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The Blind SideFollow

2009 • PG-13 • 2h 9m • Biography, Drama, Sport • Warner Bros.

Based on the extraordinary true story

🍅 66% 85%

53

3.38

7.6

CS A+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$34.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$256.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$309.00M

$53.20M international

Domestic legs7.50x

Budget$29.0M

2009 rank#8

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Cast & crew

Full Hancock filmography

John Lee Hancock

John Lee Hancock Director

Sandra Bullock

Sandra Bullock Starring

Lily Collins

Lily Collins Starring

ScreenplayJohn Lee Hancock Produced byBroderick Johnson, Andrew Kosove, Gil Netter CinematographyAlar Kivilo MusicCarter Burwell StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 20-22 2 $34.1M — 3,110 $10,970 $34.1M

2 Nov 27-29 2 $40.1M +17.6% 3,140 $12,774 $100.2M

3 Dec 4-6 1 $20.0M −50.0% 3,326 $6,026 $128.9M

4 Dec 11-13 2 $15.1M −24.9% 3,388 $4,443 $149.8M

5 Dec 18-20 3 $10.0M −33.4% 3,407 $2,941 $164.7M

6 Dec 25-27 5 $11.5M +14.9% 2,766 $4,164 $184.2M

7 Jan 1-3 5 $11.9M +3.4% 2,926 $4,071 $208.5M

8 Jan 8-10 7 $7.5M −36.8% 2,880 $2,615 $219.0M

9 Jan 15-17 9 $5.6M −26.2% 2,408 $2,307 $226.8M

10 Jan 22-24 11 $4.2M −25.0% 1,932 $2,156 $233.7M

11 Jan 29-31 11 $3.0M −27.5% 1,751 $1,725 $237.9M

12 Feb 5-7 11 $2.5M −17.1% 1,740 $1,438 $241.5M

13 Feb 12-14 12 $2.3M −9.6% 1,175 $1,924 $244.7M

14 Feb 19-21 13 $1.5M −35.8% 1,060 $1,368 $247.1M

15 Feb 26-28 11 $1.2M −14.7% 945 $1,310 $248.8M

16 Mar 5-7 14 $1.3M +1.5% 822 $1,529 $250.5M

17 Mar 12-14 13 $1.6M +27.6% 803 $1,997 $252.7M

18 Mar 19-21 17 $877.7K −45.3% 602 $1,458 $254.3M

19 Mar 26-28 21 $475.1K −45.9% 445 $1,067 $255.1M

20 Apr 2-4 25 $229.4K −51.7% 316 $726 $255.5M

21 Apr 9-11 30 $136.4K −40.5% 204 $668 $255.7M

22 Apr 16-18 39 $68.1K −50.1% 123 $553 $255.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 20 #2 $11.0M — $11.0M 3,110 $3,549 1

