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

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Wed Nov 26	#8	$1.80M		—	$1.80M	2,005	$897	1
Thu Nov 27	#5	$3.10M	+72%	—	$4.90M	2,005	$1.5K	2
Fri Nov 28	#6	$4.60M	+48%	—	$9.50M	2,005	$2.3K	3
Sat Nov 29	#5	$4.92M	+7%	—	$14.04M	2,005	$2.5K	4
Sun Nov 30	#4	$2.77M	-44%	—	$16.80M	2,005	$1.4K	5
Mon Dec 1	#1	$844K	-69%	—	$17.64M	2,005	$420	6
Tue Dec 2	#1	$835K	-1%	—	$18.48M	2,005	$416	7
Wed Dec 3	#1	$787K	-6%	-56%	$19.27M	2,005	$392	8
Thu Dec 4	#1	$833K	+6%	-73%	$20.12M	2,005	$415	9
Fri Dec 5	#5	$2.10M	+152%	-54%	$22.20M	2,091	$1.0K	10
Sat Dec 6	#6	$2.97M	+42%	-40%	$25.16M	2,091	$1.4K	11
Sun Dec 7	#6	$1.98M	-34%	-29%	$27.14M	2,091	$945	12
Mon Dec 8	#2	$596K	-70%	-29%	$27.73M	2,091	$285	13
Tue Dec 9	#2	$639K	+7%	-23%	$28.37M	2,091	$305	14
Wed Dec 10	#2	$639K	n/c	-19%	$29.01M	2,091	$305	15
Thu Dec 11	#2	$699K	+9%	-16%	$29.71M	2,091	$334	16
Fri Dec 12	#5	$1.80M	+158%	-14%	$31.50M	2,540	$708	17
Sat Dec 13	#7	$2.58M	+44%	-13%	$34.15M	2,540	$1.0K	18
Sun Dec 14	#5	$1.56M	-40%	-21%	$35.72M	2,540	$614	19
Mon Dec 15	#4	$561K	-64%	-6%	$36.28M	2,540	$220	20
Tue Dec 16	#4	$569K	+1%	-11%	$36.84M	2,540	$224	21
Wed Dec 17	#4	$557K	-2%	-13%	$37.40M	2,540	$219	22
Thu Dec 18	#4	$560K	+1%	-20%	$37.81M	2,540	$220	23
Fri Dec 19	#7	$1.30M	+132%	-28%	$39.10M	2,225	$584	24
Sat Dec 20	#6	$2.00M	+54%	-23%	$41.19M	2,225	$898	25
Sun Dec 21	#6	$1.72M	-14%	+10%	$42.91M	2,225	$774	26
Mon Dec 22	#8	$729K	-58%	+30%	$43.64M	2,225	$327	27
Tue Dec 23	#8	$850K	+17%	+49%	$44.49M	2,225	$382	28
Wed Dec 24	#7	$564K	-34%	+1%	$45.05M	2,225	$253	29
Thu Dec 25	#9	$1.41M	+150%	+152%	$46.46M	1,710	$823	30
Fri Dec 26	#9	$1.59M	+13%	+22%	$48.05M	1,710	$930	31
Sat Dec 27	#9	$1.62M	+2%	-19%	$49.69M	1,710	$949	32
Sun Dec 28	#9	$1.26M	-22%	-27%	$50.95M	1,710	$736	33
Thu Jan 1	#10	$1.12M		-20%	$53.97M	1,710	$656	37
Fri Jan 2	#10	$1.30M	+16%	-18%	$55.30M	1,710	$760	38
Sat Jan 3	#10	$1.16M	-11%	-29%	$56.33M	1,710	$675	39
Mon Jan 19	#32	$40K			$59.23M	389	$103	55
Mon Feb 16	#61	$5K			$59.51M	201	$26	83

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Jan 16-19	32	$276K	—	$59.23M	389	$710	8
Jan 23-25	46	$85K	-69.4%	$59.37M	164	$515	9
Feb 13-15	57	$38K	-55.3%	$59.50M	201	$188	12
Feb 27-29	36	$182K	+382.2%	$59.71M	183	$996	14
Mar 5-7	38	$145K	-20.3%	$59.94M	169	$860	15

Performance Charts

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

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Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byTerry Zwigoff

ScreenplayJohn Requa, Glenn Ficarra

Produced byJohn Cameron, Sarah Aubrey, Bob Weinstein

CinematographyJamie Anderson

MusicDavid Kitay

Prod. DesignSharon Seymour

StarringBilly Bob Thornton, Tony Cox, Lauren Graham, Brett Kelly, Lauren Tom, John Ritter

StudioDimension Films

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