Name: Rent
Director: Chris Columbus
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Released: 2005
Cast: Rosario Dawson, Taye Diggs, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Jesse L. Martin, Idina Menzel

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Wed Nov 23	#2	$4.75M		—	$4.75M	2,433	$2.0K	-2
Thu Nov 24	#4	$2.37M	-50.1%	—	$7.12M	2,433	$975	-1
Fri Nov 25	#5	$4.30M	+81.2%	—	$11.42M	2,433	$1.8K	1
Sat Nov 26	#5	$3.82M	-11.0%	—	$15.24M	2,433	$1.6K	2
Sun Nov 27	#6	$1.90M	-50.4%	—	$17.14M	2,433	$780	3
Mon Nov 28	#3	$587K	-69.1%	—	$17.73M	2,433	$241	4
Tue Nov 29	#3	$542K	-7.6%	—	$18.27M	2,433	$223	5
Wed Nov 30	#3	$508K	-6.3%	—	$18.78M	2,433	$209	6
Thu Dec 1	#3	$526K	+3.5%	—	$19.30M	2,433	$216	7
Fri Dec 2	#6	$1.59M	+202.4%	-63.0%	$20.89M	2,437	$653	8
Sat Dec 3	#7	$1.91M	+20.2%	-50.0%	$22.80M	2,437	$784	9
Sun Dec 4	#8	$940K	-50.8%	-50.5%	$23.74M	2,437	$386	10
Mon Dec 5	#7	$278K	-70.5%	-52.7%	$24.02M	2,437	$114	11
Tue Dec 6	#7	$314K	+13.1%	-42.1%	$24.34M	2,437	$129	12
Wed Dec 7	#7	$293K	-6.6%	-42.3%	$24.63M	2,437	$120	13
Thu Dec 8	#7	$283K	-3.5%	-46.2%	$24.91M	2,437	$116	14
Fri Dec 9	#9	$681K	+140.5%	-57.2%	$25.59M	1,971	$345	15
Sat Dec 10	#10	$865K	+27.1%	-54.7%	$26.46M	1,971	$439	16
Sun Dec 11	#10	$458K	-47.1%	-51.3%	$26.92M	1,971	$232	17
Mon Dec 12	#9	$177K	-61.3%	-36.2%	$27.09M	1,971	$90	18
Tue Dec 13	#9	$181K	+2.4%	-42.3%	$27.27M	1,971	$92	19
Wed Dec 14	#10	$135K	-25.5%	-54.0%	$27.41M	1,971	$68	20
Thu Dec 15	#11	$126K	-6.9%	-55.6%	$27.52M	1,971	$64	21
Mon Dec 26	#27	$39K		—	$28.85M	174	$222	32
Mon Jan 2	#30	$32K		-16.2%	$29.08M	116	$279	39

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Nov 25-27	5	$10.02M	—	$17.14M	2,433	$4.1K	1
Dec 2-4	6	$4.44M	-55.7%	$23.74M	2,437	$1.8K	2
Dec 9-11	10	$2.00M	-54.9%	$26.92M	1,971	$1.0K	3
Dec 16-18	15	$752K	-62.5%	$28.27M	926	$812	4
Dec 23-25	25	$101K	-86.6%	$28.82M	174	$579	5
Dec 30-Jan 1	32	$96K	-4.6%	$29.05M	116	$828	6

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Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byChris Columbus

ScreenplayStephen Chbosky

Produced byJane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro, Chris Columbus, Mark Radcliffe, Michael Barnathan

CinematographyStephen Goldblatt

Music byJonathan Larson

StarringRosario Dawson, Taye Diggs, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Jesse L. Martin, Idina Menzel, Adam Pascal, Anthony Rapp, Tracie Thoms

StudioColumbia Pictures

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