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Legally BlondeFollow

2001 • 1h 36m • Comedy, Romance • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Boldly going where no blonde has gone.

🍅 72% 72%

59

3.83

6.5

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$20.40M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$96.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$142.00M

$45.30M international

Domestic legs4.74x

Budget$18.0M

2001 rank#22

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Cast & crew

Full Luketic filmography

Robert Luketic

Robert Luketic Director

Reese Witherspoon

Reese Witherspoon Starring

Luke Wilson

Luke Wilson Starring

Selma Blair

Selma Blair Starring

Victor Garber

Victor Garber Starring

Jennifer Coolidge

Jennifer Coolidge Starring

ScreenplayKirsten Smith, Karen McCullah Produced byMarc Platt, Ric Kidney CinematographyAnthony B. Richmond MusicRolfe Kent Prod. DesignMissy Stewart StudioMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 13-15 1 $20.4M — 2,620 $7,777 $20.4M

2 Jul 20-22 3 $11.1M −45.5% 2,695 $4,120 $43.5M

3 Jul 27-29 4 $9.0M −18.9% 2,725 $3,304 $59.8M

4 Aug 3-5 7 $5.9M −35.0% 2,536 $2,307 $71.4M

5 Aug 10-12 9 $3.8M −35.5% 2,031 $1,858 $78.7M

6 Aug 17-19 10 $2.6M −31.8% 1,770 $1,455 $83.3M

7 Aug 24-26 15 $1.5M −42.9% 1,204 $1,222 $86.2M

8 Aug 31-Sep 3 16 $1.7M +17.6% 878 $1,970 $88.6M

9 Sep 7-9 18 $865.1K −50.0% 766 $1,129 $89.6M

10 Sep 14-16 17 $764.6K −11.6% 655 $1,167 $90.6M

11 Sep 21-23 14 $1.3M +73.6% 1,304 $1,017 $92.1M

12 Sep 28-30 16 $690.7K −48.0% 1,057 $653 $93.3M

13 Oct 5-7 19 $483.7K −30.0% 836 $578 $93.9M

14 Oct 12-14 16 $432.1K −10.7% 836 $516 $94.5M

15 Oct 19-21 19 $367.4K −15.0% 711 $516 $95.0M

16 Oct 26-28 35 $107.7K −70.7% 610 $176 $95.2M

17 Nov 2-4 35 $107.0K −0.6% 162 $660 $95.4M

18 Nov 9-11 26 $246.9K +130.7% 435 $567 $95.7M

19 Nov 16-18 28 $165.0K −33.2% 415 $397 $95.9M

20 Nov 23-25 31 $124.2K −24.7% 342 $363 $96.1M

21 Nov 30-Dec 2 37 $85.1K −31.5% 341 $249 $96.2M

22 Dec 7-9 27 $95.3K +11.9% 366 $260 $96.3M

23 Dec 14-16 40 $61.1K −35.9% 216 $282 $96.4M

24 Dec 21-23 41 $42.5K −30.4% 228 $186 $96.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jul 13 #1 $7.4M — $7.4M 2,620 $2,836 1

