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2006 • R • 1h 32m • Crime, Drama, Romance • Fox Searchlight Pictures

One woman's mistake is another's opportunity.

🍅 87% 83%

73

3.69

7.4

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$414K

Limited · 22 theaters

Domestic total

$17.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$50.60M

$33.10M international

Domestic legs6.7x from $2.6M first wide weekend

Budget$27.5M

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Cast & crew

Judi Dench

Judi Dench Starring

Cate Blanchett

Cate Blanchett Starring

Bill Nighy

Bill Nighy Starring

ScreenplayPatrick Marber Produced byScott Rudin, Robert Fox CinematographyChris Menges MusicPhilip Glass StudioFox Searchlight Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 29-31 26 $414.5K — 22 $18,840 $613.3K

2 Jan 5-7 19 $1.1M +171.5% 93 $12,100 $2.1M

3 Jan 12-14 22 $1.6M +43.8% 200 $8,090 $4.1M

4 Jan 19-21 25 $1.2M −27.8% 200 $5,839 $6.0M

5 Jan 26-28 13 $2.6M +123.0% 641 $4,062 $9.1M

6 Feb 2-4 14 $1.8M −32.8% 682 $2,567 $11.7M

7 Feb 9-11 16 $1.5M −11.9% 649 $2,377 $13.9M

8 Feb 16-18 18 $851.4K −44.8% 413 $2,062 $15.2M

9 Feb 23-25 21 $579.1K −32.0% 322 $1,798 $16.3M

10 Mar 2-4 24 $296.7K −48.8% 222 $1,336 $16.7M

11 Mar 9-11 28 $200.1K −32.5% 190 $1,053 $17.1M

12 Mar 16-18 36 $101.6K −49.2% 132 $770 $17.2M

13 Mar 23-25 48 $48.1K −52.7% 65 $740 $17.3M

14 Mar 30-Apr 1 51 $31.0K −35.5% 43 $722 $17.4M

15 Apr 6-8 58 $24.1K −22.2% 28 $862 $17.4M

16 Apr 13-15 64 $19.3K −20.1% 24 $804 $17.5M

17 Apr 20-22 82 $6.3K −67.4% 10 $628 $17.5M

18 Apr 27-29 92 $4.5K −27.7% 7 $648 $17.5M

19 May 4-6 86 $3.9K −15.2% 9 $428 $17.5M

20 May 11-13 104 $1.1K −71.2% 4 $277 $17.5M

21 May 18-20 112 $1.2K +9.6% 4 $304 $17.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Mon Dec 25 #48 $6.1K — $6.1K 1 $6,117 -4