Sat Nov 21 #2 $13.7M +24% $24.8M 3,110 $4,418 2

Sun Nov 22 #2 $9.3M −32% $34.1M 3,110 $3,002 3

Mon Nov 23 #2 $3.7M −61% $37.8M 3,110 $1,176 4

Tue Nov 24 #2 $4.9M +35% $42.7M 3,110 $1,589 5

Wed Nov 25 #2 $7.9M +60% $50.6M 3,140 $2,521 6

Thu Nov 26 #1 $9.5M +20% $60.1M 3,140 $3,022 7

Fri Nov 27 #2 $16.2M +71% +47% $76.3M 3,140 $5,154 8

Sat Nov 28 #2 $15.9M −2% +16% $92.2M 3,140 $5,055 9

Sun Nov 29 #2 $8.1M −49% −14% $100.2M 3,140 $2,564 10

Mon Nov 30 #2 $2.1M −74% −44% $102.3M 3,140 $657 11

Tue Dec 1 #2 $2.3M +12% −53% $104.6M 3,140 $738 12

Wed Dec 2 #1 $2.1M −8% −73% $106.7M 3,140 $677 13

Thu Dec 3 #2 $2.1M −2% −78% $108.8M 3,140 $661 14

Fri Dec 4 #1 $6.8M +226% −58% $115.6M 3,326 $2,035 15

Sat Dec 5 #1 $8.5M +26% −46% $124.1M 3,326 $2,570 16

Sun Dec 6 #1 $4.7M −45% −41% $128.9M 3,326 $1,421 17

Mon Dec 7 #1 $1.4M −69% −30% $130.3M 3,326 $433 18

Tue Dec 8 #1 $1.6M +9% −32% $131.9M 3,326 $471 19

Wed Dec 9 #1 $1.4M −10% −34% $133.3M 3,326 $425 20

Thu Dec 10 #1 $1.5M +4% −29% $134.8M 3,326 $441 21

Fri Dec 11 #2 $4.7M +222% −30% $139.5M 3,388 $1,394 22

Sat Dec 12 #2 $6.9M +46% −20% $146.4M 3,388 $2,030 23

Sun Dec 13 #2 $3.5M −50% −27% $149.8M 3,388 $1,018 24

Mon Dec 14 #2 $1.1M −68% −24% $150.9M 3,388 $322 25

Tue Dec 15 #2 $1.3M +16% −19% $152.2M 3,388 $374 26

Wed Dec 16 #2 $1.2M −4% −14% $153.4M 3,388 $357 27

Thu Dec 17 #2 $1.3M +8% −11% $154.7M 3,388 $387 28

Fri Dec 18 #3 $3.2M +142% −33% $157.9M 3,407 $933 29

Sat Dec 19 #3 $3.9M +23% −43% $161.8M 3,407 $1,146 30

Sun Dec 20 #3 $2.9M −25% −15% $164.7M 3,407 $860 31

Mon Dec 21 #3 $2.0M −32% +83% $166.7M 3,407 $587 32

Tue Dec 22 #3 $2.2M +11% +75% $168.9M 3,407 $651 33

Wed Dec 23 #4 $2.2M −2% +80% $171.1M 3,252 $669 34

Thu Dec 24 #4 $1.6M −29% +18% $172.7M 3,252 $477 35

Fri Dec 25 #6 $3.4M +117% +6% $176.0M 2,766 $1,219 36

Sat Dec 26 #5 $4.7M +38% +19% $180.7M 2,766 $1,683 37

Sun Dec 27 #5 $3.5M −25% +19% $184.2M 2,766 $1,261 38

Mon Dec 28 #6 $2.8M −19% +42% $187.0M 2,766 $1,024 39

Tue Dec 29 #6 $3.0M +6% +35% $190.0M 2,766 $1,085 40

Wed Dec 30 #6 $3.1M +2% +41% $193.1M 2,766 $1,108 41

Thu Dec 31 #5 $3.5M +13% +123% $196.6M 2,766 $1,252 42

Fri Jan 1 #5 $4.6M +31% +35% $201.1M 2,926 $1,556 43

Sat Jan 2 #5 $5.0M +10% +7% $206.1M 2,926 $1,708 44

Sun Jan 3 #5 $2.4M −53% −32% $208.5M 2,926 $806 45

Mon Jan 4 #5 $824.1K −65% −71% $209.3M 2,926 $281 46

Tue Jan 5 #6 $768.3K −7% −74% $210.1M 2,926 $262 47

Wed Jan 6 #6 $740.2K −4% −76% $210.8M 2,926 $252 48

Thu Jan 7 #6 $638.2K −14% −82% $211.4M 2,926 $218 49

