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The Pirates! Band of MisfitsFollow

2012 • PG • 1h 28m • Action, Adventure, Animation • Sony Pictures Releasing

It's a plunderful life.

🍅 87% 60%

73

3.44

6.7

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$11.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$31.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$136.10M

$105.10M international

Domestic legs2.8x

Budget$55M

2012 rank#92

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Cast & crew

Full Lord filmography

Peter Lord

Peter Lord Director

Hugh Grant

Hugh Grant Starring

Martin Freeman

Martin Freeman Starring

Imelda Staunton

Imelda Staunton Starring

David Tennant

David Tennant Starring

Jeremy Piven

Jeremy Piven Starring

ScreenplayGideon Defoe Produced byPeter Lord, David Sproxton, Julie Lockhart MusicTheodore Shapiro StudioSony Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Apr 27-29 2 $11.1M — 3,358 $3,317 $11.1M

2 May 4-6 4 $5.5M −50.6% 3,358 $1,639 $18.7M

3 May 11-13 7 $3.1M −42.9% 3,079 $1,021 $23.0M

4 May 18-20 10 $1.6M −49.8% 1,840 $858 $25.5M

5 May 25-27 11 $1.1M −31.4% 884 $1,224 $27.3M

6 Jun 1-3 16 $630.6K −41.7% 585 $1,078 $28.6M

7 Jun 8-10 27 $138.8K −78.0% 317 $438 $29.0M

8 Jun 15-17 33 $92.0K −33.7% 149 $617 $29.1M

9 Jun 22-24 38 $64.4K −29.9% 115 $560 $29.3M

10 Jun 29-Jul 1 24 $281.7K +337.2% 284 $992 $29.6M

11 Jul 6-8 28 $246.7K −12.4% 257 $960 $30.1M

12 Jul 13-15 33 $174.7K −29.2% 232 $753 $30.5M

13 Jul 20-22 32 $114.0K −34.7% 189 $603 $30.7M

14 Jul 27-29 36 $81.8K −28.3% 151 $542 $30.9M

15 Aug 3-5 38 $66.7K −18.4% 112 $596 $31.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Apr 27 #5 $2.7M — $2.7M 3,358 $819 1

