The Punisher (2004)

The Punisher
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $33,664,370Details
International Box Office $20,869,404Details
Worldwide Box Office $54,533,774
Further financial details...

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$13,834,527 (41.1% of total gross)
Legs:2.43 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:61.7% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$33,000,000 (worldwide box office is 1.7 times production budget)
Theater counts:2,649 opening theaters/2,649 max. theaters, 3.8 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $58,438,305

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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: April 16th, 2004 (Wide) by Lionsgate
International Releases: June 3rd, 2004 (Wide) (Australia)
Video Release: September 7th, 2004 by Lionsgate Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: R for pervasive brutal violence, language and brief nudity.
Running Time: 124 minutes
Franchise: Punisher
Comparisons: vs. Daredevil
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Keywords: Marvel Comics, Revenge, Death of a Spouse or Fiancée / Fiancé, Death of a Son or Daughter, LGBTQ+, Closeted Homosexual, Crime, Organized Crime, Action Thriller, Crime Boss
Source:Based on Comic/Graphic Novel
Genre:Action
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Super Hero
Production/Financing Companies: Lionsgate, Marvel Studios
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Apr 16, 2004 2 $13,834,527   2,649 $5,223   $13,834,527 1
Apr 23, 2004 4 $6,287,612 -55% 2,649 $2,374   $24,167,233 2
Apr 30, 2004 8 $3,499,450 -44% 2,267 $1,544   $29,740,972 3
May 7, 2004 11 $1,136,409 -68% 1,435 $792   $32,081,125 4
May 14, 2004 22 $371,355 -67% 539 $689   $32,977,040 5
May 21, 2004 30 $134,157 -64% 206 $651   $33,263,532 6
May 28, 2004 49 $58,273 -57% 84 $694   $33,382,101 7
Jun 4, 2004 62 $25,848 -56% 56 $462   $33,426,478 8
Jun 11, 2004 70 $19,397 -25% 41 $473   $33,462,241 9
Jun 18, 2004 77 $9,115 -53% 28 $326   $33,482,333 10
Jun 25, 2004 33 $77,641 +752% 97 $800   $33,571,379 11
Jul 2, 2004 39 $49,487 -36% 101 $490   $33,553,476 12

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Apr 16, 2004 2 $5,200,000     2,649 $1,963   $5,200,000 1
Apr 17, 2004 2 $5,200,000 n/c   2,649 $1,963   $10,350,000 2
Apr 18, 2004 2 $3,485,000 -33%   2,649 $1,316   $13,834,527 3
Apr 19, 2004 2 $1,066,000 -69%   2,649 $402   $14,900,000 4
Apr 20, 2004 2 $1,011,000 -5%   2,649 $382   $15,912,000 5
Apr 21, 2004 2 $953,000 -6%   2,649 $360   $16,864,000 6
Apr 22, 2004 2 $992,000 +4%   2,649 $374   $17,880,000 7
Apr 23, 2004 4 $2,000,000 +102% -62% 2,649 $755   $19,900,000 8
Apr 24, 2004 4 $2,566,000 +28% -51% 2,649 $969   $22,358,000 9
Apr 25, 2004 4 $1,811,000 -29% -48% 2,649 $684   $24,167,233 10
Apr 26, 2004 4 $565,000 -69% -47% 2,649 $213   $24,732,000 11
Apr 27, 2004 4 $560,000 -1% -45% 2,649 $211   $25,292,000 12
Apr 28, 2004 4 $463,000 -17% -51% 2,649 $175   $25,755,000 13
Apr 29, 2004 4 $438,000 -5% -56% 2,649 $165   $26,193,000 14
Apr 30, 2004 8 $1,000,000 +128% -50% 2,267 $441   $27,200,000 15
May 1, 2004 8 $1,506,000 +51% -41% 2,267 $664   $28,702,000 16
May 2, 2004 8 $1,039,000 -31% -43% 2,267 $458   $29,740,972 17
May 3, 2004 8 $336,000 -68% -41% 2,267 $148   $30,077,000 18
May 4, 2004 8 $321,000 -4% -43% 2,267 $142   $30,398,000 19
May 5, 2004 8 $280,000 -13% -40% 2,267 $124   $30,678,000 20
May 6, 2004 7 $256,000 -9% -42% 2,267 $113   $30,945,000 21
May 7, 2004 10 $400,000 +56% -60% 1,435 $279   $31,300,000 22
May 8, 2004 10 $472,000 +18% -69% 1,435 $329   $31,768,000 23
May 10, 2004 10 $136,000   -60% 1,435 $95   $32,217,000 25
May 11, 2004 10 $138,000 +1% -57% 1,435 $96   $32,355,000 26
May 12, 2004 10 $141,000 +2% -50% 1,435 $98   $32,496,000 27
May 13, 2004 10 $127,000 -10% -50% 1,435 $89   $32,606,000 28

