Name: The Ring
Director: Gore Verbinski
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Released: 2002
Cast: Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson, David Dorfman, Brian Cox, Jane Alexander

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Oct 18	#1	$4.84M		—	$4.84M	1,981	$2.4K	1
Sat Oct 19	#1	$6.32M	+31%	—	$11.17M	1,981	$3.2K	2
Sun Oct 20	#1	$3.85M	-39%	—	$15.02M	1,981	$1.9K	3
Mon Oct 21	#1	$1.39M	-64%	—	$16.40M	1,981	$700	4
Tue Oct 22	#1	$1.47M	+6%	—	$17.87M	1,981	$742	5
Wed Oct 23	#1	$1.39M	-5%	—	$19.27M	1,981	$702	6
Thu Oct 24	#1	$1.64M	+18%	—	$20.90M	1,981	$826	7
Fri Oct 25	#2	$6.09M	+272%	+26%	$26.99M	2,634	$2.3K	8
Sat Oct 26	#2	$7.77M	+28%	+23%	$34.76M	2,634	$2.9K	9
Sun Oct 27	#2	$4.63M	-40%	+20%	$39.39M	2,634	$1.8K	10
Mon Oct 28	#2	$1.41M	-70%	+1%	$40.80M	2,634	$533	11
Tue Oct 29	#2	$1.52M	+8%	+4%	$42.32M	2,634	$578	12
Wed Oct 30	#2	$1.33M	-13%	-5%	$43.65M	2,634	$504	13
Thu Oct 31	#1	$2.78M	+109%	+70%	$46.43M	2,634	$1.1K	14
Fri Nov 1	#2	$5.69M	+105%	-6%	$52.12M	2,808	$2.0K	15
Sat Nov 2	#2	$7.84M	+38%	+1%	$59.96M	2,808	$2.8K	16
Sun Nov 3	#2	$4.58M	-42%	-1%	$64.54M	2,808	$1.6K	17
Mon Nov 4	#2	$1.49M	-67%	+6%	$66.04M	2,808	$532	18
Tue Nov 5	#2	$1.58M	+6%	+4%	$67.62M	2,808	$563	19
Wed Nov 6	#1	$1.16M	-27%	-13%	$68.78M	2,808	$413	20
Thu Nov 7	#2	$1.31M	+13%	-53%	$70.09M	2,808	$467	21
Fri Nov 8	#3	$5.10M	+289%	-10%	$75.20M	2,927	$1.7K	22
Sat Nov 9	#3	$6.32M	+24%	-19%	$81.52M	2,927	$2.2K	23
Sun Nov 10	#3	$4.08M	-35%	-11%	$85.60M	2,927	$1.4K	24
Mon Nov 11	#3	$1.90M	-53%	+27%	$87.50M	2,927	$648	25
Tue Nov 12	#2	$893K	-53%	-44%	$88.39M	2,927	$305	26
Wed Nov 13	#2	$783K	-12%	-33%	$89.18M	2,927	$267	27
Thu Nov 14	#2	$845K	+8%	-36%	$90.02M	2,927	$288	28
Fri Nov 15	#3	$3.58M	+324%	-30%	$93.60M	2,882	$1.2K	29
Sat Nov 16	#4	$4.77M	+33%	-24%	$98.38M	2,882	$1.7K	30
Sun Nov 17	#4	$2.31M	-52%	-43%	$100.68M	2,882	$800	31
Mon Nov 18	#3	$607K	-74%	-68%	$101.29M	2,882	$210	32
Tue Nov 19	#3	$701K	+15%	-22%	$101.99M	2,882	$243	33
Wed Nov 20	#3	$599K	-15%	-23%	$102.59M	2,882	$207	34
Thu Nov 21	#3	$686K	+15%	-19%	$103.28M	2,882	$238	35
Fri Nov 22	#5	$2.52M	+267%	-30%	$105.80M	2,628	$958	36
Sat Nov 23	#6	$3.34M	+33%	-30%	$109.14M	2,628	$1.3K	37
Sun Nov 24	#6	$1.67M	-50%	-28%	$110.84M	2,628	$635	38
Mon Nov 25	#6	$537K	-68%	-12%	$111.38M	2,628	$204	39
Tue Nov 26	#5	$822K	+53%	+17%	$112.20M	2,628	$312	40
Wed Nov 27	#10	$1.03M	+26%	+72%	$113.23M	1,912	$539	41
Thu Nov 28	#9	$1.29M	+25%	+88%	$114.52M	1,912	$673	42
Fri Nov 29	#10	$2.17M	+69%	-14%	$116.69M	1,912	$1.1K	43
Sat Nov 30	#9	$2.18M	n/c	-35%	$118.87M	1,912	$1.1K	44
Sun Dec 1	#9	$958K	-56%	-43%	$119.78M	1,912	$500	45
Mon Dec 2	#10	$254K	-73%	-53%	$120.03M	1,912	$132	46
Tue Dec 3	#9	$276K	+9%	-66%	$120.31M	1,912	$144	47
Wed Dec 4	#9	$236K	-14%	-77%	$120.55M	1,912	$123	48
Thu Dec 5	#9	$246K	+4%	-81%	$120.79M	1,912	$128	49
Fri Dec 6	#9	$839K	+241%	-61%	$121.63M	1,642	$510	50
Sat Dec 7	#9	$1.16M	+38%	-47%	$122.79M	1,642	$707	51
Sun Dec 8	#11	$519K	-55%	-46%	$123.31M	1,642	$316	52
Mon Dec 9	#11	$165K	-68%	-35%	$123.48M	1,642	$100	53
Tue Dec 10	#10	$188K	+14%	-32%	$123.67M	1,642	$114	54
Wed Dec 11	#11	$173K	-8%	-27%	$123.84M	1,642	$105	55
Thu Dec 12	#10	$175K	+1%	-29%	$124.01M	1,642	$106	56
Fri Dec 13	#12	$438K	+150%	-48%	$124.45M	1,282	$341	57
Sat Dec 14	#12	$590K	+35%	-49%	$125.04M	1,282	$460	58
Sun Dec 15	#13	$316K	-46%	-39%	$125.36M	1,282	$246	59

