Jet Li's Hero (2002)

Jet Li's Hero
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $53,652,140Details
International Box Office $123,883,818Details
Worldwide Box Office $177,535,958
Further financial details...

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$18,004,319 (33.6% of total gross)
Legs:2.98 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:30.2% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$17,000,000 (worldwide box office is 10.4 times production budget)
Theater counts:2,031 opening theaters/2,175 max. theaters, 6.0 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $93,135,276

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,701-1,800) 1,720 $53,652,140
All Time International Box Office (Rank 801-900) 868 $123,883,818
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,001-1,100) 1,046 $177,535,958

See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.


Watch Now On

iTunes:iTunes, iTunes, iTunes, iTunes
Google Play:Google Play
Vudu:Vudu, Vudu, Vudu

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: August 27th, 2004 (Wide) by Miramax
International Releases: October 24th, 2002 (Wide), released as Yingxiong 英雄 (China)
November 5th, 2004 (Wide) (Australia)
March 20th, 2014 (Wide) (South Korea)
Video Release: September 15th, 2009 by Miramax Video, released as Hero
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for stylized martial arts violence and a scene of sensuality
Running Time: 120 minutes
Comparisons: vs. Cellular
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Keywords: Martial Arts, Wire Fu, Political Assassination, Assassination, Political, Ancient China, War, Unreliable Narrator, Non-Chronological, Suicide, Action Adventure
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Action
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Historical Fiction
Production Countries: China, Hong Kong
Languages: Mandarin

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Labor Day (All Movies, 3-Day) 69 $8,807,757 Sep 3, 2004 10
Labor Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 87 $16,026,993 Sep 3, 2004 10
Labor Day (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon) 52 $11,514,757 Sep 3, 2004 10
Labor Day (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon, Inflation Adjusted) 46 $20,952,776 Sep 3, 2004 10
Lowest No. 1 Domestic 65 $8,807,757 Sep 3, 2004 10

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Aug 27, 2004 1 $18,004,319   2,031 $8,865   $18,004,319 1
Sep 3, 2004 1 $8,807,757 -51% 2,092 $4,210   $32,530,260 2
Sep 10, 2004 4 $4,420,702 -50% 2,175 $2,033   $41,652,507 3
Sep 17, 2004 7 $2,836,698 -36% 1,926 $1,473   $46,090,351 4
Sep 24, 2004 10 $2,244,628 -21% 1,713 $1,310   $49,231,569 5
Oct 1, 2004 14 $1,235,134 -45% 1,140 $1,083   $51,149,752 6
Oct 8, 2004 17 $657,625 -47% 667 $986   $52,199,022 7
Oct 15, 2004 20 $352,984 -46% 395 $894   $52,807,621 8
Oct 22, 2004 26 $166,158 -53% 226 $735   $53,095,537 9
Oct 29, 2004 29 $85,667 -48% 144 $595   $53,242,836 10
Nov 5, 2004 36 $64,510 -25% 90 $717   $53,345,588 11
Nov 12, 2004 30 $112,421 +74% 212 $530   $53,481,541 12
Nov 19, 2004 38 $57,020 -49% 144 $396   $53,583,486 13
Nov 26, 2004 51 $38,046 -33% 62 $614   $53,652,140 14

