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

Box Office Performance

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

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Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byGarth Jennings

ScreenplayDouglas Adams, Karey Kirkpatrick

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

StudioWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures