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2003 • R • 2h 15m • Comedy, Drama, Romance • Universal Pictures

Love actually is all around.

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55

3.50

7.5

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$6.90M

Limited · 576 theaters

Domestic total

$59.80M

Final

Worldwide total

$245.00M

$185.00M international

Domestic legs6.9x from $8.7M first wide weekend

Budget$40.0M

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Cast & crew

Full Curtis filmography

Richard Curtis

Richard Curtis Director

Hugh Grant

Hugh Grant Starring

Alan Rickman

Alan Rickman Starring

Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson Starring

Liam Neeson

Liam Neeson Starring

Colin Firth

Colin Firth Starring

ScreenplayRichard Curtis Produced byDuncan Kenworthy, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward, Liza Chasin CinematographyMichael Coulter MusicCraig Armstrong Prod. DesignJim Clay StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 7-9 6 $6.9M — 576 $11,955 $6.9M

2 Nov 14-16 6 $8.7M +26.3% 1,177 $7,390 $18.9M

3 Nov 21-23 5 $8.6M −0.6% 1,690 $5,115 $30.4M

4 Nov 28-30 9 $8.2M −4.9% 1,714 $4,795 $43.4M

5 Dec 5-7 10 $3.6M −56.7% 1,672 $2,130 $48.7M

6 Dec 12-14 12 $2.1M −40.6% 1,566 $1,349 $52.2M

7 Dec 19-21 14 $1.1M −45.8% 902 $1,269 $54.2M

8 Dec 26-28 21 $828.4K −27.7% 408 $2,030 $55.9M

9 Jan 2-4 23 $732.8K −11.5% 406 $1,804 $57.4M

10 Jan 9-11 24 $422.6K −42.3% 379 $1,115 $58.1M

11 Jan 16-18 28 $280.8K −33.5% 238 $1,180 $58.6M

12 Jan 23-25 32 $199.0K −29.2% 202 $985 $58.9M

13 Jan 30-Feb 1 37 $113.9K −42.8% 146 $780 $59.1M

14 Feb 6-8 43 $99.9K −12.3% 135 $739 $59.2M

15 Feb 13-15 42 $94.9K −5.0% 111 $854 $59.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 7 #6 $2.1M — $2.1M 576 $3,611 1

Sat Nov 8 #6 $2.9M +38% $4.9M 576 $4,970 2

Sun Nov 9 #5 $1.9M −32% $6.9M 576 $3,385 3

Mon Nov 10 #5 $824.0K −58% $7.7M 576 $1,430 4

Tue Nov 11 #5 $1.1M +33% $8.8M 576 $1,904 5

Wed Nov 12 #4 $662.0K −40% $9.5M 576 $1,149 6

Thu Nov 13 #4 $694.0K +5% $10.2M 576 $1,204 7

Fri Nov 14 #4 $2.7M +283% +28% $12.8M 1,177 $2,260 8

Sat Nov 15 #6 $3.8M +42% +32% $16.6M 1,177 $3,205 9

Sun Nov 16 #6 $2.3M −39% +18% $18.9M 1,177 $1,955 10

Mon Nov 17 #4 $659.0K −71% −20% $19.5M 1,177 $559 11

Tue Nov 18 #4 $836.0K +27% −24% $20.4M 1,177 $710 12

Wed Nov 19 #4 $689.0K −18% +4% $21.0M 1,177 $585 13

Thu Nov 20 #4 $747.0K +8% +8% $21.8M 1,177 $634 14

Fri Nov 21 #5 $2.7M +261% +1% $24.5M 1,687 $1,600 15

Sat Nov 22 #5 $3.7M +39% −1% $28.2M 1,690 $2,215 16

Sun Nov 23 #5 $2.2M −41% −3% $30.4M 1,690 $1,315 17

Mon Nov 24 #5 $692.0K −69% +5% $31.1M 1,690 $409 18

Tue Nov 25 #5 $989.0K +43% +18% $32.1M 1,690 $585 19

Wed Nov 26 #9 $1.4M +42% +103% $33.5M 1,706 $820 20

Thu Nov 27 #9 $1.8M +29% +141% $35.3M 1,706 $1,055 21

Fri Nov 28 #9 $3.4M +89% +26% $38.7M 1,706 $1,992 22

Sat Nov 29 #8 $3.3M −2% −11% $41.7M 1,706 $1,944 23

Sun Nov 30 #9 $1.7M −50% −26% $43.4M 1,706 $969 24

Mon Dec 1 #9 $412.0K −75% −40% $43.8M 1,714 $240 25

Tue Dec 2 #8 $488.0K +18% −51% $44.3M 1,714 $284 26

Wed Dec 3 #8 $437.0K −10% −69% $44.7M 1,714 $254 27

Thu Dec 4 #8 $454.0K +4% −75% $45.2M 1,714 $264 28

Fri Dec 5 #10 $1.1M +142% −68% $46.3M 1,870 $588 29

Sat Dec 6 #10 $1.5M +40% −54% $47.8M 1,672 $920 30

Sun Dec 7 #10 $894.5K −42% −46% $48.7M 1,672 $535 31

Mon Dec 8 #10 $277.0K −69% −33% $49.0M 1,672 $165 32

Tue Dec 9 #7 $360.0K +30% −26% $49.4M 1,672 $215 33

Wed Dec 10 #8 $334.0K −7% −24% $49.7M 1,672 $199 34

Thu Dec 11 #7 $344.0K +3% −24% $50.1M 1,672 $205 35

Mon Dec 15 #10 $226.0K — −18% $52.4M 1,566 $144 39

Tue Dec 16 #10 $266.0K +18% −26% $52.7M 1,566 $169 40

Mon Jan 19 #31 $50.0K — $58.6M 238 $210 74

Mon Feb 16 #49 $11.7K — $59.4M 111 $105 102

Fri Dec 8 $89.8K — $59.7M 927 $96

Sat Dec 9 $110.2K +23% $59.8M 927 $118

Sun Dec 10 $84.0K −24% $59.9M 927 $90

Mon Dec 11 $41.0K −51% $59.9M 927 $44

Tue Dec 12 $58.2K +42% $60.0M 927 $62

Wed Dec 13 $49.3K −15% $60.0M 927 $53

Thu Dec 14 $35.8K −27% $60.0M 927 $38

Fri Dec 15 $6.9K −81% −92% $60.1M 124 $55

Sat Dec 16 $11.6K +69% −89% $60.1M 124 $93

Sun Dec 17 $8.9K −23% −89% $60.1M 124 $71

Mon Dec 18 $3.3K −63% −92% $60.1M 124 $26

Tue Dec 19 $3.0K −7% −95% $60.1M 124 $24

Wed Dec 20 $13.1K +330% −73% $60.1M 124 $105

Thu Dec 21 $10.2K −22% −72% $60.1M 124 $82

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

Cumulative total$60.1M

Nov 7Nov 20Dec 2Dec 9Dec 21

Weekend grossWk 10 · $422.6K

$6.9M

$8.7M

$8.6M

$8.2M

$3.6M

$2.1M

$1.1M

$828.4K

$732.8K

$422.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,870 → 124 −93.4%

576 open124 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −42.3%

+26.3%

W1→2

−0.6%

W2→3

−4.9%

W3→4

−56.7%

W4→5

−40.6%

W5→6

−45.8%

W6→7

−27.7%

W7→8

−11.5%

W8→9

−42.3%

W9→10

Steepest −56.7%Biggest gain +26.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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