The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005)

Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $15,331,289Details
International Box Office $136,977Details
Worldwide Box Office $15,468,266
Home Market Performance
Est. Domestic DVD Sales $40,907,203 Details
Total Est. Domestic Video Sales $40,907,203
Further financial details...

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$3,657,322 (23.9% of total gross)
Legs:3.93 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:99.1% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$25,000,000 (worldwide box office is 0.6 times production budget)
Theater counts:1,014 opening theaters/1,810 max. theaters, 3.7 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $25,783,345

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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: September 30th, 2005 (Wide) by Walt Disney
Video Release: April 11th, 2006 by Walt Disney Home Entertainment, released as Greatest Game Ever Played, The
MPAA Rating: PG for some brief mild language.
Running Time: 120 minutes
Comparisons: vs. Goodfellas
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Keywords: Golf, Sports Drama, Biography, Underdog, 1910s, Novel or Other Work Adapted by Author
Source:Based on Factual Book/Article
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Dramatization
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Columbus Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 263 $6,884,943 Oct 7, 2005 10
Columbus Day (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon, Inflation Adjusted) 152 $8,008,242 Oct 7, 2005 10

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Sep 30, 2005 9 $3,657,322   1,014 $3,607   $3,657,322 1
Oct 7, 2005 11 $3,905,532 +7% 1,810 $2,158   $8,680,794 2
Oct 14, 2005 13 $2,196,956 -44% 1,725 $1,274   $12,341,200 3
Oct 21, 2005 18 $1,045,148 -52% 1,017 $1,028   $14,066,869 4
Oct 28, 2005 26 $320,318 -69% 423 $757   $14,711,809 5
Nov 4, 2005 36 $145,173 -55% 239 $607   $14,986,802 6
Nov 11, 2005 33 $137,908 -5% 278 $496   $15,179,435 7
Nov 18, 2005 43 $52,078 -62% 159 $328   $15,283,642 8
Nov 25, 2005 59 $19,779 -62% 53 $373   $15,331,289 9

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Sep 30, 2005 8 $1,083,411     1,014 $1,068   $1,083,411 1
Oct 1, 2005 9 $1,601,703 +48%   1,014 $1,580   $2,685,114 2
Oct 2, 2005 8 $972,208 -39%   1,014 $959   $3,657,322 3
Oct 3, 2005 8 $276,389 -72%   1,014 $273   $3,932,000 4
Oct 4, 2005 8 $316,640 +15%   1,014 $312   $4,249,000 5
Oct 5, 2005 8 $262,909 -17%   1,014 $259   $4,517,000 6
Oct 6, 2005 9 $260,002 -1%   1,014 $256   $4,775,262 7
Oct 10, 2005 10 $637,198   +131% 1,810 $352   $9,317,992 11
Oct 12, 2005 10 $245,396   -7% 1,810 $136   $9,803,000 13
Oct 13, 2005 10 $346,131 +41% +33% 1,810 $191   $10,144,244 14
Oct 14, 2005 13 $677,892 +96%   1,810 $375   $10,822,136 15
Oct 15, 2005 13 $965,664 +42%   1,810 $534   $11,787,800 16
Oct 16, 2005 13 $553,400 -43%   1,810 $306   $12,341,200 17

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Sep 30, 2005 8 $4,775,262   1,014 $4,709   $4,775,262 1
Oct 7, 2005 11 $5,368,982 +12% 1,810 $2,966   $10,144,244 2
Oct 14, 2005 13 $2,877,477 -46% 1,725 $1,668   $13,021,721 3
Oct 21, 2005 19 $1,369,770 -52% 1,017 $1,347   $14,391,491 4
Oct 28, 2005 26 $450,138 -67% 423 $1,064   $14,841,629 5
Nov 4, 2005 36 $199,898 -56% 239 $836   $15,041,527 6
Nov 11, 2005 31 $190,037 -5% 278 $684   $15,231,564 7
Nov 18, 2005 50 $79,946 -58% 159 $503   $15,311,510 8
Nov 25, 2005 59 $19,779 -75% 53 $373   $15,331,289 9

