Are We There Yet? (2005)

Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $82,674,398Details
International Box Office $15,440,073Details
Worldwide Box Office $98,114,471
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Metrics

Opening Weekend:$18,575,214 (22.5% of total gross)
Legs:4.45 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:84.3% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$20,000,000 (worldwide box office is 4.9 times production budget)
Theater counts:2,709 opening theaters/2,810 max. theaters, 7.4 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $139,037,432

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,001-1,100) 1,025 $82,674,398
All Time International Box Office (Rank 3,901-4,000) 3,960 $15,440,073
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,801-1,900) 1,849 $98,114,471

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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: January 21st, 2005 (Wide) by Sony Pictures
International Releases: March 11th, 2005 (Wide) (Australia)
Video Release: May 24th, 2005 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: PG for language and rude humor.
Running Time: 94 minutes
Franchise: Are We There Yet?
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Keywords: Road Trip, African Americans, Romance
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Romantic Comedy
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Kids Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Revolution Studios
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Biggest 5th Monday 77 $1,766,406 Feb 21, 2005 32
Washington's Birthday (All Movies, 3-Day) 195 $6,285,089 Feb 18, 2005 31
Washington's Birthday (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 226 $11,079,797 Feb 18, 2005 31
Washington's Birthday (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon) 146 $8,051,495 Feb 18, 2005 31
Washington's Birthday (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon, Inflation Adjusted) 135 $14,193,738 Feb 18, 2005 31
Super Bowl (All Movies, 3-Day) 33 $10,614,455 Feb 4, 2005 17
Super Bowl (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 40 $18,711,907 Feb 4, 2005 17

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jan 21, 2005 1 $18,575,214   2,709 $6,857   $18,575,214 1
Jan 28, 2005 2 $16,346,395 -12% 2,710 $6,032   $38,458,267 2
Feb 4, 2005 3 $10,614,455 -35% 2,790 $3,804   $51,272,367 3
Feb 11, 2005 3 $8,236,727 -22% 2,810 $2,931   $61,253,768 4
Feb 18, 2005 6 $6,285,089 -24% 2,519 $2,495   $69,292,282 5
Feb 25, 2005 8 $4,111,030 -35% 2,242 $1,834   $76,477,479 6
Mar 4, 2005 13 $1,577,632 -62% 1,745 $904   $78,710,343 7
Mar 11, 2005 18 $506,452 -68% 843 $601   $79,535,490 8
Mar 18, 2005 26 $258,688 -49% 336 $770   $80,093,707 9
Mar 25, 2005 33 $134,062 -48% 186 $721   $80,345,816 10
Apr 1, 2005 18 $338,863 +153% 312 $1,086   $80,754,856 11
Apr 8, 2005 21 $250,511 -26% 254 $986   $81,100,273 12
Apr 15, 2005 23 $206,711 -17% 266 $777   $81,364,147 13
Apr 22, 2005 25 $217,314 +5% 228 $953   $81,633,757 14
Apr 29, 2005 25 $188,862 -13% 228 $828   $81,863,453 15
May 6, 2005 27 $138,845 -26% 211 $658   $82,036,247 16
May 13, 2005 27 $118,222 -15% 178 $664   $82,184,723 17
May 20, 2005 30 $95,111 -20% 155 $614   $82,301,521 18

