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Lars and the Real GirlFollow

2007 • PG-13 • 1h 46m • Comedy, Drama, Romance • MGM

The search for true love begins outside the box.

🍅 81% 84% MC 70 LB 3.84 IMDb 7.3

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$90K
Limited · 7 theaters
Domestic total
$6.00M
Final
Worldwide total
$11.30M
$5.30M international
Domestic legs6.5x from $927K biggest weekend
Budget$12.5M
2007 rank#196
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Cast & crew

Full Gillespie filmography
Craig Gillespie Craig Gillespie Director Ryan Gosling Ryan Gosling Starring Emily Mortimer Emily Mortimer Starring Patricia Clarkson Patricia Clarkson Starring
ScreenplayNancy Oliver Produced bySarah Aubrey, John Cameron StudioMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Oct 12-14 42 $90.4K — 7 $12,917 $90.4K
2 Oct 19-21 36 $188.6K +108.6% 21 $8,981 $316.2K
3 Oct 26-28 19 $926.7K +391.3% 296 $3,131 $1.3M
4 Nov 2-4 18 $766.0K −17.3% 321 $2,386 $2.4M
5 Nov 9-11 21 $702.5K −8.3% 286 $2,456 $3.4M
6 Nov 16-18 23 $506.6K −27.9% 244 $2,076 $4.1M
7 Nov 23-25 23 $358.5K −29.2% 163 $2,200 $4.7M
8 Nov 30-Dec 2 23 $241.5K −32.6% 178 $1,357 $5.1M
9 Dec 7-9 27 $167.7K −30.5% 161 $1,042 $5.3M
10 Dec 14-16 30 $106.5K −36.5% 114 $934 $5.5M
11 Dec 21-23 34 $45.7K −57.0% 49 $934 $5.6M
12 Dec 28-30 43 $43.2K −5.6% 40 $1,080 $5.7M
13 Jan 4-6 47 $36.9K −14.6% 38 $971 $5.8M
14 Jan 11-13 46 $26.6K −27.9% 36 $739 $5.8M
15 Jan 18-20 52 $21.4K −19.5% 35 $611 $5.8M
16 Jan 25-27 65 $12.7K −40.5% 24 $531 $5.9M
17 Feb 1-3 67 $8.0K −37.6% 22 $361 $5.9M
18 Feb 8-10 71 $7.3K −8.0% 21 $348 $5.9M
19 Feb 15-17 74 $9.9K +35.0% 19 $520 $5.9M
20 Feb 22-24 70 $18.9K +91.0% 58 $325 $5.9M
21 Feb 29-Mar 2 81 $10.2K −45.8% 23 $444 $5.9M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $106.5K
$90.4K
$188.6K
$926.7K
$766.0K
$702.5K
$506.6K
$358.5K
$241.5K
$167.7K
$106.5K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −36.5%
+108.6%
W1→2
+391.3%
W2→3
−17.3%
W3→4
−8.3%
W4→5
−27.9%
W5→6
−29.2%
W6→7
−32.6%
W7→8
−30.5%
W8→9
−36.5%
W9→10
Steepest −36.5%Biggest gain +391.3%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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