Name: Ladder 49
Director: Jay Russell
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Released: 2004
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, John Travolta, Jacinda Barrett, Robert Patrick, Morris Chestnut

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Oct 1	#2	$7.50M		—	$7.50M	3,260	$2.3K	1
Sat Oct 2	#2	$9.37M	+25%	—	$16.83M	3,260	$2.9K	2
Sun Oct 3	#2	$5.26M	-44%	—	$22.09M	3,260	$1.6K	3
Mon Oct 4	#2	$1.55M	-70%	—	$23.64M	3,260	$476	4
Tue Oct 5	#2	$1.56M	n/c	—	$25.20M	3,260	$477	5
Wed Oct 6	#2	$1.35M	-13%	—	$26.55M	3,260	$413	6
Thu Oct 7	#2	$1.37M	+2%	—	$27.92M	3,260	$421	7
Fri Oct 8	#3	$3.80M	+177%	-49%	$31.70M	3,261	$1.2K	8
Sat Oct 9	#3	$5.82M	+53%	-38%	$37.45M	3,261	$1.8K	9
Sun Oct 10	#3	$3.58M	-39%	-32%	$41.03M	3,261	$1.1K	10
Mon Oct 11	#3	$1.61M	-55%	+3%	$42.63M	3,261	$493	11
Tue Oct 12	#3	$912K	-43%	-41%	$43.55M	3,261	$279	12
Wed Oct 13	#3	$803K	-12%	-40%	$44.35M	3,261	$246	13
Thu Oct 14	#3	$895K	+11%	-35%	$45.24M	3,261	$274	14
Fri Oct 15	#5	$2.55M	+185%	-33%	$47.79M	3,255	$783	15
Sat Oct 16	#5	$3.87M	+52%	-34%	$51.70M	3,255	$1.2K	16
Sun Oct 17	#6	$2.04M	-47%	-43%	$53.75M	3,255	$628	17
Mon Oct 18	#5	$547K	-73%	-66%	$54.29M	3,255	$168	18
Tue Oct 19	#5	$631K	+15%	-31%	$54.92M	3,255	$193	19
Wed Oct 20	#5	$523K	-17%	-35%	$55.45M	3,255	$160	20
Thu Oct 21	#5	$593K	+13%	-34%	$56.04M	3,255	$182	21
Fri Oct 22	#6	$1.70M	+187%	-33%	$57.70M	2,802	$606	22
Sat Oct 23	#6	$2.44M	+44%	-37%	$60.16M	2,802	$870	23
Sun Oct 24	#6	$1.20M	-51%	-41%	$61.37M	2,802	$429	24
Mon Oct 25	#6	$358K	-70%	-35%	$61.72M	2,802	$127	25
Tue Oct 26	#5	$395K	+10%	-37%	$62.12M	2,802	$140	26
Wed Oct 27	#6	$359K	-9%	-31%	$62.48M	2,802	$128	27
Thu Oct 28	#6	$386K	+8%	-35%	$62.86M	2,802	$137	28
Fri Oct 29	#8	$1.05M	+172%	-38%	$63.91M	2,382	$440	29
Sat Oct 30	#7	$1.53M	+46%	-37%	$65.43M	2,382	$643	30
Sun Oct 31	#8	$690K	-55%	-43%	$66.12M	2,382	$289	31
Mon Nov 1	#8	$283K	-59%	-21%	$66.40M	2,382	$118	32
Tue Nov 2	#8	$328K	+16%	-17%	$66.73M	2,382	$137	33
Wed Nov 3	#8	$281K	-14%	-22%	$67.01M	2,382	$117	34
Thu Nov 4	#8	$297K	+6%	-23%	$67.31M	2,382	$124	35
Fri Nov 5	#9	$850K	+186%	-19%	$68.16M	1,670	$508	36
Sat Nov 6	#9	$1.31M	+54%	-15%	$69.43M	1,670	$781	37
Sun Nov 7	#9	$546K	-58%	-21%	$69.98M	1,670	$326	38
Mon Nov 8	#10	$154K	-72%	-46%	$70.13M	1,670	$92	39
Tue Nov 9	#7	$198K	+29%	-40%	$70.33M	1,670	$118	40
Wed Nov 10	#9	$202K	+2%	-28%	$70.53M	1,178	$171	41
Thu Nov 11	#9	$304K	+50%	+2%	$70.84M	1,178	$258	42
Mon Jan 17	#35	$20K			$74.29M	190	$106	109
Mon Feb 21	#79	$1K			$74.54M	10	$116	144

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Oct 1-3	2	$22.09M	—	$22.09M	3,260	$6.8K	1
Oct 8-10	3	$13.11M	-40.7%	$41.03M	3,261	$4.0K	2
Oct 15-17	5	$8.50M	-35.1%	$53.75M	3,255	$2.6K	3
Oct 22-24	6	$5.32M	-37.4%	$61.37M	2,802	$1.9K	4
Oct 29-31	7	$3.26M	-38.8%	$66.12M	2,382	$1.4K	5
Nov 5-7	9	$2.67M	-18.0%	$69.98M	1,670	$1.6K	6
Nov 12-14	14	$1.20M	-55.0%	$72.04M	830	$1.4K	7
Nov 19-21	21	$394K	-67.2%	$72.73M	445	$886	8
Nov 26-28	27	$180K	-54.4%	$73.07M	249	$722	9
Dec 3-5	30	$106K	-40.8%	$73.23M	217	$490	10
Dec 10-12	37	$52K	-51.3%	$73.32M	160	$324	11
Dec 17-19	48	$34K	-34.2%	$73.38M	104	$328	12
Dec 24-26	31	$92K	+169.8%	$73.53M	255	$361	13
Dec 31-Jan 2	30	$165K	+79.5%	$73.87M	255	$648	14
Jan 7-9	32	$161K	-2.6%	$74.11M	241	$668	15
Jan 14-16	35	$108K	-33.0%	$74.27M	190	$568	16
Jan 21-23	41	$69K	-36.5%	$74.39M	160	$428	17
Jan 28-30	48	$47K	-32.2%	$74.46M	101	$460	18

Performance Charts

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

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Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byJay Russell

ScreenplayLewis Colick

Produced byCasey Silver

CinematographyJames L. Carter

MusicWilliam Ross

Prod. DesignTony Burrough

StarringJoaquin Phoenix, John Travolta, Jacinda Barrett, Robert Patrick, Morris Chestnut, Billy Burke

StudioWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

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