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2010 • R • 1h 58m • Biography, Drama, History • The Weinstein Company

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$9.20M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$135.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$411.00M

$275.00M international

Domestic legs14.7x

Budget$15.0M

2010 rank#18

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Cast & crew

Full Hooper filmography

Tom Hooper

Tom Hooper Director

Colin Firth

Colin Firth Starring

Geoffrey Rush

Geoffrey Rush Starring

Helena Bonham Carter

Helena Bonham Carter Starring

Guy Pearce

Guy Pearce Starring

Timothy Spall

Timothy Spall Starring

ScreenplayDavid Seidler Produced byIain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin CinematographyDanny Cohen MusicAlexandre Desplat StudioThe Weinstein Company

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 24-26 11 $4.5M — 700 $6,406 $8.3M

2 Dec 31-Jan 2 10 $7.8M +73.4% 700 $11,107 $22.9M

3 Jan 7-9 9 $6.4M −17.5% 758 $8,462 $32.9M

4 Jan 14-16 4 $9.2M +43.2% 1,543 $5,953 $44.7M

5 Jan 21-23 4 $7.9M −14.5% 1,680 $4,675 $57.3M

6 Jan 28-30 5 $11.1M +40.9% 2,557 $4,327 $72.2M

7 Feb 4-6 4 $7.7M −30.3% 2,584 $2,984 $83.5M

8 Feb 11-13 6 $7.2M −6.2% 2,263 $3,195 $93.7M

9 Feb 18-20 7 $6.5M −9.7% 2,086 $3,130 $103.2M

10 Feb 25-27 8 $7.3M +12.4% 2,386 $3,076 $114.2M

11 Mar 4-6 8 $6.2M −15.1% 2,240 $2,781 $123.5M

12 Mar 11-13 10 $3.6M −42.6% 1,768 $2,020 $129.0M

13 Mar 18-20 13 $2.0M −43.1% 1,249 $1,628 $132.5M

14 Mar 25-27 13 $1.6M −23.4% 1,062 $1,466 $134.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 26 $119.1K — $119.1K 4 $29,763 1

