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2011 • R • 1h 38m • Comedy, Drama, Romance • The Weinstein Company

A comedy that doesn't let principles stand in the way of progress.

🍅 88% 82%

76

7.3

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$42K

Limited · 4 theaters

Domestic total

$468K

Final

Worldwide total

$4.60M

$4.10M international

Domestic legs8.0x from $58K biggest weekend

Budget$1.9M

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Cast & crew

Noah Taylor

Noah Taylor Starring

Paddy Considine

Paddy Considine Starring

Sally Hawkins

Sally Hawkins Starring

ScreenplayRichard Ayoade Produced byAndy Stebbing, Mark Herbert, Mary Burke, Rebecca Davies CinematographyErik Wilson MusicAndrew Hewitt Prod. DesignGary Williamson StudioThe Weinstein Company

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 3-5 45 $41.8K — 4 $10,458 $41.8K

2 Jun 10-12 40 $55.8K +33.5% 17 $3,285 $117.8K

3 Jun 17-19 38 $58.3K +4.4% 28 $2,081 $207.7K

4 Jun 24-26 45 $42.1K −27.8% 26 $1,619 $288.9K

5 Jul 1-3 48 $27.2K −35.3% 20 $1,361 $342.1K

6 Jul 8-10 57 $16.8K −38.2% 19 $885 $377.8K

7 Jul 15-17 62 $8.9K −47.3% 14 $633 $399.0K

8 Jul 22-24 57 $21.4K +140.9% 18 $1,187 $426.9K

9 Jul 29-31 67 $10.5K −51.0% 19 $550 $449.3K

10 Aug 5-7 93 $2.8K −73.0% 10 $282 $459.2K

11 Aug 12-14 88 $3.2K +13.3% 7 $456 $466.7K

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jun 3 #- $10.2K — $10.2K 4 $2,548 1

