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2015 • PG • 2h 2m • Comedy, Drama, Romance • Fox Searchlight Pictures

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51

3.16

6.5

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$8.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$33.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$89.40M

$56.30M international

Domestic legs3.9x

Budget$10M

2015 rank#79

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Cast & crew

Dev Patel

Dev Patel Starring

Judi Dench

Judi Dench Starring

Richard Gere

Richard Gere Starring

Maggie Smith

Maggie Smith Starring

Bill Nighy

Bill Nighy Starring

Celia Imrie

Celia Imrie Starring

ScreenplayOl Parker Produced byPeter Czernin, Graham Broadbent CinematographyBen Smithard MusicThomas Newman Prod. DesignMartin Childs StudioFox Searchlight Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 6-8 3 $8.5M — 1,573 $5,429 $8.5M

2 Mar 13-15 6 $5.7M −33.4% 2,022 $2,812 $18.0M

3 Mar 20-22 7 $3.5M −38.3% 2,016 $1,741 $24.2M

4 Mar 27-29 9 $2.1M −39.7% 1,498 $1,413 $28.1M

5 Apr 3-5 10 $1.1M −49.0% 1,060 $1,019 $30.1M

6 Apr 10-12 13 $636.3K −41.1% 741 $859 $31.5M

7 Apr 17-19 21 $296.7K −53.4% 350 $848 $32.1M

8 Apr 24-26 25 $181.3K −38.9% 242 $749 $32.4M

9 May 1-3 26 $87.6K −51.7% 175 $500 $32.6M

10 May 8-10 33 $90.2K +3.0% 148 $609 $32.7M

11 May 15-17 35 $65.2K −27.7% 112 $582 $32.9M

12 May 22-24 45 $39.9K −38.8% 72 $554 $32.9M

13 May 29-31 41 $37.0K −7.2% 59 $628 $33.0M

14 Jun 5-7 58 $13.9K −62.4% 35 $398 $33.0M

15 Jun 12-14 64 $10.1K −27.4% 23 $439 $33.1M

16 Jun 19-21 65 $7.4K −26.7% 16 $463 $33.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Mar 6 #3 $2.7M — $2.7M 1,573 $1,716 1

