The Last Samurai

In 19th century Japan, Nathan Algren, a US army captain, is hired by the Japanese emperor to train his army in the modern warfare techniques. Captain Algren finds himself trapped in a struggle between two eras and two worlds.

Grosses

Domestic (24.4%)
$111,127,263
Summary Details
DistributorWarner Bros.
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Opening$24,271,354
2,908 theaters
Budget$140,000,000
Release DateDec 5, 2003 - Apr 8, 2004
MPAAR
Running Time2 hr 34 min
GenresAction Drama
In Release393 days/56 weeks
Widest Release2,938 theaters
DateDOW RankDaily %± YD %± LW TheatersAvgTo DateDay
Dec 5Friday1$8,389,369--2,908$2,884$8,389,3691
Dec 6Saturday1$9,195,348+9.6%-2,908$3,162$17,584,7172
Dec 7Sunday1$6,686,637-27.3%-2,908$2,299$24,271,3543
Dec 8Monday1$2,244,174-66.4%-2,908$771$26,515,5284
Dec 9Tuesday1$2,312,226+3%-2,908$795$28,827,7545
Dec 10Wednesday1$2,031,492-12.1%-2,908$698$30,859,2466
Dec 11Thursday1$1,928,010-5.1%-2,908$663$32,787,2567
Dec 12Friday2$4,279,410+122%-49%2,908$1,471$37,066,6668
Dec 13Saturday2$6,028,707+40.9%-34.4%2,908$2,073$43,095,3739
Dec 14Sunday1$3,778,957-37.3%-43.5%2,908$1,299$46,874,33010
Dec 15Monday2$1,303,430-65.5%-41.9%2,908$448$48,177,76011
Dec 16Tuesday2$1,365,494+4.8%-40.9%2,908$469$49,543,25412
Dec 17Wednesday3$1,112,360-18.5%-45.2%2,908$382$50,655,61413
Dec 18Thursday3$1,062,251-4.5%-44.9%2,908$365$51,717,86514
Dec 19Friday4$2,108,100+98.5%-50.7%2,938$717$53,825,96515
Dec 20Saturday4$2,997,814+42.2%-50.3%2,938$1,020$56,823,77916
Dec 21Sunday4$2,663,387-11.2%-29.5%2,938$906$59,487,16617
Dec 22Monday5$1,368,602-48.6%+5%2,938$465$60,855,76818
Dec 23Tuesday5$1,590,801+16.2%+16.5%2,938$541$62,446,56919
Dec 24Wednesday4$1,073,172-32.5%-3.5%2,938$365$63,519,74120
Dec 25
Christmas Day
Thursday8$2,477,416+130.8%+133.2%2,557$968$65,997,15721
Dec 26Friday8$2,858,194+15.4%+35.6%2,557$1,117$68,855,35122
Dec 27Saturday8$2,911,472+1.9%-2.9%2,557$1,138$71,766,82323
Dec 28Sunday8$2,557,281-12.2%-4%2,557$1,000$74,324,10424
Dec 29Monday8$1,778,826-30.4%+30%2,557$695$76,102,93025
Dec 30Tuesday8$1,923,393+8.1%+20.9%2,557$752$78,026,32326
Dec 31
New Year's Eve
Wednesday8$1,696,183-11.8%+58.1%2,557$663$79,722,50627
Jan 1
New Year's Day
Thursday8$2,921,112+72.2%+17.9%2,557$1,142$82,643,61828
Jan 2Friday8$2,781,330-4.8%-2.7%2,401$1,158$85,424,94829
Jan 3Saturday8$2,846,481+2.3%-2.2%2,401$1,185$88,271,42930
Jan 4Sunday8$1,745,908-38.7%-31.7%2,401$727$90,017,33731
Jan 5Monday6$664,433-61.9%-62.6%2,401$276$90,681,77032
Jan 6Tuesday5$678,350+2.1%-64.7%2,401$282$91,360,12033
Jan 7Wednesday5$648,475-4.4%-61.8%2,401$270$92,008,59534
