Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire backdrop

Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire movie poster

Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by SapphireFollow

2009 • R • 1h 50m • Drama • Lionsgate

For precious girls everywhere.

🍅 92% 77%

78

3.81

7.3

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$1.90M

Limited · 18 theaters

Domestic total

$47.60M

Final

Worldwide total

$68.70M

$21.20M international

Domestic legs4.4x from $10.9M first wide weekend

Budget$10.0M

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Cast & crew

Directed byLee Daniels ScreenplayGeoffrey Fletcher Produced byLee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness, Gary Magness CinematographyAndrew Dunn Music byMario Grigorov StarringGabourey Sidibe, Mo'Nique, Paula Patton, Mariah Carey, Sherri Shepherd, Lenny Kravitz StudioLionsgate

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 6-8 12 $1.9M — 18 $104,025 $1.9M

2 Nov 13-15 3 $5.9M +213.7% 174 $33,762 $8.7M

3 Nov 20-22 6 $10.9M +85.2% 629 $17,300 $21.3M

4 Nov 27-29 8 $7.1M −34.9% 663 $10,680 $32.4M

5 Dec 4-6 12 $2.3M −67.8% 664 $3,437 $36.3M

6 Dec 11-13 15 $1.3M −43.9% 664 $1,929 $38.3M

7 Dec 18-20 13 $1.2M −6.0% 1,003 $1,200 $40.1M

8 Dec 25-27 16 $865.1K −28.1% 629 $1,375 $41.8M

9 Jan 1-3 15 $924.2K +6.8% 629 $1,469 $43.5M

10 Jan 8-10 18 $464.7K −49.7% 409 $1,136 $44.3M

11 Jan 15-17 26 $238.8K −48.6% 228 $1,047 $44.8M

12 Jan 22-24 29 $211.8K −11.3% 194 $1,092 $45.1M

13 Jan 29-31 29 $215.1K +1.6% 222 $969 $45.4M

14 Feb 5-7 20 $474.2K +120.4% 669 $709 $46.1M

15 Feb 12-14 27 $210.8K −55.5% 269 $784 $46.5M

16 Feb 19-21 32 $160.8K −23.7% 259 $621 $46.8M

17 Feb 26-28 30 $204.9K +27.4% 268 $765 $47.1M

18 Mar 5-7 31 $181.7K −11.3% 217 $837 $47.4M

19 Mar 12-14 38 $65.5K −63.9% 115 $570 $47.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 6 #11 $587.9K — $587.9K 18 $32,659 1

