Name: Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Director: Peter Weir
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Released: 2003
Cast: Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany, James D'Arcy, Robert Pugh, David Threlfall

Box Office Performance

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Nov 14	#1	$8.2M		—	$8.2M	3,101	$3K	1
Sat Nov 15	#2	$10.7M	+32%	—	$18.8M	3,101	$3K	2
Sun Nov 16	#2	$6.3M	-41%	—	$25.1M	3,101	$2K	3
Mon Nov 17	#1	$1.9M	-70%	—	$27.0M	3,101	$600	4
Tue Nov 18	#1	$1.9M	+2%	—	$28.9M	3,101	$613	5
Wed Nov 19	#1	$1.7M	-12%	—	$30.5M	3,101	$536	6
Thu Nov 20	#1	$1.5M	-8%	—	$32.1M	3,101	$493	7
Fri Nov 21	#4	$4.3M	+181%	-47%	$36.4M	3,101	$1K	8
Sat Nov 22	#4	$6.7M	+55%	-38%	$43.3M	3,101	$2K	9
Sun Nov 23	#4	$4.0M	-41%	-37%	$47.3M	3,101	$1K	10
Mon Nov 24	#4	$1.2M	-70%	-35%	$48.5M	3,101	$387	11
Tue Nov 25	#4	$1.5M	+25%	-21%	$50.0M	3,101	$485	12
Wed Nov 26	#5	$2.1M	+40%	+26%	$52.1M	2,703	$776	13
Thu Nov 27	#6	$2.7M	+29%	+76%	$54.8M	2,703	$998	14
Fri Nov 28	#4	$5.1M	+89%	+19%	$59.9M	2,703	$2K	15
Sat Nov 29	#6	$4.6M	-10%	-31%	$64.4M	2,703	$2K	16
Sun Nov 30	#7	$2.2M	-52%	-45%	$66.6M	2,703	$811	17
Mon Dec 1	#7	$559K	-75%	-54%	$67.2M	2,703	$206	18
Tue Dec 2	#6	$598K	+7%	-60%	$67.8M	2,703	$221	19
Wed Dec 3	#7	$520K	-13%	-75%	$68.3M	2,703	$192	20
Thu Dec 4	#7	$525K	+1%	-81%	$68.8M	2,703	$194	21
Fri Dec 5	#8	$1.1M	+110%	-78%	$70.0M	2,344	$469	22
Sat Dec 6	#9	$1.7M	+50%	-64%	$71.6M	2,344	$705	23
Sun Dec 7	#9	$925K	-44%	-58%	$72.6M	2,344	$394	24
Mon Dec 8	#9	$281K	-70%	-50%	$72.8M	2,344	$119	25
Tue Dec 9	#9	$327K	+16%	-45%	$73.2M	2,344	$139	26
Wed Dec 10	#10	$323K	-1%	-38%	$73.5M	2,344	$137	27
Thu Dec 11	#9	$324K	n/c	-38%	$73.8M	2,344	$138	28
Mon Jan 19	#24	$97K			$84.8M	306	$317	67
Mon Feb 16	#17	$190K			$91.3M	547	$347	95

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Nov 14-16	2	$25.1M	—	$25.1M	3,101	$8K	1
Nov 21-23	4	$15.2M	-39.4%	$47.3M	3,101	$5K	2
Nov 28-30	6	$12.0M	-20.8%	$66.6M	2,703	$4K	3
Dec 5-7	9	$3.7M	-69.1%	$72.6M	2,344	$2K	4
Dec 12-14	11	$2.4M	-36.0%	$76.2M	1,623	$1K	5
Dec 19-21	12	$1.5M	-37.0%	$78.5M	1,050	$1K	6
Dec 26-28	19	$1.2M	-22.6%	$80.7M	751	$2K	7
Jan 2-4	19	$1.1M	-3.7%	$83.0M	701	$2K	8
Jan 9-11	21	$625K	-44.1%	$84.0M	423	$1K	9
Jan 16-18	22	$479K	-23.3%	$84.7M	306	$2K	10
Jan 23-25	26	$356K	-25.7%	$85.3M	235	$2K	11
Jan 30-Feb 1	16	$2.1M	+492.2%	$87.6M	1,118	$2K	12
Feb 6-8	17	$1.3M	-36.4%	$89.6M	1,101	$1K	13
Feb 13-15	16	$1.1M	-21.2%	$91.1M	547	$2K	14
Feb 20-22	22	$576K	-45.5%	$92.1M	382	$2K	15
Feb 27-29	25	$324K	-43.7%	$92.6M	233	$1K	16
Mar 5-7	32	$202K	-37.7%	$92.9M	200	$1K	17
Mar 12-14	34	$175K	-13.2%	$93.1M	198	$885	18
Mar 19-21	35	$149K	-15.2%	$93.4M	207	$718	19
Mar 26-28	34	$117K	-21.3%	$93.6M	171	$683	20
Apr 2-4	34	$102K	-12.4%	$93.7M	163	$628	21
Apr 9-11	48	$56K	-45.0%	$93.8M	102	$552	22

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Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byPeter Weir

ScreenplayPeter Weir, John Collee

StarringRussell Crowe, Paul Bettany, James D'Arcy, Robert Pugh, David Threlfall, Lee Ingleby

Studio20th Century Fox