Name: The Butterfly Effect
Director: Eric Bress, J. Mackye Gruber
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Released: 2004
Cast: Ashton Kutcher, Amy Smart, Eric Stoltz, William Lee Scott, Elden Henson

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Jan 23	#1	$6.20M		—	$6.20M	2,605	$2.4K	1
Sat Jan 24	#2	$6.88M	+11%	—	$12.92M	2,605	$2.6K	2
Sun Jan 25	#1	$4.14M	-40%	—	$17.07M	2,605	$1.6K	3
Mon Jan 26	#1	$1.30M	-69%	—	$18.36M	2,605	$498	4
Tue Jan 27	#1	$1.24M	-4%	—	$19.60M	2,605	$476	5
Wed Jan 28	#1	$1.25M	+1%	—	$20.86M	2,605	$482	6
Thu Jan 29	#1	$1.23M	-2%	—	$22.18M	2,605	$470	7
Fri Jan 30	#2	$3.40M	+178%	-45%	$25.60M	2,605	$1.3K	8
Sat Jan 31	#3	$4.58M	+35%	-33%	$30.21M	2,605	$1.8K	9
Sun Feb 1	#3	$1.52M	-67%	-63%	$31.74M	2,605	$583	10
Mon Feb 2	#1	$819K	-46%	-37%	$32.55M	2,605	$314	11
Tue Feb 3	#1	$832K	+2%	-33%	$33.39M	2,605	$319	12
Wed Feb 4	#1	$710K	-15%	-43%	$34.10M	2,605	$273	13
Thu Feb 5	#1	$678K	-5%	-45%	$34.80M	2,605	$260	14
Fri Feb 6	#4	$2.00M	+195%	-41%	$36.80M	2,519	$794	15
Sat Feb 7	#5	$2.86M	+43%	-38%	$39.60M	2,519	$1.1K	16
Sun Feb 8	#5	$1.71M	-40%	+13%	$41.31M	2,519	$679	17
Mon Feb 9	#3	$485K	-72%	-41%	$41.80M	2,519	$193	18
Tue Feb 10	#3	$524K	+8%	-37%	$42.32M	2,519	$208	19
Wed Feb 11	#3	$438K	-16%	-38%	$42.76M	2,519	$174	20
Thu Feb 12	#3	$476K	+9%	-30%	$43.22M	2,519	$189	21
Fri Feb 13	#4	$1.20M	+152%	-40%	$44.40M	2,288	$524	22
Sat Feb 14	#4	$2.69M	+125%	-6%	$47.02M	2,288	$1.2K	23
Sun Feb 15	#6	$1.45M	-46%	-15%	$48.47M	2,288	$635	24
Mon Feb 16	#7	$705K	-51%	+45%	$49.18M	2,288	$308	25
Tue Feb 17	#4	$445K	-37%	-15%	$49.63M	2,288	$194	26
Wed Feb 18	#4	$374K	-16%	-15%	$50.00M	2,288	$163	27
Thu Feb 19	#4	$328K	-12%	-31%	$50.23M	2,288	$143	28
Fri Feb 20	#8	$800K	+144%	-33%	$51.00M	1,901	$421	29
Sat Feb 21	#9	$1.32M	+65%	-51%	$52.40M	1,901	$693	30
Sun Feb 22	#8	$805K	-39%	-45%	$53.21M	1,901	$423	31
Mon Feb 23	#8	$244K	-70%	-65%	$53.45M	1,901	$128	32
Tue Feb 24	#8	$280K	+15%	-37%	$53.73M	1,901	$147	33
Wed Feb 25	#9	$235K	-16%	-37%	$53.97M	1,901	$124	34
Thu Feb 26	#10	$202K	-14%	-38%	$54.12M	1,901	$106	35

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Jan 23-25	1	$17.07M	—	$17.07M	2,605	$6.6K	1
Jan 30-Feb 1	2	$9.56M	-44.0%	$31.74M	2,605	$3.7K	2
Feb 6-8	5	$6.51M	-31.8%	$41.31M	2,519	$2.6K	3
Feb 13-15	4	$5.25M	-19.3%	$48.47M	2,288	$2.3K	4
Feb 20-22	9	$2.98M	-43.4%	$53.21M	1,901	$1.6K	5
Feb 27-29	16	$1.25M	-57.8%	$55.38M	1,035	$1.2K	6
Mar 5-7	18	$521K	-58.5%	$56.42M	554	$940	7
Mar 12-14	28	$267K	-48.7%	$56.91M	312	$857	8
Mar 19-21	31	$160K	-40.1%	$57.22M	226	$709	9
Mar 26-28	38	$100K	-37.3%	$57.38M	154	$652	10
Apr 2-4	36	$99K	-1.5%	$57.53M	157	$630	11
Apr 9-11	42	$73K	-25.8%	$57.65M	138	$532	12
May 14-16	74	$25K	-66.4%	$57.92M	41	$602	17

Performance Charts

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

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Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byEric Bress, J. Mackye Gruber

ScreenplayEric Bress, J. Mackye Gruber

Produced byChris Bender, A.J. Dix, Anthony Rhulen, J.C. Spink

CinematographyMatthew F. Leonetti

StarringAshton Kutcher, Amy Smart, Eric Stoltz, William Lee Scott, Elden Henson, Logan Lerman

StudioNew Line Cinema

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