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Apr 16, 2004 2 $17,879,621   2,649 $6,750   $17,879,621 1
Apr 23, 2004 4 $8,361,901 -53% 2,649 $3,157   $26,241,522 2
Apr 30, 2004 9 $4,703,194 -44% 2,267 $2,075   $30,944,716 3
May 7, 2004 10 $1,660,969 -65% 1,435 $1,157   $32,605,685 4
May 14, 2004 23 $523,690 -68% 539 $972   $33,129,375 5
May 21, 2004 30 $194,453 -63% 206 $944   $33,323,828 6
May 28, 2004 50 $76,802 -61% 84 $914   $33,400,630 7
Jun 4, 2004 62 $42,214 -45% 56 $754   $33,442,844 8
Jun 11, 2004 68 $30,374 -28% 41 $741   $33,473,218 9
Jun 18, 2004 68 $20,520 -32% 28 $733   $33,493,738 10
Jun 25, 2004 66 $10,251 -50% 97 $106   $33,503,989 11

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Australia 6/3/2004 $605,280 145 145 475 $1,673,410 4/7/2020
 
Rest of World $19,195,994
 
International Total$20,869,404 4/7/2020

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


Weekly US Blu-ray Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Jan 30, 2022512,740 18,491$181,545$262,931908

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Leading Cast

Thomas Jane    Frank Castle/The Punisher
John Travolta    Howard Saint

Supporting Cast

Will Patton    Quentin Glass
Roy Scheider    Frank Castle, Sr.
Laura Harring    Livia Saint
Rebecca Romijn    Joan
Ben Foster    Dave
Samantha Mathis    Maria Castle
Eddie Jemison    Micky Duka
Kevin Nash    The Russian
Marco St. John    Chief Morris

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

Production and Technical Credits

Jonathan Hensleigh    Director
Jonathan Hensleigh    Screenwriter
Michael France    Screenwriter
Gale Anne Hurd    Producer
Stan Lee    Executive Producer
Andreas Schmid    Executive Producer
Christopher Roberts    Executive Producer
Christopher Eberts    Executive Producer
John Starke    Executive Producer
Amir Malin    Executive Producer
Richard Saperstein    Executive Producer
Andrew Golov    Executive Producer
Patrick Gunn    Executive Producer
Kevin Feige    Executive Producer
Ari Arad    Co-Producer
Conrad W. Hall    Director of Photography
Michael Z. Hanan    Production Designer
Steven Kemper    Editor
Jeff Gullo    Editor
Lisa Tomczeszyn    Costume Designer
Carlo Siliotto    Composer
David Jordan    Music Supervisor
David Sardi    Assistant Director
Gary Hymes    Second Unit Director
John Starke    Unit Production Manager
John Hansen    Art Director
Arlan Jay Vetter    Art Director
Casey Hallenbeck    Set Decorator
Josh Bleibtreu    Second Unit Camera
Tim Cooney    Sound Mixer
Jon Taylor    Re-recording Mixer
Brad Sherman    Re-recording Mixer
Kelly Cabral    Supervising Sound Editor
Paul Timothy Carden*    Supervising Sound Editor
Lee Grimes    Makeup
Roger Jacobs    Makeup
Michelle Buhler    Makeup
Gary Walker    Hairstylist
Dave Jordan    Music Supervisor
Pam Dixon    Casting Director
Gary Hymes    Stunt Coordinator
Kimberly Mark    Stunt Coordinator
Jojo Villanueva    Music Coordinator

The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.

