Name: Bringing Down the House
Director: Adam Shankman
Genre: Comedy
Released: 2003
Cast: Steve Martin, Queen Latifah, Eugene Levy, Joan Plowright, Jean Smart

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Mar 7	#1	$9.84M		—	$9.84M	2,801	$3.5K	1
Sat Mar 8	#1	$13.36M	+36%	—	$23.20M	2,801	$4.8K	2
Sun Mar 9	#1	$7.90M	-41%	—	$31.10M	2,801	$2.8K	3
Mon Mar 10	#1	$2.05M	-74%	—	$33.16M	2,801	$733	4
Tue Mar 11	#1	$2.12M	+3%	—	$35.28M	2,801	$757	5
Wed Mar 12	#1	$1.97M	-7%	—	$37.24M	2,801	$702	6
Thu Mar 13	#1	$1.99M	+1%	—	$39.23M	2,801	$710	7
Fri Mar 14	#1	$6.75M	+239%	-31%	$45.98M	2,801	$2.4K	8
Sat Mar 15	#1	$9.95M	+47%	-26%	$55.92M	2,801	$3.5K	9
Sun Mar 16	#1	$5.36M	-46%	-32%	$61.29M	2,801	$1.9K	10
Mon Mar 17	#1	$1.45M	-73%	-29%	$62.74M	2,801	$517	11
Tue Mar 18	#1	$1.58M	+9%	-25%	$64.32M	2,801	$564	12
Wed Mar 19	#1	$1.34M	-15%	-32%	$65.66M	2,801	$480	13
Thu Mar 20	#1	$1.48M	+10%	-25%	$67.14M	2,801	$529	14
Fri Mar 21	#2	$4.97M	+235%	-26%	$72.11M	2,871	$1.7K	15
Sat Mar 22	#1	$7.66M	+54%	-23%	$79.77M	2,871	$2.7K	16
Sun Mar 23	#2	$3.58M	-53%	-33%	$83.35M	2,871	$1.2K	17
Mon Mar 24	#2	$1.00M	-72%	-31%	$84.35M	2,871	$348	18
Tue Mar 25	#1	$1.07M	+7%	-32%	$85.42M	2,871	$372	19
Wed Mar 26	#1	$1.02M	-5%	-24%	$86.44M	2,871	$354	20
Thu Mar 27	#1	$1.15M	+13%	-23%	$87.59M	2,871	$399	21
Fri Mar 28	#4	$3.63M	+216%	-27%	$91.21M	2,910	$1.2K	22
Sat Mar 29	#2	$5.79M	+60%	-24%	$97.00M	2,910	$2.0K	23
Sun Mar 30	#2	$3.07M	-47%	-14%	$100.07M	2,910	$1.1K	24
Mon Mar 31	#3	$732K	-76%	-27%	$100.80M	2,910	$251	25
Tue Apr 1	#3	$716K	-2%	-33%	$101.52M	2,910	$246	26
Wed Apr 2	#3	$641K	-10%	-37%	$102.16M	2,910	$220	27
Thu Apr 3	#3	$660K	+3%	-42%	$102.82M	2,910	$226	28
Fri Apr 4	#5	$2.43M	+269%	-33%	$105.25M	2,910	$836	29
Sat Apr 5	#4	$3.94M	+62%	-32%	$109.19M	2,910	$1.4K	30
Sun Apr 6	#5	$1.94M	-51%	-37%	$111.13M	2,910	$666	31
Mon Apr 7	#4	$453K	-77%	-38%	$111.59M	2,910	$155	32
Tue Apr 8	#4	$520K	+15%	-27%	$112.11M	2,910	$178	33
Wed Apr 9	#4	$490K	-6%	-24%	$112.60M	2,910	$168	34
Thu Apr 10	#4	$516K	+5%	-22%	$113.11M	2,910	$177	35
Fri Apr 11	#6	$1.32M	+155%	-46%	$114.43M	2,830	$465	36
Sat Apr 12	#4	$2.09M	+59%	-47%	$116.57M	2,830	$739	37
Sun Apr 13	#5	$1.05M	-50%	-46%	$117.61M	2,830	$370	38
Mon Apr 14	#5	$381K	-64%	-16%	$118.00M	2,830	$134	39
Tue Apr 15	#5	$406K	+7%	-22%	$118.40M	2,830	$143	40
Wed Apr 16	#6	$399K	-2%	-19%	$118.80M	2,830	$140	41
Thu Apr 17	#5	$596K	+49%	+16%	$119.40M	2,830	$210	42
Fri Apr 18	#7	$1.22M	+104%	-7%	$120.61M	2,284	$533	43
Sat Apr 19	#7	$1.27M	+4%	-40%	$121.88M	2,284	$553	44
Sun Apr 20	#9	$797K	-37%	-24%	$122.68M	2,284	$349	45
Mon Apr 21	#7	$380K	-52%	n/c	$123.06M	2,284	$166	46
Tue Apr 22	#7	$321K	-16%	-21%	$123.38M	2,284	$140	47
Wed Apr 23	#7	$307K	-4%	-23%	$123.69M	2,284	$134	48
Thu Apr 24	#7	$309K	+1%	-48%	$124.00M	2,284	$135	49
Fri Apr 25	#11	$654K	+112%	-46%	$124.65M	2,284	$286	50
Sat Apr 26	#10	$1.00M	+54%	-21%	$125.65M	1,668	$602	51
Mon May 26	#16	$115K			$129.83M	461	$248	81

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Mar 7-9	1	$31.10M	—	$31.10M	2,801	$11.1K	1
Mar 14-16	1	$22.05M	-29.1%	$61.29M	2,801	$7.9K	2
Mar 21-23	1	$16.20M	-26.5%	$83.35M	2,871	$5.6K	3
Mar 28-30	2	$12.48M	-23.0%	$100.07M	2,910	$4.3K	4
Apr 4-6	5	$8.32M	-33.4%	$111.13M	2,910	$2.9K	5
Apr 11-13	4	$4.50M	-45.9%	$117.61M	2,830	$1.6K	6
Apr 18-20	7	$3.28M	-27.1%	$122.68M	2,284	$1.4K	7
Apr 25-27	11	$2.07M	-37.0%	$126.06M	1,668	$1.2K	8
May 2-4	13	$1.13M	-45.5%	$127.63M	1,113	$1.0K	9
May 16-18	17	$300K	-73.3%	$129.13M	399	$752	10
May 23-25	15	$483K	+60.9%	$129.72M	461	$1.0K	11
May 30-Jun 1	17	$382K	-21.0%	$130.38M	366	$1.0K	12
Jun 6-8	20	$269K	-29.5%	$130.82M	318	$846	13
Jun 13-15	24	$208K	-22.5%	$131.20M	263	$792	14
Jun 20-22	25	$181K	-13.0%	$131.53M	226	$802	15
Jun 27-29	28	$140K	-23.0%	$131.77M	181	$771	16
Jul 4-6	34	$103K	-25.9%	$131.97M	155	$667	17
Jul 11-13	39	$102K	-1.7%	$132.18M	125	$813	18
Jul 18-20	37	$98K	-3.3%	$132.41M	107	$918	19

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 byAdam Shankman

ScreenplayJason Filardi

Produced byDavid Hoberman, Ashok Amritraj

CinematographyJulio Macat

MusicLalo Schifrin

Prod. DesignLinda DeScenna

StarringSteve Martin, Queen Latifah, Eugene Levy, Joan Plowright, Jean Smart, Kimberly J. Brown

StudioWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

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