Name: Cast Away
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Released: 2000
Cast: Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt, Chris Noth, Paul Sanchez, Lari White

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Dec 22	#1	$11.76M		—	$11.76M	2,769	$4.2K	1
Sat Dec 23	#1	$12.14M	+3%	—	$23.90M	2,769	$4.4K	2
Sun Dec 24	#1	$5.82M	-52%	—	$29.72M	2,769	$2.1K	3
Mon Dec 25	#1	$10.97M	+88%	—	$39.85M	2,769	$4.0K	4
Tue Dec 26	#1	$11.67M	+6%	—	$51.52M	2,769	$4.2K	5
Wed Dec 27	#1	$9.29M	-20%	—	$60.82M	2,769	$3.4K	6
Thu Dec 28	#1	$8.84M	-5%	—	$69.65M	2,774	$3.2K	7
Fri Dec 29	#1	$11.41M	+29%	-3%	$81.06M	2,927	$3.9K	8
Sat Dec 30	#1	$11.63M	+2%	-4%	$92.69M	2,927	$4.0K	9
Sun Dec 31	#1	$7.94M	-32%	+36%	$100.63M	2,927	$2.7K	10
Mon Jan 1	#1	$9.06M	+14%	-17%	$109.69M	2,929	$3.1K	11
Tue Jan 2	#1	$4.05M	-55%	-65%	$113.74M	2,929	$1.4K	12
Wed Jan 3	#1	$2.74M	-32%	-71%	$116.48M	2,929	$934	13
Thu Jan 4	#1	$3.00M	+10%	-66%	$119.48M	2,929	$1.0K	14
Fri Jan 5	#1	$6.54M	+118%	-43%	$126.02M	2,929	$2.2K	15
Sat Jan 6	#1	$11.11M	+70%	-4%	$137.13M	2,948	$3.8K	16
Sun Jan 7	#1	$5.53M	-50%	-30%	$141.70M	2,948	$1.9K	17
Mon Jan 8	#1	$1.63M	-71%	-82%	$143.33M	2,948	$553	18
Tue Jan 9	#1	$1.72M	+6%	-57%	$145.06M	2,948	$584	19
Wed Jan 10	#1	$1.42M	-18%	-48%	$146.48M	2,948	$481	20
Thu Jan 11	#1	$1.58M	+12%	-47%	$147.98M	2,948	$537	21
Fri Jan 12	#2	$4.42M	+179%	-32%	$152.41M	2,948	$1.5K	22
Sat Jan 13	#2	$7.36M	+66%	-34%	$159.76M	3,048	$2.4K	23
Sun Jan 14	#2	$5.46M	-26%	-1%	$165.23M	3,048	$1.8K	24
Mon Jan 15	#3	$2.53M	-54%	+55%	$167.76M	3,048	$830	25
Tue Jan 16	#2	$1.12M	-56%	-35%	$168.88M	3,048	$369	26
Wed Jan 17	#2	$933K	-17%	-34%	$169.82M	3,048	$306	27
Thu Jan 18	#2	$1.00M	+7%	-37%	$170.82M	3,048	$328	28
Fri Jan 19	#2	$2.85M	+184%	-36%	$173.67M	3,048	$935	29
Sat Jan 20	#2	$5.36M	+88%	-27%	$179.03M	3,053	$1.8K	30
Sun Jan 21	#2	$2.92M	-46%	-47%	$181.97M	3,061	$952	31
Mon Jan 22	#3	$759K	-74%	-70%	$182.73M	3,061	$248	32
Tue Jan 23	#1	$888K	+17%	-21%	$183.62M	3,061	$290	33
Wed Jan 24	#1	$745K	-16%	-20%	$184.36M	3,061	$243	34
Thu Jan 25	#2	$789K	+6%	-21%	$185.15M	3,061	$257	35
Fri Jan 26	#3	$2.02M	+157%	-29%	$187.18M	2,890	$700	36
Sat Jan 27	#3	$4.34M	+115%	-19%	$191.52M	2,890	$1.5K	37
Sun Jan 28	#3	$1.37M	-68%	-53%	$193.24M	2,891	$475	38
Mon Jan 29	#3	$553K	-60%	-27%	$193.80M	2,891	$191	39
Tue Jan 30	#2	$643K	+16%	-28%	$194.44M	2,891	$222	40
Wed Jan 31	#2	$549K	-15%	-26%	$194.99M	2,891	$189	41
