Black Knight (2001)

Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $33,422,806Details
Further financial details...

Synopsis

The world of the Middle Ages was populated with heroes whose feats and derring-do have captivated multitudes through the centuries. Legends with names like Lancelot, Galahad, Gawain and…Jamal Walker!? Martin Lawrence plays Jamal Walker. Jamal toils unhappily at Medieval World, a theme park that looks like it has not been renovated, or had customers for that matter, since the Dark Ages. After falling into the park’s fetid moat, Jamal crawls out into 14th-century England, a world of knights in shining armor and damsels in distress, not to mention questionable hygiene and really lousy plumbing. Now a stranger in a very strange land, Jamal falls in with a dissolute knight, a beautiful woman with some very modern ideas, and even a rebellion against the evil king. The Middle Ages will never be the same as Jamal uses 21st-century street smarts and moves to help his new friends. In return, Jamal gets a lot more than just a history lesson.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$11,102,948 (33.2% of total gross)
Legs:3.01 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$35,000,000 (worldwide box office is 1.0 times production budget)
Theater counts:2,571 opening theaters/2,571 max. theaters, 4.7 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $63,584,073

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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: November 21st, 2001 (Wide) by 20th Century Fox
Video Release: April 16th, 2002 by Fox Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for language, sexual/crude humor and battle violence
Running Time: 95 minutes
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Keywords: Time Travel
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Adventure
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Kids Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Regency Enterprises, 20th Century Fox, New Regency, Runteldat Entertainment, The Firm
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Thanksgiving (All Movies, 3-Day) 145 $11,102,948 Nov 23, 2001 5
Thanksgiving (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 129 $22,166,668 Nov 23, 2001 5
Thanksgiving (All Movies, 5-Day) 140 $15,365,948 Nov 23, 2001 5
Thanksgiving (All Movies, 5-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 108 $24,867,861 Nov 23, 2001 5
Thanksgiving (Opening, 3-Day) 57 $11,102,948 Nov 23, 2001 5
Thanksgiving (Opening, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 47 $22,166,668 Nov 23, 2001 5
Thanksgiving (Opening, 5-Day) 56 $15,365,948 Nov 23, 2001 5
Thanksgiving (Opening, 5-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 48 $30,677,602 Nov 23, 2001 5

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Nov 23, 2001 4 $11,102,948   2,571 $4,319   $15,409,892 1
Nov 30, 2001 5 $5,522,248 -50% 2,534 $2,179   $22,783,562 2
Dec 7, 2001 6 $3,155,226 -43% 2,233 $1,413   $27,060,883 3
Dec 14, 2001 8 $2,035,439 -35% 1,907 $1,067   $29,747,173 4
Dec 21, 2001 15 $553,567 -73% 647 $856   $30,971,902 5
Dec 28, 2001 20 $350,077 -37% 342 $1,024   $31,588,772 6
Jan 4, 2002 23 $251,283 -28% 272 $924   $31,942,704 7
Jan 11, 2002 27 $213,762 -15% 252 $848   $32,230,608 8
Jan 18, 2002 28 $214,994 +1% 269 $799   $32,540,336 9
Jan 25, 2002 31 $140,321 -35% 247 $568   $32,726,611 10
Feb 1, 2002 33 $135,661 -3% 218 $622   $32,903,239 11
Feb 8, 2002 39 $113,261 -17% 175 $647   $33,053,708 12
Feb 15, 2002 43 $82,839 -27% 135 $614   $33,184,894 13
Feb 22, 2002 44 $65,560 -21% 127 $516   $33,268,444 14
Mar 1, 2002 50 $41,789 -36% 82 $510   $33,327,325 15
Mar 8, 2002 59 $29,255 -30% 61 $480   $33,367,623 16
Mar 15, 2002 62 $19,996 -32% 48 $417   $33,397,828 17
Mar 22, 2002 81 $11,171 -44% 35 $319   $33,414,699 18
Mar 29, 2002 101 $3,168 -72% 10 $317   $33,422,806 19

