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DreamgirlsFollow

2006 • PG-13 • 2h 10m • Drama, Musical • DreamWorks

All you have to do is dream.

🍅 79% 71%

76

3.63

6.6

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$8.40M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$103.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$155.00M

$52.10M international

Domestic legs12.4x

Budget$77.5M

2006 rank#19

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Cast & crew

Full Condon filmography

Bill Condon

Bill Condon Director

Jamie Foxx

Jamie Foxx Starring

Beyoncé

Beyoncé Starring

Eddie Murphy

Eddie Murphy Starring

Danny Glover

Danny Glover Starring

Jennifer Hudson

Jennifer Hudson Starring

ScreenplayBill Condon Produced byLaurence Mark CinematographyTobias A. Schliessler MusicHenry Krieger Prod. DesignJohn Myhre StudioDreamWorks

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 22-25 7 $9.0M — 852 $10,509 $9.6M

2 Dec 29-31 3 $14.1M +57.5% 852 $16,549 $37.1M

3 Jan 5-7 5 $8.7M −38.6% 852 $10,168 $54.3M

4 Jan 12-14 4 $8.4M −3.5% 1,907 $4,385 $65.2M

5 Jan 19-21 4 $8.0M −4.2% 2,214 $3,617 $77.4M

6 Jan 26-28 6 $6.7M −15.8% 2,785 $2,420 $86.8M

7 Feb 2-4 7 $4.0M −40.7% 2,797 $1,430 $92.7M

8 Feb 9-11 9 $3.0M −25.5% 2,284 $1,305 $97.0M

9 Feb 16-18 12 $1.6M −46.6% 1,037 $1,534 $99.6M

10 Feb 23-25 17 $835.3K −47.5% 593 $1,408 $101.2M

11 Mar 2-4 21 $579.5K −30.6% 454 $1,276 $102.1M

12 Mar 9-11 25 $312.3K −46.1% 314 $994 $102.6M

13 Mar 16-18 35 $175.8K −43.7% 228 $770 $102.9M

14 Mar 23-25 44 $60.7K −65.5% 103 $589 $103.0M

15 Apr 6-8 34 $116.0K +91.1% 220 $527 $103.2M

16 Apr 13-15 42 $82.7K −28.7% 168 $492 $103.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 15 $87.0K — $87.0K 3 $29,000 1

