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2008 • R • 2h • Crime, Drama, Romance • Fox Searchlight Pictures

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3.95

8.0

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$360K

Limited · 10 theaters

Domestic total

$141.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$378.00M

$237.00M international

Domestic legs32.9x from $4.3M first wide weekend

Budget$15.0M

2008 rank#16

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Cast & crew

Full Boyle filmography

Danny Boyle

Danny Boyle Director

Dev Patel

Dev Patel Starring

Freida Pinto

Freida Pinto Starring

ScreenplaySimon Beaufoy Produced byChristian Colson CinematographyAnthony Dod Mantle MusicA. R. Rahman StudioFox Searchlight Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 14-16 24 $360.0K — 10 $36,001 $427.7K

2 Nov 21-23 11 $947.8K +163% 32 $29,618 $1.6M

3 Nov 28-30 11 $1.3M +42% 49 $27,470 $3.5M

4 Dec 5-7 12 $1.4M +4% 78 $17,976 $5.3M

5 Dec 12-14 11 $2.2M +55% 169 $12,872 $8.0M

6 Dec 19-21 8 $3.1M +40% 589 $5,184 $12.0M

7 Dec 26-28 13 $4.3M +41% 614 $7,006 $19.5M

8 Jan 2-4 10 $4.7M +9% 612 $7,664 $28.7M

9 Jan 9-11 11 $3.8M −19% 601 $6,293 $34.1M

10 Jan 16-18 10 $5.8M +55% 582 $10,050 $42.7M

11 Jan 23-25 5 $10.7M +83% 1,415 $7,561 $56.1M

12 Jan 30-Feb 1 6 $7.6M −29% 1,635 $4,665 $67.2M

13 Feb 6-8 7 $7.2M −6% 1,724 $4,163 $77.2M

14 Feb 13-15 9 $7.3M +1% 1,634 $4,458 $86.7M

15 Feb 20-22 5 $8.4M +15% 2,244 $3,736 $98.4M

16 Feb 27-Mar 1 3 $12.0M +43% 2,943 $4,086 $115.0M

17 Mar 6-8 4 $6.8M −43% 2,890 $2,355 $125.3M

18 Mar 13-15 6 $5.0M −27% 2,578 $1,940 $132.6M

19 Mar 20-22 8 $2.7M −47% 2,578 $1,038 $137.2M

20 Mar 27-29 12 $1.2M −56% 2,578 $451 $139.3M

21 Apr 3-5 14 $499.3K −57% 840 $594 $140.2M

22 Apr 10-12 20 $282.4K −43% 306 $922 $140.8M

23 Apr 17-19 27 $142.8K −49% 212 $673 $141.0M

24 Apr 24-26 37 $71.4K −50% 131 $545 $141.2M

25 May 1-3 49 $37.2K −48% 72 $516 $141.2M

26 May 8-10 59 $24.4K −35% 41 $593 $141.3M

27 May 15-17 68 $10.5K −57% 22 $478 $141.3M

28 May 22-24 79 $5.7K −46% 10 $570 $141.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Nov 12 $33.0K — $33.0K 10 $3,298 1