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Oct 18-20	1	$15.02M	—	$15.02M	1,981	$7.6K	1
Oct 25-27	2	$18.49M	+23.1%	$39.39M	2,634	$7.0K	2
Nov 1-3	2	$18.12M	-2.0%	$64.54M	2,808	$6.5K	3
Nov 8-10	3	$15.51M	-14.4%	$85.60M	2,927	$5.3K	4
Nov 15-17	4	$10.66M	-31.2%	$100.68M	2,882	$3.7K	5
Nov 22-24	6	$7.56M	-29.1%	$110.84M	2,628	$2.9K	6
Nov 29-Dec 1	9	$5.26M	-30.4%	$119.78M	1,912	$2.8K	7
Dec 6-8	10	$2.52M	-52.1%	$123.31M	1,642	$1.5K	8
Dec 13-15	14	$1.34M	-46.6%	$125.36M	1,282	$1.0K	9
Dec 20-22	22	$369K	-72.5%	$126.22M	373	$990	10
Dec 27-29	32	$298K	-19.2%	$126.76M	237	$1.3K	11
Jan 3-5	33	$235K	-21.1%	$127.23M	206	$1.1K	12
Jan 10-12	36	$169K	-28.1%	$127.48M	195	$867	13
Jan 17-19	28	$343K	+102.5%	$127.87M	366	$936	14
Jan 24-26	29	$252K	-26.5%	$128.29M	332	$758	15
Jan 31-Feb 2	35	$207K	-17.8%	$128.58M	261	$793	16
Feb 7-9	44	$115K	-44.5%	$128.75M	122	$942	17
Feb 14-17 Presidents' Day	48	$78K	-32.4%	$128.85M	105	$739	18
Feb 21-23	50	$53K	-32.3%	$128.93M	105	$500	19

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 byGore Verbinski

ScreenplayEhren Kruger

Produced byWalter F. Parkes, Laurie MacDonald

CinematographyBojan Bazelli

MusicHans Zimmer

StarringNaomi Watts, Martin Henderson, David Dorfman, Brian Cox, Jane Alexander, Lindsay Frost

StudioDreamWorks Distribution

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