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2004 • PG-13 • 1h 40m • Documentary • Samuel Goldwyn Films

A film of epic portions

🍅 92% 72%

73

7.2

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$517K

Limited · 41 theaters

Domestic total

$11.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$22.20M

$10.70M international

Budget$65K

Domestic legs10.7x from $1.1M biggest weekend

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Cast & crew

Directed byMorgan Spurlock ScreenplayMorgan Spurlock Produced byMorgan Spurlock CinematographyScott Ambrozy MusicSteve Horowitz StarringMorgan Spurlock, Alexandra Jamieson StudioSamuel Goldwyn Films

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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 7-9 20 $516.6K — 41 $12,601 $516.6K

2 May 14-16 12 $759.2K +47% 113 $6,718 $1.5M

3 May 21-23 10 $973.6K +28% 148 $6,578 $2.9M

4 May 28-30 9 $1.1M +11% 197 $5,492 $4.6M

5 Jun 4-6 10 $842.7K −22% 205 $4,110 $6.2M

6 Jun 11-13 13 $820.7K −3% 230 $3,568 $7.5M

7 Jun 18-20 13 $616.7K −25% 230 $2,681 $8.7M

8 Jun 25-27 17 $383.2K −38% 190 $2,016 $9.5M

9 Jul 2-4 21 $215.9K −44% 152 $1,420 $10.0M

10 Jul 9-11 26 $173.2K −20% 132 $1,312 $10.3M

11 Jul 16-18 30 $146.0K −16% 127 $1,149 $10.6M

12 Jul 23-25 38 $118.5K −19% 118 $1,004 $10.9M

13 Jul 30-Aug 1 44 $66.2K −44% 90 $735 $11.0M

14 Aug 6-8 52 $47.1K −29% 65 $724 $11.1M

15 Aug 13-15 58 $47.6K +1% 71 $670 $11.2M

16 Aug 20-22 57 $39.3K −18% 39 $1,006 $11.3M

17 Aug 27-29 60 $26.1K −34% 40 $651 $11.3M

18 Sep 3-5 63 $26.6K +2% 31 $859 $11.4M

19 Sep 10-12 61 $33.2K +25% 43 $771 $11.5M

20 Sep 17-19 81 $13.8K −58% 30 $459 $11.5M

21 Sep 24-26 81 $16.2K +18% 20 $810 $11.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Mon May 17 #10 $110.0K — $1.6M 113 $973 -11

Tue May 18 #10 $117.0K +6% $1.8M 113 $1,035 -10

Wed May 19 #10 $105.0K −10% $1.9M 113 $929 -9

Sat May 22 #9 $500.0K — $2.7M 148 $3,378 -6

Sun May 23 #10 $304.0K −39% $2.9M 148 $2,054 -5

Mon May 24 #9 $189.0K −38% +72% $3.1M 148 $1,277 -4

Tue May 25 #9 $131.0K −31% +12% $3.3M 148 $885 -3

Wed May 26 #9 $144.0K +10% +37% $3.4M 148 $972 -2

Thu May 27 #9 $131.0K −9% $3.5M 148 $885 -1

Fri May 28 #10 $300.0K +129% $3.8M 197 $1,522 1

Sat May 29 #9 $397.0K +32% −21% $4.2M 197 $2,015 2

Sun May 30 #10 $377.0K −5% +24% $4.6M 197 $1,913 3

Mon May 31 #10 $324.0K −14% +71% $4.9M 197 $1,644 4

Tue Jun 1 #9 $154.0K −52% +18% $5.1M 197 $781 5

Wed Jun 2 #9 $151.0K −2% +5% $5.2M 197 $766 6

Thu Jun 3 #9 $130.0K −14% −1% $5.4M 197 $659 7

Fri Jun 4 #10 $250.0K +92% −17% $5.6M 205 $1,219 8

Sat Jun 5 #10 $345.0K +38% −13% $5.9M 205 $1,682 9

Sun Jun 6 #9 $260.0K −25% −31% $6.2M 205 $1,268 10

Mon Jun 7 #9 $114.0K −56% −65% $6.3M 205 $556 11

Tue Jun 8 #9 $137.0K +20% −11% $6.5M 205 $668 12

Wed Jun 9 #9 $146.0K +7% −3% $6.6M 205 $712 13

Thu Jun 10 #9 $145.0K −1% +12% $6.8M 205 $707 14

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

Cumulative total$6.8M

May 17May 25May 30Jun 5Jun 10

Weekend grossWk 10 · $173.2K

$516.6K

$759.2K

$973.6K

$1.1M

$842.7K

$820.7K

$616.7K

$383.2K

$215.9K

$173.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 205 → 205 +0.0%

113 open205 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −20%

+47%

W1→2

+28%

W2→3

+11%

W3→4

−22%

W4→5

−3%

W5→6

−25%

W6→7

−38%

W7→8

−44%

W8→9

−20%

W9→10

Steepest −44%Biggest gain +47%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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