Thu Nov 13 $34.7K +5% $67.7K 10 $3,471 2

Fri Nov 14 $91.8K +164% $159.5K 10 $9,176 3

Sat Nov 15 $142.6K +55% $302.1K 10 $14,264 4

Sun Nov 16 $125.6K −12% $427.7K 10 $12,560 5

Mon Nov 17 $45.5K −64% $473.2K 10 $4,549 6

Tue Nov 18 #16 $49.6K +9% $522.9K 10 $4,964 7

Wed Nov 19 #15 $50.7K +2% +54% $573.5K 10 $5,065 8

Thu Nov 20 #14 $48.9K −3% +41% $622.4K 10 $4,893 9

Fri Nov 21 #13 $248.1K +407% +170% $870.6K 32 $7,754 10

Sat Nov 22 #12 $396.5K +60% +178% $1.3M 32 $12,389 11

Sun Nov 23 #11 $303.2K −24% +141% $1.6M 32 $9,474 12

Mon Nov 24 #11 $96.2K −68% +112% $1.7M 32 $3,007 13

Tue Nov 25 #11 $110.9K +15% +123% $1.8M 32 $3,465 14

Wed Nov 26 #12 $200.7K +81% +296% $2.0M 49 $4,096 15

Thu Nov 27 #10 $220.2K +10% +350% $2.2M 49 $4,494 16

Fri Nov 28 #11 $480.7K +118% +94% $2.7M 49 $9,810 17

Sat Nov 29 #11 $537.8K +12% +36% $3.2M 49 $10,975 18

Sun Nov 30 #10 $327.5K −39% +8% $3.5M 49 $6,684 19

Mon Dec 1 #11 $90.3K −72% −6% $3.6M 49 $1,843 20

Tue Dec 2 #11 $100.2K +11% −10% $3.7M 49 $2,044 21

Wed Dec 3 #11 $100.3K n/c −50% $3.8M 49 $2,046 22

Thu Dec 4 #11 $102.2K +2% −54% $3.9M 49 $2,085 23

Fri Dec 5 #12 $379.5K +271% −21% $4.3M 78 $4,864 24

Sat Dec 6 #12 $606.4K +60% +13% $4.9M 78 $7,773 25

Sun Dec 7 #12 $416.4K −31% +27% $5.3M 78 $5,338 26

Mon Dec 8 #12 $119.9K −71% +33% $5.5M 78 $1,537 27

Tue Dec 9 #12 $133.2K +11% +33% $5.6M 78 $1,707 28

Wed Dec 10 #12 $139.2K +4% +39% $5.7M 78 $1,784 29

Thu Dec 11 #12 $141.5K +2% +38% $5.9M 78 $1,813 30

Fri Dec 12 #11 $559.8K +296% +48% $6.4M 169 $3,312 31

Sat Dec 13 #11 $973.6K +74% +61% $7.4M 169 $5,760 32

Sun Dec 14 #10 $642.1K −34% +54% $8.0M 169 $3,799 33

Mon Dec 15 #10 $212.7K −67% +77% $8.3M 169 $1,258 34

Tue Dec 16 #10 $231.9K +9% +74% $8.5M 169 $1,372 35

Wed Dec 17 #10 $244.8K +6% +76% $8.7M 169 $1,448 36

Thu Dec 18 #11 $245.6K n/c +74% $9.0M 169 $1,453 37

Fri Dec 19 #8 $745.3K +204% +33% $9.7M 589 $1,265 38

Sat Dec 20 #8 $1.3M +81% +38% $11.1M 589 $2,288 39

Sun Dec 21 #8 $960.5K −29% +50% $12.0M 589 $1,630 40

Mon Dec 22 #8 $552.7K −42% +160% $12.6M 589 $938 41

Tue Dec 23 #8 $592.6K +7% +156% $13.2M 589 $1,006 42

Wed Dec 24 #7 $646.5K +9% +164% $13.8M 589 $1,097 43

Thu Dec 25 #12 $1.3M +108% +448% $15.2M 614 $2,190 44

Fri Dec 26 #13 $1.5M +10% +98% $16.7M 614 $2,408 45

Sat Dec 27 #13 $1.6M +9% +19% $18.3M 614 $2,614 46

Sun Dec 28 #13 $1.2M −24% +27% $19.5M 614 $1,983 47

Mon Dec 29 #13 $909.4K −25% +65% $20.4M 614 $1,481 48

Tue Dec 30 #13 $932.9K +3% +57% $21.3M 614 $1,519 49

Wed Dec 31 $908.7K −3% +41% $22.2M 614 $1,479 50

Thu Jan 1 $1.8M +94% +31% $24.0M 614 $2,863 51

Fri Jan 2 $1.7M −6% +12% $25.6M 612 $2,714 52