Sat Apr 28 #2 $5.1M +84.8% $7.8M 3,358 $1,513 2

Sun Apr 29 #2 $3.3M −35.0% $11.1M 3,358 $984 3

Mon Apr 30 #7 $525.1K −84.1% $11.7M 3,358 $156 4

Tue May 1 #7 $605.2K +15.3% $12.3M 3,358 $180 5

Wed May 2 #7 $463.7K −23.4% $12.7M 3,358 $138 6

Thu May 3 #8 $431.8K −6.9% $13.2M 3,358 $129 7

Fri May 4 #6 $1.3M +206.5% −51.9% $14.5M 3,358 $394 8

Sat May 5 #3 $2.5M +85.7% −51.6% $16.9M 3,358 $732 9

Sun May 6 #3 $1.7M −29.9% −47.9% $18.7M 3,358 $513 10

Mon May 7 #6 $271.9K −84.2% −48.2% $18.9M 3,358 $81 11

Tue May 8 #7 $357.3K +31.4% −41.0% $19.3M 3,358 $106 12

Wed May 9 #6 $303.2K −15.1% −34.6% $19.6M 3,358 $90 13

Thu May 10 #6 $305.2K +0.7% −29.3% $19.9M 3,358 $91 14

Fri May 11 #7 $740.5K +142.6% −44.0% $20.6M 3,079 $241 15

Sat May 12 #6 $1.3M +76.7% −46.8% $22.0M 3,079 $425 16

Sun May 13 #6 $1.1M −16.4% −36.4% $23.0M 3,079 $355 17

Mon May 14 #8 $198.1K −81.9% −27.2% $23.2M 3,079 $64 18

Tue May 15 #8 $252.9K +27.7% −29.2% $23.5M 3,079 $82 19

Wed May 16 #9 $205.0K −18.9% −32.4% $23.7M 2,848 $72 20

Thu May 17 #9 $208.6K +1.7% −31.7% $23.9M 2,848 $73 21

Fri May 18 #10 $353.0K +69.3% −52.3% $24.3M 1,840 $192 22

Sat May 19 #10 $652.2K +84.8% −50.2% $24.9M 1,840 $354 23

Sun May 20 #9 $573.4K −12.1% −47.6% $25.5M 1,840 $312 24

Mon May 21 #9 $249.6K −56.5% +26.0% $25.7M 1,840 $136 25

Tue May 22 #11 $147.0K −41.1% −41.9% $25.9M 1,840 $80 26

Wed May 23 #10 $149.1K +1.4% −27.3% $26.0M 1,840 $81 27

Thu May 24 #10 $168.4K +12.9% −19.3% $26.2M 1,840 $92 28

Fri May 25 #11 $267.8K +59.0% −24.1% $26.5M 884 $303 29

Sat May 26 #11 $423.8K +58.2% −35.0% $26.9M 884 $479 30

Sun May 27 #11 $390.7K −7.8% −31.9% $27.3M 884 $442 31

Mon May 28 #10 $355.5K −9.0% +42.4% $27.6M 884 $402 32

Tue May 29 — $94.3K −73.5% −35.8% $27.7M 884 $107 33

Wed May 30 — $82.7K −12.3% −44.5% $27.8M 884 $94 34

Thu May 31 #11 $110.6K +33.8% −34.3% $27.9M 884 $125 35

Fri Jun 1 — $150.8K +36.3% −43.7% $28.1M 585 $258 36

Sat Jun 2 — $284.9K +88.8% −32.8% $28.4M 585 $487 37

Sun Jun 3 — $194.9K −31.6% −50.1% $28.6M 585 $333 38

Mon Jun 4 — $63.4K −67.5% −82.2% $28.6M 585 $108 39

Tue Jun 5 — $67.0K +5.6% −29.0% $28.7M 585 $114 40

Wed Jun 6 — $67.0K +0.1% −19.0% $28.8M 585 $115 41

Thu Jun 7 — $75.1K +12.1% −32.1% $28.8M 585 $128 42

Fri Jun 8 — $39.2K −47.8% −74.0% $28.9M 317 $124 43

Sat Jun 9 — $58.2K +48.7% −79.6% $28.9M 317 $184 44

Sun Jun 10 — $41.4K −28.9% −78.8% $29.0M 317 $131 45

Mon Jun 11 — $15.9K −61.6% −74.9% $29.0M 317 $50 46

Tue Jun 12 — $20.5K +28.7% −69.4% $29.0M 317 $65 47

Wed Jun 13 — $20.0K −2.4% −70.2% $29.0M 317 $63 48

Thu Jun 14 — $20.9K +4.6% −72.2% $29.0M 317 $66 49

Fri Jun 15 — $26.4K +26.5% −32.5% $29.1M 149 $177 50

Sat Jun 16 — $34.7K +31.1% −40.5% $29.1M 149 $233 51

Sun Jun 17 — $30.9K −10.9% −25.4% $29.1M 149 $207 52

Fri Jun 22 — $19.7K — −25.6% $29.2M 115 $171 57

Sat Jun 23 — $26.6K +35.1% −23.3% $29.2M 115 $231 58

Sun Jun 24 — $18.2K −31.6% −41.2% $29.3M 115 $158 59

Fri Jun 29 — $85.1K — +332.6% $29.4M 284 $300 64

Sat Jun 30 — $108.4K +27.4% +307.9% $29.5M 284 $382 65

Sun Jul 1 — $88.2K −18.7% +384.9% $29.6M 284 $310 66

Fri Jul 6 — $84.2K — −1.2% $29.9M 257 $327 71

Sat Jul 7 — $94.3K +12.1% −13.0% $30.0M 257 $367 72

Sun Jul 8 — $68.2K −27.7% −22.6% $30.1M 257 $265 73

Fri Jul 13 — $55.0K — −34.6% $30.3M 232 $237 78

Sat Jul 14 — $68.0K +23.5% −27.9% $30.4M 232 $293 79

Sun Jul 15 — $51.7K −24.0% −24.3% $30.5M 232 $223 80

Fri Jul 20 — $37.6K — −31.7% $30.6M 189 $199 85

Sat Jul 21 — $42.3K +12.7% −37.7% $30.7M 189 $224 86

Sun Jul 22 — $34.1K −19.4% −34.0% $30.7M 189 $181 87

Fri Jul 27 — $26.0K — −30.8% $30.9M 151 $172 92

Sat Jul 28 — $31.6K +21.5% −25.4% $30.9M 151 $209 93

Sun Jul 29 — $24.2K −23.4% −29.1% $30.9M 151 $160 94

Fri Aug 3 — $21.7K — −16.6% $31.0M 112 $193 99

Sat Aug 4 — $25.3K +17.0% −19.7% $31.0M 112 $226 100

Sun Aug 5 — $19.7K −22.2% −18.5% $31.1M 112 $176 101

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

Cumulative total$29.6M

Apr 27May 11May 26Jun 9Jul 1

Weekend grossWk 10 · $281.7K

$11.1M

$5.5M

$3.1M

$1.6M

$1.1M

$630.6K

$138.8K

$92.0K

$64.4K

$281.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,358 → 284 −91.5%

3,358 open284 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +337.2%

−50.6%

W1→2

−42.9%

W2→3

−49.8%

W3→4

−31.4%

W4→5

−41.7%

W5→6

−78.0%

W6→7

−33.7%

W7→8

−29.9%

W8→9

+337.2%

W9→10

Steepest −78.0%Biggest gain +337.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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