Name: Rent
Director: Chris Columbus
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Released: 2005
Cast: Rosario Dawson, Taye Diggs, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Jesse L. Martin, Idina Menzel

Cast & crew

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Chris Columbus Director

Rosario Dawson Starring

Taye Diggs Starring

Idina Menzel Starring

ScreenplayStephen Chbosky Produced byJane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro, Chris Columbus, Mark Radcliffe, Michael Barnathan CinematographyStephen Goldblatt Music byJonathan Larson StudioColumbia Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 25-27 5 $10.0M — 2,433 $4,117 $17.1M

2 Dec 2-4 6 $4.4M −55.7% 2,437 $1,823 $23.7M

3 Dec 9-11 10 $2.0M −54.9% 1,971 $1,017 $26.9M

4 Dec 16-18 15 $752.1K −62.5% 926 $812 $28.3M

5 Dec 23-25 25 $100.7K −86.6% 174 $579 $28.8M

6 Dec 30-Jan 1 32 $96.1K −4.6% 116 $828 $29.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Nov 23 #2 $4.8M — $4.8M 2,433 $1,953 -2

Thu Nov 24 #4 $2.4M −50.1% $7.1M 2,433 $975 -1

Fri Nov 25 #5 $4.3M +81.2% $11.4M 2,433 $1,766 1

Sat Nov 26 #5 $3.8M −11.0% $15.2M 2,433 $1,571 2

Sun Nov 27 #6 $1.9M −50.4% $17.1M 2,433 $780 3

Mon Nov 28 #3 $586.6K −69.1% $17.7M 2,433 $241 4

Tue Nov 29 #3 $542.3K −7.6% $18.3M 2,433 $223 5

Wed Nov 30 #3 $508.1K −6.3% $18.8M 2,433 $209 6

Thu Dec 1 #3 $525.9K +3.5% $19.3M 2,433 $216 7

Fri Dec 2 #6 $1.6M +202.4% −63.0% $20.9M 2,437 $653 8

Sat Dec 3 #7 $1.9M +20.2% −50.0% $22.8M 2,437 $784 9

Sun Dec 4 #8 $940.1K −50.8% −50.5% $23.7M 2,437 $386 10

Mon Dec 5 #7 $277.6K −70.5% −52.7% $24.0M 2,437 $114 11

Tue Dec 6 #7 $314.1K +13.1% −42.1% $24.3M 2,437 $129 12

Wed Dec 7 #7 $293.4K −6.6% −42.3% $24.6M 2,437 $120 13

Thu Dec 8 #7 $283.1K −3.5% −46.2% $24.9M 2,437 $116 14

Fri Dec 9 #9 $680.8K +140.5% −57.2% $25.6M 1,971 $345 15

Sat Dec 10 #10 $865.5K +27.1% −54.7% $26.5M 1,971 $439 16

Sun Dec 11 #10 $457.9K −47.1% −51.3% $26.9M 1,971 $232 17

Mon Dec 12 #9 $177.0K −61.3% −36.2% $27.1M 1,971 $90 18

Tue Dec 13 #9 $181.2K +2.4% −42.3% $27.3M 1,971 $92 19

Wed Dec 14 #10 $135.0K −25.5% −54.0% $27.4M 1,971 $68 20

Thu Dec 15 #11 $125.6K −6.9% −55.6% $27.5M 1,971 $64 21

Mon Dec 26 #27 $38.6K — $28.9M 174 $222 32

Mon Jan 2 #30 $32.4K — −16.2% $29.1M 116 $279 39

Cumulative total$29.1M

Nov 23Nov 29Dec 5Dec 11Jan 2

Weekend grossWk 6 · $96.1K

$10.0M

$4.4M

$2.0M

$752.1K

$100.7K

$96.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6

Theater countPeak 2,437 → 116 −95.2%

2,433 open116 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 6 · −4.6%

−55.7%

W1→2

−54.9%

W2→3

−62.5%

W3→4

−86.6%

W4→5

−4.6%

W5→6

Steepest −86.6%Best hold −4.6%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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