Sat Jan 3 #9 $1.8M +11% +15% $27.5M 612 $3,021 53

Sun Jan 4 #8 $1.2M −36% −3% $28.7M 612 $1,928 54

Mon Jan 5 #10 $382.1K −68% −58% $29.1M 612 $624 55

Tue Jan 6 #8 $436.1K +14% −53% $29.5M 612 $712 56

Wed Jan 7 #7 $447.4K +3% −51% $29.9M 612 $731 57

Thu Jan 8 #9 $402.7K −10% −77% $30.3M 612 $658 58

Fri Jan 9 #11 $1.1M +167% −35% $31.4M 601 $1,786 59

Sat Jan 10 #10 $1.7M +56% −10% $33.1M 601 $2,779 60

Sun Jan 11 #10 $1.0M −38% −12% $34.1M 601 $1,726 61

Mon Jan 12 #5 $661.8K −36% +73% $34.8M 601 $1,101 62

Tue Jan 13 #5 $727.4K +10% +67% $35.5M 601 $1,210 63

Wed Jan 14 #5 $661.5K −9% +48% $36.2M 601 $1,100 64

Thu Jan 15 #6 $659.4K n/c +64% $36.8M 601 $1,097 65

Fri Jan 16 #11 $1.6M +137% +45% $38.4M 582 $2,681 66

Sat Jan 17 #10 $2.5M +63% +52% $40.8M 582 $4,357 67

Sun Jan 18 #9 $1.8M −31% +69% $42.5M 582 $3,011 68

Mon Jan 19 #11 $1.2M −33% +77% $43.7M 582 $2,014 69

Tue Jan 20 #10 $380.1K −68% −48% $44.2M 582 $653 70

Wed Jan 21 #8 $472.7K +24% −29% $44.7M 582 $812 71

Thu Jan 22 #8 $653.8K +38% −1% $45.4M 582 $1,123 72

Fri Jan 23 #5 $2.8M +322% +77% $48.1M 1,415 $1,949 73

Sat Jan 24 #5 $4.8M +74% +89% $52.9M 1,415 $3,387 74

Sun Jan 25 #5 $3.1M −34% +80% $56.1M 1,415 $2,224 75

Mon Jan 26 #4 $858.6K −73% −27% $56.9M 1,415 $606 76

Tue Jan 27 #4 $945.2K +10% +149% $57.9M 1,415 $667 77

Wed Jan 28 #4 $816.0K −14% +73% $58.7M 1,415 $576 78

Thu Jan 29 #4 $879.4K +8% +35% $59.6M 1,415 $621 79

Fri Jan 30 #7 $2.3M +164% −16% $61.9M 1,635 $1,418 80

Sat Jan 31 #6 $3.9M +70% −18% $65.8M 1,635 $2,404 81

Sun Feb 1 #5 $1.4M −65% −56% $67.2M 1,635 $842 82

Mon Feb 2 #5 $627.7K −54% −27% $67.8M 1,635 $383 83

Tue Feb 3 #2 $737.9K +18% −22% $68.6M 1,633 $451 84

Wed Feb 4 #2 $721.3K −2% −12% $69.3M 1,633 $441 85

Thu Feb 5 #3 $745.7K +3% −15% $70.0M 1,633 $456 86

Fri Feb 6 #8 $1.9M +161% −16% $72.0M 1,724 $1,127 87

Sat Feb 7 #8 $3.3M +70% −16% $75.3M 1,724 $1,912 88

Sun Feb 8 #7 $1.9M −41% +41% $77.2M 1,724 $1,122 89

Mon Feb 9 #6 $525.3K −73% −16% $77.7M 1,724 $304 90

Tue Feb 10 #5 $584.8K +11% −21% $78.3M 1,724 $339 91

Wed Feb 11 #4 $520.9K −11% −28% $78.8M 1,724 $302 92

Thu Feb 12 #4 $561.9K +8% −25% $79.4M 1,724 $325 93

Fri Feb 13 #10 $1.5M +170% −22% $80.9M 1,634 $929 94

Sat Feb 14 #9 $3.4M +127% +4% $84.4M 1,634 $2,108 95

Sun Feb 15 #9 $2.3M −33% +20% $86.7M 1,634 $1,420 96

Mon Feb 16 #9 $1.4M −39% +171% $88.1M 1,634 $869 97

Tue Feb 17 #8 $646.0K −55% +10% $88.7M 1,634 $395 98

Wed Feb 18 #8 $569.1K −12% +9% $89.3M 1,634 $348 99

Thu Feb 19 #7 $652.8K +15% +16% $90.0M 1,634 $399 100

Fri Feb 20 #8 $2.1M +220% +38% $92.1M 2,244 $931 101

Sat Feb 21 #4 $4.0M +89% +15% $96.0M 2,244 $1,763 102