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Aug 27, 2004 1 $6,800,000     2,031 $3,348   $6,800,000 1
Aug 28, 2004 1 $6,600,000 -3%   2,031 $3,250   $13,400,000 2
Aug 29, 2004 1 $4,700,000 -29%   2,031 $2,314   $18,004,319 3
Aug 30, 2004 1 $1,791,000 -62%   2,031 $882   $19,795,000 4
Aug 31, 2004 1 $1,538,000 -14%   2,031 $757   $21,333,000 5
Sep 1, 2004 1 $1,215,000 -21%   2,031 $598   $22,548,000 6
Sep 2, 2004 1 $1,117,000 -8%   2,031 $550   $23,723,000 7
Sep 3, 2004 1 $2,500,000 +124% -63% 2,092 $1,195   $26,200,000 8
Sep 4, 2004 1 $3,221,000 +29% -51% 2,092 $1,540   $29,310,000 9
Sep 5, 2004 1 $3,221,000 n/c -31% 2,092 $1,540   $32,530,260 10
Sep 6, 2004 1 $2,707,000 -16% +51% 2,092 $1,294   $35,237,000 11
Sep 7, 2004 1 $770,000 -72% -50% 2,092 $368   $36,007,000 12
Sep 8, 2004 1 $627,000 -19% -48% 2,092 $300   $36,634,000 13
Sep 9, 2004 1 $569,000 -9% -49% 2,092 $272   $37,232,000 14
Sep 10, 2004 4 $1,200,000 +111% -52% 2,175 $552   $38,400,000 15
Sep 11, 2004 4 $1,929,000 +61% -40% 2,175 $887   $40,357,000 16
Sep 12, 2004 3 $1,296,000 -33% -60% 2,175 $596   $41,652,507 17
Sep 13, 2004 3 $397,000 -69% -85% 2,175 $183   $42,050,000 18
Sep 14, 2004 3 $385,000 -3% -50% 2,175 $177   $42,435,000 19
Sep 15, 2004 3 $411,000 +7% -34% 2,175 $189   $42,845,000 20
Sep 16, 2004 3 $432,000 +5% -24% 2,175 $199   $43,254,000 21
Sep 17, 2004 7 $800,000 +85% -33% 1,926 $415   $44,100,000 22
Sep 18, 2004 7 $1,242,000 +55% -36% 1,926 $645   $45,306,000 23
Sep 19, 2004 7 $785,000 -37% -39% 1,926 $408   $46,090,351 24
Sep 20, 2004 6 $240,000 -69% -40% 1,926 $125   $46,331,000 25
Sep 21, 2004 6 $267,000 +11% -31% 1,926 $139   $46,598,000 26
Sep 22, 2004 6 $239,000 -10% -42% 1,926 $124   $46,836,000 27
Sep 23, 2004 6 $214,000 -10% -50% 1,926 $111   $46,987,000 28
Sep 24, 2004 10 $500,000 +134% -38% 1,926 $260   $47,500,000 29
Sep 25, 2004 10 $1,052,000 +110% -15% 1,713 $614   $48,647,000 30
Sep 26, 2004 9 $585,000 -44% -25% 1,713 $342   $49,231,569 31
Sep 27, 2004 9 $174,000 -70% -28% 1,713 $102   $49,406,000 32
Sep 28, 2004 9 $195,000 +12% -27% 1,713 $114   $49,601,000 33
Sep 29, 2004 9 $172,000 -12% -28% 1,713 $100   $49,772,000 34
Sep 30, 2004 10 $152,000 -12% -29% 1,713 $89   $49,915,000 35

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Aug 27, 2004 1 $23,722,503   2,031 $11,680   $23,722,503 1
Sep 3, 2004 1 $13,509,302 -43% 2,092 $6,458   $37,231,805 2
Sep 10, 2004 3 $6,021,848 -55% 2,175 $2,769   $43,253,653 3
Sep 17, 2004 7 $3,733,288 -38% 1,926 $1,938   $46,986,941 4
Sep 24, 2004 10 $2,927,677 -22% 1,713 $1,709   $49,914,618 5
Oct 1, 2004 13 $1,626,779 -44% 1,140 $1,427   $51,541,397 6
Oct 8, 2004 17 $913,240 -44% 667 $1,369   $52,454,637 7
Oct 15, 2004 20 $474,742 -48% 395 $1,202   $52,929,379 8
Oct 22, 2004 26 $227,790 -52% 226 $1,008   $53,157,169 9
Oct 29, 2004 30 $123,909 -46% 144 $860   $53,281,078 10
Nov 5, 2004 37 $88,042 -29% 90 $978   $53,369,120 11
Nov 12, 2004 30 $157,346 +79% 212 $742   $53,526,466 12
Nov 19, 2004 38 $87,628 -44% 144 $609   $53,614,094 13
Nov 26, 2004 52 $38,046 -57% 62 $614   $53,652,140 14

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Australia 11/5/2004 $1,718,603 165 165 809 $4,141,488 1/17/2022
China 10/24/2002 $0000$0
South Korea 3/20/2014 $0 0 100 132 $24,603,260 3/17/2023
 
Rest of World $95,139,070
 
International Total$123,883,818 3/17/2023

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue are available through our research services. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.