Tue Dec 26 — $8.9K +45.1% $15.0K 1 $8,874 -3

Wed Dec 27 — $91.4K +930.2% $106.4K 22 $4,155 -2

Thu Dec 28 — $92.5K +1.1% $198.9K 22 $4,202 -1

Fri Dec 29 — $134.3K +45.3% $333.2K 22 $6,105 1

Sat Dec 30 — $163.8K +21.9% $497.0K 22 $7,445 2

Sun Dec 31 — $116.4K −29.0% $613.3K 22 $5,290 3

Mon Jan 1 — $144.6K +24.3% $758.0K 22 $6,574 4

Tue Jan 2 — $64.2K −55.6% $822.2K 22 $2,920 5

Wed Jan 3 — $54.4K −15.3% $876.6K 22 $2,474 6

Thu Jan 4 — $54.5K +0.2% $931.2K 22 $2,479 7

Fri Jan 5 — $297.4K +445.1% +121.4% $1.2M 93 $3,197 8

Sat Jan 6 — $494.8K +66.4% +202.1% $1.7M 93 $5,320 9

Sun Jan 7 — $333.2K −32.7% +186.3% $2.1M 93 $3,582 10

Mon Jan 8 — $98.9K −70.3% −31.6% $2.2M 93 $1,064 11

Tue Jan 9 — $112.1K +13.4% +74.5% $2.3M 93 $1,206 12

Wed Jan 10 — $112.2K +0.1% +106.1% $2.4M 93 $1,206 13

Thu Jan 11 — $111.9K −0.3% +105.1% $2.5M 93 $1,203 14

Fri Jan 12 — $399.2K +256.9% +34.3% $2.9M 93 $4,293 15

Sat Jan 13 — $694.9K +74.1% +40.4% $3.6M 93 $7,472 16

Sun Jan 14 — $523.9K −24.6% +57.3% $4.1M 93 $5,634 17

Mon Jan 15 #21 $315.2K −39.8% +218.6% $4.4M 200 $1,576 18

Tue Jan 16 — $130.8K −58.5% +16.6% $4.6M 200 $654 19

Wed Jan 17 — $147.1K +12.5% +31.1% $4.7M 200 $735 20

Thu Jan 18 — $134.0K −8.9% +19.7% $4.8M 200 $670 21

Fri Jan 19 #20 $314.1K +134.5% −21.3% $5.2M 200 $1,571 22

Sat Jan 20 — $561.4K +78.7% −19.2% $5.7M 200 $2,807 23

Sun Jan 21 — $292.2K −48.0% −44.2% $6.0M 200 $1,461 24

Mon Jan 22 — $93.3K −68.1% −70.4% $6.1M 200 $467 25

Tue Jan 23 — $119.9K +28.5% −8.3% $6.2M 200 $600 26

Wed Jan 24 — $134.4K +12.0% −8.7% $6.4M 200 $672 27

Thu Jan 25 — $131.4K −2.2% −1.9% $6.5M 200 $657 28

Fri Jan 26 #15 $653.2K +397.0% +108.0% $7.1M 641 $1,019 29

Sat Jan 27 — $1.2M +81.2% +110.8% $8.3M 641 $1,846 30

Sun Jan 28 — $766.9K −35.2% +162.5% $9.1M 641 $1,196 31

Mon Jan 29 — $211.4K −72.4% +126.5% $9.3M 641 $330 32

Tue Jan 30 — $238.9K +13.0% +99.2% $9.5M 641 $373 33

Wed Jan 31 #13 $245.0K +2.6% +82.3% $9.8M 641 $382 34

Thu Feb 1 — $215.8K −11.9% +64.2% $10.0M 641 $337 35

Fri Feb 2 #16 $491.8K +127.9% −24.7% $10.5M 682 $721 36

Sat Feb 3 — $865.5K +76.0% −26.9% $11.4M 682 $1,269 37

Sun Feb 4 — $393.3K −54.6% −48.7% $11.7M 682 $577 38

Mon Feb 5 — $151.6K −61.5% −28.3% $11.9M 682 $222 39

Tue Feb 6 — $163.0K +7.5% −31.8% $12.1M 682 $239 40

Wed Feb 7 — $162.4K −0.3% −33.7% $12.2M 682 $238 41

Thu Feb 8 — $158.0K −2.8% −26.8% $12.4M 682 $232 42

Fri Feb 9 — $396.7K +151.1% −19.3% $12.8M 649 $611 43

Sat Feb 10 — $710.5K +79.1% −17.9% $13.5M 649 $1,095 44

Sun Feb 11 — $435.7K −38.7% +10.8% $13.9M 649 $671 45

Mon Feb 12 — $132.6K −69.6% −12.5% $14.1M 649 $204 46

Tue Feb 13 — $109.8K −17.2% −32.6% $14.2M 649 $169 47

Wed Feb 14 — $118.6K +8.0% −27.0% $14.3M 557 $213 48

Thu Feb 15 — $109.2K −8.0% −30.9% $14.4M 557 $196 49

Fri Feb 16 #17 $198.6K +81.9% −49.9% $14.6M 413 $481 50

Sat Feb 17 — $360.7K +81.6% −49.2% $15.0M 413 $873 51

Sun Feb 18 — $292.2K −19.0% −32.9% $15.2M 413 $707 52

Mon Feb 19 #18 $178.7K −38.8% +34.8% $15.4M 413 $433 53

Tue Feb 20 — $88.3K −50.6% −19.6% $15.5M 413 $214 54

Wed Feb 21 — $88.3K +0.0% −25.6% $15.6M 413 $214 55

Thu Feb 22 — $84.8K −4.0% −22.4% $15.7M 413 $205 56

Fri Feb 23 — $167.2K +97.2% −15.8% $15.9M 322 $519 57

Sat Feb 24 — $296.7K +77.5% −17.7% $16.2M 322 $921 58

Sun Feb 25 — $115.2K −61.2% −60.6% $16.3M 322 $358 59

Mon Feb 26 — $43.0K −62.7% −75.9% $16.3M 322 $134 60

Tue Feb 27 — $45.8K +6.5% −48.2% $16.4M 322 $142 61

Wed Feb 28 — $49.1K +7.3% −44.4% $16.4M 322 $153 62

Thu Mar 1 — $45.9K −6.5% −45.8% $16.5M 322 $143 63