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Jan 21, 2005 1 $5,500,000     2,709 $2,030   $5,500,000 1
Jan 22, 2005 1 $7,883,103 +43%   2,709 $2,910   $13,364,470 2
Jan 23, 2005 1 $5,210,744 -34%   2,709 $1,923   $18,575,214 3
Jan 24, 2005 1 $1,123,000 -78%   2,709 $415   $19,698,000 4
Jan 25, 2005 2 $804,000 -28%   2,709 $297   $20,502,000 5
Jan 26, 2005 2 $787,000 -2%   2,709 $291   $21,289,000 6
Jan 27, 2005 1 $823,000 +5%   2,709 $304   $22,111,872 7
Jan 28, 2005 2 $3,800,000 +362% -31% 2,710 $1,402   $25,900,000 8
Jan 29, 2005 2 $7,523,889 +98% -5% 2,710 $2,776   $33,565,427 9
Jan 30, 2005 2 $4,892,840 -35% -6% 2,710 $1,805   $38,458,267 10
Jan 31, 2005 3 $638,000 -87% -43% 2,710 $235   $39,096,000 11
Feb 1, 2005 4 $523,000 -18% -35% 2,710 $193   $39,619,000 12
Feb 2, 2005 4 $504,000 -4% -36% 2,710 $186   $40,123,000 13
Feb 3, 2005 4 $535,000 +6% -35% 2,710 $197   $40,657,912 14
Feb 4, 2005 4 $2,700,000 +405% -29% 2,790 $968   $43,400,000 15
Feb 5, 2005 2 $5,534,221 +105% -26% 2,790 $1,984   $48,871,380 16
Feb 6, 2005 2 $2,400,987 -57% -51% 2,790 $861   $51,272,367 17
Feb 7, 2005 5 $508,000 -79% -20% 2,790 $182   $51,780,000 18
Feb 8, 2005 6 $438,000 -14% -16% 2,790 $157   $52,218,000 19
Feb 9, 2005 7 $381,000 -13% -24% 2,790 $137   $52,600,000 20
Feb 10, 2005 7 $417,000 +9% -22% 2,790 $149   $53,017,000 21
Feb 11, 2005 4 $1,800,000 +332% -33% 2,810 $641   $54,800,000 22
Feb 12, 2005 3 $4,008,369 +123% -28% 2,810 $1,426   $58,842,687 23
Feb 13, 2005 2 $2,411,081 -40% n/c 2,810 $858   $61,253,768 24
Feb 14, 2005 6 $816,000 -66% +61% 2,810 $290   $62,070,000 25
Feb 15, 2005 8 $304,000 -63% -31% 2,810 $108   $62,373,000 26
Feb 16, 2005 9 $276,000 -9% -28% 2,810 $98   $62,650,000 27
Feb 17, 2005 5 $357,000 +29% -14% 2,810 $127   $63,007,000 28
Feb 18, 2005 7 $1,500,000 +320% -17% 2,519 $595   $64,500,000 29
Feb 19, 2005 6 $2,772,734 +85% -31% 2,519 $1,101   $67,293,652 30
Feb 20, 2005 6 $1,998,630 -28% -17% 2,519 $793   $69,292,282 31
Feb 21, 2005 4 $1,766,406 -12% +116% 2,519 $701   $71,058,688 32
Feb 22, 2005 5 $469,000 -73% +54% 2,519 $186   $71,527,000 33
Feb 23, 2005 5 $422,000 -10% +53% 2,519 $168   $71,949,000 34
Feb 24, 2005 5 $417,000 -1% +17% 2,519 $166   $72,366,000 35
Feb 25, 2005 8 $1,100,000 +164% -27% 2,242 $491   $73,500,000 36
Feb 26, 2005 9 $1,890,935 +72% -32% 2,242 $843   $75,318,188 37
Feb 27, 2005 9 $1,159,291 -39% -42% 2,242 $517   $76,477,479 38

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jan 21, 2005 1 $22,111,872   2,709 $8,162   $22,111,872 1
Jan 28, 2005 2 $18,546,040 -16% 2,710 $6,844   $40,657,912 2
Feb 4, 2005 3 $12,359,129 -33% 2,790 $4,430   $53,017,041 3
Feb 11, 2005 4 $9,990,152 -19% 2,810 $3,555   $63,007,193 4
Feb 18, 2005 6 $9,359,256 -6% 2,519 $3,715   $72,366,449 5
Feb 25, 2005 9 $4,766,262 -49% 2,242 $2,126   $77,132,711 6
Mar 4, 2005 13 $1,896,327 -60% 1,745 $1,087   $79,029,038 7
Mar 11, 2005 18 $805,981 -57% 843 $956   $79,835,019 8
Mar 18, 2005 26 $376,735 -53% 336 $1,121   $80,211,754 9
Mar 25, 2005 35 $204,239 -46% 186 $1,098   $80,415,993 10
Apr 1, 2005 18 $433,769 +112% 312 $1,390   $80,849,762 11
Apr 8, 2005 23 $307,674 -29% 254 $1,211   $81,157,436 12
Apr 15, 2005 24 $259,007 -16% 266 $974   $81,416,443 13
Apr 22, 2005 26 $258,148 n/c 228 $1,132   $81,674,591 14
Apr 29, 2005 29 $222,811 -14% 228 $977   $81,897,402 15
May 6, 2005 31 $169,099 -24% 211 $801   $82,066,501 16
May 13, 2005 32 $139,909 -17% 178 $786   $82,206,410 17

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Australia 3/11/2005 $0 0 172 865 $2,378,673 9/24/2020
 
Rest of World $13,061,400
 
International Total$15,440,073 9/24/2020

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


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DateRankDays In
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Feb 8, 2021101 1

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Leading Cast

Ice Cube    Nick Persons
Aleisha Allen    Lindsey Kingston
Philip Bolden    Kevin Kingston

Supporting Cast

Nia Long    Suzanne Kingston
Jay Mohr    Marty
Tracy Morgan    Satchel Paige
Nichelle Nichols    Miss Mable
Henry Simmons    Karl
M.C. Gainey    Big Al
Daniel Cudmore    Basketball Player

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

Production and Technical Credits

Brian Levant    Director
David Newman    Composer
J. David Stem    Screenwriter
Ice Cube    Producer

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Metrics

Opening Weekend:$18,575,214 (22.5% of total gross)
Legs:4.45 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:84.3% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$20,000,000 (worldwide box office is 4.9 times production budget)
Theater counts:2,709 opening theaters/2,810 max. theaters, 7.4 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $139,037,432

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,001-1,100) 1,025 $82,674,398
All Time International Box Office (Rank 3,901-4,000) 3,960 $15,440,073
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,801-1,900) 1,849 $98,114,471

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


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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: January 21st, 2005 (Wide) by Sony Pictures
International Releases: March 11th, 2005 (Wide) (Australia)
Video Release: May 24th, 2005 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: PG for language and rude humor.
Running Time: 94 minutes
Franchise: Are We There Yet?
Comparisons: vs. Racing Stripes
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Keywords: Road Trip, African Americans, Romance
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Romantic Comedy
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Kids Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Revolution Studios
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Biggest 5th Monday 77 $1,766,406 Feb 21, 2005 32
Washington's Birthday (All Movies, 3-Day) 195 $6,285,089 Feb 18, 2005 31
Washington's Birthday (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 226 $11,079,797 Feb 18, 2005 31
Washington's Birthday (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon) 146 $8,051,495 Feb 18, 2005 31
Washington's Birthday (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon, Inflation Adjusted) 135 $14,193,738 Feb 18, 2005 31
Super Bowl (All Movies, 3-Day) 33 $10,614,455 Feb 4, 2005 17
Super Bowl (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 40 $18,711,907 Feb 4, 2005 17

Leading Cast

Ice Cube    Nick Persons
Aleisha Allen    Lindsey Kingston
Philip Bolden    Kevin Kingston

Supporting Cast

Nia Long    Suzanne Kingston
Jay Mohr    Marty
Tracy Morgan    Satchel Paige
Nichelle Nichols    Miss Mable
Henry Simmons    Karl
M.C. Gainey    Big Al
Daniel Cudmore    Basketball Player

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

Production and Technical Credits

Brian Levant    Director
David Newman    Composer
J. David Stem    Screenwriter
Ice Cube    Producer

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War Ends World Tour with a Blast

September 4th, 2005

War of the Worlds opened in its last international market over the weekend making $3.0 million on 583 screens in China. That's about 10% more money that Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith earned, but War of the Worlds needed nearly double the number of screens. Overall the film added $4.5 million to its $345 million international total, easily the second best of the year so far. More...

Smiths' Summer Tour Continues

August 14th, 2005

Mr. and Mrs. Smith opened in Belgium with $1.7 million on 80 screens, easily enough for first place and had a similar result with $480,000 in Poland. It also remained in first place in France with $2.88 million, (despite falling 54% there) and in the Netherlands with $740,000. In Germany the film remained in second place for the third straight week with $3.06 million for a $17.06 million running tally. The film now have $140 million in territories where Fox is handling the distribution and $192 million overall. More...

Island Vacation

August 7th, 2005

The Island managed a couple of first place finished over the weekend, but the results were still less than impressive. In Australia the film opened with $1.404 million for a close victory while in Hong Kong it earned a disappointing $490,000 over the weekend and $520,000 including previews. It's best market continued to be South Korea with $3.167 million, down 38% from last weekend dropping to second place along the way. On the other hand, no wide openings and a mere 23% drop-off allowed the film to rise to first in New Zealand. Overall the film added $7.64 million to its $24.1 million running tally on the international scene and will opens in several markets this weekend including the U.K., Germany and Spain. More...