Fri Jan 8 #8 $2.2M +248% −51% $213.7M 2,926 $758 50

Sat Jan 9 #7 $3.5M +56% −31% $217.1M 2,926 $1,180 51

Sun Jan 10 #7 $1.9M −46% −21% $219.0M 2,926 $635 52

Mon Jan 11 #9 $501.2K −73% −39% $219.5M 2,926 $171 53

Tue Jan 12 #9 $554.2K +11% −28% $220.0M 2,926 $189 54

Wed Jan 13 #8 $568.4K +3% −23% $220.6M 2,926 $194 55

Thu Jan 14 #8 $607.1K +7% −5% $221.2M 2,926 $207 56

Fri Jan 15 #9 $1.6M +160% −29% $222.8M 2,408 $655 57

Sat Jan 16 #9 $2.4M +49% −32% $225.1M 2,408 $977 58

Sun Jan 17 #9 $1.6M −31% −13% $226.8M 2,408 $675 59

Mon Jan 18 #8 $1.4M −13% +182% $228.2M 2,408 $587 60

Tue Jan 19 #9 $447.3K −68% −19% $228.6M 2,408 $185 61

Wed Jan 20 #7 $409.3K −8% −28% $229.0M 2,408 $169 62

Thu Jan 21 #7 $474.1K +16% −22% $229.5M 2,408 $196 63

Fri Jan 22 #10 $1.2M +160% −22% $230.7M 1,932 $638 64

Sat Jan 23 #11 $2.1M +70% −11% $232.9M 1,932 $1,088 65

Sun Jan 24 #11 $828.1K −61% −49% $233.7M 1,932 $428 66

Mon Jan 25 #10 $304.2K −63% −79% $234.0M 1,932 $157 67

Tue Jan 26 #10 $312.8K +3% −30% $234.3M 1,932 $161 68

Wed Jan 27 #10 $298.1K −5% −27% $234.6M 1,932 $154 69

Thu Jan 28 #10 $300.0K +1% −37% $234.9M 1,932 $155 70

Fri Jan 29 #11 $798.1K +166% −35% $235.7M 1,751 $455 71

Sat Jan 30 #11 $1.4M +80% −32% $237.1M 1,751 $820 72

Sun Jan 31 #11 $785.7K −45% −5% $237.9M 1,751 $448 73

Mon Feb 1 #10 $227.4K −71% −25% $238.1M 1,751 $129 74

Tue Feb 2 #11 $288.0K +27% −8% $238.4M 1,751 $164 75

Wed Feb 3 #9 $302.0K +5% +1% $238.7M 1,751 $172 76

Thu Feb 4 #9 $294.1K −3% −2% $239.0M 1,751 $167 77

Fri Feb 5 #11 $773.6K +163% −3% $239.8M 1,740 $444 78

Sat Feb 6 #11 $1.3M +74% −6% $241.1M 1,740 $773 79

Sun Feb 7 #13 $383.5K −72% −51% $241.5M 1,740 $220 80

Mon Feb 8 #11 $211.1K −45% −7% $241.7M 1,740 $121 81

Tue Feb 9 #11 $238.3K +13% −17% $242.0M 1,740 $136 82

Wed Feb 10 #11 $221.1K −7% −27% $242.2M 1,740 $127 83

Thu Feb 11 #11 $266.2K +20% −9% $242.5M 1,740 $153 84

Fri Feb 12 #12 $463.2K +74% −40% $242.9M 1,175 $394 85

Sat Feb 13 #12 $923.6K +99% −31% $243.9M 1,175 $786 86

Sun Feb 14 #12 $875.0K −5% +128% $244.7M 1,175 $744 87

Mon Feb 15 #13 $405.4K −54% +92% $245.1M 1,175 $345 88

Tue Feb 16 #12 $162.2K −60% −32% $245.3M 1,175 $138 89

Wed Feb 17 #12 $154.7K −5% −30% $245.5M 1,175 $131 90

Thu Feb 18 #12 $169.5K +10% −36% $245.6M 1,175 $144 91

Fri Feb 19 #13 $392.6K +132% −15% $246.0M 1,175 $334 92

Sat Feb 20 #13 $711.1K +81% −23% $246.7M 1,175 $605 93

Sun Feb 21 #13 $347.4K −51% −60% $247.1M 1,175 $295 94

Mon Feb 22 #13 $109.3K −69% −73% $247.2M 1,175 $93 95

