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Ray

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

The extraordinary life story of Ray Charles.

Box office summary
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
Compare with other movies
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

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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
Produced byTaylor Hackford, Stuart Benjamin, Howard Baldwin, Karen Baldwin
CinematographyPaweł Edelman
MusicCraig Armstrong
StarringJamie Foxx, Kerry Washington, Regina King, Harry Lennix, Clifton Powell, Bokeem Woodbine
StudioUniversal Pictures