Bowling for Columbine

Filmmaker Michael Moore explores the roots of America's predilection for gun violence.

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Title Summary

Grosses

Domestic (37.2%)
$21,576,018

International (62.8%)
$36,432,405

Worldwide
$58,008,423

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Summary Details

DistributorUnited Artists
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Opening$209,148
8 theaters

Budget$4,000,000

Release DateOct 11, 2002 - Sep 18, 2003

MPAAR

Running Time2 hr

GenresCrime Documentary Drama

In Release447 days/63 weeks

Widest Release248 theaters

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Date	DOW	Rank	Daily	%± YD	%± LW	Theaters	Avg	To Date	Day	Estimated
Oct 18	Friday	19	$210,000	-	-	46	$4,565	$534,503	8	true
Oct 19	Saturday	19	$300,000	+42.9%	-	46	$6,521	$834,503	9	true
Oct 20	Sunday	17	$215,000	-28.3%	-	46	$4,673	$1,052,554	10	true
Oct 21	Monday	17	$90,000	-58.1%	-	46	$1,956	$1,142,554	11	true
Oct 22	Tuesday	17	$95,000	+5.6%	-	46	$2,065	$1,237,554	12	true
Oct 23	Wednesday	17	$92,000	-3.2%	-	46	$2,000	$1,329,554	13	true
Oct 24	Thursday	17	$85,000	-7.6%	-	46	$1,847	$1,421,190	14	true
Nov 1	Friday	13	$420,000	-	-	162	$2,592	$3,397,046	22	true
Nov 2	Saturday	11	$695,000	+65.5%	-	162	$4,290	$4,092,046	23	true
Nov 3	Sunday	10	$430,000	-38.1%	-	162	$2,654	$4,518,239	24	true
Nov 4	Monday	10	$155,000	-64%	-	162	$956	$4,673,239	25	true
Nov 5	Tuesday	10	$190,000	+22.6%	-	162	$1,172	$4,863,239	26	true
Nov 15	Friday	13	$370,248	-	-	248	$1,492	$7,905,373	36	false
Nov 16	Saturday	13	$556,690	+50.4%	-	248	$2,244	$8,462,063	37	false
Nov 17	Sunday	11	$336,442	-39.6%	-	248	$1,356	$8,798,505	38	false
Nov 18	Monday	10	$120,074	-64.3%	-	248	$484	$8,918,579	39	false
Nov 19	Tuesday	10	$159,166	+32.6%	-	248	$641	$9,077,745	40	false
Nov 20	Wednesday	10	$131,022	-17.7%	-	248	$528	$9,208,767	41	false
Nov 21	Thursday	10	$149,702	+14.3%	-	248	$603	$9,358,469	42	false
Nov 22	Friday	14	$289,457	+93.4%	-21.8%	244	$1,186	$9,647,926	43	false
Nov 23	Saturday	14	$431,941	+49.2%	-22.4%	244	$1,770	$10,079,867	44	false
Nov 24	Sunday	12	$262,069	-39.3%	-22.1%	244	$1,074	$10,341,936	45	false
Nov 25	Monday	12	$112,523	-57.1%	-6.3%	244	$461	$10,454,459	46	false
Nov 26	Tuesday	12	$149,042	+32.5%	-6.4%	244	$610	$10,603,501	47	false
Nov 27	Wednesday	13	$173,215	+16.2%	+32.2%	227	$763	$10,776,716	48	false
Nov 28 Thanksgiving	Thursday	15	$171,114	-1.2%	+14.3%	227	$753	$10,947,830	49	false
Nov 29	Friday	15	$374,235	+118.7%	+29.3%	217	$1,724	$11,322,065	50	false
Nov 30	Saturday	15	$375,126	+0.2%	-13.2%	217	$1,728	$11,697,191	51	false
Dec 1	Sunday	15	$217,321	-42.1%	-17.1%	217	$1,001	$11,914,512	52	false
Dec 2	Monday	14	$71,719	-67%	-36.3%	217	$330	$11,986,231	53	false
Dec 3	Tuesday	14	$91,606	+27.7%	-38.5%	217	$422	$12,077,837	54	false
Dec 4	Wednesday	14	$81,129	-11.4%	-53.2%	217	$373	$12,158,966	55	false
Dec 5	Thursday	14	$87,176	+7.5%	-49.1%	217	$401	$12,246,142	56	false
Dec 6	Friday	16	$189,781	+117.7%	-49.3%	246	$771	$12,435,923	57	false
Dec 7	Saturday	16	$275,642	+45.2%	-26.5%	246	$1,120	$12,711,565	58	false
Dec 8	Sunday	15	$163,731	-40.6%	-24.7%	246	$665	$12,875,296	59	false
Dec 9	Monday	14	$72,299	-55.8%	+0.8%	246	$293	$12,947,595	60	false
Dec 10	Tuesday	14	$88,581	+22.5%	-3.3%	246	$360	$13,036,176	61	false
Dec 11	Wednesday	14	$83,369	-5.9%	+2.8%	246	$338	$13,119,545	62	false
Dec 12	Thursday	14	$87,134	+4.5%	<0.1%	246	$354	$13,206,679	63	false
Dec 13	Friday	16	$153,938	+76.7%	-18.9%	234	$657	$13,360,617	64	false
Dec 14	Saturday	16	$240,101	+56%	-12.9%	234	$1,026	$13,600,718	65	false
Dec 15	Sunday	15	$168,371	-29.9%	+2.8%	234	$719	$13,769,089	66	false
Dec 16	Monday	15	$82,132	-51.2%	+13.6%	234	$350	$13,851,221	67	false
Dec 17	Tuesday	15	$89,914	+9.5%	+1.5%	234	$384	$13,941,135	68	false
Dec 18	Wednesday	16	$74,212	-17.5%	-11%	234	$317	$14,015,347	69	false
Dec 19	Thursday	16	$75,562	+1.8%	-13.3%	234	$322	$14,090,909	70	false
Dec 20	Friday	18	$98,231	+30%	-36.2%	195	$503	$14,189,140	71	false
Dec 21	Saturday	16	$148,039	+50.7%	-38.3%	195	$759	$14,337,179	72	false
Dec 22	Sunday	16	$139,764	-5.6%	-17%	195	$716	$14,476,943	73	false
Dec 23	Monday	16	$88,694	-36.5%	+8%	195	$454	$14,565,637	74	false
Dec 24	Tuesday	16	$46,721	-47.3%	-48%	195	$239	$14,612,358	75	false
Dec 25 Christmas Day	Wednesday	20	$59,731	+27.8%	-19.5%	195	$306	$14,672,089	76	false
Dec 26	Thursday	19	$114,439	+91.6%	+51.5%	195	$586	$14,786,528	77	false
Dec 27	Friday	20	$128,058	+11.9%	+30.4%	175	$731	$14,914,586	78	false
Dec 28	Saturday	20	$155,555	+21.5%	+5.1%	175	$888	$15,070,141	79	false
Dec 29	Sunday	20	$133,602	-14.1%	-4.4%	175	$763	$15,203,743	80	false
Dec 30	Monday	21	$112,064	-16.1%	+26.3%	175	$640	$15,315,807	81	false
Dec 31 New Year's Eve	Tuesday	23	$58,077	-48.2%	+24.3%	175	$331	$15,373,884	82	false
Jan 1 New Year's Day	Wednesday	22	$138,510	+138.5%	+131.9%	175	$791	$15,512,394	83	false
Jan 2	Thursday	22	$106,112	-23.4%	-7.3%	175	$606	$15,618,506	84	false
Jan 3	Friday	19	$115,612	+9%	-9.7%	198	$583	$15,734,118	85	false
Jan 4	Saturday	20	$180,783	+56.4%	+16.2%	198	$913	$15,914,901	86	false
Jan 5	Sunday	20	$115,976	-35.8%	-13.2%	198	$585	$16,030,877	87	false
Jan 6	Monday	21	$54,330	-53.2%	-51.5%	198	$274	$16,085,207	88	false
Jan 7	Tuesday	20	$65,244	+20.1%	+12.3%	198	$329	$16,150,451	89	false
Jan 8	Wednesday	19	$64,594	-1%	-53.4%	198	$326	$16,215,045	90	false
Jan 9	Thursday	19	$63,447	-1.8%	-40.2%	198	$320	$16,278,492	91	false
Jan 10	Friday	22	$103,175	+62.6%	-10.8%	204	$505	$16,381,667	92	false
Jan 11	Saturday	22	$150,431	+45.8%	-16.8%	204	$737	$16,532,098	93	false
Jan 12	Sunday	21	$99,003	-34.2%	-14.6%	204	$485	$16,631,101	94	false
Jan 13	Monday	21	$38,086	-61.5%	-29.9%	204	$186	$16,669,187	95	false