Sat Nov 27 $131.7K +11% $250.8K 4 $32,934 2

Sun Nov 28 $104.7K −21% $355.4K 4 $26,164 3

Mon Nov 29 $34.4K −67% $389.9K 4 $8,604 4

Tue Nov 30 $31.0K −10% $420.9K 4 $7,754 5

Wed Dec 1 $29.4K −5% $450.3K 4 $7,355 6

Thu Dec 2 $33.2K +13% $483.5K 4 $8,288 7

Fri Dec 3 $85.4K +158% −28% $568.9K 6 $14,234 8

Sat Dec 4 $137.4K +61% +4% $706.3K 6 $22,901 9

Sun Dec 5 $101.7K −26% −3% $808.0K 6 $16,949 10

Mon Dec 6 $27.0K −73% −21% $835.0K 6 $4,503 11

Tue Dec 7 $28.8K +7% −7% $863.8K 6 $4,805 12

Wed Dec 8 $30.5K +6% +4% $894.3K 6 $5,082 13

Thu Dec 9 $38.0K +25% +15% $932.3K 6 $6,329 14

Fri Dec 10 #16 $155.7K +310% +82% $1.1M 19 $8,197 15

Sat Dec 11 #16 $249.2K +60% +81% $1.3M 19 $13,116 16

Sun Dec 12 #15 $186.9K −25% +84% $1.5M 19 $9,835 17

Mon Dec 13 #15 $64.5K −65% +139% $1.6M 19 $3,393 18

Tue Dec 14 #15 $84.7K +31% +194% $1.7M 19 $4,455 19

Wed Dec 15 $82.5K −3% +170% $1.8M 19 $4,341 20

Thu Dec 16 $84.1K +2% +121% $1.8M 19 $4,425 21

Fri Dec 17 #14 $272.6K +224% +75% $2.1M 43 $6,339 22

Sat Dec 18 #13 $457.0K +68% +83% $2.6M 43 $10,627 23

Sun Dec 19 #12 $367.6K −20% +97% $2.9M 43 $8,547 24

Mon Dec 20 #15 $165.2K −55% +156% $3.1M 43 $3,841 25

Tue Dec 21 #15 $178.9K +8% +111% $3.3M 43 $4,161 26

Wed Dec 22 #12 $263.7K +47% +220% $3.5M 43 $6,131 27

Thu Dec 23 #12 $300.6K +14% +258% $3.8M 87 $3,455 28

Fri Dec 24 #12 $303.8K +1% +11% $4.1M 91 $3,338 29

Sat Dec 25 #10 $2.1M +599% +365% $6.3M 700 $3,033 30

Sun Dec 26 #11 $2.1M −3% +460% $8.3M 700 $2,938 31

Mon Dec 27 #11 $1.7M −17% +933% $10.0M 700 $2,438 32

Tue Dec 28 #11 $1.6M −8% +778% $11.6M 700 $2,243 33

Wed Dec 29 #11 $1.7M +11% +560% $13.3M 700 $2,485 34

Thu Dec 30 #11 $1.8M +4% +502% $15.2M 700 $2,585 35

Fri Dec 31 #9 $2.5M +39% +728% $17.7M 700 $3,595 36

Sat Jan 1 #10 $3.0M +18% +40% $20.6M 700 $4,246 37

Sun Jan 2 #10 $2.3M −23% +11% $22.9M 700 $3,265 38

Mon Jan 3 #9 $983.7K −57% −42% $23.9M 700 $1,405 39

Tue Jan 4 #6 $862.2K −12% −45% $24.8M 700 $1,231 40

Wed Jan 5 #6 $835.6K −3% −52% $25.6M 700 $1,193 41

Thu Jan 6 #6 $868.4K +4% −52% $26.5M 700 $1,240 42

Fri Jan 7 #8 $1.8M +103% −30% $28.2M 758 $2,326 43

Sat Jan 8 #9 $2.8M +61% −5% $31.1M 758 $3,740 44

Sun Jan 9 #7 $1.8M −36% −21% $32.9M 758 $2,395 45

Mon Jan 10 #7 $545.5K −70% −45% $33.4M 758 $719 46

Tue Jan 11 #7 $651.6K +19% −24% $34.1M 758 $859 47

Wed Jan 12 #6 $678.7K +4% −19% $34.8M 758 $895 48

Thu Jan 13 #5 $751.3K +11% −13% $35.5M 758 $991 49

Fri Jan 14 #4 $2.4M +225% +39% $38.0M 1,543 $1,583 50

Sat Jan 15 #4 $3.9M +58% +36% $41.8M 1,543 $2,502 51

Sun Jan 16 #4 $2.9M −25% +59% $44.7M 1,543 $1,868 52

Mon Jan 17 #4 $2.1M −28% +282% $46.8M 1,543 $1,351 53

Tue Jan 18 #3 $935.2K −55% +44% $47.7M 1,543 $606 54

Wed Jan 19 #3 $867.1K −7% +28% $48.6M 1,543 $561 55

