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The Lovely BonesFollow

2009 • PG-13 • 2h 15m • Drama, Fantasy, Thriller • Paramount Pictures

The story of a life and everything that came after...

🍅 31% 52%

42

3.43

6.6

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$117K

Limited · 3 theaters

Domestic total

$44.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$94.90M

$50.80M international

Domestic legs2.6x from $17.0M first wide weekend

Budget$95M

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Cast & crew

Full Jackson filmography

Peter Jackson

Peter Jackson Director

Mark Wahlberg

Mark Wahlberg Starring

Rachel Weisz

Rachel Weisz Starring

Susan Sarandon

Susan Sarandon Starring

Stanley Tucci

Stanley Tucci Starring

Michael Imperioli

Michael Imperioli Starring

ScreenplayFran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson Produced byCarolynne Cunningham, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, Aimee Peyronnet CinematographyAndrew Lesnie Music byBrian Eno StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 11-13 31 $116.6K — 3 $38,872 $116.6K

2 Dec 18-20 38 $45.1K −61.3% 3 $15,032 $200.7K

3 Dec 25-27 40 $41.9K −7.1% 3 $13,972 $276.2K

4 Jan 1-3 39 $64.7K +54.3% 3 $21,559 $383.1K

5 Jan 8-10 45 $38.6K −40.4% 3 $12,857 $448.1K

6 Jan 15-17 3 $17.0M +43,986.7% 2,563 $6,635 $17.5M

7 Jan 22-24 5 $8.4M −50.5% 2,571 $3,274 $31.2M

8 Jan 29-31 7 $4.7M −43.9% 2,638 $1,792 $38.0M

9 Feb 5-7 13 $2.3M −52.1% 2,330 $971 $41.5M

10 Feb 12-14 19 $690.3K −69.5% 833 $829 $42.8M

11 Feb 19-21 26 $266.3K −61.4% 469 $568 $43.4M

12 Feb 26-28 37 $150.3K −43.6% 261 $576 $43.6M

13 Mar 5-7 33 $171.0K +13.8% 263 $650 $43.8M

14 Mar 12-14 33 $93.0K −45.6% 188 $495 $44.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 11 #- $43.5K — $43.5K 3 $14,511 1