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Nov 21, 2001 4 $1,826,000     2,570 $711   $1,826,000 1
Nov 22, 2001 4 $2,437,000 +33%   2,570 $948   $4,263,000 2
Nov 23, 2001 4 $4,400,000 +81%   2,570 $1,712   $8,708,000 3
Nov 24, 2001 4 $4,492,000 +2%   2,570 $1,748   $13,200,000 4
Nov 25, 2001 4 $2,211,000 -51%   2,570 $860   $15,409,892 5
Nov 26, 2001 4 $507,000 -77%   2,570 $197   $15,917,000 6
Nov 27, 2001 4 $505,000 n/c   2,570 $196   $16,422,000 7
Nov 28, 2001 4 $423,000 -16% -77% 2,571 $165   $16,845,000 8
Nov 29, 2001 4 $417,000 -1% -83% 2,571 $162   $17,263,000 9
Nov 30, 2001 5 $1,620,000 +288% -63% 2,534 $639   $18,883,000 10
Dec 1, 2001 5 $2,496,000 +54% -44% 2,534 $985   $21,379,000 11
Dec 2, 2001 5 $1,358,000 -46% -39% 2,534 $536   $22,783,562 12
Dec 3, 2001 5 $280,000 -79% -45% 2,534 $110   $23,064,000 13
Dec 4, 2001 6 $297,000 +6% -41% 2,534 $117   $23,361,000 14
Dec 5, 2001 5 $273,000 -8% -35% 2,534 $108   $23,634,000 15
Dec 6, 2001 5 $271,000 -1% -35% 2,534 $107   $23,905,000 16
Dec 7, 2001 6 $894,000 +230% -45% 2,534 $353   $24,799,000 17
Dec 8, 2001 6 $1,456,000 +63% -42% 2,534 $575   $26,255,000 18
Dec 9, 2001 6 $780,000 -46% -43% 2,534 $308   $27,060,883 19
Dec 10, 2001 7 $157,000 -80% -44% 2,233 $70   $27,218,000 20
Dec 11, 2001 7 $170,000 +8% -43% 2,233 $76   $27,388,000 21
Dec 12, 2001 7 $162,000 -5% -41% 2,233 $73   $27,550,000 22
Dec 13, 2001 7 $162,000 n/c -40% 2,233 $73   $27,712,000 23
Dec 14, 2001 8 $543,000 +235% -39% 1,909 $284   $28,255,000 24
Dec 15, 2001 8 $864,000 +59% -41% 1,909 $453   $29,119,000 25
Dec 16, 2001 8 $510,000 -41% -35% 1,909 $267   $29,750,000 26
Dec 17, 2001 8 $134,000 -74% -15% 1,907 $70   $29,881,000 27
Dec 18, 2001 8 $143,000 +7% -16% 1,907 $75   $30,024,000 28
Dec 19, 2001 9 $114,000 -20% -30% 1,907 $60   $30,138,000 29