Contest: Live or Die

July 29th, 2016

Suicide Squad

Next week is the first week of August and only two wide releases are coming out: Nine Lives and Suicide Squad. ... It is not going to be a competitive weekend at the box office. There are many who think Suicide Squad will earn well over $100 million during its opening weekend, so there’s little doubt it should be the target film in this week's Box Office Prediction contest. In order to win, one must simply predict the opening weekend box office number for Suicide Squad.

The main prize this week is a John Travolta Blu-ray Bundle that includes five Blu-rays, plus a Digital Download Code. The bundle is lead by I Am Wrath (Blu-ray Combo Pack), as well as The Forger (Blu-ray); From Paris With Love (Blu-ray); The Punisher (Blu-ray); Pulp Fiction (Blu-ray); and She’s So Lovely (Digital Downloads).

To determine the winner, we will look at the participant who came the closest without going over and the participant who came the closest without going under. Whoever is closest among those two wins the John Travolta Blu-ray Bundle. The other will win a pair of previously reviewed movies.

Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going over, will be in the running for the John Travolta Blu-ray Bundle. Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going under, will also be in the running for the John Travolta Blu-ray Bundle. To determine the winner, we will look at the participant who came the closest without going over and the participant who came the closest without going under. Whoever is closest among those two wins the John Travolta Blu-ray Bundle. The other will win a pair of previously reviewed movies.

Finally, we will be choosing an entrant from the group of people who haven't won, or haven't won recently, and they will also win a Frankenprize consisting of a pair of previously reviewed movies.

Entries must be received by 10 a.m., Pacific Time on Friday to be eligible, so don't delay! More...

DVD Releases for November 21, 2006

November 21st, 2006

The official start of the Christmas shopping season is just ahead and while this week is not as busy as last in terms of quantity, the quality is still very high with several contenders for DVD Pick of the Week. Narrowing it down to the short list gives us three films, An Inconvenient Truth - Buy from Amazon, Seinfeld - Season 7 - Buy from Amazon, and Star Trek The Animated Series - The Animated Adventures of Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek - Buy from Amazon. And if I was forced to pick just one, it would have to be An Inconvenient Truth - Buy from Amazon. More...

DVD Releases for June 27, 2006

June 26th, 2006

It's an absolutely horrid week for DVD releases with six or seven contenders for DVD Pick of the Week, I have no idea how I'm going to afford to buy them all. But I will buy them all. Oh yes, I will buy them all. While the latest Masters of Horror collection was high on my list, as was Why We Fight - Buy from Amazon and Imagine Me & You - Buy from Amazon, (but for widely different reasons), I went with the criminally underrated Yellowbeard - Buy from Amazon as my DVD Pick of the Week. Maybe one day it will get the Special Edition treatment it so richly deserves. More...

Village's Population Grows

September 29th, 2004

For the fifth week in a row The Village finished in first place with $14.0 million on 4000 screens in 38 markets. The biggest opening of the week was $5.2 million in Spain, but suffered another collapse in Mexico dropping 55% during its second weekend there. Its international total hit $100 million over the weekend, the fifth Disney film to do so this year, and the 17th overall. More...

DVD Releases for September 7, 2004

September 6th, 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 winner of the DVD Pick of the Week, which we will get to shortly. But first I must comment on the sheer number of quality DVDs that are being released this week. It is ridiculous. I would rate more than a dozen DVDs being released tomorrow has must haves, but obviously I can't declare them all the DVD Pick of the Week, so I've narrowed the list to The Alfred Hitchcock Signature Collection - Buy from Amazon, Clerks - 10th Anniversary Edition - Buy from Amazon and Ginger Snaps Back - The Beginning - Buy from Amazon. Although my personal shopping list is four times as long. More...

Fire on Top as Two Films have $20 million Openings

April 26th, 2004

This was a weird weekend. We had a record-breaking event when two movies opened with $20 million and that's the first time that's ever happened in April. However, the total box office was still down more than 5% from last weekend. It was up 6% from the same time last year, sort of. It's getting really confusion doing the yearly comparisons because last year April had four weekends, while this year it has five. More...

