Name: Sweet Home Alabama
Director: Andy Tennant
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Released: 2002
Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Josh Lucas, Patrick Dempsey, Candice Bergen, Mary Kay Place

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Sep 27	#1	$13.1M		—	$13.1M	3,293	$4K	1
Sat Sep 28	#1	$14.7M	+12%	—	$27.8M	3,293	$4K	2
Sun Sep 29	#1	$7.8M	-47%	—	$35.6M	3,293	$2K	3
Mon Sep 30	#1	$2.1M	-73%	—	$37.7M	3,293	$629	4
Tue Oct 1	#1	$2.3M	+11%	—	$40.0M	3,293	$700	5
Wed Oct 2	#1	$2.0M	-11%	—	$42.1M	3,293	$620	6
Thu Oct 3	#1	$1.9M	-5%	—	$44.0M	3,293	$587	7
Fri Oct 4	#2	$7.2M	+273%	-45%	$51.2M	3,303	$2K	8
Sat Oct 5	#2	$9.4M	+31%	-36%	$60.6M	3,303	$3K	9
Sun Oct 6	#2	$4.7M	-50%	-40%	$65.3M	3,303	$1K	10
Mon Oct 7	#2	$1.3M	-73%	-39%	$66.6M	3,303	$380	11
Tue Oct 8	#2	$1.4M	+10%	-40%	$68.0M	3,303	$416	12
Wed Oct 9	#2	$1.2M	-12%	-41%	$69.1M	3,303	$368	13
Thu Oct 10	#2	$1.3M	+10%	-31%	$70.5M	3,303	$403	14
Fri Oct 11	#2	$4.4M	+233%	-38%	$74.9M	3,313	$1K	15
Sat Oct 12	#2	$6.1M	+38%	-35%	$81.0M	3,313	$2K	16
Sun Oct 13	#2	$3.7M	-40%	-22%	$84.7M	3,313	$1K	17
Mon Oct 14	#2	$1.5M	-58%	+22%	$86.2M	3,313	$460	18
Tue Oct 15	#2	$903K	-41%	-34%	$87.1M	3,313	$272	19
Wed Oct 16	#2	$848K	-6%	-30%	$88.0M	3,313	$255	20
Thu Oct 17	#2	$922K	+9%	-31%	$88.9M	3,313	$278	21
Fri Oct 18	#2	$3.0M	+226%	-32%	$91.9M	3,282	$917	22
Sat Oct 19	#2	$4.4M	+47%	-28%	$96.4M	3,282	$1K	23
Sun Oct 20	#2	$2.1M	-52%	-42%	$98.5M	3,282	$642	24
Mon Oct 21	#3	$530K	-75%	-65%	$99.0M	3,282	$161	25
Tue Oct 22	#4	$611K	+15%	-32%	$99.6M	3,282	$186	26
Wed Oct 23	#3	$558K	-9%	-34%	$100.2M	3,282	$170	27
Thu Oct 24	#2	$607K	+9%	-34%	$100.8M	3,282	$184	28
Fri Oct 25	#4	$2.1M	+251%	-29%	$102.9M	3,182	$670	29
Sat Oct 26	#4	$3.0M	+38%	-34%	$105.9M	3,182	$927	30
Sun Oct 27	#4	$1.4M	-51%	-32%	$107.3M	3,182	$452	31
Mon Oct 28	#5	$368K	-74%	-31%	$107.7M	3,182	$115	32
Tue Oct 29	#5	$434K	+18%	-29%	$108.1M	3,182	$136	33
Wed Oct 30	#5	$364K	-16%	-35%	$108.5M	3,182	$114	34
Thu Oct 31	#5	$380K	+4%	-37%	$108.8M	3,182	$119	35
Fri Nov 1	#7	$1.3M	+254%	-37%	$110.2M	2,441	$550	36
Sat Nov 2	#7	$2.0M	+52%	-31%	$112.2M	2,441	$839	37
Sun Nov 3	#7	$1.2M	-41%	-16%	$113.4M	2,441	$494	38
Mon Nov 4	#7	$304K	-75%	-17%	$113.8M	2,441	$124	39
Tue Nov 5	#7	$381K	+25%	-12%	$114.1M	2,441	$156	40
Wed Nov 6	#8	$282K	-26%	-23%	$114.4M	2,441	$115	41
Thu Nov 7	#7	$323K	+15%	-15%	$114.7M	2,441	$132	42
Fri Nov 8	#7	$1.1M	+256%	-15%	$115.9M	2,004	$573	43
Sat Nov 9	#7	$1.7M	+46%	-18%	$117.6M	2,004	$838	44
Sun Nov 10	#7	$982K	-42%	-19%	$118.5M	2,004	$490	45
Mon Nov 11	#7	$495K	-50%	+63%	$119.0M	2,004	$247	46
Tue Nov 12	#9	$211K	-57%	-45%	$119.3M	2,004	$105	47
Wed Nov 13	#9	$196K	-7%	-30%	$119.5M	2,004	$97	48
Thu Nov 14	#8	$202K	+3%	-37%	$119.7M	2,004	$100	49
Fri Nov 15	#10	$719K	+256%	-37%	$120.4M	1,469	$489	50
Sat Nov 16	#10	$1.1M	+47%	-37%	$121.4M	1,469	$719	51
Sun Nov 17	#10	$458K	-57%	-53%	$121.9M	1,469	$311	52

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Sep 27-29	1	$35.6M	—	$35.6M	3,293	$11K	1
Oct 4-6	2	$21.3M	-40.2%	$65.3M	3,303	$6K	2
Oct 11-13	2	$14.3M	-33.1%	$84.7M	3,313	$4K	3
Oct 18-20	2	$9.6M	-33.0%	$98.5M	3,282	$3K	4
Oct 25-27	4	$6.5M	-31.8%	$107.3M	3,182	$2K	5
Nov 1-3	7	$4.6M	-29.5%	$113.4M	2,441	$2K	6
Nov 8-10	7	$3.8M	-17.1%	$118.5M	2,004	$2K	7
Nov 15-17	10	$2.2M	-41.4%	$121.9M	1,469	$2K	8
Nov 22-24	14	$1.0M	-53.4%	$123.4M	952	$1K	9
Nov 29-Dec 1	23	$411K	-60.5%	$124.2M	378	$1K	10
Dec 6-8	28	$160K	-61.0%	$124.4M	287	$558	11
Dec 13-15	36	$83K	-48.5%	$124.5M	203	$406	12
Dec 20-22	29	$209K	+153.7%	$124.8M	338	$619	13
Dec 27-29	29	$401K	+91.7%	$125.4M	326	$1K	14
Jan 3-5	31	$333K	-16.9%	$126.1M	294	$1K	15
Jan 10-12	34	$231K	-30.6%	$126.4M	267	$866	16
Jan 17-19	36	$173K	-25.4%	$126.7M	219	$788	17
Jan 24-26	39	$112K	-35.0%	$126.9M	182	$616	18
Jan 31-Feb 2	41	$116K	+3.0%	$127.0M	137	$843	19
Feb 7-9	48	$74K	-35.6%	$127.1M	114	$652	20

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 byAndy Tennant

ScreenplayC. Jay Cox

Produced byNeal H. Moritz, Stokely Chaffin

CinematographyAndrew Dunn

MusicGeorge Fenton

StarringReese Witherspoon, Josh Lucas, Patrick Dempsey, Candice Bergen, Mary Kay Place, Fred Ward

StudioWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures