Name: The Game
Director: David Fincher
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Released: 1997
Cast: Michael Douglas, Sean Penn, Deborah Kara Unger, James Rebhorn, Peter Donat

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Sep 12	#1	$4.48M		—	$4.48M	2,403	$1.9K	1
Sat Sep 13	#1	$5.95M	+33%	—	$10.43M	2,403	$2.5K	2
Sun Sep 14	#1	$3.91M	-34%	—	$14.34M	2,403	$1.6K	3
Mon Sep 15	#1	$1.18M	-70%	—	$15.52M	2,403	$493	4
Tue Sep 16	#1	$1.47M	+24%	—	$16.99M	2,403	$613	5
Wed Sep 17	#1	$1.13M	-23%	—	$18.12M	2,403	$470	6
Thu Sep 18	#1	$1.10M	-2%	—	$19.23M	2,403	$459	7
Fri Sep 19	#2	$2.63M	+139%	-41%	$21.86M	2,433	$1.1K	8
Sat Sep 20	#2	$4.11M	+56%	-31%	$25.97M	2,433	$1.7K	9
Sun Sep 21	#2	$2.29M	-44%	-41%	$28.26M	2,433	$940	10
Mon Sep 22	#2	$525K	-77%	-56%	$28.78M	2,433	$216	11
Tue Sep 23	#2	$804K	+53%	-45%	$29.64M	2,433	$330	12
Wed Sep 24	#2	$611K	-24%	-46%	$30.25M	2,433	$251	13
Thu Sep 25	#2	$546K	-11%	-51%	$30.79M	2,433	$224	14
Fri Sep 26	#5	$1.48M	+172%	-44%	$32.28M	2,521	$589	15
Sat Sep 27	#5	$2.31M	+55%	-44%	$34.59M	2,521	$916	16
Sun Sep 28	#5	$1.22M	-47%	-47%	$35.81M	2,521	$485	17
Mon Sep 29	#6	$320K	-74%	-39%	$36.13M	2,521	$127	18
Tue Sep 30	#5	$433K	+35%	-46%	$36.56M	2,521	$172	19
Wed Oct 1	#6	$329K	-24%	-46%	$36.89M	2,521	$130	20
Thu Oct 2	#6	$355K	+8%	-35%	$37.25M	2,521	$141	21
Fri Oct 3	#8	$890K	+151%	-40%	$38.14M	2,365	$376	22
Sat Oct 4	#7	$1.34M	+50%	-42%	$39.47M	2,365	$566	23
Sun Oct 5	#8	$682K	-49%	-44%	$40.16M	2,365	$289	24
Mon Oct 6	#8	$181K	-73%	-43%	$40.34M	2,365	$77	25
Tue Oct 7	#7	$304K	+68%	-30%	$40.64M	2,365	$128	26
Wed Oct 8	#8	$240K	-21%	-27%	$40.88M	2,365	$101	27
Thu Oct 9	#8	$230K	-4%	-35%	$41.11M	2,365	$97	28
Fri Oct 10	#11	$583K	+153%	-34%	$41.70M	1,804	$323	29

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Sep 12-14	1	$14.34M	—	$14.34M	2,403	$6.0K	1
Sep 19-21	2	$9.03M	-37.0%	$28.26M	2,433	$3.7K	2
Sep 26-28	5	$5.02M	-44.5%	$35.81M	2,521	$2.0K	3
Oct 3-5	7	$2.91M	-42.0%	$40.16M	2,365	$1.2K	4
Oct 10-12	11	$2.06M	-29.2%	$43.17M	1,804	$1.1K	5
Oct 17-19	15	$1.01M	-51.0%	$44.87M	1,185	$852	6
Oct 24-26	18	$662K	-34.5%	$45.90M	870	$761	7
Oct 31-Nov 2	21	$457K	-30.9%	$46.64M	695	$658	8
Nov 7-9	22	$344K	-24.7%	$47.20M	539	$639	9
Nov 14-16	31	$219K	-36.5%	$47.58M	434	$504	10
Nov 21-23	35	$155K	-29.0%	$47.83M	371	$419	11
Nov 28-30	40	$105K	-32.1%	$48.03M	232	$455	12
Dec 5-7	38	$75K	-28.7%	$48.14M	170	$443	13
Dec 12-14	45	$32K	-57.3%	$48.20M	139	$231	14
Dec 19-21	49	$25K	-21.9%	$48.27M	72	$348	15

Performance Charts

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

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Cumulative Total

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Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byDavid Fincher

Written byJohn Brancato, Michael Ferris

Produced bySteve Golin, Ceán Chaffin

CinematographyHarris Savides

Music byHoward Shore

StarringMichael Douglas, Sean Penn, Deborah Kara Unger, James Rebhorn, Peter Donat, Carroll Baker

StudioPolyGram Filmed Entertainment

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