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The Secret Life of Walter MittyFollow

2013 • PG • 1h 54m • Adventure, Comedy, Drama • 20th Century Fox

Stop dreaming. Start living.

🍅 52% 71%

54

3.86

7.3

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$12.80M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$58.20M

Final

Worldwide total

$188.00M

$130.00M international

Domestic legs4.56x

Budget$90.0M

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Cast & crew

Full Stiller filmography

Ben Stiller

Ben Stiller Director

Kristen Wiig

Kristen Wiig Starring

Sean Penn

Sean Penn Starring

Shirley MacLaine

Shirley MacLaine Starring

Adam Scott

Adam Scott Starring

Kathryn Hahn

Kathryn Hahn Starring

ScreenplaySteven Conrad Produced bySamuel Goldwyn, Jr., John Goldwyn, Stuart Cornfeld, Ben Stiller CinematographyStuart Dryburgh MusicTheodore Shapiro, Jose Gonzalez, Rogue Wave Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 27-29 7 $12.8M — 2,909 $4,388 $25.4M

2 Jan 3-5 8 $8.0M −37.3% 2,922 $2,738 $45.5M

3 Jan 10-12 13 $4.3M −46.2% 2,584 $1,665 $52.6M

4 Jan 17-19 19 $1.3M −69.8% 1,037 $1,253 $55.1M

5 Jan 24-26 24 $607.9K −53.2% 540 $1,125 $56.3M

6 Jan 31-Feb 2 23 $348.3K −42.7% 410 $849 $56.9M

7 Feb 7-9 32 $189.3K −45.6% 242 $782 $57.2M

8 Feb 14-16 31 $196.5K +3.8% 201 $977 $57.5M

9 Feb 21-23 35 $173.7K −11.6% 208 $834 $57.7M

10 Feb 28-Mar 2 40 $119.3K −31.3% 163 $732 $57.9M

11 Mar 7-9 43 $82.0K −31.3% 133 $616 $58.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Dec 25 #- $7.8M — $7.8M 2,909 $2,686 1

