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2009 • R • 2h 2m • Biography, Crime, Drama • Fox Searchlight Pictures

No dream is too B.I.G.

🍅 52% 65%

60

3.16

6.7

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$20.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$36.80M

Final

Worldwide total

$45.00M

$8.10M international

Domestic legs1.8x

Budget$19M

2009 rank#81

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Cast & crew

Full Jr. filmography

George Tillman Jr.

George Tillman Jr. Director

Derek Luke

Derek Luke Starring

Anthony Mackie

Anthony Mackie Starring

Angela Bassett

Angela Bassett Starring

ScreenplayReggie Rock Bythewood, Cheo Hodari Coker Produced byVoletta Wallace, Trish Hofmann, Robert Teitel, George Paaswell CinematographyMichael Grady MusicDanny Elfman Prod. DesignJane Musky StudioFox Searchlight Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jan 16-18 4 $20.5M — 1,638 $12,514 $20.5M

2 Jan 23-25 10 $5.8M −71.8% 1,641 $3,522 $31.9M

3 Jan 30-Feb 1 17 $1.7M −70.6% 1,080 $1,574 $35.0M

4 Feb 6-8 24 $628.6K −63.0% 440 $1,429 $36.2M

5 Feb 13-15 35 $227.6K −63.8% 158 $1,440 $36.6M

6 Feb 20-22 53 $50.8K −77.7% 67 $758 $36.7M

7 Feb 27-Mar 1 66 $22.0K −56.6% 41 $538 $36.8M

8 Mar 6-8 72 $11.4K −48.4% 23 $495 $36.8M

9 Mar 13-15 86 $5.3K −53.4% 14 $379 $36.8M

10 Mar 20-22 87 $4.0K −25.1% 13 $305 $36.8M

11 Mar 27-29 82 $5.5K +38.9% 11 $501 $36.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jan 16 #2 $8.3M — $8.3M 1,638 $5,072 1