Is any Movie Going to set the Box Office on Fire?

April 23rd, 2004

Just the two wide releases this week targeting two entirely different audiences. So we could have two break out hits this week. Then again, probably not. April started out ok, but it has really started to suffer and it doesn't look better next weekend. Summer can't start too soon. More...

Killing the Competition

April 19th, 2004

With just two movies opening wide this should have been a good week, and while the wide releases did ok, the holdovers really suffered. In the end the weekend was down 10.6% from last weekend, and even more telling was its 3.5% drop from last year. Granted, it was Easter this time last year, but it's not that important of a holiday to make a large enough difference. More...

Bill Hopes to Make a Killing at the Box Office

April 16th, 2004

For the first time this month we don't have an overload of new movies opening up. However, the two wider releases we do have are in direct competition for the same audience, so the same ticket splitting will still happen. That will make it hard for both films to succeed. There's an addition film opening sort of wide, but at just 1000 theatres don't expect it to make much of an impact. More...

Movie Websites Launches for Aril 9 - April 15

April 15th, 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, The Punisher - Official Site. If you know of any new movie websites not on this list feel free to e-mail me with the details. More...

2004 Summer Preview - Part 1: April

March 28th, 2004


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With summer just around the corner ... Yes I know Spring started a week ago, but this is the movie industry, we do things differently. So with Summer just around the corner it's time for the Summer Movie Preview, Part 1 - April. In April we have nearly 20 films opening wide over 5 weekends, or almost 4 per weekend. That much variety should please moviegoers, but that much competition will kill the chances of half the movies released. More...

Movie Websites Launches for March 19 - March 25

March 25th, 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, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - Official Site . 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 February 27 - March 4

March 4th, 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, The Prince & Me - Official Site . 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 January 23 - January 29

January 29th, 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. It was a two-way race this week as most sites on today's list had either small updates or launched flash sites that were mostly marked 'coming soon.' In the end, Ginger Snaps II: Unleashed took this week's top prize. If you know of any new movie websites not on this list feel free to e-mail me with the details. More...

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Metrics

Opening Weekend:$13,834,527 (41.1% of total gross)
Legs:2.43 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:61.7% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$33,000,000 (worldwide box office is 1.7 times production budget)
Theater counts:2,649 opening theaters/2,649 max. theaters, 3.8 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $58,438,305

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists


Watch Now On

Amazon VOD:Amazon
iTunes:iTunes
Netflix:Netflix, Netflix, Netflix, Netflix, Netflix

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: April 16th, 2004 (Wide) by Lionsgate
International Releases: June 3rd, 2004 (Wide) (Australia)
Video Release: September 7th, 2004 by Lionsgate Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: R for pervasive brutal violence, language and brief nudity.
Running Time: 124 minutes
Franchise: Punisher
Comparisons: vs. Daredevil
Create your own comparison chart…
Keywords: Marvel Comics, Revenge, Death of a Spouse or Fiancée / Fiancé, Death of a Son or Daughter, LGBTQ+, Closeted Homosexual, Crime, Organized Crime, Action Thriller, Crime Boss
Source:Based on Comic/Graphic Novel
Genre:Action
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Super Hero
Production/Financing Companies: Lionsgate, Marvel Studios
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Leading Cast

Thomas Jane    Frank Castle/The Punisher
John Travolta    Howard Saint

Supporting Cast

Will Patton    Quentin Glass
Roy Scheider    Frank Castle, Sr.
Laura Harring    Livia Saint
Rebecca Romijn    Joan
Ben Foster    Dave
Samantha Mathis    Maria Castle
Eddie Jemison    Micky Duka
Kevin Nash    The Russian
Marco St. John    Chief Morris