Late Numbers Lift Charlie into Top Five

July 31st, 2005

Early numbers had Mr. and Mrs. Smith taking fifth place on the overall international box office charts, but better than expected results has Charlie and the Chocolate Factory overtaking them $6.7 million to $5.4 million. It's biggest single market continues to be France where the film dipped just 6% during its second weekend there earning $3,533,857 for a $9,034,141 running tally. But it was even more impressive in Belgium where the film shot up by 68% to $400,000 for the weekend and $785,000 in total. The film also opened in first place in three markets, Brazil with $1.1 million on 200 screens, Holland with $625,000 on 124 screens, and South Africa with $275,000 on 41 screens. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory has $13.3 million so far and opens in a couple of important markets this weekend, (The U.K. and Mexico.) More...

Charlie Appeals to the Sweet-tooth in its International Debut

July 24th, 2005

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory opened in three French speaking markets over the weekend and while it didn't finish first, it still had a great start. In France the film earned $3,741,793 in 670 theaters for the best per theater average in the top ten. The result was similar in Belgium ($250,000) and Switzerland ($190,000), giving the film $4.2 million for the weekend. More...

Hitch Can't Help Home Market

June 25th, 2005

Despite an amazing performance by Hitch, the home market is still suffering. This is no real surprise since the home market mirrors the theatrical market, just with a roughly four-month delay. Opening as a clear number one, Hitch brought in $12.62 million in combined rentals split $11.54 million / $1.09 million DVD / VHS. Saleswise, the film also finished first, but no sales figures were published. More...

Home Market Cools - Updated

June 18th, 2005

Be Cool opened atop a depressed home market $9.61 million in combined rentals. The film also topped the DVD sales charts, which is welcome relief to the studio after the film's disappointing theatrical box office. More...

Aviator Shoots Down Competition

June 11th, 2005

It was a slow week for new releases and what little competition there was couldn't stop The Aviator from holding onto top spot on the Home Rental Charts. Its combined total of $7.76 million was a sharp drop-off from last week, but even so the film is doing well enough on the home market that is will soon show modest profit. More...

Aviator Soars onto the Home Market

June 4th, 2005

The multi-Oscar winning movie, The Aviator won the week at the home market, which really surprised no one. The film topped both the DVD rentals with $10.14 million and the VHS rentals with $1.21 million for a combined total of $11.36 million. On the other hand, it came in second on the sales charts to the record breaking The Chappelle Show Season 2. More...

DVD Releases for May 24, 2005

May 23rd, 2005

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, classics and a few from the growing TV on DVD section. It's another great week with several great choices, NewsRadio - The Complete First & Second Seasons - Buy from Amazon and The Job - The Complete Series - Buy from Amazon, for instance. The Aviator - Buy from Amazon will please most people, it just left me cold while Chappelle's Show - Season 2 - Uncensored - Buy from Amazon will please many, and offend even more. More...

Baby Still Earning Millions

March 27th, 2005

Million Dollar Baby has again slipped off the radar screen, but we do know it hit $52 million internationally, which means it made $9 million during the week. The film didn't earn $1 million in any single market, but is still doing strong in South Korea, ($970,000), Spain, ($840,000), Italy, ($600,000) and Australia, ($350,000.) Best estimate has the film earning just shy of $5 million of that over the weekend and taking sixth place on the international box office charts. More...

Baby Takes Fifth in Close Race

March 20th, 2005

After gathering in all the data the winner for the race for fifth place is Million Dollar Baby, I think. It would need to lost more than 40% from last week's total and that's not taking into account its openings in South Korea at $1,515,672 and second place, its $110,000, third place debut in Finland, $86,000 in Russia, $50,000, second place debut in Hong Kong. Unfortunately, exact weekend totals are unknown but it is estimated at $6 million raising its international total to $43 million so far. More...

Swimming with Sharks

March 13th, 2005

Shark Tale finished its international run with a second place $2.08 million opening in Japan on 485 screens. Its $4,296 per screen average it quite low for the market and generally means the film won't have the usual legs films in Japan have. The film performed much better in Italy where it finished first again with $3.0 million, down just 23% during its sophomore stint. Overall it took in $5.2 million to raise its international total to $181 million, but without any more openings it might struggle to hit $200 million. More...