Sat Dec 12 #- $40.7K −7% $84.2K 3 $13,564 2

Sun Dec 13 #- $32.4K −20% $116.6K 3 $10,797 3

Mon Dec 14 #- $10.8K −67% $127.4K 3 $3,608 4

Tue Dec 15 #- $9.6K −11% $137.0K 3 $3,197 5

Wed Dec 16 #- $8.7K −9% $145.8K 3 $2,916 6

Thu Dec 17 #- $9.8K +12% $155.6K 3 $3,270 7

Fri Dec 18 #- $13.1K +34% −70% $168.7K 3 $4,367 8

Sat Dec 19 #- $16.0K +22% −61% $184.7K 3 $5,345 9

Sun Dec 20 #- $16.0K — −51% $200.7K 3 $5,321 10

Mon Dec 21 #- $8.0K −50% −26% $208.7K 3 $2,680 11

Tue Dec 22 #- $10.0K +25% +5% $218.8K 3 $3,349 12

Wed Dec 23 #- $7.6K −24% −13% $226.4K 3 $2,543 13

Thu Dec 24 #- $7.8K +3% −20% $234.2K 3 $2,614 14

Fri Dec 25 #- $13.1K +67% $247.4K 3 $4,373 15

Sat Dec 26 #- $13.9K +6% −14% $261.2K 3 $4,620 16

Sun Dec 27 #- $14.9K +8% −6% $276.2K 3 $4,978 17

Mon Dec 28 #- $10.6K −29% +32% $286.8K 3 $3,543 18

Tue Dec 29 #- $11.0K +4% +10% $297.8K 3 $3,683 19

Wed Dec 30 #- $14.5K +31% +90% $312.3K 3 $4,823 20

Thu Dec 31 #- $6.1K −58% −22% $318.4K 3 $2,038 21

Fri Jan 1 #- $24.9K +308% +90% $343.4K 3 $8,316 22

Sat Jan 2 #- $23.7K −5% +71% $367.1K 3 $7,902 23

Sun Jan 3 #- $16.0K −32% +7% $383.1K 3 $5,341 24

Mon Jan 4 #- $6.4K −60% −40% $389.5K 3 $2,128 25

Tue Jan 5 #- $7.6K +18% −32% $397.0K 3 $2,518 26

Wed Jan 6 #- $5.9K −23% −60% $402.9K 3 $1,951 27

Thu Jan 7 #- $6.6K +13% +8% $409.5K 3 $2,206 28

Fri Jan 8 #- $9.6K +45% −62% $419.1K 3 $3,189 29

Sat Jan 9 #- $15.3K +60% −35% $434.4K 3 $5,100 30

Sun Jan 10 #- $13.7K −10% −14% $448.1K 3 $4,569 31

Mon Jan 11 #- $4.2K −70% −35% $452.2K 3 $1,385 32

Tue Jan 12 #- $7.2K +73% −5% $459.4K 3 $2,397 33

Wed Jan 13 #- $3.1K −56% −46% $462.6K 3 $1,048 34

Thu Jan 14 #- $4.1K +30% −38% $466.7K 3 $1,363 35

Fri Jan 15 #3 $5.7M +139% +59% $6.2M 2,563 $2,232 36

Sat Jan 16 #3 $6.4M +11% +41% $12.5M 2,563 $2,479 37

Sun Jan 17 #3 $4.9M −22% +35% $17.5M 2,563 $1,924 38

Mon Jan 18 #5 $2.9M −41% +69% $20.4M 2,563 $1,134 39

Tue Jan 19 #3 $948.0K −67% +13% $21.3M 2,563 $370 40

Wed Jan 20 #3 $734.7K −23% +23% $22.1M 2,563 $287 41

Thu Jan 21 #4 $764.7K +4% +18% $22.8M 2,563 $298 42

Fri Jan 22 #5 $2.6M +239% −55% $25.4M 2,571 $1,010 43

Sat Jan 23 #5 $3.9M +50% −39% $29.3M 2,571 $1,515 44

Sun Jan 24 #5 $1.9M −51% −61% $31.2M 2,571 $750 45

Mon Jan 25 #5 $505.7K −74% −83% $31.7M 2,571 $197 46

Tue Jan 26 #6 $553.5K +9% −42% $32.3M 2,571 $215 47

Wed Jan 27 #6 $478.4K −14% −35% $32.8M 2,571 $186 48

Thu Jan 28 #5 $498.6K +4% −35% $33.3M 2,571 $194 49

Fri Jan 29 #7 $1.3M +171% −48% $34.6M 2,638 $511 50

Sat Jan 30 #7 $2.1M +59% −45% $36.8M 2,638 $812 51

Sun Jan 31 #8 $1.2M −42% −36% $38.0M 2,638 $469 52

Mon Feb 1 #8 $308.4K −75% −39% $38.3M 2,638 $117 53

Tue Feb 2 #9 $333.0K +8% −40% $38.6M 2,638 $126 54

Wed Feb 3 #10 $291.7K −12% −39% $38.9M 2,638 $111 55

Thu Feb 4 #10 $284.6K −2% −43% $39.2M 2,638 $108 56

