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Lady in the WaterFollow

2006 • PG-13 • 1h 50m • Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller • Warner Bros.

Time is running out for a happy ending.

🍅 25% 49%

36

2.55

5.5

CS B-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$18.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$42.30M

Final

Worldwide total

$72.80M

$30.50M international

Domestic legs2.3x

Budget$75M

2006 rank#74

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Cast & crew

Full Shyamalan filmography

M. Night Shyamalan

M. Night Shyamalan Director

Paul Giamatti

Paul Giamatti Starring

Bryce Dallas Howard

Bryce Dallas Howard Starring

Jeffrey Wright

Jeffrey Wright Starring

Bob Balaban

Bob Balaban Starring

Bill Irwin

Bill Irwin Starring

ScreenplayM. Night Shyamalan Produced bySam Mercer, M. Night Shyamalan CinematographyChristopher Doyle Music byJames Newton Howard StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 21-23 3 $18.0M — 3,235 $5,578 $18.0M

2 Jul 28-30 6 $7.1M −60.4% 3,235 $2,208 $32.2M

3 Aug 4-6 12 $2.7M −62.1% 2,670 $1,015 $38.6M

4 Aug 11-13 22 $835.4K −69.2% 1,155 $723 $40.8M

5 Aug 18-20 32 $233.5K −72.1% 340 $687 $41.5M

6 Aug 25-27 42 $101.1K −56.7% 163 $620 $41.7M

7 Sep 1-3 38 $192.4K +90.4% 261 $737 $41.9M

8 Sep 8-10 41 $116.0K −39.7% 248 $468 $42.1M

9 Sep 15-17 45 $63.6K −45.2% 142 $448 $42.2M

10 Sep 22-24 58 $34.7K −45.5% 80 $433 $42.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jul 21 #3 $6.9M — $6.9M 3,235 $2,118 1

Sat Jul 22 #3 $6.5M −4.6% $13.4M 3,235 $2,021 2

Sun Jul 23 #3 $4.7M −28.8% $18.0M 3,235 $1,439 3

Mon Jul 24 #3 $2.0M −56.2% $20.1M 3,235 $630 4

Tue Jul 25 #3 $1.8M −11.0% $21.9M 3,235 $561 5

Wed Jul 26 #4 $1.6M −12.5% $23.5M 3,235 $491 6

Thu Jul 27 #3 $1.6M −0.9% $25.1M 3,235 $487 7

Fri Jul 28 #6 $2.3M +47.8% −66.0% $27.4M 3,235 $719 8

Sat Jul 29 #7 $2.7M +17.0% −58.4% $30.1M 3,235 $841 9

Sun Jul 30 #6 $2.1M −23.0% −55.0% $32.2M 3,235 $648 10

Mon Jul 31 #7 $977.4K −53.4% −52.0% $33.2M 3,235 $302 11

Tue Aug 1 #7 $982.1K +0.5% −45.9% $34.2M 3,235 $304 12

Wed Aug 2 #7 $911.0K −7.2% −42.6% $35.1M 3,235 $282 13

Thu Aug 3 #7 $848.0K −6.9% −46.1% $35.9M 3,235 $262 14

Fri Aug 4 #12 $887.0K +4.6% −61.9% $36.8M 2,670 $332 15

Sat Aug 5 #12 $1.1M +18.6% −61.3% $37.9M 2,670 $394 16

Sun Aug 6 #12 $772.0K −26.6% −63.2% $38.6M 2,670 $289 17

Mon Aug 7 #11 $402.0K −47.9% −58.9% $39.0M 2,670 $151 18

Mon Sep 4 #40 $46.2K — $42.0M 261 $177 46

Cumulative total$42.0M

Jul 21Jul 26Jul 30Aug 4Sep 4

Weekend grossWk 10 · $34.7K

$18.0M

$7.1M

$2.7M

$835.4K

$233.5K

$101.1K

$192.4K

$116.0K

$63.6K

$34.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,235 → 261 −91.9%

3,235 open261 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −45.5%

−60.4%

W1→2

−62.1%

W2→3

−69.2%

W3→4

−72.1%

W4→5

−56.7%

W5→6

+90.4%

W6→7

−39.7%

W7→8

−45.2%

W8→9

−45.5%

W9→10

Steepest −72.1%Biggest gain +90.4%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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