Name: The Aviator
Director: Martin Scorsese
Genre: Biography, Drama
Released: 2004
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, John C. Reilly, Alec Baldwin

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Dec 17	#14	$250K		—	$250K	40	$6.3K	1
Sat Dec 18	#14	$327K	+31%	—	$579K	40	$8.2K	2
Sun Dec 19	#14	$279K	-15%	—	$858K	40	$7.0K	3
Sat Dec 25	#4	$4.24M		+1,197%	$4.24M	1,796	$2.4K	9
Sun Dec 26	#4	$4.24M	n/c	+1,420%	$9.99M	1,796	$2.4K	10
Mon Dec 27	#4	$3.08M	-27%		$13.06M	1,796	$1.7K	11
Tue Dec 28	#4	$2.86M	-7%		$15.92M	1,796	$1.6K	12
Wed Dec 29	#5	$2.33M	-18%		$17.52M	1,796	$1.3K	13
Thu Dec 30	#5	$2.60M	+12%		$20.10M	1,796	$1.4K	14
Fri Dec 31	#3	$4.20M	+62%		$24.30M	1,796	$2.3K	15
Sat Jan 1	#4	$4.43M	+6%	+5%	$28.52M	1,796	$2.5K	16
Sun Jan 2	#3	$3.02M	-32%	-29%	$31.54M	1,796	$1.7K	17
Mon Jan 3	#3	$1.33M	-56%	-57%	$32.87M	1,796	$739	18
Tue Jan 4	#2	$965K	-27%	-66%	$33.83M	1,796	$537	19
Wed Jan 5	#2	$901K	-7%	-61%	$34.73M	1,796	$501	20
Thu Jan 6	#2	$847K	-6%	-67%	$35.31M	1,796	$471	21
Fri Jan 7	#3	$2.20M	+160%	-48%	$37.50M	1,796	$1.2K	22
Sat Jan 8	#4	$3.30M	+50%	-26%	$40.80M	1,867	$1.8K	23
Sun Jan 9	#3	$2.00M	-39%	-34%	$42.80M	1,867	$1.1K	24
Mon Jan 10	#3	$639K	-68%	-52%	$43.44M	1,867	$342	25
Tue Jan 11	#3	$712K	+11%	-26%	$44.15M	1,867	$381	26
Wed Jan 12	#3	$649K	-9%	-28%	$44.80M	1,867	$347	27
Thu Jan 13	#3	$591K	-9%	-30%	$45.18M	1,867	$316	28
Fri Jan 14	#7	$1.40M	+137%	-36%	$46.60M	1,956	$715	29
Sat Jan 15	#7	$2.10M	+50%	-36%	$48.70M	1,956	$1.1K	30
Sun Jan 16	#7	$1.50M	-29%	-25%	$50.24M	1,956	$766	31
Mon Jan 17	#8	$1.29M	-14%	+102%	$51.53M	1,956	$660	32
Tue Jan 18	#4	$660K	-49%	-7%	$52.19M	1,956	$337	33
Wed Jan 19	#5	$549K	-17%	-15%	$52.74M	1,956	$280	34
Thu Jan 20	#5	$521K	-5%	-12%	$53.19M	1,956	$266	35
Fri Jan 21	#9	$1.50M	+188%	+7%	$54.70M	2,261	$663	36
Sat Jan 22	#8	$2.00M	+33%	-5%	$56.70M	2,261	$884	37
Sun Jan 23	#7	$1.30M	-35%	-13%	$58.02M	2,261	$574	38
Mon Jan 24	#6	$472K	-64%	-63%	$58.50M	2,261	$208	39
Tue Jan 25	#3	$747K	+58%	+13%	$59.24M	2,261	$330	40
Wed Jan 26	#1	$851K	+14%	+55%	$60.09M	2,261	$376	41
Thu Jan 27	#3	$773K	-9%	+48%	$60.68M	2,261	$341	42
Fri Jan 28	#6	$2.00M	+159%	+33%	$62.70M	2,503	$799	43
Sat Jan 29	#6	$3.40M	+70%	+70%	$66.10M	2,503	$1.4K	44
Sun Jan 30	#5	$2.10M	-38%	+62%	$68.23M	2,503	$838	45
Mon Jan 31	#4	$546K	-74%	+16%	$68.78M	2,503	$218	46
Tue Feb 1	#3	$600K	+10%	-20%	$69.38M	2,503	$239	47
Wed Feb 2	#3	$606K	+1%	-29%	$69.98M	2,503	$242	48
Thu Feb 3	#3	$573K	-5%	-26%	$70.47M	2,503	$228	49
Fri Feb 4	#6	$1.60M	+179%	-20%	$72.10M	2,530	$632	50
Sat Feb 5	#6	$2.80M	+75%	-18%	$74.90M	2,530	$1.1K	51
Sun Feb 6	#7	$1.00M	-64%	-52%	$75.90M	2,530	$395	52
Mon Feb 7	#6	$461K	-54%	-16%	$76.36M	2,530	$182	53
Tue Feb 8	#5	$484K	+5%	-19%	$76.84M	2,530	$191	54
Wed Feb 9	#5	$428K	-12%	-29%	$77.27M	2,530	$169	55
Thu Feb 10	#5	$465K	+9%	-19%	$77.65M	2,530	$183	56
Fri Feb 11	#7	$1.30M	+180%	-19%	$79.00M	2,196	$591	57
Sat Feb 12	#9	$2.10M	+62%	-25%	$81.10M	2,196	$956	58
Sun Feb 13	#8	$1.20M	-43%	+20%	$82.32M	2,196	$546	59
Mon Feb 14	#7	$664K	-45%	+44%	$82.99M	2,196	$302	60
Tue Feb 15	#6	$356K	-46%	-26%	$83.34M	2,196	$162	61
Wed Feb 16	#5	$355K	n/c	-17%	$83.70M	2,196	$161	62
Thu Feb 17	#6	$355K	n/c	-24%	$83.95M	2,196	$161	63
Fri Feb 18	#9	$1.00M	+182%	-23%	$85.00M	1,710	$584	64
Sat Feb 19	#9	$1.80M	+80%	-14%	$86.80M	1,710	$1.1K	65
Sun Feb 20	#9	$1.30M	-28%	+8%	$88.11M	1,710	$760	66
Mon Feb 21	#8	$769K	-41%	+16%	$88.88M	1,710	$449	67
Tue Feb 22	#8	$332K	-57%	-7%	$89.21M	1,710	$194	68
Wed Feb 23	#7	$342K	+3%	-4%	$89.55M	1,710	$200	69
Thu Feb 24	#9	$291K	-15%	-18%	$89.91M	1,710	$170	70
Fri Feb 25	#9	$1.00M	+244%	n/c	$90.90M	1,579	$633	71
Sat Feb 26	#8	$1.90M	+90%	+6%	$92.80M	1,579	$1.2K	72
Sun Feb 27	#10	$900K	-53%	-31%	$93.64M	1,579	$569	73
Mon Feb 28	#8	$263K	-71%	-66%	$93.91M	1,579	$166	74
Tue Mar 1	#8	$279K	+6%	-16%	$94.19M	1,579	$176	75
Wed Mar 2	#8	$264K	-5%	-23%	$94.45M	1,579	$167	76
Thu Mar 3	#8	$264K	n/c	-9%	$94.71M	1,579	$167	77
Tue Mar 8	#10	$179K		-36%	$97.37M	1,331	$134	82
Mon May 30	#67	$1K			$102.61M	13	$95	165

