Name: We Were Soldiers
Director: Randall Wallace
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Released: 2002
Cast: Mel Gibson, Madeleine Stowe, Greg Kinnear, Sam Elliott, Chris Klein

Box Office Performance

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Mar 1	#1	$5.5M		—	$5.5M	3,143	$2K	1
Sat Mar 2	#1	$9.3M	+67%	—	$14.8M	3,143	$3K	2
Sun Mar 3	#1	$5.4M	-42%	—	$20.2M	3,143	$2K	3
Mon Mar 4	#1	$1.7M	-69%	—	$21.9M	3,143	$528	4
Tue Mar 5	#1	$1.6M	-1%	—	$23.5M	3,143	$522	5
Wed Mar 6	#1	$1.4M	-14%	—	$24.9M	3,143	$449	6
Thu Mar 7	#1	$1.4M	n/c	—	$26.3M	3,143	$450	7
Fri Mar 8	#2	$3.6M	+156%	-35%	$30.0M	3,143	$1K	8
Sat Mar 9	#2	$6.7M	+85%	-28%	$36.9M	3,143	$2K	9
Sun Mar 10	#2	$3.7M	-45%	-32%	$40.6M	3,143	$1K	10
Mon Mar 11	#2	$1.1M	-70%	-33%	$41.7M	3,143	$351	11
Tue Mar 12	#2	$1.2M	+9%	-26%	$42.9M	3,143	$384	12
Wed Mar 13	#2	$1.0M	-16%	-28%	$43.9M	3,143	$323	13
Thu Mar 14	#2	$954K	-6%	-33%	$44.8M	3,143	$303	14
Fri Mar 15	#5	$2.3M	+139%	-37%	$47.1M	3,143	$726	15
Sat Mar 16	#5	$3.7M	+61%	-45%	$50.8M	3,143	$1K	16
Sun Mar 17	#5	$2.1M	-43%	-43%	$53.3M	3,143	$668	17
Mon Mar 18	#5	$673K	-68%	-39%	$54.0M	3,143	$214	18
Tue Mar 19	#5	$702K	+4%	-42%	$54.7M	3,143	$223	19
Wed Mar 20	#5	$606K	-14%	-40%	$55.3M	3,143	$192	20
Thu Mar 21	#5	$603K	n/c	-37%	$55.9M	3,143	$191	21
Fri Mar 22	#6	$2.1M	+245%	-9%	$58.0M	2,859	$727	22
Sat Mar 23	#6	$2.6M	+26%	-29%	$60.6M	2,859	$918	23
Sun Mar 24	#7	$1.3M	-49%	-37%	$61.6M	2,859	$465	24
Mon Mar 25	#7	$517K	-61%	-23%	$62.2M	2,859	$180	25
Tue Mar 26	#6	$584K	+13%	-17%	$62.7M	2,859	$204	26
Wed Mar 27	#6	$536K	-8%	-12%	$63.3M	2,859	$187	27
Thu Mar 28	#7	$603K	+13%	n/c	$63.9M	2,859	$210	28
Fri Mar 29	#10	$1.3M	+114%	-38%	$65.2M	2,046	$631	29
Sat Mar 30	#9	$1.5M	+14%	-44%	$66.6M	2,046	$717	30
Sun Mar 31	#8	$963K	-34%	-28%	$67.6M	2,046	$470	31
Mon Apr 1	#11	$406K	-58%	-21%	$68.0M	2,046	$198	32
Tue Apr 2	#8	$395K	-3%	-32%	$68.4M	2,046	$193	33
Wed Apr 3	#7	$388K	-2%	-28%	$68.8M	2,046	$189	34
Thu Apr 4	#7	$369K	-5%	-39%	$69.2M	2,046	$180	35
Fri Apr 5	#11	$678K	+84%	-48%	$69.8M	2,046	$331	36
Sat Apr 6	#11	$1.1M	+56%	-28%	$70.9M	2,046	$515	37
Mon Apr 8	#9	$176K		-57%	$71.9M	1,740	$101	39
Tue Apr 9	#9	$204K	+16%	-48%	$72.1M	1,740	$117	40
Wed Apr 10	#9	$183K	-10%	-53%	$72.3M	1,740	$105	41
Thu Apr 11	#9	$181K	-1%	-51%	$72.4M	1,740	$104	42

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Mar 1-3	1	$20.2M	—	$20.2M	3,143	$6K	1
Mar 8-10	2	$14.2M	-29.7%	$40.6M	3,143	$5K	2
Mar 15-17	5	$8.5M	-40.3%	$53.3M	3,143	$3K	3
Mar 22-24	6	$5.7M	-32.5%	$61.6M	2,859	$2K	4
Mar 29-31	9	$3.7M	-35.0%	$67.6M	2,046	$2K	5
Apr 5-7	11	$2.5M	-31.9%	$71.7M	1,740	$1K	6
Apr 12-14	14	$1.4M	-43.7%	$73.9M	1,112	$1K	7
Apr 19-21	14	$892K	-37.6%	$75.3M	838	$1K	8
Apr 26-28	22	$542K	-39.3%	$76.2M	602	$900	9
May 3-5	25	$366K	-32.5%	$76.8M	448	$816	10
May 10-12	27	$279K	-23.7%	$77.2M	352	$792	11
May 17-19	26	$178K	-36.3%	$77.5M	241	$737	12
May 24-27	25	$276K	+55.4%	$77.8M	322	$858	13
May 31-Jun 2 World Cup (Korea/Japan)	30	$78K	-71.9%	$78.0M	234	$331	14
Jun 7-9 World Cup (Korea/Japan)	38	$42K	-45.3%	$78.1M	105	$403	15

Performance Charts

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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 byRandall Wallace

ScreenplayRandall Wallace

StarringMel Gibson, Madeleine Stowe, Greg Kinnear, Sam Elliott, Chris Klein, Keri Russell

StudioParamount Pictures