Name: Tears of the Sun
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Released: 2003
Cast: Bruce Willis, Monica Bellucci, Cole Hauser, Eamonn Walker, Johnny Messner

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Mar 7	#2	$5.81M		—	$5.81M	2,973	$2.0K	1
Sat Mar 8	#2	$6.74M	+16.1%	—	$12.55M	2,973	$2.3K	2
Sun Mar 9	#2	$4.51M	-33.1%	—	$17.06M	2,973	$1.5K	3
Mon Mar 10	#2	$1.35M	-70.2%	—	$18.40M	2,973	$453	4
Tue Mar 11	#2	$1.36M	+0.9%	—	$19.76M	2,973	$457	5
Wed Mar 12	#2	$1.14M	-16.0%	—	$20.90M	2,973	$384	6
Thu Mar 13	#2	$1.11M	-2.4%	—	$22.02M	2,973	$375	7
Fri Mar 14	#4	$2.56M	+130.0%	-55.9%	$24.58M	2,973	$862	8
Sat Mar 15	#4	$3.69M	+44.0%	-45.3%	$28.27M	2,973	$1.2K	9
Sun Mar 16	#4	$2.46M	-33.4%	-45.6%	$30.72M	2,973	$826	10
Mon Mar 17	#4	$662K	-73.0%	-50.8%	$31.38M	2,973	$223	11
Tue Mar 18	#5	$802K	+21.1%	-40.9%	$32.19M	2,973	$270	12
Wed Mar 19	#5	$647K	-19.3%	-43.3%	$32.83M	2,973	$218	13
Thu Mar 20	#5	$653K	+0.9%	-41.4%	$33.49M	2,973	$220	14
Fri Mar 21	#8	$1.28M	+95.9%	-50.1%	$34.77M	2,810	$455	15
Sat Mar 22	#8	$2.08M	+62.7%	-43.6%	$36.85M	2,810	$741	16
Sun Mar 23	#8	$1.08M	-48.3%	-56.2%	$37.92M	2,810	$383	17
Mon Mar 24	#8	$363K	-66.2%	-45.2%	$38.28M	2,810	$129	18
Tue Mar 25	#8	$403K	+11.0%	-49.8%	$38.69M	2,810	$143	19
Wed Mar 26	#8	$366K	-9.2%	-43.4%	$39.05M	2,810	$130	20
Thu Mar 27	#8	$374K	+2.2%	-42.7%	$39.43M	2,810	$133	21

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Mar 7-9	2	$17.06M	—	$17.06M	2,973	$5.7K	1
Mar 14-16	4	$8.71M	-49.0%	$30.72M	2,973	$2.9K	2
Mar 21-23	8	$4.44M	-49.0%	$37.92M	2,810	$1.6K	3
Mar 28-30	13	$2.01M	-54.8%	$41.43M	1,764	$1.1K	4
Apr 4-6	20	$706K	-64.8%	$42.80M	855	$825	5
Apr 11-13	30	$210K	-70.2%	$43.26M	343	$613	6
Apr 18-20	48	$89K	-57.6%	$43.43M	123	$725	7
Apr 25-27	56	$45K	-49.7%	$43.51M	71	$631	8
May 2-4	74	$21K	-54.0%	$43.55M	71	$290	9
May 16-18	43	$64K	—	$43.63M	133	$480	11

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

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Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byAntoine Fuqua

ScreenplayAlex Lasker, Patrick Cirillo

Produced byIan Bryce, Mike Lobell, Arnold Rifkin

CinematographyMauro Fiore

Music byHans Zimmer

StarringBruce Willis, Monica Bellucci, Cole Hauser, Eamonn Walker, Johnny Messner, Nick Chinlund, Tom Skerritt

StudioRevolution Studios

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