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2008 • PG-13 • 2h 45m • Adventure, Drama, Romance • 20th Century Fox

Welcome to Australia!

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$14.80M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$49.60M

Final

Worldwide total

$212.00M

$162.00M international

Domestic legs3.35x

Budget$130M

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Cast & crew

Full Luhrmann filmography

Baz Luhrmann

Baz Luhrmann Director

Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman Starring

Hugh Jackman

Hugh Jackman Starring

Essie Davis

Essie Davis Starring

David Wenham

David Wenham Starring

Bryan Brown

Bryan Brown Starring

ScreenplayBaz Luhrmann, Stuart Beattie, Richard Flanagan, Ronald Harwood Produced byBaz Luhrmann, Catherine Knapman, G. Mac Brown CinematographyMandy Walker MusicDavid Hirschfelder Prod. DesignCatherine Martin Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 28-30 5 $14.8M — 2,642 $5,602 $20.0M

2 Dec 5-7 4 $7.1M −52.4% 2,721 $2,591 $30.9M

3 Dec 12-14 5 $4.2M −40.9% 2,703 $1,542 $37.8M

4 Dec 19-21 9 $2.2M −47.9% 2,212 $982 $41.8M

5 Dec 26-28 19 $1.1M −50.4% 711 $1,517 $44.3M

6 Jan 2-4 19 $1.2M +7.8% 765 $1,520 $46.7M

7 Jan 9-11 22 $617.3K −46.9% 543 $1,136 $47.8M

8 Jan 16-18 31 $295.6K −52.1% 287 $1,029 $48.3M

9 Jan 23-25 32 $211.2K −28.6% 241 $876 $48.7M

10 Jan 30-Feb 1 34 $172.7K −18.2% 297 $581 $49.0M

11 Feb 6-8 42 $127.4K −26.2% 178 $715 $49.2M

12 Feb 13-15 46 $89.3K −29.9% 110 $811 $49.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Nov 26 #7 $2.3M — $2.3M 2,617 $866 1

Thu Nov 27 #5 $2.9M +29% $5.2M 2,617 $1,121 2

Fri Nov 28 #5 $5.8M +97% $11.0M 2,617 $2,209 3

Sat Nov 29 #5 $5.8M n/c $16.7M 2,617 $2,199 4

Sun Nov 30 #5 $3.3M −43% $20.0M 2,617 $1,247 5

Mon Dec 1 #3 $985.1K −70% $21.0M 2,617 $376 6

Tue Dec 2 #3 $1.1M +11% $22.1M 2,617 $416 7

Wed Dec 3 #3 $906.3K −17% −60% $23.0M 2,617 $346 8

Thu Dec 4 #3 $882.3K −3% −70% $23.9M 2,617 $337 9

Fri Dec 5 #4 $2.2M +155% −61% $26.1M 2,721 $826 10

Sat Dec 6 #4 $2.9M +30% −49% $29.0M 2,721 $1,077 11

Sun Dec 7 #4 $1.9M −36% −43% $30.9M 2,721 $687 12

Mon Dec 8 #3 $624.5K −67% −37% $31.5M 2,721 $229 13

Tue Dec 9 #3 $720.4K +15% −34% $32.3M 2,721 $264 14

Wed Dec 10 #3 $672.5K −7% −26% $32.9M 2,721 $247 15

Thu Dec 11 #3 $661.4K −2% −25% $33.6M 2,721 $243 16

Fri Dec 12 #5 $1.2M +88% −45% $34.8M 2,703 $459 17

Sat Dec 13 #5 $1.9M +49% −37% $36.7M 2,703 $685 18

Sun Dec 14 #5 $1.1M −42% −43% $37.8M 2,703 $396 19

Mon Dec 15 #4 $435.1K −59% −30% $38.2M 2,703 $160 20

Tue Dec 16 #4 $498.0K +14% −31% $38.7M 2,703 $184 21

Wed Dec 17 #5 $457.8K −8% −32% $39.2M 2,703 $169 22

Thu Dec 18 #5 $464.2K +1% −30% $39.6M 2,703 $171 23

Fri Dec 19 #9 $607.9K +31% −51% $40.2M 2,212 $274 24

Sat Dec 20 #9 $923.5K +52% −50% $41.2M 2,212 $417 25

Sun Dec 21 #9 $642.9K −30% −40% $41.8M 2,212 $290 26

Mon Dec 22 #11 $422.8K −34% −3% $42.2M 2,212 $191 27

Tue Dec 23 #11 $441.7K +4% −11% $42.7M 2,212 $199 28

Wed Dec 24 #11 $317.6K −28% −31% $43.0M 2,212 $143 29

Thu Dec 25 $225.6K −29% −51% $43.2M 711 $317 30

Fri Dec 26 $364.3K +61% −40% $43.6M 711 $512 31

Sat Dec 27 $411.1K +13% −55% $44.0M 711 $578 32

Sun Dec 28 $303.9K −26% −53% $44.3M 711 $427 33

Mon Dec 29 $236.4K −22% −44% $44.5M 711 $332 34

Tue Dec 30 $263.6K +12% −40% $44.8M 711 $370 35

Wed Dec 31 $352.1K +34% +11% $45.1M 711 $495 36

Thu Jan 1 $387.9K +10% +72% $45.5M 711 $545 37

Fri Jan 2 $426.2K +10% +17% $45.9M 768 $555 38

Sat Jan 3 $462.2K +8% +12% $46.4M 768 $601 39

Sun Jan 4 $274.7K −41% −10% $46.7M 768 $357 40

Mon Jan 5 $99.1K −64% −58% $46.8M 768 $128 41

Tue Jan 6 $120.4K +22% −54% $46.9M 768 $156 42

Wed Jan 7 $122.1K +1% −65% $47.0M 768 $158 43

Thu Jan 8 $118.6K −3% −69% $47.1M 768 $154 44

Fri Jan 9 $185.0K +56% −57% $47.3M 543 $340 45

Sat Jan 10 $272.3K +47% −41% $47.6M 543 $501 46

Sun Jan 11 $160.0K −41% −42% $47.8M 543 $294 47

Mon Jan 12 $62.9K −61% −36% $47.8M 543 $115 48

Tue Jan 13 $70.8K +12% −41% $47.9M 543 $130 49

Wed Jan 14 $67.0K −5% −45% $48.0M 543 $123 50

Thu Jan 15 $73.1K +9% −38% $48.0M 543 $134 51

Fri Jan 16 $85.3K +17% −54% $48.1M 287 $297 52

Sat Jan 17 $133.1K +56% −51% $48.3M 287 $463 53

Sun Jan 18 $77.2K −42% −52% $48.3M 287 $268 54

Mon Jan 19 #32 $49.9K −35% −21% $48.4M 287 $173 55

Tue Jan 20 $26.1K −48% −63% $48.4M 287 $90 56

Wed Jan 21 $31.1K +19% −54% $48.4M 287 $108 57

Thu Jan 22 $35.8K +15% −51% $48.5M 287 $124 58

Fri Jan 23 $63.1K +76% −26% $48.5M 241 $261 59

