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The Blind Swordsman: ZatoichiFollow

2003 • R • 1h 56m • Action, Comedy, Crime • Miramax

His sword made him a hero... his courage made him a legend.

🍅 87% 88% MC 75 IMDb 7.4

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$61K
Limited · 4 theaters
Domestic total
$854K
Partial tracking
Worldwide total
$30.87M
$30.02M international
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Cast & crew

Directed byTakeshi Kitano ScreenplayTakeshi Kitano Produced byMasayuki Mori, Takio Yoshida, Tsunehisa Saitô CinematographyKatsumi Yanagijima MusicKeiichi Suzuki Prod. DesignNorihiro Isoda StarringTakeshi Kitano, Tadanobu Asano, Michiyo Yasuda, Yui Natsukawa, Guadalcanal Taka, Daigorô Tachibana StudioMiramax

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jul 23-25 48 $61.1K — 4 $15,276 $61.1K
2 Jul 30-Aug 1 52 $54.1K −11.4% 8 $6,765 $155.9K
3 Aug 6-8 44 $81.0K +49.7% 22 $3,683 $269.9K
4 Aug 13-15 46 $97.6K +20.4% 34 $2,870 $416.3K
5 Aug 20-22 42 $108.4K +11.1% 55 $1,971 $584.6K
6 Aug 27-29 55 $41.8K −61.4% 39 $1,073 $682.5K
7 Sep 3-5 59 $37.4K −10.6% 53 $705 $743.7K
8 Sep 10-12 68 $25.9K −30.7% 42 $616 $795.5K
9 Sep 17-19 77 $17.8K −31.3% 25 $712 $827.2K
10 Sep 24-26 78 $17.4K −2.2% 18 $966 $853.7K
Weekend grossWk 10 · $17.4K
$61.1K
$54.1K
$81.0K
$97.6K
$108.4K
$41.8K
$37.4K
$25.9K
$17.8K
$17.4K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −2.2%
−11.4%
W1→2
+49.7%
W2→3
+20.4%
W3→4
+11.1%
W4→5
−61.4%
W5→6
−10.6%
W6→7
−30.7%
W7→8
−31.3%
W8→9
−2.2%
W9→10
Steepest −61.4%Biggest gain +49.7%

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