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The Last SamuraiFollow

2003 • R • 2h 34m • Action, Drama • Warner Bros.

In the face of an enemy, in the heart of one man, lies the soul of a warrior.

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3.77

7.8

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$24.30M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$111.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$455.00M

$344.00M international

Domestic legs4.58x

Budget$140M

2003 rank#21

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Cast & crew

Full Zwick filmography

Edward Zwick

Edward Zwick Director

Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise Starring

Ken Watanabe

Ken Watanabe Starring

Timothy Spall

Timothy Spall Starring

Tony Goldwyn

Tony Goldwyn Starring

Hiroyuki Sanada

Hiroyuki Sanada Starring

ScreenplayEdward Zwick, John Logan, Marshall Herskovitz Produced byMarshall Herskovitz, Edward Zwick, Tom Cruise, Paula Wagner, Scott Kroopf CinematographyJohn Toll MusicHans Zimmer StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 5-7 1 $24.3M — 2,908 $8,346 $24.3M

2 Dec 12-14 2 $14.1M −42.0% 2,908 $4,844 $46.9M

3 Dec 19-21 4 $7.8M −44.8% 2,938 $2,644 $59.5M

4 Dec 26-28 8 $8.3M +7.2% 2,557 $3,256 $74.3M

5 Jan 2-4 8 $7.4M −11.4% 2,401 $3,071 $90.0M

6 Jan 9-11 9 $4.6M −38.3% 1,901 $2,393 $97.2M

7 Jan 16-18 10 $3.1M −31.4% 1,403 $2,225 $102.0M

8 Jan 23-25 12 $2.2M −30.3% 1,115 $1,952 $105.5M

9 Jan 30-Feb 1 19 $1.2M −44.7% 808 $1,489 $107.5M

10 Feb 6-8 22 $693.2K −42.4% 441 $1,571 $108.6M

11 Feb 13-15 23 $542.9K −21.7% 267 $2,033 $109.4M

12 Feb 20-22 27 $391.1K −28.0% 220 $1,777 $110.1M

13 Feb 27-29 41 $151.4K −61.3% 136 $1,113 $110.3M

14 Mar 5-7 35 $166.2K +9.8% 339 $490 $110.6M

15 Mar 12-14 38 $126.7K −23.8% 281 $450 $110.8M

16 Mar 19-21 42 $90.9K −28.2% 220 $413 $110.9M

17 Mar 26-28 49 $64.5K −29.0% 168 $384 $111.1M

18 Apr 2-4 64 $29.9K −53.6% 102 $293 $111.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 5 #1 $8.2M — $8.2M 2,908 $2,819 1