Sat Nov 7 #13 $699.6K +19.0% $1.3M 18 $38,867 2

Sun Nov 8 #11 $585.0K −16.4% $1.9M 18 $32,499 3

Mon Nov 9 #10 $232.6K −60.2% $2.1M 18 $12,924 4

Tue Nov 10 #11 $227.7K −2.1% $2.3M 18 $12,650 5

Wed Nov 11 #12 $323.6K +42.1% $2.7M 18 $17,978 6

Thu Nov 12 #11 $168.2K −48.0% $2.8M 18 $9,342 7

Fri Nov 13 #4 $1.9M +1032.5% +224.0% $4.7M 174 $10,945 8

Sat Nov 14 #4 $2.4M +25.8% +242.5% $7.1M 174 $13,771 9

Sun Nov 15 #3 $1.6M −34.3% +169.1% $8.7M 174 $9,046 10

Mon Nov 16 #3 $479.0K −69.6% +105.9% $9.2M 174 $2,753 11

Tue Nov 17 #4 $465.3K −2.9% +104.4% $9.6M 174 $2,674 12

Wed Nov 18 #4 $398.2K −14.4% +23.0% $10.0M 174 $2,288 13

Thu Nov 19 #5 $354.1K −11.1% +110.6% $10.4M 174 $2,035 14

Fri Nov 20 #4 $3.6M +916.4% +89.0% $14.0M 629 $5,721 15

Sat Nov 21 #6 $4.6M +27.3% +91.2% $18.6M 629 $7,285 16

Sun Nov 22 #6 $2.7M −41.1% +71.6% $21.3M 629 $4,294 17

Mon Nov 23 #6 $870.2K −67.8% +81.7% $22.1M 629 $1,383 18

Tue Nov 24 #6 $893.6K +2.7% +92.0% $23.0M 629 $1,421 19

Fri Nov 27 #9 $2.8M — −23.1% $28.1M 663 $4,177 22

Sat Nov 28 #8 $2.9M +4.6% −36.8% $31.0M 663 $4,370 23

Sun Nov 29 #9 $1.4M −51.2% −47.6% $32.4M 663 $2,133 24

Mon Nov 30 #7 $416.5K −70.6% −52.1% $32.8M 663 $628 25

Tue Dec 1 #7 $420.4K +0.9% −53.0% $33.3M 663 $634 26

Wed Dec 2 #7 $349.8K −16.8% $33.6M 663 $528 27

Thu Dec 3 #7 $349.8K 0.0% $34.0M 663 $528 28

Fri Dec 4 #12 $714.2K +104.2% −74.2% $34.7M 664 $1,076 29

Sat Dec 5 #12 $974.1K +36.4% −66.4% $35.7M 664 $1,467 30

Sun Dec 6 #12 $593.8K −39.0% −58.0% $36.3M 664 $894 31

Mon Dec 7 #11 $188.6K −68.2% −54.7% $36.4M 664 $284 32

Tue Dec 8 #12 $194.3K +3.0% −53.8% $36.6M 664 $293 33

Wed Dec 9 #12 $176.6K −9.1% −49.5% $36.8M 664 $266 34

Thu Dec 10 #12 $190.4K +7.8% −45.6% $37.0M 664 $287 35

Fri Dec 11 #14 $381.6K +100.4% −46.6% $37.4M 664 $575 36

Sat Dec 12 #15 $561.4K +47.1% −42.4% $37.9M 664 $846 37

Sun Dec 13 #15 $337.5K −39.9% −43.2% $38.3M 664 $508 38

Mon Dec 14 #13 $127.3K −62.3% −32.5% $38.4M 664 $192 39

Tue Dec 15 #13 $154.8K +21.6% −20.3% $38.6M 664 $233 40

Wed Dec 16 #13 $157.6K +1.8% −10.8% $38.7M 664 $237 41

Thu Dec 17 #13 $158.5K +0.6% −16.7% $38.9M 664 $239 42

Fri Dec 18 #13 $357.2K +125.4% −6.4% $39.2M 1,003 $356 43

Sat Dec 19 #13 $445.5K +24.7% −20.7% $39.7M 1,003 $444 44

Sun Dec 20 #12 $401.0K −10.0% +18.8% $40.1M 1,003 $400 45

Mon Dec 21 #12 $235.9K −41.2% +85.3% $40.3M 1,003 $235 46

Tue Dec 22 — $258.8K +9.7% +67.2% $40.6M 1,003 $258 47

Wed Dec 23 — $203.1K −21.5% +28.9% $40.8M 1,003 $202 48

Thu Dec 24 #14 $131.7K −35.2% −16.9% $40.9M 1,003 $131 49

