Name: Hero
Director: Zhang Yimou
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Released: 2002
Cast: Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Maggie Cheung, Zhang Ziyi, Donnie Yen

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Aug 27	#1	$6.80M		—	$6.80M	2,031	$3.3K	1
Sat Aug 28	#1	$6.60M	-3%	—	$13.40M	2,031	$3.3K	2
Sun Aug 29	#1	$4.70M	-29%	—	$18.00M	2,031	$2.3K	3
Mon Aug 30	#1	$1.79M	-62%	—	$19.80M	2,031	$882	4
Tue Aug 31	#1	$1.54M	-14%	—	$21.33M	2,031	$757	5
Wed Sep 1	#1	$1.22M	-21%	—	$22.55M	2,031	$598	6
Thu Sep 2	#1	$1.12M	-8%	—	$23.72M	2,031	$550	7
Fri Sep 3	#1	$2.50M	+124%	-63%	$26.20M	2,092	$1.2K	8
Sat Sep 4	#1	$3.22M	+29%	-51%	$29.31M	2,092	$1.5K	9
Sun Sep 5	#1	$3.22M		-31%	$32.53M	2,092	$1.5K	10
Mon Sep 6	#1	$2.71M	-16%	+51%	$35.24M	2,092	$1.3K	11
Tue Sep 7	#1	$770K	-72%	-50%	$36.01M	2,092	$368	12
Wed Sep 8	#1	$627K	-19%	-48%	$36.63M	2,092	$300	13
Thu Sep 9	#1	$569K	-9%	-49%	$37.23M	2,092	$272	14
Fri Sep 10	#4	$1.20M	+111%	-52%	$38.40M	2,175	$552	15
Sat Sep 11	#4	$1.93M	+61%	-40%	$40.36M	2,175	$887	16
Sun Sep 12	#3	$1.30M	-33%	-60%	$41.65M	2,175	$596	17
Mon Sep 13	#3	$397K	-69%	-85%	$42.05M	2,175	$183	18
Tue Sep 14	#3	$385K	-3%	-50%	$42.44M	2,175	$177	19
Wed Sep 15	#3	$411K	+7%	-34%	$42.84M	2,175	$189	20
Thu Sep 16	#3	$432K	+5%	-24%	$43.25M	2,175	$199	21
Fri Sep 17	#7	$800K	+85%	-33%	$44.10M	1,926	$415	22
Sat Sep 18	#7	$1.24M	+55%	-36%	$45.31M	1,926	$645	23
Sun Sep 19	#7	$785K	-37%	-39%	$46.09M	1,926	$408	24
Mon Sep 20	#6	$240K	-69%	-40%	$46.33M	1,926	$125	25
Tue Sep 21	#6	$267K	+11%	-31%	$46.60M	1,926	$139	26
Wed Sep 22	#6	$239K	-10%	-42%	$46.84M	1,926	$124	27
Thu Sep 23	#6	$214K	-10%	-50%	$46.99M	1,926	$111	28
Fri Sep 24	#10	$500K	+134%	-38%	$47.50M	1,926	$260	29
Sat Sep 25	#10	$1.05M	+110%	-15%	$48.65M	1,713	$614	30
Sun Sep 26	#9	$585K	-44%	-25%	$49.23M	1,713	$342	31
Mon Sep 27	#9	$174K	-70%	-28%	$49.41M	1,713	$102	32
Tue Sep 28	#9	$195K	+12%	-27%	$49.60M	1,713	$114	33
Wed Sep 29	#9	$172K	-12%	-28%	$49.77M	1,713	$100	34
Thu Sep 30	#10	$152K	-12%	-29%	$49.91M	1,713	$89	35

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Aug 27-29	1	$18.00M	—	$18.00M	2,031	$8.9K	1
Sep 3-5	1	$8.81M	-51.1%	$32.53M	2,092	$4.2K	2
Sep 10-12	4	$4.42M	-49.8%	$41.65M	2,175	$2.0K	3
Sep 17-19	7	$2.84M	-35.8%	$46.09M	1,926	$1.5K	4
Sep 24-26	10	$2.24M	-20.9%	$49.23M	1,713	$1.3K	5
Oct 1-3	14	$1.24M	-45.0%	$51.15M	1,140	$1.1K	6
Oct 8-10	17	$658K	-46.8%	$52.20M	667	$986	7
Oct 15-17	20	$353K	-46.3%	$52.81M	395	$894	8
Oct 22-24	26	$166K	-52.9%	$53.10M	226	$735	9
Oct 29-31	29	$86K	-48.4%	$53.24M	144	$595	10
Nov 5-7	36	$65K	-24.7%	$53.35M	90	$717	11
Nov 12-14	30	$112K	+74.3%	$53.48M	212	$530	12
Nov 19-21	38	$57K	-49.3%	$53.58M	144	$396	13
Nov 26-28	51	$38K	-33.3%	$53.65M	62	$614	14

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 byZhang Yimou

ScreenplayFeng Li, Bin Wang, Zhang Yimou

Produced byZhang Yimou, Bill Kong

CinematographyChristopher Doyle

Music byTan Dun

Edited byAngie Lam

StarringJet Li, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Maggie Cheung, Zhang Ziyi, Donnie Yen, Chen Daoming

StudioMiramax Films

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