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2008 • R • 2h 4m • Drama, Romance • The Weinstein Company

Behind the mystery lies a truth that will make you question everything you know.

🍅 63% 79%

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3.60

7.6

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$2.40M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$34.20M

Final

Worldwide total

$113.00M

$78.80M international

Domestic legs14.4x from $2.4M first wide weekend

Budget$32.5M

Compare with other movies

Cast & crew

Full Daldry filmography

Stephen Daldry

Stephen Daldry Director

Kate Winslet

Kate Winslet Starring

Ralph Fiennes

Ralph Fiennes Starring

Lena Olin

Lena Olin Starring

Bruno Ganz

Bruno Ganz Starring

ScreenplayDavid Hare Based on"Der Vorleser" by Bernhard Schlink Produced byAnthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack, Donna Gigliotti, Redmond Morris CinematographyChris Menges, Roger Deakins Music byNico Muhly StudioThe Weinstein Company

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 12-14 25 $168.1K — 8 $21,006 $180.0K

2 Dec 19-21 29 $92.8K −44.8% 8 $11,599 $349.2K

3 Dec 26-28 22 $664.0K +615.6% 116 $5,724 $1.2M

4 Jan 2-4 17 $1.6M +140.7% 398 $4,016 $3.6M

5 Jan 9-11 18 $1.3M −15.7% 507 $2,656 $5.5M

6 Jan 16-18 20 $1.3M −4.6% 417 $3,082 $7.6M

7 Jan 23-25 20 $1.4M +9.2% 367 $3,824 $9.7M

8 Jan 30-Feb 1 15 $2.4M +69.6% 1,002 $2,376 $12.7M

9 Feb 6-8 14 $2.3M −4.4% 862 $2,640 $16.0M

10 Feb 13-15 15 $2.2M −2.9% 742 $2,977 $19.2M

11 Feb 20-22 14 $2.6M +19.6% 962 $2,747 $23.0M

12 Feb 27-Mar 1 13 $2.9M +8.2% 1,203 $2,378 $26.9M

13 Mar 6-8 12 $1.9M −32.7% 1,175 $1,639 $29.9M

14 Mar 13-15 14 $1.3M −32.0% 1,175 $1,115 $31.9M

15 Mar 20-22 18 $536.0K −59.1% 704 $761 $32.9M

16 Mar 27-29 19 $308.5K −42.4% 324 $952 $33.5M

17 Apr 3-5 21 $192.1K −37.7% 232 $828 $33.8M

18 Apr 10-12 29 $105.1K −45.3% 132 $796 $34.0M

19 Apr 17-19 38 $55.2K −47.5% 105 $526 $34.1M

20 Apr 24-26 56 $20.8K −62.3% 55 $379 $34.2M

21 May 1-3 65 $13.5K −34.9% 35 $387 $34.2M

22 May 8-10 80 $4.4K −67.8% 16 $273 $34.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Dec 25 — $174.8K — $579.9K 116 $1,507 14