Fri Dec 25 #16 $218.4K +65.8% −38.9% $41.1M 629 $347 50

Sat Dec 26 #16 $346.0K +58.4% −22.3% $41.5M 629 $550 51

Sun Dec 27 #16 $300.6K −13.1% −25.0% $41.8M 629 $478 52

Mon Dec 28 #15 $225.3K −25.0% −4.5% $42.0M 629 $358 53

Tue Dec 29 #16 $213.7K −5.2% −17.4% $42.2M 629 $340 54

Wed Dec 30 #16 $214.1K +0.2% +5.4% $42.4M 629 $340 55

Thu Dec 31 #17 $136.0K −36.5% +3.3% $42.6M 629 $216 56

Fri Jan 1 #15 $339.3K +149.5% +55.4% $42.9M 629 $539 57

Sat Jan 2 #15 $378.2K +11.5% +9.3% $43.3M 629 $601 58

Sun Jan 3 #16 $206.6K −45.4% −31.3% $43.5M 629 $329 59

Mon Jan 4 — $84.3K −59.2% −62.6% $43.6M 629 $134 60

Tue Jan 5 — $90.3K +7.1% −57.8% $43.7M 629 $143 61

Wed Jan 6 — $91.1K +1.0% −57.4% $43.8M 629 $145 62

Thu Jan 7 — $88.9K −2.4% −34.6% $43.8M 629 $141 63

Fri Jan 8 — $123.5K +39.0% −63.6% $44.0M 409 $302 64

Sat Jan 9 — $199.4K +61.5% −47.3% $44.2M 409 $488 65

Sun Jan 10 — $141.8K −28.9% −31.4% $44.3M 409 $347 66

Mon Jan 11 — $45.6K −67.9% −46.0% $44.4M 409 $111 67

Tue Jan 12 — $53.9K +18.3% −40.3% $44.4M 409 $132 68

Wed Jan 13 — $53.8K −0.2% −41.0% $44.5M 409 $132 69

Thu Jan 14 — $55.0K +2.3% −38.1% $44.5M 409 $135 70

Fri Jan 15 — $58.9K +7.0% −52.3% $44.6M 228 $258 71

Sat Jan 16 — $99.3K +68.6% −50.2% $44.7M 228 $435 72

Sun Jan 17 — $80.6K −18.8% −43.1% $44.8M 228 $354 73

Mon Jan 18 #24 $75.2K −6.7% +65.1% $44.8M 228 $330 74

Tue Jan 19 — $32.6K −56.7% −39.6% $44.9M 228 $143 75

Wed Jan 20 — $30.5K −6.4% −43.4% $44.9M 228 $134 76

Thu Jan 21 — $34.3K +12.6% −37.7% $44.9M 228 $151 77

Fri Jan 22 — $57.2K +66.6% −2.9% $45.0M 194 $295 78

Sat Jan 23 — $96.3K +68.4% −3.0% $45.1M 194 $496 79

Sun Jan 24 — $58.4K −39.4% −27.6% $45.1M 194 $301 80

Mon Jan 25 — $19.8K −66.1% −73.7% $45.2M 194 $102 81

Tue Jan 26 — $22.7K +14.8% −30.1% $45.2M 194 $117 82

Wed Jan 27 — $23.7K +4.2% −22.2% $45.2M 194 $122 83

Thu Jan 28 — $23.6K −0.5% −31.3% $45.2M 194 $122 84

Fri Jan 29 — $54.7K +131.9% −4.3% $45.3M 222 $246 85

Sat Jan 30 — $95.1K +73.9% −1.2% $45.4M 222 $428 86

Sun Jan 31 — $65.3K −31.3% +11.9% $45.4M 222 $294 87

Mon Feb 1 — $21.6K −67.0% +8.9% $45.5M 222 $97 88

Tue Feb 2 — $37.4K +73.5% +64.5% $45.5M 222 $169 89

Wed Feb 3 — $38.5K +2.8% +62.4% $45.5M 222 $173 90

Thu Feb 4 — $37.7K −2.0% +59.8% $45.6M 222 $170 91

Fri Feb 5 — $135.5K +259.5% +147.7% $45.7M 669 $203 92

Sat Feb 6 — $221.3K +63.3% +132.7% $45.9M 669 $331 93

Sun Feb 7 — $117.4K −47.0% +79.6% $46.1M 669 $175 94

Mon Feb 8 — $55.2K −53.0% +155.8% $46.1M 669 $82 95

Tue Feb 9 — $72.6K +31.5% +94.0% $46.2M 669 $109 96

Wed Feb 10 — $56.9K −21.6% +48.0% $46.2M 669 $85 97

