Name: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Director: Garth Jennings
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Released: 2005
Cast: Martin Freeman, Yasiin Bey, Zooey Deschanel, Sam Rockwell, Alan Rickman

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Apr 29	#1	$7.8M		—	$7.8M	3,133	$2K	1
Sat Apr 30	#1	$8.5M	+9%	—	$16.3M	3,133	$3K	2
Sun May 1	#1	$4.8M	-44%	—	$21.1M	3,133	$2K	3
Mon May 2	#1	$1.4M	-70%	—	$22.5M	3,133	$455	4
Tue May 3	#1	$1.3M	-12%	—	$23.8M	3,133	$401	5
Wed May 4	#1	$1.1M	-10%	—	$24.9M	3,133	$361	6
Thu May 5	#1	$1.1M	-6%	—	$26.0M	3,133	$340	7
Fri May 6	#3	$2.9M	+172%	-63%	$28.9M	3,133	$925	8
Sat May 7	#3	$4.1M	+42%	-52%	$33.0M	3,133	$1K	9
Sun May 8	#2	$2.8M	-32%	-41%	$35.8M	3,133	$890	10
Mon May 9	#4	$713K	-74%	-50%	$36.5M	3,133	$227	11
Tue May 10	#4	$682K	-4%	-46%	$37.2M	3,133	$217	12
Wed May 11	#4	$643K	-6%	-43%	$37.8M	3,133	$205	13
Thu May 12	#4	$647K	+1%	-39%	$38.5M	3,133	$206	14
Fri May 13	#7	$1.4M	+116%	-52%	$39.9M	2,770	$505	15
Sat May 14	#7	$2.2M	+59%	-46%	$42.1M	2,770	$802	16
Sun May 15	#7	$1.5M	-34%	-48%	$43.5M	2,770	$525	17
Mon May 16	#7	$408K	-72%	-43%	$43.9M	2,770	$147	18
Tue May 17	#7	$388K	-5%	-43%	$44.3M	2,770	$140	19
Wed May 18	#8	$333K	-14%	-48%	$44.6M	2,770	$120	20
Thu May 19	#9	$202K	-39%	-69%	$44.8M	2,770	$72	21
Fri May 20	#9	$571K	+183%	-59%	$45.4M	2,211	$258	22
Sat May 21	#9	$857K	+50%	-61%	$46.3M	2,211	$387	23
Sun May 22	#9	$626K	-27%	-57%	$46.9M	2,211	$283	24
Mon May 23	#9	$254K	-59%	-38%	$47.2M	2,211	$114	25
Tue May 24	#9	$206K	-19%	-47%	$47.4M	2,211	$93	26
Wed May 25	#9	$208K	+1%	-38%	$47.6M	2,211	$94	27
Thu May 26	#9	$247K	+19%	+22%	$47.8M	2,211	$111	28
Mon May 30	#11	$235K		-7%	$48.8M	801	$293	32
Mon Jul 4	#25	$38K			$50.5M	284	$134	67

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Apr 29-May 1	1	$21.1M	—	$21.1M	3,133	$7K	1
May 6-8	3	$9.8M	-53.6%	$35.8M	3,133	$3K	2
May 13-15	7	$5.0M	-48.4%	$43.5M	2,770	$2K	3
May 20-22	9	$2.1M	-59.3%	$46.9M	2,211	$929	4
May 27-29	11	$723K	-64.8%	$48.5M	801	$902	5
Jun 3-5	16	$322K	-55.5%	$49.3M	301	$1K	6
Jun 10-12	26	$148K	-54.0%	$49.6M	151	$979	7
Jun 17-19	28	$113K	-23.6%	$49.8M	145	$779	8
Jun 24-26	22	$234K	+106.8%	$50.1M	166	$1K	9
Jul 1-3	26	$207K	-11.4%	$50.5M	284	$728	10
Jul 8-10	26	$161K	-22.0%	$50.8M	265	$609	11
Jul 15-17	32	$99K	-38.7%	$51.0M	200	$495	12

Performance Charts

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

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 byGarth Jennings

ScreenplayDouglas Adams, Karey Kirkpatrick

Produced byGary Barber, Roger Birnbaum, Jonathan Glickman, Nick Goldsmith, Jay Roach

CinematographyIgor Jadue-Lillo

MusicJoby Talbot

StarringMartin Freeman, Yasiin Bey, Zooey Deschanel, Sam Rockwell, Alan Rickman, Anna Chancellor

StudioWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures