Name: October Sky
Director: Joe Johnston
Genre: Drama, Family, History
Released: 1999
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Cooper, Laura Dern, Chris Owen, William Lee Scott

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Feb 19	#6	$1.54M		—	$1.54M	1,495	$1.0K	1
Sat Feb 20	#5	$2.66M	+72.2%	—	$4.21M	1,495	$1.8K	2
Sun Feb 21	#4	$1.61M	-39.6%	—	$5.91M	1,495	$1.1K	3
Mon Feb 22	#4	$329K	-79.5%	—	$6.23M	1,495	$220	4
Tue Feb 23	#5	$351K	+6.8%	—	$6.59M	1,495	$235	5
Wed Feb 24	#4	$292K	-17.0%	—	$6.88M	1,495	$195	6
Thu Feb 25	#4	$329K	+12.8%	—	$7.21M	1,495	$220	7
Fri Feb 26	#5	$1.30M	+295.3%	-15.9%	$8.51M	1,495	$870	8
Sat Feb 27	#6	$2.35M	+81.1%	-11.5%	$10.86M	1,700	$1.4K	9
Sun Feb 28	#6	$1.28M	-45.4%	-20.0%	$12.01M	1,702	$755	10
Mon Mar 1	#6	$247K	-80.8%	-25.0%	$12.26M	1,702	$145	11
Tue Mar 2	#6	$264K	+6.9%	-24.9%	$12.52M	1,702	$155	12
Wed Mar 3	#6	$238K	-9.7%	-18.3%	$12.76M	1,702	$140	13
Thu Mar 4	#6	$304K	+27.6%	-7.6%	$13.07M	1,702	$179	14
Fri Mar 5	#7	$970K	+219.1%	-25.4%	$14.04M	1,702	$570	15
Sat Mar 6	#6	$1.73M	+77.8%	-26.8%	$15.76M	1,689	$1.0K	16
Sun Mar 7	#7	$1.00M	-41.9%	-22.0%	$16.77M	1,689	$593	17
Mon Mar 8	#8	$229K	-77.1%	-7.1%	$17.00M	1,689	$136	18
Tue Mar 9	#8	$263K	+14.8%	-0.2%	$17.26M	1,698	$155	19
Wed Mar 10	#8	$238K	-9.7%	-0.2%	$17.50M	1,698	$140	20
Thu Mar 11	#8	$263K	+10.7%	-13.4%	$17.76M	1,698	$155	21
Fri Mar 12	#10	$820K	+211.6%	-15.5%	$18.58M	1,575	$521	22
Sat Mar 13	#10	$1.35M	+64.6%	-21.7%	$20.06M	1,575	$857	23
Sun Mar 14	#10	$799K	-40.8%	-20.3%	$20.77M	1,575	$507	24
Mon Mar 15	#11	$276K	-65.4%	+20.5%	$21.05M	1,575	$175	25
Tue Mar 16	#12	$237K	-14.3%	-10.1%	$21.28M	1,583	$150	26
Wed Mar 17	#11	$213K	-10.0%	-10.4%	$21.50M	1,583	$135	27
Thu Mar 18	#12	$260K	+22.2%	-1.1%	$21.76M	1,583	$164	28
Fri Mar 19	#14	$575K	+120.8%	-29.9%	$22.33M	1,300	$442	29
Sat Mar 20	#14	$910K	+58.3%	-32.6%	$23.24M	1,300	$700	30
Sun Mar 21	#15	$396K	-56.5%	-50.4%	$23.62M	1,300	$305	31
Mon Mar 22	#16	$128K	-67.7%	-53.6%	$23.75M	1,300	$98	32
Tue Mar 23	#16	$135K	+5.1%	-43.2%	$23.88M	1,300	$103	33
Wed Mar 24	#15	$134K	-0.3%	-37.1%	$24.02M	1,300	$103	34
Thu Mar 25	#13	$166K	+23.5%	-36.4%	$24.18M	1,300	$127	35
Sun Mar 28	#15	$288K		-27.3%	$25.36M	961	$300	38
Mon Mar 29	#15	$95K	-67.1%	-26.0%	$25.46M	961	$99	39
Tue Mar 30	#16	$113K	+19.1%	-16.1%	$25.57M	961	$117	40
Wed Mar 31	#16	$100K	-10.9%	-25.1%	$25.67M	961	$105	41
Sun Apr 4	#17	$186K		-35.4%	$26.65M	731	$254	45
Mon Apr 5	#15	$119K	-35.9%	+25.8%	$26.77M	731	$163	46
Tue Apr 6	#15	$101K	-15.6%	-10.8%	$26.87M	731	$138	47
Wed Apr 7	#15	$90K	-10.3%	-10.2%	$26.96M	731	$123	48
Thu Apr 8	#15	$94K	+4.3%	—	$27.06M	731	$129	49
Sun Apr 11	#19	$147K		-21.0%	$27.74M	670	$219	52
Mon Apr 12	#20	$38K	-73.8%	-67.7%	$27.78M	670	$57	53
Tue Apr 13	#20	$34K	-10.3%	-65.7%	$27.81M	670	$51	54
Wed Apr 14	#19	$38K	+9.5%	-58.2%	$27.85M	670	$56	55
Thu Apr 15	#19	$44K	+17.4%	-52.9%	$27.89M	670	$66	56
Sun Apr 18	#19	$122K		-17.0%	$28.47M	657	$186	59
Mon Apr 19	#19	$37K	-69.3%	-2.7%	$28.51M	657	$57	60
Tue Apr 20	#19	$37K	-1.5%	+7.0%	$28.55M	657	$56	61
Wed Apr 21	#19	$37K	+0.5%	-1.8%	$28.58M	657	$56	62
Thu Apr 22	#18	$49K	+33.3%	+11.6%	$28.63M	657	$75	63
Sun Apr 25	#20	$108K		-11.5%	$29.15M	598	$181	66
Mon Apr 26	#19	$37K	-65.7%	-1.0%	$29.18M	598	$62	67
Wed Apr 28	#20	$34K		-7.9%	$29.25M	598	$57	69
Thu Apr 29	#20	$37K	+8.6%	-25.0%	$29.29M	598	$62	70