Sat Mar 7 #4 $3.6M +32.8% $6.3M 1,573 $2,279 2

Sun Mar 8 #3 $2.3M −37.0% $8.5M 1,573 $1,435 3

Mon Mar 9 #3 $838.4K −62.9% $9.4M 1,573 $533 4

Tue Mar 10 #2 $1.2M +44.5% $10.6M 1,573 $770 5

Wed Mar 11 #2 $927.1K −23.5% $11.5M 1,573 $589 6

Thu Mar 12 #1 $842.8K −9.1% $12.4M 1,573 $536 7

Fri Mar 13 #5 $1.6M +93.5% −39.6% $14.0M 2,022 $807 8

Sat Mar 14 #5 $2.5M +52.3% −30.7% $16.5M 2,022 $1,228 9

Sun Mar 15 #5 $1.6M −36.7% −30.4% $18.0M 2,022 $777 10

Mon Mar 16 #4 $569.6K −63.7% −32.1% $18.6M 2,022 $282 11

Tue Mar 17 #3 $766.9K +34.6% −36.7% $19.4M 2,022 $379 12

Wed Mar 18 #4 $648.0K −15.5% −30.1% $20.0M 2,022 $320 13

Thu Mar 19 #3 $644.2K −0.6% −23.6% $20.7M 2,022 $319 14

Fri Mar 20 #7 $960.1K +49.0% −41.1% $21.6M 2,016 $476 15

Sat Mar 21 #6 $1.5M +60.2% −38.1% $23.2M 2,016 $763 16

Sun Mar 22 #7 $1.0M −34.2% −35.6% $24.2M 2,016 $502 17

Mon Mar 23 #6 $403.3K −60.2% −29.2% $24.6M 2,016 $200 18

Tue Mar 24 #5 $546.0K +35.4% −28.8% $25.1M 2,016 $271 19

Wed Mar 25 #5 $421.1K −22.9% −35.0% $25.6M 2,016 $209 20

Thu Mar 26 #3 $394.3K −6.3% −38.8% $25.9M 2,016 $196 21

Fri Mar 27 #9 $624.2K +58.3% −35.0% $26.6M 1,498 $417 22

Sat Mar 28 #8 $934.1K +49.7% −39.3% $27.5M 1,498 $624 23

Sun Mar 29 #9 $559.1K −40.1% −44.8% $28.1M 1,498 $373 24

Mon Mar 30 #9 $216.8K −61.2% −46.2% $28.3M 1,498 $145 25

Tue Mar 31 #8 $313.5K +44.6% −42.6% $28.6M 1,498 $209 26

Wed Apr 1 #8 $234.6K −25.2% −44.3% $28.8M 1,498 $157 27

Thu Apr 2 #8 $228.4K −2.7% −42.1% $29.1M 1,498 $152 28

Fri Apr 3 #10 $358.8K +57.1% −42.5% $29.4M 1,060 $338 29

Sat Apr 4 #10 $415.8K +15.9% −55.5% $29.8M 1,060 $392 30

Sun Apr 5 #10 $305.1K −26.6% −45.4% $30.1M 1,060 $288 31

Mon Apr 6 #10 $149.3K −51.1% −31.1% $30.3M 1,060 $141 32

Tue Apr 7 #10 $205.8K +37.8% −34.4% $30.5M 1,060 $194 33

Wed Apr 8 #10 $171.3K −16.8% −27.0% $30.7M 1,060 $162 34

Thu Apr 9 #10 $156.8K −8.4% −31.3% $30.8M 1,060 $148 35

Fri Apr 10 #13 $190.4K +21.4% −46.9% $31.0M 741 $257 36

Sat Apr 11 #13 $284.7K +49.5% −31.5% $31.3M 741 $384 37

Sun Apr 12 #12 $161.2K −43.4% −47.2% $31.5M 741 $218 38

Mon Apr 13 #12 $65.8K −59.2% −55.9% $31.5M 741 $89 39

Tue Apr 14 #12 $92.5K +40.6% −55.1% $31.6M 741 $125 40

Wed Apr 15 #12 $80.6K −12.9% −52.9% $31.7M 741 $109 41

Thu Apr 16 #11 $81.4K +1.0% −48.1% $31.8M 741 $110 42

Fri Apr 17 — $78.6K −3.5% −58.7% $31.9M 350 $225 43

Sat Apr 18 — $132.7K +68.9% −53.4% $32.0M 350 $379 44

Sun Apr 19 — $85.4K −35.7% −47.0% $32.1M 350 $244 45

Mon Apr 20 — $34.7K −59.4% −47.3% $32.1M 350 $99 46

Tue Apr 21 — $45.6K +31.5% −50.7% $32.2M 350 $130 47

Wed Apr 22 — $38.5K −15.5% −52.2% $32.2M 350 $110 48

Thu Apr 23 — $38.4K −0.4% −52.9% $32.2M 350 $110 49

Fri Apr 24 — $48.5K +26.4% −38.3% $32.3M 242 $200 50