Jan 14	Tuesday	21	$47,888	+25.7%	-26.6%	204	$234	$16,717,075	96	false
Jan 15	Wednesday	21	$47,404	-1%	-26.6%	204	$232	$16,764,479	97	false
Jan 16	Thursday	21	$53,775	+13.4%	-15.2%	204	$263	$16,818,254	98	false
Jan 17	Friday	23	$92,413	+71.9%	-10.4%	213	$433	$16,910,667	99	false
Jan 18	Saturday	24	$139,916	+51.4%	-7%	213	$656	$17,050,583	100	false
Jan 19	Sunday	25	$108,848	-22.2%	+9.9%	213	$511	$17,159,431	101	false
Jan 20 MLK Day	Monday	25	$72,269	-33.6%	+89.8%	213	$339	$17,231,700	102	false
Jan 21	Tuesday	23	$40,225	-44.3%	-16%	213	$188	$17,271,925	103	false
Jan 22	Wednesday	22	$37,554	-6.6%	-20.8%	213	$176	$17,309,479	104	false
Jan 23	Thursday	22	$46,235	+23.1%	-14%	213	$217	$17,355,714	105	false
Jan 24	Friday	25	$66,416	+43.6%	-28.1%	188	$353	$17,422,130	106	false
Jan 25	Saturday	25	$101,995	+53.6%	-27.1%	188	$542	$17,524,125	107	false
Jan 26	Sunday	26	$41,272	-59.5%	-62.1%	188	$219	$17,565,397	108	false
Jan 27	Monday	23	$25,420	-38.4%	-64.8%	188	$135	$17,590,817	109	false
Jan 28	Tuesday	23	$29,142	+14.6%	-27.6%	188	$155	$17,619,959	110	false
Jan 29	Wednesday	23	$30,342	+4.1%	-19.2%	188	$161	$17,650,301	111	false
Jan 30	Thursday	22	$34,015	+12.1%	-26.4%	188	$180	$17,684,316	112	false
Jan 31	Friday	29	$51,448	+51.3%	-22.5%	174	$295	$17,735,764	113	false
Feb 1	Saturday	29	$79,640	+54.8%	-21.9%	174	$457	$17,815,404	114	false
Feb 2	Sunday	29	$53,526	-32.8%	+29.7%	174	$307	$17,868,930	115	false
Feb 3	Monday	27	$17,152	-68%	-32.5%	174	$98	$17,886,082	116	false
Feb 4	Tuesday	25	$23,467	+36.8%	-19.5%	174	$134	$17,909,549	117	false
Feb 5	Wednesday	26	$21,713	-7.5%	-28.4%	174	$124	$17,931,262	118	false
Feb 6	Thursday	26	$24,265	+11.8%	-28.7%	174	$139	$17,955,527	119	false
Feb 7	Friday	30	$42,060	+73.3%	-18.2%	142	$296	$17,997,587	120	false
Feb 8	Saturday	31	$67,019	+59.3%	-15.8%	142	$471	$18,064,606	121	false
Feb 9	Sunday	31	$43,429	-35.2%	-18.9%	142	$305	$18,108,035	122	false
Feb 10	Monday	28	$15,889	-63.4%	-7.4%	142	$111	$18,123,924	123	false
Feb 11	Tuesday	27	$17,342	+9.1%	-26.1%	142	$122	$18,141,266	124	false
Feb 12	Wednesday	27	$18,169	+4.8%	-16.3%	142	$127	$18,159,435	125	false
Feb 13	Thursday	28	$19,265	+6%	-20.6%	142	$135	$18,178,700	126	false
Feb 14	Friday	30	$42,334	+119.7%	+0.7%	172	$246	$18,221,034	127	false
Feb 15	Saturday	27	$74,688	+76.4%	+11.4%	172	$434	$18,295,722	128	false
Feb 16	Sunday	26	$63,328	-15.2%	+45.8%	172	$368	$18,359,050	129	false
Feb 17 Presidents' Day	Monday	27	$42,957	-32.2%	+170.4%	172	$249	$18,402,007	130	false
Feb 18	Tuesday	25	$27,390	-36.2%	+57.9%	172	$159	$18,429,397	131	false
Feb 19	Wednesday	23	$29,059	+6.1%	+59.9%	172	$168	$18,458,456	132	false
Feb 20	Thursday	23	$31,279	+7.6%	+62.4%	172	$181	$18,489,735	133	false
Feb 21	Friday	26	$43,333	+38.5%	+2.4%	118	$367	$18,533,068	134	false
Feb 22	Saturday	26	$69,523	+60.4%	-6.9%	118	$589	$18,602,591	135	false