Sat Dec 6 #1 $9.2M +12% $17.6M 2,908 $3,162 2

Sun Dec 7 #1 $6.7M −27% $24.3M 2,908 $2,299 3

Mon Dec 8 #1 $2.2M −66% $26.5M 2,908 $771 4

Tue Dec 9 #1 $2.3M +3% $28.8M 2,908 $795 5

Wed Dec 10 #1 $2.0M −12% $30.9M 2,908 $698 6

Thu Dec 11 #1 $1.9M −5% $32.8M 2,908 $662 7

Fri Dec 12 #2 $4.5M +133% −45% $37.3M 2,908 $1,547 8

Sat Dec 13 #2 $6.0M +34% −34% $43.1M 2,908 $2,073 9

Sun Dec 14 #1 $3.8M −37% −43% $46.9M 2,908 $1,299 10

Mon Dec 15 #2 $1.3M −66% −42% $48.2M 2,908 $448 11

Tue Dec 16 #2 $1.4M +5% −41% $49.5M 2,908 $469 12

Wed Dec 17 #3 $1.1M −19% −45% $50.7M 2,908 $382 13

Thu Dec 18 #3 $1.1M −4% −45% $51.7M 2,908 $365 14

Fri Dec 19 #4 $2.1M +98% −53% $53.8M 2,938 $714 15

Sat Dec 20 #4 $3.0M +43% −50% $56.8M 2,938 $1,020 16

Sun Dec 21 #4 $2.7M −11% −30% $59.5M 2,938 $906 17

Mon Dec 22 #5 $1.4M −49% +5% $60.9M 2,938 $465 18

Tue Dec 23 #5 $1.6M +17% +17% $62.5M 2,938 $544 19

Wed Dec 24 #4 $1.1M −28% +3% $63.6M 2,938 $391 20

Thu Dec 25 #8 $2.4M +109% +126% $65.9M 2,557 $938 21

Fri Dec 26 #8 $2.9M +19% +36% $68.8M 2,557 $1,118 22

Sat Dec 27 #8 $2.9M +2% −3% $71.8M 2,557 $1,138 23

Sun Dec 28 #8 $2.6M −12% −4% $74.3M 2,557 $1,000 24

Mon Dec 29 #8 $1.8M −30% +30% $76.1M 2,557 $695 25

Tue Dec 30 #8 $1.9M +8% +20% $78.0M 2,557 $752 26

Wed Dec 31 #8 $1.7M −12% +48% $79.7M 2,557 $664 27

Thu Jan 1 #8 $2.7M +59% +12% $82.4M 2,557 $1,054 28

Fri Jan 2 #8 $2.7M n/c −6% $85.1M 2,401 $1,124 29

Sat Jan 3 #8 $2.8M +5% −2% $88.3M 2,401 $1,185 30

Sun Jan 4 #8 $1.7M −39% −32% $90.0M 2,401 $727 31

Mon Jan 5 #6 $664.0K −62% −63% $90.7M 2,401 $276 32

Tue Jan 6 #5 $678.0K +2% −65% $91.4M 2,401 $282 33

Wed Jan 7 #5 $648.0K −4% −62% $92.0M 2,401 $269 34

Thu Jan 8 #5 $622.0K −4% −77% $92.6M 2,401 $259 35

Fri Jan 9 #10 $1.3M +109% −52% $93.9M 1,901 $683 36

Sat Jan 10 #9 $2.0M +52% −31% $95.9M 1,901 $1,040 37

Sun Jan 11 #8 $1.3M −37% −28% $97.2M 1,901 $658 38

Mon Jan 12 #6 $414.0K −67% −38% $97.6M 1,901 $217 39

Tue Jan 13 #7 $460.0K +11% −32% $98.1M 1,901 $241 40

Wed Jan 14 #7 $402.0K −13% −38% $98.5M 1,901 $211 41

Thu Jan 15 #7 $418.0K +4% −33% $98.9M 1,901 $219 42

Mon Jan 19 #13 $585.1K — +41% $102.6M 1,403 $417 46

Tue Jan 20 #9 $271.0K −54% −41% $102.9M 1,403 $193 47

Wed Jan 21 #9 $232.0K −14% −42% $103.1M 1,403 $165 48

Thu Jan 22 #9 $256.0K +10% −39% $103.3M 1,403 $182 49

Mon Feb 16 #29 $92.5K — $109.5M 267 $346 74

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$103.3M

Dec 5Dec 16Dec 28Jan 8Jan 22

Weekend grossWk 10 · $693.2K

$24.3M

$14.1M

$7.8M

$8.3M

$7.4M

$4.6M

$3.1M

$2.2M

$1.2M

$693.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,938 → 1,403 −52.2%

2,908 open1,403 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −42.4%

−42.0%

W1→2

−44.8%

W2→3

+7.2%

W3→4

−11.4%

W4→5

−38.3%

W5→6

−31.4%

W6→7

−30.3%

W7→8

−44.7%

W8→9

−42.4%

W9→10

Steepest −44.8%Biggest gain +7.2%

Run milestones

$100M in 46 days

$100M

Day 46

Jan 19

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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