Sat Apr 25 — $82.8K +70.6% −37.6% $32.4M 242 $342 51

Sun Apr 26 — $50.0K −39.6% −41.5% $32.4M 242 $207 52

Mon Apr 27 — $18.3K −63.4% −47.2% $32.4M 242 $76 53

Tue Apr 28 — $29.6K +61.6% −35.1% $32.5M 242 $122 54

Wed Apr 29 — $20.9K −29.4% −45.8% $32.5M 242 $86 55

Thu Apr 30 — $20.7K −1.2% −46.2% $32.5M 242 $85 56

Fri May 1 — $25.1K +21.6% −48.3% $32.5M 175 $143 57

Sat May 2 — $38.3K +52.5% −53.8% $32.6M 175 $219 58

Sun May 3 — $24.2K −36.9% −51.6% $32.6M 175 $138 59

Mon May 4 — $11.6K −52.2% −36.9% $32.6M 175 $66 60

Tue May 5 — $18.7K +61.5% −36.9% $32.6M 175 $107 61

Wed May 6 — $17.5K −6.2% −16.2% $32.6M 175 $100 62

Thu May 7 — $16.1K −8.0% −21.9% $32.7M 175 $92 63

Fri May 8 — $20.4K +26.6% −18.7% $32.7M 148 $138 64

Sat May 9 — $34.6K +69.8% −9.5% $32.7M 148 $234 65

Sun May 10 — $35.1K +1.4% +45.3% $32.7M 148 $237 66

Mon May 11 — $9.7K −72.3% −15.9% $32.8M 148 $66 67

Tue May 12 — $14.1K +44.9% −24.5% $32.8M 148 $95 68

Wed May 13 — $12.1K −14.0% −30.8% $32.8M 148 $82 69

Thu May 14 — $11.1K −8.5% −31.2% $32.8M 148 $75 70

Fri May 15 — $18.6K +67.8% −8.8% $32.8M 112 $166 71

Sat May 16 — $27.8K +49.3% −19.8% $32.8M 112 $248 72

Sun May 17 — $18.9K −32.1% −46.3% $32.9M 112 $168 73

Mon May 18 — $8.9K −52.6% −8.0% $32.9M 112 $80 74

Tue May 19 — $9.1K +2.0% −35.3% $32.9M 112 $81 75

Wed May 20 — $7.9K −13.0% −34.5% $32.9M 112 $71 76

Thu May 21 — $8.4K +5.2% −24.7% $32.9M 112 $75 77

Fri May 22 — $9.3K +11.3% −50.0% $32.9M 72 $129 78

Sat May 23 — $14.9K +60.0% −46.4% $32.9M 72 $207 79

Sun May 24 — $15.7K +5.8% −16.5% $32.9M 72 $219 80

Mon May 25 — $12.3K −21.9% +37.4% $32.9M 72 $171 81

Tue May 26 — $6.7K −45.4% −26.5% $33.0M 72 $93 82

Wed May 27 — $5.2K −22.0% −34.1% $33.0M 72 $73 83

Thu May 28 — $8.0K +52.6% −4.5% $33.0M 72 $111 84

Fri May 29 — $9.4K +18.4% +1.6% $33.0M 59 $160 85

Sat May 30 — $16.1K +70.8% +8.4% $33.0M 59 $273 86

Sun May 31 — $11.5K −28.9% −27.2% $33.0M 59 $194 87

Mon Jun 1 — $3.9K −66.0% −68.3% $33.0M 59 $66 88

Tue Jun 2 — $5.4K +39.7% −18.8% $33.0M 59 $92 89

Wed Jun 3 — $4.9K −10.2% −6.5% $33.0M 59 $83 90

Thu Jun 4 — $5.0K +1.8% −37.7% $33.0M 59 $84 91

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

Cumulative total$32.8M

Mar 6Mar 23Apr 10Apr 27May 14

Weekend grossWk 10 · $90.2K

$8.5M

$5.7M

$3.5M

$2.1M

$1.1M

$636.3K

$296.7K

$181.3K

$87.6K

$90.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,022 → 148 −92.7%

1,573 open148 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +3.0%

−33.4%

W1→2

−38.3%

W2→3

−39.7%

W3→4

−49.0%

W4→5

−41.1%

W5→6

−53.4%

W6→7

−38.9%

W7→8

−51.7%

W8→9

+3.0%

W9→10

Steepest −53.4%Biggest gain +3.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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