Name: The Horse Whisperer
Director: Robert Redford
Genre: Drama, Romance, Western
Released: 1998
Cast: Robert Redford, Kristin Scott Thomas, Sam Neill, Dianne Wiest, Scarlett Johansson

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri May 15	#1	$4.40M		—	$4.40M	2,039	$2.2K	1
Sat May 16	#2	$5.62M	+27.6%	—	$10.02M	2,039	$2.8K	2
Sun May 17	#2	$3.61M	-35.7%	—	$13.69M	2,039	$1.8K	3
Mon May 18	#2	$1.24M	-65.8%	—	$14.92M	2,039	$607	4
Tue May 19	#3	$1.22M	-1.6%	—	$16.14M	2,039	$597	5
Wed May 20	#2	$1.17M	-3.6%	—	$17.31M	2,039	$575	6
Thu May 21	#3	$1.27M	+8.2%	—	$18.58M	2,039	$622	7
Fri May 22	#3	$2.85M	+124.5%	-35.2%	$21.43M	2,049	$1.4K	8
Sat May 23	#3	$4.32M	+51.6%	-23.1%	$25.75M	2,049	$2.1K	9
Sun May 24	#3	$4.00M	-7.4%	+10.7%	$29.75M	2,049	$2.0K	10
Mon May 25	#3	$3.27M	-18.3%	+164.3%	$33.10M	2,049	$1.6K	11
Tue May 26	#3	$1.02M	-68.8%	-16.3%	$34.12M	2,049	$497	12
Wed May 27	#2	$963K	-5.4%	-17.9%	$35.08M	2,049	$470	13
Thu May 28	#2	$995K	+3.3%	-21.6%	$36.08M	2,049	$486	14
Fri May 29	#4	$2.08M	+108.5%	-27.2%	$38.15M	2,189	$948	15
Sat May 30	#4	$3.36M	+61.9%	-22.2%	$41.51M	2,189	$1.5K	16
Sun May 31	#4	$1.95M	-42.1%	-51.4%	$43.41M	2,189	$889	17
Mon Jun 1	#4	$693K	-64.4%	-78.8%	$44.11M	2,189	$317	18
Tue Jun 2	#4	$840K	+21.1%	-17.6%	$44.95M	2,189	$384	19
Wed Jun 3	#3	$775K	-7.7%	-19.5%	$45.72M	2,189	$354	20
Thu Jun 4	#4	$853K	+10.0%	-14.3%	$46.58M	2,189	$390	21
Fri Jun 5	#6	$1.45M	+69.4%	-30.4%	$48.02M	2,362	$612	22
Sat Jun 6	#6	$2.40M	+66.4%	-28.4%	$50.42M	2,362	$1.0K	23
Sun Jun 7	#6	$1.39M	-42.2%	-28.5%	$51.82M	2,362	$588	24
Mon Jun 8	#5	$591K	-57.5%	-14.7%	$52.41M	2,362	$250	25
Tue Jun 9	#5	$712K	+20.4%	-15.2%	$53.13M	2,362	$302	26
Wed Jun 10	#5	$620K	-13.0%	-20.1%	$53.75M	2,362	$262	27
Thu Jun 11	#5	$701K	+13.1%	-17.8%	$54.45M	2,362	$297	28
Fri Jun 12	#9	$1.04M	+47.7%	-28.4%	$55.48M	2,286	$453	29
Sat Jun 13	#8	$1.74M	+68.1%	-27.7%	$57.22M	2,286	$761	30
Sun Jun 14	#7	$1.08M	-38.0%	-22.4%	$58.40M	2,286	$472	31
Mon Jun 15	#8	$480K	-55.5%	-18.8%	$58.88M	2,286	$210	32
Tue Jun 16	#7	$560K	+16.6%	-21.4%	$59.44M	2,286	$245	33
Wed Jun 17	#8	$524K	-6.4%	-15.5%	$59.96M	2,286	$229	34
Thu Jun 18	#7	$528K	+0.9%	-24.6%	$60.49M	2,286	$231	35
Fri Jun 19	#10	$730K	+38.2%	-29.5%	$61.22M	1,852	$394	36
Sat Jun 20	#10	$1.04M	+42.4%	-40.2%	$62.26M	1,852	$562	37
Sun Jun 21	#9	$681K	-34.5%	-36.9%	$63.06M	1,852	$368	38
Mon Jun 22	#9	$343K	-49.7%	-28.6%	$63.41M	1,852	$185	39
Tue Jun 23	#9	$417K	+21.8%	-25.4%	$63.82M	1,852	$225	40
Wed Jun 24	#9	$406K	-2.6%	-22.4%	$64.23M	1,852	$219	41
Thu Jun 25	#8	$416K	+2.4%	-21.3%	$64.65M	1,852	$225	42
Fri Jun 26	#10	$560K	+34.6%	-23.3%	$65.22M	1,419	$395	43
Sat Jun 27	#9	$835K	+49.1%	-19.7%	$66.05M	1,419	$588	44
Sun Jun 28	#10	$515K	-38.3%	-24.4%	$66.53M	1,419	$363	45
Mon Jun 29	#10	$259K	-49.7%	-24.5%	$66.79M	1,419	$182	46
Tue Jun 30	#10	$322K	+24.3%	-22.9%	$67.11M	1,419	$227	47
Wed Jul 1	#10	$219K	-32.0%	-46.1%	$67.34M	1,151	$190	48
Thu Jul 2	#10	$280K	+27.9%	-32.7%	$67.63M	1,151	$243	49
Fri Jul 3	#10	$475K	+69.6%	-15.2%	$68.10M	1,048	$453	50
Sat Jul 4	#9	$441K	-7.2%	-47.2%	$68.54M	1,048	$421	51
Sun Jul 5	#10	$403K	-8.6%	-21.7%	$68.95M	1,048	$385	52
Tue Jul 7	#10	$217K		-32.4%	$69.35M	1,048	$208	54
Wed Jul 8	#10	$222K	+2.2%	+1.5%	$69.57M	1,048	$212	55
Thu Jul 9	#10	$213K	-4.3%	-24.0%	$69.79M	1,048	$203	56