Jan 8Thursday5$622,313-4%-78.7%2,401$259$92,630,90835
Jan 9Friday10$1,321,137+112.3%-52.5%1,901$694$93,952,04536
Jan 10Saturday9$1,977,181+49.7%-30.5%1,901$1,040$95,929,22637
Jan 11Sunday8$1,252,101-36.7%-28.3%1,901$658$97,181,32738
Jan 12Monday6$414,205-66.9%-37.7%1,901$217$97,595,53239
Jan 13Tuesday7$460,112+11.1%-32.2%1,901$242$98,055,64440
Jan 14Wednesday7$402,229-12.6%-38%1,901$211$98,457,87341
Jan 15Thursday7$418,298+4%-32.8%1,901$220$98,876,17142
Jan 16Friday11$816,144+95.1%-38.2%1,403$581$99,692,31543
Jan 17Saturday9$1,395,934+71%-29.4%1,403$994$101,088,24944
Jan 18Sunday10$910,248-34.8%-27.3%1,403$648$101,998,49745
Jan 19
MLK Day
Monday13$585,146-35.7%+41.3%1,403$417$102,583,64346
Jan 20Tuesday9$271,446-53.6%-41%1,403$193$102,855,08947
Jan 21Wednesday9$232,316-14.4%-42.2%1,403$165$103,087,40548
Jan 22Thursday9$256,308+10.3%-38.7%1,403$182$103,343,71349
Jan 23Friday12$569,720+122.3%-30.2%1,115$510$103,913,43350
Jan 24Saturday13$1,023,685+79.7%-26.7%1,115$918$104,937,11851
Jan 25Sunday13$584,074-42.9%-35.8%1,115$523$105,521,19252
Jan 26Monday13$168,228-71.2%-71.3%1,115$150$105,689,42053
Jan 27Tuesday13$195,310+16.1%-28%1,115$175$105,884,73054
Jan 28Wednesday13$187,116-4.2%-19.5%1,115$167$106,071,84655
Jan 29Thursday13$184,474-1.4%-28%1,115$165$106,256,32056
Jan 30Friday19$345,550+87.3%-39.3%808$427$106,601,87057
Jan 31Saturday18$631,328+82.7%-38.3%808$781$107,233,19858
Feb 1Sunday19$226,609-64.1%-61.2%808$280$107,459,80759
Feb 2Monday16$117,434-48.2%-30.2%808$145$107,577,24160
Feb 3Tuesday16$133,291+13.5%-31.8%808$164$107,710,53261
Feb 4Wednesday16$117,026-12.2%-37.5%808$144$107,827,55862
Feb 5Thursday16$114,345-2.3%-38%808$141$107,941,90363
Feb 6Friday21$178,132+55.8%-48.4%441$403$108,120,03564
Feb 7Saturday21$319,415+79.3%-49.4%441$724$108,439,45065
Feb 8Sunday21$195,667-38.7%-13.7%441$443$108,635,11766
Feb 9Monday20$57,802-70.5%-50.8%441$131$108,692,91967
Feb 10Tuesday19$75,210+30.1%-43.6%441$170$108,768,12968
Feb 11Wednesday20$61,118-18.7%-47.8%441$138$108,829,24769
Feb 12Thursday20$63,508+3.9%-44.5%441$144$108,892,75570
Feb 13Friday23$113,291+78.4%-36.4%267$424$109,006,04671
Feb 14Saturday23$261,104+130.5%-18.3%267$977$109,267,15072
Feb 15Sunday22$168,553-35.4%-13.9%267$631$109,435,70373
Feb 16
Presidents' Day
Monday25$92,521-45.1%+60.1%267$346$109,528,22474
Feb 17Tuesday22$54,573-41%-27.4%267$204$109,582,79775
Feb 18Wednesday22$45,823-16%-25%267$171$109,628,62076
Feb 19Thursday20$48,977+6.9%-22.9%267$183$109,677,59777
Feb 20Friday24$89,706+83.2%-20.8%220$407$109,767,30378
Feb 21Saturday23$203,838+127.2%-21.9%220$926$109,971,14179
