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The Boy in the Striped PajamasFollow

2008 • PG-13 • 1h 34m • Drama, War • Miramax Films

Lines may divide us, but hope will unite us.

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$253.1K

Limited · 17 theaters

Domestic total

$9.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$44.00M

$35.00M international

Domestic legs5.3x from $1.7M biggest weekend

Budget$12.5M

2008 rank#163

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Cast & crew

Asa Butterfield

Asa Butterfield Starring

Vera Farmiga

Vera Farmiga Starring

David Thewlis

David Thewlis Starring

Rupert Friend

Rupert Friend Starring

ScreenplayMark Herman Based onthe novel by John Boyne Music byJames Horner StudioHeyday Films, Miramax Films

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 7-9 29 $253.1K — 17 $14,887 $253.1K

2 Nov 14-16 19 $474.4K +87.4% 38 $12,484 $827.7K

3 Nov 21-23 8 $1.6M +247.3% 406 $4,058 $2.6M

4 Nov 28-30 9 $1.7M +3.0% 582 $2,914 $5.2M

5 Dec 5-7 13 $1.0M −39.2% 678 $1,521 $6.7M

6 Dec 12-14 16 $685.5K −33.5% 679 $1,010 $7.8M

7 Dec 19-21 21 $274.5K −60.0% 403 $681 $8.4M

8 Dec 26-28 37 $87.9K −68.0% 96 $916 $8.7M

9 Jan 2-4 34 $95.8K +9.0% 93 $1,031 $8.9M

10 Jan 9-11 40 $58.2K −39.3% 85 $685 $9.0M

11 Jan 16-18 48 $35.4K −39.3% 58 $610 $9.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 7 #- $61.0K — $61.0K 17 $3,588 1

Fri Nov 21 #9 $458.9K — $1.4M 406 $1,130 15

Sat Nov 22 #8 $729.0K +59% $2.2M 406 $1,796 16

Sun Nov 23 #8 $459.6K −37% $2.6M 406 $1,132 17

Mon Nov 24 #9 $152.4K −67% $2.8M 406 $375 18

Tue Nov 25 #9 $189.8K +25% $3.0M 406 $467 19

Wed Nov 26 #11 $250.1K +32% $3.2M 406 $616 20

Thu Nov 27 #9 $250.3K — $3.5M 406 $616 21

Fri Nov 28 #9 $635.7K +154% +39% $4.1M 406 $1,566 22

Sat Nov 29 #9 $678.3K +7% −7% $4.8M 406 $1,671 23

Sun Nov 30 #9 $382.2K −44% −17% $5.2M 406 $941 24

Mon Dec 1 #10 $111.0K −71% −27% $5.3M 582 $191 25

Tue Dec 2 #10 $114.9K +3% −39% $5.4M 582 $197 26

Wed Dec 3 #10 $116.9K +2% −53% $5.5M 582 $201 27

Thu Dec 4 #10 $114.0K −2% −54% $5.6M 582 $196 28

Fri Dec 5 #13 $303.2K +166% −52% $5.9M 678 $447 29

Sat Dec 6 #13 $436.2K +44% −36% $6.4M 678 $643 30

Sun Dec 7 #13 $291.7K −33% −24% $6.7M 678 $430 31

Mon Dec 8 #13 $95.7K −67% −14% $6.8M 678 $141 32

Tue Dec 9 #13 $102.8K +7% −10% $6.9M 678 $152 33

Wed Dec 10 #13 $113.5K +10% −3% $7.0M 678 $167 34

Thu Dec 11 #13 $108.3K −5% −5% $7.1M 678 $160 35

Fri Dec 12 #15 $193.0K +78% −36% $7.3M 679 $284 36

Sat Dec 13 #15 $304.6K +58% −30% $7.6M 679 $449 37

Sun Dec 14 #15 $187.9K −38% −36% $7.8M 679 $277 38

Mon Jan 19 #46 $7.1K — $9.0M 58 $123 74

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

Cumulative total$7.8M

Nov 7Nov 26Dec 2Dec 8Dec 14

Weekend grossWk 10 · $58.2K

$253.1K

$474.4K

$1.6M

$1.7M

$1.0M

$685.5K

$274.5K

$87.9K

$95.8K

$58.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 679 → 679 +0.0%

17 open679 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −39.3%

+87.4%

W1→2

+247.3%

W2→3

+3.0%

W3→4

−39.2%

W4→5

−33.5%

W5→6

−60.0%

W6→7

−68.0%

W7→8

+9.0%

W8→9

−39.3%

W9→10

Steepest −68.0%Biggest gain +247.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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