Name: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Director: Chris Columbus
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Released: 2001
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Richard Harris, Tom Felton

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Nov 16	#1	$32.33M		—	$32.33M	3,672	$8.8K	1
Sat Nov 17	#1	$33.51M	+4%	—	$65.85M	3,672	$9.1K	2
Sun Nov 18	#1	$24.45M	-27%	—	$90.29M	3,672	$6.7K	3
Mon Nov 19	#1	$6.64M	-73%	—	$96.94M	3,672	$1.8K	4
Tue Nov 20	#1	$7.65M	+15%	—	$104.59M	3,672	$2.1K	5
Wed Nov 21	#1	$12.65M	+65%	—	$117.25M	3,672	$3.4K	6
Thu Nov 22	#1	$12.32M	-3%	—	$129.57M	3,672	$3.4K	7
Fri Nov 23	#1	$22.99M	+87%	-29%	$152.48M	3,672	$6.3K	8
Sat Nov 24	#1	$21.09M	-8%	-37%	$173.57M	3,672	$5.7K	9
Sun Nov 25	#1	$13.41M	-36%	-45%	$186.98M	3,672	$3.7K	10
Mon Nov 26	#1	$2.53M	-81%	-62%	$189.50M	3,672	$687	11
Tue Nov 27	#1	$2.38M	-6%	-69%	$191.89M	3,672	$648	12
Wed Nov 28	#1	$2.07M	-13%	-84%	$193.95M	3,672	$562	13
Thu Nov 29	#1	$2.07M	n/c	-83%	$196.03M	3,672	$564	14
Fri Nov 30	#2	$5.91M	+185%	-74%	$201.93M	3,672	$1.6K	15
Sat Dec 1	#1	$10.35M	+75%	-51%	$212.29M	3,672	$2.8K	16
Sun Dec 2	#1	$7.12M	-31%	-47%	$219.67M	3,672	$1.9K	17
Mon Dec 3	#1	$1.26M	-82%	-50%	$220.93M	3,672	$343	18
Tue Dec 4	#1	$1.41M	+12%	-41%	$222.34M	3,672	$384	19
Wed Dec 5	#1	$1.30M	-8%	-37%	$223.65M	3,672	$355	20
Thu Dec 6	#1	$1.24M	-5%	-40%	$224.88M	3,672	$336	21
Fri Dec 7	#2	$3.52M	+185%	-40%	$228.40M	3,672	$958	22
Sat Dec 8	#2	$6.39M	+81%	-38%	$234.79M	3,672	$1.7K	23
Sun Dec 9	#2	$4.42M	-31%	-38%	$239.66M	3,672	$1.2K	24
Mon Dec 10	#2	$868K	-80%	-31%	$240.53M	3,672	$236	25
Tue Dec 11	#2	$1.03M	+19%	-27%	$241.56M	3,672	$280	26
Wed Dec 12	#2	$889K	-14%	-32%	$242.45M	3,672	$242	27
Thu Dec 13	#2	$902K	+1%	-27%	$243.35M	3,672	$245	28
Fri Dec 14	#4	$2.22M	+146%	-37%	$245.57M	3,422	$649	29
Sat Dec 15	#4	$4.36M	+96%	-32%	$249.93M	3,422	$1.3K	30
Sun Dec 16	#3	$3.11M	-29%	-30%	$253.27M	3,422	$908	31
Mon Dec 17	#4	$812K	-74%	-6%	$254.08M	3,422	$237	32
Tue Dec 18	#4	$922K	+14%	-11%	$255.00M	3,422	$269	33
Wed Dec 19	#4	$911K	-1%	+2%	$255.92M	3,422	$266	34
Thu Dec 20	#3	$1.54M	+69%	+71%	$257.46M	3,422	$450	35
Fri Dec 21	#7	$1.74M	+13%	-22%	$259.20M	3,311	$525	36
Sat Dec 22	#5	$2.76M	+58%	-37%	$261.96M	3,311	$832	37
Sun Dec 23	#5	$2.70M	-2%	-13%	$264.65M	3,311	$815	38
Mon Dec 24	#5	$1.63M	-40%	+100%	$266.20M	3,311	$490	39
Tue Dec 25	#10	$1.63M	n/c	+76%	$267.75M	3,311	$490	40
Wed Dec 26	#5	$3.39M	+109%	+272%	$271.14M	3,311	$1.0K	41
Thu Dec 27	#5	$3.50M	+3%	+127%	$274.65M	3,311	$1.1K	42
Fri Dec 28	#5	$3.62M	+3%	+108%	$278.27M	3,311	$1.1K	43
Sat Dec 29	#6	$3.83M	+6%	+39%	$282.10M	3,311	$1.2K	44
Sun Dec 30	#6	$3.51M	-8%	+30%	$285.61M	3,311	$1.1K	45
Mon Dec 31	#4	$2.88M	-18%	+77%	$288.49M	3,311	$870	46
Tue Jan 1	#5	$3.08M	+7%	+89%	$291.59M	3,311	$929	47
Wed Jan 2	#4	$1.61M	-48%	-52%	$293.21M	3,186	$505	48
Thu Jan 3	#5	$1.27M	-21%	-64%	$294.47M	3,186	$397	49
Fri Jan 4	#9	$1.84M	+45%	-49%	$296.31M	2,681	$685	50
Sat Jan 5	#9	$2.52M	+37%	-34%	$298.70M	2,681	$939	51
Sun Jan 6	#6	$1.71M	-32%	-51%	$300.40M	2,681	$637	52
Mon Jan 7	#9	$335K	-80%	-88%	$300.74M	2,681	$124	53
Tue Jan 8	#8	$343K	+2%	-89%	$301.08M	2,681	$127	54
Wed Jan 9	#8	$286K	-17%	-82%	$301.37M	2,681	$106	55
Thu Jan 10	#8	$269K	-6%	-79%	$301.64M	2,681	$100	56
Fri Jan 11	#12	$752K	+180%	-59%	$302.39M	2,170	$346	57
Sat Jan 12	#9	$1.62M	+116%	-36%	$304.01M	2,170	$748	58
Sun Jan 13	#7	$1.21M	-25%	-29%	$305.31M	2,170	$559	59
Mon Jan 14	#11	$221K	-82%	-34%	$305.53M	2,170	$101	60
Tue Jan 15	#11	$242K	+10%	-29%	$305.77M	2,170	$111	61
Wed Jan 16	#11	$214K	-12%	-25%	$305.99M	2,170	$98	62
Thu Jan 17	#11	$217K	+1%	-19%	$306.21M	2,170	$100	63
Fri Jan 18	#12	$548K	+153%	-27%	$306.75M	1,851	$296	64
Sat Jan 19	#9	$1.09M	+100%	-33%	$307.85M	1,851	$591	65
Sun Jan 20	#10	$990K	-10%	-18%	$308.84M	1,851	$534	66

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Nov 16-18	1	$90.29M	—	$90.29M	3,672	$24.6K	1
Nov 23-25	1	$57.49M	-36.3%	$186.98M	3,672	$15.7K	2
Nov 30-Dec 2	1	$23.64M	-58.9%	$219.67M	3,672	$6.4K	3
Dec 7-9	2	$14.74M	-37.7%	$239.66M	3,672	$4.0K	4
Dec 14-16	4	$9.92M	-32.7%	$253.27M	3,422	$2.9K	5
Dec 21-23	6	$7.09M	-28.5%	$264.10M	3,311	$2.1K	6
Dec 28-30	6	$10.98M	+54.8%	$285.63M	3,186	$3.4K	7
Jan 4-6	9	$5.93M	-46.0%	$300.40M	2,681	$2.2K	8
Jan 11-13	10	$3.67M	-38.0%	$305.31M	2,170	$1.7K	9
Jan 18-20	12	$2.59M	-29.6%	$308.79M	1,851	$1.4K	10
Jan 25-27	20	$1.40M	-45.8%	$311.57M	1,202	$1.2K	11
Feb 1-3	20	$1.01M	-27.9%	$312.94M	907	$1.1K	12
Feb 8-10	25	$553K	-45.2%	$313.74M	505	$1.1K	13
Feb 15-17	27	$323K	-41.6%	$314.22M	311	$1.0K	14
Feb 22-24	30	$255K	-21.2%	$314.68M	206	$1.2K	15
Mar 1-3	30	$231K	-9.2%	$314.96M	215	$1.1K	16
Mar 8-10	32	$249K	+7.7%	$315.31M	228	$1.1K	17
Mar 15-17	40	$154K	-38.3%	$315.60M	172	$894	18
Mar 22-24	29	$346K	+125.2%	$316.00M	291	$1.2K	19
Mar 29-31	28	$252K	-27.4%	$316.44M	270	$931	20
Apr 5-7	30	$218K	-13.5%	$316.82M	160	$1.4K	21
Apr 12-14	36	$155K	-28.8%	$317.05M	111	$1.4K	22

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

Daily Gross

Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Week-over-Week Drop

Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byChris Columbus

ScreenplaySteve Kloves

Produced byDavid Heyman

CinematographyJohn Seale

MusicJohn Williams

Prod. DesignStuart Craig

StarringDaniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Richard Harris, Tom Felton, Alan Rickman

StudioWarner Bros.

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