The Aviator Soars Higher than Before

March 6th, 2005

The Aviator beat weekend estimates by a substantial margin leading to a $5.9 million box office on 3000 screens in 34 markets. The multi-Oscar winning movie has hit $86.2 million internationally and will cross $200 million worldwide before too long. The film dropped a spot to fifth place in South Korea with $834,660 for the week and slipped to second in Australia with $798,000. The only market the film opened it was Argentina, where it easily took top spot with $232,000. More...

Twelve Tops the Best of the Rest

February 27th, 2005

Ocean's Twelve may have dropped out of the top five, but it is still going strong with $4.5 million on 1400 screens in 35 markets for an international box office of $225.8 million so far. No new openings means the heist film had to rely on holdovers likes its $2.5 million during its third weekend in the U.K. and $1.4 million during its fifth week of release in Japan, finishing second in both those markets. More...

French Film Finishes Fifth

February 20th, 2005

Iznogoud: Calife a la place du calife, a movie based on a Asterix and Obelix spin off of sorts, dominated the French box office taking in $7.1 million, more than double the second place film and more than a third of the top ten total. It is also enough to push it into the Top Five on the international scene, dropping Finding Neverland into sixth place. Unfortunately, like the several films made in the Asterix and Obelix series, this one is unlikely to make much of an impact outside the French speaking markets. More...

Tight Presidential Race

February 18th, 2005

Presidents' Day Long Weekend isn't the busiest holiday of the year, but it should give a boost to the box office nonetheless. Looking at the reviews of the three new releases, this weekend is going to need a boost. More...

Smith and Sony Feeling a Lot of Love

February 14th, 2005

Valentine's Day brought a lot of love to both Will Smith and Sony, as records were set. This led to a massive 16.6% increase from last weekend, however, the box office was down 3.6% from last year. But the latter comparison isn't completely accurate since this time last year was the President's Day Long Weekend. Year to date 2005 is up on 2004 by 9%, but before the industry starts to celebrate, 2004 got off to a very slow start before taking off mid-way through the month, so the race is far from over. More...

Hooking Up

February 11th, 2005

It's Valentine's Day weekend, sort of. Valentine's Day is actually on Monday, but I don't think that's going to stop a lot of people from seeing a date movie this weekend. With that extra boost we should have a first mega-hit of the year as romantic comedies should reign supreme. More...

Super Bowl doesn't Stunt the Weekend Box Office

February 7th, 2005

With two new releases going up against the media juggernaut that is the Super Bowl, everyone was expecting at least one movie to flop hard, but that didn't happen. Granted, the weekend box office was down 16.8% from last weekend, but that wasn't as steep a drop as expected. Comparisons to last year are a less accurate as Super Bowl happened a weekend earlier. Compared the last year this weekend was down 8.3%, but compared to last Super Bowl weekend, it was up 8.0% More...

This Weekend Looks Anything But Super

February 4th, 2005

Super Bowl weekend is usually a horror story for theaters as most people stay at home to watch the game, or at least soak in the hype surrounding the game. The big game is such a threat to the box office that the Super Bowl Weekend is historically the third worst weekend of the year, (the Post Labor Day and Post Thanksgiving weekends being numbers one and two respectively). This year, two films are being released with two different strategies for success. More...

I Guess that Snowstorm Really did Hurt the Box Office

January 31st, 2005

January ended on an amazing note, with most of the top five beating expectations. This led to huge increases of 26.4% from last weekend and 29.6% from last year. But there is some bad news. Firstly, last weekend the box office was pushed down because of the snowstorm and secondly, last year the box office was pushed down because of the Super Bowl. However, even taking those into account this was still a good weekend, and 2005 is off to a great start - up more than 12%, for an early $75 million lead on 2004. More...

January Ends on a Scary Note

January 28th, 2005

Two new Horror movies open this weekend. However, the scariest part about the films could be their Rotten Tomatoes scores, as they are currently earning just 13 and 65. On the plus side, several Oscar Nominated films are earning serious expansions and should figure in the top five. More...

Under the Weather

January 24th, 2005

A massive snowstorm hit the Midwest, mid-Atlantic and New England over the weekend, and while we're usually skeptical about the effects weather patterns have on the box office, this was a particularly widespread storm. Even so, it alone cannot explain the 29.3% drop from last weekend, even after taking into account the post-holiday drop-off. Comparing this weekend to last year we see a much smaller 3.4% drop. More...