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Nov 23, 2001 4 $12,954,370   2,571 $5,039   $17,261,314 2
Nov 30, 2001 5 $6,644,343 -49% 2,534 $2,622   $23,905,657 3
Dec 7, 2001 6 $3,806,077 -43% 2,233 $1,704   $27,711,734 4
Dec 14, 2001 8 $2,706,601 -29% 1,907 $1,419   $30,418,335 5
Dec 21, 2001 17 $820,360 -70% 647 $1,268   $31,238,695 6
Dec 28, 2001 20 $452,726 -45% 342 $1,324   $31,691,421 7
Jan 4, 2002 24 $325,425 -28% 272 $1,196   $32,016,846 8
Jan 11, 2002 27 $308,496 -5% 252 $1,224   $32,325,342 9
Jan 18, 2002 28 $260,948 -15% 269 $970   $32,586,290 10
Jan 25, 2002 31 $181,288 -31% 247 $734   $32,767,578 11
Feb 1, 2002 34 $172,869 -5% 218 $793   $32,940,447 12
Feb 8, 2002 39 $161,608 -7% 175 $923   $33,102,055 13
Feb 15, 2002 42 $100,829 -38% 135 $747   $33,202,884 14
Feb 22, 2002 48 $82,652 -18% 127 $651   $33,285,536 15
Mar 1, 2002 52 $52,832 -36% 82 $644   $33,338,368 16
Mar 8, 2002 60 $39,464 -25% 61 $647   $33,377,832 17
Mar 15, 2002 69 $25,696 -35% 48 $535   $33,403,528 18
Mar 22, 2002 81 $16,110 -37% 35 $460   $33,419,638 19
Mar 29, 2002 107 $3,168 -80% 10 $317   $33,422,806 20

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Leading Cast

Martin Lawrence Jamal Walker

Supporting Cast

Tom Wilkinson Sir Knolte
Marsha Thomason Victoria
Vincent Regan Percival
Greg Cooper Rebel Leader
Kevin Conway King Leo
Erik Jensen Derek
Dikran Tulaine Dennis

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Gil Junger Director
Mildred Iatrou Morgan* Dialogue Editor
Arnon Milchan Producer
Darryl Quarles Producer
Michael Green Producer
Paul Schiff Producer
Darryl Quarles Screenwriter
Peter Gaulke Screenwriter
Gerry Swallow Screenwriter
Martin Lawrence Executive Producer
Jeff Kwatinetz Executive Producer
Peaches Davis Executive Producer
Jack Brodsky Executive Producer
Ueli Steiger Director of Photography
Leslie Dilley Production Designer
Michael R. Miller Editor
Aaron Ray Co-Producer
Melodee Sutton Music Supervisor
Randy Edelman Composer
Marie France Costume Designer

The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.


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Synopsis

The world of the Middle Ages was populated with heroes whose feats and derring-do have captivated multitudes through the centuries. Legends with names like Lancelot, Galahad, Gawain and…Jamal Walker!? Martin Lawrence plays Jamal Walker. Jamal toils unhappily at Medieval World, a theme park that looks like it has not been renovated, or had customers for that matter, since the Dark Ages. After falling into the park’s fetid moat, Jamal crawls out into 14th-century England, a world of knights in shining armor and damsels in distress, not to mention questionable hygiene and really lousy plumbing. Now a stranger in a very strange land, Jamal falls in with a dissolute knight, a beautiful woman with some very modern ideas, and even a rebellion against the evil king. The Middle Ages will never be the same as Jamal uses 21st-century street smarts and moves to help his new friends. In return, Jamal gets a lot more than just a history lesson.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$11,102,948 (33.2% of total gross)
Legs:3.01 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$35,000,000 (worldwide box office is 1.0 times production budget)
Theater counts:2,571 opening theaters/2,571 max. theaters, 4.7 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $63,584,073

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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: November 21st, 2001 (Wide) by 20th Century Fox
Video Release: April 16th, 2002 by Fox Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for language, sexual/crude humor and battle violence
Running Time: 95 minutes
Comparisons: Create your own comparison chart…
Keywords: Time Travel
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Adventure
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Kids Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Regency Enterprises, 20th Century Fox, New Regency, Runteldat Entertainment, The Firm
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Thanksgiving (All Movies, 3-Day) 145 $11,102,948 Nov 23, 2001 5
Thanksgiving (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 129 $22,166,668 Nov 23, 2001 5
Thanksgiving (All Movies, 5-Day) 140 $15,365,948 Nov 23, 2001 5
Thanksgiving (All Movies, 5-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 108 $24,867,861 Nov 23, 2001 5
Thanksgiving (Opening, 3-Day) 57 $11,102,948 Nov 23, 2001 5
Thanksgiving (Opening, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 47 $22,166,668 Nov 23, 2001 5
Thanksgiving (Opening, 5-Day) 56 $15,365,948 Nov 23, 2001 5
Thanksgiving (Opening, 5-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 48 $30,677,602 Nov 23, 2001 5

