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2004 • PG-13 • 2h 32m • Biography, Drama, Music • Universal Pictures

The extraordinary life story of Ray Charles.

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3.78

7.7

CS A+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$20.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$75.30M

Final

Worldwide total

$124.00M

$48.60M international

Domestic legs3.76x

Budget$40.0M

2004 rank#36

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Taylor Hackford

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Jamie Foxx

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Bokeem Woodbine

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ScreenplayJames L. White Produced byTaylor Hackford, Stuart Benjamin, Howard Baldwin, Karen Baldwin CinematographyPaweł Edelman MusicCraig Armstrong StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 29-31 2 $20.0M — 2,006 $9,989 $20.0M

2 Nov 5-7 2 $13.6M −31.9% 2,463 $5,539 $39.6M

3 Nov 12-14 6 $8.4M −38.4% 2,474 $3,399 $52.5M

4 Nov 19-21 7 $4.6M −45.7% 2,027 $2,252 $59.2M

5 Nov 26-28 9 $4.0M −12.9% 1,499 $2,652 $65.1M

6 Dec 3-5 10 $1.9M −52.5% 1,547 $1,220 $67.8M

7 Dec 10-12 13 $954.0K −49.5% 1,129 $845 $69.3M

8 Dec 17-19 16 $550.0K −42.3% 618 $889 $70.2M

9 Dec 24-26 24 $252.3K −54.1% 274 $920 $70.8M

10 Dec 31-Jan 2 24 $449.3K +78.1% 343 $1,310 $71.6M

11 Jan 7-9 26 $374.3K −16.7% 394 $949 $72.1M

12 Jan 14-16 31 $286.0K −23.6% 286 $1,000 $72.6M

13 Jan 21-23 29 $275.4K −3.7% 293 $940 $73.0M

14 Jan 28-30 21 $615.4K +123.4% 526 $1,169 $73.8M

15 Feb 4-6 23 $327.3K −46.8% 352 $929 $74.3M

16 Feb 11-13 29 $193.9K −40.8% 235 $824 $74.7M

17 Feb 18-20 33 $149.7K −22.8% 147 $1,018 $74.9M

18 Feb 25-27 36 $129.2K −13.6% 134 $964 $75.1M

19 Mar 4-6 36 $108.6K −16.0% 141 $770 $75.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 29 #3 $6.7M — $6.7M 2,006 $3,339 1

Sat Oct 30 #2 $8.4M +26% $15.1M 2,006 $4,199 2

Sun Oct 31 #3 $5.0M −41% $20.0M 2,006 $2,474 3

Mon Nov 1 #3 $1.7M −65% $21.8M 2,006 $854 4

Tue Nov 2 #1 $1.6M −9% $23.3M 2,006 $774 5

Wed Nov 3 #1 $1.3M −14% $24.6M 2,006 $665 6

Thu Nov 4 #1 $1.4M +1% $26.0M 2,006 $674 7

Fri Nov 5 #3 $4.0M +199% −40% $30.0M 2,463 $1,644 8

Sat Nov 6 #2 $6.3M +55% −25% $36.2M 2,463 $2,550 9

Sun Nov 7 #2 $3.5M −45% −30% $39.6M 2,463 $1,404 10

Mon Nov 8 #2 $911.0K −74% −47% $40.6M 2,463 $369 11

Tue Nov 9 #2 $925.0K +2% −40% $41.5M 2,463 $375 12

Wed Nov 10 #4 $1.0M +9% −24% $42.5M 2,463 $409 13

Thu Nov 11 #3 $1.6M +61% +20% $44.1M 2,463 $660 14

Fri Nov 12 #7 $2.4M +48% −41% $46.5M 2,469 $972 15

Sat Nov 13 #4 $3.9M +61% −38% $50.4M 2,474 $1,564 16

Sun Nov 14 #6 $2.1M −45% −38% $52.5M 2,474 $865 17

Mon Nov 15 #5 $520.0K −76% −43% $53.0M 2,474 $210 18

Tue Nov 16 #5 $557.0K +7% −40% $53.6M 2,474 $225 19

Wed Nov 17 #5 $507.0K −9% −50% $54.1M 2,474 $204 20

Thu Nov 18 #5 $520.0K +3% −68% $54.6M 2,474 $210 21

Fri Nov 19 #7 $1.2M +131% −50% $55.8M 2,025 $592 22

Sat Nov 20 #7 $2.2M +80% −44% $58.0M 2,027 $1,066 23

Sun Nov 21 #7 $1.2M −47% −46% $59.2M 2,027 $568 24

Mon Nov 22 #7 $343.0K −70% −34% $59.5M 2,020 $169 25

Tue Nov 23 #7 $414.0K +21% −26% $60.0M 2,020 $204 26

Wed Nov 24 #10 $472.0K +14% −7% $60.4M 1,549 $304 27

Thu Nov 25 #9 $728.0K +54% +40% $61.2M 1,549 $469 28

Fri Nov 26 #9 $1.6M +115% +30% $62.7M 1,499 $1,042 29

Sat Nov 27 #9 $1.6M +5% −24% $64.4M 1,499 $1,097 30

Sun Nov 28 #9 $769.9K −53% −33% $65.1M 1,499 $513 31

Mon Nov 29 #10 $201.0K −74% −41% $65.3M 1,495 $134 32

Tue Nov 30 #10 $195.0K −3% −53% $65.5M 1,495 $130 33

Wed Dec 1 #10 $187.0K −4% −60% $65.7M 1,495 $125 34

Thu Dec 2 #9 $194.0K +4% −73% $65.9M 1,495 $129 35

Fri Dec 3 #11 $500.0K +158% −68% $66.4M 1,548 $322 36

Sat Dec 4 #10 $897.9K +80% −45% $67.3M 1,547 $580 37

Sun Dec 5 #10 $464.5K −48% −40% $67.8M 1,547 $300 38

Mon Jan 17 #25 $93.0K — $72.7M 286 $325 81

Mon Feb 21 #36 $28.5K — $74.9M 146 $195 116

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$67.8M

Oct 29Nov 7Nov 17Nov 26Dec 5

Weekend grossWk 10 · $449.3K

$20.0M

$13.6M

$8.4M

$4.6M

$4.0M

$1.9M

$954.0K

$550.0K

$252.3K

$449.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,474 → 1,547 −37.5%

2,006 open1,547 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +78.1%

−31.9%

W1→2

−38.4%

W2→3

−45.7%

W3→4

−12.9%

W4→5

−52.5%

W5→6

−49.5%

W6→7

−42.3%

W7→8

−54.1%

W8→9

+78.1%

W9→10

Steepest −54.1%Biggest gain +78.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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