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Seabiscuit

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

The hopes of a nation rode on a long shot.

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$120M
Final
Opening Weekend
$20.9M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
5.77x
Opening → Total
Budget
$87.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$148M
$28.1M international
2003 Rank
#18
Domestic

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jul 25-27 5 $20.9M $20.9M 1,989 $10K 1
Aug 1-3 4 $17.6M -15.4% $49.2M 2,421 $7K 2
Aug 8-10 5 $12.0M -32.2% $69.5M 2,428 $5K 3
Aug 15-17 8 $8.1M -32.4% $83.0M 2,462 $3K 4
Aug 22-24 7 $6.2M -23.7% $92.9M 2,534 $2K 5
Aug 29-31 7 $6.5M +5.6% $102.1M 2,556 $3K 6
Sep 5-7 8 $3.7M -43.2% $109.6M 2,573 $1K 7
Sep 12-14 8 $2.8M -25.7% $113.6M 2,102 $1K 8
Sep 19-21 13 $1.6M -41.1% $116.0M 1,417 $1K 9
Sep 26-28 16 $880K -45.7% $117.4M 876 $1K 10
Oct 3-5 19 $583K -33.8% $118.3M 617 $945 11
Oct 10-12 22 $315K -46.0% $118.7M 375 $839 12
Oct 17-19 23 $220K -30.1% $119.1M 277 $795 13
Oct 24-26 27 $171K -22.2% $119.4M 227 $755 14
Oct 31-Nov 2 31 $142K -17.4% $119.6M 213 $665 15
Nov 7-9 30 $134K -5.7% $119.7M 183 $730 16
Nov 14-16 30 $104K -21.9% $119.9M 147 $710 17
Nov 21-23 33 $83K -20.1% $120.0M 140 $595 18

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Cumulative Total

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Theater Count

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byGary Ross
ScreenplayGary Ross
StarringTobey Maguire, David McCullough, Jeff Bridges, Chris Cooper, Elizabeth Banks, Gary L. Stevens
StudioUniversal Pictures