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Girl with a Pearl EarringFollow

2003 • PG-13 • 1h 40m • Biography, Drama, Romance • Lionsgate

Discover the mystery behind the legend.

🍅 73% 68% MC 72 LB 3.21 IMDb 6.9

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$89K
Limited · 7 theaters
Domestic total
$11.60M
Final
Worldwide total
$43.20M
$31.50M international
Domestic legs8.6x from $1.4M biggest weekend
Budget$12M
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Cast & crew

Scarlett Johansson Scarlett Johansson Starring Colin Firth Colin Firth Starring Tom Wilkinson Tom Wilkinson Starring Cillian Murphy Cillian Murphy Starring Essie Davis Essie Davis Starring
ScreenplayOlivia Hetreed Produced byAnand Tucker, Andy Paterson CinematographyEduardo Serra MusicAlexandre Desplat Prod. DesignBen van Os StudioLionsgate

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Dec 12-14 32 $89.5K — 7 $12,782 $89.5K
2 Dec 19-21 37 $71.1K −20.6% 8 $8,881 $205.6K
3 Dec 26-28 35 $188.8K +165.7% 26 $7,260 $457.8K
4 Jan 2-4 33 $210.3K +11.4% 26 $8,090 $865.2K
5 Jan 9-11 29 $316.6K +50.5% 41 $7,723 $1.3M
6 Jan 16-19 23 $451.1K +42.5% 51 $8,845 $1.9M
7 Jan 23-25 25 $541.0K +19.9% 72 $7,513 $2.6M
8 Jan 30-Feb 1 18 $1.4M +150.5% 391 $3,465 $4.2M
9 Feb 6-8 20 $1.1M −18.7% 402 $2,741 $5.8M
10 Feb 13-16 17 $972.0K −11.8% 374 $2,599 $7.3M
11 Feb 20-22 20 $724.3K −25.5% 319 $2,270 $8.5M
12 Feb 27-29 21 $464.6K −35.8% 238 $1,952 $9.3M
13 Mar 5-7 21 $391.4K −15.8% 202 $1,938 $9.9M
14 Mar 12-14 23 $286.0K −26.9% 182 $1,572 $10.4M
15 Mar 19-21 28 $198.2K −30.7% 166 $1,194 $10.8M
16 Mar 26-28 32 $140.3K −29.2% 141 $995 $11.1M
17 Apr 2-4 33 $106.6K −24.0% 94 $1,134 $11.3M
18 Apr 9-11 44 $69.9K −34.4% 58 $1,206 $11.4M
19 Apr 16-18 40 $59.5K −14.9% 59 $1,009 $11.5M
20 Apr 23-25 59 $28.6K −52.0% 67 $426 $11.6M
21 Apr 30-May 2 69 $26.0K −9.1% 42 $618 $11.6M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $972.0K
$89.5K
$71.1K
$188.8K
$210.3K
$316.6K
$451.1K
$541.0K
$1.4M
$1.1M
$972.0K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −11.8%
−20.6%
W1→2
+165.7%
W2→3
+11.4%
W3→4
+50.5%
W4→5
+42.5%
W5→6
+19.9%
W6→7
+150.5%
W7→8
−18.7%
W8→9
−11.8%
W9→10
Steepest −20.6%Biggest gain +165.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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