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2009 • R • 2h 10m • Comedy, Drama, Music • Universal Pictures

On air. Off shore. Out of control.

🍅 59% 71%

58

3.65

7.3

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$2.90M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$8.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$37.50M

$29.50M international

Domestic legs2.8x

Budget$50M

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Cast & crew

Full Curtis filmography

Richard Curtis

Richard Curtis Director

Tom Sturridge

Tom Sturridge Starring

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Philip Seymour Hoffman Starring

Rhys Ifans

Rhys Ifans Starring

Bill Nighy

Bill Nighy Starring

Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson Starring

ScreenplayRichard Curtis Produced byTim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Ronaldo Vasconcellos, Hilary Bevan Jones CinematographyDanny Cohen MusicHans Zimmer Prod. DesignMark Tildesley StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 13-15 11 $2.9M — 882 $3,293 $2.9M

2 Nov 20-22 12 $1.5M −49.7% 883 $1,654 $5.2M

3 Nov 27-29 13 $989.3K −32.3% 478 $2,070 $6.8M

4 Dec 4-6 19 $333.5K −66.3% 285 $1,170 $7.4M

5 Dec 11-13 23 $174.3K −47.7% 242 $720 $7.7M

6 Dec 18-20 36 $59.2K −66.0% 242 $245 $7.8M

7 Dec 25-27 41 $32.3K −45.5% 113 $286 $7.9M

8 Jan 1-3 44 $44.6K +38.1% 113 $394 $8.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 13 #11 $884.2K — $884.2K 882 $1,003 1

Sat Nov 14 #11 $1.3M +50.3% $2.2M 882 $1,507 2

Sun Nov 15 #10 $691.3K −48.0% $2.9M 882 $784 3

Mon Nov 16 #10 $200.0K −71.1% $3.1M 882 $227 4

Tue Nov 17 #11 $233.2K +16.6% $3.3M 882 $264 5

Wed Nov 18 #11 $205.4K −12.0% $3.5M 882 $233 6

Thu Nov 19 #12 $180.5K −12.1% $3.7M 882 $205 7

Fri Nov 20 #13 $417.3K +131.2% −52.8% $4.1M 883 $473 8

Sat Nov 21 #12 $677.4K +62.3% −49.0% $4.8M 883 $767 9

Sun Nov 22 #12 $365.8K −46.0% −47.1% $5.2M 883 $414 10

Mon Nov 23 #13 $135.5K −63.0% −32.2% $5.3M 883 $153 11

Tue Nov 24 #13 $180.5K +33.2% −22.6% $5.5M 883 $204 12

Wed Nov 25 — $159.7K −11.5% −22.2% $5.7M 502 $318 13

Thu Nov 26 — $181.9K +13.9% +0.8% $5.8M 502 $362 14

Fri Nov 27 #13 $411.2K +126.1% −1.5% $6.3M 478 $860 15

Sat Nov 28 #14 $398.7K −3.0% −41.1% $6.7M 478 $834 16

Sun Nov 29 #15 $179.4K −55.0% −51.0% $6.8M 478 $375 17

Mon Nov 30 #17 $50.3K −72.0% −62.9% $6.9M 478 $105 18

Tue Dec 1 #15 $60.3K +19.9% −66.6% $6.9M 478 $126 19

Wed Dec 2 — $55.8K −7.5% −65.1% $7.0M 478 $117 20

Thu Dec 3 — $53.0K −4.9% −70.8% $7.1M 478 $111 21

Fri Dec 4 — $96.7K +82.4% −76.5% $7.1M 285 $339 22

Sat Dec 5 — $151.2K +56.3% −62.1% $7.3M 285 $531 23

Sun Dec 6 — $85.5K −43.5% −52.3% $7.4M 285 $300 24

Mon Dec 7 — $29.2K −65.9% −42.0% $7.4M 285 $102 25

Tue Dec 8 — $34.9K +19.6% −42.2% $7.4M 285 $122 26

Wed Dec 9 — $30.7K −11.8% −44.9% $7.5M 285 $108 27

Thu Dec 10 — $31.0K +0.9% −41.5% $7.5M 285 $109 28

Fri Dec 11 — $46.5K +49.9% −51.9% $7.6M 242 $192 29

Sat Dec 12 — $80.7K +73.5% −46.6% $7.6M 242 $333 30

Sun Dec 13 — $47.1K −41.6% −44.9% $7.7M 242 $195 31

Mon Dec 14 — $19.4K −58.9% −33.6% $7.7M 242 $80 32

Tue Dec 15 — $24.8K +27.9% −29.0% $7.7M 242 $102 33

Wed Dec 16 — $20.2K −18.3% −34.2% $7.7M 242 $84 34

Thu Dec 17 — $22.6K +11.5% −27.3% $7.8M 242 $93 35

Fri Dec 18 — $17.1K −24.4% −63.3% $7.8M 242 $70 36

Sat Dec 19 — $24.0K +40.8% −70.2% $7.8M 242 $99 37

Sun Dec 20 — $18.1K −24.5% −61.5% $7.8M 242 $75 38

Mon Dec 21 — $12.4K −31.6% −35.9% $7.8M 242 $51 39

Tue Dec 22 — $13.7K +10.8% −44.5% $7.9M 242 $57 40

Wed Dec 23 — $13.6K −1.0% −32.7% $7.9M 242 $56 41

Thu Dec 24 — $12.0K −12.1% −47.0% $7.9M 129 $93 42

Fri Dec 25 — $6.4K −46.4% −62.4% $7.9M 113 $57 43

Sat Dec 26 — $13.9K +116.7% −42.2% $7.9M 113 $123 44

Sun Dec 27 — $12.0K −13.9% −34.0% $7.9M 113 $106 45

Mon Dec 28 — $8.3K −30.5% −33.0% $7.9M 113 $74 46

Tue Dec 29 — $9.2K +10.5% −33.2% $7.9M 113 $81 47

Wed Dec 30 — $9.7K +5.4% −28.8% $7.9M 113 $86 48

Thu Dec 31 — $8.4K −13.1% −29.7% $7.9M 113 $74 49

Fri Jan 1 — $16.4K +95.0% +155.6% $8.0M 113 $145 50

Sat Jan 2 — $18.4K +12.2% +32.4% $8.0M 113 $163 51

Sun Jan 3 — $9.8K −46.9% −18.3% $8.0M 113 $86 52

Mon Jan 4 — $5.4K −44.9% −35.2% $8.0M 113 $48 53

Tue Jan 5 — $5.4K −0.6% −41.7% $8.0M 113 $47 54

Wed Jan 6 — $6.6K +24.0% −31.4% $8.0M 113 $59 55

Thu Jan 7 — $6.0K −10.2% −29.0% $8.0M 113 $53 56

Cumulative total$8.0M

Nov 13Nov 27Dec 11Dec 24Jan 7

Weekend grossWk 8 · $44.6K

$2.9M

$1.5M

$989.3K

$333.5K

$174.3K

$59.2K

$32.3K

$44.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8

Theater countPeak 883 → 113 −87.2%

882 open113 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · +38.1%

−49.7%

W1→2

−32.3%

W2→3

−66.3%

W3→4

−47.7%

W4→5

−66.0%

W5→6

−45.5%

W6→7

+38.1%

W7→8

Steepest −66.3%Biggest gain +38.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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