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A Beautiful MindFollow

2001 • PG-13 • 2h 15m • Biography, Drama, Mystery • Universal Pictures

He saw the world in a way no one could have imagined.

🍅 74% 93%

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3.87

8.2

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$2.50M

Limited · 524 theaters

Domestic total

$171.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$314.00M

$143.00M international

Domestic legs10.3x from $16.6M first wide weekend

Budget$58.0M

2001 rank#11

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Cast & crew

Full Howard filmography

Ron Howard

Ron Howard Director

Russell Crowe

Russell Crowe Starring

Jennifer Connelly

Jennifer Connelly Starring

Ed Harris

Ed Harris Starring

Paul Bettany

Paul Bettany Starring

Christopher Plummer

Christopher Plummer Starring

ScreenplayAkiva Goldsman Produced byBrian Grazer, Ron Howard CinematographyRoger Deakins MusicJames Horner Prod. DesignWynn Thomas StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 21-25 14 $2.5M — 524 $4,773 $2.5M

2 Dec 28-30 8 $7.8M +211.1% 525 $14,819 $13.7M

3 Jan 4-6 2 $16.6M +112.9% 1,853 $8,940 $37.8M

4 Jan 11-13 2 $15.2M −8.1% 2,222 $6,850 $58.4M

5 Jan 18-20 4 $11.7M −22.8% 2,225 $5,280 $74.7M

6 Jan 25-27 4 $11.5M −1.8% 2,237 $5,155 $92.9M

7 Feb 1-3 5 $8.4M −27.1% 2,250 $3,734 $104.5M

8 Feb 8-10 7 $6.3M −25.0% 2,220 $2,840 $113.3M

9 Feb 15-17 6 $8.1M +28.4% 2,081 $3,890 $124.4M

10 Feb 22-24 7 $5.3M −34.4% 2,069 $2,565 $132.7M

11 Mar 1-3 8 $4.6M −12.4% 1,962 $2,369 $138.9M

12 Mar 8-10 8 $3.9M −16.7% 1,793 $2,160 $144.3M

13 Mar 15-17 9 $3.4M −12.7% 1,533 $2,204 $149.2M

14 Mar 22-24 9 $4.1M +20.7% 1,455 $2,804 $154.7M

15 Mar 29-31 8 $3.9M −4.8% 1,560 $2,490 $160.8M

16 Apr 5-7 10 $2.6M −33.3% 1,436 $1,805 $165.0M

17 Apr 12-14 13 $1.5M −43.8% 1,100 $1,324 $167.1M

18 Apr 19-21 15 $854.2K −41.4% 746 $1,145 $168.4M

19 Apr 26-28 19 $676.1K −20.8% 626 $1,080 $169.3M

20 May 3-5 26 $303.7K −55.1% 397 $765 $169.9M

21 May 10-12 28 $268.5K −11.6% 351 $765 $170.2M

22 May 17-19 27 $171.4K −36.2% 293 $585 $170.5M

23 May 24-26 19 $116.2K −32.2% 202 $575 $170.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 21 #13 $113.0K — $113.0K 11 $10,272 1

Mon Dec 24 #9 $98.0K — $465.0K 11 $8,909 4

Tue Dec 25 #8 $2.0M +1,978% $2.5M 524 $3,885 5

Wed Dec 26 #8 $1.8M −13% $4.3M 524 $3,364 6

Thu Dec 27 #9 $1.7M −1% $6.0M 524 $3,324 7

Fri Dec 28 #8 $2.3M +32% +1,942% $8.3M 524 $4,402 8

Sat Dec 29 #8 $2.9M +24% $11.2M 524 $5,475 9

Sun Dec 30 #8 $2.6M −9% $13.8M 524 $4,963 10

Mon Dec 31 #6 $2.2M −17% +2,110% $15.9M 525 $4,125 11

Tue Jan 1 #7 $2.7M +24% +32% $18.6M 525 $5,110 12

Wed Jan 2 #6 $1.4M −49% −22% $19.9M 525 $2,605 13

Thu Jan 3 #4 $1.3M −6% −26% $21.2M 525 $2,449 14

Fri Jan 4 #2 $5.1M +295% +120% $26.3M 1,855 $2,738 15

Sat Jan 5 #2 $7.4M +45% +157% $33.7M 1,855 $3,978 16

Sun Jan 6 #2 $4.2M −43% +61% $37.8M 1,855 $2,252 17

Mon Jan 7 #2 $1.3M −70% −42% $39.0M 1,853 $675 18

Tue Jan 8 #2 $1.5M +20% −44% $40.5M 1,853 $810 19

Wed Jan 9 #2 $1.4M −9% n/c $41.9M 1,853 $735 20

Thu Jan 10 #2 $1.3M −4% +2% $43.2M 1,853 $705 21

Fri Jan 11 #2 $4.5M +242% −12% $47.7M 2,220 $2,011 22

Sat Jan 12 #2 $6.9M +54% −7% $54.5M 2,220 $3,097 23

Sun Jan 13 #2 $3.9M −44% −7% $58.4M 2,220 $1,746 24

Mon Jan 14 #2 $1.0M −73% −17% $59.5M 2,222 $469 25

Tue Jan 15 #2 $1.2M +18% −18% $60.7M 2,222 $554 26

Wed Jan 16 #1 $1.1M −11% −19% $61.8M 2,222 $495 27

Thu Jan 17 #1 $1.1M +1% −15% $62.9M 2,222 $500 28

Fri Jan 18 #3 $3.5M +212% −22% $66.4M 2,225 $1,560 29

Sat Jan 19 #4 $4.9M +42% −28% $71.3M 2,225 $2,215 30

Sun Jan 20 #4 $4.0M −20% +2% $75.3M 2,225 $1,775 31

Mon Jan 21 #4 $2.4M −40% +126% $77.6M 2,225 $1,059 32

Tue Jan 22 #2 $1.3M −43% +8% $79.0M 2,225 $600 33

Wed Jan 23 #2 $1.2M −10% +9% $80.2M 2,225 $539 34

Thu Jan 24 #2 $1.2M n/c +8% $81.4M 2,225 $540 35

Fri Jan 25 #5 $3.2M +169% −7% $84.6M 2,235 $1,444 36

Sat Jan 26 #3 $5.2M +60% +5% $89.8M 2,235 $2,316 37

Sun Jan 27 #4 $2.6M −50% −34% $92.9M 2,235 $1,167 38

Mon Jan 28 #3 $750.0K −71% −68% $93.6M 2,237 $335 39

Tue Jan 29 #2 $895.0K +19% −33% $94.5M 2,237 $400 40

Wed Jan 30 #2 $805.0K −10% −33% $95.3M 2,237 $359 41

Thu Jan 31 #3 $760.0K −6% −37% $96.1M 2,237 $339 42

Fri Feb 1 #4 $2.6M +244% −19% $98.7M 2,250 $1,161 43

Sat Feb 2 #3 $4.5M +73% −13% $103.2M 2,250 $2,008 44

Sun Feb 3 #5 $1.4M −68% −44% $104.5M 2,250 $644 45

Mon Feb 4 #3 $529.0K −64% −29% $105.0M 2,250 $235 46

Tue Feb 5 #3 $675.0K +28% −25% $105.7M 2,250 $300 47

Wed Feb 6 #2 $630.0K −7% −22% $106.3M 2,250 $280 48

Thu Feb 7 #3 $631.0K n/c −17% $107.0M 2,250 $280 49

Fri Feb 8 #7 $1.6M +159% −38% $108.6M 2,220 $735 50

Sat Feb 9 #6 $3.1M +87% −32% $111.7M 2,220 $1,377 51

Sun Feb 10 #7 $1.7M −45% +17% $113.3M 2,220 $761 52

Mon Feb 11 #6 $433.0K −74% −18% $113.7M 2,220 $195 53

Tue Feb 12 #2 $610.0K +41% −10% $114.3M 2,220 $274 54

Wed Feb 13 #2 $577.0K −5% −8% $114.9M 2,220 $259 55

Thu Feb 14 #2 $1.4M +138% +118% $116.3M 2,220 $619 56

Fri Feb 15 #8 $1.9M +35% +14% $118.1M 2,220 $836 57

Sat Feb 16 #6 $3.3M +77% +7% $121.4M 2,220 $1,479 58

Sun Feb 17 #6 $2.3M −30% +36% $123.7M 2,220 $1,031 59

Mon Feb 18 #6 $1.3M −42% +207% $125.7M 2,081 $639 60

Tue Feb 19 #7 $624.0K −53% +2% $126.3M 2,081 $299 61

Wed Feb 20 #5 $542.0K −13% −6% $126.9M 2,081 $260 62

Thu Feb 21 #5 $520.0K −4% −62% $127.4M 2,081 $249 63

Fri Feb 22 #7 $1.6M +201% −16% $128.9M 2,040 $766 64

Sat Feb 23 #7 $2.8M +77% −16% $131.7M 2,040 $1,354 65