Thu Jan 20 #3 $861.7K −1% +15% $49.5M 1,543 $558 56

Fri Jan 21 #4 $2.2M +150% −12% $51.6M 1,680 $1,282 57

Sat Jan 22 #4 $3.9M +81% +1% $55.5M 1,680 $2,327 58

Sun Jan 23 #3 $1.8M −54% −38% $57.3M 1,680 $1,064 59

Mon Jan 24 #3 $635.5K −64% −70% $57.9M 1,680 $378 60

Tue Jan 25 #3 $1.1M +66% +13% $59.0M 1,680 $627 61

Wed Jan 26 #2 $1.0M −3% +18% $60.0M 1,680 $608 62

Thu Jan 27 #2 $1.1M +7% +26% $61.1M 1,680 $648 63

Fri Jan 28 #5 $2.9M +164% +33% $64.0M 2,557 $1,122 64

Sat Jan 29 #4 $5.0M +73% +27% $69.0M 2,557 $1,944 65

Sun Jan 30 #3 $3.2M −35% +80% $72.2M 2,557 $1,259 66

Mon Jan 31 #2 $924.3K −71% +45% $73.1M 2,557 $361 67

Tue Feb 1 #2 $915.7K −1% −13% $74.0M 2,557 $358 68

Wed Feb 2 #2 $852.3K −7% −17% $74.9M 2,557 $333 69

Thu Feb 3 #2 $852.3K n/c −22% $75.7M 2,557 $333 70

Fri Feb 4 #4 $2.3M +172% −19% $78.1M 2,584 $897 71

Sat Feb 5 #3 $4.0M +73% −20% $82.1M 2,584 $1,547 72

Sun Feb 6 #3 $1.4M −65% −57% $83.5M 2,584 $539 73

Mon Feb 7 #4 $627.8K −55% −32% $84.2M 2,584 $242 74

Tue Feb 8 #2 $803.7K +28% −12% $85.0M 2,584 $311 75

Wed Feb 9 #2 $680.3K −15% −20% $85.6M 2,584 $263 76

Thu Feb 10 #1 $805.6K +18% −5% $86.4M 2,584 $311 77

Fri Feb 11 #6 $1.8M +129% −20% $88.3M 2,263 $815 78

Sat Feb 12 #6 $3.4M +83% −16% $91.7M 2,263 $1,492 79

Sun Feb 13 #5 $2.0M −41% +44% $93.7M 2,263 $886 80

Mon Feb 14 #6 $1.1M −45% +75% $94.8M 2,263 $485 81

Tue Feb 15 #4 $688.4K −37% −14% $95.5M 2,263 $304 82

Wed Feb 16 #4 $605.6K −12% −11% $96.1M 2,263 $267 83

Thu Feb 17 #4 $643.9K +6% −20% $96.7M 2,263 $284 84

Fri Feb 18 #7 $1.5M +132% −19% $98.2M 2,086 $717 85

Sat Feb 19 #7 $2.8M +89% −16% $101.0M 2,086 $1,356 86

Sun Feb 20 #7 $2.2M −22% +10% $103.2M 2,086 $1,055 87

Mon Feb 21 #7 $1.5M −30% +40% $104.8M 2,086 $735 88

Tue Feb 22 #7 $738.1K −52% +7% $105.5M 2,086 $353 89

Wed Feb 23 #7 $668.7K −9% +10% $106.2M 2,086 $320 90

Thu Feb 24 #5 $708.6K +6% +10% $106.9M 2,086 $339 91

Fri Feb 25 #8 $1.9M +165% +25% $108.8M 2,385 $787 92

Sat Feb 26 #8 $3.7M +95% +29% $112.4M 2,386 $1,532 93

Sun Feb 27 #8 $1.8M −51% −18% $114.2M 2,386 $756 94

Mon Feb 28 #4 $731.5K −59% −52% $115.0M 2,386 $306 95

Tue Mar 1 #3 $872.0K +19% +18% $115.8M 2,386 $365 96

Wed Mar 2 #3 $730.6K −16% +9% $116.6M 2,386 $306 97

Thu Mar 3 #3 $750.8K +3% +6% $117.3M 2,386 $314 98

Fri Mar 4 #7 $1.6M +117% −13% $118.9M 2,240 $727 99

Sat Mar 5 #8 $2.9M +75% −22% $121.8M 2,240 $1,274 100

Sun Mar 6 #6 $1.7M −39% −3% $123.5M 2,240 $779 101

Mon Mar 7 #6 $455.0K −74% −38% $124.0M 2,240 $203 102

Tue Mar 8 #7 $505.0K +11% −42% $124.5M 2,240 $225 103

Wed Mar 9 #7 $417.5K −17% −43% $124.9M 2,240 $186 104

Thu Mar 10 #4 $513.5K +23% −32% $125.4M 2,240 $229 105

Fri Mar 11 #10 $948.4K +85% −42% $126.4M 1,768 $536 106

Sat Mar 12 #9 $1.7M +79% −41% $128.1M 1,768 $957 107