Tue Feb 23 #13 $106.4K −3% −34% $247.3M 1,175 $90 96

Wed Feb 24 #13 $112.4K +6% −27% $247.4M 1,175 $95 97

Thu Feb 25 #13 $118.3K +5% −30% $247.5M 1,175 $100 98

Fri Feb 26 $317.0K +168% −19% $247.8M 945 $335 99

Sat Feb 27 $649.8K +105% −9% $248.5M 945 $687 100

Sun Feb 28 $271.7K −58% −22% $248.8M 945 $287 101

Mon Mar 1 $83.1K −69% −24% $248.8M 945 $87 102

Tue Mar 2 #11 $114.2K +37% +7% $249.0M 945 $120 103

Wed Mar 3 #11 $122.4K +7% +9% $249.1M 945 $129 104

Thu Mar 4 #11 $134.2K +10% +13% $249.2M 945 $141 105

Fri Mar 5 $335.6K +150% +6% $249.5M 822 $408 106

Sat Mar 6 $636.2K +90% −2% $250.2M 822 $773 107

Sun Mar 7 $285.4K −55% +5% $250.5M 822 $347 108

Mon Mar 8 #11 $162.3K −43% +95% $250.6M 822 $197 109

Tue Mar 9 #11 $170.1K +5% +49% $250.8M 822 $206 110

Wed Mar 10 #11 $154.2K −9% +26% $251.0M 822 $187 111

Thu Mar 11 #11 $178.5K +16% +33% $251.1M 822 $217 112

Fri Mar 12 $472.4K +165% +41% $251.6M 803 $588 113

Sat Mar 13 $712.6K +51% +12% $252.3M 803 $887 114

Sun Mar 14 $419.0K −41% +47% $252.7M 803 $521 115

Mon Mar 15 $164.1K −61% +1% $252.9M 803 $204 116

Tue Mar 16 $175.3K +7% +3% $253.1M 803 $218 117

Wed Mar 17 $156.3K −11% +1% $253.2M 803 $194 118

Thu Mar 18 $164.3K +5% −8% $253.4M 803 $204 119

Fri Mar 19 $259.8K +58% −45% $253.7M 602 $431 120

Sat Mar 20 $386.7K +49% −46% $254.0M 602 $642 121

Sun Mar 21 $231.3K −40% −45% $254.3M 602 $384 122

Mon Mar 22 $83.3K −64% −49% $254.4M 602 $138 123

Tue Mar 23 $84.8K +2% −52% $254.4M 602 $140 124

Wed Mar 24 $75.9K −11% −51% $254.5M 602 $126 125

Thu Mar 25 $78.9K +4% −52% $254.6M 602 $131 126

Fri Mar 26 $150.7K +91% −42% $254.7M 445 $338 127

Sat Mar 27 $205.4K +36% −47% $255.0M 445 $461 128

Sun Mar 28 $119.0K −42% −49% $255.1M 445 $267 129

Mon Mar 29 $47.6K −60% −43% $255.1M 445 $106 130

Tue Mar 30 $50.5K +6% −40% $255.2M 445 $113 131

Wed Mar 31 $46.4K −8% −39% $255.2M 445 $104 132

Thu Apr 1 $46.7K +1% −41% $255.3M 445 $104 133

Fri Apr 2 $86.4K +85% −43% $255.3M 316 $273 134

Sat Apr 3 $90.8K +5% −56% $255.4M 316 $287 135

Sun Apr 4 $52.2K −42% −56% $255.5M 316 $165 136

Mon Apr 5 $29.5K −43% −38% $255.5M 316 $93 137

Tue Apr 6 $27.0K −8% −46% $255.5M 316 $85 138

Wed Apr 7 $26.6K −2% −43% $255.6M 316 $84 139

Thu Apr 8 $28.2K +6% −40% $255.6M 316 $89 140

Fri Apr 9 $46.4K +64% −46% $255.7M 204 $227 141

Sat Apr 10 $63.5K +37% −30% $255.7M 204 $311 142

Sun Apr 11 $26.6K −58% −49% $255.7M 204 $130 143

Mon Apr 12 $8.1K −70% −73% $255.7M 204 $39 144

Tue Apr 13 $10.8K +33% −60% $255.8M 204 $52 145

Wed Apr 14 $9.0K −17% −66% $255.8M 204 $44 146

