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Million Dollar BabyFollow

2005 • PG-13 • 2h 12m • Drama, Sport • Warner Bros.

Beyond his silence, there is a past. Beyond her dreams, there is a feeling. Beyond hope, there is a memory. Beyond their journey, there is a love.

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4.04

8.1

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$12.30M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$100.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$232.00M

$132.00M international

Domestic legs8.2x from $12.3M first wide weekend

Budget$30.0M

2005 rank#20

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Cast & crew

Full Eastwood filmography

Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood Director

Hilary Swank

Hilary Swank Starring

Morgan Freeman

Morgan Freeman Starring

Jay Baruchel

Jay Baruchel Starring

Mike Colter

Mike Colter Starring

ScreenplayPaul Haggis Produced byClint Eastwood, Albert S. Ruddy, Tom Rosenberg, Paul Haggis CinematographyTom Stern MusicClint Eastwood Prod. DesignHenry Bumstead StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jan 7-9 15 $1.9M — 109 $17,618 $3.1M

2 Jan 14-16 14 $1.8M −5.5% 122 $14,867 $5.7M

3 Jan 21-23 12 $1.7M −8.9% 147 $11,238 $8.3M

4 Jan 28-30 3 $12.3M +642.4% 2,010 $6,102 $21.6M

5 Feb 4-6 5 $8.7M −29.0% 2,025 $4,300 $34.4M

6 Feb 11-13 4 $7.4M −14.5% 2,035 $3,659 $44.9M

7 Feb 18-20 5 $6.8M −8.6% 2,105 $3,235 $54.3M

8 Feb 25-27 6 $7.3M +7.8% 2,125 $3,456 $64.9M

9 Mar 4-6 5 $8.1M +10.8% 2,350 $3,461 $76.6M

10 Mar 11-13 6 $5.2M −36.7% 2,375 $2,169 $84.1M

11 Mar 18-20 8 $4.0M −22.0% 2,210 $1,819 $89.9M

12 Mar 25-27 10 $2.6M −35.7% 1,710 $1,513 $94.1M

13 Apr 1-3 12 $1.5M −43.3% 1,405 $1,043 $96.7M

14 Apr 8-10 14 $702.0K −52.1% 857 $819 $97.8M

15 Apr 15-17 17 $628.2K −10.5% 902 $696 $98.7M

16 Apr 22-24 21 $309.3K −50.8% 455 $679 $99.3M

17 Apr 29-May 1 26 $174.8K −43.5% 235 $743 $99.5M

18 May 6-8 20 $260.3K +48.9% 390 $667 $99.9M

19 May 13-15 24 $188.3K −27.7% 345 $545 $100.2M

20 May 20-22 34 $80.4K −57.3% 110 $731 $100.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jan 14 #17 $471.7K — $4.3M 122 $3,866 31

