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2005 • PG-13 • 2h 25m • Drama, Romance • Sony Pictures Releasing

A story like mine has never been told.

🍅 35% 83%

54

3.54

7.3

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$6.80M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$57.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$162.00M

$105.00M international

Domestic legs8.51x

Budget$85.0M

2005 rank#46

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Cast & crew

Full Marshall filmography

Rob Marshall

Rob Marshall Director

Zhang Ziyi

Zhang Ziyi Starring

Gong Li

Gong Li Starring

Michelle Yeoh

Michelle Yeoh Starring

Ken Watanabe

Ken Watanabe Starring

ScreenplayRobin Swicord Produced byLucy Fisher, Steven Spielberg, Douglas Wick CinematographyDion Beebe MusicJohn Williams Prod. DesignJohn Myhre StudioSony Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 23-25 5 $6.8M — 1,547 $4,364 $9.8M

2 Dec 30-Jan 1 7 $7.7M +14.7% 1,547 $5,007 $28.2M

3 Jan 6-8 7 $6.1M −21.1% 1,589 $3,845 $39.9M

4 Jan 13-15 12 $4.3M −29.5% 1,654 $2,604 $46.5M

5 Jan 20-22 17 $2.7M −37.7% 1,404 $1,912 $51.2M

6 Jan 27-29 19 $1.6M −42.0% 1,016 $1,533 $53.8M

7 Feb 3-5 23 $888.8K −43.0% 765 $1,161 $55.3M

8 Feb 10-12 28 $341.9K −61.5% 287 $1,191 $56.1M

9 Feb 17-19 39 $197.0K −42.4% 131 $1,504 $56.4M

10 Feb 24-26 45 $130.6K −33.7% 109 $1,198 $56.7M

11 Mar 10-12 45 $116.8K −10.6% 102 $1,144 $57.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 23 #5 $2.7M — $5.7M 1,547 $1,713 15

Sat Dec 24 #5 $1.5M −44% $7.2M 1,547 $956 16

Sun Dec 25 #8 $2.6M +77% $9.8M 1,547 $1,693 17

Mon Dec 26 #7 $3.4M +30% $13.3M 1,547 $2,206 18

Tue Dec 27 #6 $2.4M −29% $15.7M 1,547 $1,575 19

Wed Dec 28 #6 $2.4M −3% $18.0M 1,547 $1,531 20

Thu Dec 29 #6 $2.4M −1% $20.4M 1,547 $1,522 21

Fri Dec 30 #6 $2.8M +18% +5% $23.2M 1,547 $1,801 22

Sat Dec 31 #7 $2.1M −24% +43% $25.3M 1,547 $1,369 23

Sun Jan 1 #6 $2.8M +34% +8% $28.2M 1,547 $1,835 24

Mon Jan 2 #5 $2.5M −13% −28% $30.6M 1,547 $1,596 25

Tue Jan 3 #5 $1.1M −56% −56% $31.7M 1,547 $699 26

Wed Jan 4 #5 $977.0K −10% −59% $32.7M 1,547 $631 27

Thu Jan 5 #4 $1.1M +8% −55% $33.8M 1,547 $683 28

Fri Jan 6 #7 $1.8M +75% −34% $35.6M 1,589 $1,161 29

Sat Jan 7 #7 $2.6M +40% +22% $38.2M 1,589 $1,626 30

Sun Jan 8 #7 $1.7M −35% −41% $39.9M 1,589 $1,057 31

Mon Jan 9 #7 $533.6K −68% −78% $40.4M 1,589 $335 32

Tue Jan 10 #7 $612.7K +15% −43% $41.0M 1,589 $385 33

Wed Jan 11 #7 $594.8K −3% −39% $41.6M 1,589 $374 34

Thu Jan 12 #7 $601.2K +1% −43% $42.2M 1,589 $378 35

Mon Jan 16 #12 $802.2K — +50% $47.3M 1,654 $484 39

Tue Jan 17 #9 $389.6K −51% −36% $47.7M 1,654 $235 40

Wed Jan 18 #8 $391.9K +1% −34% $48.1M 1,654 $236 41

Thu Jan 19 #8 $411.5K +5% −32% $48.5M 1,654 $248 42

Tue Jan 24 #10 $282.2K — −28% $51.7M 1,404 $200 47

Wed Jan 25 #10 $267.2K −5% −32% $52.0M 1,404 $190 48

Mon Feb 20 #37 $39.9K — $56.5M 131 $304 74

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

Cumulative total$52.0M

Dec 23Dec 30Jan 5Jan 12Jan 25

Weekend grossWk 10 · $130.6K

$6.8M

$7.7M

$6.1M

$4.3M

$2.7M

$1.6M

$888.8K

$341.9K

$197.0K

$130.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,654 → 1,404 −15.1%

1,547 open1,404 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −33.7%

+14.7%

W1→2

−21.1%

W2→3

−29.5%

W3→4

−37.7%

W4→5

−42.0%

W5→6

−43.0%

W6→7

−61.5%

W7→8

−42.4%

W8→9

−33.7%

W9→10

Steepest −61.5%Biggest gain +14.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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