Feb 23	Sunday	26	$46,001	-33.8%	-27.4%	118	$389	$18,648,592	136	false
Feb 24	Monday	26	$13,079	-71.6%	-69.6%	118	$110	$18,661,671	137	false
Feb 25	Tuesday	25	$15,970	+22.1%	-41.7%	118	$135	$18,677,641	138	false
Feb 26	Wednesday	26	$13,742	-14%	-52.7%	118	$116	$18,691,383	139	false
Feb 27	Thursday	25	$17,809	+29.6%	-43.1%	118	$150	$18,709,192	140	false
Feb 28	Friday	32	$37,427	+110.2%	-13.6%	106	$353	$18,746,619	141	false
Mar 1	Saturday	32	$63,701	+70.2%	-8.4%	106	$600	$18,810,320	142	false
Mar 2	Sunday	30	$45,007	-29.3%	-2.2%	106	$424	$18,855,327	143	false
Mar 3	Monday	29	$17,968	-60.1%	+37.4%	106	$169	$18,873,295	144	false
Mar 4	Tuesday	27	$21,603	+20.2%	+35.3%	106	$203	$18,894,898	145	false
Mar 5	Wednesday	27	$20,824	-3.6%	+51.5%	106	$196	$18,915,722	146	false
Mar 6	Thursday	24	$21,589	+3.7%	+21.2%	106	$203	$18,937,311	147	false
Mar 7	Friday	32	$42,369	+96.3%	+13.2%	106	$399	$18,979,680	148	false
Mar 8	Saturday	31	$70,123	+65.5%	+10.1%	106	$661	$19,049,803	149	false
Mar 9	Sunday	29	$50,223	-28.4%	+11.6%	106	$473	$19,100,026	150	false
Mar 10	Monday	28	$16,303	-67.5%	-9.3%	106	$153	$19,116,329	151	false
Mar 11	Tuesday	28	$20,052	+23%	-7.2%	106	$189	$19,136,381	152	false
Mar 12	Wednesday	28	$17,835	-11.1%	-14.4%	106	$168	$19,154,216	153	false
Mar 13	Thursday	27	$19,593	+9.9%	-9.2%	106	$184	$19,173,809	154	false
Mar 14	Friday	33	$42,859	+118.7%	+1.2%	101	$424	$19,216,668	155	false
Mar 15	Saturday	33	$65,667	+53.2%	-6.4%	101	$650	$19,282,335	156	false
Mar 16	Sunday	32	$42,227	-35.7%	-15.9%	101	$418	$19,324,562	157	false
Mar 17	Monday	33	$13,503	-68%	-17.2%	101	$133	$19,338,065	158	false
Mar 18	Tuesday	33	$18,044	+33.6%	-10%	101	$178	$19,356,109	159	false
Mar 19	Wednesday	31	$18,221	+1%	+2.2%	101	$180	$19,374,330	160	false
Mar 20	Thursday	30	$19,292	+5.9%	-1.5%	101	$191	$19,393,622	161	false
Mar 21	Friday	31	$44,007	+128.1%	+2.7%	106	$415	$19,437,629	162	false
Mar 22	Saturday	30	$74,445	+69.2%	+13.4%	106	$702	$19,512,074	163	false
Mar 23	Sunday	31	$38,098	-48.8%	-9.8%	106	$359	$19,550,172	164	false
Mar 24	Monday	24	$29,052	-23.7%	+115.2%	106	$274	$19,579,224	165	false
Mar 25	Tuesday	24	$33,339	+14.8%	+84.8%	106	$314	$19,612,563	166	false
Mar 26	Wednesday	26	$26,850	-19.5%	+47.4%	106	$253	$19,639,413	167	false
Mar 27	Thursday	24	$30,575	+13.9%	+58.5%	106	$288	$19,669,988	168	false
Mar 28	Friday	28	$74,445	+143.5%	+69.2%	121	$615	$19,744,433	169	false
Mar 29	Saturday	29	$120,007	+61.2%	+61.2%	121	$991	$19,864,440	170	false
Mar 30	Sunday	27	$76,656	-36.1%	+101.2%	121	$633	$19,941,096	171	false
Mar 31	Monday	28	$23,128	-69.8%	-20.4%	121	$191	$19,964,224	172	false
Apr 1	Tuesday	27	$27,478	+18.8%	-17.6%	121	$227	$19,991,702	173	false
Apr 2	Wednesday	24	$29,461	+7.2%	+9.7%	121	$243	$20,021,163	174	false
Apr 3	Thursday	24	$27,323	-7.3%	-10.6%	121	$225	$20,048,486	175	false
Apr 4	Friday	31	$55,254	+102.2%	-25.8%	144	$383	$20,103,740	176	false
