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2003 • PG-13 • 2h 20m • Drama, History, Sport • Universal Pictures

The hopes of a nation rode on a long shot.

🍅 77% 76%

72

3.36

7.3

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$20.90M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$120.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$148.00M

$28.10M international

Domestic legs5.77x

Budget$87.0M

2003 rank#18

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Cast & crew

Tobey Maguire

Tobey Maguire Starring

Jeff Bridges

Jeff Bridges Starring

Chris Cooper

Chris Cooper Starring

Elizabeth Banks

Elizabeth Banks Starring

ScreenplayGary Ross Produced byKathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Gary Ross, Jane Sindell CinematographyJohn Schwartzman MusicRandy Newman StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 25-27 5 $20.9M — 1,989 $10,485 $20.9M

2 Aug 1-3 4 $17.6M −15.4% 2,421 $7,285 $49.2M

3 Aug 8-10 5 $12.0M −32.2% 2,428 $4,925 $69.5M

4 Aug 15-17 8 $8.1M −32.4% 2,462 $3,285 $83.0M

5 Aug 22-24 7 $6.2M −23.7% 2,534 $2,435 $92.9M

6 Aug 29-31 7 $6.5M +5.6% 2,556 $2,549 $102.1M

7 Sep 5-7 8 $3.7M −43.2% 2,573 $1,440 $109.6M

8 Sep 12-14 8 $2.8M −25.7% 2,102 $1,310 $113.6M

9 Sep 19-21 13 $1.6M −41.1% 1,417 $1,145 $116.0M

10 Sep 26-28 16 $880.4K −45.7% 876 $1,005 $117.4M

11 Oct 3-5 19 $583.1K −33.8% 617 $945 $118.3M

12 Oct 10-12 22 $315.0K −46.0% 375 $839 $118.7M

13 Oct 17-19 23 $220.2K −30.1% 277 $795 $119.1M

14 Oct 24-26 27 $171.4K −22.2% 227 $755 $119.4M

15 Oct 31-Nov 2 31 $141.6K −17.4% 213 $665 $119.6M

16 Nov 7-9 30 $133.6K −5.7% 183 $730 $119.7M

17 Nov 14-16 30 $104.4K −21.9% 147 $710 $119.9M

18 Nov 21-23 33 $83.4K −20.1% 140 $595 $120.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jul 25 #5 $6.4M — $6.4M 1,987 $3,213 1

Sat Jul 26 #4 $7.9M +24% $14.3M 1,987 $3,988 2

Sun Jul 27 #4 $6.5M −17% $20.9M 1,987 $3,293 3

Mon Jul 28 #4 $2.8M −57% $23.6M 1,989 $1,400 4

Tue Jul 29 #3 $2.8M −1% $26.4M 1,989 $1,385 5

Wed Jul 30 #3 $2.6M −5% $29.0M 1,989 $1,310 6

Thu Jul 31 #3 $2.6M −1% $31.6M 1,989 $1,300 7

Fri Aug 1 #4 $5.1M +96% −21% $36.6M 2,421 $2,090 8

Sat Aug 2 #4 $7.2M +42% −10% $43.8M 2,421 $2,960 9

Sun Aug 3 #4 $5.4M −24% −17% $49.2M 2,421 $2,235 10

Mon Aug 4 #4 $2.2M −59% −20% $51.5M 2,421 $919 11

Tue Aug 5 #4 $2.2M −1% −20% $53.7M 2,421 $914 12

Wed Aug 6 #5 $2.0M −11% −24% $55.6M 2,421 $815 13

Thu Aug 7 #4 $1.9M −3% −26% $57.6M 2,421 $790 14

Fri Aug 8 #5 $3.4M +76% −34% $60.9M 2,428 $1,385 15

Sat Aug 9 #5 $5.0M +49% −30% $65.9M 2,428 $2,065 16

Sun Aug 10 #5 $3.6M −29% −34% $69.5M 2,428 $1,475 17

Mon Aug 11 #5 $1.4M −60% −36% $70.9M 2,428 $590 18

Tue Aug 12 #5 $1.5M +3% −34% $72.4M 2,428 $605 19

Wed Aug 13 #5 $1.3M −8% −32% $73.8M 2,428 $555 20

Thu Aug 14 #5 $1.2M −14% −39% $74.9M 2,428 $479 21

Fri Aug 15 #8 $2.2M +87% −35% $77.1M 2,462 $885 22

Sat Aug 16 #7 $3.5M +62% −30% $80.6M 2,462 $1,435 23

Sun Aug 17 #8 $2.4M −33% −34% $83.0M 2,462 $965 24

Mon Aug 18 #8 $911.0K −62% −36% $83.9M 2,462 $370 25

Tue Aug 19 #8 $971.0K +7% −34% $84.9M 2,462 $394 26

Wed Aug 20 #8 $923.0K −5% −32% $85.8M 2,462 $374 27

Thu Aug 21 #7 $948.0K +3% −19% $86.8M 2,462 $385 28

Fri Aug 22 #9 $1.8M +93% −16% $88.6M 2,535 $722 29

Sat Aug 23 #7 $2.6M +44% −25% $91.2M 2,534 $1,040 30

Sun Aug 24 #7 $1.7M −36% −29% $92.9M 2,534 $670 31

Mon Aug 25 #9 $646.0K −62% −29% $93.6M 2,534 $254 32

Tue Aug 26 #8 $710.0K +10% −27% $94.3M 2,534 $280 33

Wed Aug 27 #6 $659.0K −7% −29% $95.0M 2,534 $260 34

Thu Aug 28 #6 $634.0K −4% −33% $95.6M 2,534 $250 35

Fri Aug 29 #7 $1.5M +140% −17% $97.1M 2,556 $595 36

Sat Aug 30 #7 $2.4M +60% −8% $99.5M 2,556 $949 37

Sun Aug 31 #6 $2.6M +6% +51% $102.1M 2,556 $1,005 38

Mon Sep 1 #5 $2.5M −1% +294% $104.6M 2,556 $994 39

Tue Sep 2 #6 $447.0K −82% −37% $105.1M 2,556 $174 40

Wed Sep 3 #5 $422.0K −6% −36% $105.5M 2,556 $165 41

Thu Sep 4 #5 $422.0K n/c −33% $105.9M 2,556 $165 42

Fri Sep 5 #8 $1.1M +154% −29% $107.0M 2,570 $417 43

Sat Sep 6 #7 $1.7M +63% −28% $108.7M 2,573 $680 44

Sun Sep 7 #8 $914.1K −48% −64% $109.6M 2,573 $355 45

Mon Sep 8 #7 $258.0K −72% −90% $109.9M 2,573 $100 46

Tue Sep 9 #6 $323.0K +25% −28% $110.2M 2,573 $125 47

Wed Sep 10 #5 $307.0K −5% −27% $110.5M 2,573 $119 48

Thu Sep 11 #5 $321.0K +5% −24% $110.9M 2,573 $124 49

Fri Sep 12 #9 $717.0K +123% −33% $111.6M 2,102 $341 50

Sat Sep 13 #8 $1.3M +86% −24% $112.9M 2,102 $635 51

Sun Sep 14 #8 $684.1K −49% −25% $113.6M 2,102 $325 52

Mon Sep 15 #7 $188.0K −73% −27% $113.8M 2,102 $89 53

Tue Sep 16 #6 $210.0K +12% −35% $114.0M 2,102 $99 54

Wed Sep 17 #6 $200.0K −5% −35% $114.2M 2,102 $95 55

Thu Sep 18 #6 $200.0K n/c −38% $114.4M 2,102 $95 56

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$114.4M

Jul 25Aug 8Aug 22Sep 4Sep 18

Weekend grossWk 10 · $880.4K

$20.9M

$17.6M

$12.0M

$8.1M

$6.2M

$6.5M

$3.7M

$2.8M

$1.6M

$880.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,573 → 2,102 −18.3%

1,987 open2,102 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −45.7%

−15.4%

W1→2

−32.2%

W2→3

−32.4%

W3→4

−23.7%

W4→5

+5.6%

W5→6

−43.2%

W6→7

−25.7%

W7→8

−41.1%

W8→9

−45.7%

W9→10

Steepest −45.7%Biggest gain +5.6%

Run milestones

$100M in 38 days

$100M

Day 38

Aug 31

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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