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

Production and Technical Credits

Jonathan Hensleigh    Director
Jonathan Hensleigh    Screenwriter
Michael France    Screenwriter
Gale Anne Hurd    Producer
Stan Lee    Executive Producer
Andreas Schmid    Executive Producer
Christopher Roberts    Executive Producer
Christopher Eberts    Executive Producer
John Starke    Executive Producer
Amir Malin    Executive Producer
Richard Saperstein    Executive Producer
Andrew Golov    Executive Producer
Patrick Gunn    Executive Producer
Kevin Feige    Executive Producer
Ari Arad    Co-Producer
Conrad W. Hall    Director of Photography
Michael Z. Hanan    Production Designer
Steven Kemper    Editor
Jeff Gullo    Editor
Lisa Tomczeszyn    Costume Designer
Carlo Siliotto    Composer
David Jordan    Music Supervisor
David Sardi    Assistant Director
Gary Hymes    Second Unit Director
John Starke    Unit Production Manager
John Hansen    Art Director
Arlan Jay Vetter    Art Director
Casey Hallenbeck    Set Decorator
Josh Bleibtreu    Second Unit Camera
Tim Cooney    Sound Mixer
Jon Taylor    Re-recording Mixer
Brad Sherman    Re-recording Mixer
Kelly Cabral    Supervising Sound Editor
Paul Timothy Carden*    Supervising Sound Editor
Lee Grimes    Makeup
Roger Jacobs    Makeup
Michelle Buhler    Makeup
Gary Walker    Hairstylist
Dave Jordan    Music Supervisor
Pam Dixon    Casting Director
Gary Hymes    Stunt Coordinator
Kimberly Mark    Stunt Coordinator
Jojo Villanueva    Music Coordinator

The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.

Contest: Live or Die

July 29th, 2016

Suicide Squad

Next week is the first week of August and only two wide releases are coming out: Nine Lives and Suicide Squad. ... It is not going to be a competitive weekend at the box office. There are many who think Suicide Squad will earn well over $100 million during its opening weekend, so there’s little doubt it should be the target film in this week's Box Office Prediction contest. In order to win, one must simply predict the opening weekend box office number for Suicide Squad.

The main prize this week is a John Travolta Blu-ray Bundle that includes five Blu-rays, plus a Digital Download Code. The bundle is lead by I Am Wrath (Blu-ray Combo Pack), as well as The Forger (Blu-ray); From Paris With Love (Blu-ray); The Punisher (Blu-ray); Pulp Fiction (Blu-ray); and She’s So Lovely (Digital Downloads).

To determine the winner, we will look at the participant who came the closest without going over and the participant who came the closest without going under. Whoever is closest among those two wins the John Travolta Blu-ray Bundle. The other will win a pair of previously reviewed movies.

Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going over, will be in the running for the John Travolta Blu-ray Bundle. Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going under, will also be in the running for the John Travolta Blu-ray Bundle. To determine the winner, we will look at the participant who came the closest without going over and the participant who came the closest without going under. Whoever is closest among those two wins the John Travolta Blu-ray Bundle. The other will win a pair of previously reviewed movies.

Finally, we will be choosing an entrant from the group of people who haven't won, or haven't won recently, and they will also win a Frankenprize consisting of a pair of previously reviewed movies.

Entries must be received by 10 a.m., Pacific Time on Friday to be eligible, so don't delay! More...

DVD Releases for November 21, 2006

November 21st, 2006

The official start of the Christmas shopping season is just ahead and while this week is not as busy as last in terms of quantity, the quality is still very high with several contenders for DVD Pick of the Week. Narrowing it down to the short list gives us three films, An Inconvenient Truth - Buy from Amazon, Seinfeld - Season 7 - Buy from Amazon, and Star Trek The Animated Series - The Animated Adventures of Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek - Buy from Amazon. And if I was forced to pick just one, it would have to be An Inconvenient Truth - Buy from Amazon. More...

DVD Releases for June 27, 2006

June 26th, 2006

It's an absolutely horrid week for DVD releases with six or seven contenders for DVD Pick of the Week, I have no idea how I'm going to afford to buy them all. But I will buy them all. Oh yes, I will buy them all. While the latest Masters of Horror collection was high on my list, as was Why We Fight - Buy from Amazon and Imagine Me & You - Buy from Amazon, (but for widely different reasons), I went with the criminally underrated Yellowbeard - Buy from Amazon as my DVD Pick of the Week. Maybe one day it will get the Special Edition treatment it so richly deserves. More...