Leading Cast

Zhang Ziyi    Moon
Jet Li    Nameless
Tony Leung Chiu Wai    Broken Sword
Maggie Cheung    Flying Snow
Donnie Yen    Sky
Daoming Chen    King of Qin

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Zhang Yimou    Director
Chris Chow    Screenwriter

DVD Releases for November 30, 2004

November 29th, 2004

Every week films get a second chance at success from the home market; or, in some cases, a first chance at success. Here is a list of wide releases, limited releases and a few from the growing TV on DVD section, including the winners of the DVD Pick of the Week, Spider-Man 2 - Special Edition and Tru Calling - The Complete First Season - Buy from Amazon. More...

Bridget has 26 million Reasons to Celebrate

November 17th, 2004

Bridget Jones: Edge of Reason opened in a mere half a dozen international markets over the weekend, but what an opening it was. Despite place on fewer than 1000 screens the film was able to pull in an amazing $26.7 million, the lion's share coming from the U.K. where the film took in $19.1 million on 496 screens, (including $5.9 million from sneak peaks.) That was the best opening for a Working Title film smashing the previous record of $11.1 million for Love Actually. In each market the film broke the record for Working Title films and more than doubled the original's debut. And even with legs that are expected to be much lower, it should be able to break $300 million internationally, although it may have trouble hitting $50 million domestically. More...

Dwarves Tower Above All

November 10th, 2004

It's a rare feat for a non-Hollywood film to top the international charts, but that's just what the German spoof, Seven Dwarfs, did this week. Playing in just three markets the film took in $10.6 million on under 1,000 screens. In its home market of Germany the film eased just 19% to $9.2 million; the result was not quite as good in Austria where it dropped a respectable 30% to $915,000, but it was in Switzerland where it shined - increasing 4% to $500,000. Overall the film has now made $29.0 million so far but the real test comes with increased competition from holiday fare and the ability to find an audience in non-German speaking markets. More...

Sharks Sink but Still Stay on Top

October 27th, 2004

Despite a 45% drop in its weekend haul, Shark Tale was able easily able to earn it third first place finish on the international charts. Still early in its run, the film took home $16.2 million in 4,368 theatres in 24 markets pushing its total to $80.3 million internationally. Without any openings the film relied on strong holdovers like in the U.K. where it drop 39%, in France it was off 32% and 35% in Germany. More...

Sharks do a Double-Take

October 20th, 2004

Thanks to mostly unopposed openings several more markets, Shark Tale was able to repeat as the international box office champ this week. Not only that, but its $29.6 million more than doubled its international tally prior to the start of the weekend as the film now sits at $56.2 million. The best opening of the weekend, and most likely of its international run, was in the U.K. where the film managed to take in $9.1 million, ($13.6 million if you include last week's previews.) In France the result was strong with $4.2 million but in the face of local competition, it could only manage $3.4 million in Germany. More...

Shark Attack

October 13th, 2004

With openings in nearly a dozen new markets, Shark Tale was able to take top spot on the international charts with $9.4 million in 16 markets, pushing its early total to $19.2 million internationally and over $100 million worldwide. Highlights include $4.4 million in the U.K., (including previews) and $2.05 million in Mexico. How happy the studio is with these results depends on their expectations. Compared to the average film, Shark Tale is a massive hit. But compared to Dreamworks previous digitally animated film, Shrek 2, it is a large drop. More...

