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2004 • PG-13 • 1h 39m • Adventure, Comedy, Mystery • Paramount Pictures

The call of the wild. The thrill of adventure. The mistake of a lifetime.

🍅 15% 68%

29

2.75

5.9

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$13.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$58.20M

Final

Worldwide total

$65.10M

$7.00M international

Domestic legs4.3x

Budget$30M

2004 rank#52

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Cast & crew

Seth Green

Seth Green Starring

Matthew Lillard

Matthew Lillard Starring

Dax Shepard

Dax Shepard Starring

Ethan Suplee

Ethan Suplee Starring

Burt Reynolds

Burt Reynolds Starring

ScreenplayMitch Rouse, Jay Leggett Produced byDonald De Line CinematographyJonathan Brown MusicChristophe Beck Prod. DesignPerry Andelin Blake StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 20-22 2 $13.5M — 2,730 $4,956 $13.5M

2 Aug 27-29 3 $8.6M −36.6% 2,730 $3,144 $27.7M

3 Sep 3-5 2 $7.1M −17.4% 2,756 $2,572 $37.9M

4 Sep 10-12 3 $4.5M −36.3% 2,754 $1,639 $45.5M

5 Sep 17-19 6 $3.6M −19.5% 2,610 $1,391 $50.3M

6 Sep 24-26 9 $2.4M −35.2% 2,319 $1,015 $53.5M

7 Oct 1-3 13 $1.3M −45.2% 1,439 $895 $55.4M

8 Oct 8-10 20 $552.9K −57.1% 905 $611 $56.2M

9 Oct 15-17 22 $313.7K −43.3% 508 $618 $56.7M

10 Oct 22-24 28 $144.1K −54.1% 312 $462 $57.0M

11 Oct 29-31 32 $81.0K −43.8% 174 $466 $57.1M

12 Nov 5-7 35 $77.2K −4.7% 113 $683 $57.2M

13 Nov 12-14 37 $58.9K −23.7% 77 $764 $57.3M

14 Nov 19-21 27 $164.8K +180.0% 200 $824 $57.5M

15 Nov 26-28 29 $152.2K −7.6% 196 $777 $57.7M

16 Dec 3-5 35 $88.5K −41.8% 160 $553 $57.9M

17 Dec 10-12 35 $55.0K −37.8% 124 $444 $57.9M

18 Dec 17-19 42 $39.7K −27.8% 62 $640 $58.0M

19 Dec 24-26 52 $14.7K −63.0% 42 $350 $58.0M

20 Dec 31-Jan 2 48 $28.9K +96.6% 25 $1,155 $58.1M

21 Jan 7-9 50 $35.5K +22.9% 25 $1,420 $58.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Aug 20 #2 $4.8M — $4.8M 2,730 $1,758 1

Sat Aug 21 #3 $5.3M +10.3% $10.0M 2,730 $1,940 2

Sun Aug 22 #2 $3.5M −34.1% $13.5M 2,730 $1,278 3

Mon Aug 23 #2 $1.6M −54.0% $15.1M 2,730 $588 4

Tue Aug 24 #3 $1.5M −7.9% $16.6M 2,730 $541 5

Wed Aug 25 #2 $1.3M −10.9% $17.9M 2,730 $482 6

Thu Aug 26 #2 $1.2M −6.8% $19.2M 2,730 $450 7

Fri Aug 27 #3 $2.6M +113.2% −45.5% $21.8M 2,730 $959 8

Sat Aug 28 #3 $3.7M +39.5% −31.1% $25.5M 2,730 $1,337 9

Sun Aug 29 #3 $2.3M −38.1% −35.3% $27.7M 2,730 $827 10

Mon Aug 30 #3 $932.0K −58.7% −41.9% $28.7M 2,730 $341 11

Tue Aug 31 #4 $822.0K −11.8% −44.4% $29.5M 2,730 $301 12

Wed Sep 1 #2 $692.0K −15.8% −47.5% $30.2M 2,730 $253 13

Thu Sep 2 #2 $654.0K −5.5% −46.7% $30.8M 2,730 $240 14

Fri Sep 3 #2 $1.9M +190.5% −27.4% $32.7M 2,756 $689 15

Sat Sep 4 #2 $2.6M +37.6% −28.4% $35.3M 2,756 $949 16

Sun Sep 5 #2 $2.6M −0.3% +15.5% $37.9M 2,756 $946 17

Mon Sep 6 #3 $1.9M −26.1% +106.9% $39.9M 2,756 $700 18

Tue Sep 7 #3 $445.0K −76.9% −45.9% $40.3M 2,756 $161 19

Wed Sep 8 #3 $372.0K −16.4% −46.2% $40.7M 2,756 $135 20

Thu Sep 9 #4 $334.0K −10.2% −48.9% $41.0M 2,756 $121 21

Fri Sep 10 #3 $1.3M +289.2% −31.6% $42.3M 2,754 $472 22

Sat Sep 11 #3 $2.1M +64.0% −18.5% $44.4M 2,754 $774 23

Sun Sep 12 #4 $1.1M −48.8% −58.1% $45.5M 2,754 $397 24

Mon Sep 13 #4 $258.0K −76.4% −86.6% $45.8M 2,754 $94 25

Tue Sep 14 #4 $267.0K +3.5% −40.0% $46.0M 2,754 $97 26

Wed Sep 15 #4 $311.0K +16.5% −16.4% $46.4M 2,754 $113 27

Thu Sep 16 #4 $339.0K +9.0% +1.5% $46.7M 2,754 $123 28

Fri Sep 17 #6 $1.1M +224.5% −15.4% $47.8M 2,610 $421 29

Sat Sep 18 #6 $1.7M +53.5% −20.8% $49.5M 2,610 $647 30

Sun Sep 19 #6 $827.5K −51.0% −24.2% $50.3M 2,610 $317 31

Mon Sep 20 #7 $189.0K −77.2% −26.7% $50.5M 2,610 $72 32

Tue Sep 21 #7 $216.0K +14.3% −19.1% $50.7M 2,610 $83 33

Wed Sep 22 #7 $196.0K −9.3% −37.0% $50.9M 2,610 $75 34

Thu Sep 23 #7 $202.0K +3.1% −40.4% $51.1M 2,610 $77 35

Fri Sep 24 #8 $700.0K +246.5% −36.4% $51.8M 2,319 $302 36

Sat Sep 25 #9 $1.1M +58.7% −34.2% $52.9M 2,319 $479 37

Sun Sep 26 #10 $542.5K −51.2% −34.4% $53.5M 2,319 $234 38

Mon Sep 27 #10 $156.0K −71.2% −17.5% $53.6M 2,319 $67 39

Tue Sep 28 #10 $179.0K +14.7% −17.1% $53.8M 2,319 $77 40

Wed Sep 29 #10 $157.0K −12.3% −19.9% $54.0M 2,319 $68 41

Thu Sep 30 #9 $158.0K +0.6% −21.8% $54.1M 2,319 $68 42

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

Cumulative total$54.1M

Aug 20Aug 30Sep 10Sep 20Sep 30

Weekend grossWk 10 · $144.1K

$13.5M

$8.6M

$7.1M

$4.5M

$3.6M

$2.4M

$1.3M

$552.9K

$313.7K

$144.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,756 → 2,319 −15.9%

2,730 open2,319 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −54.1%

−36.6%

W1→2

−17.4%

W2→3

−36.3%

W3→4

−19.5%

W4→5

−35.2%

W5→6

−45.2%

W6→7

−57.1%

W7→8

−43.3%

W8→9

−54.1%

W9→10

Steepest −57.1%Best hold −17.4%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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