Mon Dec 25 #2 $8.7M — $9.6M 852 $10,241 11

Tue Dec 26 #3 $5.8M −34% $15.4M 852 $6,808 12

Wed Dec 27 #4 $4.0M −31% $19.4M 852 $4,720 13

Thu Dec 28 #4 $3.6M −11% $23.0M 852 $4,182 14

Fri Dec 29 #3 $4.8M +36% $27.8M 852 $5,685 15

Sat Dec 30 #3 $5.7M +18% $33.5M 852 $6,722 16

Sun Dec 31 #3 $3.5M −38% $37.1M 852 $4,141 17

Mon Jan 1 #3 $4.3M +21% −51% $41.3M 852 $5,028 18

Tue Jan 2 #4 $1.8M −58% −69% $43.2M 852 $2,134 19

Wed Jan 3 #4 $1.3M −31% −69% $44.4M 852 $1,480 20

Thu Jan 4 #4 $1.2M −3% −65% $45.7M 852 $1,443 21

Fri Jan 5 #5 $2.5M +104% −48% $48.2M 852 $2,949 22

Sat Jan 6 #4 $4.0M +58% −31% $52.2M 852 $4,670 23

Sun Jan 7 #4 $2.2M −45% −38% $54.3M 852 $2,547 24

Mon Jan 8 #4 $598.5K −72% −86% $54.9M 852 $702 25

Tue Jan 9 #4 $642.2K +7% −65% $55.6M 852 $753 26

Wed Jan 10 #4 $637.5K −1% −49% $56.2M 852 $748 27

Thu Jan 11 #4 $640.8K +1% −48% $56.8M 852 $752 28

Fri Jan 12 #6 $2.2M +242% −13% $59.0M 1,907 $1,150 29

Sat Jan 13 #4 $3.5M +59% −13% $62.5M 1,907 $1,825 30

Sun Jan 14 #3 $2.7M −23% +24% $65.2M 1,907 $1,409 31

Mon Jan 15 #3 $1.9M −29% +217% $67.1M 1,907 $994 32

Tue Jan 16 #3 $756.7K −60% +18% $67.9M 1,907 $396 33

Wed Jan 17 #1 $778.6K +3% +22% $68.6M 1,907 $408 34

Thu Jan 18 #2 $770.6K −1% +20% $69.4M 1,907 $404 35

Fri Jan 19 #4 $2.3M +196% +4% $71.7M 2,214 $1,030 36

Sat Jan 20 #3 $4.0M +74% +14% $75.7M 2,214 $1,795 37

Sun Jan 21 #3 $1.8M −56% −35% $77.4M 2,214 $791 38

Mon Jan 22 #3 $569.3K −68% −70% $78.0M 2,214 $257 39

Tue Jan 23 #1 $684.2K +20% −10% $78.7M 2,214 $309 40

Wed Jan 24 #1 $677.9K −1% −13% $79.3M 2,214 $306 41

Thu Jan 25 #1 $686.4K +1% −11% $80.0M 2,214 $310 42

Fri Jan 26 #6 $1.7M +154% −24% $81.8M 2,785 $626 43

Sat Jan 27 #6 $3.2M +82% −20% $85.0M 2,785 $1,138 44

Sun Jan 28 #5 $1.8M −42% +4% $86.8M 2,785 $655 45

Mon Jan 29 #3 $480.9K −74% −16% $87.3M 2,785 $172 46

Tue Jan 30 #3 $532.1K +11% −22% $87.8M 2,785 $191 47

Wed Jan 31 #3 $497.4K −7% −27% $88.3M 2,785 $178 48

Thu Feb 1 #3 $461.9K −7% −33% $88.7M 2,785 $165 49

Fri Feb 2 #7 $1.2M +151% −34% $89.9M 2,797 $414 50

Sat Feb 3 #7 $2.1M +80% −34% $92.0M 2,797 $748 51

Sun Feb 4 #7 $747.8K −64% −59% $92.7M 2,797 $267 52

Mon Feb 5 #7 $320.3K −57% −33% $93.1M 2,797 $114 53

Tue Feb 6 #7 $329.7K +3% −38% $93.4M 2,797 $117 54

Wed Feb 7 #7 $319.1K −3% −36% $93.7M 2,797 $114 55

Thu Feb 8 #7 $308.6K −3% −33% $94.0M 2,797 $110 56

Fri Feb 9 #9 $766.2K +148% −34% $94.8M 2,284 $335 57

Sat Feb 10 #9 $1.4M +85% −32% $96.2M 2,284 $621 58

Sun Feb 11 #9 $796.1K −44% +6% $97.0M 2,284 $348 59

Mon Feb 12 #8 $248.4K −69% −22% $97.3M 2,284 $108 60

Tue Feb 13 #8 $211.0K −15% −36% $97.5M 2,284 $92 61

Wed Feb 14 #11 $352.3K +67% +10% $97.8M 2,284 $154 62

Thu Feb 15 #11 $225.3K −36% −27% $98.0M 2,284 $98 63

Fri Feb 16 #15 $260.0K +15% −66% $98.3M 1,037 $250 64

Mon Feb 19 #12 $376.3K — +52% $100.0M 1,037 $362 67

Fri Mar 2 $153.0K — $101.7M 454 $336 78

Sat Mar 3 $276.8K +81% $102.0M 454 $609 79