Collateral Climbs to the Top

October 6th, 2004

Collateral finished first on the international charts breaking The Village's five week run on top. Although, with a weekly take of only $9.4 million in 28 markets, it has as much to do with the weakness of the competition as it does with the strength of the film itself. The largest chunk of that box office came from France, where the film earned $3.8 million. More...

Box Office Barely Alive

September 13th, 2004

There were very few surprises over the weekend, however, the box office as a whole was slightly depressed compared to expectations. This led to a 10.3% drop from last weekend, and more importantly a 9.4% drop from last year. After a summer that can best be described as mixed, Fall 2004 is getting off to a dubious start. Year to date 2004 has brought in $6.607 billion in ticket sales, up 4.8% from this time last year, inline with estimated ticket price increases. More...

Beating the Odds

September 10th, 2004

Historically speaking, the weekend after the Labor Day long weekend tends to be the slowest weekend of the year. But this year looks to buck the odds, as we should see a slight bounce from last weekend. And this increase should be thanks entirely to one movie, while this week's other new release will have to settle for a distant second place. The rest of the top five, and indeed the top ten, will finish way back but within a couple million of each other. More...

Box Office Struggles over Labor Day Weekend

September 7th, 2004

Labor Day Weekend is generally the second slowest weekend of the year (the slowest weekend of the year is usually the weekend after Labor Day). This year we saw more films open than usually do, but none of them opened well enough to be considered a real success. This resulted in a serious drop-off from last weekend of 14.4%. The year-to-year comparisons are a little off since Labor Day occurred a week earlier last year. Compared to Labor Day 2003, 2004 was off 13.5% for the 3-day frame and 14.4% for the 4-days. More...

Busy Labor Day Long Weekend

September 3rd, 2004

It's another weekend with lots of movies, but again the average theatre count is under 2000. But unlike last weekend when three of the four films were brutally attacked by critics, this week we have a perfect record, all four films are being brutally attacked by critics. At least the ones the critics got to see. I figure this weekend one film will do enough to be considered a success, or sorts, two will fail, and one will fail spectacularly. More...

A Hero's Welcome

August 30th, 2004

We had a surprise number one at the box office this weekend, and add to that a few holdovers that held up better than expected and the weekend wasn't as bad as it could have been. It was still down by 12.1% from last weekend, but was nearly flat with last year up just 1.24%. Granted, this time last year it was the Labor Day Long Weekend, which even as the slowest long weekend of the year will throw off the comparison by a little bit. Year to date 2004 continues to see its lead shrink and it now sits at just over 4%, barely more than ticket price inflation. More...

August Ends with a Whimper

August 27th, 2004

While it may look like a busy weekend at first glance as there are four wide releases, their average theatre count is under 2000. Also, three of the four are receiving some of the harshest responses from the critics seen this summer. Because of that, there should be a real drop at the overall box office this weekend, a downturn that won't end till mid-October, give or take a week. More...

Movie Websites Launches for August 20 - August 26

August 26th, 2004

During the past week promotional websites for several movies were launched and some older ones added additional content. Here the list of this week's releases, a couple of new sites and few updates including the winner for the week, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events - Official Site, which won also for CountOlaf.com. If you know of any new movie websites not on this list feel free to e-mail me with the details. More...

Movie Websites Launches for May 14 - May 20

May 20th, 2004

During the past week promotional websites for several movies were launched and some older ones added additional content. Here the list of this week's releases, a couple of new sites and few updates. It was another deceptively slow week as there are lots of site on the list, but none stood out as an award winning site. Many were simple placeholders, others had just minor updates, and the only three flash sites to launch were mostly marked coming soon. I was even tempted to not give out an award or maybe even bring in a ringer. But in the end I went with The Incredibles - Official Site. If you know of any new movie websites not on this list feel free to e-mail me with the details. More...

New Movie Release Dates - James Bond Will Return...

February 13th, 2004

This week's batch of new movie release dates is highlighted by MGM announcing the release date of the as-yet-untitled 21st James Bond Movie, a confirmed release date for Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, a curious move for the Bridget Jones sequel and the usual shuffling about as studios try to position their movies for the greatest chance of success. More...


