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2000 • R • 1h 50m • Drama, Music • Focus Features

Inside every one of us is a special talent waiting to come out. The trick is finding it.

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4.11

7.7

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$216K

3-day opening

Domestic total

$22.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$109.00M

$87.30M international

Domestic legs102.0x

Budget$5.0M

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Cast & crew

Full Daldry filmography

Stephen Daldry

Stephen Daldry Director

Jamie Bell

Jamie Bell Starring

Julie Walters

Julie Walters Starring

ScreenplayLee Hall Produced byGreg Brenman, Jon Finn CinematographyBrian Tufano MusicStephen Warbeck Prod. DesignMaria Djurkovic StudioFocus Features

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 3-5 13 $1.0M — 119 $8,689 $2.8M

2 Nov 10-12 9 $2.6M +151.8% 494 $5,270 $5.8M

3 Nov 17-19 12 $1.8M −31.8% 497 $3,570 $8.4M

4 Nov 24-26 11 $2.0M +14.3% 494 $4,104 $11.3M

5 Dec 1-3 11 $1.3M −33.8% 510 $2,630 $13.2M

6 Dec 8-10 13 $916.1K −31.7% 471 $1,944 $14.6M

7 Dec 15-17 16 $585.2K −36.1% 405 $1,444 $15.5M

8 Dec 22-25 23 $410.9K −29.8% 256 $1,605 $16.2M

9 Dec 29-Jan 1 24 $524.2K +27.6% 234 $2,240 $17.1M

10 Jan 5-7 23 $449.9K −14.2% 267 $1,685 $17.7M

11 Jan 12-15 27 $448.4K −0.3% 212 $2,115 $18.4M

12 Jan 19-21 27 $260.7K −41.9% 199 $1,309 $18.7M

13 Jan 26-28 29 $203.8K −21.8% 155 $1,315 $19.1M

14 Feb 2-4 31 $212.1K +4.0% 127 $1,669 $19.4M

15 Feb 9-11 33 $175.0K −17.5% 108 $1,620 $19.6M

16 Feb 16-19 Presidents' Day 34 $300.8K +71.9% 138 $2,180 $20.0M

17 Feb 23-25 32 $240.5K −20.1% 148 $1,624 $20.3M

18 Mar 2-4 32 $213.3K −11.3% 135 $1,579 $20.6M

19 Mar 9-11 36 $183.6K −13.9% 153 $1,199 $20.9M

20 Mar 16-18 31 $175.9K −4.2% 153 $1,150 $21.2M

21 Mar 23-25 30 $182.1K +3.5% 159 $1,145 $21.4M

22 Mar 30-Apr 1 34 $119.7K −34.3% 114 $1,049 $21.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Mon Oct 16 #19 $26.8K — $242.5K 10 $2,684 4

Tue Oct 17 #19 $26.5K −1% $269.0K 10 $2,651 5

Wed Oct 18 #19 $26.9K +2% $296.0K 10 $2,693 6

Thu Oct 19 #19 $27.1K +1% $323.1K 10 $2,714 7

Sun Oct 22 #17 $153.0K — $812.5K 37 $4,135 10

Mon Oct 23 #15 $45.1K −70% +68% $857.7K 37 $1,220 11

Tue Oct 24 #14 $52.6K +17% +99% $910.3K 37 $1,422 12

Wed Oct 25 #14 $50.8K −3% +89% $961.1K 37 $1,372 13

Thu Oct 26 #15 $51.4K +1% +89% $1.0M 37 $1,388 14

Mon Oct 30 #16 $47.5K — +5% $1.6M 37 $1,282 18

Tue Oct 31 #16 $51.3K +8% −3% $1.7M 37 $1,385 19

Wed Nov 1 #16 $51.7K +1% +2% $1.7M 37 $1,397 20

Thu Nov 2 #15 $57.3K +11% +11% $1.8M 37 $1,547 21

Sun Nov 5 #13 $312.0K — $2.8M 119 $2,621 24

Mon Nov 6 #13 $82.3K −74% +73% $2.9M 119 $691 25

Tue Nov 7 #13 $88.9K +8% +73% $3.0M 119 $746 26

Wed Nov 8 #13 $88.4K −1% +71% $3.1M 119 $742 27

Thu Nov 9 #12 $113.0K +28% +97% $3.2M 119 $949 28

Fri Nov 10 #9 $726.0K +542% $3.9M 495 $1,466 29

Sat Nov 11 #8 $998.0K +37% $4.9M 495 $2,016 30

Sun Nov 12 #9 $704.0K −29% +126% $5.8M 494 $1,425 31

Mon Nov 13 #8 $205.0K −71% +149% $6.0M 494 $415 32

Tue Nov 14 #8 $229.7K +12% +158% $6.2M 494 $465 33

Wed Nov 15 #8 $195.1K −15% +121% $6.4M 494 $395 34

Thu Nov 16 #8 $195.1K n/c +73% $6.6M 494 $394 35

Sun Nov 19 #12 $495.0K — −30% $8.4M 497 $995 38

Mon Nov 20 #12 $131.7K −73% −36% $8.5M 497 $265 39

Tue Nov 21 #12 $201.3K +53% −12% $8.7M 497 $405 40

Mon Nov 27 #11 $121.0K — −8% $11.4M 494 $245 46

Tue Nov 28 #11 $158.1K +31% −21% $11.6M 494 $320 47

Wed Nov 29 #11 $138.3K −13% $11.7M 494 $280 48

Thu Nov 30 #11 $138.1K n/c $11.9M 494 $279 49

Sun Dec 3 #11 $349.0K — $13.2M 510 $684 52

Mon Dec 4 #11 $109.7K −69% −9% $13.3M 510 $215 53

Tue Dec 5 #11 $132.7K +21% −16% $13.4M 510 $260 54

Wed Dec 6 #11 $114.8K −14% −17% $13.6M 510 $225 55

Thu Dec 7 #11 $112.2K −2% −19% $13.7M 510 $220 56

Sun Dec 10 #13 $247.0K — −29% $14.6M 471 $524 59

Mon Dec 11 #14 $66.0K −73% −40% $14.7M 471 $140 60

Tue Dec 12 #14 $89.5K +36% −33% $14.7M 471 $190 61

Wed Dec 13 #14 $70.7K −21% −38% $14.8M 471 $150 62

Sun Dec 17 #16 $170.0K — −31% $15.5M 405 $419 66

Mon Dec 18 #16 $66.8K −61% +1% $15.6M 405 $165 67

Tue Dec 19 #16 $85.0K +27% −5% $15.6M 405 $210 68

Mon Jan 15 #25 $68.9K — $18.4M 212 $325 95

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

Cumulative total$15.6M

Oct 16Nov 1Nov 14Dec 3Dec 19

Weekend grossWk 10 · $449.9K

$1.0M

$2.6M

$1.8M

$2.0M

$1.3M

$916.1K

$585.2K

$410.9K

$524.2K

$449.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 510 → 405 −20.6%

10 open405 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −14.2%

+151.8%

W1→2

−31.8%

W2→3

+14.3%

W3→4

−33.8%

W4→5

−31.7%

W5→6

−36.1%

W6→7

−29.8%

W7→8

+27.6%

W8→9

−14.2%

W9→10

Steepest −36.1%Biggest gain +151.8%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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