Name: Blade
Director: Stephen Norrington
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Released: 1998
Cast: Wesley Snipes, Stephen Dorff, Kris Kristofferson, N'Bushe Wright, Donal Logue

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Aug 21	#1	$5.88M		—	$5.88M	2,322	$2.5K	1
Sat Aug 22	#1	$6.19M	+5%	—	$11.78M	2,322	$2.7K	2
Sun Aug 23	#1	$5.03M	-19%	—	$17.10M	2,322	$2.2K	3
Mon Aug 24	#1	$1.96M	-61%	—	$19.04M	2,322	$846	4
Tue Aug 25	#1	$2.02M	+3%	—	$21.05M	2,322	$869	5
Wed Aug 26	#1	$1.60M	-21%	—	$22.66M	2,322	$689	6
Thu Aug 27	#1	$1.56M	-2%	—	$24.22M	2,322	$673	7
Fri Aug 28	#1	$3.04M	+95%	-48%	$26.86M	2,351	$1.3K	8
Sat Aug 29	#1	$4.47M	+47%	-28%	$31.33M	2,351	$1.9K	9
Sun Aug 30	#1	$3.33M	-26%	-34%	$34.74M	2,351	$1.4K	10
Mon Aug 31	#1	$1.08M	-67%	-45%	$35.82M	2,351	$460	11
Tue Sep 1	#1	$1.15M	+6%	-43%	$36.97M	2,351	$489	12
Wed Sep 2	#1	$942K	-18%	-41%	$37.91M	2,351	$401	13
Thu Sep 3	#1	$912K	-3%	-42%	$38.82M	2,351	$388	14
Fri Sep 4	#2	$2.17M	+137%	-29%	$40.93M	2,375	$912	15
Sat Sep 5	#2	$3.29M	+52%	-26%	$44.22M	2,375	$1.4K	16
Sun Sep 6	#2	$3.06M	-7%	-8%	$47.28M	2,375	$1.3K	17
Mon Sep 7	#1	$2.23M	-27%	+106%	$49.56M	2,375	$938	18
Tue Sep 8	#2	$654K	-71%	-43%	$50.21M	2,375	$275	19
Wed Sep 9	#2	$551K	-16%	-41%	$50.76M	2,375	$232	20
Thu Sep 10	#2	$489K	-11%	-46%	$51.25M	2,375	$206	21
Fri Sep 11	#3	$1.33M	+172%	-39%	$52.57M	2,389	$557	22
Sat Sep 12	#3	$2.37M	+78%	-28%	$54.94M	2,389	$990	23
Sun Sep 13	#3	$1.48M	-38%	-52%	$56.44M	2,389	$618	24
Mon Sep 14	#3	$390K	-74%	-82%	$56.83M	2,389	$163	25
Tue Sep 15	#4	$469K	+20%	-28%	$57.30M	2,389	$196	26
Wed Sep 16	#4	$382K	-19%	-31%	$57.68M	2,389	$160	27
Thu Sep 17	#4	$384K	+1%	-21%	$58.06M	2,389	$161	28
Fri Sep 18	#7	$865K	+125%	-35%	$58.91M	2,375	$364	29
Sat Sep 19	#7	$1.46M	+68%	-38%	$60.36M	2,375	$613	30
Sun Sep 20	#6	$904K	-38%	-39%	$61.30M	2,375	$381	31
Mon Sep 21	#7	$254K	-72%	-35%	$61.56M	2,375	$107	32
Tue Sep 22	#6	$291K	+15%	-38%	$61.85M	2,375	$123	33
Wed Sep 23	#6	$219K	-25%	-43%	$62.07M	2,375	$92	34
Thu Sep 24	#6	$220K		-43%	$62.29M	2,375	$92	35
Fri Sep 25	#9	$525K	+139%	-39%	$62.80M	2,232	$235	36
Sat Sep 26	#9	$944K	+80%	-35%	$63.74M	2,232	$423	37
Sun Sep 27	#9	$541K	-43%	-40%	$64.28M	2,232	$242	38
Mon Sep 28	#8	$145K	-73%	-43%	$64.43M	2,232	$65	39
Tue Sep 29	#9	$175K	+21%	-40%	$64.60M	2,232	$79	40
Wed Sep 30	#9	$167K	-5%	-24%	$64.77M	2,232	$75	41
Thu Oct 1	#8	$166K	-1%	-25%	$64.93M	2,232	$74	42

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Aug 21-23	1	$17.07M	—	$17.07M	2,322	$7.4K	1
Aug 28-30	1	$10.93M	-36.0%	$34.74M	2,351	$4.6K	2
Sep 4-6	2	$10.79M	-1.3%	$49.56M	2,375	$4.5K	3
Sep 11-13	3	$5.19M	-51.9%	$56.44M	2,389	$2.2K	4
Sep 18-20	7	$3.26M	-37.2%	$61.30M	2,375	$1.4K	5
Sep 25-27	9	$2.01M	-38.4%	$64.28M	2,232	$900	6
Oct 2-4	11	$1.05M	-47.5%	$65.98M	1,388	$760	7
Oct 9-11	15	$602K	-43.0%	$66.91M	987	$610	8
Oct 16-18	18	$394K	-34.6%	$67.71M	544	$723	9
Oct 23-25	27	$220K	-44.0%	$68.06M	337	$654	10
Oct 30-Nov 1	33	$123K	-44.3%	$68.25M	296	$415	11
Nov 6-8	39	$82K	-32.9%	$68.43M	170	$485	12
Nov 13-15	46	$57K	-31.2%	$68.52M	95	$597	13
Nov 20-22	25	$322K	+467.4%	$68.87M	573	$562	14
Nov 27-29	25	$292K	-9.3%	$69.34M	419	$697	15
Dec 4-6	24	$251K	-14.0%	$69.70M	401	$626	16
Dec 11-13	31	$124K	-50.6%	$69.89M	355	$349	17
Dec 18-20	40	$64K	-48.8%	$70.00M	247	$257	18

Performance Charts

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

Daily Gross

Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Week-over-Week Drop

Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byStephen Norrington

ScreenplayDavid S. Goyer

Produced byPeter Frankfurt, Wesley Snipes, Robert Engelman

CinematographyTheo van de Sande

Music byMark Isham

StarringWesley Snipes, Stephen Dorff, Kris Kristofferson, N'Bushe Wright, Donal Logue

StudioNew Line Cinema

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