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Metrics

Opening Weekend:$18,004,319 (33.6% of total gross)
Legs:2.98 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:30.2% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$17,000,000 (worldwide box office is 10.4 times production budget)
Theater counts:2,031 opening theaters/2,175 max. theaters, 6.0 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $93,135,276

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,701-1,800) 1,720 $53,652,140
All Time International Box Office (Rank 801-900) 868 $123,883,818
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,001-1,100) 1,046 $177,535,958

See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.


Watch Now On

iTunes:iTunes, iTunes, iTunes, iTunes
Google Play:Google Play
Vudu:Vudu, Vudu, Vudu

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: August 27th, 2004 (Wide) by Miramax
International Releases: October 24th, 2002 (Wide), released as Yingxiong 英雄 (China)
November 5th, 2004 (Wide) (Australia)
March 20th, 2014 (Wide) (South Korea)
Video Release: September 15th, 2009 by Miramax Video, released as Hero
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for stylized martial arts violence and a scene of sensuality
Running Time: 120 minutes
Comparisons: vs. Cellular
Create your own comparison chart…
Keywords: Martial Arts, Wire Fu, Political Assassination, Assassination, Political, Ancient China, War, Unreliable Narrator, Non-Chronological, Suicide, Action Adventure
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Action
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Historical Fiction
Production Countries: China, Hong Kong
Languages: Mandarin

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Labor Day (All Movies, 3-Day) 69 $8,807,757 Sep 3, 2004 10
Labor Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 87 $16,026,993 Sep 3, 2004 10
Labor Day (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon) 52 $11,514,757 Sep 3, 2004 10
Labor Day (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon, Inflation Adjusted) 46 $20,952,776 Sep 3, 2004 10
Lowest No. 1 Domestic 65 $8,807,757 Sep 3, 2004 10

Leading Cast

Zhang Ziyi    Moon
Jet Li    Nameless
Tony Leung Chiu Wai    Broken Sword
Maggie Cheung    Flying Snow
Donnie Yen    Sky
Daoming Chen    King of Qin

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Zhang Yimou    Director
Chris Chow    Screenwriter

DVD Releases for November 30, 2004

November 29th, 2004

Every week films get a second chance at success from the home market; or, in some cases, a first chance at success. Here is a list of wide releases, limited releases and a few from the growing TV on DVD section, including the winners of the DVD Pick of the Week, Spider-Man 2 - Special Edition and Tru Calling - The Complete First Season - Buy from Amazon. More...

Bridget has 26 million Reasons to Celebrate

November 17th, 2004

Bridget Jones: Edge of Reason opened in a mere half a dozen international markets over the weekend, but what an opening it was. Despite place on fewer than 1000 screens the film was able to pull in an amazing $26.7 million, the lion's share coming from the U.K. where the film took in $19.1 million on 496 screens, (including $5.9 million from sneak peaks.) That was the best opening for a Working Title film smashing the previous record of $11.1 million for Love Actually. In each market the film broke the record for Working Title films and more than doubled the original's debut. And even with legs that are expected to be much lower, it should be able to break $300 million internationally, although it may have trouble hitting $50 million domestically. More...

Dwarves Tower Above All

November 10th, 2004

It's a rare feat for a non-Hollywood film to top the international charts, but that's just what the German spoof, Seven Dwarfs, did this week. Playing in just three markets the film took in $10.6 million on under 1,000 screens. In its home market of Germany the film eased just 19% to $9.2 million; the result was not quite as good in Austria where it dropped a respectable 30% to $915,000, but it was in Switzerland where it shined - increasing 4% to $500,000. Overall the film has now made $29.0 million so far but the real test comes with increased competition from holiday fare and the ability to find an audience in non-German speaking markets. More...