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Feb 19-21	4	$5.91M	—	$5.91M	1,495	$4.0K	1
Feb 26-28	6	$4.81M	-18.6%	$12.01M	1,702	$2.8K	2
Mar 5-7	6	$3.70M	-23.0%	$16.77M	1,698	$2.2K	3
Mar 12-14	10	$3.01M	-18.7%	$20.77M	1,583	$1.9K	4
Mar 19-21	14	$1.87M	-38.0%	$23.62M	1,300	$1.4K	5
Mar 26-28	14	$1.18M	-36.9%	$25.36M	961	$1.2K	6
Apr 2-4	15	$837K	-28.9%	$26.65M	731	$1.1K	7
Apr 9-11	18	$680K	-18.8%	$27.74M	670	$1.0K	8
Apr 16-18	17	$578K	-15.0%	$28.47M	657	$880	9
Apr 23-25	20	$514K	-11.0%	$29.15M	598	$860	10
Apr 30-May 2	22	$354K	-31.2%	$29.64M	513	$690	11
May 7-9	21	$292K	-17.6%	$30.03M	429	$680	12
May 14-16	20	$360K	+23.6%	$30.47M	530	$680	13
May 21-23	23	$205K	-43.0%	$30.77M	428	$480	14
May 28-30	28	$215K	+4.4%	$31.06M	346	$620	15
Jun 4-6	31	$139K	-35.1%	$31.26M	282	$494	16
Jun 11-13	33	$136K	-2.6%	$31.48M	240	$565	17
Jun 18-20	35	$118K	-13.0%	$31.68M	236	$500	18
Jun 25-27	34	$109K	-7.9%	$31.87M	207	$525	19
Jul 2-4	34	$130K	+19.2%	$32.07M	157	$825	20
Jul 9-11	39	$93K	-28.1%	$32.21M	149	$625	21
Jul 16-18	43	$84K	-10.1%	$32.36M	135	$620	22
Jul 23-25	48	$70K	-16.4%	$32.48M	111	$630	23
Jul 30-Aug 1	55	$41K	-41.2%	$32.57M	69	$596	24

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

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Cast & Crew

Directed byJoe Johnston

ScreenplayLewis Colick

Produced byCharles Gordon, Larry Franco

CinematographyFred Murphy

Music byMark Isham

StarringJake Gyllenhaal, Chris Cooper, Laura Dern, Chris Owen, William Lee Scott, Chad Lindberg, Natalie Canerday

StudioUniversal Pictures

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