Village's Population Grows

September 29th, 2004

For the fifth week in a row The Village finished in first place with $14.0 million on 4000 screens in 38 markets. The biggest opening of the week was $5.2 million in Spain, but suffered another collapse in Mexico dropping 55% during its second weekend there. Its international total hit $100 million over the weekend, the fifth Disney film to do so this year, and the 17th overall. More...

DVD Releases for September 7, 2004

September 6th, 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 winner of the DVD Pick of the Week, which we will get to shortly. But first I must comment on the sheer number of quality DVDs that are being released this week. It is ridiculous. I would rate more than a dozen DVDs being released tomorrow has must haves, but obviously I can't declare them all the DVD Pick of the Week, so I've narrowed the list to The Alfred Hitchcock Signature Collection - Buy from Amazon, Clerks - 10th Anniversary Edition - Buy from Amazon and Ginger Snaps Back - The Beginning - Buy from Amazon. Although my personal shopping list is four times as long. More...

Fire on Top as Two Films have $20 million Openings

April 26th, 2004

This was a weird weekend. We had a record-breaking event when two movies opened with $20 million and that's the first time that's ever happened in April. However, the total box office was still down more than 5% from last weekend. It was up 6% from the same time last year, sort of. It's getting really confusion doing the yearly comparisons because last year April had four weekends, while this year it has five. More...

Is any Movie Going to set the Box Office on Fire?

April 23rd, 2004

Just the two wide releases this week targeting two entirely different audiences. So we could have two break out hits this week. Then again, probably not. April started out ok, but it has really started to suffer and it doesn't look better next weekend. Summer can't start too soon. More...

Killing the Competition

April 19th, 2004

With just two movies opening wide this should have been a good week, and while the wide releases did ok, the holdovers really suffered. In the end the weekend was down 10.6% from last weekend, and even more telling was its 3.5% drop from last year. Granted, it was Easter this time last year, but it's not that important of a holiday to make a large enough difference. More...

Bill Hopes to Make a Killing at the Box Office

April 16th, 2004

For the first time this month we don't have an overload of new movies opening up. However, the two wider releases we do have are in direct competition for the same audience, so the same ticket splitting will still happen. That will make it hard for both films to succeed. There's an addition film opening sort of wide, but at just 1000 theatres don't expect it to make much of an impact. More...

Movie Websites Launches for Aril 9 - April 15

April 15th, 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, The Punisher - Official Site. If you know of any new movie websites not on this list feel free to e-mail me with the details. More...

2004 Summer Preview - Part 1: April

March 28th, 2004


Buy this poster at
AllPosters.com

With summer just around the corner ... Yes I know Spring started a week ago, but this is the movie industry, we do things differently. So with Summer just around the corner it's time for the Summer Movie Preview, Part 1 - April. In April we have nearly 20 films opening wide over 5 weekends, or almost 4 per weekend. That much variety should please moviegoers, but that much competition will kill the chances of half the movies released. More...

Movie Websites Launches for March 19 - March 25

March 25th, 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, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - Official Site . 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 February 27 - March 4

March 4th, 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, The Prince & Me - Official Site . 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 January 23 - January 29

January 29th, 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. It was a two-way race this week as most sites on today's list had either small updates or launched flash sites that were mostly marked 'coming soon.' In the end, Ginger Snaps II: Unleashed took this week's top prize. If you know of any new movie websites not on this list feel free to e-mail me with the details. More...

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Apr 16, 2004 2 $13,834,527   2,649 $5,223   $13,834,527 1
Apr 23, 2004 4 $6,287,612 -55% 2,649 $2,374   $24,167,233 2
Apr 30, 2004 8 $3,499,450 -44% 2,267 $1,544   $29,740,972 3
May 7, 2004 11 $1,136,409 -68% 1,435 $792   $32,081,125 4
May 14, 2004 22 $371,355 -67% 539 $689   $32,977,040 5
May 21, 2004 30 $134,157 -64% 206 $651   $33,263,532 6
May 28, 2004 49 $58,273 -57% 84 $694   $33,382,101 7
Jun 4, 2004 62 $25,848 -56% 56 $462   $33,426,478 8
Jun 11, 2004 70 $19,397 -25% 41 $473   $33,462,241 9
Jun 18, 2004 77 $9,115 -53% 28 $326   $33,482,333 10
Jun 25, 2004 33 $77,641 +752% 97 $800   $33,571,379 11
Jul 2, 2004 39 $49,487 -36% 101 $490   $33,553,476 12

