Name: Don't Say a Word
Director: Gary Fleder
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Released: 2001
Cast: Michael Douglas, Sean Bean, Brittany Murphy, Skye McCole Bartusiak, Guy Torry

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Sep 28	#1	$5.76M		—	$5.76M	2,802	$2.1K	1
Sat Sep 29	#1	$7.45M	+29%	—	$13.21M	2,802	$2.7K	2
Sun Sep 30	#1	$4.10M	-45%	—	$17.09M	2,802	$1.5K	3
Mon Oct 1	#1	$1.27M	-69%	—	$18.36M	2,802	$451	4
Tue Oct 2	#1	$1.47M	+16%	—	$19.82M	2,802	$522	5
Wed Oct 3	#1	$1.21M	-18%	—	$21.03M	2,802	$430	6
Thu Oct 4	#1	$1.14M	-5%	—	$22.17M	2,802	$406	7
Fri Oct 5	#4	$2.74M	+140%	-52%	$24.91M	2,842	$964	8
Sat Oct 6	#3	$4.38M	+60%	-41%	$29.29M	2,842	$1.5K	9
Sun Oct 7	#4	$2.43M	-45%	-41%	$31.93M	2,842	$855	10
Mon Oct 8	#3	$1.03M	-57%	-18%	$32.97M	2,842	$363	11
Tue Oct 9	#3	$727K	-30%	-50%	$33.70M	2,842	$255	12
Wed Oct 10	#3	$673K	-7%	-44%	$34.37M	2,842	$236	13
Thu Oct 11	#3	$635K	-6%	-44%	$35.00M	2,842	$223	14
Fri Oct 12	#6	$1.92M	+202%	-30%	$36.92M	2,728	$702	15
Sat Oct 13	#5	$3.14M	+64%	-28%	$40.06M	2,728	$1.2K	16
Sun Oct 14	#5	$1.66M	-47%	-32%	$41.72M	2,728	$608	17
Mon Oct 15	#5	$448K	-73%	-57%	$42.16M	2,729	$164	18
Tue Oct 16	#4	$559K	+25%	-23%	$42.72M	2,729	$204	19
Wed Oct 17	#4	$473K	-15%	-30%	$43.20M	2,729	$173	20
Thu Oct 18	#5	$472K	n/c	-26%	$43.67M	2,729	$172	21
Fri Oct 19	#8	$1.23M	+160%	-36%	$44.90M	2,260	$542	22
Sat Oct 20	#8	$2.00M	+63%	-36%	$46.90M	2,260	$884	23
Sun Oct 21	#8	$980K	-51%	-41%	$47.89M	2,260	$433	24
Mon Oct 22	#7	$268K	-73%	-40%	$48.15M	2,256	$118	25
Tue Oct 23	#7	$353K	+32%	-37%	$48.51M	2,256	$156	26
Wed Oct 24	#8	$293K	-17%	-38%	$48.80M	2,256	$129	27
Thu Oct 25	#8	$281K	-4%	-40%	$49.08M	2,256	$124	28
Mon Oct 29	#10	$150K		-44%	$51.53M	1,700	$88	32
Tue Oct 30	#9	$180K	+20%	-49%	$51.71M	1,700	$105	33
Wed Oct 31	#10	$172K	-4%	-41%	$51.88M	1,700	$101	34
Thu Nov 1	#10	$169K	-2%	-40%	$52.05M	1,700	$99	35

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Sep 28-30	1	$17.09M	—	$17.09M	2,802	$6.1K	1
Oct 5-7	3	$9.77M	-42.9%	$31.93M	2,842	$3.4K	2
Oct 12-14	5	$6.71M	-31.3%	$41.72M	2,729	$2.5K	3
Oct 19-21	8	$4.22M	-37.2%	$47.89M	2,256	$1.9K	4
Oct 26-28	12	$2.30M	-45.4%	$51.38M	1,700	$1.4K	5
Nov 2-4	15	$997K	-56.7%	$53.05M	884	$1.1K	6
Nov 9-11	19	$476K	-52.3%	$53.84M	517	$919	7
Nov 16-18	25	$211K	-55.6%	$54.22M	295	$715	8
Nov 23-25	30	$136K	-35.8%	$54.44M	217	$624	9
Nov 30-Dec 2	29	$121K	-10.9%	$54.61M	251	$481	10
Dec 7-9	29	$90K	-25.6%	$54.75M	203	$442	11
Dec 14-16	42	$50K	-44.0%	$54.84M	157	$320	12

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 byGary Fleder

ScreenplayAnthony Peckham, Patrick Smith Kelly

Produced byArnon Milchan, Arnold Kopelson, Anne Kopelson

CinematographyAmir Mokri

MusicMark Isham

Prod. DesignNelson Coates

StarringMichael Douglas, Sean Bean, Brittany Murphy, Skye McCole Bartusiak, Guy Torry, Jennifer Esposito

Studio20th Century Fox

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