Sat Jun 4 #- $17.0K +67% $27.2K 4 $4,244 2

Sun Jun 5 #- $14.7K −14% $41.8K 4 $3,665 3

Mon Jun 6 #- $5.0K −66% $46.9K 4 $1,255 4

Tue Jun 7 #- $5.3K +6% $52.2K 4 $1,330 5

Wed Jun 8 #- $5.3K −1% $57.4K 4 $1,313 6

Thu Jun 9 #- $4.5K −14% $61.9K 4 $1,123 7

Fri Jun 10 #- $13.5K +200% +32% $75.4K 17 $792 8

Sat Jun 11 #- $26.0K +93% +53% $101.4K 17 $1,527 9

Sun Jun 12 #- $16.4K −37% +12% $117.8K 17 $965 10

Mon Jun 13 #- $7.6K −54% +51% $125.3K 17 $444 11

Tue Jun 14 #- $8.3K +9% +55% $133.6K 17 $485 12

Wed Jun 15 #- $7.4K −10% +41% $141.0K 17 $435 13

Thu Jun 16 #- $8.4K +13% +86% $149.4K 17 $492 14

Fri Jun 17 #- $16.7K +99% +24% $166.0K 28 $594 15

Sat Jun 18 #- $24.0K +44% −8% $190.0K 28 $857 16

Sun Jun 19 #- $17.6K −27% +7% $207.7K 28 $629 17

Mon Jun 20 #- $9.6K −46% +26% $217.2K 28 $341 18

Tue Jun 21 #- $9.5K −1% +15% $226.7K 28 $338 19

Wed Jun 22 #- $10.1K +6% +36% $236.7K 28 $358 20

Thu Jun 23 #- $10.1K +1% +21% $246.8K 28 $360 21

Fri Jun 24 #- $12.4K +23% −26% $259.2K 26 $476 22

Sat Jun 25 #- $17.2K +39% −28% $276.4K 26 $661 23

Sun Jun 26 #- $12.5K −27% −29% $288.9K 26 $481 24

Mon Jun 27 #- $6.1K −51% −36% $295.0K 26 $234 25

Tue Jun 28 #- $7.3K +19% −23% $302.3K 26 $279 26

Wed Jun 29 #- $6.1K −16% −39% $308.4K 26 $235 27

Thu Jun 30 #- $6.4K +4% −37% $314.8K 26 $245 28

Fri Jul 1 #- $6.7K +5% −46% $321.5K 20 $335 29

Sat Jul 2 #- $10.2K +52% −41% $331.7K 20 $510 30

Sun Jul 3 #- $10.3K +1% −18% $342.0K 20 $515 31

Mon Jul 4 #49 $5.5K −46% −9% $347.6K 20 $276 32

Tue Jul 5 #35 $4.2K −24% −42% $351.8K 20 $209 33

Wed Jul 6 #- $4.4K +5% −28% $356.2K 20 $220 34

Thu Jul 7 #- $4.8K +9% −25% $361.0K 20 $239 35

Fri Jul 8 #- $4.6K −4% −31% $365.6K 19 $242 36

Sat Jul 9 #- $7.0K +51% −32% $372.6K 19 $366 37

Sun Jul 10 #- $5.3K −25% −49% $377.8K 19 $276 38

Mon Jul 11 #- $2.8K −46% −49% $380.7K 19 $149 39

Tue Jul 12 #- $3.8K +33% −10% $384.4K 19 $199 40

Wed Jul 13 #- $2.8K −26% −36% $387.3K 19 $148 41

Thu Jul 14 #- $2.9K +2% −40% $390.1K 19 $150 42

Fri Jul 15 #- $2.4K −15% −47% $392.6K 14 $174 43

Sat Jul 16 #- $3.5K +41% −50% $396.0K 14 $247 44

Sun Jul 17 #- $3.0K −14% −43% $399.0K 14 $212 45

Mon Jul 18 #- $1.2K −60% −58% $400.2K 14 $85 46

Tue Jul 19 #- $1.5K +27% −60% $401.7K 14 $107 47

Wed Jul 20 #- $1.6K +9% −42% $403.3K 14 $117 48

Thu Jul 21 #- $2.2K +34% −23% $405.5K 14 $157 49

Fri Jul 22 #- $5.0K +128% +105% $410.5K 18 $278 50

Sat Jul 23 #- $9.6K +90% +176% $420.1K 18 $531 51

Sun Jul 24 #- $6.8K −29% +129% $426.9K 18 $377 52

Mon Jul 25 #- $2.7K −60% +126% $429.6K 18 $149 53

Tue Jul 26 #- $3.6K +33% +136% $433.2K 18 $198 54

Wed Jul 27 #- $3.1K −12% +90% $436.3K 18 $173 55

Thu Jul 28 #- $2.6K −18% +16% $438.8K 18 $141 56

Fri Jul 29 #- $3.5K +36% −31% $442.3K 19 $182 57

Sat Jul 30 #- $3.4K −4% −65% $445.7K 19 $176 58

Sun Jul 31 #- $3.6K +9% −46% $449.3K 19 $191 59

Mon Aug 1 #- $1.3K −63% −50% $450.6K 19 $70 60

Tue Aug 2 #- $1.7K +29% −51% $452.4K 19 $91 61

Wed Aug 3 #- $1.9K +11% −38% $454.3K 19 $101 62

Thu Aug 4 #- $2.1K +8% −18% $456.4K 19 $109 63

Fri Aug 5 #- $714 −66% −79% $457.1K 10 $71 64

Sat Aug 6 #- $1.2K +68% −64% $458.3K 10 $119 65

Sun Aug 7 #- $912 −24% −75% $459.2K 10 $91 66

Mon Aug 8 #- $494 −46% −63% $459.7K 10 $49 67

Tue Aug 9 #- $1.1K +113% −40% $460.8K 10 $105 68

Wed Aug 10 #- $1.5K +45% −21% $462.3K 10 $152 69

Thu Aug 11 #- $1.2K −21% −42% $463.5K 10 $120 70

Fri Aug 12 #- $872 −28% +22% $464.4K 7 $124 71

Sat Aug 13 #- $1.5K +74% +27% $465.9K 7 $216 72

Sun Aug 14 #- $807 −47% −12% $466.7K 7 $115 73

Mon Aug 15 #- $364 −55% −26% $467.1K 7 $52 74

Tue Aug 16 #- $225 −38% −79% $467.3K 7 $32 75

Wed Aug 17 #- $130 −42% −91% $467.4K 7 $18 76

Thu Aug 18 #- $181 +39% −85% $467.6K 7 $25 77

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

Cumulative total$463.5K

Jun 3Jun 20Jul 8Jul 25Aug 11

Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.8K

$41.8K

$55.8K

$58.3K

$42.1K

$27.2K

$16.8K

$8.9K

$21.4K

$10.5K

$2.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 28 → 10 −64.3%

4 open10 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −73.0%

+33.5%

W1→2

+4.4%

W2→3

−27.8%

W3→4

−35.3%

W4→5

−38.2%

W5→6

−47.3%

W6→7

+140.9%

W7→8

−51.0%

W8→9

−73.0%

W9→10

Steepest −73.0%Biggest gain +140.9%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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