Leading Cast

Martin Lawrence Jamal Walker

Supporting Cast

Tom Wilkinson Sir Knolte
Marsha Thomason Victoria
Vincent Regan Percival
Greg Cooper Rebel Leader
Kevin Conway King Leo
Erik Jensen Derek
Dikran Tulaine Dennis

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Gil Junger Director
Mildred Iatrou Morgan* Dialogue Editor
Arnon Milchan Producer
Darryl Quarles Producer
Michael Green Producer
Paul Schiff Producer
Darryl Quarles Screenwriter
Peter Gaulke Screenwriter
Gerry Swallow Screenwriter
Martin Lawrence Executive Producer
Jeff Kwatinetz Executive Producer
Peaches Davis Executive Producer
Jack Brodsky Executive Producer
Ueli Steiger Director of Photography
Leslie Dilley Production Designer
Michael R. Miller Editor
Aaron Ray Co-Producer
Melodee Sutton Music Supervisor
Randy Edelman Composer
Marie France Costume Designer

The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Nov 23, 2001 4 $11,102,948   2,571 $4,319   $15,409,892 1
Nov 30, 2001 5 $5,522,248 -50% 2,534 $2,179   $22,783,562 2
Dec 7, 2001 6 $3,155,226 -43% 2,233 $1,413   $27,060,883 3
Dec 14, 2001 8 $2,035,439 -35% 1,907 $1,067   $29,747,173 4
Dec 21, 2001 15 $553,567 -73% 647 $856   $30,971,902 5
Dec 28, 2001 20 $350,077 -37% 342 $1,024   $31,588,772 6
Jan 4, 2002 23 $251,283 -28% 272 $924   $31,942,704 7
Jan 11, 2002 27 $213,762 -15% 252 $848   $32,230,608 8
Jan 18, 2002 28 $214,994 +1% 269 $799   $32,540,336 9
Jan 25, 2002 31 $140,321 -35% 247 $568   $32,726,611 10
Feb 1, 2002 33 $135,661 -3% 218 $622   $32,903,239 11
Feb 8, 2002 39 $113,261 -17% 175 $647   $33,053,708 12
Feb 15, 2002 43 $82,839 -27% 135 $614   $33,184,894 13
Feb 22, 2002 44 $65,560 -21% 127 $516   $33,268,444 14
Mar 1, 2002 50 $41,789 -36% 82 $510   $33,327,325 15
Mar 8, 2002 59 $29,255 -30% 61 $480   $33,367,623 16
Mar 15, 2002 62 $19,996 -32% 48 $417   $33,397,828 17
Mar 22, 2002 81 $11,171 -44% 35 $319   $33,414,699 18
Mar 29, 2002 101 $3,168 -72% 10 $317   $33,422,806 19