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


Weekly US DVD Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Apr 16, 20067266,389 266,389$7,989,006$7,989,0061
Apr 23, 2006987,919-67% 354,308$2,636,691$10,625,6972
Apr 30, 20062358,941-33% 413,249$1,767,641$12,393,3383

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

Shia LaBeouf    Francis Ouimet

Uncategorized

Stephen Dillane    Harry Vardon
Elias Koteas    Arthur Ouimet
Peter Firth    Lord Northcliffe
Max Kasch    Freddie Wallis
Stephen Marcus    Ted Ray
Josh Flitter    Eddie Lowery
Justin Ashforth    Ted Hastings
Len Cariou    Stedman Comstock
Peyton List    Sarah Wallis
Luke Askew    Alec Campbell
Robin Wilcock    Bernard Darwin
Michael Weaver    John McDermott
Marnie McPhail    Mary Ouimet
George Asprey    Wilfred Reid
Dawn Upshaw    Soprano

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

Production and Technical Credits

Bill Paxton    Director
Mark Frost    Screenwriter
Mark Frost    Story Creator
Brian Tyler    Composer

DVD Releases for June 16th, 2009 - Part I

June 16th, 2009

A strangely busy week for spotlight reviews with ten of them representing nine DVDs and seven Blu-rays. It would have been a bigger list, but several are late. As for the best of the best, I'm giving an tentative DVD Pick of the Week rating to Transformers - Generation One - 25th Anniversary Edition - Season One. However, those will to wait for the retail version of Matrix of Leadership - Complete Series, or willing to spend more on the limited release will want to give this one a pass. Additionally, we have a DVD Puck of the Week, as the Canadian release, Murdoch Mysteries - Season One, is a must have for all loyal Canucks. With the number of spotlight reviews, the column had to be split into to, with the second part found here More...

Fun on the Home Market

April 22nd, 2006

Fun with Dick and Jane started its home market run off with a first place, $10.27 million run for the week but was unable to top the DVD sales chart. More...

DVD Releases for April 11, 2006

April 10th, 2006

It's a slow week for DVD releases, and next week looks even slower. After searching hard for a hidden gem, there's nothing here I would deem a must have, and none rate as a DVD "Pick of the Week." The Newsroom - The Complete Third Season tops this week's list, and even then I'd recommend you go back and buy the First Season. More...

Serenity's Start is Nothing to get Excited About

October 3rd, 2005

The mini-winning streak the box office was on came to a crashing end this weekend as the total box office was only $88 million, down 11.4% from last weekend and a stunning 21.7% from last year. Of course, this time last year was the first weekend in October, so the year-to-year drop-off is to be expected. Year-to-date, 2005 is behind 2004 by 6.6% at $6.479 billion to $6.934 billion. But at least the Fall is still ahead by 7.7% at $453 million, and at this point you have to take whatever good news you can find. More...

Studios Hoping the Box Office isn't too Serene

September 30th, 2005

Today is the last day of a very successful September. Unfortunately, this does mean the year-to-year gains we've been seeing will come to an end. This time last year was the first weekend in October and all three wide releases combined won't top the debut of Shark Tale. But hopefully that will be a momentary setback for an otherwise healthy Fall box office. More...

Movie Website Updates for September 23 - September 29

September 29th, 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, The Greatest Game Ever Played - Official Site. More...

Movie Website Updates for August 26 - September 1

September 1st, 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, Serenity - Official Site. More...

2005 Preview: September

September 1st, 2005

September is the prime dumping ground for movie studios, where the films that just didn't work get ditched to die an undignified death. So why are there no less than five movies opening wide that look like they should be reasonably good? Either the studios are trying to counteract the poor reputation September has, or I have really bad taste in movies.

This month is very difficult to predict for a number of reasons, not the least of which is the fluidity of the release schedule with several films on the bubble for wide releases. In fact, there are almost as many films that may or may not open wide in September than there are films with a solid release schedule. Predicting what a film will earn without knowing if it will open wide is tricky because you have to figure out how much it would earn if it opens wide, how much it will earn if it goes the limited route, and what are the odds it will open wide versus a limited release. This resulting weighted average is lower than a similar prediction for a movie that is known to be opening wide, which makes the month look even worse that it otherwise would. More...


