Name: Saw
Director: James Wan
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Released: 2004
Cast: Cary Elwes, Leigh Whannell, Danny Glover, Monica Potter, Tobin Bell

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Oct 29	#2	$6.80M		—	$6.80M	2,315	$2.9K	1
Sat Oct 30	#3	$6.23M	-8.4%	—	$12.88M	2,315	$2.7K	2
Sun Oct 31	#1	$5.39M	-13.4%	—	$18.28M	2,315	$2.3K	3
Mon Nov 1	#1	$1.89M	-65.0%	—	$20.16M	2,315	$816	4
Tue Nov 2	#2	$1.46M	-22.5%	—	$21.63M	2,315	$632	5
Wed Nov 3	#2	$1.33M	-9.2%	—	$22.96M	2,315	$574	6
Thu Nov 4	#2	$1.34M	+1.1%	—	$24.30M	2,315	$581	7
Fri Nov 5	#4	$3.65M	+171.6%	-46.3%	$27.95M	2,467	$1.5K	8
Sat Nov 6	#4	$4.69M	+28.6%	-24.6%	$32.64M	2,467	$1.9K	9
Sun Nov 7	#3	$2.75M	-41.3%	-48.9%	$35.39M	2,467	$1.1K	10
Mon Nov 8	#3	$846K	-69.3%	-55.2%	$36.24M	2,467	$343	11
Tue Nov 9	#3	$848K	+0.2%	-42.1%	$37.09M	2,467	$344	12
Wed Nov 10	#3	$1.02M	+20.2%	-23.3%	$38.11M	2,467	$413	13
Thu Nov 11	#5	$1.21M	+18.4%	-10.2%	$39.32M	2,467	$489	14
Fri Nov 12	#8	$2.10M	+74.0%	-42.5%	$41.40M	2,467	$851	15
Sat Nov 13	#8	$2.77M	+32.0%	-40.9%	$44.22M	2,467	$1.1K	16
Sun Nov 14	#7	$1.53M	-44.8%	-44.5%	$45.75M	2,467	$620	17
Mon Nov 15	#6	$455K	-70.2%	-46.2%	$46.21M	2,467	$184	18
Tue Nov 16	#6	$460K	+1.1%	-45.8%	$46.67M	2,467	$186	19
Wed Nov 17	#6	$399K	-13.3%	-60.8%	$47.07M	2,467	$162	20
Thu Nov 18	#6	$405K	+1.5%	-66.4%	$47.47M	2,467	$164	21
Fri Nov 19	#9	$900K	+122.2%	-57.1%	$48.40M	1,679	$536	22
Sat Nov 20	#10	$1.26M	+39.6%	-54.7%	$49.67M	1,679	$748	23
Sun Nov 21	#10	$691K	-45.0%	-54.8%	$50.36M	1,679	$411	24
Mon Nov 22	#8	$261K	-62.2%	-42.6%	$50.62M	1,679	$155	25
Tue Nov 23	#9	$328K	+25.7%	-28.7%	$50.94M	1,679	$195	26

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Oct 29-31	3	$18.28M	—	$18.28M	2,315	$7.9K	1
Nov 5-7	4	$11.09M	-39.3%	$35.39M	2,467	$4.5K	2
Nov 12-14	8	$6.44M	-42.0%	$45.75M	2,467	$2.6K	3
Nov 19-21	10	$2.88M	-55.2%	$50.36M	1,679	$1.7K	4
Nov 26-28	13	$1.53M	-46.9%	$53.20M	1,043	$1.5K	5
Dec 3-5	14	$852K	-44.3%	$54.42M	930	$916	6
Dec 10-12	19	$253K	-70.4%	$54.90M	485	$521	7
Dec 17-19	32	$87K	-65.4%	$55.09M	178	$490	8
Dec 24-26	45	$21K	-76.5%	$55.15M	100	$205	9

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Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byJames Wan

ScreenplayLeigh Whannell

Produced byGregg Hoffman, Oren Koules, Mark Burg

CinematographyDavid A. Armstrong

Music byCharlie Clouser

StarringCary Elwes, Leigh Whannell, Danny Glover, Monica Potter, Tobin Bell, Ken Leung, Michael Emerson, Shawnee Smith

StudioLionsgate

SeriesSaw

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