Apr 5	Saturday	31	$93,520	+69.3%	-22.1%	144	$649	$20,197,260	177	false
Apr 6	Sunday	31	$58,013	-38%	-24.3%	144	$402	$20,255,273	178	false
Apr 7	Monday	25	$23,290	-59.9%	+0.7%	144	$161	$20,278,563	179	false
Apr 8	Tuesday	25	$30,708	+31.9%	+11.8%	144	$213	$20,309,271	180	false
Apr 9	Wednesday	27	$26,154	-14.8%	-11.2%	144	$181	$20,335,425	181	false
Apr 10	Thursday	26	$31,453	+20.3%	+15.1%	144	$218	$20,366,878	182	false
Apr 11	Friday	33	$46,398	+47.5%	-16%	146	$317	$20,413,276	183	false
Apr 12	Saturday	34	$76,827	+65.6%	-17.8%	146	$526	$20,490,103	184	false
Apr 13	Sunday	32	$46,156	-39.9%	-20.4%	146	$316	$20,536,259	185	false
Apr 14	Monday	30	$19,887	-56.9%	-14.6%	146	$136	$20,556,146	186	false
Apr 15	Tuesday	25	$26,745	+34.5%	-12.9%	146	$183	$20,582,891	187	false
Apr 16	Wednesday	26	$23,871	-10.7%	-8.7%	146	$163	$20,606,762	188	false
Apr 17	Thursday	26	$35,223	+47.6%	+12%	146	$241	$20,641,985	189	false
Apr 18	Friday	31	$62,002	+76%	+33.6%	121	$512	$20,703,987	190	false
Apr 19	Saturday	32	$69,144	+11.5%	-10%	121	$571	$20,773,131	191	false
Apr 20 Easter Sunday	Sunday	32	$41,444	-40.1%	-10.2%	121	$342	$20,814,575	192	false
Apr 21	Monday	31	$23,750	-42.7%	+19.4%	121	$196	$20,838,325	193	false
Apr 22	Tuesday	29	$21,967	-7.5%	-17.9%	121	$181	$20,860,292	194	false
Apr 23	Wednesday	29	$23,116	+5.2%	-3.2%	121	$191	$20,883,408	195	false
Apr 24	Thursday	28	$20,857	-9.8%	-40.8%	121	$172	$20,904,265	196	false
Apr 25	Friday	39	$30,435	+45.9%	-50.9%	100	$304	$20,934,700	197	false
Apr 26	Saturday	38	$51,158	+68.1%	-26%	100	$511	$20,985,858	198	false
Apr 27	Sunday	37	$26,614	-48%	-35.8%	100	$266	$21,012,472	199	false
Apr 28	Monday	33	$11,881	-55.4%	-50%	100	$118	$21,024,353	200	false
Apr 29	Tuesday	29	$16,240	+36.7%	-26.1%	100	$162	$21,040,593	201	false
Apr 30	Wednesday	33	$12,883	-20.7%	-44.3%	100	$128	$21,053,476	202	false
May 1	Thursday	31	$14,080	+9.3%	-32.5%	100	$140	$21,067,556	203	false
May 2	Friday	40	$22,504	+59.8%	-26.1%	88	$255	$21,090,060	204	false
May 3	Saturday	41	$35,714	+58.7%	-30.2%	88	$405	$21,125,774	205	false
May 4	Sunday	42	$19,802	-44.6%	-25.6%	88	$225	$21,145,576	206	false
May 5	Monday	39	$8,400	-57.6%	-29.3%	88	$95	$21,153,976	207	false
May 6	Tuesday	36	$11,473	+36.6%	-29.4%	88	$130	$21,165,449	208	false
May 7	Wednesday	35	$9,813	-14.5%	-23.8%	88	$111	$21,175,262	209	false
May 8	Thursday	37	$8,990	-8.4%	-36.2%	88	$102	$21,184,252	210	false
May 9	Friday	37	$17,536	+95.1%	-22.1%	76	$230	$21,201,788	211	false
May 10	Saturday	37	$25,007	+42.6%	-30%	76	$329	$21,226,795	212	false
May 11	Sunday	38	$18,118	-27.5%	-8.5%	76	$238	$21,244,913	213	false
May 12	Monday	37	$6,826	-62.3%	-18.7%	76	$89	$21,251,739	214	false
May 13	Tuesday	34	$10,123	+48.3%	-11.8%	76	$133	$21,261,862	215	false
May 14	Wednesday	37	$6,410	-36.7%	-34.7%	76	$84	$21,268,272	216	false
May 15	Thursday	34	$7,500	+17%	-16.6%	76	$98	$21,275,772	217	false