Name: Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Director: Adam McKay
Genre: Comedy
Released: 2004
Cast: Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Paul Rudd, Steve Carell, David Koechner

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Jul 9	#2	$10.76M		—	$10.76M	3,091	$3.5K	1
Sat Jul 10	#2	$9.60M	-11%	—	$20.30M	3,091	$3.1K	2
Sun Jul 11	#2	$8.06M	-16%	—	$28.42M	3,091	$2.6K	3
Mon Jul 12	#2	$4.29M	-47%	—	$32.70M	3,091	$1.4K	4
Tue Jul 13	#2	$3.77M	-12%	—	$36.47M	3,091	$1.2K	5
Wed Jul 14	#2	$3.56M	-5%	—	$40.03M	3,091	$1.2K	6
Thu Jul 15	#2	$3.07M	-14%	—	$43.11M	3,091	$994	7
Fri Jul 16	#4	$4.40M	+43%	-59%	$47.50M	3,104	$1.4K	8
Sat Jul 17	#3	$5.10M	+16%	-47%	$52.67M	3,104	$1.6K	9
Sun Jul 18	#3	$4.28M	-16%	-47%	$56.96M	3,104	$1.4K	10
Mon Jul 19	#4	$2.02M	-53%	-53%	$58.98M	3,104	$652	11
Tue Jul 20	#4	$1.86M	-8%	-51%	$60.84M	3,104	$597	12
Wed Jul 21	#4	$1.65M	-11%	-54%	$62.48M	3,104	$529	13
Thu Jul 22	#4	$1.60M	-3%	-48%	$64.08M	3,104	$516	14
Fri Jul 23	#6	$2.40M	+50%	-45%	$66.50M	2,936	$817	15
Sat Jul 24	#6	$2.70M	+13%	-47%	$69.08M	2,936	$920	16
Sun Jul 25	#6	$1.98M	-27%	-54%	$71.06M	2,936	$674	17
Mon Jul 26	#6	$1.03M	-48%	-49%	$72.09M	2,936	$351	18
Tue Jul 27	#6	$1.12M	+8%	-40%	$73.21M	2,936	$381	19
Wed Jul 28	#6	$988K	-12%	-40%	$74.20M	2,936	$336	20
Thu Jul 29	#6	$834K	-16%	-48%	$75.03M	2,936	$284	21
Fri Jul 30	#9	$1.00M	+20%	-58%	$76.00M	2,032	$492	22
Sat Jul 31	#10	$1.16M	+16%	-57%	$77.21M	2,032	$569	23
Sun Aug 1	#10	$953K	-18%	-52%	$78.17M	2,032	$469	24
Mon Aug 2	#10	$532K	-44%	-48%	$78.70M	2,032	$261	25
Tue Aug 3	#10	$525K	-1%	-53%	$79.22M	2,032	$258	26
Wed Aug 4	#10	$522K	-1%	-47%	$79.75M	2,032	$256	27
Thu Aug 5	#10	$496K	-5%	-41%	$80.24M	2,032	$244	28

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Jul 9-11	2	$28.42M	—	$28.42M	3,091	$9.2K	1
Jul 16-18	3	$13.85M	-51.3%	$56.96M	3,104	$4.5K	2
Jul 23-25	6	$6.97M	-49.6%	$71.06M	2,936	$2.4K	3
Jul 30-Aug 1	9	$3.13M	-55.1%	$78.17M	2,032	$1.5K	4
Aug 6-8	14	$1.58M	-49.5%	$81.82M	1,370	$1.2K	5
Aug 13-15	20	$650K	-58.9%	$83.47M	707	$919	6
Aug 20-22	31	$241K	-62.9%	$84.14M	322	$749	7
Sep 3-6	33	$313K	+29.5%	$84.79M	258	$1.2K	8

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Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byAdam McKay

ScreenplayAdam McKay, Will Ferrell

Produced byJudd Apatow

CinematographyThomas E. Ackerman

MusicAlex Wurman

Prod. DesignClayton Hartley

StarringWill Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Paul Rudd, Steve Carell, David Koechner, Fred Willard

StudioDreamWorks Distribution

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