Thu Feb 1	#2	$554K	+1%	-30%	$195.54M	2,891	$191	42
Fri Feb 2	#4	$1.81M	+227%	-11%	$197.35M	2,648	$683	43
Sat Feb 3	#3	$3.61M	+99%	-17%	$200.96M	2,648	$1.4K	44
Sun Feb 4	#4	$1.90M	-47%	+38%	$203.01M	2,646	$718	45
Mon Feb 5	#5	$376K	-80%	-32%	$203.39M	2,646	$142	46
Tue Feb 6	#5	$474K	+26%	-26%	$203.86M	2,646	$179	47
Wed Feb 7	#4	$396K	-16%	-28%	$204.26M	2,646	$149	48
Thu Feb 8	#5	$384K	-3%	-31%	$204.64M	2,646	$145	49
Fri Feb 9	#6	$1.18M	+207%	-35%	$205.82M	2,646	$446	50
Sat Feb 10	#4	$2.45M	+107%	-32%	$208.27M	2,648	$925	51
Sun Feb 11	#5	$1.35M	-45%	-29%	$209.80M	2,354	$573	52
Mon Feb 12	#5	$327K	-76%	-13%	$210.12M	2,354	$138	53
Tue Feb 13	#7	$358K	+10%	-24%	$210.48M	2,354	$151	54
Wed Feb 14	#6	$687K	+92%	+73%	$211.17M	2,354	$291	55
Thu Feb 15	#7	$348K	-49%	-10%	$211.52M	2,354	$147	56
Mon Feb 19	#9	$730K		+124%	$216.92M	2,243	$325	60
Tue Feb 20	#10	$334K	-54%	-7%	$217.25M	2,243	$149	61
Wed Feb 21	#9	$284K	-15%	-59%	$217.54M	2,243	$126	62
Thu Feb 22	#10	$280K	-1%	-19%	$217.82M	2,243	$124	63
Fri Feb 23	#10	$778K	+178%		$218.59M	1,996	$389	64
Sat Feb 24	#10	$1.54M	+99%		$220.14M	1,996	$774	65
Sun Feb 25	#11	$769K	-50%		$220.92M	1,997	$385	66
Mon Feb 26	#10	$194K	-75%	-73%	$221.12M	1,997	$96	67
Tue Feb 27	#10	$210K	+9%	-37%	$221.33M	1,997	$105	68
Wed Feb 28	#10	$184K	-13%	-35%	$221.51M	1,997	$91	69
Thu Mar 1	#10	$194K	+6%	-31%	$221.70M	1,997	$97	70
Sun Mar 4	#12	$495K		-36%	$223.78M	1,499	$330	73
Mon Mar 5	#12	$135K	-73%	-30%	$223.91M	1,499	$90	74
Tue Mar 6	#11	$160K	+19%	-24%	$224.07M	1,499	$107	75
Wed Mar 7	#13	$137K	-14%	-25%	$224.21M	1,499	$91	76
Thu Mar 8	#13	$137K	n/c	-29%	$224.35M	1,499	$91	77
Sun Mar 11	#12	$381K		-23%	$225.90M	1,289	$295	80
Mon Mar 12	#12	$123K	-68%	-9%	$226.02M	1,289	$95	81
Tue Mar 13	#13	$145K	+17%	-10%	$226.16M	1,289	$112	82
Wed Mar 14	#12	$134K	-7%	-2%	$226.30M	1,289	$103	83
Thu Mar 15	#13	$151K	+13%	+10%	$226.45M	1,289	$116	84
Sun Mar 18	#14	$298K		-22%	$227.68M	1,079	$276	87
Mon Mar 19	#14	$105K	-65%	-15%	$227.79M	1,079	$97	88
Tue Mar 20	#14	$113K	+8%	-22%	$227.90M	1,079	$105	89
Wed Mar 21	#14	$106K	-6%	-21%	$228.01M	1,079	$98	90
Thu Mar 22	#14	$111K	+5%	-26%	$228.12M	1,079	$103	91
Sun Mar 25	#17	$234K		-21%	$229.17M	786	$297	94
Mon Mar 26	#18	$82K	-65%	-22%	$229.25M	786	$104	95
Tue Mar 27	#17	$96K	+17%	-15%	$229.35M	786	$122	96
Wed Mar 28	#17	$89K	-8%	-16%	$229.44M	786	$113	97
Thu Mar 29	#16	$93K	+5%	-16%	$229.53M	786	$118	98