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Dec 17-19	14	$858K	—	$858K	40	$21.4K	1
Dec 24-26	4	$8.63M	+906%	$9.99M	1,796	$4.8K	2
Dec 31-Jan 2	3	$11.36M	+32%	$31.54M	1,796	$6.3K	3
Jan 7-9	3	$7.49M	-34%	$42.80M	1,867	$4.0K	4
Jan 14-16	7	$5.06M	-33%	$50.24M	1,956	$2.6K	5
Jan 21-23	8	$4.84M	-4%	$58.02M	2,261	$2.1K	6
Jan 28-30	6	$7.55M	+56%	$68.23M	2,503	$3.0K	7
Feb 4-6	6	$5.43M	-28%	$75.90M	2,530	$2.1K	8
Feb 11-13	8	$4.67M	-14%	$82.32M	2,196	$2.1K	9
Feb 18-20	8	$4.16M	-11%	$88.11M	1,710	$2.4K	10
Feb 25-27	10	$3.74M	-10%	$93.64M	1,579	$2.4K	11
Mar 4-6	11	$2.33M	-38%	$97.04M	1,331	$1.7K	12
Mar 11-13	12	$1.36M	-42%	$99.06M	1,002	$1.4K	13
Mar 18-20	14	$899K	-34%	$100.44M	718	$1.3K	14
Mar 25-27	19	$462K	-49%	$101.27M	405	$1.1K	15
Apr 1-3	25	$246K	-47%	$101.71M	289	$851	16
Apr 8-10	28	$130K	-47%	$101.91M	210	$619	17
Apr 15-17	33	$105K	-19%	$102.07M	173	$608	18
Apr 22-24	29	$149K	+42%	$102.25M	283	$528	19
Apr 29-May 1	36	$107K	-28%	$102.43M	224	$479	20
May 6-8	42	$43K	-60%	$102.51M	138	$312	21
May 13-15	48	$30K	-30%	$102.56M	95	$317	22
May 20-22	61	$16K	-46%	$102.59M	58	$282	23
May 27-29	85	$4K	-73%	$102.61M	13	$338	24

Performance Charts

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

Daily Gross

Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Week-over-Week Drop

Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byMartin Scorsese

ScreenplayJohn Logan

Produced byMichael Mann, Sandy Climan, Graham King, Charles Evans Jr.

CinematographyRobert Richardson

MusicHoward Shore

StarringLeonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, John C. Reilly, Alec Baldwin, Alan Alda

StudioMiramax

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