I Am Sam

An intellectually disabled man fights for custody of his 7-year-old daughter and in the process teaches his cold-hearted lawyer the value of love and family.

Grosses

Domestic (41.2%)
$40,311,852
Summary Details
DistributorNew Line Cinema
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Opening$41,779
2 theaters
Release Date (Wide)Dec 28, 2001 (Jan 25, 2002) - Apr 18, 2002
MPAAPG-13
Running Time2 hr 12 min
GenresDrama
In Release369 days/52 weeks
Widest Release1,450 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Dec 28-3047$41,779-2-$20,889$41,7791
Dec 28-Jan 1, 2002
New Year's long wknd
36$67,418-2-$33,709$67,4181
Jan 4-650$25,993-37.8%1-1$25,993$111,0892
Jan 11-1350$21,791-16.2%1-$21,791$145,0763
Jan 18-21
MLK wknd
51$25,544-1-$25,544$182,229-
Jan 25-277$8,315,581-1,268-$6,558$8,506,9555
Feb 1-37$6,303,148-24.2%1,303+35$4,837$17,293,3316
Feb 8-10
Salt Lake Olympics
10$4,619,148-26.7%1,450+147$3,185$23,843,3427
Feb 15-17
Salt Lake Olympics
14$3,646,808-21.1%1,259-191$2,896$29,282,0858
Feb 15-18
Presidents' Day wknd
Salt Lake Olympics
14$4,316,157-1,259-$3,428$29,951,434-
Feb 22-24
Salt Lake Olympics
15$2,268,809-37.8%1,074-185$2,112$33,135,0339
Mar 1-319$1,529,214-32.6%965-109$1,584$35,390,11710
Mar 8-1019$1,241,286-18.8%801-164$1,549$37,337,03811
Mar 15-1721$736,635-40.7%570-231$1,292$38,631,69512
Mar 22-2424$480,805-34.7%371-199$1,295$39,433,02713
Mar 29-3132$195,673-59.3%204-167$959$39,871,92814
Apr 5-735$149,090-23.8%202-2$738$40,124,56615
Apr 12-1444$92,309-38.1%134-68$688$40,270,89516