Name: The Last Samurai
Director: Edward Zwick
Genre: Action, Drama
Released: 2003
Cast: Tom Cruise, Timothy Spall, Tony Goldwyn, Shin Koyamada, Billy Connolly

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Dec 5	#1	$8.20M		—	$8.20M	2,908	$2.8K	1
Sat Dec 6	#1	$9.20M	+12%	—	$17.58M	2,908	$3.2K	2
Sun Dec 7	#1	$6.69M	-27%	—	$24.27M	2,908	$2.3K	3
Mon Dec 8	#1	$2.24M	-66%	—	$26.52M	2,908	$771	4
Tue Dec 9	#1	$2.31M	+3%	—	$28.83M	2,908	$795	5
Wed Dec 10	#1	$2.03M	-12%	—	$30.86M	2,908	$698	6
Thu Dec 11	#1	$1.93M	-5%	—	$32.79M	2,908	$662	7
Fri Dec 12	#2	$4.50M	+133%	-45%	$37.30M	2,908	$1.5K	8
Sat Dec 13	#2	$6.03M	+34%	-34%	$43.10M	2,908	$2.1K	9
Sun Dec 14	#1	$3.78M	-37%	-43%	$46.87M	2,908	$1.3K	10
Mon Dec 15	#2	$1.30M	-66%	-42%	$48.18M	2,908	$448	11
Tue Dec 16	#2	$1.36M	+5%	-41%	$49.54M	2,908	$469	12
Wed Dec 17	#3	$1.11M	-19%	-45%	$50.66M	2,908	$382	13
Thu Dec 18	#3	$1.06M	-4%	-45%	$51.72M	2,908	$365	14
Fri Dec 19	#4	$2.10M	+98%	-53%	$53.80M	2,938	$714	15
Sat Dec 20	#4	$3.00M	+43%	-50%	$56.82M	2,938	$1.0K	16
Sun Dec 21	#4	$2.66M	-11%	-30%	$59.49M	2,938	$906	17
Mon Dec 22	#5	$1.37M	-49%	+5%	$60.86M	2,938	$465	18
Tue Dec 23	#5	$1.60M	+17%	+17%	$62.46M	2,938	$544	19
Wed Dec 24	#4	$1.15M	-28%	+3%	$63.61M	2,938	$391	20
Thu Dec 25	#8	$2.40M	+109%	+126%	$65.92M	2,557	$938	21
Fri Dec 26	#8	$2.86M	+19%	+36%	$68.78M	2,557	$1.1K	22
Sat Dec 27	#8	$2.91M	+2%	-3%	$71.77M	2,557	$1.1K	23
Sun Dec 28	#8	$2.56M	-12%	-4%	$74.32M	2,557	$1.0K	24
Mon Dec 29	#8	$1.78M	-30%	+30%	$76.10M	2,557	$695	25
Tue Dec 30	#8	$1.92M	+8%	+20%	$78.03M	2,557	$752	26
Wed Dec 31	#8	$1.70M	-12%	+48%	$79.70M	2,557	$664	27
Thu Jan 1	#8	$2.70M	+59%	+12%	$82.40M	2,557	$1.1K	28
Fri Jan 2	#8	$2.70M	n/c	-6%	$85.10M	2,401	$1.1K	29
Sat Jan 3	#8	$2.85M	+5%	-2%	$88.27M	2,401	$1.2K	30
Sun Jan 4	#8	$1.75M	-39%	-32%	$90.02M	2,401	$727	31
Mon Jan 5	#6	$664K	-62%	-63%	$90.68M	2,401	$276	32
Tue Jan 6	#5	$678K	+2%	-65%	$91.36M	2,401	$282	33
Wed Jan 7	#5	$648K	-4%	-62%	$92.01M	2,401	$269	34
Thu Jan 8	#5	$622K	-4%	-77%	$92.63M	2,401	$259	35
Fri Jan 9	#10	$1.30M	+109%	-52%	$93.90M	1,901	$683	36
Sat Jan 10	#9	$1.98M	+52%	-31%	$95.93M	1,901	$1.0K	37
Sun Jan 11	#8	$1.25M	-37%	-28%	$97.18M	1,901	$658	38
Mon Jan 12	#6	$414K	-67%	-38%	$97.60M	1,901	$217	39
Tue Jan 13	#7	$460K	+11%	-32%	$98.06M	1,901	$241	40
Wed Jan 14	#7	$402K	-13%	-38%	$98.46M	1,901	$211	41
Thu Jan 15	#7	$418K	+4%	-33%	$98.88M	1,901	$219	42
Mon Jan 19	#13	$585K		+41%	$102.58M	1,403	$417	46
Tue Jan 20	#9	$271K	-54%	-41%	$102.86M	1,403	$193	47
Wed Jan 21	#9	$232K	-14%	-42%	$103.09M	1,403	$165	48
Thu Jan 22	#9	$256K	+10%	-39%	$103.34M	1,403	$182	49
Mon Feb 16	#29	$93K			$109.53M	267	$346	74

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Dec 5-7	1	$24.27M	—	$24.27M	2,908	$8.3K	1
Dec 12-14	2	$14.09M	-42.0%	$46.87M	2,908	$4.8K	2
Dec 19-21	4	$7.77M	-44.8%	$59.49M	2,938	$2.6K	3
Dec 26-28	8	$8.33M	+7.2%	$74.32M	2,557	$3.3K	4
Jan 2-4	8	$7.37M	-11.4%	$90.02M	2,401	$3.1K	5
Jan 9-11	9	$4.55M	-38.3%	$97.18M	1,901	$2.4K	6
Jan 16-18	10	$3.12M	-31.4%	$102.00M	1,403	$2.2K	7
Jan 23-25	12	$2.18M	-30.3%	$105.52M	1,115	$2.0K	8
Jan 30-Feb 1	19	$1.20M	-44.7%	$107.46M	808	$1.5K	9
Feb 6-8	22	$693K	-42.4%	$108.64M	441	$1.6K	10
Feb 13-15	23	$543K	-21.7%	$109.44M	267	$2.0K	11
Feb 20-22	27	$391K	-28.0%	$110.07M	220	$1.8K	12
Feb 27-29	41	$151K	-61.3%	$110.33M	136	$1.1K	13
Mar 5-7	35	$166K	+9.8%	$110.57M	339	$490	14
Mar 12-14	38	$127K	-23.8%	$110.79M	281	$450	15
Mar 19-21	42	$91K	-28.2%	$110.95M	220	$413	16
Mar 26-28	49	$65K	-29.0%	$111.05M	168	$384	17
Apr 2-4	64	$30K	-53.6%	$111.11M	102	$293	18

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 byEdward Zwick

ScreenplayEdward Zwick, John Logan, Marshall Herskovitz

Produced byMarshall Herskovitz, Edward Zwick, Tom Cruise, Paula Wagner, Scott Kroopf

CinematographyJohn Toll

MusicHans Zimmer

StarringTom Cruise, Timothy Spall, Tony Goldwyn, Shin Koyamada, Billy Connolly, Togo Igawa

StudioWarner Bros.

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