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The Iron LadyFollow

2011 • PG-13 • 1h 45m • History, Drama • Weinstein Co.

Never Compromise.

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$220K

Limited · 4 theaters

Domestic total

$30.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$115.60M

$85.60M international

Domestic legs5.5x from $5.4M first wide weekend

Budget$14.0M

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Cast & crew

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Phyllida Lloyd

Phyllida Lloyd Director

Meryl Streep

Meryl Streep Starring

Jim Broadbent

Jim Broadbent Starring

Olivia Colman

Olivia Colman Starring

Roger Allam

Roger Allam Starring

Richard E. Grant

Richard E. Grant Starring

ScreenplayAbi Morgan Produced byDamian Jones CinematographyElliot Davis Music byThomas Newman StudioWeinstein Co.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 30-Jan 1 27 $220.4K — 4 $55,102 $220.4K

2 Jan 6-8 26 $176.4K −20.0% 5 $35,275 $520.7K

3 Jan 13-15 11 $5.4M +2969.0% 802 $6,749 $6.0M

4 Jan 20-22 10 $3.7M −31.9% 1,076 $3,424 $12.6M

5 Jan 27-29 13 $3.2M −13.0% 1,244 $2,576 $17.5M

6 Feb 3-5 15 $1.9M −40.8% 1,021 $1,859 $20.7M

7 Feb 10-12 18 $1.2M −39.1% 512 $2,258 $22.8M

8 Feb 17-19 17 $1.1M −8.0% 623 $1,707 $24.4M

9 Feb 24-26 19 $695.0K −34.7% 522 $1,331 $25.7M

10 Mar 2-4 20 $850.9K +22.4% 511 $1,665 $27.0M

11 Mar 9-11 21 $568.0K −33.3% 447 $1,271 $27.9M

12 Mar 16-18 23 $426.5K −24.9% 456 $935 $28.6M

13 Mar 23-25 22 $254.4K −40.4% 327 $778 $29.1M

14 Mar 30-Apr 1 26 $181.9K −28.5% 284 $641 $29.4M

15 Apr 6-8 29 $127.9K −29.7% 236 $542 $29.6M

16 Apr 13-15 37 $97.5K −23.8% 146 $668 $29.8M

17 Apr 20-22 42 $71.5K −26.7% 86 $831 $30.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 30 — $77.2K — $77.2K 4 $19,309 1

Sat Dec 31 — $65.5K −15.2% $142.8K 4 $16,379 2

Fri Jan 13 #9 $1.6M — $2.2M 802 $1,951 15

Sat Jan 14 #11 $2.2M +43.0% $4.4M 802 $2,790 16

Sun Jan 15 #11 $1.6M −28.0% $6.0M 802 $2,008 17

Mon Jan 16 #11 $1.2M −24.5% $7.2M 802 $1,516 18

Tue Jan 17 #7 $627.4K −48.4% $7.8M 802 $782 19

Wed Jan 18 #6 $560.6K −10.6% $8.4M 802 $699 20

Thu Jan 19 #8 $497.6K −11.2% $8.9M 802 $620 21

Fri Jan 20 #10 $1.1M +112.2% −32.5% $10.0M 1,076 $981 22

Sat Jan 21 #11 $1.7M +62.2% −23.5% $11.7M 1,076 $1,591 23

Sun Jan 22 #11 $916.1K −46.5% −43.1% $12.6M 1,076 $851 24

Mon Jan 23 #9 $367.6K −59.9% −69.8% $13.0M 1,076 $342 25

Tue Jan 24 #8 $507.7K +38.1% −19.1% $13.5M 1,076 $472 26

Wed Jan 25 #7 $429.2K −15.5% −23.4% $13.9M 1,076 $399 27

Thu Jan 26 #8 $424.0K −1.2% −14.8% $14.3M 1,076 $394 28

Fri Jan 27 #12 $893.8K +110.8% −15.3% $15.2M 1,244 $719 29

Sat Jan 28 #14 $1.4M +62.0% −15.4% $16.7M 1,244 $1,164 30

Sun Jan 29 #14 $862.5K −40.5% −5.9% $17.5M 1,244 $693 31

Mon Jan 30 #12 $267.6K −69.0% −27.2% $17.8M 1,244 $215 32

Tue Jan 31 #10 $361.4K +35.1% −28.8% $18.1M 1,244 $291 33

Wed Feb 1 #11 $302.4K −16.3% −29.5% $18.5M 1,244 $243 34

Thu Feb 2 #11 $306.9K +1.5% −27.6% $18.8M 1,244 $247 35

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

Cumulative total$18.8M

Dec 30Jan 17Jan 22Jan 28Feb 2

Weekend grossWk 10 · $850.9K

$220.4K

$176.4K

$5.4M

$3.7M

$3.2M

$1.9M

$1.2M

$1.1M

$695.0K

$850.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,244 → 1,244 +0.0%

4 open1,244 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +22.4%

−20.0%

W1→2

+2969.0%

W2→3

−31.9%

W3→4

−13.0%

W4→5

−40.8%

W5→6

−39.1%

W6→7

−8.0%

W7→8

−34.7%

W8→9

+22.4%

W9→10

Steepest −40.8%Biggest gain +2969.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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