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Friday Night LightsFollow

2004 • PG-13 • 1h 58m • Action, Drama, Sport • Universal Pictures

Hope comes alive on Friday nights.

🍅 82% 85%

70

3.58

7.2

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$20.30M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$61.30M

Final

Worldwide total

$62.00M

$651K international

Domestic legs3.02x

Budget$30.0M

2004 rank#47

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Cast & crew

Full Berg filmography

Peter Berg

Peter Berg Director

Billy Bob Thornton

Billy Bob Thornton Starring

Lucas Black

Lucas Black Starring

Garrett Hedlund

Garrett Hedlund Starring

Derek Luke

Derek Luke Starring

Jay Hernandez

Jay Hernandez Starring

ScreenplayPeter Berg, David Aaron Cohen Produced byBrian Grazer CinematographyTobias Schliessler MusicBrian Reitzell, Explosions in the Sky, David Torn Prod. DesignSharon Seymour StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 8-10 2 $20.3M — 2,667 $7,599 $20.3M

2 Oct 15-17 2 $12.2M −39.7% 2,764 $4,420 $37.8M

3 Oct 22-24 4 $6.9M −43.1% 2,969 $2,340 $47.3M

4 Oct 29-31 6 $4.1M −41.2% 3,004 $1,360 $52.9M

5 Nov 5-7 8 $3.0M −27.2% 2,110 $1,409 $57.3M

6 Nov 12-14 13 $1.3M −57.7% 984 $1,280 $59.3M

7 Nov 19-21 19 $537.1K −57.4% 587 $915 $60.1M

8 Nov 26-28 21 $292.4K −45.6% 342 $854 $60.6M

9 Dec 3-5 22 $179.3K −38.7% 323 $555 $60.8M

10 Dec 10-12 26 $116.2K −35.2% 270 $430 $61.0M

11 Dec 17-19 36 $62.4K −46.3% 154 $405 $61.1M

12 Dec 24-26 43 $30.7K −50.8% 104 $295 $61.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 8 #2 $7.0M — $7.0M 2,667 $2,624 1

Sat Oct 9 #2 $8.3M +18% $15.0M 2,667 $3,099 2

Sun Oct 10 #2 $5.2M −37% $20.3M 2,667 $1,965 3

Mon Oct 11 #2 $2.1M −60% $22.4M 2,667 $790 4

Tue Oct 12 #2 $1.1M −48% $23.5M 2,667 $409 5

Wed Oct 13 #2 $948.0K −13% $24.4M 2,667 $355 6

Thu Oct 14 #2 $1.2M +25% $25.6M 2,667 $445 7

Fri Oct 15 #3 $4.1M +245% −41% $29.7M 2,764 $1,483 8

Sat Oct 16 #2 $5.5M +34% −34% $35.2M 2,764 $1,985 9

Sun Oct 17 #4 $2.6M −52% −50% $37.8M 2,764 $950 10

Mon Oct 18 #4 $650.0K −75% −69% $38.5M 2,764 $235 11

Tue Oct 19 #4 $677.0K +4% −38% $39.1M 2,764 $244 12

Wed Oct 20 #4 $540.0K −20% −43% $39.7M 2,764 $195 13

Thu Oct 21 #4 $636.0K +18% −46% $40.3M 2,764 $230 14

Fri Oct 22 #4 $2.6M +309% −37% $42.9M 2,966 $876 15

Sat Oct 23 #4 $3.1M +19% −44% $45.9M 2,969 $1,040 16

Sun Oct 24 #5 $1.4M −54% −46% $47.3M 2,969 $475 17

Mon Oct 25 #5 $387.0K −73% −40% $47.7M 2,969 $130 18

Tue Oct 26 #6 $372.0K −4% −45% $48.0M 2,969 $125 19

Wed Oct 27 #5 $371.0K n/c −31% $48.4M 2,969 $124 20

Thu Oct 28 #5 $460.0K +24% −28% $48.9M 2,969 $154 21

Fri Oct 29 #6 $1.4M +215% −44% $50.3M 3,004 $482 22

Sat Oct 30 #6 $1.9M +28% −40% $52.2M 3,004 $620 23

Sun Oct 31 #6 $781.0K −58% −45% $52.9M 3,004 $260 24

Mon Nov 1 #7 $345.0K −56% −11% $53.3M 3,004 $114 25

Tue Nov 2 #6 $362.0K +5% −3% $53.7M 3,004 $120 26

Wed Nov 3 #7 $300.0K −17% −19% $54.0M 3,004 $99 27

Thu Nov 4 #6 $330.0K +10% −28% $54.3M 3,004 $109 28

Fri Nov 5 #8 $975.0K +195% −33% $55.3M 2,110 $462 29

Sat Nov 6 #8 $1.4M +45% −24% $56.7M 2,110 $669 30

Sun Nov 7 #8 $559.1K −60% −28% $57.3M 2,110 $265 31

Mon Nov 8 #9 $158.0K −72% −54% $57.4M 2,110 $74 32

Tue Nov 9 #10 $168.0K +6% −54% $57.6M 2,110 $79 33

Wed Nov 10 #10 $178.0K +6% −41% $57.8M 1,484 $119 34

Thu Nov 11 #10 $273.0K +53% −17% $58.0M 1,484 $183 35

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$58.0M

Oct 8Oct 17Oct 25Nov 3Nov 11

Weekend grossWk 10 · $116.2K

$20.3M

$12.2M

$6.9M

$4.1M

$3.0M

$1.3M

$537.1K

$292.4K

$179.3K

$116.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,004 → 1,484 −50.6%

2,667 open1,484 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −35.2%

−39.7%

W1→2

−43.1%

W2→3

−41.2%

W3→4

−27.2%

W4→5

−57.7%

W5→6

−57.4%

W6→7

−45.6%

W7→8

−38.7%

W8→9

−35.2%

W9→10

Steepest −57.7%Best hold −27.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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