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2004 • R • 2h 2m • Documentary, Drama, War • Lionsgate

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3.61

7.5

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$22.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$119.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$222.00M

$103.00M international

Domestic legs5.41x

Budget$6.0M

2004 rank#17

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Cast & crew

Directed byMichael Moore ScreenplayMichael Moore Produced byMichael Moore, Jim Czarnecki, Kathleen Glynn, Monica Hampton, Harvey Weinstein StarringMichael Moore, John Conyers, Abdul Henderson, Craig Unger, George W. Bush, Saddam Hussein StudioLionsgate

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 25-27 1 $23.9M — 868 $27,558 $24.1M

2 Jul 2-5 2 $22.0M −7.9% 1,725 $12,769 $61.1M

3 Jul 23-25 7 $4.8M −78.4% 1,855 $2,565 $103.1M

4 Aug 20-22 18 $596.5K −87.5% 446 $1,337 $116.8M

5 Aug 27-29 26 $327.5K −45.1% 312 $1,049 $117.5M

6 Sep 3-5 28 $277.2K −15.3% 245 $1,131 $117.9M

7 Sep 10-12 29 $210.0K −24.2% 220 $954 $118.3M

8 Sep 17-19 39 $124.8K −40.6% 162 $770 $118.6M

9 Sep 24-26 26 $247.1K +98.0% 603 $409 $118.9M

10 Oct 1-3 43 $65.0K −73.7% 128 $508 $119.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Jun 23 $83.9K — $83.9K 2 $41,961 1

Thu Jun 24 $74.0K −12% $158.0K 2 $37,000 2

Fri Jun 25 #1 $8.6M +11,474% $8.7M 868 $9,867 3

Sat Jun 26 #1 $8.2M −5% $16.9M 868 $9,389 4

Sun Jun 27 #1 $7.2M −12% $24.1M 868 $8,306 5

Mon Jun 28 #1 $4.4M −39% $28.5M 868 $5,087 6

Tue Jun 29 #1 $3.7M −16% $32.2M 868 $4,276 7

Wed Jun 30 #2 $3.4M −9% +3,947% $35.6M 1,184 $2,868 8

Thu Jul 1 #2 $3.5M +4% +4,655% $39.1M 1,184 $2,972 9

Fri Jul 2 #2 $5.3M +50% −39% $44.4M 1,725 $3,050 10

Sat Jul 3 #2 $6.3M +19% −23% $50.6M 1,725 $3,639 11

Sun Jul 4 #2 $4.7M −24% −34% $55.4M 1,725 $2,748 12

Mon Jul 5 #2 $5.7M +21% +30% $61.1M 1,725 $3,330 13

Tue Jul 6 #2 $2.8M −51% −24% $63.9M 1,725 $1,628 14

Wed Jul 7 #3 $2.5M −10% −25% $66.5M 1,725 $1,473 15

Thu Jul 8 #3 $2.3M −10% −35% $69.1M 1,725 $1,328 16

Fri Jul 9 #4 $3.3M +45% −37% $72.4M 2,011 $1,651 17

Sat Jul 10 #4 $4.3M +28% −32% $76.7M 2,011 $2,116 18

Sun Jul 11 #4 $3.5M −19% −27% $80.1M 2,011 $1,716 19

Mon Jul 12 #4 $1.7M −50% −70% $81.8M 2,011 $859 20

Tue Jul 13 #4 $1.8M +1% −38% $83.6M 2,011 $870 21

Wed Jul 14 #4 $1.6M −8% −36% $85.2M 2,011 $804 22

Thu Jul 15 #4 $1.5M −4% −32% $86.8M 2,011 $769 23

Fri Jul 16 #6 $2.1M +36% −37% $88.9M 2,004 $1,047 24

Sat Jul 17 #5 $2.8M +32% −35% $91.6M 2,004 $1,386 25

Sun Jul 18 #5 $2.4M −15% −32% $94.0M 2,004 $1,177 26

Mon Jul 19 #5 $1.1M −54% −37% $95.1M 2,004 $546 27

Tue Jul 20 #5 $1.2M +7% −33% $96.2M 2,004 $582 28

Wed Jul 21 #5 $1.0M −13% −37% $97.3M 2,004 $508 29

Thu Jul 22 #5 $1.1M +3% −32% $98.4M 2,004 $524 30

Fri Jul 23 #8 $1.3M +24% −38% $99.7M 2,004 $648 31

Sat Jul 24 #7 $1.9M +47% −31% $101.7M 1,855 $1,032 32

Sun Jul 25 #7 $1.5M −24% −38% $103.1M 1,855 $783 33

Mon Jul 26 #8 $726.0K −50% −34% $103.8M 1,855 $391 34

Tue Jul 27 #7 $917.0K +26% −21% $104.8M 1,855 $494 35

Wed Jul 28 #8 $827.0K −10% −19% $105.6M 1,855 $445 36

Thu Jul 29 #8 $703.0K −15% −33% $106.3M 1,855 $378 37

Fri Jul 30 #12 $800.0K +14% −38% $107.1M 1,217 $657 38

Sat Jul 31 #9 $1.2M +54% −36% $108.4M 1,217 $1,013 39

Sun Aug 1 #9 $1.0M −17% −29% $109.4M 1,217 $844 40

Mon Aug 2 #9 $535.0K −48% −26% $110.0M 1,217 $439 41

Sat Aug 7 #11 $780.0K — −37% $112.7M 1,009 $773 46

Sun Aug 8 #11 $571.0K −27% −44% $113.3M 1,009 $565 47

Cumulative total$113.3M

Jun 23Jul 4Jul 14Jul 25Aug 8

Weekend grossWk 10 · $65.0K

$23.9M

$22.0M

$4.8M

$596.5K

$327.5K

$277.2K

$210.0K

$124.8K

$247.1K

$65.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,011 → 1,009 −49.8%

2 open1,009 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −73.7%

−7.9%

W1→2

−78.4%

W2→3

−87.5%

W3→4

−45.1%

W4→5

−15.3%

W5→6

−24.2%

W6→7

−40.6%

W7→8

+98.0%

W8→9

−73.7%

W9→10

Steepest −87.5%Biggest gain +98.0%

Run milestones

$100M in 32 days

$100M

Day 32

Jul 24

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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