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Apr 16, 2004 2 $5,200,000     2,649 $1,963   $5,200,000 1
Apr 17, 2004 2 $5,200,000 n/c   2,649 $1,963   $10,350,000 2
Apr 18, 2004 2 $3,485,000 -33%   2,649 $1,316   $13,834,527 3
Apr 19, 2004 2 $1,066,000 -69%   2,649 $402   $14,900,000 4
Apr 20, 2004 2 $1,011,000 -5%   2,649 $382   $15,912,000 5
Apr 21, 2004 2 $953,000 -6%   2,649 $360   $16,864,000 6
Apr 22, 2004 2 $992,000 +4%   2,649 $374   $17,880,000 7
Apr 23, 2004 4 $2,000,000 +102% -62% 2,649 $755   $19,900,000 8
Apr 24, 2004 4 $2,566,000 +28% -51% 2,649 $969   $22,358,000 9
Apr 25, 2004 4 $1,811,000 -29% -48% 2,649 $684   $24,167,233 10
Apr 26, 2004 4 $565,000 -69% -47% 2,649 $213   $24,732,000 11
Apr 27, 2004 4 $560,000 -1% -45% 2,649 $211   $25,292,000 12
Apr 28, 2004 4 $463,000 -17% -51% 2,649 $175   $25,755,000 13
Apr 29, 2004 4 $438,000 -5% -56% 2,649 $165   $26,193,000 14
Apr 30, 2004 8 $1,000,000 +128% -50% 2,267 $441   $27,200,000 15
May 1, 2004 8 $1,506,000 +51% -41% 2,267 $664   $28,702,000 16
May 2, 2004 8 $1,039,000 -31% -43% 2,267 $458   $29,740,972 17
May 3, 2004 8 $336,000 -68% -41% 2,267 $148   $30,077,000 18
May 4, 2004 8 $321,000 -4% -43% 2,267 $142   $30,398,000 19
May 5, 2004 8 $280,000 -13% -40% 2,267 $124   $30,678,000 20
May 6, 2004 7 $256,000 -9% -42% 2,267 $113   $30,945,000 21
May 7, 2004 10 $400,000 +56% -60% 1,435 $279   $31,300,000 22
May 8, 2004 10 $472,000 +18% -69% 1,435 $329   $31,768,000 23
May 10, 2004 10 $136,000   -60% 1,435 $95   $32,217,000 25
May 11, 2004 10 $138,000 +1% -57% 1,435 $96   $32,355,000 26
May 12, 2004 10 $141,000 +2% -50% 1,435 $98   $32,496,000 27
May 13, 2004 10 $127,000 -10% -50% 1,435 $89   $32,606,000 28

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Apr 16, 2004 2 $17,879,621   2,649 $6,750   $17,879,621 1
Apr 23, 2004 4 $8,361,901 -53% 2,649 $3,157   $26,241,522 2
Apr 30, 2004 9 $4,703,194 -44% 2,267 $2,075   $30,944,716 3
May 7, 2004 10 $1,660,969 -65% 1,435 $1,157   $32,605,685 4
May 14, 2004 23 $523,690 -68% 539 $972   $33,129,375 5
May 21, 2004 30 $194,453 -63% 206 $944   $33,323,828 6
May 28, 2004 50 $76,802 -61% 84 $914   $33,400,630 7
Jun 4, 2004 62 $42,214 -45% 56 $754   $33,442,844 8
Jun 11, 2004 68 $30,374 -28% 41 $741   $33,473,218 9
Jun 18, 2004 68 $20,520 -32% 28 $733   $33,493,738 10
Jun 25, 2004 66 $10,251 -50% 97 $106   $33,503,989 11

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Australia 6/3/2004 $605,280 145 145 475 $1,673,410 4/7/2020
 
Rest of World $19,195,994
 
International Total$20,869,404 4/7/2020

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


Weekly US Blu-ray Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Jan 30, 2022512,740 18,491$181,545$262,931908

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