Fri Jan 2 — $531.0K — $2.5M 398 $1,334 22

Sat Jan 3 — $653.2K +23.0% $3.1M 398 $1,641 23

Sun Jan 4 — $414.4K −36.6% $3.6M 398 $1,041 24

Mon Jan 19 #22 $233.1K — $7.8M 417 $559 39

Mon Feb 2 #11 $239.6K — $12.9M 1,002 $239 53

Tue Feb 3 #11 $278.6K +16.3% $13.2M 1,002 $278 54

Wed Feb 4 #11 $287.3K +3.1% $13.5M 1,002 $287 55

Thu Feb 5 #11 $296.2K +3.1% $13.8M 1,002 $296 56

Fri Feb 6 #14 $603.3K +103.7% $14.4M 862 $700 57

Sat Feb 7 #14 $1.0M +69.0% $15.4M 862 $1,183 58

Sun Feb 8 #13 $652.6K −36.0% $16.0M 862 $757 59

Mon Feb 9 #13 $207.1K −68.3% −13.6% $16.2M 862 $240 60

Tue Feb 10 #12 $240.8K +16.3% −13.6% $16.5M 862 $279 61

Wed Feb 11 #12 $235.3K −2.3% −18.1% $16.7M 862 $273 62

Thu Feb 12 #12 $231.9K −1.4% −21.7% $16.9M 862 $269 63

Fri Feb 13 #15 $475.4K +105.0% −21.2% $17.4M 742 $641 64

Sat Feb 14 #15 $954.7K +100.8% −6.4% $18.4M 742 $1,287 65

Sun Feb 15 #14 $778.9K −18.4% +19.4% $19.2M 742 $1,050 66

Mon Feb 16 #14 $461.8K −40.7% +123.0% $19.6M 742 $622 67

Tue Feb 17 #13 $247.1K −46.5% +2.6% $19.9M 742 $333 68

Wed Feb 18 #13 $240.4K −2.7% +2.2% $20.1M 742 $324 69

Thu Feb 19 #13 $262.4K +9.1% +13.1% $20.4M 742 $354 70

Fri Feb 20 #14 $780.4K +197.5% +64.2% $21.1M 962 $811 71

Sat Feb 21 #14 $1.3M +68.4% +37.7% $22.5M 962 $1,366 72

Sun Feb 22 #15 $620.0K −52.8% −20.4% $23.1M 962 $645 73

Mon Feb 23 #11 $275.3K −55.6% −40.4% $23.4M 962 $286 74

Tue Feb 24 #10 $301.5K +9.5% +22.0% $23.7M 962 $313 75

Wed Feb 25 #11 $247.6K −17.9% +3.0% $23.9M 962 $257 76

Thu Feb 26 #11 $253.6K +2.4% −3.3% $24.1M 962 $264 77

Fri Feb 27 #13 $768.5K +203.0% −1.5% $24.9M 1,203 $639 78

Sat Feb 28 #13 $1.3M +71.6% +0.3% $26.2M 1,203 $1,096 79

Sun Mar 1 #12 $773.0K −41.4% +24.7% $26.9M 1,203 $643 80

Mon Mar 2 #13 $228.9K −70.4% −16.9% $27.2M 1,203 $190 81

Tue Mar 3 #12 $273.8K +19.6% −9.2% $27.5M 1,203 $228 82

Wed Mar 4 #11 $248.3K −9.3% +0.3% $27.7M 1,203 $206 83

Thu Mar 5 #12 $234.1K −5.7% −7.7% $27.9M 1,203 $195 84

Fri Mar 6 #12 $529.7K +126.3% −31.1% $28.5M 1,175 $451 85

Sat Mar 7 #12 $889.3K +67.9% −32.6% $29.4M 1,175 $757 86

Sun Mar 8 #10 $506.9K −43.0% −34.4% $29.9M 1,175 $431 87

Mon Mar 9 #10 $151.5K −70.1% −33.8% $30.0M 1,175 $129 88

Tue Mar 10 #9 $205.9K +35.9% −24.8% $30.2M 1,175 $175 89

Wed Mar 11 #9 $182.8K −11.2% −26.4% $30.4M 1,175 $156 90

Thu Mar 12 #10 $176.5K −3.4% −24.6% $30.6M 1,175 $150 91

Fri Mar 13 #14 $350.9K +98.8% −33.8% $30.9M 1,175 $299 92

Sat Mar 14 #14 $610.7K +74.0% −31.3% $31.5M 1,175 $520 93

Sun Mar 15 #13 $348.0K −43.0% −31.3% $31.9M 1,175 $296 94

Mon Mar 16 #14 $114.4K −67.1% −24.4% $32.0M 1,175 $97 95

Tue Mar 17 #13 $118.5K +3.6% −42.4% $32.1M 1,175 $101 96

Wed Mar 18 #15 $120.0K +1.3% −34.3% $32.2M 1,175 $102 97

Thu Mar 19 #15 $124.3K +3.6% −29.6% $32.4M 1,175 $106 98

Fri Mar 20 #18 $149.4K +20.2% −57.4% $32.5M 704 $212 99

Sat Mar 21 #18 $244.7K +63.8% −59.9% $32.8M 704 $348 100

Sun Mar 22 #17 $141.9K −42.0% −59.2% $32.9M 704 $202 101

Mon Mar 23 #16 $60.4K −57.4% −47.2% $33.0M 704 $86 102

Tue Mar 24 #14 $79.1K +31.0% −33.2% $33.0M 704 $112 103

Wed Mar 25 #16 $68.1K −14.0% −43.3% $33.1M 704 $97 104

Thu Mar 26 #17 $67.7K −0.5% −45.5% $33.2M 704 $96 105

Fri Mar 27 — $82.5K +21.8% −44.8% $33.3M 324 $255 106

Sat Mar 28 — $141.2K +71.2% −42.3% $33.4M 324 $436 107

Sun Mar 29 — $84.8K −39.9% −40.2% $33.5M 324 $262 108

Mon Mar 30 — $28.0K −67.0% −53.7% $33.5M 324 $86 109

Tue Mar 31 — $35.5K +27.0% −55.1% $33.5M 324 $110 110

Wed Apr 1 — $33.4K −6.0% −50.9% $33.6M 324 $103 111

Thu Apr 2 — $34.1K +2.0% −49.7% $33.6M 324 $105 112

Fri Apr 3 — $54.7K +60.6% −33.7% $33.7M 232 $236 113

Sat Apr 4 — $89.2K +63.0% −36.8% $33.8M 232 $384 114

Sun Apr 5 — $48.2K −46.0% −43.2% $33.8M 232 $208 115

Mon Apr 6 — $19.7K −59.0% −29.4% $33.8M 232 $85 116

Tue Apr 7 — $25.1K +27.0% −29.4% $33.9M 232 $108 117

Wed Apr 8 — $24.1K −4.0% −27.9% $33.9M 232 $104 118

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

Cumulative total$20.4M

Dec 25Feb 3Feb 8Feb 14Feb 19

Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.2M

$168.1K

$92.8K

$664.0K

$1.6M

$1.3M

$1.3M

$1.4M

$2.4M

$2.3M

$2.2M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,002 → 742 −25.9%

116 open742 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −2.9%

−44.8%

W1→2

+615.6%

W2→3

+140.7%

W3→4

−15.7%

W4→5

−4.6%

W5→6

+9.2%

W6→7

+69.6%

W7→8

−4.4%

W8→9

−2.9%

W9→10

Steepest −44.8%Biggest gain +615.6%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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