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Nov 21, 2001 4 $1,826,000     2,570 $711   $1,826,000 1
Nov 22, 2001 4 $2,437,000 +33%   2,570 $948   $4,263,000 2
Nov 23, 2001 4 $4,400,000 +81%   2,570 $1,712   $8,708,000 3
Nov 24, 2001 4 $4,492,000 +2%   2,570 $1,748   $13,200,000 4
Nov 25, 2001 4 $2,211,000 -51%   2,570 $860   $15,409,892 5
Nov 26, 2001 4 $507,000 -77%   2,570 $197   $15,917,000 6
Nov 27, 2001 4 $505,000 n/c   2,570 $196   $16,422,000 7
Nov 28, 2001 4 $423,000 -16% -77% 2,571 $165   $16,845,000 8
Nov 29, 2001 4 $417,000 -1% -83% 2,571 $162   $17,263,000 9
Nov 30, 2001 5 $1,620,000 +288% -63% 2,534 $639   $18,883,000 10
Dec 1, 2001 5 $2,496,000 +54% -44% 2,534 $985   $21,379,000 11
Dec 2, 2001 5 $1,358,000 -46% -39% 2,534 $536   $22,783,562 12
Dec 3, 2001 5 $280,000 -79% -45% 2,534 $110   $23,064,000 13
Dec 4, 2001 6 $297,000 +6% -41% 2,534 $117   $23,361,000 14
Dec 5, 2001 5 $273,000 -8% -35% 2,534 $108   $23,634,000 15
Dec 6, 2001 5 $271,000 -1% -35% 2,534 $107   $23,905,000 16
Dec 7, 2001 6 $894,000 +230% -45% 2,534 $353   $24,799,000 17
Dec 8, 2001 6 $1,456,000 +63% -42% 2,534 $575   $26,255,000 18
Dec 9, 2001 6 $780,000 -46% -43% 2,534 $308   $27,060,883 19
Dec 10, 2001 7 $157,000 -80% -44% 2,233 $70   $27,218,000 20
Dec 11, 2001 7 $170,000 +8% -43% 2,233 $76   $27,388,000 21
Dec 12, 2001 7 $162,000 -5% -41% 2,233 $73   $27,550,000 22
Dec 13, 2001 7 $162,000 n/c -40% 2,233 $73   $27,712,000 23
Dec 14, 2001 8 $543,000 +235% -39% 1,909 $284   $28,255,000 24
Dec 15, 2001 8 $864,000 +59% -41% 1,909 $453   $29,119,000 25
Dec 16, 2001 8 $510,000 -41% -35% 1,909 $267   $29,750,000 26
Dec 17, 2001 8 $134,000 -74% -15% 1,907 $70   $29,881,000 27
Dec 18, 2001 8 $143,000 +7% -16% 1,907 $75   $30,024,000 28
Dec 19, 2001 9 $114,000 -20% -30% 1,907 $60   $30,138,000 29

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Nov 23, 2001 4 $12,954,370   2,571 $5,039   $17,261,314 2
Nov 30, 2001 5 $6,644,343 -49% 2,534 $2,622   $23,905,657 3
Dec 7, 2001 6 $3,806,077 -43% 2,233 $1,704   $27,711,734 4
Dec 14, 2001 8 $2,706,601 -29% 1,907 $1,419   $30,418,335 5
Dec 21, 2001 17 $820,360 -70% 647 $1,268   $31,238,695 6
Dec 28, 2001 20 $452,726 -45% 342 $1,324   $31,691,421 7
Jan 4, 2002 24 $325,425 -28% 272 $1,196   $32,016,846 8
Jan 11, 2002 27 $308,496 -5% 252 $1,224   $32,325,342 9
Jan 18, 2002 28 $260,948 -15% 269 $970   $32,586,290 10
Jan 25, 2002 31 $181,288 -31% 247 $734   $32,767,578 11
Feb 1, 2002 34 $172,869 -5% 218 $793   $32,940,447 12
Feb 8, 2002 39 $161,608 -7% 175 $923   $33,102,055 13
Feb 15, 2002 42 $100,829 -38% 135 $747   $33,202,884 14
Feb 22, 2002 48 $82,652 -18% 127 $651   $33,285,536 15
Mar 1, 2002 52 $52,832 -36% 82 $644   $33,338,368 16
Mar 8, 2002 60 $39,464 -25% 61 $647   $33,377,832 17
Mar 15, 2002 69 $25,696 -35% 48 $535   $33,403,528 18
Mar 22, 2002 81 $16,110 -37% 35 $460   $33,419,638 19
Mar 29, 2002 107 $3,168 -80% 10 $317   $33,422,806 20

Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue are available through our research services. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.