Name: The Best Man
Director: Malcolm D. Lee
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Released: 1999
Cast: Taye Diggs, Nia Long, Morris Chestnut, Harold Perrineau, Terrence Howard

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Oct 22	#1	$2.90M		—	$2.90M	1,345	$2.2K	1
Sat Oct 23	#1	$3.70M	+27.4%	—	$6.61M	1,345	$2.8K	2
Sun Oct 24	#1	$2.47M	-33.2%	—	$9.03M	1,345	$1.8K	3
Mon Oct 25	#1	$747K	-69.8%	—	$9.78M	1,346	$555	4
Tue Oct 26	#2	$660K	-11.7%	—	$10.44M	1,346	$490	5
Wed Oct 27	#1	$605K	-8.2%	—	$11.04M	1,346	$450	6
Thu Oct 28	#1	$612K	+1.2%	—	$11.66M	1,346	$455	7
Fri Oct 29	#2	$1.77M	+189.0%	-39.1%	$13.43M	1,350	$1.3K	8
Sat Oct 30	#2	$2.82M	+59.3%	-23.8%	$16.25M	1,350	$2.1K	9
Sun Oct 31	#2	$1.62M	-42.6%	-34.5%	$17.94M	1,348	$1.2K	10
Mon Nov 1	#2	$505K	-68.8%	-32.3%	$18.44M	1,348	$375	11
Tue Nov 2	#5	$431K	-14.7%	-34.6%	$18.87M	1,348	$320	12
Wed Nov 3	#4	$398K	-7.8%	-34.3%	$19.27M	1,348	$295	13
Thu Nov 4	#3	$425K	+6.8%	-30.7%	$19.70M	1,348	$315	14
Fri Nov 5	#6	$1.15M	+171.8%	-34.8%	$20.85M	1,290	$895	15
Sat Nov 6	#6	$2.01M	+74.5%	-28.6%	$22.86M	1,290	$1.6K	16
Sun Nov 7	#5	$1.13M	-43.9%	-30.2%	$24.04M	1,348	$838	17
Mon Nov 8	#5	$277K	-75.4%	-45.1%	$24.32M	1,348	$206	18
Tue Nov 9	#8	$252K	-9.3%	-41.7%	$24.57M	1,348	$187	19
Wed Nov 10	#10	$272K	+8.2%	-31.6%	$24.84M	1,290	$211	20
Thu Nov 11	#10	$408K	+50.0%	-3.9%	$25.25M	1,290	$316	21
Fri Nov 12	#14	$650K	+59.3%	-43.7%	$25.90M	1,045	$622	22
Sat Nov 13	#11	$1.03M	+59.2%	-48.6%	$26.93M	1,045	$990	23
Sun Nov 14	#9	$648K	-37.4%	-42.6%	$27.65M	1,053	$615	24
Mon Nov 15	#10	$168K	-74.0%	-39.3%	$27.82M	1,053	$160	25
Tue Nov 16	#13	$142K	-15.6%	-43.5%	$27.96M	1,053	$135	26
Wed Nov 17	#14	$137K	-3.7%	-49.7%	$28.10M	1,053	$130	27
Thu Nov 18	#13	$142K	+3.8%	-65.2%	$28.24M	1,053	$135	28
Fri Nov 19	#15	$346K	+143.4%	-46.8%	$28.58M	758	$456	29
Sat Nov 20	#14	$622K	+79.8%	-39.9%	$29.20M	758	$821	30
Sun Nov 21	#12	$352K	-43.4%	-45.7%	$29.57M	766	$460	31
Mon Nov 22	#14	$92K	-73.9%	-45.4%	$29.67M	766	$120	32
Tue Nov 23	#16	$96K	+4.1%	-32.7%	$29.76M	766	$125	33
Sun Nov 28	#14	$223K		-36.6%	$31.34M	506	$441	38
Mon Nov 29	#15	$61K	-72.8%	-33.9%	$31.41M	506	$120	39
Tue Nov 30	#19	$43K	-29.2%	-55.1%	$31.45M	506	$85	40
Wed Dec 1	#16	$46K	+5.9%	—	$31.49M	506	$90	41
Thu Dec 2	#16	$51K	+11.1%	—	$31.54M	506	$100	42
Sun Dec 5	#15	$143K		-35.9%	$32.13M	511	$280	45
Mon Dec 6	#18	$38K	-73.2%	-36.9%	$32.17M	511	$75	46
Tue Dec 7	#18	$38K	+0.2%	-10.7%	$32.21M	511	$75	47
Wed Dec 8	#18	$33K	-13.5%	-27.1%	$32.24M	511	$65	48
Thu Dec 9	#18	$36K	+7.7%	-29.3%	$32.28M	511	$70	49
Sun Dec 12	#15	$105K		-26.6%	$32.67M	457	$230	52
Mon Dec 13	#16	$30K	-71.7%	-22.5%	$32.70M	457	$65	53
Tue Dec 14	#17	$27K	-7.7%	-28.6%	$32.73M	457	$60	54
Wed Dec 15	#17	$27K	-0.8%	-18.1%	$32.75M	457	$60	55
Mon Jan 17	#36	$21K		—	$33.97M	144	$145	88

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Oct 22-24	1	$9.03M	—	$9.03M	1,346	$6.7K	1
Oct 29-31	2	$6.28M	-30.4%	$17.94M	1,348	$4.7K	2
Nov 5-7	5	$4.34M	-30.9%	$24.04M	1,290	$3.4K	3
Nov 12-14	12	$2.40M	-44.7%	$27.65M	1,053	$2.3K	4
Nov 19-21	14	$1.34M	-44.3%	$29.57M	766	$1.7K	5
Nov 26-28	13	$1.20M	-10.1%	$31.34M	506	$2.4K	6
Dec 3-5	15	$585K	-51.3%	$32.13M	511	$1.1K	7
Dec 10-12	15	$393K	-32.8%	$32.67M	457	$860	8
Dec 17-19	19	$258K	-34.5%	$33.04M	318	$810	9
Dec 24-26	29	$132K	-48.6%	$33.29M	146	$906	10
Dec 31-Jan 2	39	$114K	-13.9%	$33.29M	156	$731	11
Jan 7-9	34	$146K	+28.1%	$33.79M	146	$1.0K	12
Jan 14-16	40	$137K	-6.3%	$33.97M	144	$950	13
Jan 21-23	45	$80K	-41.5%	$34.07M	143	$560	14

Performance Charts

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

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Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byMalcolm D. Lee

ScreenplayMalcolm D. Lee

Produced bySpike Lee, Sam Kitt

CinematographyFrank Prinzi

Music byStanley Clarke

StarringTaye Diggs, Nia Long, Morris Chestnut, Harold Perrineau, Terrence Howard, Sanaa Lathan, Monica Calhoun, Regina Hall

StudioUniversal Pictures

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