Thu Feb 11 — $68.0K +19.4% +80.4% $46.3M 669 $102 98

Fri Feb 12 — $44.2K −35.0% −67.4% $46.4M 269 $164 99

Sat Feb 13 — $86.0K +94.6% −61.2% $46.4M 269 $320 100

Sun Feb 14 — $80.7K −6.1% −31.2% $46.5M 269 $300 101

Mon Feb 15 #28 $50.7K −37.1% −8.1% $46.6M 269 $189 102

Tue Feb 16 — $26.5K −47.8% −63.6% $46.6M 269 $98 103

Wed Feb 17 — $29.8K +12.6% −47.7% $46.6M 269 $111 104

Thu Feb 18 — $30.8K +3.2% −54.8% $46.7M 269 $114 105

Fri Feb 19 — $40.4K +31.4% −8.6% $46.7M 259 $156 106

Sat Feb 20 — $72.4K +79.4% −15.7% $46.8M 259 $280 107

Sun Feb 21 — $48.0K −33.7% −40.5% $46.8M 259 $185 108

Mon Feb 22 — $16.7K −65.2% −67.0% $46.8M 259 $65 109

Tue Feb 23 — $22.2K +32.7% −16.1% $46.9M 259 $86 110

Wed Feb 24 — $24.8K +11.7% −16.8% $46.9M 259 $96 111

Thu Feb 25 — $21.7K −12.6% −29.5% $46.9M 259 $84 112

Fri Feb 26 — $35.5K +63.9% −12.0% $46.9M 268 $133 113

Sat Feb 27 — $121.4K +241.5% +67.5% $47.1M 268 $453 114

Sun Feb 28 — $48.0K −60.5% −0.1% $47.1M 268 $179 115

Mon Mar 1 — $19.5K −59.3% +16.8% $47.1M 268 $73 116

Tue Mar 2 — $27.4K +40.3% +23.5% $47.2M 268 $102 117

Wed Mar 3 — $28.2K +2.9% +13.7% $47.2M 268 $105 118

Thu Mar 4 — $29.2K +3.7% +34.8% $47.2M 268 $109 119

Fri Mar 5 — $46.6K +59.4% +31.1% $47.3M 217 $215 120

Sat Mar 6 — $93.9K +101.5% −22.6% $47.4M 217 $433 121

Sun Mar 7 — $41.2K −56.1% −14.2% $47.4M 217 $190 122

Mon Mar 8 — $18.8K −54.3% −3.6% $47.4M 217 $87 123

Tue Mar 9 — $21.7K +15.5% −20.6% $47.4M 217 $100 124

Wed Mar 10 — $18.7K −13.9% −33.6% $47.5M 217 $86 125

Thu Mar 11 — $16.5K −11.9% −43.6% $47.5M 217 $76 126

Fri Mar 12 — $19.2K +16.5% −58.8% $47.5M 115 $167 127

Sat Mar 13 — $28.6K +48.6% −69.6% $47.5M 115 $248 128

Sun Mar 14 — $17.7K −37.9% −56.9% $47.5M 115 $154 129

Mon Mar 15 — $8.0K −54.8% −57.4% $47.5M 115 $70 130

Tue Mar 16 — $8.5K +6.5% −60.7% $47.6M 115 $74 131

Wed Mar 17 — $6.0K −29.7% −67.9% $47.6M 115 $52 132

Thu Mar 18 — $7.0K +16.5% −57.6% $47.6M 115 $61 133

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

Cumulative total$44.5M

Nov 6Nov 23Dec 12Dec 28Jan 14

Weekend grossWk 10 · $464.7K

$1.9M

$5.9M

$10.9M

$7.1M

$2.3M

$1.3M

$1.2M

$865.1K

$924.2K

$464.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,003 → 409 −59.2%

18 open409 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −49.7%

+213.7%

W1→2

+85.2%

W2→3

−34.9%

W3→4

−67.8%

W4→5

−43.9%

W5→6

−6.0%

W6→7

−28.1%

W7→8

+6.8%

W8→9

−49.7%

W9→10

Steepest −67.8%Biggest gain +213.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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