Nothing Golden About the Wide Releases

January 21st, 2005

The weekend after the Golden Globe Awards will not be remembered for the high quality of the new releases. With most of the awards going to smaller films, the awards probably won't have any impact on the top five. In fact, there probably won't be any change at the top spot and only one change in the top five. More...

Movie Websites Launches for January 14 - January 20

January 20th, 2005

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 this week's winner, Fantastic Four - Official Site. If you know of any new movie websites not on this list feel free to e-mail me with the details. More...

2005 Preview: January

January 1st, 2005

January is one of two main dumping grounds for bad movies on the calendar, September being the other one. And while the average box office is lower in September the quality of films has been dropping for a while so by comparison September's entries don't feel so bad. January, on the other hand, comes after the best month in terms of Box Office and Award Season combined. Throughout December the quality of films builds to a crescendo and then it suddenly falls flat. More...

Movie Websites Launches for November 26 - December 2

December 2nd, 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 this week's winner Ocean's Twelve - 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 August 13 - August 19

August 19th, 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, Vanity Fair - 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

January 30th, 2004

This week's new batch of movie release dates sees the studios start to position themselves for blockbuster performances in Summer 2005, and do some shuffling around of less ambitious releases in 2004. Among movies with new or moved dates: a remake of The Longest Yard, a revival of The Pink Panther, an adaptation of TV's Bewitched, Tarantino's Kill Bill: Volume 2 and many more. More...

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jan 21, 2005 1 $18,575,214   2,709 $6,857   $18,575,214 1
Jan 28, 2005 2 $16,346,395 -12% 2,710 $6,032   $38,458,267 2
Feb 4, 2005 3 $10,614,455 -35% 2,790 $3,804   $51,272,367 3
Feb 11, 2005 3 $8,236,727 -22% 2,810 $2,931   $61,253,768 4
Feb 18, 2005 6 $6,285,089 -24% 2,519 $2,495   $69,292,282 5
Feb 25, 2005 8 $4,111,030 -35% 2,242 $1,834   $76,477,479 6
Mar 4, 2005 13 $1,577,632 -62% 1,745 $904   $78,710,343 7
Mar 11, 2005 18 $506,452 -68% 843 $601   $79,535,490 8
Mar 18, 2005 26 $258,688 -49% 336 $770   $80,093,707 9
Mar 25, 2005 33 $134,062 -48% 186 $721   $80,345,816 10
Apr 1, 2005 18 $338,863 +153% 312 $1,086   $80,754,856 11
Apr 8, 2005 21 $250,511 -26% 254 $986   $81,100,273 12
Apr 15, 2005 23 $206,711 -17% 266 $777   $81,364,147 13
Apr 22, 2005 25 $217,314 +5% 228 $953   $81,633,757 14
Apr 29, 2005 25 $188,862 -13% 228 $828   $81,863,453 15
May 6, 2005 27 $138,845 -26% 211 $658   $82,036,247 16
May 13, 2005 27 $118,222 -15% 178 $664   $82,184,723 17
May 20, 2005 30 $95,111 -20% 155 $614   $82,301,521 18