Sun Feb 24 #7 $1.1M −59% −51% $132.7M 2,040 $549 66

Mon Feb 25 #5 $352.0K −69% −74% $133.0M 2,040 $172 67

Tue Feb 26 #4 $434.0K +23% −30% $133.5M 2,040 $212 68

Wed Feb 27 #5 $393.0K −9% −27% $133.9M 2,040 $192 69

Thu Feb 28 #4 $414.0K +5% −20% $134.3M 2,069 $200 70

Fri Mar 1 #8 $1.2M +187% −24% $135.5M 1,953 $607 71

Sat Mar 2 #8 $2.2M +87% −20% $137.7M 1,953 $1,137 72

Sun Mar 3 #8 $1.2M −44% +11% $138.9M 1,962 $632 73

Mon Mar 4 #7 $334.0K −73% −5% $139.3M 1,962 $170 74

Tue Mar 5 #6 $403.0K +21% −7% $139.7M 1,962 $205 75

Wed Mar 6 #6 $363.0K −10% −8% $140.0M 1,962 $185 76

Thu Mar 7 #6 $373.0K +3% −10% $140.4M 1,962 $190 77

Fri Mar 8 #7 $1.1M +182% −11% $141.5M 1,790 $587 78

Sat Mar 9 #7 $1.8M +75% −17% $143.3M 1,795 $1,023 79

Sun Mar 10 #9 $995.0K −46% −20% $144.3M 1,795 $554 80

Mon Mar 11 #7 $349.0K −65% +4% $144.6M 1,793 $194 81

Tue Mar 12 #6 $439.0K +26% +9% $145.1M 1,793 $244 82

Wed Mar 13 #6 $385.0K −12% +6% $145.4M 1,793 $214 83

Thu Mar 14 #6 $377.0K −2% +1% $145.8M 1,793 $210 84

Fri Mar 15 #9 $920.0K +144% −12% $146.7M 1,530 $601 85

Sat Mar 16 #9 $1.6M +73% −13% $148.3M 1,530 $1,041 86

Sun Mar 17 #8 $840.0K −47% −16% $149.2M 1,530 $549 87

Mon Mar 18 #8 $322.0K −62% −8% $149.5M 1,533 $210 88

Tue Mar 19 #7 $383.0K +19% −13% $149.9M 1,533 $249 89

Wed Mar 20 #7 $345.0K −10% −10% $150.3M 1,533 $225 90

Thu Mar 21 #7 $368.0K +7% −2% $150.6M 1,533 $240 91

Fri Mar 22 #9 $1.1M +200% +20% $151.7M 1,533 $720 92

Sat Mar 23 #8 $2.0M +80% +25% $153.7M 1,533 $1,296 93

Sun Mar 24 #9 $830.0K −58% −1% $154.7M 1,533 $541 94

Mon Mar 25 #6 $538.0K −35% +67% $155.2M 1,455 $369 95

Tue Mar 26 #7 $575.0K +7% +50% $155.8M 1,455 $395 96

Wed Mar 27 #7 $524.0K −9% +52% $156.3M 1,455 $360 97

Thu Mar 28 #9 $544.0K +4% +48% $156.9M 1,455 $373 98

Fri Mar 29 #8 $1.4M +158% +27% $158.4M 1,560 $900 99

Sat Mar 30 #8 $1.5M +9% −23% $159.9M 1,560 $980 100

Sun Mar 31 #9 $952.0K −38% +15% $160.8M 1,560 $610 101

Mon Apr 1 #8 $413.0K −57% −23% $161.3M 1,560 $264 102

Tue Apr 2 #7 $398.0K −4% −31% $161.7M 1,560 $255 103

Wed Apr 3 #8 $382.0K −4% −27% $162.0M 1,560 $244 104

Thu Apr 4 #8 $359.0K −6% −34% $162.4M 1,560 $230 105

Fri Apr 5 #10 $789.0K +120% −44% $163.2M 1,435 $549 106

Sat Apr 6 #10 $1.3M +60% −17% $164.4M 1,435 $880 107

Sun Apr 7 #10 $546.0K −57% −43% $165.0M 1,436 $380 108

Mon Apr 8 #11 $158.0K −71% −62% $165.1M 1,436 $110 109

Tue Apr 9 #10 $201.0K +27% −49% $165.3M 1,436 $139 110

Wed Apr 10 #10 $166.0K −17% −57% $165.5M 1,436 $115 111

Thu Apr 11 #10 $165.0K −1% −54% $165.7M 1,436 $114 112

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$134.3M

Dec 21Jan 9Jan 26Feb 11Feb 28

Weekend grossWk 10 · $5.3M

$2.5M

$7.8M

$16.6M

$15.2M

$11.7M

$11.5M

$8.4M

$6.3M

$8.1M

$5.3M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,250 → 2,069 −8.0%

11 open2,069 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −34.4%

+211.1%

W1→2

+112.9%

W2→3

−8.1%

W3→4

−22.8%

W4→5

−1.8%

W5→6

−27.1%

W6→7

−25.0%

W7→8

+28.4%

W8→9

−34.4%

W9→10

Steepest −34.4%Biggest gain +211.1%

Run milestones

$100M in 44 days

$100M

Day 44

Feb 2

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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