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

Box Office Performance

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Dec 5	#1	$8.2M		—	$8.2M	2,908	$3K	1
Sat Dec 6	#1	$9.2M	+12%	—	$17.6M	2,908	$3K	2
Sun Dec 7	#1	$6.7M	-27%	—	$24.3M	2,908	$2K	3
Mon Dec 8	#1	$2.2M	-66%	—	$26.5M	2,908	$771	4
Tue Dec 9	#1	$2.3M	+3%	—	$28.8M	2,908	$795	5
Wed Dec 10	#1	$2.0M	-12%	—	$30.9M	2,908	$698	6
Thu Dec 11	#1	$1.9M	-5%	—	$32.8M	2,908	$662	7
Fri Dec 12	#2	$4.5M	+133%	-45%	$37.3M	2,908	$2K	8
Sat Dec 13	#2	$6.0M	+34%	-34%	$43.1M	2,908	$2K	9
Sun Dec 14	#1	$3.8M	-37%	-43%	$46.9M	2,908	$1K	10
Mon Dec 15	#2	$1.3M	-66%	-42%	$48.2M	2,908	$448	11
Tue Dec 16	#2	$1.4M	+5%	-41%	$49.5M	2,908	$469	12
Wed Dec 17	#3	$1.1M	-19%	-45%	$50.7M	2,908	$382	13
Thu Dec 18	#3	$1.1M	-4%	-45%	$51.7M	2,908	$365	14
Fri Dec 19	#4	$2.1M	+98%	-53%	$53.8M	2,938	$714	15
Sat Dec 20	#4	$3.0M	+43%	-50%	$56.8M	2,938	$1K	16
Sun Dec 21	#4	$2.7M	-11%	-30%	$59.5M	2,938	$906	17
Mon Dec 22	#5	$1.4M	-49%	+5%	$60.9M	2,938	$465	18
Tue Dec 23	#5	$1.6M	+17%	+17%	$62.5M	2,938	$544	19
Wed Dec 24	#4	$1.1M	-28%	+3%	$63.6M	2,938	$391	20
Thu Dec 25	#8	$2.4M	+109%	+126%	$65.9M	2,557	$938	21
Fri Dec 26	#8	$2.9M	+19%	+36%	$68.8M	2,557	$1K	22
Sat Dec 27	#8	$2.9M	+2%	-3%	$71.8M	2,557	$1K	23
Sun Dec 28	#8	$2.6M	-12%	-4%	$74.3M	2,557	$1K	24
Mon Dec 29	#8	$1.8M	-30%	+30%	$76.1M	2,557	$695	25
Tue Dec 30	#8	$1.9M	+8%	+20%	$78.0M	2,557	$752	26
Wed Dec 31	#8	$1.7M	-12%	+48%	$79.7M	2,557	$664	27
Thu Jan 1	#8	$2.7M	+59%	+12%	$82.4M	2,557	$1K	28
Fri Jan 2	#8	$2.7M	n/c	-6%	$85.1M	2,401	$1K	29
Sat Jan 3	#8	$2.8M	+5%	-2%	$88.3M	2,401	$1K	30
Sun Jan 4	#8	$1.7M	-39%	-32%	$90.0M	2,401	$727	31
Mon Jan 5	#6	$664K	-62%	-63%	$90.7M	2,401	$276	32
Tue Jan 6	#5	$678K	+2%	-65%	$91.4M	2,401	$282	33
Wed Jan 7	#5	$648K	-4%	-62%	$92.0M	2,401	$269	34
Thu Jan 8	#5	$622K	-4%	-77%	$92.6M	2,401	$259	35
Fri Jan 9	#10	$1.3M	+109%	-52%	$93.9M	1,901	$683	36
Sat Jan 10	#9	$2.0M	+52%	-31%	$95.9M	1,901	$1K	37
Sun Jan 11	#8	$1.3M	-37%	-28%	$97.2M	1,901	$658	38
Mon Jan 12	#6	$414K	-67%	-38%	$97.6M	1,901	$217	39
Tue Jan 13	#7	$460K	+11%	-32%	$98.1M	1,901	$241	40
Wed Jan 14	#7	$402K	-13%	-38%	$98.5M	1,901	$211	41
Thu Jan 15	#7	$418K	+4%	-33%	$98.9M	1,901	$219	42
Mon Jan 19	#13	$585K		+41%	$97.2M	1,403	$417	46
Tue Jan 20	#9	$271K	-54%	-41%	$102.9M	1,403	$193	47
Wed Jan 21	#9	$232K	-14%	-42%	$103.1M	1,403	$165	48
Thu Jan 22	#9	$256K	+10%	-39%	$103.3M	1,403	$182	49
Mon Feb 16	#29	$93K			$109.5M	267	$346	74

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Dec 5-7	1	$24.3M	—	$24.3M	2,908	$8K	1
Dec 12-14	2	$14.1M	-42.0%	$46.9M	2,908	$5K	2
Dec 19-21	4	$7.8M	-44.8%	$59.5M	2,938	$3K	3
Dec 26-28	8	$8.3M	+7.2%	$74.3M	2,557	$3K	4
Jan 2-4	8	$7.4M	-11.4%	$90.0M	2,401	$3K	5
Jan 9-11	9	$4.6M	-38.3%	$97.2M	1,901	$2K	6
Jan 16-18	10	$3.1M	-31.4%	$102.0M	1,403	$2K	7
Jan 23-25	12	$2.2M	-30.3%	$105.5M	1,115	$2K	8
Jan 30-Feb 1	19	$1.2M	-44.7%	$107.5M	808	$1K	9
Feb 6-8	22	$693K	-42.4%	$108.6M	441	$2K	10
Feb 13-15	23	$543K	-21.7%	$109.4M	267	$2K	11
Feb 20-22	27	$391K	-28.0%	$110.1M	220	$2K	12
Feb 27-29	41	$151K	-61.3%	$110.3M	136	$1K	13
Mar 5-7	35	$166K	+9.8%	$110.6M	339	$490	14
Mar 12-14	38	$127K	-23.8%	$110.8M	281	$450	15
Mar 19-21	42	$91K	-28.2%	$110.9M	220	$413	16
Mar 26-28	49	$65K	-29.0%	$111.1M	168	$384	17
Apr 2-4	64	$30K	-53.6%	$111.1M	102	$293	18

Performance Charts

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

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

StudioWarner Bros.