Fri Mar 2 — $72.2K +57.2% −56.8% $16.5M 222 $325 64

Sat Mar 3 — $142.2K +96.9% −52.1% $16.7M 222 $640 65

Sun Mar 4 — $82.3K −42.1% −28.5% $16.7M 222 $371 66

Mon Mar 5 — $26.8K −67.4% −37.6% $16.8M 222 $121 67

Tue Mar 6 — $29.0K +8.2% −36.6% $16.8M 222 $131 68

Wed Mar 7 — $27.7K −4.4% −43.5% $16.8M 222 $125 69

Thu Mar 8 — $30.2K +8.8% −34.3% $16.9M 222 $136 70

Fri Mar 9 — $50.6K +67.8% −29.9% $16.9M 190 $266 71

Sat Mar 10 — $95.3K +88.2% −33.0% $17.0M 190 $501 72

Sun Mar 11 — $54.2K −43.1% −34.1% $17.1M 190 $285 73

Mon Mar 12 — $18.6K −65.8% −30.8% $17.1M 190 $98 74

Tue Mar 13 — $19.9K +7.0% −31.6% $17.1M 190 $105 75

Wed Mar 14 — $18.0K −9.5% −35.2% $17.1M 190 $95 76

Thu Mar 15 — $18.5K +3.0% −38.6% $17.1M 190 $97 77

Fri Mar 16 — $24.3K +31.3% −52.0% $17.2M 132 $184 78

Sat Mar 17 — $45.3K +86.5% −52.4% $17.2M 132 $344 79

Sun Mar 18 — $32.0K −29.5% −41.1% $17.2M 132 $242 80

Mon Mar 19 — $10.0K −68.7% −46.1% $17.2M 132 $76 81

Tue Mar 20 — $13.1K +30.8% −34.1% $17.3M 132 $99 82

Wed Mar 21 — $11.9K −9.3% −33.9% $17.3M 132 $90 83

Thu Mar 22 — $11.8K −0.5% −36.2% $17.3M 132 $90 84

Fri Mar 23 — $12.8K +8.7% −47.2% $17.3M 65 $198 85

Sat Mar 24 — $21.9K +70.8% −51.6% $17.3M 65 $337 86

Sun Mar 25 — $13.3K −39.2% −58.3% $17.3M 65 $205 87

Mon Mar 26 — $7.2K −46.0% −28.1% $17.3M 65 $111 88

Tue Mar 27 — $8.0K +11.7% −38.6% $17.3M 65 $124 89

Wed Mar 28 — $7.6K −6.1% −36.4% $17.4M 65 $116 90

Thu Mar 29 — $7.7K +1.4% −35.2% $17.4M 65 $118 91

Fri Mar 30 — $7.4K −3.7% −42.6% $17.4M 65 $113 92

Sat Mar 31 — $13.2K +79.2% −39.8% $17.4M 65 $203 93

Sun Apr 1 — $10.4K −20.9% −21.6% $17.4M 65 $161 94

Mon Apr 2 — $3.1K −70.2% −56.7% $17.4M 65 $48 95

Tue Apr 3 — $4.1K +31.6% −49.0% $17.4M 65 $63 96

Wed Apr 4 — $4.9K +19.4% −35.1% $17.4M 65 $75 97

Thu Apr 5 — $5.6K +15.1% −26.4% $17.4M 65 $87 98

Fri Apr 6 — $8.6K +52.4% +16.6% $17.4M 28 $307 99

Sat Apr 7 — $9.6K +11.4% −27.5% $17.4M 28 $342 100

Sun Apr 8 — $6.0K −37.6% −42.8% $17.4M 28 $213 101

Mon Apr 9 — $4.3K −27.8% +38.3% $17.4M 28 $154 102

Tue Apr 10 — $3.6K −17.0% −12.7% $17.4M 28 $128 103

Wed Apr 11 — $3.4K −5.4% −30.9% $17.4M 28 $121 104

Thu Apr 12 — $3.0K −10.6% −46.3% $17.5M 28 $108 105

Fri Apr 13 — $5.2K +71.0% −39.7% $17.5M 24 $216 106

Sat Apr 14 — $9.0K +73.7% −6.1% $17.5M 24 $375 107

Sun Apr 15 — $5.1K −43.0% −14.2% $17.5M 24 $213 108

Mon Apr 16 — $2.8K −44.4% −34.0% $17.5M 24 $119 109

Tue Apr 17 — $2.4K −14.1% −31.7% $17.5M 24 $102 110

Wed Apr 18 — $3.4K +37.7% −0.6% $17.5M 24 $140 111

Thu Apr 19 — $2.4K −28.6% −20.6% $17.5M 24 $100 112

Fri Apr 20 — $1.3K −47.9% −75.8% $17.5M 10 $125 113

Sat Apr 21 — $3.3K +161.4% −63.6% $17.5M 10 $327 114

Sun Apr 22 — $1.8K −46.4% −65.7% $17.5M 10 $176 115

Mon Apr 23 — $1.5K −14.2% −47.1% $17.5M 10 $151 116

Tue Apr 24 — $1.8K +17.7% −27.5% $17.5M 10 $177 117

Wed Apr 25 — $1.1K −36.9% −66.8% $17.5M 10 $112 118

Thu Apr 26 — $1.7K +53.4% −28.7% $17.5M 10 $172 119

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

Cumulative total$16.9M

Dec 25Jan 12Jan 31Feb 18Mar 8

Weekend grossWk 10 · $296.7K

$414.5K

$1.1M

$1.6M

$1.2M

$2.6M

$1.8M

$1.5M

$851.4K

$579.1K

$296.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 682 → 222 −67.4%

1 open222 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −48.8%

+171.5%

W1→2

+43.8%

W2→3

−27.8%

W3→4

+123.0%

W4→5

−32.8%

W5→6

−11.9%

W6→7

−44.8%

W7→8

−32.0%

W8→9

−48.8%

W9→10

Steepest −48.8%Biggest gain +171.5%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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