Sharks Sink but Still Stay on Top

October 27th, 2004

Despite a 45% drop in its weekend haul, Shark Tale was able easily able to earn it third first place finish on the international charts. Still early in its run, the film took home $16.2 million in 4,368 theatres in 24 markets pushing its total to $80.3 million internationally. Without any openings the film relied on strong holdovers like in the U.K. where it drop 39%, in France it was off 32% and 35% in Germany. More...

Sharks do a Double-Take

October 20th, 2004

Thanks to mostly unopposed openings several more markets, Shark Tale was able to repeat as the international box office champ this week. Not only that, but its $29.6 million more than doubled its international tally prior to the start of the weekend as the film now sits at $56.2 million. The best opening of the weekend, and most likely of its international run, was in the U.K. where the film managed to take in $9.1 million, ($13.6 million if you include last week's previews.) In France the result was strong with $4.2 million but in the face of local competition, it could only manage $3.4 million in Germany. More...

Shark Attack

October 13th, 2004

With openings in nearly a dozen new markets, Shark Tale was able to take top spot on the international charts with $9.4 million in 16 markets, pushing its early total to $19.2 million internationally and over $100 million worldwide. Highlights include $4.4 million in the U.K., (including previews) and $2.05 million in Mexico. How happy the studio is with these results depends on their expectations. Compared to the average film, Shark Tale is a massive hit. But compared to Dreamworks previous digitally animated film, Shrek 2, it is a large drop. More...

Collateral Climbs to the Top

October 6th, 2004

Collateral finished first on the international charts breaking The Village's five week run on top. Although, with a weekly take of only $9.4 million in 28 markets, it has as much to do with the weakness of the competition as it does with the strength of the film itself. The largest chunk of that box office came from France, where the film earned $3.8 million. More...

Box Office Barely Alive

September 13th, 2004

There were very few surprises over the weekend, however, the box office as a whole was slightly depressed compared to expectations. This led to a 10.3% drop from last weekend, and more importantly a 9.4% drop from last year. After a summer that can best be described as mixed, Fall 2004 is getting off to a dubious start. Year to date 2004 has brought in $6.607 billion in ticket sales, up 4.8% from this time last year, inline with estimated ticket price increases. More...

Beating the Odds

September 10th, 2004

Historically speaking, the weekend after the Labor Day long weekend tends to be the slowest weekend of the year. But this year looks to buck the odds, as we should see a slight bounce from last weekend. And this increase should be thanks entirely to one movie, while this week's other new release will have to settle for a distant second place. The rest of the top five, and indeed the top ten, will finish way back but within a couple million of each other. More...

Box Office Struggles over Labor Day Weekend

September 7th, 2004

Labor Day Weekend is generally the second slowest weekend of the year (the slowest weekend of the year is usually the weekend after Labor Day). This year we saw more films open than usually do, but none of them opened well enough to be considered a real success. This resulted in a serious drop-off from last weekend of 14.4%. The year-to-year comparisons are a little off since Labor Day occurred a week earlier last year. Compared to Labor Day 2003, 2004 was off 13.5% for the 3-day frame and 14.4% for the 4-days. More...

Busy Labor Day Long Weekend

September 3rd, 2004

It's another weekend with lots of movies, but again the average theatre count is under 2000. But unlike last weekend when three of the four films were brutally attacked by critics, this week we have a perfect record, all four films are being brutally attacked by critics. At least the ones the critics got to see. I figure this weekend one film will do enough to be considered a success, or sorts, two will fail, and one will fail spectacularly. More...

A Hero's Welcome

August 30th, 2004

We had a surprise number one at the box office this weekend, and add to that a few holdovers that held up better than expected and the weekend wasn't as bad as it could have been. It was still down by 12.1% from last weekend, but was nearly flat with last year up just 1.24%. Granted, this time last year it was the Labor Day Long Weekend, which even as the slowest long weekend of the year will throw off the comparison by a little bit. Year to date 2004 continues to see its lead shrink and it now sits at just over 4%, barely more than ticket price inflation. More...

