Name: Bad Santa
Director: Terry Zwigoff
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Released: 2003
Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox, Lauren Graham, Brett Kelly, Lauren Tom

Cast & crew

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Terry Zwigoff Director

Billy Bob Thornton Starring

Lauren Graham Starring

John Ritter Starring

ScreenplayJohn Requa, Glenn Ficarra Produced byJohn Cameron, Sarah Aubrey, Bob Weinstein CinematographyJamie Anderson MusicDavid Kitay Prod. DesignSharon Seymour StudioDimension Films

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

8 Jan 16-19 32 $276.3K — 389 $710 $59.2M

9 Jan 23-25 46 $84.5K −69.4% 164 $515 $59.4M

12 Feb 13-15 57 $37.8K −55.3% 201 $188 $59.5M

14 Feb 27-29 36 $182.4K +382.2% 183 $996 $59.7M

15 Mar 5-7 38 $145.4K −20.3% 169 $860 $59.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Nov 26 #8 $1.8M — $1.8M 2,005 $897 1

Thu Nov 27 #5 $3.1M +72% $4.9M 2,005 $1,546 2

Fri Nov 28 #6 $4.6M +48% $9.5M 2,005 $2,294 3

Sat Nov 29 #5 $4.9M +7% $14.0M 2,005 $2,452 4

Sun Nov 30 #4 $2.8M −44% $16.8M 2,005 $1,379 5

Mon Dec 1 #1 $844.0K −69% $17.6M 2,005 $420 6

Tue Dec 2 #1 $835.0K −1% $18.5M 2,005 $416 7

Wed Dec 3 #1 $787.0K −6% −56% $19.3M 2,005 $392 8

Thu Dec 4 #1 $833.0K +6% −73% $20.1M 2,005 $415 9

Fri Dec 5 #5 $2.1M +152% −54% $22.2M 2,091 $1,004 10

Sat Dec 6 #6 $3.0M +42% −40% $25.2M 2,091 $1,421 11

Sun Dec 7 #6 $2.0M −34% −29% $27.1M 2,091 $945 12

Mon Dec 8 #2 $596.0K −70% −29% $27.7M 2,091 $285 13

Tue Dec 9 #2 $639.0K +7% −23% $28.4M 2,091 $305 14

Wed Dec 10 #2 $639.0K n/c −19% $29.0M 2,091 $305 15

Thu Dec 11 #2 $699.0K +9% −16% $29.7M 2,091 $334 16

Fri Dec 12 #5 $1.8M +158% −14% $31.5M 2,540 $708 17

Sat Dec 13 #7 $2.6M +44% −13% $34.2M 2,540 $1,017 18

Sun Dec 14 #5 $1.6M −40% −21% $35.7M 2,540 $614 19

Mon Dec 15 #4 $561.0K −64% −6% $36.3M 2,540 $220 20

Tue Dec 16 #4 $569.0K +1% −11% $36.8M 2,540 $224 21

Wed Dec 17 #4 $557.0K −2% −13% $37.4M 2,540 $219 22

Thu Dec 18 #4 $560.0K +1% −20% $37.8M 2,540 $220 23

Fri Dec 19 #7 $1.3M +132% −28% $39.1M 2,225 $584 24

Sat Dec 20 #6 $2.0M +54% −23% $41.2M 2,225 $898 25

Sun Dec 21 #6 $1.7M −14% +10% $42.9M 2,225 $774 26

Mon Dec 22 #8 $729.0K −58% +30% $43.6M 2,225 $327 27

Tue Dec 23 #8 $850.0K +17% +49% $44.5M 2,225 $382 28

Wed Dec 24 #7 $564.0K −34% +1% $45.1M 2,225 $253 29

Thu Dec 25 #9 $1.4M +150% +152% $46.5M 1,710 $823 30

Fri Dec 26 #9 $1.6M +13% +22% $48.1M 1,710 $930 31

Sat Dec 27 #9 $1.6M +2% −19% $49.7M 1,710 $949 32

Sun Dec 28 #9 $1.3M −22% −27% $50.9M 1,710 $736 33

Thu Jan 1 #10 $1.1M — −20% $54.0M 1,710 $656 37

Fri Jan 2 #10 $1.3M +16% −18% $55.3M 1,710 $760 38

Sat Jan 3 #10 $1.2M −11% −29% $56.3M 1,710 $675 39

Mon Jan 19 #32 $40.4K — $59.2M 389 $103 55

Mon Feb 16 #61 $5.3K — $59.5M 201 $26 83

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

Cumulative total$59.2M

Nov 26Dec 5Dec 14Dec 23Jan 19

Weekend grossWk 9 · $84.5K

$276.3K

$84.5K

W8W9

Theater countPeak 2,540 → 389 −84.7%

2,005 open389 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −69.4%

−69.4%

W8→9

Steepest −69.4%Best hold −69.4%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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