10	$116	144

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Oct 1-3	2	$22.1M	—	$22.1M	3,260	$7K	1
Oct 8-10	3	$13.1M	-40.7%	$41.0M	3,261	$4K	2
Oct 15-17	5	$8.5M	-35.1%	$53.7M	3,255	$3K	3
Oct 22-24	6	$5.3M	-37.4%	$61.4M	2,802	$2K	4
Oct 29-31	7	$3.3M	-38.8%	$66.1M	2,382	$1K	5
Nov 5-7	9	$2.7M	-18.0%	$70.0M	1,670	$2K	6
Nov 12-14	14	$1.2M	-55.0%	$72.0M	830	$1K	7
Nov 19-21	21	$394K	-67.2%	$72.7M	445	$886	8
Nov 26-28	27	$180K	-54.4%	$73.1M	249	$722	9
Dec 3-5	30	$106K	-40.8%	$73.2M	217	$490	10
Dec 10-12	37	$52K	-51.3%	$73.3M	160	$324	11
Dec 17-19	48	$34K	-34.2%	$73.4M	104	$328	12
Dec 24-26	31	$92K	+169.8%	$73.5M	255	$361	13
Dec 31-Jan 2	30	$165K	+79.5%	$73.9M	255	$648	14
Jan 7-9	32	$161K	-2.6%	$74.1M	241	$668	15
Jan 14-16	35	$108K	-33.0%	$74.3M	190	$568	16
Jan 21-23	41	$69K	-36.5%	$74.4M	160	$428	17
Jan 28-30	48	$47K	-32.2%	$74.5M	101	$460	18

Performance Charts

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 byJay Russell

ScreenplayLewis Colick

StarringJoaquin Phoenix, John Travolta, Jacinda Barrett, Robert Patrick, Morris Chestnut, Billy Burke

StudioWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures