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Ray

2004 PG-13 2h 32m Biography, Drama, Music Universal Pictures

The extraordinary life story of Ray Charles.

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$75.3M
Final
Opening Weekend
$20.0M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
3.76x
Opening → Total
Budget
$40.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$124M
$48.6M international
2004 Rank
#36
Domestic

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Oct 29-31 2 $20.0M $20.0M 2,006 $10K 1
Nov 5-7 2 $13.6M -31.9% $39.6M 2,463 $6K 2
Nov 12-14 6 $8.4M -38.4% $52.5M 2,474 $3K 3
Nov 19-21 7 $4.6M -45.7% $59.2M 2,027 $2K 4
Nov 26-28 9 $4.0M -12.9% $65.1M 1,499 $3K 5
Dec 3-5 10 $1.9M -52.5% $67.8M 1,547 $1K 6
Dec 10-12 13 $954K -49.5% $69.3M 1,129 $845 7
Dec 17-19 16 $550K -42.3% $70.2M 618 $889 8
Dec 24-26 24 $252K -54.1% $70.8M 274 $920 9
Dec 31-Jan 2 24 $449K +78.1% $71.6M 343 $1K 10
Jan 7-9 26 $374K -16.7% $72.1M 394 $949 11
Jan 14-16 31 $286K -23.6% $72.6M 286 $1K 12
Jan 21-23 29 $275K -3.7% $73.0M 293 $940 13
Jan 28-30 21 $615K +123.4% $73.8M 526 $1K 14
Feb 4-6 23 $327K -46.8% $74.3M 352 $929 15
Feb 11-13 29 $194K -40.8% $74.7M 235 $824 16
Feb 18-20 33 $150K -22.8% $74.9M 147 $1K 17
Feb 25-27 36 $129K -13.6% $75.1M 134 $964 18
Mar 4-6 36 $109K -16.0% $75.2M 141 $770 19

Performance Charts

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Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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Cast & Crew

Directed byTaylor Hackford
ScreenplayJames L. White
StarringJamie Foxx, Kerry Washington, Regina King, Harry Lennix, Clifton Powell, Bokeem Woodbine
StudioUniversal Pictures