Name: The Guardian
Director: Andrew Davis
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Released: 2006
Cast: Kevin Costner, Ashton Kutcher, Sela Ward, Melissa Sagemiller, Clancy Brown

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Sep 29	#2	$5.60M		—	$5.60M	3,241	$1.7K	1
Sat Sep 30	#2	$7.80M	+39.3%	—	$13.40M	3,241	$2.4K	2
Sun Oct 1	#2	$4.60M	-41.0%	—	$18.01M	3,241	$1.4K	3
Mon Oct 2	#2	$1.35M	-70.6%	—	$19.36M	3,241	$417	4
Tue Oct 3	#1	$1.21M	-10.4%	—	$20.57M	3,241	$374	5
Wed Oct 4	#1	$1.10M	-8.8%	—	$21.67M	3,241	$341	6
Thu Oct 5	#1	$1.08M	-2.2%	—	$22.75M	3,241	$333	7
Fri Oct 6	#5	$2.94M	+172.4%	-47.5%	$25.69M	3,241	$908	8
Sat Oct 7	#5	$4.13M	+40.4%	-47.0%	$29.82M	3,241	$1.3K	9
Sun Oct 8	#5	$2.50M	-39.6%	-45.8%	$32.32M	3,241	$770	10
Mon Oct 9	#5	$1.06M	-57.7%	-21.8%	$33.38M	3,241	$326	11
Tue Oct 10	#4	$629K	-40.4%	-48.0%	$34.00M	3,241	$194	12
Wed Oct 11	#4	$616K	-2.1%	-44.2%	$34.62M	3,241	$190	13
Thu Oct 12	#4	$645K	+4.8%	-40.3%	$35.27M	3,241	$199	14
Fri Oct 13	#7	$1.76M	+172.1%	-40.3%	$37.02M	3,044	$577	15
Sat Oct 14	#7	$2.61M	+48.8%	-36.8%	$39.63M	3,044	$858	16
Sun Oct 15	#7	$1.50M	-42.6%	-39.9%	$41.13M	3,044	$492	17
Mon Oct 16	#7	$430K	-71.3%	-59.3%	$41.56M	3,044	$141	18
Tue Oct 17	#6	$471K	+9.7%	-25.1%	$42.03M	3,044	$155	19
Wed Oct 18	#6	$425K	-9.9%	-31.0%	$42.46M	3,044	$140	20
Thu Oct 19	#6	$449K	+5.6%	-30.5%	$42.91M	3,044	$147	21
Mon Oct 23	#10	$250K		-41.8%	$46.81M	2,558	$98	25
Tue Oct 24	#10	$257K	+2.8%	-45.5%	$47.06M	2,558	$101	26
Wed Oct 25	#10	$241K	-6.3%	-43.3%	$47.31M	2,558	$94	27
Thu Oct 26	#9	$263K	+9.1%	-41.4%	$47.57M	2,558	$103	28
Fri Oct 27	#11	$721K	+174.4%	—	$48.29M	2,558	$282	29
Sat Oct 28	#10	$1.08M	+50.1%	—	$49.37M	2,558	$423	30
Sun Oct 29	#11	$572K	-47.1%	—	$49.94M	2,558	$224	31
Fri Nov 3	#-	$512K		-29.0%	$51.16M	1,274	$402	36
Sat Nov 4	#-	$766K	+49.6%	-29.2%	$51.93M	1,274	$601	37
Mon Dec 25	#45	$7K		—	$54.87M	101	$67	88

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Sep 29-Oct 1	2	$18.01M	—	$18.01M	3,241	$5.6K	1
Oct 6-8	5	$9.57M	-46.9%	$32.32M	3,241	$3.0K	2
Oct 13-15	7	$5.87M	-38.7%	$41.13M	3,044	$1.9K	3
Oct 20-22	11	$3.65M	-37.8%	$46.56M	2,558	$1.4K	4
Oct 27-29	11	$2.38M	-34.9%	$49.94M	1,973	$1.2K	5
Nov 3-5	13	$1.63M	-31.2%	$52.28M	1,274	$1.3K	6
Nov 10-12	18	$784K	-52.0%	$53.57M	626	$1.3K	7
Nov 17-19	26	$225K	-71.3%	$54.00M	292	$772	8
Nov 24-26	27	$232K	+3.1%	$54.34M	332	$700	9
Dec 1-3	25	$150K	-35.3%	$54.57M	314	$479	10
Dec 8-10	30	$97K	-35.3%	$54.72M	244	$399	11
Dec 15-17	39	$54K	-44.7%	$54.81M	168	$320	12
Dec 22-24	43	$25K	-52.6%	$54.87M	101	$252	13
Dec 29-31	40	$51K	+100.7%	$54.97M	95	$538	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 byAndrew Davis

ScreenplayRon L. Brinkerhoff

Produced byBeau Flynn, Tripp Vinson

CinematographyStephen St. John

Music byTrevor Rabin

StarringKevin Costner, Ashton Kutcher, Sela Ward, Melissa Sagemiller, Clancy Brown, Neal McDonough, Dulé Hill

StudioTouchstone Pictures

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