Sun Feb 22 #4 $2.3M −41% +1% $98.4M 2,244 $1,041 103

Mon Feb 23 #2 $1.2M −49% −15% $99.6M 2,244 $536 104

Tue Feb 24 #2 $1.3M +6% +98% $100.8M 2,244 $570 105

Wed Feb 25 #2 $1.1M −18% +85% $101.9M 2,244 $468 106

Thu Feb 26 #2 $1.1M +5% +70% $103.0M 2,244 $493 107

Fri Feb 27 #3 $3.3M +195% +56% $106.3M 2,943 $1,110 108

Sat Feb 28 #2 $5.5M +69% +40% $111.8M 2,943 $1,879 109

Sun Mar 1 #2 $3.2M −42% +38% $115.0M 2,943 $1,096 110

Mon Mar 2 #2 $883.0K −73% −27% $115.9M 2,943 $300 111

Tue Mar 3 #1 $984.1K +11% −23% $116.9M 2,943 $334 112

Wed Mar 4 #1 $827.6K −16% −21% $117.7M 2,943 $281 113

Thu Mar 5 #1 $797.6K −4% −28% $118.5M 2,943 $271 114

Fri Mar 6 #4 $2.0M +145% −40% $120.5M 2,890 $677 115

Sat Mar 7 #4 $3.2M +63% −42% $123.7M 2,890 $1,101 116

Sun Mar 8 #3 $1.7M −48% −48% $125.3M 2,890 $577 117

Mon Mar 9 #3 $507.6K −70% −43% $125.8M 2,890 $175 118

Tue Mar 10 #2 $622.0K +23% −37% $126.5M 2,890 $215 119

Wed Mar 11 #2 $562.7K −10% −32% $127.0M 2,890 $194 120

Thu Mar 12 #3 $583.0K +4% −27% $127.6M 2,890 $201 121

Fri Mar 13 #6 $1.4M +136% −30% $129.0M 2,578 $533 122

Sat Mar 14 #6 $2.3M +70% −27% $131.3M 2,578 $906 123

Sun Mar 15 #5 $1.3M −45% −23% $132.6M 2,578 $501 124

Mon Mar 16 #5 $466.0K −64% −8% $133.1M 2,578 $180 125

Tue Mar 17 #5 $457.4K −2% −26% $133.5M 2,578 $177 126

Wed Mar 18 #5 $490.6K +7% −13% $134.0M 2,578 $190 127

Thu Mar 19 #5 $485.0K −1% −17% $134.5M 2,578 $188 128

Fri Mar 20 #9 $792.4K +63% −42% $135.3M 2,578 $307 129

Sat Mar 21 #8 $1.2M +54% −48% $136.5M 2,578 $472 130

Sun Mar 22 #8 $666.9K −45% −48% $137.2M 2,578 $258 131

Mon Mar 23 #8 $239.5K −64% −49% $137.4M 2,578 $92 132

Tue Mar 24 #8 $273.2K +14% −40% $137.7M 2,578 $105 133

Wed Mar 25 #8 $238.7K −13% −51% $137.9M 2,578 $92 134

Thu Mar 26 #8 $247.1K +4% −49% $138.2M 2,578 $95 135

Fri Mar 27 #12 $330.1K +34% −58% $138.5M 840 $392 136

Sat Mar 28 #13 $534.1K +62% −56% $139.0M 840 $635 137

Sun Mar 29 #12 $300.7K −44% −55% $139.3M 840 $357 138

Mon Mar 30 #12 $96.8K −68% −60% $139.4M 840 $115 139

Tue Mar 31 #11 $113.4K +17% −58% $139.6M 840 $135 140

Wed Apr 1 #12 $98.3K −13% −59% $139.6M 840 $116 141

Thu Apr 2 #12 $95.5K −3% −61% $139.7M 840 $113 142

Fri Apr 3 #14 $154.5K +62% −53% $139.9M 498 $310 143

Sat Apr 4 #14 $225.1K +46% −58% $140.1M 498 $452 144

Sun Apr 5 #14 $119.6K −47% −60% $140.2M 498 $240 145

Mon Apr 6 #16 $46.0K −62% −52% $140.3M 498 $92 146

Tue Apr 7 #15 $60.8K +32% −46% $140.4M 498 $122 147

Wed Apr 8 #16 $55.2K −9% −44% $140.4M 498 $110 148

Thu Apr 9 $62.1K +12% −35% $140.5M 498 $124 149

Fri Apr 10 $96.7K +56% −37% $140.6M 306 $316 150

Sat Apr 11 $116.7K +21% −48% $140.7M 306 $381 151