Sat Jan 24 $94.2K +49% −29% $48.6M 241 $390 60

Sun Jan 25 $53.9K −43% −30% $48.7M 241 $223 61

Mon Jan 26 $20.3K −62% −59% $48.7M 241 $84 62

Tue Jan 27 $24.5K +21% −6% $48.7M 241 $101 63

Wed Jan 28 $23.0K −6% −26% $48.8M 241 $95 64

Thu Jan 29 $27.4K +19% −24% $48.8M 241 $113 65

Fri Jan 30 $56.4K +106% −11% $48.8M 297 $189 66

Sat Jan 31 $81.3K +44% −14% $48.9M 297 $273 67

Sun Feb 1 $35.0K −57% −35% $49.0M 297 $117 68

Mon Feb 2 $20.5K −41% +1% $49.0M 297 $69 69

Tue Feb 3 $25.9K +26% +6% $49.0M 297 $87 70

Wed Feb 4 $25.2K −2% +10% $49.0M 297 $84 71

Thu Feb 5 $27.4K +9% n/c $49.1M 297 $92 72

Fri Feb 6 $39.6K +45% −30% $49.1M 178 $222 73

Sat Feb 7 $56.9K +44% −30% $49.2M 178 $319 74

Sun Feb 8 $30.9K −46% −12% $49.2M 178 $173 75

Mon Feb 9 $10.5K −66% −49% $49.2M 178 $59 76

Tue Feb 10 $12.4K +18% −52% $49.2M 178 $69 77

Wed Feb 11 $12.3K −1% −51% $49.2M 178 $68 78

Thu Feb 12 $14.4K +18% −47% $49.2M 178 $81 79

Fri Feb 13 $23.0K +59% −42% $49.3M 110 $209 80

Sat Feb 14 $41.6K +81% −27% $49.3M 110 $377 81

Sun Feb 15 $24.7K −41% −20% $49.3M 110 $224 82

Mon Feb 16 #47 $15.5K −37% +47% $49.3M 110 $141 83

Tue Feb 17 $8.5K −45% −31% $49.3M 110 $77 84

Wed Feb 18 $8.5K n/c −31% $49.4M 110 $77 85

Thu Feb 19 $10.7K +26% −26% $49.4M 110 $97 86

Fri Feb 20 $18.5K +73% −20% $49.4M 93 $199 87

Sat Feb 21 $25.8K +39% −38% $49.4M 93 $276 88

Sun Feb 22 $12.6K −51% −49% $49.4M 93 $135 89

Mon Feb 23 $6.1K −51% −61% $49.4M 93 $65 90

Tue Feb 24 $8.1K +33% −4% $49.4M 93 $87 91

Wed Feb 25 $6.2K −24% −27% $49.4M 93 $66 92

Thu Feb 26 $7.7K +23% −28% $49.4M 93 $82 93

Fri Feb 27 $11.1K +45% −40% $49.5M 64 $173 94

Sat Feb 28 $16.8K +51% −35% $49.5M 64 $262 95

Sun Mar 1 $9.8K −42% −22% $49.5M 64 $153 96

Mon Mar 2 $2.9K −71% −53% $49.5M 64 $44 97

Tue Mar 3 $4.1K +45% −49% $49.5M 64 $64 98

Wed Mar 4 $3.9K −7% −38% $49.5M 64 $60 99

Thu Mar 5 $3.9K +2% −49% $49.5M 64 $61 100

Fri Mar 6 $7.4K +89% −33% $49.5M 34 $217 101

Sat Mar 7 $10.9K +47% −35% $49.5M 34 $319 102

Sun Mar 8 $5.3K −51% −45% $49.5M 34 $157 103

Mon Mar 9 $1.8K −67% −38% $49.5M 34 $51 104

Tue Mar 10 $2.1K +21% −49% $49.5M 34 $62 105

Wed Mar 11 $2.3K +7% −41% $49.5M 34 $67 106

Thu Mar 12 $3.2K +39% −19% $49.5M 34 $93 107

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

Cumulative total$49.0M

Nov 26Dec 13Dec 31Jan 17Feb 3

Weekend grossWk 10 · $172.7K

$14.8M

$7.1M

$4.2M

$2.2M

$1.1M

$1.2M

$617.3K

$295.6K

$211.2K

$172.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,721 → 297 −89.1%

2,617 open297 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −18.2%

−52.4%

W1→2

−40.9%

W2→3

−47.9%

W3→4

−50.4%

W4→5

+7.8%

W5→6

−46.9%

W6→7

−52.1%

W7→8

−28.6%

W8→9

−18.2%

W9→10

Steepest −52.4%Biggest gain +7.8%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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