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The Kids Are All RightFollow

2010 • R • 1h 46m • Comedy, Drama • Focus Features

Nic and Jules had the perfect family, until they met the man who made it all possible.

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86

3.33

7.0

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$492K

Limited · 7 theaters

Domestic total

$20.80M

Final

Worldwide total

$36.30M

$15.50M international

Domestic legs5.9x from $3.5M first wide weekend

Budget$4.0M

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Cast & crew

Annette Bening

Annette Bening Starring

Julianne Moore

Julianne Moore Starring

Mark Ruffalo

Mark Ruffalo Starring

Mia Wasikowska

Mia Wasikowska Starring

Josh Hutcherson

Josh Hutcherson Starring

ScreenplayLisa Cholodenko, Stuart Blumberg Produced byGary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte, Celine Rattray, Jordan Horowitz, Daniela Taplin Lundberg, Philippe Hellmann CinematographyIgor Jadue-Lillo Film EditingJeffrey M. Werner Music byCarter Burwell StudioFocus Features

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 9-11 16 $492.0K — 7 $70,282 $492.0K

2 Jul 16-18 12 $1.1M +116.3% 38 $28,009 $1.8M

3 Jul 23-25 11 $2.6M +143.8% 201 $12,909 $4.9M

4 Jul 30-Aug 1 12 $3.5M +35.9% 847 $4,162 $9.6M

5 Aug 6-8 10 $2.6M −26.3% 994 $2,613 $14.0M

6 Aug 13-15 13 $1.4M −47.9% 830 $1,630 $16.7M

7 Aug 20-22 17 $818.2K −39.5% 404 $2,025 $18.2M

8 Aug 27-29 21 $522.2K −36.2% 342 $1,527 $19.1M

9 Sep 3-5 27 $393.4K −24.7% 239 $1,646 $19.8M

10 Sep 10-12 31 $261.1K −33.6% 218 $1,198 $20.2M

11 Sep 17-19 35 $159.4K −39.0% 169 $943 $20.5M

12 Sep 24-26 45 $84.0K −47.3% 107 $785 $20.7M

13 Oct 1-3 55 $43.7K −48.0% 64 $683 $20.7M

14 Oct 8-10 63 $20.0K −54.3% 31 $644 $20.8M

15 Oct 15-17 67 $15.6K −21.9% 28 $557 $20.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jul 9 — $143.4K — $143.4K 7 $20,483 1

