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Walk the Line

2005 PG-13 2h 16m Biography, Drama, Music 20th Century Fox

Love is a burning thing.

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$120M
Final
Opening Weekend
$22.3M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
5.35x
Opening → Total
Budget
$28.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$187M
$67.3M international
2005 Rank
#16
Domestic

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Nov 18-20 2 $22.3M $22.3M 2,961 $8K 1
Nov 25-27 2 $19.2M -14.0% $54.0M 3,138 $6K 2
Dec 2-4 3 $9.5M -50.4% $68.3M 3,160 $3K 3
Dec 9-11 4 $5.7M -39.8% $77.0M 3,034 $2K 4
Dec 16-18 6 $3.7M -35.7% $82.6M 2,664 $1K 5
Dec 23-25 15 $1.6M -56.7% $86.3M 1,183 $1K 6
Dec 30-Jan 1 15 $2.7M +66.7% $91.7M 1,160 $2K 7
Jan 6-8 17 $2.1M -20.7% $95.4M 1,028 $2K 8
Jan 13-15 18 $1.8M -16.2% $97.9M 864 $2K 9
Jan 20-22 13 $3.1M +73.4% $102.1M 1,125 $3K 10
Jan 27-29 12 $3.0M -1.1% $106.1M 1,201 $3K 11
Feb 3-5 9 $3.3M +8.4% $110.6M 1,577 $2K 12
Feb 10-12 Torino Olympics 13 $2.0M -39.7% $113.6M 1,248 $2K 13
Feb 17-19 Torino Olympics 12 $1.5M -22.3% $116.1M 883 $2K 14
Feb 24-26 Torino Olympics 20 $726K -52.9% $117.5M 492 $1K 15
Mar 3-5 26 $489K -32.6% $118.2M 375 $1K 16
Mar 10-12 26 $343K -30.0% $118.8M 321 $1K 17
Mar 17-19 34 $203K -40.6% $119.1M 260 $782 18
Mar 24-26 41 $98K -51.9% $119.3M 148 $661 19

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Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byJames Mangold
ScreenplayJames Mangold, Gill Dennis
StarringJoaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Ginnifer Goodwin, Robert Patrick, Dallas Roberts, Dan John Miller
Studio20th Century Fox