August Ends with a Whimper

August 27th, 2004

While it may look like a busy weekend at first glance as there are four wide releases, their average theatre count is under 2000. Also, three of the four are receiving some of the harshest responses from the critics seen this summer. Because of that, there should be a real drop at the overall box office this weekend, a downturn that won't end till mid-October, give or take a week. More...

Movie Websites Launches for August 20 - August 26

August 26th, 2004

During the past week promotional websites for several movies were launched and some older ones added additional content. Here the list of this week's releases, a couple of new sites and few updates including the winner for the week, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events - Official Site, which won also for CountOlaf.com. If you know of any new movie websites not on this list feel free to e-mail me with the details. More...

Movie Websites Launches for May 14 - May 20

May 20th, 2004

During the past week promotional websites for several movies were launched and some older ones added additional content. Here the list of this week's releases, a couple of new sites and few updates. It was another deceptively slow week as there are lots of site on the list, but none stood out as an award winning site. Many were simple placeholders, others had just minor updates, and the only three flash sites to launch were mostly marked coming soon. I was even tempted to not give out an award or maybe even bring in a ringer. But in the end I went with The Incredibles - Official Site. If you know of any new movie websites not on this list feel free to e-mail me with the details. More...

New Movie Release Dates - James Bond Will Return...

February 13th, 2004

This week's batch of new movie release dates is highlighted by MGM announcing the release date of the as-yet-untitled 21st James Bond Movie, a confirmed release date for Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, a curious move for the Bridget Jones sequel and the usual shuffling about as studios try to position their movies for the greatest chance of success. More...

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Aug 27, 2004 1 $18,004,319   2,031 $8,865   $18,004,319 1
Sep 3, 2004 1 $8,807,757 -51% 2,092 $4,210   $32,530,260 2
Sep 10, 2004 4 $4,420,702 -50% 2,175 $2,033   $41,652,507 3
Sep 17, 2004 7 $2,836,698 -36% 1,926 $1,473   $46,090,351 4
Sep 24, 2004 10 $2,244,628 -21% 1,713 $1,310   $49,231,569 5
Oct 1, 2004 14 $1,235,134 -45% 1,140 $1,083   $51,149,752 6
Oct 8, 2004 17 $657,625 -47% 667 $986   $52,199,022 7
Oct 15, 2004 20 $352,984 -46% 395 $894   $52,807,621 8
Oct 22, 2004 26 $166,158 -53% 226 $735   $53,095,537 9
Oct 29, 2004 29 $85,667 -48% 144 $595   $53,242,836 10
Nov 5, 2004 36 $64,510 -25% 90 $717   $53,345,588 11
Nov 12, 2004 30 $112,421 +74% 212 $530   $53,481,541 12
Nov 19, 2004 38 $57,020 -49% 144 $396   $53,583,486 13
Nov 26, 2004 51 $38,046 -33% 62 $614   $53,652,140 14

