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A Knight's TaleFollow

2001 • PG-13 • 2h 12m • Action, Adventure, Drama • Sony Pictures Releasing

He will rock you.

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56

3.64

7.0

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$16.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$56.60M

Final

Worldwide total

$117.00M

$60.90M international

Domestic legs3.43x

Budget$65.0M

2001 rank#45

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Cast & crew

Full Helgeland filmography

Brian Helgeland

Brian Helgeland Director

Heath Ledger

Heath Ledger Starring

Rufus Sewell

Rufus Sewell Starring

Shannyn Sossamon

Shannyn Sossamon Starring

Paul Bettany

Paul Bettany Starring

Mark Addy

Mark Addy Starring

ScreenplayBrian Helgeland Produced byTodd Black, Brian Helgeland, Tim Van Rellim CinematographyRichard Greatrex MusicCarter Burwell Prod. DesignTony Burrough StudioSony Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 11-13 2 $16.5M — 2,980 $5,540 $16.5M

2 May 18-20 3 $10.4M −37.0% 2,980 $3,492 $31.9M

3 May 25-27 4 $7.3M −30.2% 2,964 $2,449 $42.5M

4 Jun 1-3 7 $3.4M −52.9% 2,441 $1,399 $49.4M

5 Jun 8-10 9 $1.7M −50.2% 1,850 $920 $52.7M

6 Jun 15-17 12 $715.7K −58.0% 925 $773 $54.3M

7 Jun 22-24 18 $278.9K −61.0% 312 $894 $55.0M

8 Jun 29-Jul 1 26 $106.7K −61.8% 134 $796 $55.3M

9 Jul 6-8 27 $188.5K +76.7% 223 $845 $55.5M

10 Jul 13-15 28 $130.2K −30.9% 177 $735 $55.8M

11 Jul 20-22 33 $81.8K −37.2% 148 $552 $56.0M

12 Jul 27-29 38 $67.7K −17.2% 131 $516 $56.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri May 11 #2 $5.9M — $5.9M 2,980 $1,966 1

Sat May 12 #2 $6.5M +11% $12.4M 2,980 $2,181 2

Sun May 13 #2 $4.0M −38% $16.5M 2,980 $1,353 3

Mon May 14 #2 $1.3M −68% $17.8M 2,980 $438 4

Tue May 15 #2 $1.5M +11% $19.3M 2,980 $488 5

Wed May 16 #2 $1.1M −22% $20.4M 2,980 $378 6

Thu May 17 #2 $1.1M −6% $21.5M 2,980 $357 7

Fri May 18 #3 $3.5M +226% −41% $24.9M 2,980 $1,163 8

Sat May 19 #3 $4.2M +21% −35% $29.1M 2,980 $1,410 9

Sun May 20 #3 $2.6M −39% −36% $31.9M 2,980 $865 10

Mon May 21 #3 $955.0K −63% −27% $32.8M 2,980 $320 11

Tue May 22 #3 $838.4K −12% −42% $33.7M 2,980 $281 12

Wed May 23 #3 $733.7K −12% −35% $34.4M 2,980 $246 13

Thu May 24 #3 $805.6K +10% −24% $35.2M 2,980 $270 14

Fri May 25 #4 $2.0M +149% −42% $37.2M 2,964 $676 15

Sat May 26 #4 $2.7M +36% −35% $39.9M 2,964 $917 16

Sun May 27 #4 $2.5M −10% −5% $42.5M 2,964 $827 17

Mon May 28 #4 $1.9M −25% +94% $44.3M 2,964 $624 18

Tue May 29 #4 $617.2K −67% −26% $44.9M 2,964 $208 19

Wed May 30 #4 $518.4K −16% −29% $45.5M 2,964 $174 20

Thu May 31 #4 $554.0K +7% −31% $46.0M 2,964 $186 21

Fri Jun 1 #7 $1.2M +114% −41% $47.2M 2,964 $399 22

Sat Jun 2 #7 $1.6M +39% −40% $48.8M 2,441 $672 23

Sun Jun 3 #7 $885.0K −46% −64% $49.4M 2,441 $362 24

Mon Jun 4 #7 $352.6K −60% −81% $49.8M 2,441 $144 25

Tue Jun 5 #7 $434.5K +23% −30% $50.2M 2,441 $178 26

Wed Jun 6 #7 $372.4K −14% −28% $50.6M 2,441 $152 27

Thu Jun 7 #7 $376.1K +1% −32% $51.0M 2,441 $154 28

Fri Jun 8 #9 $512.5K +36% −57% $51.5M 1,850 $277 29

Sat Jun 9 #9 $667.0K +30% −59% $52.1M 1,850 $360 30

Sun Jun 10 #9 $435.0K −35% −51% $52.7M 1,850 $235 31

Mon Jun 11 #9 $221.2K −49% −37% $52.9M 1,850 $119 32

Tue Jun 12 #9 $258.7K +17% −40% $53.1M 1,850 $139 33

Wed Jun 13 #9 $204.4K −21% −45% $53.3M 1,850 $110 34

Thu Jun 14 #9 $225.1K +10% −40% $53.6M 1,850 $121 35

Sun Jun 17 #12 $188.0K — −57% $54.3M 925 $203 38

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$54.3M

May 11May 20May 29Jun 6Jun 17

Weekend grossWk 10 · $130.2K

$16.5M

$10.4M

$7.3M

$3.4M

$1.7M

$715.7K

$278.9K

$106.7K

$188.5K

$130.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,980 → 925 −69.0%

2,980 open925 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −30.9%

−37.0%

W1→2

−30.2%

W2→3

−52.9%

W3→4

−50.2%

W4→5

−58.0%

W5→6

−61.0%

W6→7

−61.8%

W7→8

+76.7%

W8→9

−30.9%

W9→10

Steepest −61.8%Biggest gain +76.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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