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The DescendantsFollow

2011 • R • 1h 55m • Comedy, Drama • Fox Searchlight Pictures

The South Pacific ain't that terrific.

🍅 88% 79%

84

3.61

7.3

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$1.20M

Limited · 29 theaters

Domestic total

$82.60M

Final

Worldwide total

$177.00M

$94.70M international

Domestic legs11.2x from $7.3M biggest weekend

Budget$20.0M

2011 rank#38

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Cast & crew

Full Payne filmography

Alexander Payne

Alexander Payne Director

George Clooney

George Clooney Starring

Shailene Woodley

Shailene Woodley Starring

ScreenplayAlexander Payne, Jim Rash, Nat Faxon StudioFox Searchlight Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 18-20 10 $1.2M — 29 $41,037 $1.3M

2 Nov 25-27 9 $7.3M +517% 433 $16,964 $10.9M

3 Dec 2-4 7 $4.8M −35% 574 $8,344 $17.7M

4 Dec 9-11 7 $4.4M −9% 876 $5,000 $23.6M

5 Dec 16-18 11 $3.3M −25% 878 $3,722 $28.6M

6 Dec 23-25 12 $2.1M −37% 813 $2,550 $32.4M

7 Dec 30-Jan 1 10 $3.4M +64% 758 $4,480 $39.4M

8 Jan 6-8 12 $2.6M −24% 737 $3,506 $44.0M

9 Jan 13-15 14 $2.1M −19% 660 $3,182 $47.1M

10 Jan 20-22 16 $2.4M +13% 560 $4,236 $51.3M

11 Jan 27-29 8 $6.4M +170% 2,001 $3,201 $58.7M

12 Feb 3-5 8 $4.6M −29% 2,038 $2,234 $65.5M

13 Feb 10-12 9 $3.4M −24% 1,582 $2,175 $70.7M

14 Feb 17-19 11 $2.9M −15% 1,243 $2,359 $75.0M

15 Feb 24-26 15 $2.1M −27% 889 $2,399 $78.5M

16 Mar 2-4 15 $1.3M −39% 694 $1,861 $80.4M

17 Mar 9-11 19 $676.9K −48% 517 $1,309 $81.5M

18 Mar 16-18 24 $291.2K −57% 347 $839 $82.0M

19 Mar 23-25 32 $145.8K −50% 199 $732 $82.3M

20 Mar 30-Apr 1 40 $87.8K −40% 118 $744 $82.4M

21 Apr 6-8 46 $47.2K −46% 78 $605 $82.5M

22 Apr 13-15 60 $20.7K −56% 41 $504 $82.6M

23 Apr 20-22 61 $23.7K +14% 37 $639 $82.6M

24 Apr 27-29 81 $7.9K −67% 21 $377 $82.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Nov 16 $39.8K — $39.8K 5 $7,955 1

Thu Nov 17 $39.4K −1% $79.2K 5 $7,884 2

Fri Nov 18 #11 $318.6K +708% $397.8K 29 $10,987 3

Sat Nov 19 #10 $493.7K +55% $891.5K 29 $17,024 4

Sun Nov 20 #10 $377.8K −23% $1.3M 29 $13,025 5

Mon Nov 21 #10 $113.5K −70% $1.4M 29 $3,914 6

Tue Nov 22 #12 $123.1K +8% $1.5M 29 $4,243 7

Wed Nov 23 #10 $980.2K +696% +2,364% $2.5M 390 $2,513 8

Thu Nov 24 $1.1M +8% +2,577% $3.5M 390 $2,705 9

Fri Nov 25 #10 $2.7M +156% +749% $6.2M 433 $6,244 10

Sat Nov 26 #9 $3.0M +10% +503% $9.2M 433 $6,874 11

Sun Nov 27 #8 $1.7M −44% +341% $10.9M 433 $3,845 12

Mon Nov 28 #6 $485.9K −71% +328% $11.4M 433 $1,122 13

Tue Nov 29 #6 $584.4K +20% +375% $12.0M 433 $1,349 14

Wed Nov 30 #4 $476.8K −18% −51% $12.4M 433 $1,101 15

Thu Dec 1 #6 $453.3K −5% −57% $12.9M 433 $1,046 16

Fri Dec 2 #6 $1.4M +217% −47% $14.3M 574 $2,504 17

Sat Dec 3 #7 $2.2M +55% −25% $16.6M 574 $3,879 18

Sun Dec 4 #8 $1.1M −49% −32% $17.7M 574 $1,961 19

Mon Dec 5 #5 $353.1K −69% −27% $18.0M 574 $615 20

Tue Dec 6 #5 $465.4K +32% −20% $18.5M 574 $810 21

Wed Dec 7 #6 $378.8K −19% −21% $18.9M 574 $659 22

Thu Dec 8 #6 $376.1K −1% −17% $19.3M 574 $655 23

Fri Dec 9 #7 $1.3M +250% −8% $20.6M 876 $1,504 24

Sat Dec 10 #7 $2.0M +52% −10% $22.6M 876 $2,292 25

Sun Dec 11 #8 $1.1M −48% −6% $23.6M 876 $1,203 26

Mon Dec 12 #5 $420.3K −60% +19% $24.1M 876 $479 27

Tue Dec 13 #5 $490.4K +17% +5% $24.5M 876 $559 28

Wed Dec 14 #6 $405.2K −17% +7% $24.9M 876 $462 29

Thu Dec 15 #6 $431.1K +6% +15% $25.4M 876 $492 30

Fri Dec 16 #9 $928.8K +115% −30% $26.3M 878 $1,057 31

Sat Dec 17 #10 $1.5M +58% −27% $27.8M 878 $1,673 32

Sun Dec 18 #11 $870.5K −41% −17% $28.6M 878 $991 33

Mon Dec 19 #11 $398.3K −54% −5% $29.0M 878 $453 34

Tue Dec 20 #10 $445.8K +12% −9% $29.5M 878 $507 35

Wed Dec 21 #12 $384.8K −14% −5% $29.9M 835 $460 36

Thu Dec 22 #12 $416.7K +8% −3% $30.3M 835 $499 37

Fri Dec 23 #12 $619.7K +49% −33% $30.9M 813 $762 38

Sat Dec 24 #12 $445.7K −28% −70% $31.4M 813 $548 39

Sun Dec 25 #10 $1.0M +126% +16% $32.4M 753 $1,338 40

Mon Dec 26 #10 $1.2M +19% +201% $33.6M 753 $1,591 41

Tue Dec 27 #11 $830.0K −31% +86% $34.4M 753 $1,102 42

Wed Dec 28 #11 $805.5K −3% +109% $35.2M 753 $1,069 43

Thu Dec 29 #11 $825.6K +2% +98% $36.0M 753 $1,096 44

Fri Dec 30 #11 $1.1M +33% +77% $37.1M 758 $1,449 45

Sat Dec 31 #9 $1.3M +14% +181% $38.4M 758 $1,651 46

Sun Jan 1 #10 $1.0M −16% +4% $39.4M 758 $1,379 47

Mon Jan 2 #11 $894.9K −14% −25% $40.3M 758 $1,180 48

Tue Jan 3 #10 $371.6K −58% −55% $40.7M 758 $490 49

Wed Jan 4 #10 $340.3K −8% −58% $41.0M 758 $448 50

Thu Jan 5 #10 $349.1K +3% −58% $41.4M 758 $460 51

Fri Jan 6 #12 $749.1K +115% −32% $42.1M 737 $1,016 52

Sat Jan 7 #12 $1.2M +58% −5% $43.3M 737 $1,609 53

Sun Jan 8 #11 $648.6K −45% −38% $44.0M 737 $880 54

Mon Jan 9 #10 $191.8K −70% −79% $44.2M 737 $260 55

Tue Jan 10 #10 $299.6K +56% −19% $44.5M 737 $406 56

Wed Jan 11 #10 $292.8K −2% −14% $44.7M 737 $397 57

Thu Jan 12 #10 $259.3K −11% −26% $45.0M 737 $351 58

Fri Jan 13 $554.6K +114% −26% $45.6M 660 $840 59

Sat Jan 14 $877.2K +58% −26% $46.4M 660 $1,329 60

Sun Jan 15 $668.5K −24% +3% $47.1M 660 $1,012 61

Mon Jan 16 #13 $823.7K +23% +330% $47.9M 660 $1,248 62

Tue Jan 17 #11 $350.5K −57% +17% $48.3M 660 $531 63

Wed Jan 18 #10 $303.1K −14% +4% $48.6M 660 $459 64

Thu Jan 19 #10 $305.7K +1% +18% $48.9M 660 $463 65

Fri Jan 20 $651.8K +113% +18% $49.5M 560 $1,164 66

Sat Jan 21 $1.2M +84% +37% $50.7M 560 $2,140 67

Sun Jan 22 $521.8K −56% −22% $51.3M 560 $931 68

Mon Jan 23 $193.3K −63% −77% $51.5M 560 $345 69

Tue Jan 24 $287.7K +49% −18% $51.7M 560 $513 70

Wed Jan 25 $271.1K −6% −11% $52.0M 560 $484 71

Thu Jan 26 $286.3K +6% −6% $52.3M 560 $511 72

Fri Jan 27 #8 $1.7M +506% +166% $54.0M 2,001 $866 73

Sat Jan 28 #8 $2.9M +70% +146% $57.0M 2,001 $1,472 74

Sun Jan 29 #8 $1.7M −41% +231% $58.7M 2,001 $862 75

Mon Jan 30 #7 $483.4K −72% +150% $59.2M 2,001 $241 76

Tue Jan 31 #6 $625.3K +29% +117% $59.8M 2,001 $312 77

Wed Feb 1 #5 $554.3K −11% +104% $60.4M 2,001 $277 78

Thu Feb 2 #5 $556.4K n/c +94% $60.9M 2,001 $278 79

Fri Feb 3 #9 $1.4M +156% −18% $62.3M 2,038 $699 80

Sat Feb 4 #8 $2.4M +68% −19% $64.7M 2,038 $1,175 81

Sun Feb 5 #7 $731.2K −69% −58% $65.5M 2,038 $358 82

Mon Feb 6 #7 $378.0K −48% −22% $65.9M 2,038 $185 83

Tue Feb 7 #6 $525.8K +39% −16% $66.4M 2,038 $258 84

Wed Feb 8 #5 $421.1K −20% −24% $66.8M 2,038 $206 85

Thu Feb 9 #5 $429.1K +2% −23% $67.2M 2,038 $210 86

Fri Feb 10 #9 $877.3K +104% −38% $68.1M 1,582 $554 87

Sat Feb 11 #9 $1.6M +87% −32% $69.7M 1,582 $1,035 88

Sun Feb 12 #9 $926.3K −43% +27% $70.7M 1,582 $585 89

Mon Feb 13 #8 $265.3K −71% −30% $70.9M 1,582 $167 90

Tue Feb 14 #9 $585.2K +121% +11% $71.5M 1,582 $369 91

Wed Feb 15 #8 $271.6K −54% −36% $71.8M 1,582 $171 92

Thu Feb 16 #8 $289.5K +7% −33% $72.1M 1,582 $182 93

Fri Feb 17 #11 $663.7K +129% −24% $72.7M 1,243 $533 94

Sat Feb 18 #11 $1.3M +95% −21% $74.0M 1,243 $1,041 95

Sun Feb 19 #11 $974.1K −25% +5% $75.0M 1,243 $783 96

Mon Feb 20 #12 $556.8K −43% +110% $75.6M 1,243 $447 97

Tue Feb 21 #12 $268.4K −52% −54% $75.8M 1,243 $215 98

Wed Feb 22 #12 $221.6K −17% −18% $76.1M 1,243 $178 99

Thu Feb 23 #11 $264.3K +19% −9% $76.3M 1,243 $212 100

Fri Feb 24 $542.5K +105% −18% $76.9M 889 $610 101

Sat Feb 25 $1.1M +102% −15% $78.0M 889 $1,234 102

Sun Feb 26 $493.1K −55% −49% $78.5M 889 $554 103

Mon Feb 27 $157.3K −68% −72% $78.6M 889 $176 104

Tue Feb 28 $180.0K +14% −33% $78.8M 889 $202 105

Wed Feb 29 $150.7K −16% −32% $78.9M 889 $169 106

Thu Mar 1 #16 $152.6K +1% −42% $79.1M 889 $171 107

Fri Mar 2 $322.3K +111% −41% $79.4M 694 $464 108

Sat Mar 3 $646.5K +101% −41% $80.1M 694 $931 109

Sun Mar 4 $323.1K −50% −34% $80.4M 694 $465 110

Mon Mar 5 $87.3K −73% −45% $80.5M 694 $125 111

Tue Mar 6 $109.5K +25% −39% $80.6M 694 $157 112

Wed Mar 7 $93.9K −14% −38% $80.7M 694 $135 113

Thu Mar 8 $94.6K +1% −38% $80.8M 694 $136 114

Fri Mar 9 $181.4K +92% −44% $81.0M 517 $350 115

Sat Mar 10 $331.3K +83% −49% $81.3M 517 $640 116

Sun Mar 11 $164.1K −50% −49% $81.5M 517 $317 117

Mon Mar 12 $56.2K −66% −36% $81.5M 517 $108 118

Tue Mar 13 $75.7K +35% −31% $81.6M 517 $146 119

Wed Mar 14 $57.9K −24% −38% $81.6M 517 $112 120

Thu Mar 15 $60.3K +4% −36% $81.7M 517 $116 121

Fri Mar 16 $88.3K +46% −51% $81.8M 347 $254 122

Sat Mar 17 $128.4K +45% −61% $81.9M 347 $370 123

Sun Mar 18 $74.5K −42% −55% $82.0M 347 $214 124

Mon Mar 19 $30.7K −59% −45% $82.0M 347 $88 125

Tue Mar 20 $40.3K +32% −47% $82.1M 347 $116 126

Wed Mar 21 $32.7K −19% −44% $82.1M 347 $94 127

Thu Mar 22 $33.2K +2% −45% $82.1M 347 $95 128

Fri Mar 23 $38.7K +17% −56% $82.2M 347 $111 129

Sat Mar 24 $71.2K +84% −45% $82.2M 347 $205 130

Sun Mar 25 $36.0K −49% −52% $82.3M 347 $103 131

Mon Mar 26 $15.1K −58% −51% $82.3M 347 $43 132

Tue Mar 27 $19.8K +31% −51% $82.3M 347 $57 133

Wed Mar 28 $16.7K −16% −49% $82.3M 347 $48 134

Thu Mar 29 $18.4K +10% −44% $82.3M 347 $53 135

Fri Mar 30 $25.8K +40% −33% $82.4M 118 $218 136

Sat Mar 31 $40.8K +58% −43% $82.4M 118 $345 137

Sun Apr 1 $21.2K −48% −41% $82.4M 118 $179 138

Mon Apr 2 $7.8K −63% −48% $82.4M 118 $66 139

Tue Apr 3 $11.0K +41% −44% $82.5M 118 $93 140

Wed Apr 4 $10.3K −6% −38% $82.5M 118 $87 141

Thu Apr 5 $10.8K +5% −41% $82.5M 118 $91 142

Fri Apr 6 $16.9K +56% −34% $82.5M 78 $216 143

Sat Apr 7 $19.6K +16% −52% $82.5M 78 $251 144

Sun Apr 8 $10.7K −45% −49% $82.5M 78 $137 145

Mon Apr 9 $6.4K −40% −18% $82.5M 78 $81 146

Tue Apr 10 $7.5K +18% −32% $82.5M 78 $96 147

Wed Apr 11 $6.4K −15% −38% $82.5M 78 $82 148

Thu Apr 12 $5.8K −10% −46% $82.5M 78 $74 149

Fri Apr 13 $6.5K +13% −61% $82.6M 41 $159 150

Sat Apr 14 $9.5K +45% −52% $82.6M 41 $231 151

Sun Apr 15 $4.7K −51% −57% $82.6M 41 $113 152

Mon Apr 16 $3.7K −20% −42% $82.6M 41 $90 153

Tue Apr 17 $3.3K −11% −56% $82.6M 41 $80 154

Wed Apr 18 $3.0K −8% −53% $82.6M 41 $74 155

Thu Apr 19 $3.4K +13% −41% $82.6M 41 $83 156

Fri Apr 20 $7.0K +104% +7% $82.6M 37 $189 157

Sat Apr 21 $11.2K +59% +18% $82.6M 37 $302 158

Sun Apr 22 $5.5K −51% +18% $82.6M 37 $148 159

Mon Apr 23 $1.9K −65% −49% $82.6M 37 $51 160

Tue Apr 24 $2.6K +40% −20% $82.6M 37 $71 161

Wed Apr 25 $2.3K −12% −24% $82.6M 37 $62 162

Thu Apr 26 $2.3K +1% −32% $82.6M 37 $63 163

Fri Apr 27 $2.4K +3% −66% $82.6M 21 $115 164

Sat Apr 28 $4.1K +71% −63% $82.6M 21 $197 165

Sun Apr 29 $1.4K −67% −75% $82.6M 21 $65 166

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

Cumulative total$51.7M

Nov 16Dec 3Dec 21Jan 7Jan 24

Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.4M

$1.2M

$7.3M

$4.8M

$4.4M

$3.3M

$2.1M

$3.4M

$2.6M

$2.1M

$2.4M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 878 → 560 −36.2%

5 open560 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +13%

+517%

W1→2

−35%

W2→3

−9%

W3→4

−25%

W4→5

−37%

W5→6

+64%

W6→7

−24%

W7→8

−19%

W8→9

+13%

W9→10

Steepest −37%Biggest gain +517%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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