Sun Mar 4 $149.7K −46% $102.1M 454 $329 80

Mon Mar 5 $39.8K −73% $102.1M 454 $87 81

Tue Mar 6 $41.5K +4% $102.2M 454 $91 82

Wed Mar 7 $40.6K −2% $102.2M 454 $89 83

Thu Mar 8 $43.7K +8% $102.3M 454 $96 84

Fri Mar 9 $88.3K +102% −42% $102.4M 314 $281 85

Sat Mar 10 $150.9K +71% −46% $102.5M 314 $480 86

Sun Mar 11 $73.1K −52% −51% $102.6M 314 $232 87

Mon Mar 12 $31.1K −58% −22% $102.6M 314 $98 88

Tue Mar 13 $31.3K +1% −25% $102.6M 314 $99 89

Wed Mar 14 $31.9K +2% −22% $102.7M 314 $101 90

Thu Mar 15 $32.9K +3% −25% $102.7M 314 $104 91

Fri Mar 16 $49.2K +50% −44% $102.8M 228 $215 92

Sat Mar 17 $79.6K +62% −47% $102.8M 228 $349 93

Sun Mar 18 $47.0K −41% −36% $102.9M 228 $205 94

Mon Mar 19 $15.3K −68% −51% $102.9M 228 $66 95

Tue Mar 20 $17.4K +14% −44% $102.9M 228 $76 96

Wed Mar 21 $17.6K +1% −45% $102.9M 228 $77 97

Thu Mar 22 $18.0K +2% −45% $103.0M 228 $78 98

Fri Mar 23 $17.0K −6% −66% $103.0M 103 $164 99

Sat Mar 24 $29.2K +72% −63% $103.0M 103 $283 100

Sun Mar 25 $14.6K −50% −69% $103.0M 103 $141 101

Mon Mar 26 $5.3K −63% −65% $103.0M 103 $51 102

Tue Mar 27 $6.7K +26% −61% $103.0M 103 $65 103

Wed Mar 28 $5.6K −17% −68% $103.0M 103 $54 104

Thu Mar 29 $6.3K +12% −65% $103.0M 103 $60 105

Fri Mar 30 $9.7K +55% −43% $103.0M 68 $143 106

Sat Mar 31 $11.9K +22% −59% $103.1M 68 $174 107

Sun Apr 1 $6.5K −45% −55% $103.1M 68 $95 108

Mon Apr 2 $2.7K −59% −50% $103.1M 68 $39 109

Tue Apr 3 $3.8K +42% −44% $103.1M 68 $55 110

Wed Apr 4 $3.5K −9% −38% $103.1M 68 $50 111

Thu Apr 5 $3.8K +11% −39% $103.1M 68 $56 112

Fri Apr 6 $37.5K +879% +285% $103.1M 220 $170 113

Sat Apr 7 $50.2K +34% +323% $103.2M 220 $228 114

Sun Apr 8 $28.3K −44% +335% $103.2M 220 $128 115

Mon Apr 9 $16.3K −42% +509% $103.2M 220 $74 116

Tue Apr 10 $14.8K −9% +290% $103.2M 220 $67 117

Wed Apr 11 $14.9K n/c +330% $103.2M 220 $67 118

Thu Apr 12 $16.6K +11% +333% $103.3M 220 $75 119

Fri Apr 13 $24.2K +46% −36% $103.3M 168 $143 120

Sat Apr 14 $38.3K +59% −24% $103.3M 168 $228 121

Sun Apr 15 $20.3K −47% −28% $103.3M 168 $120 122

Mon Apr 16 $5.3K −74% −68% $103.3M 168 $31 123

Tue Apr 17 $7.0K +33% −53% $103.4M 168 $41 124

Wed Apr 18 $7.4K +5% −51% $103.4M 168 $43 125

Thu Apr 19 $8.0K +8% −52% $103.4M 168 $47 126

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

Cumulative total$100.0M

Dec 15Jan 7Jan 21Feb 3Feb 19

Weekend grossWk 10 · $835.3K

$9.0M

$14.1M

$8.7M

$8.4M

$8.0M

$6.7M

$4.0M

$3.0M

$1.6M

$835.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,797 → 1,037 −62.9%

3 open1,037 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −47.5%

+57.5%

W1→2

−38.6%

W2→3

−3.5%

W3→4

−4.2%

W4→5

−15.8%

W5→6

−40.7%

W6→7

−25.5%

W7→8

−46.6%

W8→9

−47.5%

W9→10

Steepest −47.5%Biggest gain +57.5%

Run milestones

$100M in 67 days

$100M

Day 67

Feb 19

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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