Sat Jan 15 #14 $772.4K +64% $5.1M 122 $6,331 32

Sun Jan 16 #15 $569.8K −26% $5.7M 122 $4,670 33

Mon Jan 17 #17 $471.2K −17% $6.2M 122 $3,862 34

Fri Jan 28 #3 $3.2M — $12.5M 2,010 $1,592 45

Sat Jan 29 #3 $5.4M +69% $18.1M 2,010 $2,693 46

Sun Jan 30 #3 $3.5M −36% $21.6M 2,010 $1,727 47

Mon Jan 31 #2 $1.1M −69% $22.6M 2,010 $531 48

Tue Feb 1 #2 $1.2M +10% $23.8M 2,010 $583 49

Wed Feb 2 #2 $1.1M −8% $24.9M 2,010 $538 50

Thu Feb 3 #2 $1.0M −6% $25.9M 2,010 $505 51

Fri Feb 4 #5 $2.6M +156% −19% $28.5M 2,025 $1,283 52

Sat Feb 5 #5 $4.3M +66% −20% $32.9M 2,025 $2,136 53

Sun Feb 6 #4 $1.6M −64% −55% $34.4M 2,025 $771 54

Mon Feb 7 #2 $779.0K −50% −27% $35.2M 2,025 $384 55

Tue Feb 8 #2 $808.0K +4% −31% $36.0M 2,025 $399 56

Wed Feb 9 #2 $715.0K −12% −34% $36.7M 2,025 $353 57

Thu Feb 10 #2 $762.0K +7% −25% $37.5M 2,025 $376 58

Fri Feb 11 #3 $1.9M +149% −27% $39.4M 2,035 $933 59

Sat Feb 12 #4 $3.5M +83% −20% $42.9M 2,035 $1,705 60

Sun Feb 13 #4 $2.1M −40% +33% $44.9M 2,035 $1,016 61

Mon Feb 14 #3 $895.0K −57% +15% $45.8M 2,035 $439 62

Tue Feb 15 #2 $565.0K −37% −30% $46.4M 2,035 $277 63

Wed Feb 16 #2 $526.0K −7% −26% $46.9M 2,035 $258 64

Thu Feb 17 #2 $568.0K +8% −25% $47.5M 2,035 $279 65

Fri Feb 18 #5 $1.6M +182% −16% $49.1M 2,105 $760 66

Sat Feb 19 #5 $3.0M +88% −13% $52.1M 2,105 $1,430 67

Sun Feb 20 #5 $2.2M −27% +6% $54.3M 2,105 $1,040 68

Mon Feb 21 #6 $1.3M −39% +49% $55.6M 2,105 $632 69

Tue Feb 22 #4 $627.0K −53% +11% $56.3M 2,105 $297 70

Wed Feb 23 #4 $623.0K −1% +18% $56.9M 2,105 $295 71

Thu Feb 24 #4 $611.0K −2% +8% $57.5M 2,105 $290 72

Fri Feb 25 #6 $2.0M +227% +25% $59.5M 2,125 $941 73

Sat Feb 26 #6 $3.6M +79% +19% $63.0M 2,125 $1,680 74

Sun Feb 27 #7 $1.9M −48% −15% $64.9M 2,125 $878 75

Mon Feb 28 #4 $863.0K −54% −35% $65.7M 2,125 $406 76

Tue Mar 1 #3 $968.0K +12% +54% $66.7M 2,125 $455 77

Wed Mar 2 #3 $870.0K −10% +40% $67.6M 2,125 $409 78

Thu Mar 3 #3 $911.0K +5% +49% $68.5M 2,125 $428 79

Fri Mar 4 #5 $2.3M +152% +15% $70.8M 2,350 $978 80

Sat Mar 5 #5 $3.8M +67% +7% $74.6M 2,350 $1,633 81

Sun Mar 6 #5 $2.0M −48% +8% $76.6M 2,350 $855 82

Mon Mar 7 #5 $531.0K −74% −38% $77.1M 2,350 $225 83

Tue Mar 8 #4 $611.0K +15% −37% $77.7M 2,350 $260 84

Wed Mar 9 #4 $620.0K +1% −29% $78.4M 2,350 $263 85

Thu Mar 10 #4 $538.0K −13% −41% $78.9M 2,350 $228 86

Fri Mar 11 #6 $1.3M +142% −43% $80.2M 2,375 $547 87

Sat Mar 12 #6 $2.4M +88% −36% $82.7M 2,375 $1,030 88

Sun Mar 13 #6 $1.3M −46% −35% $84.1M 2,375 $552 89

Mon Mar 14 #6 $442.0K −66% −17% $84.5M 2,375 $186 90

Tue Mar 15 #6 $502.0K +14% −18% $85.0M 2,375 $211 91

Wed Mar 16 #6 $471.0K −6% −24% $85.5M 2,375 $198 92

Thu Mar 17 #6 $452.0K −4% −16% $85.9M 2,375 $190 93

Fri Mar 18 #8 $1.1M +143% −15% $87.0M 2,210 $497 94

Sat Mar 19 #8 $1.9M +70% −23% $88.9M 2,210 $848 95

Sun Mar 20 #8 $1.1M −44% −20% $89.9M 2,210 $475 96

Mon Mar 21 #8 $377.0K −64% −15% $90.3M 2,210 $170 97

Tue Mar 22 #8 $405.0K +7% −19% $90.7M 2,210 $183 98

Wed Mar 23 #8 $414.0K +2% −12% $91.1M 2,210 $187 99

Thu Mar 24 #9 $410.0K −1% −9% $91.6M 2,210 $185 100

Fri Mar 25 #9 $900.0K +120% −18% $92.5M 1,710 $526 101

Sat Mar 26 #10 $1.1M +20% −42% $93.5M 1,710 $630 102

Sun Mar 27 #10 $668.0K −38% −36% $94.1M 1,710 $390 103

Mon Mar 28 #10 $331.0K −50% −12% $94.5M 1,710 $193 104

Tue Mar 29 #10 $247.0K −25% −39% $94.7M 1,710 $144 105

Wed Mar 30 #10 $233.0K −6% −44% $94.9M 1,710 $136 106

Thu Mar 31 #10 $250.0K +7% −39% $95.2M 1,710 $146 107

Mon May 30 #38 $11.3K — $100.4M 75 $150 167

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

Cumulative total$56.3M

Jan 14Jan 31Feb 8Feb 15Feb 22

Weekend grossWk 10 · $5.2M

$1.9M

$1.8M

$1.7M

$12.3M

$8.7M

$7.4M

$6.8M

$7.3M

$8.1M

$5.2M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,105 → 2,105 +0.0%

122 open2,105 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −36.7%

−5.5%

W1→2

−8.9%

W2→3

+642.4%

W3→4

−29.0%

W4→5

−14.5%

W5→6

−8.6%

W6→7

+7.8%

W7→8

+10.8%

W8→9

−36.7%

W9→10

Steepest −36.7%Biggest gain +642.4%

Run milestones

$100M in 167 days

$100M

Day 167

May 30

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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