Name: Napoleon Dynamite
Director: Jared Hess
Genre: Comedy
Released: 2004
Cast: Jon Heder, Jon Gries, Efren Ramirez, Tina Majorino, Aaron Ruell

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Mon Jul 26	#10	$378K		—	$6.90M	389	$972	46
Mon Aug 9	#10	$432K		—	$12.96M	546	$791	60
Tue Aug 10	#10	$385K	-11%	—	$13.35M	546	$705	61
Wed Aug 11	#10	$379K	-2%	—	$13.73M	546	$694	62
Thu Aug 12	#10	$397K	+5%	—	$14.12M	546	$727	63
Fri Sep 10	#10	$700K		—	$28.50M	921	$760	92
Sat Sep 11	#10	$1.16M	+66%	—	$29.69M	921	$1.3K	93
Sun Sep 12	#10	$604K	-48%	—	$30.29M	921	$656	94
Mon Sep 13	#10	$170K	-72%	—	$30.46M	921	$185	95
Tue Sep 14	#11	$156K	-8%	—	$30.62M	921	$169	96
Wed Sep 15	#9	$206K	+32%	—	$30.83M	921	$224	97
Thu Sep 16	#10	$230K	+12%	—	$31.06M	921	$250	98
Fri Sep 17	#8	$700K	+204%		$31.80M	1,024	$684	99
Sat Sep 18	#9	$1.04M	+49%	-10%	$32.84M	1,024	$1.0K	100
Sun Sep 19	#10	$503K	-52%	-17%	$33.34M	1,024	$492	101
Mon Sep 20	#9	$150K	-70%	-12%	$33.49M	1,024	$146	102
Tue Sep 21	#11	$136K	-9%	-13%	$33.63M	1,024	$133	103
Wed Sep 22	#9	$139K	+2%	-33%	$33.77M	1,236	$112	104
Thu Sep 23	#9	$145K	+4%	-37%	$33.91M	1,236	$117	105
Fri Sep 24	#9	$600K	+314%	-14%	$34.50M	1,024	$586	106
Fri Oct 8	#10	$300K		—	$38.90M	715	$420	120
Sat Oct 9	#12	$458K	+53%	—	$38.81M	715	$641	121
Sun Oct 10	#13	$279K	-39%	—	$39.09M	715	$390	122
Thu Oct 14	#10	$99K		—	$39.49M	715	$138	126

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Jun 11-13	29	$117K	—	$117K	6	$19.4K	1
Jun 18-20	21	$194K	+65.9%	$404K	18	$10.8K	2
Jun 25-27	16	$388K	+100.6%	$953K	73	$5.3K	3
Jul 2-4	15	$513K	+32.3%	$1.74M	142	$3.6K	4
Jul 9-11	17	$555K	+8.1%	$2.98M	141	$3.9K	5
Jul 16-18	17	$750K	+35.3%	$4.21M	179	$4.2K	6
Jul 23-25	16	$1.61M	+114.3%	$6.52M	389	$4.1K	7
Jul 30-Aug 1	14	$1.40M	-12.8%	$9.32M	423	$3.3K	8
Aug 6-8	13	$1.74M	+24.0%	$12.53M	546	$3.2K	9
Aug 13-15	11	$1.76M	+1.0%	$15.88M	563	$3.1K	10
Aug 20-22	14	$1.79M	+1.8%	$19.11M	577	$3.1K	11
Aug 27-29	14	$2.08M	+16.5%	$22.38M	706	$3.0K	12
Sep 3-5	13	$2.81M	+34.9%	$26.27M	886	$3.2K	13
Sep 10-12	10	$2.52M	-10.5%	$30.29M	921	$2.7K	14
Sep 17-19	8	$2.29M	-9.2%	$33.34M	1,024	$2.2K	15
Sep 24-26	11	$1.81M	-20.9%	$35.72M	1,027	$1.8K	16
Oct 1-3	12	$1.39M	-23.1%	$37.61M	855	$1.6K	17
Oct 8-10	12	$1.06M	-24.0%	$39.09M	715	$1.5K	18
Oct 15-17	13	$884K	-16.4%	$40.37M	619	$1.4K	19
Oct 22-24	14	$620K	-29.9%	$41.27M	479	$1.3K	20
Oct 29-31	15	$411K	-33.7%	$41.88M	387	$1.1K	21
Nov 5-7	19	$368K	-10.5%	$42.43M	271	$1.4K	22
Nov 12-14	25	$235K	-36.0%	$42.82M	196	$1.2K	23
Nov 19-21	26	$168K	-28.6%	$43.07M	170	$988	24
Nov 26-28	25	$242K	+44.0%	$43.45M	193	$1.3K	25
Dec 3-5	20	$193K	-20.3%	$43.73M	222	$868	26
Dec 10-12	23	$143K	-25.8%	$43.94M	218	$656	27
Dec 17-19	26	$125K	-12.8%	$44.14M	177	$705	28
Dec 24-26	36	$41K	-67.0%	$44.29M	141	$292	29
Dec 31-Jan 2	42	$48K	+16.4%	$44.41M	114	$420	30
Jan 7-9	49	$40K	-17.1%	$44.48M	80	$497	31
Jan 14-16	57	$19K	-51.3%	$44.51M	46	$421	32
Jan 21-23	67	$8K	-58.0%	$44.53M	30	$271	33
Jan 28-30	83	$4K	-50.6%	$44.54M	11	$365	34
Feb 4-6	98	$2K	-47.8%	$44.54M	6	$349	35

Performance Charts

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

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Cumulative Total

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Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byJared Hess

ScreenplayJared Hess, Jerusha Hess

Produced byJeremy Coon, Chris Wyatt, Sean Covel

CinematographyMunn Powell

Music byJohn Swihart

StarringJon Heder, Jon Gries, Efren Ramirez, Tina Majorino, Aaron Ruell, Diedrich Bader

StudioFox Searchlight Pictures

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