Sat Jul 14 #2 $6.9M −7% $14.4M 2,620 $2,641 2

Sun Jul 15 #1 $5.5M −21% $20.4M 2,620 $2,092 3

Mon Jul 16 #1 $3.2M −42% $23.6M 2,620 $1,221 4

Tue Jul 17 #1 $3.4M +7% $27.0M 2,620 $1,306 5

Wed Jul 18 #2 $2.8M −19% $29.8M 2,620 $1,059 6

Thu Jul 19 #2 $2.6M −6% $32.4M 2,620 $995 7

Fri Jul 20 #3 $3.5M +36% −52% $35.9M 2,695 $1,315 8

Sat Jul 21 #4 $4.2M +18% −40% $40.1M 2,695 $1,546 9

Sun Jul 22 #3 $3.3M −22% −41% $43.5M 2,695 $1,205 10

Mon Jul 23 #3 $1.8M −45% −44% $45.3M 2,695 $668 11

Tue Jul 24 #3 $1.9M +8% −43% $47.2M 2,695 $720 12

Wed Jul 25 #3 $1.8M −7% −35% $49.0M 2,695 $669 13

Thu Jul 26 #3 $1.8M n/c −31% $50.8M 2,695 $668 14

Fri Jul 27 #4 $2.7M +52% −23% $53.6M 2,725 $1,002 15

Sat Jul 28 #4 $3.6M +31% −14% $57.2M 2,725 $1,314 16

Sun Jul 29 #4 $2.6M −27% −20% $59.8M 2,725 $958 17

Mon Jul 30 #4 $1.4M −48% −24% $61.2M 2,725 $500 18

Tue Jul 31 #4 $1.5M +12% −22% $62.7M 2,725 $559 19

Wed Aug 1 #4 $1.4M −10% −24% $64.1M 2,725 $503 20

Thu Aug 2 #4 $1.4M +2% −22% $65.5M 2,725 $515 21

Fri Aug 3 #7 $1.9M +34% −31% $67.4M 2,536 $743 22

Sat Aug 4 #6 $2.3M +24% −35% $69.7M 2,536 $925 23

Sun Aug 5 #7 $1.6M −31% −38% $71.4M 2,536 $636 24

Mon Aug 6 #6 $843.6K −48% −38% $72.2M 2,536 $332 25

Tue Aug 7 #6 $933.5K +11% −39% $73.1M 2,536 $368 26

Wed Aug 8 #6 $982.8K +5% −28% $74.1M 2,536 $387 27

Thu Aug 9 #6 $884.5K −10% −37% $74.9M 2,536 $348 28

Fri Aug 10 #9 $1.2M +38% −35% $76.1M 2,031 $602 29

Sat Aug 11 #9 $1.5M +19% −38% $77.6M 2,031 $718 30

Sun Aug 12 #9 $1.0M −29% −36% $78.7M 2,031 $510 31

Mon Aug 13 #9 $518.4K −50% −39% $79.2M 2,031 $255 32

Tue Aug 14 #9 $535.4K +3% −43% $79.8M 2,031 $263 33

Wed Aug 15 #9 $501.0K −6% −49% $80.3M 2,031 $246 34

Thu Aug 16 #9 $518.9K +4% −41% $80.8M 2,031 $255 35

Fri Aug 17 #10 $730.0K +41% −40% $81.5M 1,770 $412 36

Sat Aug 18 #10 $1.1M +44% −28% $82.6M 1,770 $595 37

Sun Aug 19 #11 $722.0K −31% −30% $83.3M 1,770 $407 38

Tue Aug 21 #10 $367.7K — −31% $84.0M 1,770 $207 40

Wed Aug 22 #10 $338.7K −8% −32% $84.4M 1,770 $191 41

Thu Aug 23 #10 $325.5K −4% −37% $84.7M 1,770 $183 42

Sun Aug 26 #15 $372.0K — −48% $86.2M 1,204 $308 45

Mon Aug 27 #15 $167.4K −55% $86.3M 1,204 $139 46

Wed Aug 29 #15 $142.3K — −58% $86.7M 1,204 $118 48

Thu Aug 30 #15 $166.0K +17% −49% $86.9M 1,204 $137 49

Mon Sep 3 #16 $374.7K — +124% $88.6M 878 $426 53

Tue Sep 4 #16 $75.6K −80% $88.7M 878 $86 54

Wed Sep 5 #16 $68.0K −10% −52% $88.8M 878 $77 55

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

Cumulative total$88.8M

Jul 13Jul 25Aug 6Aug 17Sep 5

Weekend grossWk 10 · $764.6K

$20.4M

$11.1M

$9.0M

$5.9M

$3.8M

$2.6M

$1.5M

$1.7M

$865.1K

$764.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,725 → 878 −67.8%

2,620 open878 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −11.6%

−45.5%

W1→2

−18.9%

W2→3

−35.0%

W3→4

−35.5%

W4→5

−31.8%

W5→6

−42.9%

W6→7

+17.6%

W7→8

−50.0%

W8→9

−11.6%

W9→10

Steepest −50.0%Biggest gain +17.6%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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