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Jan 21, 2005 1 $5,500,000     2,709 $2,030   $5,500,000 1
Jan 22, 2005 1 $7,883,103 +43%   2,709 $2,910   $13,364,470 2
Jan 23, 2005 1 $5,210,744 -34%   2,709 $1,923   $18,575,214 3
Jan 24, 2005 1 $1,123,000 -78%   2,709 $415   $19,698,000 4
Jan 25, 2005 2 $804,000 -28%   2,709 $297   $20,502,000 5
Jan 26, 2005 2 $787,000 -2%   2,709 $291   $21,289,000 6
Jan 27, 2005 1 $823,000 +5%   2,709 $304   $22,111,872 7
Jan 28, 2005 2 $3,800,000 +362% -31% 2,710 $1,402   $25,900,000 8
Jan 29, 2005 2 $7,523,889 +98% -5% 2,710 $2,776   $33,565,427 9
Jan 30, 2005 2 $4,892,840 -35% -6% 2,710 $1,805   $38,458,267 10
Jan 31, 2005 3 $638,000 -87% -43% 2,710 $235   $39,096,000 11
Feb 1, 2005 4 $523,000 -18% -35% 2,710 $193   $39,619,000 12
Feb 2, 2005 4 $504,000 -4% -36% 2,710 $186   $40,123,000 13
Feb 3, 2005 4 $535,000 +6% -35% 2,710 $197   $40,657,912 14
Feb 4, 2005 4 $2,700,000 +405% -29% 2,790 $968   $43,400,000 15
Feb 5, 2005 2 $5,534,221 +105% -26% 2,790 $1,984   $48,871,380 16
Feb 6, 2005 2 $2,400,987 -57% -51% 2,790 $861   $51,272,367 17
Feb 7, 2005 5 $508,000 -79% -20% 2,790 $182   $51,780,000 18
Feb 8, 2005 6 $438,000 -14% -16% 2,790 $157   $52,218,000 19
Feb 9, 2005 7 $381,000 -13% -24% 2,790 $137   $52,600,000 20
Feb 10, 2005 7 $417,000 +9% -22% 2,790 $149   $53,017,000 21
Feb 11, 2005 4 $1,800,000 +332% -33% 2,810 $641   $54,800,000 22
Feb 12, 2005 3 $4,008,369 +123% -28% 2,810 $1,426   $58,842,687 23
Feb 13, 2005 2 $2,411,081 -40% n/c 2,810 $858   $61,253,768 24
Feb 14, 2005 6 $816,000 -66% +61% 2,810 $290   $62,070,000 25
Feb 15, 2005 8 $304,000 -63% -31% 2,810 $108   $62,373,000 26
Feb 16, 2005 9 $276,000 -9% -28% 2,810 $98   $62,650,000 27
Feb 17, 2005 5 $357,000 +29% -14% 2,810 $127   $63,007,000 28
Feb 18, 2005 7 $1,500,000 +320% -17% 2,519 $595   $64,500,000 29
Feb 19, 2005 6 $2,772,734 +85% -31% 2,519 $1,101   $67,293,652 30
Feb 20, 2005 6 $1,998,630 -28% -17% 2,519 $793   $69,292,282 31
Feb 21, 2005 4 $1,766,406 -12% +116% 2,519 $701   $71,058,688 32
Feb 22, 2005 5 $469,000 -73% +54% 2,519 $186   $71,527,000 33
Feb 23, 2005 5 $422,000 -10% +53% 2,519 $168   $71,949,000 34
Feb 24, 2005 5 $417,000 -1% +17% 2,519 $166   $72,366,000 35
Feb 25, 2005 8 $1,100,000 +164% -27% 2,242 $491   $73,500,000 36
Feb 26, 2005 9 $1,890,935 +72% -32% 2,242 $843   $75,318,188 37
Feb 27, 2005 9 $1,159,291 -39% -42% 2,242 $517   $76,477,479 38

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jan 21, 2005 1 $22,111,872   2,709 $8,162   $22,111,872 1
Jan 28, 2005 2 $18,546,040 -16% 2,710 $6,844   $40,657,912 2
Feb 4, 2005 3 $12,359,129 -33% 2,790 $4,430   $53,017,041 3
Feb 11, 2005 4 $9,990,152 -19% 2,810 $3,555   $63,007,193 4
Feb 18, 2005 6 $9,359,256 -6% 2,519 $3,715   $72,366,449 5
Feb 25, 2005 9 $4,766,262 -49% 2,242 $2,126   $77,132,711 6
Mar 4, 2005 13 $1,896,327 -60% 1,745 $1,087   $79,029,038 7
Mar 11, 2005 18 $805,981 -57% 843 $956   $79,835,019 8
Mar 18, 2005 26 $376,735 -53% 336 $1,121   $80,211,754 9
Mar 25, 2005 35 $204,239 -46% 186 $1,098   $80,415,993 10
Apr 1, 2005 18 $433,769 +112% 312 $1,390   $80,849,762 11
Apr 8, 2005 23 $307,674 -29% 254 $1,211   $81,157,436 12
Apr 15, 2005 24 $259,007 -16% 266 $974   $81,416,443 13
Apr 22, 2005 26 $258,148 n/c 228 $1,132   $81,674,591 14
Apr 29, 2005 29 $222,811 -14% 228 $977   $81,897,402 15
May 6, 2005 31 $169,099 -24% 211 $801   $82,066,501 16
May 13, 2005 32 $139,909 -17% 178 $786   $82,206,410 17

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Australia 3/11/2005 $0 0 172 865 $2,378,673 9/24/2020
 
Rest of World $13,061,400
 
International Total$15,440,073 9/24/2020

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


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