Name: Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Director: Darren Grant
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Released: 2005
Cast: Kimberly Elise, Steve Harris, Shemar Moore, Cicely Tyson, Tyler Perry

Cast & crew

Directed byDarren Grant ScreenplayTyler Perry Produced byReuben Cannon, Tyler Perry CinematographyDavid Claessen Music byElvin D. Ross StarringKimberly Elise, Steve Harris, Shemar Moore, Cicely Tyson, Tyler Perry, Lisa Marcos, Tamara Taylor StudioLionsgate

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Feb 25-27 1 $21.9M — 1,483 $14,771 $21.9M

2 Mar 4-6 4 $11.0M −49.7% 1,703 $6,475 $37.1M

3 Mar 11-13 7 $4.9M −55.8% 1,605 $3,038 $44.0M

4 Mar 18-20 9 $2.4M −50.7% 1,279 $1,879 $47.7M

5 Mar 25-27 13 $982.9K −59.1% 802 $1,226 $49.4M

6 Apr 1-3 21 $272.9K −72.2% 330 $827 $50.1M

7 Apr 8-10 31 $125.9K −53.9% 171 $737 $50.3M

8 Apr 15-17 41 $80.6K −36.0% 171 $471 $50.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Feb 25 #1 $7.4M — $7.4M 1,483 $4,990 1

Sat Feb 26 #2 $9.1M +23.5% $16.5M 1,483 $6,163 2

Sun Feb 27 #1 $5.4M −41.1% $21.9M 1,483 $3,631 3

Mon Feb 28 #1 $1.3M −76.5% $23.2M 1,483 $854 4

Tue Mar 1 #2 $1.0M −17.4% $24.2M 1,483 $705 5

Wed Mar 2 #2 $905.0K −13.5% $25.1M 1,483 $610 6

Thu Mar 3 #2 $928.0K +2.5% $26.1M 1,483 $626 7

Fri Mar 4 #4 $3.2M +244.8% −56.8% $29.3M 1,703 $1,879 8

Sat Mar 5 #4 $5.3M +64.8% −42.3% $34.4M 1,703 $3,096 9

Sun Mar 6 #4 $2.7M −49.1% −50.1% $37.1M 1,703 $1,577 10

Mon Mar 7 #4 $638.0K −76.2% −49.6% $37.7M 1,703 $375 11

Tue Mar 8 #6 $465.0K −27.1% −55.5% $38.2M 1,703 $273 12

Wed Mar 9 #6 $468.0K +0.6% −48.3% $38.6M 1,703 $275 13

Thu Mar 10 #6 $495.0K +5.8% −46.7% $39.1M 1,703 $291 14

Fri Mar 11 #7 $1.3M +162.6% −59.4% $40.4M 1,605 $810 15

Sat Mar 12 #7 $2.3M +77.3% −56.3% $42.8M 1,605 $1,436 16

Sun Mar 13 #7 $1.2M −47.1% −54.6% $44.0M 1,605 $759 17

Mon Mar 14 #8 $361.0K −70.4% −43.4% $44.4M 1,605 $225 18

Tue Mar 15 #8 $321.0K −11.1% −31.0% $44.7M 1,605 $200 19

Wed Mar 16 #8 $298.0K −7.2% −36.3% $45.0M 1,605 $186 20

Thu Mar 17 #8 $301.0K +1.0% −39.2% $45.3M 1,605 $188 21

Fri Mar 18 #9 $700.0K +132.6% −46.2% $46.0M 1,279 $547 22

Sat Mar 19 #9 $1.1M +58.1% −52.0% $47.1M 1,279 $865 23

Sun Mar 20 #10 $594.1K −46.3% −51.3% $47.7M 1,279 $464 24

Mon Mar 21 #10 $205.0K −65.5% −43.2% $47.9M 1,279 $160 25

Tue Mar 22 #10 $206.0K +0.5% −35.8% $48.1M 1,279 $161 26

Wed Mar 23 #10 $184.0K −10.7% −38.3% $48.3M 1,279 $144 27

Cumulative total$48.3M

Feb 25Mar 4Mar 10Mar 17Mar 23

Weekend grossWk 8 · $80.6K

$21.9M

$11.0M

$4.9M

$2.4M

$982.9K

$272.9K

$125.9K

$80.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8

Theater countPeak 1,703 → 1,279 −24.9%

1,483 open1,279 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · −36.0%

−49.7%

W1→2

−55.8%

W2→3

−50.7%

W3→4

−59.1%

W4→5

−72.2%

W5→6

−53.9%

W6→7

−36.0%

W7→8

Steepest −72.2%Best hold −36.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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