Feb 22Sunday24$97,597-52.1%-42.1%220$443$110,068,73880
Feb 23Monday23$28,959-70.3%-68.7%220$131$110,097,69781
Feb 24Tuesday23$35,162+21.4%-35.6%220$159$110,132,85982
Feb 25Wednesday24$22,777-35.2%-50.3%220$103$110,155,63683
Feb 26Thursday24$23,118+1.5%-52.8%220$105$110,178,75484
Feb 27Friday28$40,116+73.5%-55.3%136$294$110,218,87085
Feb 28Saturday28$70,156+74.9%-65.6%136$515$110,289,02686
Feb 29Sunday29$41,098-41.4%-57.9%136$302$110,330,12487
Mar 1Monday26$16,757-59.2%-42.1%136$123$110,346,88188
Mar 2Tuesday25$24,444+45.9%-30.5%136$179$110,371,32589
Mar 3Wednesday26$17,189-29.7%-24.5%136$126$110,388,51490
Mar 4Thursday26$18,185+5.8%-21.3%136$133$110,406,69991
Mar 5Friday28$43,698+140.3%+8.9%339$128$110,450,39792
Mar 6Saturday27$76,071+74.1%+8.4%339$224$110,526,46893
Mar 7Sunday27$46,436-39%+13%339$136$110,572,90494
Mar 8Monday21$21,171-54.4%+26.3%339$62$110,594,07595
Mar 9Tuesday20$25,727+21.5%+5.2%339$75$110,619,80296
Mar 10Wednesday21$21,389-16.9%+24.4%339$63$110,641,19197
Mar 11Thursday21$20,816-2.7%+14.5%339$61$110,662,00798
Mar 12Friday27$34,169+64.1%-21.8%281$121$110,696,17699
Mar 13Saturday27$55,162+61.4%-27.5%281$196$110,751,338100
Mar 14Sunday27$37,337-32.3%-19.6%281$132$110,788,675101
Mar 15Monday27$16,372-56.2%-22.7%281$58$110,805,047102
Mar 16Tuesday24$19,900+21.5%-22.6%281$70$110,824,947103
Mar 17Wednesday25$14,710-26.1%-31.2%281$52$110,839,657104
Mar 18Thursday25$16,630+13.1%-20.1%281$59$110,856,287105
Mar 19Friday29$25,487+53.3%-25.4%220$115$110,881,774106
Mar 20Saturday29$40,074+57.2%-27.4%220$182$110,921,848107
Mar 21Sunday29$25,335-36.8%-32.1%220$115$110,947,183108
Mar 22Monday27$9,609-62.1%-41.3%220$43$110,956,792109
Mar 23Tuesday27$11,109+15.6%-44.2%220$50$110,967,901110
Mar 24Wednesday27$10,014-9.9%-31.9%220$45$110,977,915111
Mar 25Thursday26$11,763+17.5%-29.3%220$53$110,989,678112
Mar 26Friday29$17,839+51.7%-30%168$106$111,007,517113
Mar 27Saturday27$30,779+72.5%-23.2%168$183$111,038,296114
Mar 28Sunday30$15,899-48.3%-37.2%168$94$111,054,195115
Mar 29Monday27$6,539-58.9%-31.9%168$38$111,060,734116
Mar 30Tuesday27$7,453+14%-32.9%168$44$111,068,187117
Mar 31Wednesday28$6,008-19.4%-40%168$35$111,074,195118
Apr 1Thursday27$6,462+7.6%-45.1%168$38$111,080,657119
Apr 2Friday33$9,260+43.3%-48.1%102$90$111,089,917120
Apr 3Saturday35$13,133+41.8%-57.3%102$128$111,103,050121
Apr 4Sunday36$7,525-42.7%-52.7%102$73$111,110,575122
Apr 5Monday36$2,149-71.4%-67.1%102$21$111,112,724123
Apr 6Tuesday30$4,407+105.1%-40.9%102$43$111,117,131124
Apr 7Wednesday33$3,677-16.6%-38.8%102$36$111,120,808125
Apr 8Thursday30$6,455+75.6%-0.1%102$63$111,127,263126