Fri Feb 5 #12 $718.8K +153% −47% $39.9M 2,330 $308 57

Sat Feb 6 #14 $1.1M +57% −47% $41.1M 2,330 $483 58

Sun Feb 7 #11 $418.4K −63% −66% $41.5M 2,330 $180 59

Mon Feb 8 #13 $175.8K −58% −43% $41.7M 2,330 $75 60

Tue Feb 9 #14 $163.5K −7% −51% $41.8M 2,330 $70 61

Wed Feb 10 #14 $153.3K −6% −47% $42.0M 2,330 $66 62

Thu Feb 11 #14 $179.2K +17% −37% $42.2M 2,330 $77 63

Fri Feb 12 #19 $141.1K −21% −80% $42.3M 833 $169 64

Sat Feb 13 #19 $252.8K +79% −78% $42.6M 833 $303 65

Sun Feb 14 #19 $296.4K +17% −29% $42.8M 833 $356 66

Mon Feb 15 #22 $114.5K −61% −35% $43.0M 833 $137 67

Tue Feb 16 #- $44.3K −61% −73% $43.0M 833 $53 68

Wed Feb 17 #- $44.6K +1% −71% $43.1M 833 $54 69

Thu Feb 18 #- $46.9K +5% −74% $43.1M 833 $56 70

Fri Feb 19 #- $77.7K +66% −45% $43.2M 469 $166 71

Sat Feb 20 #- $120.9K +56% −52% $43.3M 469 $258 72

Sun Feb 21 #- $67.7K −44% −77% $43.4M 469 $144 73

Mon Feb 22 #- $18.9K −72% −84% $43.4M 469 $40 74

Tue Feb 23 #- $18.8K −1% −58% $43.4M 469 $40 75

Wed Feb 24 #- $18.5K −2% −59% $43.4M 469 $39 76

Thu Feb 25 #- $21.4K +16% −54% $43.4M 469 $46 77

Fri Feb 26 #- $43.3K +102% −44% $43.5M 261 $166 78

Sat Feb 27 #- $70.2K +62% −42% $43.6M 261 $269 79

Sun Feb 28 #- $36.8K −48% −46% $43.6M 261 $141 80

Mon Mar 1 #- $13.0K −65% −31% $43.6M 261 $50 81

Tue Mar 2 #- $15.3K +18% −18% $43.6M 261 $59 82

Wed Mar 3 #- $13.5K −12% −27% $43.6M 261 $52 83

Thu Mar 4 #- $13.7K +2% −36% $43.6M 261 $52 84

Fri Mar 5 #- $49.8K +264% +15% $43.7M 263 $189 85

Sat Mar 6 #- $76.8K +54% +9% $43.8M 263 $292 86

Sun Mar 7 #- $44.3K −42% +21% $43.8M 263 $169 87

Mon Mar 8 #- $16.2K −63% +24% $43.8M 263 $62 88

Tue Mar 9 #- $19.5K +21% +28% $43.9M 263 $74 89

Wed Mar 10 #- $16.5K −16% +22% $43.9M 263 $63 90

Thu Mar 11 #- $18.8K +14% +37% $43.9M 263 $72 91

Fri Mar 12 #- $27.5K +46% −45% $43.9M 188 $146 92

Sat Mar 13 #- $40.5K +47% −47% $44.0M 188 $216 93

Sun Mar 14 #- $25.0K −38% −44% $44.0M 188 $133 94

Mon Mar 15 #- $10.9K −57% −33% $44.0M 188 $58 95

Tue Mar 16 #- $11.7K +7% −40% $44.0M 188 $62 96

Wed Mar 17 #- $10.7K −8% −35% $44.0M 188 $57 97

Thu Mar 18 #- $12.2K +14% −35% $44.0M 188 $65 98

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

Cumulative total$43.1M

Dec 11Dec 28Jan 15Feb 1Feb 18

Weekend grossWk 10 · $690.3K

$116.6K

$45.1K

$41.9K

$64.7K

$38.6K

$17.0M

$8.4M

$4.7M

$2.3M

$690.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,638 → 833 −68.4%

3 open833 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −69.5%

−61.3%

W1→2

−7.1%

W2→3

+54.3%

W3→4

−40.4%

W4→5

+43,986.7%

W5→6

−50.5%

W6→7

−43.9%

W7→8

−52.1%

W8→9

−69.5%

W9→10

Steepest −69.5%Biggest gain +43,986.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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