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

Box Office Performance

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

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

StudioWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures