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2004 • R • 1h 48m • Comedy, Drama, Romance • Universal Pictures

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🍅 27% 60%

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3.04

6.0

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$10.00M

Limited · 530 theaters

Domestic total

$40.20M

Final

Worldwide total

$265.00M

$225.00M international

Domestic legs4.0x from $10.0M first wide weekend

Budget$40.0M

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Cast & crew

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Beeban Kidron

Beeban Kidron Director

Renée Zellweger

Renée Zellweger Starring

Colin Firth

Colin Firth Starring

Hugh Grant

Hugh Grant Starring

Jacinda Barrett

Jacinda Barrett Starring

Jim Broadbent

Jim Broadbent Starring

ScreenplayHelen Fielding, Andrew Davies, Adam Brooks, Richard Curtis Produced byTim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Jonathan Cavendish CinematographyAdrian Biddle MusicHarry Gregson-Williams Prod. DesignGemma Jackson StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 12-14 5 $8.7M — 530 $16,385 $8.7M

2 Nov 19-21 5 $10.0M +15.7% 2,450 $4,099 $21.5M

3 Nov 26-28 7 $6.2M −38.0% 2,473 $2,520 $32.0M

4 Dec 3-5 9 $2.8M −55.7% 2,433 $1,135 $36.3M

5 Dec 10-12 12 $1.1M −59.7% 1,701 $655 $38.4M

6 Dec 17-19 20 $331.5K −70.2% 514 $644 $39.3M

7 Dec 24-26 32 $67.2K −79.7% 188 $357 $39.6M

8 Dec 31-Jan 2 34 $131.8K +96.0% 216 $609 $39.9M

9 Jan 7-9 35 $123.8K −6.1% 221 $560 $40.1M

10 Jan 14-16 40 $63.2K −48.9% 116 $545 $40.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 12 #5 $3.1M — $3.1M 530 $5,849 1

Sat Nov 13 #6 $3.5M +12% $6.5M 530 $6,535 2

Sun Nov 14 #5 $2.1M −38% $8.7M 530 $4,055 3

Mon Nov 15 #4 $657.0K −69% $9.3M 530 $1,239 4

Tue Nov 16 #4 $750.0K +14% $10.1M 530 $1,415 5

Wed Nov 17 #4 $689.0K −8% $10.8M 530 $1,300 6

Thu Nov 18 #3 $678.0K −2% $11.5M 530 $1,279 7

Fri Nov 19 #5 $3.3M +387% +6% $14.8M 2,452 $1,345 8

Sat Nov 20 #5 $4.2M +28% +22% $19.0M 2,450 $1,719 9

Sun Nov 21 #5 $2.5M −41% +15% $21.5M 2,450 $1,009 10

Mon Nov 22 #5 $845.0K −66% +29% $22.4M 2,450 $344 11

Tue Nov 23 #5 $1.1M +26% +42% $23.4M 2,450 $435 12

Wed Nov 24 #7 $1.1M +4% +61% $24.5M 2,469 $449 13

Thu Nov 25 #7 $1.2M +8% +77% $25.7M 2,469 $484 14

Fri Nov 26 #7 $2.4M +102% −27% $28.2M 2,473 $980 15

Sat Nov 27 #7 $2.5M +4% −40% $30.7M 2,473 $1,020 16

Sun Nov 28 #7 $1.3M −49% −48% $32.0M 2,473 $520 17

Mon Nov 29 #7 $360.0K −72% −57% $32.3M 2,473 $145 18

Tue Nov 30 #6 $458.0K +27% −57% $32.8M 2,473 $185 19

Wed Dec 1 #6 $408.0K −11% −63% $33.2M 2,473 $164 20

Thu Dec 2 #7 $371.0K −9% −69% $33.6M 2,473 $150 21

Fri Dec 3 #8 $1.0M +170% −59% $34.6M 2,429 $411 22

Sat Dec 4 #9 $1.2M +19% −53% $35.7M 2,433 $490 23

Sun Dec 5 #9 $656.9K −45% −49% $36.3M 2,433 $270 24

Mon Dec 6 #8 $218.0K −67% −39% $36.5M 2,433 $89 25

Tue Dec 7 #7 $280.0K +28% −39% $36.8M 2,433 $115 26

Wed Dec 8 #9 $251.0K −10% −38% $37.1M 2,090 $120 27

Thu Dec 9 #9 $230.0K −8% −38% $37.3M 2,090 $110 28

Fri Dec 10 #11 $400.0K +74% −60% $37.7M 1,701 $235 29

Sat Dec 11 #11 $476.3K +19% −60% $38.1M 1,701 $280 30

Sun Dec 12 #11 $263.7K −45% −60% $38.4M 1,701 $155 31

Mon Jan 17 #41 $10.4K — $40.2M 116 $90 67

Thu Sep 15 $364.0K — $40.2M — —

Cumulative total$40.2M

Nov 12Nov 20Nov 28Dec 6Sep 15

Weekend grossWk 10 · $63.2K

$8.7M

$10.0M

$6.2M

$2.8M

$1.1M

$331.5K

$67.2K

$131.8K

$123.8K

$63.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,473 → 116 −95.3%

530 open116 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −48.9%

+15.7%

W1→2

−38.0%

W2→3

−55.7%

W3→4

−59.7%

W4→5

−70.2%

W5→6

−79.7%

W6→7

+96.0%

W7→8

−6.1%

W8→9

−48.9%

W9→10

Steepest −79.7%Biggest gain +96.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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