Name: Walk the Line
Director: James Mangold
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Released: 2005
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Ginnifer Goodwin, Robert Patrick, Dallas Roberts

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Nov 18	#2	$7.61M		—	$7.61M	2,961	$2.6K	1
Sat Nov 19	#2	$8.95M	+18%	—	$16.57M	2,961	$3.0K	2
Sun Nov 20	#2	$5.78M	-35%	—	$22.35M	2,961	$2.0K	3
Mon Nov 21	#2	$2.22M	-62%	—	$24.57M	2,961	$750	4
Tue Nov 22	#2	$2.55M	+15%	—	$27.12M	2,961	$861	5
Wed Nov 23	#3	$3.21M	+26%	—	$30.33M	3,116	$1.0K	6
Thu Nov 24	#2	$4.46M	+39%	—	$34.80M	3,116	$1.4K	7
Fri Nov 25	#2	$7.60M	+70%	n/c	$42.40M	3,138	$2.4K	8
Sat Nov 26	#2	$7.61M	n/c	-15%	$50.01M	3,138	$2.4K	9
Sun Nov 27	#2	$4.00M	-47%	-31%	$54.01M	3,138	$1.3K	10
Mon Nov 28	#2	$1.21M	-70%	-46%	$55.21M	3,138	$384	11
Tue Nov 29	#2	$1.29M	+7%	-49%	$56.51M	3,138	$411	12
Wed Nov 30	#2	$1.15M	-11%	-64%	$57.65M	3,138	$365	13
Thu Dec 1	#2	$1.11M	-3%	-75%	$58.77M	3,138	$354	14
Fri Dec 2	#3	$3.05M	+174%	-60%	$61.82M	3,160	$966	15
Sat Dec 3	#3	$4.21M	+38%	-45%	$66.03M	3,160	$1.3K	16
Sun Dec 4	#3	$2.26M	-46%	-43%	$68.30M	3,160	$716	17
Mon Dec 5	#3	$721K	-68%	-40%	$69.02M	3,160	$228	18
Tue Dec 6	#2	$796K	+10%	-38%	$69.82M	3,160	$251	19
Wed Dec 7	#2	$719K	-10%	-37%	$70.53M	3,160	$227	20
Thu Dec 8	#2	$719K	n/c	-35%	$71.25M	3,160	$227	21
Fri Dec 9	#4	$1.72M	+139%	-44%	$72.97M	3,034	$566	22
Sat Dec 10	#4	$2.63M	+53%	-38%	$75.60M	3,034	$866	23
Sun Dec 11	#4	$1.39M	-47%	-39%	$76.99M	3,034	$458	24
Mon Dec 12	#4	$502K	-64%	-30%	$77.49M	3,034	$165	25
Tue Dec 13	#4	$544K	+8%	-32%	$78.04M	3,034	$179	26
Wed Dec 14	#5	$444K	-18%	-38%	$78.48M	3,034	$146	27
Thu Dec 15	#5	$439K	-1%	-39%	$78.92M	3,034	$144	28
Fri Dec 16	#6	$1.04M	+138%	-39%	$79.96M	2,664	$392	29
Sat Dec 17	#6	$1.58M	+51%	-40%	$81.54M	2,664	$592	30
Sun Dec 18	#6	$1.06M	-33%	-24%	$82.61M	2,664	$399	31
Mon Dec 19	#7	$525K	-51%	+5%	$83.13M	2,664	$197	32
Tue Dec 20	#7	$568K	+8%	+4%	$83.70M	2,664	$213	33
Wed Dec 21	#8	$435K	-23%	-2%	$84.14M	2,664	$163	34
Thu Dec 22	#8	$518K	+19%	+18%	$84.65M	2,664	$194	35
Mon Dec 26	#15	$877K		+67%	$87.13M	1,534	$571	39
Mon Jan 2	#15	$694K		-21%	$92.44M	1,160	$598	46
Mon Jan 16	#19	$308K			$98.25M	864	$356	60
Fri Feb 3	#9	$1.00M			$108.33M	1,577	$634	78
Sat Feb 4	#8	$1.74M	+74%		$110.07M	1,577	$1.1K	79
Sun Feb 5	#9	$543K	-69%		$110.61M	1,577	$344	80
Mon Feb 6	#8	$246K	-55%		$110.86M	1,577	$156	81
Tue Feb 7	#7	$276K	+12%		$111.13M	1,577	$174	82
Wed Feb 8	#6	$254K	-8%		$111.39M	1,577	$161	83
Thu Feb 9	#6	$263K	+4%		$111.65M	1,577	$166	84
Mon Feb 13	#11	$175K		-29%	$113.81M	1,248	$140	88
Tue Feb 14	#10	$377K	+115%	+37%	$114.19M	1,248	$302	89
Wed Feb 15	#10	$173K	-54%	-32%	$114.36M	1,248	$138	90
Mon Feb 20	#14	$273K		+56%	$116.34M	883	$309	95

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Nov 18-20	2	$22.35M	—	$22.35M	2,961	$7.5K	1
Nov 25-27	2	$19.21M	-14.0%	$54.01M	3,138	$6.1K	2
Dec 2-4	3	$9.53M	-50.4%	$68.30M	3,160	$3.0K	3
Dec 9-11	4	$5.74M	-39.8%	$76.99M	3,034	$1.9K	4
Dec 16-18	6	$3.69M	-35.7%	$82.61M	2,664	$1.4K	5
Dec 23-25	15	$1.60M	-56.7%	$86.25M	1,183	$1.3K	6
Dec 30-Jan 1	15	$2.66M	+66.7%	$91.74M	1,160	$2.3K	7
Jan 6-8	17	$2.11M	-20.7%	$95.37M	1,028	$2.1K	8
Jan 13-15	18	$1.77M	-16.2%	$97.95M	864	$2.0K	9
Jan 20-22	13	$3.07M	+73.4%	$102.08M	1,125	$2.7K	10
Jan 27-29	12	$3.03M	-1.1%	$106.12M	1,201	$2.5K	11
Feb 3-5	9	$3.29M	+8.4%	$110.61M	1,577	$2.1K	12
Feb 10-12	13	$1.98M	-39.7%	$113.63M	1,248	$1.6K	13
Feb 17-19	12	$1.54M	-22.3%	$116.07M	883	$1.7K	14
Feb 24-26	20	$726K	-52.9%	$117.48M	492	$1.5K	15
Mar 3-5	26	$489K	-32.6%	$118.23M	375	$1.3K	16
Mar 10-12	26	$343K	-30.0%	$118.81M	321	$1.1K	17
Mar 17-19	34	$203K	-40.6%	$119.15M	260	$782	18
Mar 24-26	41	$98K	-51.9%	$119.32M	148	$661	19

Performance Charts

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

Daily Gross

Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Week-over-Week Drop

Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byJames Mangold

ScreenplayJames Mangold, Gill Dennis

Produced byJames Keach, Cathy Konrad

CinematographyPhedon Papamichael

MusicT Bone Burnett

StarringJoaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Ginnifer Goodwin, Robert Patrick, Dallas Roberts, Dan John Miller

Studio20th Century Fox

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