Thu Apr 15 $9.9K +10% −65% $255.8M 204 $48 147

Fri Apr 16 $20.6K +109% −56% $255.8M 123 $167 148

Sat Apr 17 $34.1K +65% −46% $255.8M 123 $276 149

Sun Apr 18 $13.5K −61% −49% $255.8M 123 $109 150

Mon Apr 19 $4.7K −65% −42% $255.9M 123 $38 151

Tue Apr 20 $5.4K +14% −50% $255.9M 123 $43 152

Wed Apr 21 $5.7K +7% −36% $255.9M 123 $46 153

Thu Apr 22 $5.3K −7% −46% $255.9M 123 $43 154

Fri Apr 23 $10.4K +95% −50% $255.9M 77 $134 155

Sat Apr 24 $13.7K +33% −60% $255.9M 77 $178 156

Sun Apr 25 $7.9K −43% −42% $255.9M 77 $102 157

Mon Apr 26 $2.9K −64% −39% $255.9M 77 $37 158

Tue Apr 27 $3.0K +4% −45% $255.9M 77 $38 159

Wed Apr 28 $2.4K −19% −58% $255.9M 77 $31 160

Thu Apr 29 $2.9K +21% −45% $255.9M 77 $38 161

Fri Apr 30 $4.3K +45% −59% $255.9M 46 $92 162

Sat May 1 $11.0K +159% −20% $255.9M 46 $239 163

Sun May 2 $4.2K −62% −46% $255.9M 46 $91 164

Mon May 3 $1.0K −76% −65% $255.9M 46 $22 165

Tue May 4 $1.4K +41% −52% $255.9M 46 $31 166

Wed May 5 $1.2K −16% −51% $255.9M 46 $25 167

Thu May 6 $1.4K +20% −51% $255.9M 46 $31 168

Fri May 7 $2.7K +87% −37% $255.9M 25 $106 169

Sat May 8 $4.4K +66% −60% $255.9M 25 $176 170

Sun May 9 $2.7K −38% −36% $255.9M 25 $108 171

Mon May 10 $642 −76% −37% $255.9M 25 $25 172

Tue May 11 $1.0K +57% −29% $255.9M 25 $40 173

Wed May 12 $716 −29% −40% $255.9M 25 $28 174

Thu May 13 $803 +12% −44% $255.9M 25 $32 175

Fri May 14 $704 −12% −74% $255.9M 11 $64 176

Sat May 15 $1.0K +45% −77% $255.9M 11 $93 177

Sun May 16 $657 −36% −76% $256.0M 11 $59 178

Mon May 17 $152 −77% −76% $256.0M 11 $13 179

Tue May 18 $229 +51% −77% $256.0M 11 $20 180

Wed May 19 $235 +3% −67% $256.0M 11 $21 181

Thu May 20 $758 +223% −6% $256.0M 11 $68 182

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

Cumulative total$234.9M

Nov 20Dec 7Dec 25Jan 11Jan 28

Weekend grossWk 10 · $4.2M

$34.1M

$40.1M

$20.0M

$15.1M

$10.0M

$11.5M

$11.9M

$7.5M

$5.6M

$4.2M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,407 → 1,932 −43.3%

3,110 open1,932 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −25.0%

+17.6%

W1→2

−50.0%

W2→3

−24.9%

W3→4

−33.4%

W4→5

+14.9%

W5→6

+3.4%

W6→7

−36.8%

W7→8

−26.2%

W8→9

−25.0%

W9→10

Steepest −50.0%Biggest gain +17.6%

Run milestones

$200M in 43 days

$100M

Day 10

Nov 29

$200M

Day 43

Jan 1

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

#5 Best second-weekend holds$20M+ openers, all-time +17.6% #13 Biggest 7th weekendsAll-time $11.9M

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