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The Bucket List

2008 PG-13 1h 37m Adventure, Comedy, Drama Warner Bros.

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The Bucket List Box Office

Opening Weekend
$19.4M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$93.5M
Final
Worldwide Total
$175M
$81.3M international
Domestic Legs4.82x
Budget$45.0M
2008 Rank#33
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jan 11-13 1 $19.39M $20.82M 2,911 $6.7K 1
Jan 18-20 3 $14.08M -27.4% $41.64M 2,915 $4.8K 2
Jan 25-27 6 $10.53M -25.2% $58.01M 2,915 $3.6K 3
Feb 1-3 7 $6.73M -36.1% $67.55M 2,915 $2.3K 4
Feb 8-10 7 $5.28M -21.5% $75.00M 2,753 $1.9K 5
Feb 15-17 8 $3.99M -24.4% $80.97M 2,307 $1.7K 6
Feb 22-24 11 $2.51M -37.1% $85.11M 1,902 $1.3K 7
Feb 29-Mar 2 14 $1.69M -32.6% $87.60M 1,565 $1.1K 8
Mar 7-9 18 $1.03M -39.3% $89.22M 1,040 $987 9
Mar 14-16 19 $618K -39.8% $90.22M 595 $1.0K 10
Mar 21-23 23 $408K -34.0% $90.91M 409 $998 11
Mar 28-30 28 $298K -27.0% $91.42M 303 $983 12
Apr 4-6 30 $207K -30.5% $91.74M 240 $863 13
Apr 11-13 24 $373K +80.2% $92.19M 390 $957 14
Apr 18-20 22 $260K -30.4% $92.59M 350 $742 15
Apr 25-27 31 $188K -27.6% $92.88M 298 $631 16
May 2-4 32 $133K -29.3% $93.07M 245 $543 17
May 9-11 30 $105K -20.8% $93.22M 169 $623 18
May 16-18 40 $66K -37.2% $93.32M 125 $529 19

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

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Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byRob Reiner
ScreenplayJustin Zackham
Produced byCraig Zadan, Neil Meron, Alan Greisman, Rob Reiner
CinematographyJohn Schwartzman
MusicMarc Shaiman
StarringJack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman, Sean Hayes, Beverly Todd, Alfonso Freeman, Dawn Lewis
StudioWarner Bros.

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