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2006 • PG-13 • 1h 43m • Biography, Drama • Miramax

Our Leaders. Ourselves.

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$122K
Limited · 3 theaters
Domestic total
$56.40M
Final
Worldwide total
$123.00M
$66.90M international
Domestic legs19.4x from $2.9M biggest weekend
Budget$15.0M

Cast & crew

Full Frears filmography
Stephen Frears Stephen Frears Director Helen Mirren Helen Mirren Starring Michael Sheen Michael Sheen Starring James Cromwell James Cromwell Starring Roger Allam Roger Allam Starring
ScreenplayPeter Morgan Produced byAndy Harries, Christine Langan, Tracey Seaward CinematographyAffonso Beato MusicAlexandre Desplat StudioMiramax

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Sep 29-Oct 1 38 $122.0K — 3 $40,671 $122.0K
2 Oct 6-8 18 $402.0K +229% 11 $36,543 $634.8K
3 Oct 13-15 13 $1.0M +154% 46 $22,227 $1.9M
4 Oct 20-22 15 $1.5M +48% 99 $15,253 $3.8M
5 Oct 27-29 14 $1.9M +26% 152 $12,560 $6.3M
6 Nov 3-5 10 $2.9M +52% 387 $7,519 $10.0M
7 Nov 10-12 12 $2.7M −7% 484 $5,607 $13.9M
8 Nov 17-19 12 $2.2M −19% 606 $3,633 $17.2M
9 Nov 24-26 12 $2.6M +18% 653 $3,962 $21.0M
10 Dec 1-3 14 $1.4M −47% 712 $1,918 $23.1M
11 Dec 8-10 14 $875.9K −36% 628 $1,394 $24.5M
12 Dec 15-17 15 $666.7K −24% 483 $1,380 $25.6M
13 Dec 22-24 21 $428.3K −36% 302 $1,418 $26.5M
14 Dec 29-31 17 $934.1K +118% 302 $3,092 $28.2M
15 Jan 5-7 20 $1.0M +12% 323 $3,245 $29.9M
16 Jan 12-14 24 $1.1M +6% 344 $3,232 $31.5M
17 Jan 19-21 9 $3.4M +206% 1,586 $2,143 $35.6M
18 Jan 26-28 9 $4.0M +18% 1,830 $2,192 $41.3M
19 Feb 2-4 10 $2.7M −34% 1,850 $1,432 $45.5M
20 Feb 9-11 10 $2.4M −10% 1,564 $1,517 $48.9M
21 Feb 16-18 15 $1.3M −45% 807 $1,629 $51.1M
22 Feb 23-25 16 $1.1M −16% 662 $1,670 $52.9M
23 Mar 2-4 18 $910.5K −18% 545 $1,670 $54.3M
24 Mar 9-11 22 $573.5K −37% 460 $1,246 $55.2M
25 Mar 16-18 26 $319.1K −44% 339 $941 $55.7M
26 Mar 23-25 35 $117.4K −63% 143 $821 $56.0M
27 Mar 30-Apr 1 41 $53.0K −55% 97 $545 $56.1M
28 Apr 6-8 43 $72.5K +37% 132 $549 $56.2M
29 Apr 13-15 54 $49.0K −32% 87 $563 $56.3M
30 Apr 20-22 56 $27.6K −44% 51 $542 $56.4M
31 Apr 27-29 65 $19.5K −29% 33 $591 $56.4M
32 May 4-6 68 $13.2K −32% 23 $572 $56.4M
33 May 11-13 78 $7.5K −43% 23 $325 $56.4M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Cumulative total$17.4M
Nov 1Nov 5Nov 9Nov 16Nov 20
Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.4M
$122.0K
$402.0K
$1.0M
$1.5M
$1.9M
$2.9M
$2.7M
$2.2M
$2.6M
$1.4M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Theater countPeak 606 → 606 +0.0%
152 open606 now
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −47%
+229%
W1→2
+154%
W2→3
+48%
W3→4
+26%
W4→5
+52%
W5→6
−7%
W6→7
−19%
W7→8
+18%
W8→9
−47%
W9→10
Steepest −47%Biggest gain +229%

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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