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Metrics

Opening Weekend:$3,657,322 (23.9% of total gross)
Legs:3.93 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:99.1% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$25,000,000 (worldwide box office is 0.6 times production budget)
Theater counts:1,014 opening theaters/1,810 max. theaters, 3.7 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $25,783,345

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists


Watch Now On

Disney+:Disney+

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: September 30th, 2005 (Wide) by Walt Disney
Video Release: April 11th, 2006 by Walt Disney Home Entertainment, released as Greatest Game Ever Played, The
MPAA Rating: PG for some brief mild language.
Running Time: 120 minutes
Comparisons: vs. Goodfellas
Create your own comparison chart…
Keywords: Golf, Sports Drama, Biography, Underdog, 1910s, Novel or Other Work Adapted by Author
Source:Based on Factual Book/Article
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Dramatization
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Columbus Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 263 $6,884,943 Oct 7, 2005 10
Columbus Day (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon, Inflation Adjusted) 152 $8,008,242 Oct 7, 2005 10

Leading Cast

Shia LaBeouf    Francis Ouimet

Uncategorized

Stephen Dillane    Harry Vardon
Elias Koteas    Arthur Ouimet
Peter Firth    Lord Northcliffe
Max Kasch    Freddie Wallis
Stephen Marcus    Ted Ray
Josh Flitter    Eddie Lowery
Justin Ashforth    Ted Hastings
Len Cariou    Stedman Comstock
Peyton List    Sarah Wallis
Luke Askew    Alec Campbell
Robin Wilcock    Bernard Darwin
Michael Weaver    John McDermott
Marnie McPhail    Mary Ouimet
George Asprey    Wilfred Reid
Dawn Upshaw    Soprano

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

Production and Technical Credits

Bill Paxton    Director
Mark Frost    Screenwriter
Mark Frost    Story Creator
Brian Tyler    Composer

DVD Releases for June 16th, 2009 - Part I

June 16th, 2009

A strangely busy week for spotlight reviews with ten of them representing nine DVDs and seven Blu-rays. It would have been a bigger list, but several are late. As for the best of the best, I'm giving an tentative DVD Pick of the Week rating to Transformers - Generation One - 25th Anniversary Edition - Season One. However, those will to wait for the retail version of Matrix of Leadership - Complete Series, or willing to spend more on the limited release will want to give this one a pass. Additionally, we have a DVD Puck of the Week, as the Canadian release, Murdoch Mysteries - Season One, is a must have for all loyal Canucks. With the number of spotlight reviews, the column had to be split into to, with the second part found here More...

Fun on the Home Market

April 22nd, 2006

Fun with Dick and Jane started its home market run off with a first place, $10.27 million run for the week but was unable to top the DVD sales chart. More...

DVD Releases for April 11, 2006

April 10th, 2006

It's a slow week for DVD releases, and next week looks even slower. After searching hard for a hidden gem, there's nothing here I would deem a must have, and none rate as a DVD "Pick of the Week." The Newsroom - The Complete Third Season tops this week's list, and even then I'd recommend you go back and buy the First Season. More...

Serenity's Start is Nothing to get Excited About

October 3rd, 2005

The mini-winning streak the box office was on came to a crashing end this weekend as the total box office was only $88 million, down 11.4% from last weekend and a stunning 21.7% from last year. Of course, this time last year was the first weekend in October, so the year-to-year drop-off is to be expected. Year-to-date, 2005 is behind 2004 by 6.6% at $6.479 billion to $6.934 billion. But at least the Fall is still ahead by 7.7% at $453 million, and at this point you have to take whatever good news you can find. More...

Studios Hoping the Box Office isn't too Serene

September 30th, 2005

Today is the last day of a very successful September. Unfortunately, this does mean the year-to-year gains we've been seeing will come to an end. This time last year was the first weekend in October and all three wide releases combined won't top the debut of Shark Tale. But hopefully that will be a momentary setback for an otherwise healthy Fall box office. More...

Movie Website Updates for September 23 - September 29

September 29th, 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, The Greatest Game Ever Played - Official Site. More...

