Name: The Black Dahlia
Director: Brian De Palma
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Released: 2006
Cast: Josh Hartnett, Scarlett Johansson, Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Mia Kirshner

Cast & crew

Full Palma filmography

Brian De Palma Director

Josh Hartnett Starring

Scarlett Johansson Starring

Aaron Eckhart Starring

Hilary Swank Starring

Fiona Shaw Starring

ScreenplayJosh Friedman Produced byArt Linson, Avi Lerner, Moshe Diamant, Rudy Cohen CinematographyVilmos Zsigmond MusicMark Isham Prod. DesignDante Ferretti StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 15-17 2 $10.0M — 2,226 $4,495 $10.0M

2 Sep 22-24 6 $4.4M −55.5% 2,236 $1,990 $17.3M

3 Sep 29-Oct 1 9 $2.1M −52.2% 2,009 $1,060 $20.7M

4 Oct 6-8 16 $553.1K −74.0% 930 $595 $22.0M

5 Oct 13-15 34 $137.8K −75.1% 224 $615 $22.4M

6 Oct 20-22 51 $46.5K −66.2% 141 $330 $22.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Sep 15 #2 $3.7M — $3.7M 2,228 $1,664 1

Sat Sep 16 #2 $3.9M +5.4% $7.6M 2,228 $1,753 2

Sun Sep 17 #2 $2.4M −38.7% $10.0M 2,228 $1,074 3

Mon Sep 18 #2 $779.1K −67.4% $10.8M 2,226 $350 4

Tue Sep 19 #2 $800.4K +2.7% $11.6M 2,226 $360 5

Wed Sep 20 #2 $668.1K −16.5% $12.3M 2,226 $300 6

Thu Sep 21 #2 $567.1K −15.1% $12.8M 2,226 $255 7

Fri Sep 22 #5 $1.4M +142.5% −62.9% $14.2M 2,236 $615 8

Sat Sep 23 #6 $2.0M +42.3% −49.9% $16.2M 2,236 $875 9

Sun Sep 24 #6 $1.1M −42.8% −53.3% $17.3M 2,236 $500 10

Mon Sep 25 #5 $335.6K −70.0% −56.9% $17.6M 2,236 $150 11

Tue Sep 26 #5 $358.2K +6.7% −55.2% $18.0M 2,236 $160 12

Wed Sep 27 #5 $334.9K −6.5% −49.9% $18.3M 2,236 $150 13

Thu Sep 28 #5 $314.1K −6.2% −44.6% $18.6M 2,236 $140 14

Fri Sep 29 #9 $633.1K +101.5% −54.0% $19.2M 2,002 $316 15

Sat Sep 30 #10 $933.4K +47.4% −52.3% $20.2M 2,002 $466 16

Sun Oct 1 #9 $562.5K −39.7% −49.7% $20.7M 2,002 $281 17

Mon Oct 2 #9 $190.9K −66.1% −43.1% $20.9M 2,009 $95 18

Tue Oct 3 #9 $190.4K −0.2% −46.8% $21.1M 2,009 $95 19

Wed Oct 4 #9 $179.8K −5.6% −46.3% $21.3M 2,009 $90 20

Thu Oct 5 #9 $171.7K −4.5% −45.4% $21.5M 2,009 $85 21

Mon Oct 9 #15 $79.0K — −58.6% $22.1M 930 $85 25

Cumulative total$22.1M

Sep 15Sep 20Sep 26Oct 1Oct 9

Weekend grossWk 6 · $46.5K

$10.0M

$4.4M

$2.1M

$553.1K

$137.8K

$46.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6

Theater countPeak 2,236 → 930 −58.4%

2,228 open930 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 6 · −66.2%

−55.5%

W1→2

−52.2%

W2→3

−74.0%

W3→4

−75.1%

W4→5

−66.2%

W5→6

Steepest −75.1%Best hold −52.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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