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Little Miss SunshineFollow

2006 • R • 1h 42m • Comedy, Drama • Fox Searchlight

A family on the verge of a breakdown.

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$371K
Limited · 7 theaters
Domestic total
$59.90M
Final
Worldwide total
$100.60M
$40.80M international
Domestic legs10.7x from $5.6M first wide weekend
Budget$8.0M

Cast & crew

Full Faris filmography
Valerie Faris Valerie Faris Director Greg Kinnear Greg Kinnear Starring Toni Collette Toni Collette Starring Steve Carell Steve Carell Starring Paul Dano Paul Dano Starring Abigail Breslin Abigail Breslin Starring
ScreenplayMichael Arndt Produced byMarc Turtletaub, David T. Friendly, Peter Saraf, Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa CinematographyTim Suhrstedt Music byMychael Danna, DeVotchKa StudioFox Searchlight Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jul 28-30 20 $371.0K — 7 $53,000 $499.0K
2 Aug 4-6 16 $1.5M +299.0% 58 $25,521 $2.2M
3 Aug 11-13 12 $2.6M +75.9% 153 $17,014 $5.6M
4 Aug 18-20 7 $5.6M +115.5% 691 $8,120 $12.7M
5 Aug 25-27 3 $7.4M +31.4% 1,430 $5,155 $22.9M
6 Sep 1-3 4 $7.6M +3.4% 1,602 $4,758 $33.7M
7 Sep 8-10 7 $4.3M −43.9% 1,560 $2,739 $41.5M
8 Sep 15-17 8 $3.3M −22.3% 1,436 $2,311 $46.4M
9 Sep 22-24 10 $2.8M −15.0% 1,384 $2,039 $50.3M
10 Sep 29-Oct 1 10 $2.0M −29.4% 1,065 $1,870 $53.1M
11 Oct 6-8 12 $1.3M −35.8% 824 $1,552 $55.0M
12 Oct 13-15 15 $872.4K −31.8% 505 $1,728 $56.4M
13 Oct 20-22 19 $541.7K −37.9% 367 $1,476 $57.2M
14 Oct 27-29 23 $404.5K −25.3% 321 $1,260 $57.8M
15 Nov 3-5 26 $323.9K −19.9% 228 $1,420 $58.3M
16 Nov 10-12 28 $193.0K −40.4% 161 $1,199 $58.6M
17 Nov 17-19 36 $108.3K −43.9% 109 $993 $58.8M
18 Nov 24-26 36 $123.9K +14.5% 114 $1,087 $58.9M
19 Dec 1-3 29 $105.7K −14.7% 136 $777 $59.1M
20 Dec 8-10 35 $80.1K −24.3% 120 $667 $59.2M
21 Dec 15-17 37 $58.1K −27.5% 95 $611 $59.3M
22 Dec 22-24 39 $35.0K −39.8% 63 $555 $59.4M
23 Dec 29-31 42 $43.5K +24.3% 56 $776 $59.5M
24 Jan 5-7 51 $27.9K −35.9% 39 $714 $59.5M
25 Jan 12-14 58 $16.5K −40.8% 26 $635 $59.6M
26 Jan 19-21 63 $8.9K −46.1% 17 $523 $59.6M
27 Jan 26-28 58 $25.7K +188.5% 27 $951 $59.6M
28 Feb 2-4 56 $33.4K +30.2% 41 $815 $59.7M
29 Feb 9-11 61 $29.1K −13.0% 33 $881 $59.7M
30 Feb 16-18 58 $19.7K −32.3% 23 $856 $59.8M
31 Feb 23-25 48 $65.5K +232.5% 97 $675 $59.8M
32 Mar 2-4 68 $14.9K −77.2% 24 $622 $59.9M
33 Mar 9-11 66 $13.3K −11.1% 19 $698 $59.9M
34 Mar 16-18 93 $2.2K −83.5% 5 $437 $59.9M
35 Mar 23-25 123 $245 −88.8% 1 $245 $59.9M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Cumulative total$53.7M
Jul 26Aug 13Aug 31Sep 17Oct 5
Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.0M
$371.0K
$1.5M
$2.6M
$5.6M
$7.4M
$7.6M
$4.3M
$3.3M
$2.8M
$2.0M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Theater countPeak 1,602 → 1,065 −33.5%
7 open1,065 now
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −29.4%
+299.0%
W1→2
+75.9%
W2→3
+115.5%
W3→4
+31.4%
W4→5
+3.4%
W5→6
−43.9%
W6→7
−22.3%
W7→8
−15.0%
W8→9
−29.4%
W9→10
Steepest −43.9%Biggest gain +299.0%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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