Name: Shaft
Director: John Singleton
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Released: 2000
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Vanessa Williams, Jeffrey Wright, Christian Bale, Busta Rhymes

Box Office Performance

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Jun 16	#1	$6.8M		—	$6.8M	2,337	$3K	1
Sat Jun 17	#1	$7.8M	+14%	—	$14.7M	2,337	$3K	2
Sun Jun 18	#1	$6.9M	-11%	—	$21.7M	2,337	$3K	3
Mon Jun 19	#1	$2.0M	-71%	—	$23.7M	2,337	$865	4
Tue Jun 20	#1	$2.2M	+10%	—	$26.0M	2,337	$950	5
Wed Jun 21	#1	$1.9M	-15%	—	$27.8M	2,337	$802	6
Thu Jun 22	#1	$1.8M	-4%	—	$29.6M	2,337	$773	7
Fri Jun 23	#3	$3.5M	+96%	-48%	$33.2M	2,407	$1K	8
Sat Jun 24	#3	$5.2M	+46%	-34%	$38.4M	2,407	$2K	9
Sun Jun 25	#3	$3.7M	-28%	-46%	$42.4M	2,407	$2K	10
Mon Jun 26	#3	$1.3M	-66%	-37%	$43.6M	2,407	$530	11
Tue Jun 27	#4	$1.2M	-5%	-45%	$44.8M	2,407	$504	12
Wed Jun 28	#5	$952K	-22%	-49%	$45.8M	2,407	$395	13
Thu Jun 29	#5	$978K	+3%	-46%	$46.8M	2,407	$406	14
Fri Jun 30	#6	$1.7M	+71%	-53%	$48.4M	2,433	$686	15
Sat Jul 1	#6	$2.4M	+43%	-54%	$50.8M	2,433	$982	16
Sun Jul 2	#5	$2.6M	+9%	-30%	$53.4M	2,433	$1K	17
Mon Jul 3	#6	$1.7M	-36%	+32%	$55.1M	2,433	$690	18
Tue Jul 4	#6	$1.3M	-20%	+11%	$56.5M	2,433	$552	19
Wed Jul 5	#8	$723K	-46%	-24%	$57.2M	2,433	$297	20
Thu Jul 6	#8	$722K	n/c	-26%	$57.9M	2,433	$296	21
Fri Jul 7	#9	$1.0M	+44%	-38%	$58.9M	2,262	$459	22
Sat Jul 8	#7	$1.5M	+46%	-36%	$60.5M	2,262	$671	23
Sun Jul 9	#8	$1.2M	-23%	-55%	$62.0M	2,262	$514	24
Mon Jul 10	#10	$418K	-64%	-75%	$62.4M	2,262	$184	25
Tue Jul 11	#10	$421K	+1%	-69%	$62.9M	2,262	$186	26
Wed Jul 12	#10	$367K	-13%	-49%	$63.2M	2,262	$162	27
Thu Jul 13	#10	$369K	n/c	-49%	$63.6M	2,262	$162	28
Fri Jul 14	#10	$581K	+58%	-44%	$64.2M	1,747	$332	29
Sat Jul 15	#10	$869K	+50%	-43%	$65.0M	1,747	$497	30
Sun Jul 16	#11	$669K	-23%	-43%	$66.0M	1,747	$382	31
Mon Jul 17	#12	$247K	-63%	-41%	$66.2M	1,747	$141	32
Tue Jul 18	#12	$248K	n/c	-41%	$66.5M	1,747	$141	33
Wed Jul 19	#14	$211K	-15%	-43%	$66.7M	1,747	$120	34
Thu Jul 20	#13	$204K	-3%	-45%	$66.9M	1,747	$116	35
Sun Jul 23	#16	$281K		-58%	$67.9M	1,225	$229	38
Mon Jul 24	#17	$105K	-63%	-58%	$68.1M	1,225	$85	39
Tue Jul 25	#17	$109K	+4%	-56%	$68.2M	1,225	$89	40
Wed Jul 26	#18	$100K	-8%	-52%	$68.3M	1,225	$81	41
Sun Jul 30	#19	$136K		-52%	$68.8M	757	$179	45
Mon Jul 31	#20	$51K	-62%	-51%	$68.9M	757	$67	46
Tue Aug 1	#20	$53K	+2%	-52%	$68.9M	757	$69	47
Wed Aug 2	#20	$47K	-10%	-53%	$69.0M	757	$62	48
Thu Aug 3	#20	$48K	+1%		$69.0M	757	$63	49

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Jun 16-18	1	$21.7M	—	$21.7M	2,337	$9K	1
Jun 23-25	3	$12.7M	-41.5%	$42.4M	2,407	$5K	2
Jun 30-Jul 2	6	$6.7M	-47.5%	$53.4M	2,433	$3K	3
Jul 7-9	7	$4.1M	-38.2%	$62.0M	2,262	$2K	4
Jul 14-16	10	$2.4M	-42.0%	$66.0M	1,747	$1K	5
Jul 21-23	15	$1.1M	-55.6%	$67.9M	1,225	$863	6
Jul 28-30	19	$455K	-57.0%	$68.8M	757	$600	7
Aug 4-6	32	$150K	-67.0%	$69.2M	463	$324	8
Aug 11-13	42	$98K	-34.8%	$69.4M	245	$399	9
Aug 18-20	55	$43K	-56.1%	$69.5M	101	$425	10
Sep 15-17 Sydney Olympics	29	$265K	+517.3%	$69.8M	353	$751	11
Sep 22-24 Sydney Olympics	35	$174K	-34.5%	$70.1M	303	$573	12
Sep 29-Oct 1 Sydney Olympics	49	$70K	-59.5%	$70.2M	177	$397	13
Oct 6-8	60	$38K	-45.5%	$70.3M	101	$379	14

Performance Charts

Daily Gross

Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Week-over-Week Drop

Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byJohn Singleton

ScreenplayJohn Singleton, Shane Salerno, Richard Price

StarringSamuel L. Jackson, Vanessa Williams, Jeffrey Wright, Christian Bale, Busta Rhymes, Dan Hedaya

StudioParamount Pictures