Name: The Grudge
Director: Takashi Shimizu
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Released: 2004
Cast: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jason Behr, William Mapother, Clea DuVall, KaDee Strickland

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Oct 22	#1	$15.20M		—	$15.20M	3,245	$4.7K	1
Sat Oct 23	#1	$15.58M	+3%	—	$30.14M	3,245	$4.8K	2
Sun Oct 24	#1	$8.99M	-42%	—	$39.13M	3,245	$2.8K	3
Mon Oct 25	#1	$2.77M	-69%	—	$41.90M	3,245	$853	4
Tue Oct 26	#1	$2.43M	-12%	—	$44.33M	3,245	$748	5
Wed Oct 27	#1	$2.12M	-13%	—	$46.45M	3,245	$654	6
Thu Oct 28	#1	$2.42M	+14%	—	$48.87M	3,245	$745	7
Fri Oct 29	#1	$7.60M	+214%	-50%	$56.47M	3,348	$2.3K	8
Sat Oct 30	#1	$8.81M	+16%	-43%	$65.40M	3,348	$2.6K	9
Sun Oct 31	#2	$5.29M	-40%	-41%	$70.68M	3,348	$1.6K	10
Mon Nov 1	#2	$1.72M	-67%	-38%	$72.41M	3,348	$514	11
Tue Nov 2	#3	$1.44M	-16%	-41%	$73.84M	3,348	$429	12
Wed Nov 3	#3	$1.08M	-25%	-49%	$74.93M	3,348	$323	13
Thu Nov 4	#3	$1.15M	+6%	-52%	$76.08M	3,348	$344	14
Fri Nov 5	#2	$4.40M	+282%	-42%	$80.48M	3,336	$1.3K	15
Sat Nov 6	#3	$5.74M	+30%	-35%	$86.06M	3,336	$1.7K	16
Sun Nov 7	#4	$2.69M	-53%	-49%	$88.76M	3,336	$807	17
Mon Nov 8	#4	$634K	-76%	-63%	$89.39M	3,336	$190	18
Tue Nov 9	#4	$637K	n/c	-56%	$90.03M	3,336	$190	19
Wed Nov 10	#5	$904K	+42%	-17%	$90.93M	3,127	$289	20
Thu Nov 11	#4	$1.31M	+45%	+13%	$92.24M	3,127	$418	21
Fri Nov 12	#6	$2.50M	+91%	-43%	$94.70M	2,816	$887	22
Sat Nov 13	#7	$3.18M	+27%	-45%	$97.79M	2,816	$1.1K	23
Sun Nov 14	#8	$1.46M	-54%	-46%	$99.25M	2,816	$519	24
Mon Nov 15	#8	$353K	-76%	-44%	$99.60M	2,816	$125	25
Tue Nov 16	#8	$368K	+4%	-42%	$99.97M	2,816	$130	26
Wed Nov 17	#7	$323K	-12%	-64%	$100.29M	2,816	$114	27
Thu Nov 18	#8	$318K	-2%	-76%	$100.61M	2,816	$112	28
Fri Nov 19	#8	$1.20M	+277%	-52%	$101.80M	2,112	$568	29
Sat Nov 20	#8	$1.91M	+59%	-40%	$103.67M	2,112	$905	30
Sun Nov 21	#9	$748K	-61%	-49%	$104.42M	2,112	$354	31
Mon Nov 22	#9	$252K	-66%	-29%	$104.67M	2,112	$119	32
Tue Nov 23	#8	$343K	+36%	-7%	$105.02M	2,112	$162	33

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Oct 22-24	1	$39.13M	—	$39.13M	3,245	$12.1K	1
Oct 29-31	1	$21.82M	-44.2%	$70.68M	3,348	$6.5K	2
Nov 5-7	3	$12.68M	-41.9%	$88.76M	3,336	$3.8K	3
Nov 12-14	7	$7.01M	-44.7%	$99.25M	2,816	$2.5K	4
Nov 19-21	8	$3.81M	-45.6%	$104.42M	2,112	$1.8K	5
Nov 26-28	12	$1.95M	-48.8%	$107.78M	1,486	$1.3K	6
Dec 3-5	13	$1.10M	-43.4%	$109.23M	1,286	$858	7
Dec 10-12	15	$457K	-58.6%	$109.90M	732	$624	8
Dec 17-19	25	$163K	-64.4%	$110.18M	278	$585	9

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Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byTakashi Shimizu

ScreenplayStephen Susco

Produced bySam Raimi, Robert Tapert, Takashige Ichise

CinematographyHideo Yamamoto

MusicChristopher Young

StarringSarah Michelle Gellar, Jason Behr, William Mapother, Clea DuVall, KaDee Strickland, Grace Zabriskie

StudioSony Pictures Releasing

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