Name: American Gangster
Director: Ridley Scott
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Released: 2007
Cast: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Josh Brolin, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Cuba Gooding Jr.

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Nov 2	#1	$15.87M		—	$15.87M	3,054	$5.2K	1
Sat Nov 3	#1	$17.65M	+11%	—	$33.52M	3,054	$5.8K	2
Sun Nov 4	#2	$10.05M	-43%	—	$43.57M	3,054	$3.3K	3
Mon Nov 5	#1	$3.57M	-64%	—	$47.14M	3,054	$1.2K	4
Tue Nov 6	#1	$3.53M	-1%	—	$50.67M	3,054	$1.2K	5
Wed Nov 7	#1	$2.93M	-17%	—	$53.60M	3,054	$960	6
Thu Nov 8	#1	$2.76M	-6%	—	$56.36M	3,054	$904	7
Fri Nov 9	#1	$7.17M	+160%	-55%	$63.53M	3,059	$2.3K	8
Sat Nov 10	#2	$10.22M	+42%	-42%	$73.75M	3,059	$3.3K	9
Sun Nov 11	#2	$6.64M	-35%	-34%	$80.39M	3,059	$2.2K	10
Mon Nov 12	#3	$2.92M	-56%	-18%	$83.31M	3,059	$955	11
Tue Nov 13	#1	$1.59M	-46%	-55%	$84.90M	3,059	$520	12
Wed Nov 14	#1	$1.45M	-9%	-50%	$86.35M	3,059	$474	13
Thu Nov 15	#1	$1.42M	-2%	-48%	$87.78M	3,059	$465	14
Fri Nov 16	#2	$3.87M	+172%	-46%	$91.65M	3,111	$1.2K	15
Sat Nov 17	#3	$5.85M	+51%	-43%	$97.50M	3,111	$1.9K	16
Sun Nov 18	#3	$3.16M	-46%	-52%	$100.65M	3,111	$1.0K	17
Mon Nov 19	#2	$1.10M	-65%	-62%	$101.75M	2,814	$392	18
Tue Nov 20	#4	$1.31M	+18%	-18%	$103.06M	2,814	$464	19
Wed Nov 21	#9	$1.55M	+19%	+7%	$104.61M	2,814	$550	20
Thu Nov 22	#8	$1.93M	+25%	+35%	$106.54M	2,814	$685	21
Fri Nov 23	#8	$3.60M	+87%	-7%	$110.13M	2,814	$1.3K	22
Sat Nov 24	#8	$3.62M	+1%	-38%	$113.76M	2,814	$1.3K	23
Sun Nov 25	#9	$1.79M	-51%	-43%	$115.55M	2,814	$636	24
Mon Nov 26	#7	$504K	-72%	-54%	$116.05M	2,814	$179	25
Tue Nov 27	#8	$504K	n/c	-61%	$116.56M	2,814	$179	26
Wed Nov 28	#7	$476K	-6%	-69%	$117.03M	2,799	$170	27
Thu Nov 29	#8	$420K	-12%	-78%	$117.45M	2,799	$150	28
Fri Nov 30	#10	$1.34M	+218%	-63%	$118.79M	2,693	$495	29
Sat Dec 1	#10	$1.89M	+41%	-48%	$120.68M	2,693	$701	30
Sun Dec 2	#11	$1.04M	-45%	-42%	$121.72M	2,693	$385	31
Mon Dec 3	#9	$311K	-70%	-38%	$122.03M	2,699	$115	32
Tue Dec 4	#8	$339K	+9%	-33%	$122.37M	2,699	$125	33
Wed Dec 5	#7	$325K	-4%	-32%	$122.69M	2,699	$120	34
Thu Dec 6	#8	$323K	n/c	-23%	$123.02M	2,699	$119	35
Fri Dec 7	#11	$699K	+116%	-48%	$123.71M	2,133	$327	36
Mon Dec 10	#11	$233K		-25%	$125.79M	2,133	$109	39
Tue Dec 11	#10	$245K	+5%	-28%	$126.03M	2,133	$114	40
Wed Dec 12	#11	$234K	-4%	-28%	$126.27M	2,133	$109	41
Thu Dec 13	#11	$235K	n/c	-27%	$126.50M	2,133	$110	42
Tue Jan 1		$72K			$129.15M	307	$235	61
Mon Jan 21	#36	$22K			$129.99M	213	$105	81
Tue Jan 22		$13K	-43%		$130.00M	213	$60	82
Wed Jan 23	#23	$12K	-8%		$130.01M	213	$55	83
Thu Jan 24		$13K	+9%		$130.03M	213	$60	84
Fri Jan 25		$28K	+120%		$130.06M	172	$164	85
Sat Jan 26		$45K	+58%		$130.10M	172	$260	86
Sun Jan 27		$28K	-38%		$130.13M	172	$160	87
Mon Jan 28		$10K	-62%	-54%	$130.14M	172	$60	88
Tue Jan 29		$9K	-8%	-26%	$130.15M	172	$55	89
Wed Jan 30		$9K	-9%	-27%	$130.16M	172	$50	90
Thu Jan 31		$9K	-1%	-33%	$130.16M	172	$49	91

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Nov 2-4	1	$43.57M	—	$43.57M	3,054	$14.3K	1
Nov 9-11	2	$24.03M	-44.8%	$80.39M	3,059	$7.9K	2
Nov 16-18	3	$12.88M	-46.4%	$100.65M	3,110	$4.1K	3
Nov 23-25	8	$9.01M	-30.0%	$115.55M	2,799	$3.2K	4
Nov 30-Dec 2	11	$4.26M	-52.7%	$121.72M	2,699	$1.6K	5
Dec 7-9	12	$2.54M	-40.5%	$125.55M	2,132	$1.2K	6
Dec 14-16	14	$1.08M	-57.4%	$127.58M	1,215	$890	7
Dec 21-23	22	$342K	-68.4%	$128.48M	459	$744	8
Dec 28-30	23	$295K	-13.8%	$129.02M	307	$959	9
Jan 4-6	24	$260K	-11.7%	$129.50M	327	$795	10
Jan 11-13	29	$175K	-32.8%	$129.77M	282	$619	11
Jan 18-20	36	$123K	-29.4%	$129.97M	213	$579	12
Jan 25-27	39	$101K	-18.6%	$130.13M	172	$584	13

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

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Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byRidley Scott

ScreenplaySteven Zaillian

Produced byRidley Scott, Brian Grazer

CinematographyHarris Savides

MusicMarc Streitenfeld

Prod. DesignArthur Max

StarringDenzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Josh Brolin, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Cuba Gooding Jr., Lymari Nadal

StudioUniversal Pictures

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