Name: We Were Soldiers
Director: Randall Wallace
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Released: 2002
Cast: Mel Gibson, Madeleine Stowe, Greg Kinnear, Sam Elliott, Chris Klein

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Mar 1	#1	$5.54M		—	$5.54M	3,143	$1.8K	1
Sat Mar 2	#1	$9.27M	+67%	—	$14.81M	3,143	$2.9K	2
Sun Mar 3	#1	$5.40M	-42%	—	$20.21M	3,143	$1.7K	3
Mon Mar 4	#1	$1.66M	-69%	—	$21.87M	3,143	$528	4
Tue Mar 5	#1	$1.64M	-1%	—	$23.52M	3,143	$522	5
Wed Mar 6	#1	$1.41M	-14%	—	$24.93M	3,143	$449	6
Thu Mar 7	#1	$1.42M	n/c	—	$26.34M	3,143	$450	7
Fri Mar 8	#2	$3.62M	+156%	-35%	$29.96M	3,143	$1.2K	8
Sat Mar 9	#2	$6.69M	+85%	-28%	$36.88M	3,143	$2.1K	9
Sun Mar 10	#2	$3.67M	-45%	-32%	$40.55M	3,143	$1.2K	10
Mon Mar 11	#2	$1.10M	-70%	-33%	$41.66M	3,143	$351	11
Tue Mar 12	#2	$1.21M	+9%	-26%	$42.87M	3,143	$384	12
Wed Mar 13	#2	$1.02M	-16%	-28%	$43.88M	3,143	$323	13
Thu Mar 14	#2	$954K	-6%	-33%	$44.84M	3,143	$303	14
Fri Mar 15	#5	$2.28M	+139%	-37%	$47.12M	3,143	$726	15
Sat Mar 16	#5	$3.69M	+61%	-45%	$50.80M	3,143	$1.2K	16
Sun Mar 17	#5	$2.10M	-43%	-43%	$53.33M	3,143	$668	17
Mon Mar 18	#5	$673K	-68%	-39%	$54.00M	3,143	$214	18
Tue Mar 19	#5	$702K	+4%	-42%	$54.70M	3,143	$223	19
Wed Mar 20	#5	$606K	-14%	-40%	$55.31M	3,143	$192	20
Thu Mar 21	#5	$603K	n/c	-37%	$55.91M	3,143	$191	21
Fri Mar 22	#6	$2.08M	+245%	-9%	$57.99M	2,859	$727	22
Sat Mar 23	#6	$2.63M	+26%	-29%	$60.62M	2,859	$918	23
Sun Mar 24	#7	$1.33M	-49%	-37%	$61.64M	2,859	$465	24
Mon Mar 25	#7	$517K	-61%	-23%	$62.16M	2,859	$180	25
Tue Mar 26	#6	$584K	+13%	-17%	$62.74M	2,859	$204	26
Wed Mar 27	#6	$536K	-8%	-12%	$63.27M	2,859	$187	27
Thu Mar 28	#7	$603K	+13%	n/c	$63.88M	2,859	$210	28
Fri Mar 29	#10	$1.29M	+114%	-38%	$65.17M	2,046	$631	29
Sat Mar 30	#9	$1.47M	+14%	-44%	$66.64M	2,046	$717	30
Sun Mar 31	#8	$963K	-34%	-28%	$67.60M	2,046	$470	31
Mon Apr 1	#11	$406K	-58%	-21%	$68.01M	2,046	$198	32
Tue Apr 2	#8	$395K	-3%	-32%	$68.40M	2,046	$193	33
Wed Apr 3	#7	$388K	-2%	-28%	$68.79M	2,046	$189	34
Thu Apr 4	#7	$369K	-5%	-39%	$69.16M	2,046	$180	35
Fri Apr 5	#11	$678K	+84%	-48%	$69.84M	2,046	$331	36
Sat Apr 6	#11	$1.05M	+56%	-28%	$70.89M	2,046	$515	37
Mon Apr 8	#9	$176K		-57%	$71.87M	1,740	$101	39
Tue Apr 9	#9	$204K	+16%	-48%	$72.08M	1,740	$117	40
Wed Apr 10	#9	$183K	-10%	-53%	$72.26M	1,740	$105	41
Thu Apr 11	#9	$181K	-1%	-51%	$72.44M	1,740	$104	42

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Mar 1-3	1	$20.21M	—	$20.21M	3,143	$6.4K	1
Mar 8-10	2	$14.21M	-29.7%	$40.55M	3,143	$4.5K	2
Mar 15-17	5	$8.49M	-40.3%	$53.33M	3,143	$2.7K	3
Mar 22-24	6	$5.73M	-32.5%	$61.64M	2,859	$2.0K	4
Mar 29-31	9	$3.72M	-35.0%	$67.60M	2,046	$1.8K	5
Apr 5-7	11	$2.54M	-31.9%	$71.70M	1,740	$1.5K	6
Apr 12-14	14	$1.43M	-43.7%	$73.87M	1,112	$1.3K	7
Apr 19-21	14	$892K	-37.6%	$75.33M	838	$1.1K	8
Apr 26-28	22	$542K	-39.3%	$76.21M	602	$900	9
May 3-5	25	$366K	-32.5%	$76.78M	448	$816	10
May 10-12	27	$279K	-23.7%	$77.20M	352	$792	11
May 17-19	26	$178K	-36.3%	$77.48M	241	$737	12
May 24-27	25	$276K	+55.4%	$77.84M	322	$858	13
May 31-Jun 2	30	$78K	-71.9%	$77.98M	234	$331	14
Jun 7-9	38	$42K	-45.3%	$78.06M	105	$403	15

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 byRandall Wallace

ScreenplayRandall Wallace

Produced byBruce Davey, Stephen McEveety, Randall Wallace

CinematographyDean Semler

MusicNick Glennie-Smith

StarringMel Gibson, Madeleine Stowe, Greg Kinnear, Sam Elliott, Chris Klein, Keri Russell

StudioParamount Pictures

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