Name: Friday Night Lights
Director: Peter Berg
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Released: 2004
Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Lucas Black, Garrett Hedlund, Derek Luke, Jay Hernandez

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Oct 8	#2	$7.00M		—	$7.00M	2,667	$2.6K	1
Sat Oct 9	#2	$8.27M	+18%	—	$15.03M	2,667	$3.1K	2
Sun Oct 10	#2	$5.24M	-37%	—	$20.27M	2,667	$2.0K	3
Mon Oct 11	#2	$2.11M	-60%	—	$22.38M	2,667	$790	4
Tue Oct 12	#2	$1.09M	-48%	—	$23.47M	2,667	$409	5
Wed Oct 13	#2	$948K	-13%	—	$24.42M	2,667	$355	6
Thu Oct 14	#2	$1.19M	+25%	—	$25.60M	2,667	$445	7
Fri Oct 15	#3	$4.10M	+245%	-41%	$29.70M	2,764	$1.5K	8
Sat Oct 16	#2	$5.49M	+34%	-34%	$35.19M	2,764	$2.0K	9
Sun Oct 17	#4	$2.63M	-52%	-50%	$37.82M	2,764	$950	10
Mon Oct 18	#4	$650K	-75%	-69%	$38.47M	2,764	$235	11
Tue Oct 19	#4	$677K	+4%	-38%	$39.15M	2,764	$244	12
Wed Oct 20	#4	$540K	-20%	-43%	$39.69M	2,764	$195	13
Thu Oct 21	#4	$636K	+18%	-46%	$40.32M	2,764	$230	14
Fri Oct 22	#4	$2.60M	+309%	-37%	$42.90M	2,966	$876	15
Sat Oct 23	#4	$3.09M	+19%	-44%	$45.86M	2,969	$1.0K	16
Sun Oct 24	#5	$1.41M	-54%	-46%	$47.27M	2,969	$475	17
Mon Oct 25	#5	$387K	-73%	-40%	$47.66M	2,969	$130	18
Tue Oct 26	#6	$372K	-4%	-45%	$48.03M	2,969	$125	19
Wed Oct 27	#5	$371K	n/c	-31%	$48.40M	2,969	$124	20
Thu Oct 28	#5	$460K	+24%	-28%	$48.86M	2,969	$154	21
Fri Oct 29	#6	$1.45M	+215%	-44%	$50.31M	3,004	$482	22
Sat Oct 30	#6	$1.86M	+28%	-40%	$52.16M	3,004	$620	23
Sun Oct 31	#6	$781K	-58%	-45%	$52.94M	3,004	$260	24
Mon Nov 1	#7	$345K	-56%	-11%	$53.29M	3,004	$114	25
Tue Nov 2	#6	$362K	+5%	-3%	$53.65M	3,004	$120	26
Wed Nov 3	#7	$300K	-17%	-19%	$53.95M	3,004	$99	27
Thu Nov 4	#6	$330K	+10%	-28%	$54.28M	3,004	$109	28
Fri Nov 5	#8	$975K	+195%	-33%	$55.26M	2,110	$462	29
Sat Nov 6	#8	$1.41M	+45%	-24%	$56.70M	2,110	$669	30
Sun Nov 7	#8	$559K	-60%	-28%	$57.26M	2,110	$265	31
Mon Nov 8	#9	$158K	-72%	-54%	$57.41M	2,110	$74	32
Tue Nov 9	#10	$168K	+6%	-54%	$57.58M	2,110	$79	33
Wed Nov 10	#10	$178K	+6%	-41%	$57.76M	1,484	$119	34
Thu Nov 11	#10	$273K	+53%	-17%	$58.03M	1,484	$183	35

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Oct 8-10	2	$20.27M	—	$20.27M	2,667	$7.6K	1
Oct 15-17	2	$12.22M	-39.7%	$37.82M	2,764	$4.4K	2
Oct 22-24	4	$6.95M	-43.1%	$47.27M	2,969	$2.3K	3
Oct 29-31	6	$4.09M	-41.2%	$52.94M	3,004	$1.4K	4
Nov 5-7	8	$2.98M	-27.2%	$57.26M	2,110	$1.4K	5
Nov 12-14	13	$1.26M	-57.7%	$59.29M	984	$1.3K	6
Nov 19-21	19	$537K	-57.4%	$60.09M	587	$915	7
Nov 26-28	21	$292K	-45.6%	$60.61M	342	$854	8
Dec 3-5	22	$179K	-38.7%	$60.85M	323	$555	9
Dec 10-12	26	$116K	-35.2%	$61.01M	270	$430	10
Dec 17-19	36	$62K	-46.3%	$61.11M	154	$405	11
Dec 24-26	43	$31K	-50.8%	$61.19M	104	$295	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 byPeter Berg

ScreenplayPeter Berg, David Aaron Cohen

Produced byBrian Grazer

CinematographyTobias Schliessler

MusicBrian Reitzell, Explosions in the Sky, David Torn

Prod. DesignSharon Seymour

StarringBilly Bob Thornton, Lucas Black, Garrett Hedlund, Derek Luke, Jay Hernandez, Lee Jackson

StudioUniversal Pictures

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