Sun Apr 12 $68.9K −41% −42% $140.8M 306 $225 152

Mon Apr 13 $34.6K −50% −25% $140.8M 306 $113 153

Tue Apr 14 $31.5K −9% −48% $140.8M 306 $103 154

Wed Apr 15 $27.4K −13% −50% $140.8M 306 $89 155

Thu Apr 16 $29.9K +9% −52% $140.9M 306 $97 156

Fri Apr 17 $42.0K +41% −57% $140.9M 212 $197 157

Sat Apr 18 $63.5K +51% −46% $141.0M 212 $299 158

Sun Apr 19 $37.3K −41% −46% $141.0M 212 $176 159

Mon Apr 20 $19.5K −48% −44% $141.0M 212 $91 160

Tue Apr 21 $23.8K +22% −24% $141.1M 212 $112 161

Wed Apr 22 $19.6K −18% −28% $141.1M 212 $92 162

Thu Apr 23 $19.7K n/c −34% $141.1M 212 $92 163

Fri Apr 24 $20.6K +5% −51% $141.1M 131 $157 164

Sat Apr 25 $32.2K +56% −49% $141.2M 131 $245 165

Sun Apr 26 $18.6K −42% −50% $141.2M 131 $142 166

Mon Apr 27 $7.1K −62% −63% $141.2M 131 $54 167

Tue Apr 28 $9.5K +33% −60% $141.2M 131 $72 168

Wed Apr 29 $9.4K −1% −52% $141.2M 131 $72 169

Thu Apr 30 $8.9K −6% −55% $141.2M 131 $67 170

Fri May 1 $10.9K +22% −47% $141.2M 131 $83 171

Sat May 2 $17.2K +58% −46% $141.2M 131 $131 172

Sun May 3 $9.0K −48% −51% $141.2M 131 $69 173

Mon May 4 $3.4K −63% −53% $141.2M 131 $25 174

Tue May 5 $5.8K +73% −39% $141.3M 131 $44 175

Wed May 6 $4.7K −19% −50% $141.3M 131 $36 176

Thu May 7 $4.9K +5% −44% $141.3M 131 $37 177

Fri May 8 $7.1K +44% −35% $141.3M 41 $174 178

Sat May 9 $10.2K +43% −41% $141.3M 41 $249 179

Sun May 10 $7.0K −31% −23% $141.3M 41 $170 180

Mon May 11 $2.3K −68% −33% $141.3M 41 $55 181

Tue May 12 $2.7K +21% −53% $141.3M 41 $66 182

Wed May 13 $2.8K +2% −41% $141.3M 41 $68 183

Thu May 14 $2.6K −8% −48% $141.3M 41 $62 184

Fri May 15 $2.5K −3% −65% $141.3M 22 $113 185

Sat May 16 $5.2K +110% −49% $141.3M 22 $238 186

Sun May 17 $2.8K −47% −60% $141.3M 22 $127 187

Mon May 18 $1.7K −39% −25% $141.3M 22 $77 188

Tue May 19 $1.1K −34% −59% $141.3M 22 $51 189

Wed May 20 $1.3K +11% −55% $141.3M 22 $57 190

Thu May 21 $1.3K n/c −51% $141.3M 22 $57 191

Mon May 25 #87 $438 — −74% $141.3M 10 $43 195

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

Cumulative total$44.2M

Nov 12Nov 29Dec 17Jan 3Jan 20

Weekend grossWk 10 · $5.8M

$360.0K

$947.8K

$1.3M

$1.4M

$2.2M

$3.1M

$4.3M

$4.7M

$3.8M

$5.8M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 614 → 582 −5.2%

10 open582 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +55%

+163%

W1→2

+42%

W2→3

+4%

W3→4

+55%

W4→5

+40%

W5→6

+41%

W6→7

+9%

W7→8

−19%

W8→9

+55%

W9→10

Steepest −19%Biggest gain +163%

Run milestones

$100M in 105 days

$100M

Day 105

Feb 24

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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