Movie Website Updates for August 26 - September 1

September 1st, 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, Serenity - Official Site. More...

2005 Preview: September

September 1st, 2005

September is the prime dumping ground for movie studios, where the films that just didn't work get ditched to die an undignified death. So why are there no less than five movies opening wide that look like they should be reasonably good? Either the studios are trying to counteract the poor reputation September has, or I have really bad taste in movies.

This month is very difficult to predict for a number of reasons, not the least of which is the fluidity of the release schedule with several films on the bubble for wide releases. In fact, there are almost as many films that may or may not open wide in September than there are films with a solid release schedule. Predicting what a film will earn without knowing if it will open wide is tricky because you have to figure out how much it would earn if it opens wide, how much it will earn if it goes the limited route, and what are the odds it will open wide versus a limited release. This resulting weighted average is lower than a similar prediction for a movie that is known to be opening wide, which makes the month look even worse that it otherwise would. More...

Compare this performance with other movies…

Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Sep 30, 2005 9 $3,657,322   1,014 $3,607   $3,657,322 1
Oct 7, 2005 11 $3,905,532 +7% 1,810 $2,158   $8,680,794 2
Oct 14, 2005 13 $2,196,956 -44% 1,725 $1,274   $12,341,200 3
Oct 21, 2005 18 $1,045,148 -52% 1,017 $1,028   $14,066,869 4
Oct 28, 2005 26 $320,318 -69% 423 $757   $14,711,809 5
Nov 4, 2005 36 $145,173 -55% 239 $607   $14,986,802 6
Nov 11, 2005 33 $137,908 -5% 278 $496   $15,179,435 7
Nov 18, 2005 43 $52,078 -62% 159 $328   $15,283,642 8
Nov 25, 2005 59 $19,779 -62% 53 $373   $15,331,289 9

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Sep 30, 2005 8 $1,083,411     1,014 $1,068   $1,083,411 1
Oct 1, 2005 9 $1,601,703 +48%   1,014 $1,580   $2,685,114 2
Oct 2, 2005 8 $972,208 -39%   1,014 $959   $3,657,322 3
Oct 3, 2005 8 $276,389 -72%   1,014 $273   $3,932,000 4
Oct 4, 2005 8 $316,640 +15%   1,014 $312   $4,249,000 5
Oct 5, 2005 8 $262,909 -17%   1,014 $259   $4,517,000 6
Oct 6, 2005 9 $260,002 -1%   1,014 $256   $4,775,262 7
Oct 10, 2005 10 $637,198   +131% 1,810 $352   $9,317,992 11
Oct 12, 2005 10 $245,396   -7% 1,810 $136   $9,803,000 13
Oct 13, 2005 10 $346,131 +41% +33% 1,810 $191   $10,144,244 14
Oct 14, 2005 13 $677,892 +96%   1,810 $375   $10,822,136 15
Oct 15, 2005 13 $965,664 +42%   1,810 $534   $11,787,800 16
Oct 16, 2005 13 $553,400 -43%   1,810 $306   $12,341,200 17

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Sep 30, 2005 8 $4,775,262   1,014 $4,709   $4,775,262 1
Oct 7, 2005 11 $5,368,982 +12% 1,810 $2,966   $10,144,244 2
Oct 14, 2005 13 $2,877,477 -46% 1,725 $1,668   $13,021,721 3
Oct 21, 2005 19 $1,369,770 -52% 1,017 $1,347   $14,391,491 4
Oct 28, 2005 26 $450,138 -67% 423 $1,064   $14,841,629 5
Nov 4, 2005 36 $199,898 -56% 239 $836   $15,041,527 6
Nov 11, 2005 31 $190,037 -5% 278 $684   $15,231,564 7
Nov 18, 2005 50 $79,946 -58% 159 $503   $15,311,510 8
Nov 25, 2005 59 $19,779 -75% 53 $373   $15,331,289 9

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


Weekly US DVD Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Apr 16, 20067266,389 266,389$7,989,006$7,989,0061
Apr 23, 2006987,919-67% 354,308$2,636,691$10,625,6972
Apr 30, 20062358,941-33% 413,249$1,767,641$12,393,3383

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.