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Dec 22-24	1	$28.88M	—	$28.88M	2,774	$10.4K	1
Dec 29-31	1	$30.98M	+7.3%	$100.63M	2,929	$10.6K	2
Jan 5-7	1	$22.22M	-28.3%	$141.70M	2,948	$7.5K	3
Jan 12-15	2	$19.78M	-11.0%	$167.76M	3,048	$6.5K	4
Jan 19-21	2	$11.15M	-43.6%	$181.97M	3,061	$3.6K	5
Jan 26-28	3	$8.09M	-27.4%	$193.24M	2,891	$2.8K	6
Feb 2-4	3	$7.47M	-7.7%	$203.01M	2,648	$2.8K	7
Feb 9-11	5	$5.16M	-31.0%	$209.80M	2,347	$2.2K	8
Feb 16-19 Presidents' Day	9	$5.40M	+4.7%	$216.92M	2,243	$2.4K	9
Feb 23-25	10	$3.11M	-42.5%	$220.92M	1,997	$1.6K	10
Mar 2-4	12	$2.07M	-33.2%	$223.78M	1,499	$1.4K	11
Mar 9-11	12	$1.55M	-25.0%	$225.90M	1,289	$1.2K	12
Mar 16-18	14	$1.23M	-20.9%	$227.68M	1,079	$1.1K	13
Mar 23-25	16	$1.05M	-14.5%	$229.17M	786	$1.3K	14
Mar 30-Apr 1	21	$614K	-41.5%	$230.14M	591	$1.0K	15
Apr 6-8	23	$346K	-43.7%	$230.65M	413	$837	16
Apr 13-15	24	$332K	-3.9%	$231.09M	370	$897	17
Apr 20-22	23	$404K	+21.7%	$231.65M	403	$1.0K	18
Apr 27-29	27	$308K	-23.8%	$232.07M	371	$830	19
May 4-6	27	$227K	-26.3%	$232.39M	326	$696	20
May 11-13	27	$186K	-17.9%	$232.64M	282	$660	21
May 18-20	27	$147K	-20.9%	$232.84M	245	$601	22
Jun 1-3	24	$123K	-16.7%	$233.25M	168	$730	23
Jun 8-10	28	$108K	-11.9%	$233.40M	142	$760	24
Jun 15-17	34	$56K	-47.8%	$233.50M	109	$517	25

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 byRobert Zemeckis

ScreenplayWilliam Broyles Jr.

Produced bySteve Starkey, Tom Hanks, Robert Zemeckis, Jack Rapke

CinematographyDon Burgess

MusicAlan Silvestri

Prod. DesignRick Carter

StarringTom Hanks, Helen Hunt, Chris Noth, Paul Sanchez, Lari White, Leonid Citer

Studio20th Century Fox

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