Sat Jan 17 #4 $7.5M −9.5% $15.8M 1,638 $4,592 2

Sun Jan 18 #5 $4.7M −37.9% $20.5M 1,638 $2,850 3

Mon Jan 19 #4 $2.9M −38.0% $23.4M 1,638 $1,768 4

Tue Jan 20 #4 $1.1M −63.0% $24.5M 1,638 $654 5

Wed Jan 21 #4 $842.9K −21.3% $25.3M 1,638 $515 6

Thu Jan 22 #4 $787.2K −6.6% $26.1M 1,638 $481 7

Fri Jan 23 #9 $1.8M +125.3% −78.7% $27.9M 1,641 $1,081 8

Sat Jan 24 #11 $2.5M +40.2% −67.0% $30.4M 1,641 $1,515 9

Sun Jan 25 #11 $1.5M −38.8% −67.4% $31.9M 1,641 $927 10

Mon Jan 26 #8 $427.3K −71.9% −85.2% $32.3M 1,641 $260 11

Tue Jan 27 #12 $374.9K −12.3% −65.0% $32.7M 1,641 $228 12

Wed Jan 28 #12 $316.4K −15.6% −62.5% $33.0M 1,641 $193 13

Thu Jan 29 #12 $317.7K +0.4% −59.6% $33.3M 1,641 $194 14

Fri Jan 30 — $584.7K +84.0% −67.0% $33.9M 1,080 $541 15

Sat Jan 31 — $858.8K +46.9% −65.4% $34.8M 1,080 $795 16

Sun Feb 1 — $256.8K −70.1% −83.1% $35.0M 1,080 $238 17

Mon Feb 2 #17 $169.4K −34.1% −60.4% $35.2M 1,080 $157 18

Tue Feb 3 #18 $143.5K −15.3% −61.7% $35.3M 1,080 $133 19

Wed Feb 4 — $133.5K −7.0% −57.8% $35.5M 1,080 $124 20

Thu Feb 5 — $128.4K −3.8% −59.6% $35.6M 1,080 $119 21

Fri Feb 6 — $176.8K +37.6% −69.8% $35.8M 440 $402 22

Sat Feb 7 — $287.6K +62.7% −66.5% $36.1M 440 $654 23

Sun Feb 8 — $164.2K −42.9% −36.1% $36.2M 440 $373 24

Mon Feb 9 — $49.6K −69.8% −70.7% $36.3M 440 $113 25

Tue Feb 10 — $44.6K −10.0% −68.9% $36.3M 440 $101 26

Wed Feb 11 — $40.4K −9.5% −69.8% $36.3M 440 $92 27

Thu Feb 12 — $41.2K +1.9% −68.0% $36.4M 440 $94 28

Fri Feb 13 — $46.3K +12.4% −73.8% $36.4M 158 $293 29

Sat Feb 14 — $114.2K +146.7% −60.3% $36.6M 158 $723 30

Sun Feb 15 — $67.2K −41.2% −59.1% $36.6M 158 $425 31

Mon Feb 16 #37 $35.0K −47.9% −29.4% $36.7M 158 $221 32

Tue Feb 17 — $15.8K −54.9% −64.6% $36.7M 158 $100 33

Wed Feb 18 — $13.8K −12.8% −65.9% $36.7M 158 $87 34

Thu Feb 19 — $14.9K +8.5% −63.7% $36.7M 158 $94 35

Fri Feb 20 — $16.5K +10.8% −64.3% $36.7M 67 $247 36

Sat Feb 21 — $21.6K +30.7% −81.1% $36.7M 67 $323 37

Sun Feb 22 — $12.6K −41.7% −81.2% $36.7M 67 $188 38

Mon Feb 23 — $6.3K −50.2% −82.1% $36.8M 67 $94 39

Tue Feb 24 — $5.8K −7.0% −63.0% $36.8M 67 $87 40

Wed Feb 25 — $6.1K +4.3% −55.8% $36.8M 67 $91 41

Thu Feb 26 — $6.4K +4.4% −57.4% $36.8M 67 $95 42

Fri Feb 27 — $6.4K +0.1% −61.5% $36.8M 41 $155 43

Sat Feb 28 — $9.2K +45.2% −57.3% $36.8M 41 $225 44

Sun Mar 1 — $6.4K −30.2% −48.9% $36.8M 41 $157 45

Mon Mar 2 — $2.6K −59.1% −58.0% $36.8M 41 $64 46

Tue Mar 3 — $2.6K −0.9% −55.3% $36.8M 41 $64 47

Wed Mar 4 — $2.3K −11.0% −61.8% $36.8M 41 $57 48

Thu Mar 5 — $2.9K +24.1% −54.6% $36.8M 41 $70 49

Fri Mar 6 — $3.5K +22.9% −44.3% $36.8M 23 $154 50

Sat Mar 7 — $4.8K +35.0% −48.2% $36.8M 23 $208 51

Sun Mar 8 — $3.0K −36.3% −52.7% $36.8M 23 $132 52

Mon Mar 9 — $1.4K −55.6% −48.7% $36.8M 23 $59 53

Tue Mar 10 — $1.3K −6.4% −51.5% $36.8M 23 $55 54

Wed Mar 11 — $1.5K +14.8% −37.5% $36.8M 23 $63 55

Thu Mar 12 — $1.4K −3.7% −51.5% $36.8M 23 $61 56

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

Cumulative total$36.8M

Jan 16Jan 30Feb 13Feb 26Mar 12

Weekend grossWk 10 · $4.0K

$20.5M

$5.8M

$1.7M

$628.6K

$227.6K

$50.8K

$22.0K

$11.4K

$5.3K

$4.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,641 → 23 −98.6%

1,638 open23 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −25.1%

−71.8%

W1→2

−70.6%

W2→3

−63.0%

W3→4

−63.8%

W4→5

−77.7%

W5→6

−56.6%

W6→7

−48.4%

W7→8

−53.4%

W8→9

−25.1%

W9→10

Steepest −77.7%Best hold −25.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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