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Feature Films by LDS/Mormon Filmmakers and Actors
Weekend Box Office Report (U.S. Domestic Box Office Gross)

Weekend of October 29, 2004


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Natl Film Title                Weekend Gross % B.O. Theatrs
Rank LDS/Mormon Filmmaker/Star   Total Gross Change  $/Thtr   Days
--- ---------------------------  ----------- ------ -------  ----
15  Napoleon Dynamite                410,800  -34%     387    143
    Jared Hess (writer/director)  41,877,647        $1,061
    Jerusha Hess
      (writer/costume designer)
    Jon Heder (1st billed star)
    Aaron Ruell (3rd billed star)
    Jeremy Coon (producer/editor)
    Sean Covel (producer)
    Chris Wyatt (producer)
    Munn Powell (cinematographer)
    Cory Lorenzen
      (production designer)
    Curt Jensen (art director)
    Tim Skousen, Brian Petersen
      (assistant directors)

35  Bugs!                             74,027  +34%      27    598
    stars Papilio,                13,482,711        $2,741
      a Great Mormon butterfly

42  The Notebook                      48,595  -26%      99    129
    Ryan Gosling                  80,831,296          $490
      (1st billed star)

44  Saints and Soldiers               43,345  +26%      31     87
    Ryan Little                    1,004,940        $1,398
     (director/producer/cinematographer)
    Adam Abel (producer)
    Brian Brough
     (assoc. producer/produc. manager)
    Wynn Hougaard (editor)
    J Bateman (composer)
    Matt Whitaker (screenwriter)
    Jennifer Buster (casting)
    Actors: Corbin Allred, Larry Bagby III,
      Kirby Heyborne, Lincoln Hoppe,
      Curt Dousett, Ben Gourley,
      Ethan Vincent, etc.

70  Baptists at Our Barbecue          10,872  -22%      11     24
    Christian Vuissa                 108,175          $988
     (director/producer/co-screenwriter)
    Matt Smith (producer)
    Robert Farrell Smith
     (producer/co-screenwriter/book)
    Brandon Christensen (cinematographer)
    Actors: Dan Merkley, Heather Beers,
      Frank Gerrish, Jan Broberg Felt,
      Duane Stephens, Steve Anderson

96  The Young Black Stallion           4,953 +174%       1    311
    Reed Smoot (cinematographer)   6,544,056        $4,953

100 Riding Giants (documentary)        3,661  +10%       4    115
    Jeff Clark                     2,250,073          $915
      (featured LDS surfer)

110 Galapagos                          2,390  -72%       4   1711
    Reed Smoot (cinematographer)  14,539,224          $597

111 Benji: Off the Leash!              2,362  -72%      19     73
    Actors: Nick Whitaker,         3,806,896          $124
      Chris Kendrick, Duane Stephens,
      Neal Barth, Christy Summerhays,
      Lincoln Hoppe, Scott Wilkinson

122 China: The Panda Adventure           912  +27%       2   1193
    Reed Smoot (cinematographer)   3,870,069          $456

123 Mean Creek                           790  -83%      11     73
    LDS lead character               590,812           $71