Sat Jul 10 — $199.9K +39.5% $343.3K 7 $28,563 2

Sun Jul 11 — $148.6K −25.7% $492.0K 7 $21,235 3

Mon Jul 12 — $63.6K −57.2% $555.6K 7 $9,092 4

Tue Jul 13 — $67.3K +5.8% $622.9K 7 $9,616 5

Wed Jul 14 — $65.1K −3.2% $688.1K 7 $9,304 6

Thu Jul 15 — $61.4K −5.7% $749.5K 7 $8,778 7

Fri Jul 16 #12 $285.7K +364.9% +99.2% $1.0M 38 $7,518 8

Sat Jul 17 #12 $433.5K +51.7% +116.8% $1.5M 38 $11,407 9

Sun Jul 18 #11 $345.2K −20.4% +132.2% $1.8M 38 $9,084 10

Mon Jul 19 #12 $117.8K −65.9% +85.0% $1.9M 38 $3,099 11

Tue Jul 20 #12 $133.1K +13.0% +97.7% $2.1M 38 $3,503 12

Wed Jul 21 #12 $127.9K −3.9% +96.4% $2.2M 38 $3,367 13

Thu Jul 22 #12 $122.5K −4.2% +99.4% $2.3M 38 $3,224 14

Fri Jul 23 #11 $710.7K +480.2% +148.8% $3.0M 201 $3,536 15

Sat Jul 24 #11 $1.1M +57.5% +158.3% $4.1M 201 $5,570 16

Sun Jul 25 #11 $764.5K −31.7% +121.5% $4.9M 201 $3,804 17

Mon Jul 26 #11 $270.7K −64.6% +129.8% $5.2M 201 $1,347 18

Tue Jul 27 #11 $319.7K +18.1% +140.2% $5.5M 201 $1,590 19

Wed Jul 28 #11 $303.6K −5.0% +137.3% $5.8M 201 $1,511 20

Thu Jul 29 #12 $307.0K +1.1% +150.6% $6.1M 201 $1,527 21

Fri Jul 30 #12 $969.5K +215.8% +36.4% $7.1M 847 $1,145 22

Sat Jul 31 #11 $1.5M +51.9% +31.6% $8.6M 847 $1,739 23

Sun Aug 1 #11 $1.1M −26.4% +41.7% $9.6M 847 $1,279 24

Mon Aug 2 #12 $404.4K −62.7% +49.4% $10.0M 847 $477 25

Tue Aug 3 #12 $503.2K +24.4% +57.4% $10.5M 847 $594 26

Wed Aug 4 #12 $467.3K −7.1% +53.9% $11.0M 847 $552 27

Thu Aug 5 #12 $431.7K −7.6% +40.6% $11.4M 847 $510 28

Fri Aug 6 #12 $720.9K +67.0% −25.6% $12.2M 994 $725 29

Sat Aug 7 #10 $1.1M +52.9% −25.1% $13.3M 994 $1,109 30

Sun Aug 8 #10 $773.7K −29.8% −28.6% $14.0M 994 $778 31

Mon Aug 9 #13 $314.9K −59.3% −22.1% $14.4M 994 $317 32

Tue Aug 10 #12 $385.4K +22.4% −23.4% $14.7M 994 $388 33

Wed Aug 11 #13 $322.8K −16.3% −30.9% $15.1M 994 $325 34

Thu Aug 12 #13 $305.5K −5.3% −29.2% $15.4M 994 $307 35

Fri Aug 13 #14 $372.3K +21.8% −48.4% $15.7M 830 $449 36

Sat Aug 14 #13 $580.0K +55.8% −47.4% $16.3M 830 $699 37

Sun Aug 15 #13 $400.3K −31.0% −48.3% $16.7M 830 $482 38

Mon Aug 16 #14 $171.9K −57.1% −45.4% $16.9M 830 $207 39

Tue Aug 17 #14 $184.9K +7.6% −52.0% $17.1M 830 $223 40

Wed Aug 18 #15 $175.8K −4.9% −45.5% $17.3M 830 $212 41

Thu Aug 19 #15 $167.5K −4.7% −45.2% $17.4M 830 $202 42

Fri Aug 20 — $206.9K +23.5% −44.4% $17.6M 404 $512 43

Sat Aug 21 — $349.0K +68.7% −39.8% $18.0M 404 $864 44

Sun Aug 22 — $262.3K −24.9% −34.5% $18.2M 404 $649 45

Mon Aug 23 — $98.2K −62.6% −42.9% $18.3M 404 $243 46

Tue Aug 24 — $110.1K +12.1% −40.5% $18.4M 404 $273 47

Wed Aug 25 — $96.1K −12.7% −45.3% $18.5M 404 $238 48

Thu Aug 26 — $83.4K −13.2% −50.2% $18.6M 404 $206 49

Fri Aug 27 — $141.3K +69.4% −31.7% $18.8M 342 $413 50

Sat Aug 28 — $242.4K +71.6% −30.5% $19.0M 342 $709 51

Sun Aug 29 — $138.5K −42.9% −47.2% $19.1M 342 $405 52

Mon Aug 30 — $56.1K −59.5% −42.9% $19.2M 342 $164 53

Tue Aug 31 — $76.7K +36.7% −30.4% $19.3M 342 $224 54

Wed Sep 1 — $56.6K −26.1% −41.1% $19.3M 342 $166 55

Thu Sep 2 — $58.1K +2.6% −30.3% $19.4M 342 $170 56

Fri Sep 3 — $101.3K +74.3% −28.3% $19.5M 239 $424 57

Sat Sep 4 — $158.3K +56.3% −34.7% $19.7M 239 $662 58

Sun Sep 5 — $133.8K −15.4% −3.3% $19.8M 239 $560 59

Mon Sep 6 #30 $100.6K −24.8% +79.4% $19.9M 239 $421 60

Tue Sep 7 — $30.8K −69.3% −59.8% $19.9M 239 $129 61

Wed Sep 8 — $27.8K −10.0% −51.0% $19.9M 239 $116 62

Thu Sep 9 — $31.0K +11.6% −46.7% $20.0M 239 $130 63

Fri Sep 10 — $72.6K +134.0% −28.4% $20.1M 218 $333 64

Sat Sep 11 — $122.2K +68.4% −22.8% $20.2M 218 $560 65

Sun Sep 12 — $66.3K −45.7% −50.5% $20.2M 218 $304 66

Mon Sep 13 — $21.6K −67.5% −78.6% $20.3M 218 $99 67

Tue Sep 14 — $30.0K +39.0% −2.9% $20.3M 218 $137 68

Wed Sep 15 — $27.1K −9.4% −2.3% $20.3M 218 $125 69

Thu Sep 16 — $27.9K +2.9% −9.9% $20.3M 218 $128 70

Fri Sep 17 — $46.1K +65.1% −36.5% $20.4M 169 $273 71

Sat Sep 18 — $74.4K +61.3% −39.1% $20.5M 169 $440 72

Sun Sep 19 — $38.9K −47.7% −41.4% $20.5M 169 $230 73

Mon Sep 20 — $14.6K −62.4% −32.1% $20.5M 169 $87 74

Tue Sep 21 — $17.3K +18.1% −42.3% $20.5M 169 $102 75

Wed Sep 22 — $14.0K −18.9% −48.4% $20.6M 169 $83 76

Thu Sep 23 — $16.2K +15.6% −42.0% $20.6M 169 $96 77

Fri Sep 24 — $23.6K +45.6% −48.8% $20.6M 107 $221 78

Sat Sep 25 — $38.1K +61.6% −48.7% $20.6M 107 $356 79

Sun Sep 26 — $22.3K −41.5% −42.6% $20.7M 107 $208 80

Mon Sep 27 — $9.0K −59.4% −38.2% $20.7M 107 $85 81

Tue Sep 28 — $9.2K +1.3% −47.0% $20.7M 107 $86 82

Wed Sep 29 — $8.3K −9.1% −40.6% $20.7M 107 $78 83

Thu Sep 30 — $7.5K −9.5% −53.5% $20.7M 107 $70 84

Fri Oct 1 — $12.7K +67.9% −46.4% $20.7M 64 $198 85

Sat Oct 2 — $19.8K +56.6% −48.0% $20.7M 64 $310 86

Sun Oct 3 — $11.3K −43.2% −49.5% $20.7M 64 $176 87

Mon Oct 4 — $6.1K −45.8% −32.5% $20.7M 64 $95 88

Tue Oct 5 — $4.8K −21.1% −47.4% $20.7M 64 $75 89

Wed Oct 6 — $6.3K +31.5% −23.9% $20.7M 64 $99 90

Thu Oct 7 — $6.5K +2.2% −14.1% $20.8M 64 $101 91

Fri Oct 8 — $5.7K −11.6% −54.8% $20.8M 31 $185 92

Sat Oct 9 — $8.5K +48.1% −57.2% $20.8M 31 $273 93

Sun Oct 10 — $5.8K −31.8% −48.6% $20.8M 31 $186 94

Mon Oct 11 — $2.3K −59.8% −61.9% $20.8M 31 $75 95

Tue Oct 12 — $2.5K +8.4% −47.7% $20.8M 31 $81 96

Wed Oct 13 — $3.2K +28.6% −48.9% $20.8M 31 $104 97

Thu Oct 14 — $4.1K +25.3% −37.3% $20.8M 31 $131 98

Fri Oct 15 — $5.0K +23.1% −12.7% $20.8M 28 $178 99

Sat Oct 16 — $6.6K +31.3% −22.6% $20.8M 28 $234 100

Sun Oct 17 — $4.1K −38.2% −29.9% $20.8M 28 $145 101

Mon Oct 18 — $2.4K −40.3% +4.3% $20.8M 28 $87 102

Tue Oct 19 — $1.8K −26.2% −29.0% $20.8M 28 $64 103

Wed Oct 20 — $1.9K +5.5% −41.8% $20.8M 28 $67 104

Thu Oct 21 — $2.0K +7.9% −49.9% $20.8M 28 $73 105

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

Cumulative total$20.3M

Jul 9Jul 26Aug 13Aug 30Sep 16

Weekend grossWk 10 · $261.1K

$492.0K

$1.1M

$2.6M

$3.5M

$2.6M

$1.4M

$818.2K

$522.2K

$393.4K

$261.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 994 → 218 −78.1%

7 open218 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −33.6%

+116.3%

W1→2

+143.8%

W2→3

+35.9%

W3→4

−26.3%

W4→5

−47.9%

W5→6

−39.5%

W6→7

−36.2%

W7→8

−24.7%

W8→9

−33.6%

W9→10

Steepest −47.9%Biggest gain +143.8%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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