Name: Hairspray
Director: Adam Shankman
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Released: 2007
Cast: Nikki Blonsky, John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken, Amanda Bynes

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Jul 20	#2	$10.98M		—	$10.98M	3,121	$3.5K	1
Sat Jul 21	#3	$9.32M	-15%	—	$20.31M	3,121	$3.0K	2
Sun Jul 22	#3	$7.17M	-23%	—	$27.48M	3,121	$2.3K	3
Mon Jul 23	#3	$4.49M	-37%	—	$31.97M	3,121	$1.4K	4
Tue Jul 24	#3	$4.33M	-4%	—	$36.34M	3,121	$1.4K	5
Wed Jul 25	#3	$3.83M	-11%	—	$40.17M	3,121	$1.2K	6
Thu Jul 26	#3	$3.67M	-4%	—	$43.86M	3,121	$1.2K	7
Fri Jul 27	#3	$5.16M	+41%	-53%	$49.02M	3,121	$1.7K	8
Sat Jul 28	#4	$6.03M	+17%	-35%	$55.05M	3,121	$1.9K	9
Sun Jul 29	#4	$4.61M	-24%	-36%	$59.66M	3,121	$1.5K	10
Mon Jul 30	#3	$2.50M	-46%	-44%	$62.16M	3,121	$802	11
Tue Jul 31	#2	$2.64M	+5%	-39%	$64.80M	3,121	$845	12
Wed Aug 1	#2	$2.44M	-8%	-37%	$67.24M	3,121	$780	13
Thu Aug 2	#2	$2.38M	-2%	-35%	$69.63M	3,121	$762	14
Fri Aug 3	#5	$3.06M	+29%	-41%	$72.69M	3,115	$983	15
Sat Aug 4	#6	$3.50M	+14%	-42%	$76.19M	3,115	$1.1K	16
Sun Aug 5	#6	$2.66M	-24%	-42%	$78.85M	3,115	$854	17
Mon Aug 6	#3	$1.81M	-32%	-28%	$80.67M	3,115	$581	18
Tue Aug 7	#3	$1.78M	-2%	-33%	$82.45M	3,115	$571	19
Wed Aug 8	#3	$1.74M	-2%	-29%	$84.19M	3,115	$558	20
Thu Aug 9	#3	$1.56M	-10%	-34%	$85.75M	3,115	$502	21
Fri Aug 10	#6	$2.14M	+37%	-30%	$87.89M	2,805	$761	22
Sat Aug 11	#5	$2.48M	+16%	-29%	$90.37M	2,805	$884	23
Sun Aug 12	#6	$1.77M	-29%	-34%	$92.14M	2,805	$629	24
Mon Aug 13	#5	$1.02M	-42%	-43%	$93.17M	2,805	$365	25
Tue Aug 14	#5	$1.08M	+5%	-39%	$94.24M	2,805	$385	26
Wed Aug 15	#5	$1.03M	-4%	-41%	$95.30M	2,805	$368	27
Thu Aug 16	#5	$1.07M	+3%	-32%	$96.30M	2,805	$381	28
Fri Aug 17	#7	$1.20M	+12%	-44%	$97.50M	2,389	$501	29
Sat Aug 18	#7	$1.81M	+51%	-27%	$99.32M	2,389	$759	30
Sun Aug 19	#7	$1.49M	-18%	-16%	$100.81M	2,389	$622	31
Mon Aug 20	#5	$820K	-45%	-20%	$101.63M	2,389	$343	32
Tue Aug 21	#5	$925K	+13%	-14%	$102.56M	2,389	$387	33
Wed Aug 22	#5	$790K	-15%	-24%	$103.34M	2,389	$330	34
Thu Aug 23	#5	$725K	-8%	-32%	$104.01M	2,389	$303	35
Fri Aug 24	#9	$1.00M	+39%	-16%	$105.01M	2,016	$498	36
Sat Aug 25	#9	$1.41M	+40%	-22%	$106.42M	2,016	$697	37
Sun Aug 26	#9	$854K	-39%	-43%	$107.27M	2,016	$423	38
Mon Aug 27	#9	$385K	-55%	-53%	$107.66M	2,016	$190	39
Tue Aug 28	#9	$415K	+8%	-55%	$108.08M	2,016	$205	40
Wed Aug 29	#9	$390K	-6%	-51%	$108.47M	2,016	$193	41
Thu Aug 30	#9	$365K	-6%	-50%	$108.79M	2,016	$181	42
Fri Aug 31	#11	$744K	+104%	-26%	$109.53M	1,604	$463	43
Mon Sep 3	#11	$905K		+135%	$112.42M	1,604	$564	46
Tue Sep 4	#11	$185K	-80%	-55%	$112.60M	1,604	$115	47
Wed Sep 5	#11	$165K	-11%	-58%	$112.77M	1,604	$102	48
Thu Sep 6	#11	$170K	+3%	-53%	$112.93M	1,604	$105	49
Fri Sep 7	#12	$457K	+169%	-39%	$113.39M	1,604	$285	50
Sat Sep 8	#10	$826K	+81%		$114.21M	1,393	$592	51
Sun Sep 9	#12	$462K	-44%		$114.68M	1,393	$331	52
Mon Sep 10	#22	$0	-100%	-100%	$114.68M			53

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Aug 3-5	6	$9.23M	—	$78.85M	3,115	$3.0K	3
Oct 5-7	32	$243K	-97.4%	$118.34M	316	$768	12
Oct 12-14	35	$182K	-25.2%	$118.62M	226	$803	13
Oct 19-21	40	$144K	-20.6%	$118.82M	192	$750	14

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

Daily Gross

Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Week-over-Week Drop

Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byAdam Shankman

ScreenplayLeslie Dixon

Produced byCraig Zadan, Neil Meron

CinematographyBojan Bazelli

MusicMarc Shaiman

StarringNikki Blonsky, John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken, Amanda Bynes, James Marsden

StudioNew Line Cinema

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