Name: Sahara
Director: Breck Eisner
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Released: 2005
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Penélope Cruz, Steve Zahn, Lennie James, Lambert Wilson

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Apr 8	#1	$6.15M		—	$6.15M	3,154	$1.9K	1
Sat Apr 9	#1	$7.60M	+24%	—	$13.75M	3,154	$2.4K	2
Sun Apr 10	#1	$4.32M	-43%	—	$18.07M	3,154	$1.4K	3
Mon Apr 11	#1	$1.43M	-67%	—	$19.50M	3,154	$454	4
Tue Apr 12	#1	$1.40M	-2%	—	$20.90M	3,154	$444	5
Wed Apr 13	#1	$1.22M	-13%	—	$22.12M	3,154	$385	6
Thu Apr 14	#1	$1.23M	+1%	—	$23.35M	3,154	$389	7
Fri Apr 15	#2	$3.90M	+218%	-37%	$27.20M	3,154	$1.2K	8
Sat Apr 16	#2	$5.90M	+51%	-22%	$33.12M	3,154	$1.9K	9
Sun Apr 17	#2	$3.30M	-44%	-24%	$36.42M	3,154	$1.0K	10
Mon Apr 18	#2	$883K	-73%	-38%	$37.30M	3,154	$279	11
Tue Apr 19	#2	$870K	-1%	-38%	$38.17M	3,154	$275	12
Wed Apr 20	#2	$856K	-2%	-30%	$39.03M	3,154	$271	13
Thu Apr 21	#2	$893K	+4%	-27%	$39.92M	3,154	$283	14
Fri Apr 22	#4	$2.40M	+169%	-38%	$42.30M	3,200	$750	15
Sat Apr 23	#3	$4.10M	+71%	-31%	$46.49M	3,200	$1.3K	16
Sun Apr 24	#3	$2.46M	-40%	-25%	$48.95M	3,200	$769	17
Mon Apr 25	#4	$571K	-77%	-35%	$49.52M	3,200	$178	18
Tue Apr 26	#4	$542K	-5%	-38%	$50.06M	3,200	$169	19
Wed Apr 27	#3	$554K	+2%	-35%	$50.61M	3,200	$173	20
Thu Apr 28	#3	$563K	+2%	-37%	$51.18M	3,200	$175	21
Fri Apr 29	#6	$1.60M	+184%	-33%	$52.80M	3,112	$514	22
Sat Apr 30	#5	$2.74M	+71%	-33%	$55.51M	3,112	$881	23
Sun May 1	#5	$1.38M	-50%	-44%	$56.89M	3,112	$442	24
Mon May 2	#5	$340K	-75%	-40%	$57.23M	3,112	$109	25
Tue May 3	#5	$343K	+1%	-37%	$57.57M	3,112	$110	26
Wed May 4	#5	$333K	-3%	-40%	$57.90M	3,112	$107	27
Thu May 5	#5	$335K	+1%	-40%	$58.24M	3,112	$107	28
Fri May 6	#9	$900K	+169%	-44%	$59.10M	2,516	$357	29
Sat May 7	#8	$1.37M	+53%	-50%	$60.54M	2,516	$545	30
Sun May 8	#7	$1.13M	-18%	-18%	$61.66M	2,516	$448	31
Mon May 9	#8	$214K	-81%	-37%	$61.88M	2,516	$85	32
Tue May 10	#8	$232K	+8%	-32%	$62.11M	2,516	$92	33
Wed May 11	#8	$228K	-2%	-32%	$62.34M	2,516	$90	34
Thu May 12	#9	$219K	-4%	-35%	$62.56M	2,516	$87	35
Sat May 14	#10	$829K		-40%	$63.91M	1,565	$529	37
Mon May 30	#18	$89K			$66.47M	387	$231	53
Mon Jul 4	#31	$18K			$68.28M	121	$152	88

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Apr 8-10	1	$18.07M	—	$18.07M	3,154	$5.7K	1
Apr 15-17	2	$13.07M	-27.7%	$36.42M	3,154	$4.1K	2
Apr 22-24	3	$9.03M	-30.9%	$48.95M	3,200	$2.8K	3
Apr 29-May 1	5	$5.71M	-36.8%	$56.89M	3,112	$1.8K	4
May 6-8	7	$3.43M	-39.9%	$61.66M	2,516	$1.4K	5
May 13-15	11	$1.81M	-47.3%	$64.36M	1,565	$1.2K	6
May 20-22	12	$804K	-55.5%	$65.57M	1,074	$748	7
May 27-29	12	$448K	-44.3%	$66.38M	387	$1.2K	8
Jun 3-5	15	$337K	-24.8%	$66.92M	272	$1.2K	9
Jun 10-12	17	$346K	+2.7%	$67.41M	381	$907	10
Jun 17-19	22	$199K	-42.5%	$67.77M	278	$714	11
Jun 24-26	27	$141K	-29.0%	$68.05M	207	$681	12
Jul 1-3	30	$127K	-9.6%	$68.27M	121	$1.1K	13
Jul 8-10	44	$61K	-52.3%	$68.39M	100	$608	14

Performance Charts

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

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Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byBreck Eisner

ScreenplayJoshua Oppenheimer, Thomas Dean Donnelly, James V. Hart, John C. Richards

StarringMatthew McConaughey, Penélope Cruz, Steve Zahn, Lennie James, Lambert Wilson, William H. Macy

StudioParamount Pictures

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