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
May 15-17	2	$13.69M	—	$13.69M	2,039	$6.7K	1
May 22-25	3	$14.52M	+6.1%	$33.10M	2,049	$7.1K	2
May 29-31	4	$7.34M	-49.4%	$43.41M	2,189	$3.4K	3
Jun 5-7	6	$5.25M	-28.5%	$51.82M	2,362	$2.2K	4
Jun 12-14	8	$3.95M	-24.8%	$58.40M	2,286	$1.7K	5
Jun 19-21	10	$2.58M	-34.7%	$63.06M	1,852	$1.4K	6
Jun 26-28	10	$1.89M	-26.8%	$66.53M	1,419	$1.3K	7
Jul 3-5	10	$1.34M	-28.9%	$68.95M	1,048	$1.3K	8
Jul 10-12	14	$832K	-38.0%	$70.62M	670	$1.2K	9
Jul 17-19	17	$548K	-34.2%	$71.62M	493	$1.1K	10
Jul 24-26	21	$348K	-36.5%	$72.27M	361	$965	11
Jul 31-Aug 2	20	$394K	+13.2%	$72.84M	418	$943	12
Aug 7-9	22	$444K	+12.7%	$73.54M	527	$843	13
Aug 14-16	25	$321K	-27.7%	$74.12M	455	$706	14
Aug 21-23	31	$228K	-29.1%	$74.51M	337	$676	15
Aug 28-30	41	$152K	-33.4%	$74.77M	215	$706	16
Sep 4-7	40	$143K	-5.9%	$74.96M	159	$898	17
Sep 11-13	41	$85K	-40.3%	$75.07M	161	$529	18
Sep 18-20	46	$70K	-18.2%	$75.18M	133	$524	19
Sep 25-27	53	$50K	-28.3%	$75.27M	—	—	20
Oct 9-11	59	$34K	—	$75.37M	—	—	22

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

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Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byRobert Redford

ScreenplayEric Roth, Richard LaGravenese

Produced byRobert Redford, Patrick Markey

CinematographyRobert Richardson

Music byThomas Newman

StarringRobert Redford, Kristin Scott Thomas, Sam Neill, Dianne Wiest, Scarlett Johansson, Chris Cooper, Cherry Jones

StudioTouchstone Pictures

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