Sun Mar 13 #10 $931.4K −45% −47% $129.0M 1,768 $526 108

Mon Mar 14 #10 $339.6K −64% −25% $129.3M 1,768 $192 109

Tue Mar 15 #10 $412.6K +21% −18% $129.8M 1,768 $233 110

Wed Mar 16 #10 $362.8K −12% −13% $130.1M 1,768 $205 111

Thu Mar 17 #11 $317.0K −13% −38% $130.4M 1,768 $179 112

Fri Mar 18 #13 $568.9K +79% −40% $131.0M 1,249 $455 113

Sat Mar 19 #13 $938.6K +65% −45% $131.9M 1,249 $751 114

Sun Mar 20 #12 $526.6K −44% −43% $132.5M 1,249 $421 115

Mon Mar 21 #11 $198.5K −62% −42% $132.7M 1,249 $158 116

Tue Mar 22 #11 $215.0K +8% −48% $132.9M 1,249 $172 117

Wed Mar 23 #11 $194.6K −10% −46% $133.1M 1,249 $155 118

Thu Mar 24 #11 $209.1K +7% −34% $133.3M 1,249 $167 119

Fri Mar 25 #14 $419.9K +101% −26% $133.7M 1,062 $395 120

Sat Mar 26 #13 $737.5K +76% −21% $134.5M 1,062 $694 121

Sun Mar 27 #14 $400.2K −46% −24% $134.9M 1,062 $376 122

Mon Mar 28 #13 $148.1K −63% −25% $135.0M 1,062 $139 123

Tue Mar 29 #13 $150.4K +2% −30% $135.1M 1,062 $141 124

Wed Mar 30 #13 $144.4K −4% −26% $135.3M 1,062 $135 125

Thu Mar 31 #13 $159.0K +10% −24% $135.5M 1,062 $149 126

Fri Apr 1 #13 $345.6K +117% −18% $135.8M 1,007 $343 127

Sat Apr 2 #15 $513.4K +49% −30% $136.3M 1,007 $509 128

Sun Apr 3 #15 $274.1K −47% −32% $136.6M 1,007 $272 129

Mon Apr 4 #14 $93.8K −66% −37% $136.7M 1,007 $93 130

Tue Apr 5 #14 $129.8K +38% −14% $136.8M 1,007 $128 131

Wed Apr 6 #14 $110.6K −15% −23% $136.9M 1,007 $109 132

Thu Apr 7 #14 $115.3K +4% −28% $137.0M 1,007 $114 133

Fri Apr 8 $156.1K +35% −55% $137.2M 675 $231 134

Sat Apr 9 $239.5K +53% −53% $137.4M 675 $354 135

Sun Apr 10 $107.0K −55% −61% $137.5M 675 $158 136

Mon Apr 11 $44.0K −59% −53% $137.6M 675 $65 137

Tue Apr 12 $52.5K +19% −60% $137.6M 675 $77 138

Wed Apr 13 $49.5K −6% −55% $137.7M 675 $73 139

Thu Apr 14 $54.7K +11% −53% $137.7M 675 $81 140

Fri Apr 15 $75.2K +37% −52% $137.8M 315 $238 141

Sat Apr 16 $119.5K +59% −50% $137.9M 315 $379 142

Sun Apr 17 $59.5K −50% −44% $138.0M 315 $188 143

Mon Apr 18 $27.6K −54% −37% $138.0M 315 $87 144

Tue Apr 19 $36.1K +31% −31% $138.1M 315 $114 145

Wed Apr 20 $34.8K −4% −30% $138.1M 315 $110 146

Thu Apr 21 $35.0K +1% −36% $138.1M 315 $111 147

Fri Apr 22 $70.9K +103% −6% $138.2M 234 $303 148

Sat Apr 23 $83.7K +18% −30% $138.3M 234 $357 149

Sun Apr 24 $42.4K −49% −29% $138.3M 234 $181 150

Mon Apr 25 $25.7K −39% −7% $138.3M 234 $109 151

Tue Apr 26 $26.8K +4% −26% $138.4M 234 $114 152

Wed Apr 27 $22.0K −18% −37% $138.4M 234 $94 153

Thu Apr 28 $21.5K −2% −39% $138.4M 234 $91 154

Fri Apr 29 $35.6K +66% −50% $138.5M 185 $192 155

Sat Apr 30 $53.9K +51% −36% $138.5M 185 $291 156

Sun May 1 $27.9K −48% −34% $138.5M 185 $150 157

Mon May 2 $11.1K −60% −57% $138.5M 185 $59 158

Tue May 3 $15.3K +39% −43% $138.6M 185 $82 159

Wed May 4 $12.6K −18% −43% $138.6M 185 $68 160

Thu May 5 $13.8K +9% −36% $138.6M 185 $74 161

Fri May 6 $16.6K +21% −53% $138.6M 90 $184 162

Sat May 7 $22.1K +33% −59% $138.6M 90 $245 163

Sun May 8 $19.0K −14% −32% $138.6M 90 $211 164

Mon May 9 $6.0K −69% −46% $138.7M 90 $66 165

Tue May 10 $6.3K +6% −59% $138.7M 90 $70 166

Wed May 11 $5.8K −9% −54% $138.7M 90 $64 167

Thu May 12 $6.7K +16% −51% $138.7M 90 $74 168

Fri May 13 $12.6K +89% −24% $138.7M 71 $178 169

Sat May 14 $19.2K +52% −13% $138.7M 71 $270 170

Sun May 15 $10.3K −47% −46% $138.7M 71 $144 171

Mon May 16 $4.0K −61% −33% $138.7M 71 $56 172

Tue May 17 $4.8K +18% −25% $138.7M 71 $67 173

Wed May 18 $4.6K −3% −20% $138.7M 71 $65 174

Thu May 19 $4.9K +5% −27% $138.7M 71 $68 175

Fri May 20 $6.4K +31% −49% $138.7M 40 $160 176

Sat May 21 $8.5K +32% −56% $138.7M 40 $211 177

Sun May 22 $4.8K −44% −53% $138.8M 40 $119 178

Mon May 23 $2.6K −46% −36% $138.8M 40 $64 179

Tue May 24 $2.2K −15% −54% $138.8M 40 $55 180

Wed May 25 $2.2K +2% −52% $138.8M 40 $56 181

Thu May 26 $3.2K +43% −34% $138.8M 40 $80 182

Fri May 27 $4.0K +25% −37% $138.8M 18 $223 183

Sat May 28 $5.1K +26% −40% $138.8M 18 $281 184

Sun May 29 $2.5K −51% −48% $138.8M 18 $138 185

Mon May 30 #63 $3.3K +30% +26% $138.8M 18 $181 186

Tue May 31 $1.5K −53% −31% $138.8M 18 $85 187

Wed Jun 1 $1.1K −28% −51% $138.8M 18 $61 188

Thu Jun 2 $1.5K +37% −53% $138.8M 18 $84 189

Fri Jun 3 $2.6K +71% −35% $138.8M 16 $163 190

Sat Jun 4 $2.7K +4% −46% $138.8M 16 $170 191

Sun Jun 5 $1.2K −57% −53% $138.8M 16 $73 192

Mon Jun 6 $955 −18% −71% $138.8M 16 $59 193

Tue Jun 7 $945 −1% −38% $138.8M 16 $59 194

Wed Jun 8 $957 +1% −14% $138.8M 16 $59 195

Thu Jun 9 $1.1K +17% −27% $138.8M 16 $69 196

Fri Jun 10 $1.5K +39% −41% $138.8M 15 $103 197

Sat Jun 11 $1.0K −33% −62% $138.8M 15 $69 198

Sun Jun 12 $553 −47% −53% $138.8M 15 $36 199

Mon Jun 13 $502 −9% −47% $138.8M 15 $33 200

Tue Jun 14 $406 −19% −57% $138.8M 15 $27 201

Wed Jun 15 $513 +26% −46% $138.8M 15 $34 202

Thu Jun 16 $686 +34% −39% $138.8M 15 $45 203

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

Cumulative total$75.7M

Nov 26Dec 13Dec 31Jan 17Feb 3

Weekend grossWk 10 · $7.3M

$4.5M

$7.8M

$6.4M

$9.2M

$7.9M

$11.1M

$7.7M

$7.2M

$6.5M

$7.3M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,557 → 2,557 +0.0%

4 open2,557 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +12.4%

+73.4%

W1→2

−17.5%

W2→3

+43.2%

W3→4

−14.5%

W4→5

+40.9%

W5→6

−30.3%

W6→7

−6.2%

W7→8

−9.7%

W8→9

+12.4%

W9→10

Steepest −30.3%Biggest gain +73.4%

Run milestones

$100M in 86 days

$100M

Day 86

Feb 19

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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