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Aug 27, 2004 1 $6,800,000     2,031 $3,348   $6,800,000 1
Aug 28, 2004 1 $6,600,000 -3%   2,031 $3,250   $13,400,000 2
Aug 29, 2004 1 $4,700,000 -29%   2,031 $2,314   $18,004,319 3
Aug 30, 2004 1 $1,791,000 -62%   2,031 $882   $19,795,000 4
Aug 31, 2004 1 $1,538,000 -14%   2,031 $757   $21,333,000 5
Sep 1, 2004 1 $1,215,000 -21%   2,031 $598   $22,548,000 6
Sep 2, 2004 1 $1,117,000 -8%   2,031 $550   $23,723,000 7
Sep 3, 2004 1 $2,500,000 +124% -63% 2,092 $1,195   $26,200,000 8
Sep 4, 2004 1 $3,221,000 +29% -51% 2,092 $1,540   $29,310,000 9
Sep 5, 2004 1 $3,221,000 n/c -31% 2,092 $1,540   $32,530,260 10
Sep 6, 2004 1 $2,707,000 -16% +51% 2,092 $1,294   $35,237,000 11
Sep 7, 2004 1 $770,000 -72% -50% 2,092 $368   $36,007,000 12
Sep 8, 2004 1 $627,000 -19% -48% 2,092 $300   $36,634,000 13
Sep 9, 2004 1 $569,000 -9% -49% 2,092 $272   $37,232,000 14
Sep 10, 2004 4 $1,200,000 +111% -52% 2,175 $552   $38,400,000 15
Sep 11, 2004 4 $1,929,000 +61% -40% 2,175 $887   $40,357,000 16
Sep 12, 2004 3 $1,296,000 -33% -60% 2,175 $596   $41,652,507 17
Sep 13, 2004 3 $397,000 -69% -85% 2,175 $183   $42,050,000 18
Sep 14, 2004 3 $385,000 -3% -50% 2,175 $177   $42,435,000 19
Sep 15, 2004 3 $411,000 +7% -34% 2,175 $189   $42,845,000 20
Sep 16, 2004 3 $432,000 +5% -24% 2,175 $199   $43,254,000 21
Sep 17, 2004 7 $800,000 +85% -33% 1,926 $415   $44,100,000 22
Sep 18, 2004 7 $1,242,000 +55% -36% 1,926 $645   $45,306,000 23
Sep 19, 2004 7 $785,000 -37% -39% 1,926 $408   $46,090,351 24
Sep 20, 2004 6 $240,000 -69% -40% 1,926 $125   $46,331,000 25
Sep 21, 2004 6 $267,000 +11% -31% 1,926 $139   $46,598,000 26
Sep 22, 2004 6 $239,000 -10% -42% 1,926 $124   $46,836,000 27
Sep 23, 2004 6 $214,000 -10% -50% 1,926 $111   $46,987,000 28
Sep 24, 2004 10 $500,000 +134% -38% 1,926 $260   $47,500,000 29
Sep 25, 2004 10 $1,052,000 +110% -15% 1,713 $614   $48,647,000 30
Sep 26, 2004 9 $585,000 -44% -25% 1,713 $342   $49,231,569 31
Sep 27, 2004 9 $174,000 -70% -28% 1,713 $102   $49,406,000 32
Sep 28, 2004 9 $195,000 +12% -27% 1,713 $114   $49,601,000 33
Sep 29, 2004 9 $172,000 -12% -28% 1,713 $100   $49,772,000 34
Sep 30, 2004 10 $152,000 -12% -29% 1,713 $89   $49,915,000 35

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Aug 27, 2004 1 $23,722,503   2,031 $11,680   $23,722,503 1
Sep 3, 2004 1 $13,509,302 -43% 2,092 $6,458   $37,231,805 2
Sep 10, 2004 3 $6,021,848 -55% 2,175 $2,769   $43,253,653 3
Sep 17, 2004 7 $3,733,288 -38% 1,926 $1,938   $46,986,941 4
Sep 24, 2004 10 $2,927,677 -22% 1,713 $1,709   $49,914,618 5
Oct 1, 2004 13 $1,626,779 -44% 1,140 $1,427   $51,541,397 6
Oct 8, 2004 17 $913,240 -44% 667 $1,369   $52,454,637 7
Oct 15, 2004 20 $474,742 -48% 395 $1,202   $52,929,379 8
Oct 22, 2004 26 $227,790 -52% 226 $1,008   $53,157,169 9
Oct 29, 2004 30 $123,909 -46% 144 $860   $53,281,078 10
Nov 5, 2004 37 $88,042 -29% 90 $978   $53,369,120 11
Nov 12, 2004 30 $157,346 +79% 212 $742   $53,526,466 12
Nov 19, 2004 38 $87,628 -44% 144 $609   $53,614,094 13
Nov 26, 2004 52 $38,046 -57% 62 $614   $53,652,140 14

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Australia 11/5/2004 $1,718,603 165 165 809 $4,141,488 1/17/2022
China 10/24/2002 $0000$0
South Korea 3/20/2014 $0 0 100 132 $24,603,260 3/17/2023
 
Rest of World $95,139,070
 
International Total$123,883,818 3/17/2023

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


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