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2001 • R • 1h 37m • Comedy, Drama, Romance • Miramax

All women keep score... Only the great ones put it in writing.

🍅 80% 81%

66

3.48

6.8

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$10.70M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$71.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$282.00M

$210.00M international

Domestic legs6.67x

Budget$25.0M

2001 rank#31

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Cast & crew

Renée Zellweger

Renée Zellweger Starring

Colin Firth

Colin Firth Starring

Hugh Grant

Hugh Grant Starring

Jim Broadbent

Jim Broadbent Starring

Gemma Jones

Gemma Jones Starring

ScreenplayHelen Fielding, Richard Curtis, Andrew Davies Produced byTim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Jonathan Cavendish CinematographyStuart Dryburgh MusicPatrick Doyle Prod. DesignGemma Jackson StudioMiramax

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Apr 13-15 3 $10.7M — 1,611 $6,662 $10.7M

2 Apr 20-22 1 $10.2M −5.1% 2,221 $4,585 $25.3M

3 Apr 27-29 2 $7.5M −26.1% 2,532 $2,973 $36.3M

4 May 4-6 3 $5.7M −23.9% 2,547 $2,249 $44.5M

5 May 11-13 3 $4.5M −22.2% 2,506 $1,778 $51.0M

6 May 18-20 5 $3.7M −16.3% 2,142 $1,741 $56.5M

7 May 25-27 6 $3.3M −10.2% 1,741 $1,923 $61.5M

8 Jun 1-3 8 $2.0M −39.8% 1,301 $1,548 $65.4M

9 Jun 8-10 10 $1.1M −43.2% 975 $1,174 $67.4M

10 Jun 15-17 13 $696.7K −39.2% 666 $1,046 $68.7M

11 Jun 22-24 16 $579.0K −16.9% 464 $1,247 $69.7M

12 Jun 29-Jul 1 19 $366.1K −36.8% 343 $1,067 $70.4M

13 Jul 6-8 23 $220.3K −39.8% 204 $1,080 $70.8M

14 Jul 13-15 27 $134.9K −38.8% 163 $827 $71.1M

15 Jul 20-22 34 $77.4K −42.6% 128 $604 $71.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Apr 13 #3 $4.0M — $4.0M 1,611 $2,509 1

Sat Apr 14 #3 $4.1M +2% $8.2M 1,611 $2,553 2

Sun Apr 15 #3 $2.5M −40% $10.7M 1,611 $1,525 3

Mon Apr 16 #3 $1.1M −54% $11.9M 1,611 $706 4

Tue Apr 17 #2 $1.2M +3% $13.0M 1,611 $727 5

Wed Apr 18 #2 $1.0M −12% $14.1M 1,611 $641 6

Thu Apr 19 #2 $951.8K −8% $15.0M 1,611 $590 7

Fri Apr 20 #1 $3.2M +239% −20% $18.3M 2,221 $1,452 8

Sat Apr 21 #1 $4.6M +43% +12% $23.0M 2,221 $2,080 9

Sun Apr 22 #2 $2.3M −50% −6% $25.3M 2,221 $1,036 10

Mon Apr 23 #1 $740.7K −68% −35% $26.1M 2,221 $333 11

Tue Apr 24 #1 $1.0M +40% −11% $27.1M 2,221 $467 12

Wed Apr 25 #1 $856.5K −18% −17% $28.0M 2,221 $385 13

Thu Apr 26 #1 $733.6K −14% −23% $28.7M 2,221 $330 14

Fri Apr 27 #2 $2.4M +225% −26% $31.1M 2,532 $942 15

Sat Apr 28 #2 $3.5M +46% −24% $34.6M 2,532 $1,379 16

Sun Apr 29 #3 $1.7M −51% −26% $36.3M 2,532 $672 17

Mon Apr 30 #2 $571.6K −66% −23% $36.8M 2,532 $225 18

Tue May 1 #2 $753.2K +32% −27% $37.6M 2,532 $297 19

Wed May 2 #2 $632.7K −16% −26% $38.2M 2,532 $249 20

Thu May 3 #2 $516.1K −18% −30% $38.7M 2,532 $203 21

Fri May 4 #3 $1.8M +244% −26% $40.5M 2,547 $696 22

Sat May 5 #2 $2.5M +42% −28% $43.0M 2,547 $989 23

Sun May 6 #3 $1.3M −48% −23% $44.5M 2,547 $515 24

Mon May 7 #2 $439.8K −66% −23% $44.9M 2,547 $172 25

Tue May 8 #2 $644.8K +47% −14% $45.6M 2,547 $253 26

Wed May 9 #2 $500.9K −22% −21% $46.1M 2,547 $196 27

Thu May 10 #2 $495.4K −1% −4% $46.5M 2,547 $194 28

Fri May 11 #3 $1.3M +168% −25% $47.9M 2,506 $530 29

Sat May 12 #3 $2.1M +59% −16% $50.0M 2,506 $845 30

Sun May 13 #3 $1.2M −44% −10% $51.0M 2,506 $473 31

Mon May 14 #3 $419.2K −65% −5% $51.4M 2,506 $167 32

Tue May 15 #3 $548.3K +31% −15% $52.0M 2,506 $218 33

Wed May 16 #3 $447.4K −18% −11% $52.4M 2,506 $178 34

Thu May 17 #3 $430.1K −4% −13% $52.8M 2,506 $171 35

Fri May 18 #5 $1.0M +143% −21% $53.9M 2,142 $488 36

Sat May 19 #5 $1.6M +48% −27% $55.4M 2,142 $724 37

Sun May 20 #5 $944.6K −39% −20% $56.5M 2,142 $441 38

Mon May 21 #5 $436.4K −54% +4% $57.0M 2,142 $203 39

Tue May 22 #5 $445.3K +2% −19% $57.4M 2,142 $207 40

Wed May 23 #5 $391.6K −12% −12% $57.8M 2,142 $182 41

Thu May 24 #5 $412.2K +5% −4% $58.2M 2,142 $192 42

Fri May 25 #6 $893.0K +117% −15% $59.1M 1,741 $512 43

Sat May 26 #6 $1.4M +56% −10% $60.5M 1,741 $801 44

Sun May 27 #6 $1.2M −16% +24% $61.5M 1,741 $673 45

Mon May 28 #6 $837.8K −29% +92% $62.4M 1,741 $481 46

Tue May 29 #6 $359.6K −57% −19% $62.7M 1,741 $206 47

Wed May 30 #6 $318.5K −11% −19% $63.1M 1,741 $182 48

Thu May 31 #6 $312.7K −2% −24% $63.3M 1,741 $179 49

Fri Jun 1 #9 $549.0K +76% −39% $63.9M 1,741 $315 50

Sat Jun 2 #8 $914.0K +66% −35% $64.8M 1,301 $702 51

Sun Jun 3 #9 $483.0K −47% −59% $65.4M 1,308 $369 52

Mon Jun 4 #8 $192.6K −60% −77% $65.6M 1,308 $147 53

Tue Jun 5 #8 $252.6K +31% −30% $65.8M 1,308 $193 54

Wed Jun 6 #8 $195.5K −23% −39% $66.0M 1,308 $149 55

Thu Jun 7 #8 $205.4K +5% −34% $66.2M 1,308 $157 56

Fri Jun 8 #10 $336.5K +64% −39% $66.5M 975 $345 57

Sat Jun 9 #10 $502.0K +49% −45% $67.0M 975 $514 58

Sun Jun 10 #10 $290.0K −42% −40% $67.4M 975 $297 59

Mon Jun 11 #10 $149.9K −48% −22% $67.5M 975 $153 60

Tue Jun 12 #10 $181.1K +21% −28% $67.7M 975 $185 61

Wed Jun 13 #10 $159.6K −12% −18% $67.8M 975 $163 62

Thu Jun 14 #10 $173.3K +9% −16% $68.0M 975 $177 63

Sun Jun 17 #13 $164.0K — −43% $68.7M 666 $246 66

Mon Jun 18 #12 $94.5K −42% −37% $68.8M 666 $141 67

Tue Jun 19 #11 $123.3K +30% −32% $68.9M 666 $185 68

Wed Jun 20 #11 $112.1K −9% −30% $69.0M 666 $168 69

Thu Jun 21 #11 $117.6K +5% −32% $69.1M 666 $176 70

Sun Jun 24 #16 $137.0K — −16% $69.7M 464 $295 73

Mon Jun 25 #14 $72.2K −47% −24% $69.8M 464 $155 74

Tue Jun 26 #14 $94.3K +31% −24% $69.8M 464 $203 75

Wed Jun 27 #15 $87.4K −7% −22% $69.9M 464 $188 76

Thu Jun 28 #15 $82.5K −6% −30% $70.0M 464 $177 77

Sun Jul 1 #18 $107.0K — −22% $70.4M 343 $311 80

Mon Jul 2 #17 $65.8K −38% −9% $70.4M 343 $191 81

Tue Jul 3 #16 $108.9K +65% +15% $70.5M 343 $317 82

Wed Jul 4 #19 $89.1K −18% +2% $70.6M 343 $259 83

Thu Jul 5 #20 $52.1K −42% −37% $70.7M 343 $151 84

Mon Jul 9 #20 $25.4K — −61% $70.9M 204 $124 88

Tue Jul 10 #20 $42.2K +66% −61% $70.9M 204 $206 89

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

Cumulative total$69.1M

Apr 13Apr 30May 17Jun 2Jun 21

Weekend grossWk 10 · $696.7K

$10.7M

$10.2M

$7.5M

$5.7M

$4.5M

$3.7M

$3.3M

$2.0M

$1.1M

$696.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,547 → 666 −73.9%

1,611 open666 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −39.2%

−5.1%

W1→2

−26.1%

W2→3

−23.9%

W3→4

−22.2%

W4→5

−16.3%

W5→6

−10.2%

W6→7

−39.8%

W7→8

−43.2%

W8→9

−39.2%

W9→10

Steepest −43.2%Best hold −5.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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