Thu Dec 26 #5 $4.8M −39% $12.6M 2,909 $1,644 2

Fri Dec 27 #7 $4.5M −5% $17.1M 2,909 $1,559 3

Sat Dec 28 #5 $4.8M +5% $21.9M 2,909 $1,636 4

Sun Dec 29 #5 $3.5M −27% $25.4M 2,909 $1,193 5

Mon Dec 30 #- $2.8M −19% $28.2M 2,909 $963 6

Tue Dec 31 #- $3.3M +19% $31.5M 2,909 $1,142 7

Wed Jan 1 #7 $4.1M +22% −48% $35.5M 2,909 $1,396 8

Thu Jan 2 #7 $1.9M −53% −60% $37.5M 2,909 $662 9

Fri Jan 3 #- $2.8M +46% −38% $40.3M 2,922 $965 10

Sat Jan 4 #- $3.4M +22% −28% $43.7M 2,922 $1,179 11

Sun Jan 5 #- $1.7M −50% −50% $45.5M 2,922 $595 12

Mon Jan 6 #8 $693.2K −60% −75% $46.2M 2,922 $237 13

Tue Jan 7 #8 $888.7K +28% −73% $47.1M 2,922 $304 14

Wed Jan 8 #8 $647.0K −27% −84% $47.7M 2,922 $221 15

Thu Jan 9 #8 $590.9K −9% −69% $48.3M 2,922 $202 16

Fri Jan 10 #12 $1.3M +122% −53% $49.6M 2,584 $508 17

Sat Jan 11 #13 $2.0M +53% −42% $51.6M 2,584 $776 18

Sun Jan 12 #13 $987.1K −51% −43% $52.6M 2,584 $382 19

Mon Jan 13 #13 $280.7K −72% −60% $52.9M 2,584 $109 20

Tue Jan 14 #12 $365.3K +30% −59% $53.2M 2,584 $141 21

Wed Jan 15 #13 $287.6K −21% −56% $53.5M 2,584 $111 22

Thu Jan 16 #13 $268.6K −7% −55% $53.8M 2,584 $104 23

Fri Jan 17 #- $371.9K +38% −72% $54.2M 1,037 $359 24

Sat Jan 18 #- $600.7K +62% −70% $54.8M 1,037 $579 25

Sun Jan 19 #- $327.5K −45% −67% $55.1M 1,037 $316 26

Mon Jan 20 #18 $351.4K +7% +25% $55.4M 1,037 $339 27

Tue Jan 21 #- $103.1K −71% −72% $55.6M 1,037 $99 28

Wed Jan 22 #- $90.9K −12% −68% $55.6M 1,037 $88 29

Thu Jan 23 #- $93.5K +3% −65% $55.7M 1,037 $90 30

Fri Jan 24 #- $177.3K +90% −52% $55.9M 540 $328 31

Sat Jan 25 #- $284.5K +60% −53% $56.2M 540 $527 32

Sun Jan 26 #- $146.2K −49% −55% $56.3M 540 $271 33

Mon Jan 27 #- $46.9K −68% −87% $56.4M 540 $87 34

Tue Jan 28 #- $57.5K +23% −44% $56.4M 540 $107 35

Wed Jan 29 #- $42.8K −26% −53% $56.5M 540 $79 36

Thu Jan 30 #- $49.0K +15% −48% $56.5M 540 $91 37

Fri Jan 31 #- $118.5K +142% −33% $56.7M 410 $289 38

Sat Feb 1 #- $183.7K +55% −35% $56.8M 410 $448 39

Sun Feb 2 #- $46.1K −75% −68% $56.9M 410 $112 40

Mon Feb 3 #- $28.7K −38% −39% $56.9M 410 $70 41

Tue Feb 4 #- $31.8K +11% −45% $56.9M 410 $77 42

Wed Feb 5 #- $28.9K −9% −32% $57.0M 410 $71 43

Thu Feb 6 #- $32.3K +11% −34% $57.0M 410 $79 44

Fri Feb 7 #- $55.3K +71% −53% $57.1M 242 $229 45

Sat Feb 8 #- $88.6K +60% −52% $57.2M 242 $366 46

Sun Feb 9 #- $45.4K −49% −2% $57.2M 242 $187 47

Mon Feb 10 #- $15.5K −66% −46% $57.2M 242 $64 48

Tue Feb 11 #- $16.9K +9% −47% $57.2M 242 $70 49

Wed Feb 12 #- $13.9K −18% −52% $57.2M 242 $57 50

Thu Feb 13 #- $15.6K +12% −52% $57.3M 242 $64 51

Fri Feb 14 #- $66.9K +329% +21% $57.3M 201 $333 52

Sat Feb 15 #- $80.8K +21% −9% $57.4M 201 $402 53

Sun Feb 16 #- $48.8K −40% +8% $57.5M 201 $243 54

Mon Feb 17 #- $41.0K −16% +164% $57.5M 201 $204 55

Tue Feb 18 #- $18.5K −55% +9% $57.5M 201 $92 56

Wed Feb 19 #- $15.8K −14% +14% $57.5M 201 $79 57

Thu Feb 20 #- $15.3K −4% −2% $57.5M 201 $76 58

Fri Feb 21 #- $54.2K +255% −19% $57.6M 208 $261 59

Sat Feb 22 #- $80.0K +48% −1% $57.7M 208 $385 60

Sun Feb 23 #- $39.4K −51% −19% $57.7M 208 $189 61

Mon Feb 24 #- $14.8K −62% −64% $57.7M 208 $71 62

Tue Feb 25 #- $16.0K +8% −13% $57.8M 208 $77 63

Wed Feb 26 #- $14.6K −9% −8% $57.8M 208 $70 64

Thu Feb 27 #- $16.1K +11% +6% $57.8M 208 $78 65

Fri Feb 28 #- $35.1K +117% −35% $57.8M 163 $215 66

Sat Mar 1 #- $58.5K +67% −27% $57.9M 163 $359 67

Sun Mar 2 #- $25.8K −56% −35% $57.9M 163 $158 68

Mon Mar 3 #- $10.2K −61% −31% $57.9M 163 $62 69

Tue Mar 4 #- $10.9K +8% −32% $57.9M 163 $67 70

Wed Mar 5 #- $8.8K −19% −40% $57.9M 163 $54 71

Thu Mar 6 #- $10.2K +15% −37% $57.9M 163 $62 72

Fri Mar 7 #- $25.7K +154% −27% $58.0M 133 $194 73

Sat Mar 8 #- $37.7K +46% −36% $58.0M 133 $283 74

Sun Mar 9 #- $18.6K −51% −28% $58.0M 133 $140 75

Mon Mar 10 #- $8.9K −52% −12% $58.0M 133 $67 76

Tue Mar 11 #- $8.1K −9% −26% $58.0M 133 $61 77

Wed Mar 12 #- $8.6K +6% −2% $58.0M 133 $65 78

Thu Mar 13 #- $9.5K +10% −7% $58.1M 133 $71 79

Fri Mar 14 #- $19.0K +100% −26% $58.1M 88 $216 80

Sat Mar 15 #- $25.5K +34% −32% $58.1M 88 $290 81

Sun Mar 16 #- $11.5K −55% −38% $58.1M 88 $131 82

Mon Mar 17 #- $4.7K −59% −47% $58.1M 88 $54 83

Tue Mar 18 #- $6.2K +31% −24% $58.1M 88 $70 84

Wed Mar 19 #- $4.7K −24% −46% $58.1M 88 $53 85

Thu Mar 20 #- $4.9K +4% −49% $58.1M 88 $55 86

Fri Mar 21 #- $8.7K +78% −54% $58.1M 63 $138 87

Sat Mar 22 #- $12.6K +46% −51% $58.2M 63 $200 88

Sun Mar 23 #- $5.7K −55% −50% $58.2M 63 $91 89

Mon Mar 24 #- $3.9K −31% −17% $58.2M 63 $63 90

Tue Mar 25 #- $3.5K −12% −44% $58.2M 63 $55 91

Wed Mar 26 #- $4.1K +17% −13% $58.2M 63 $65 92

Thu Mar 27 #- $4.6K +14% −5% $58.2M 63 $74 93

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

Cumulative total$57.9M

Dec 25Jan 11Jan 29Feb 15Mar 4

Weekend grossWk 10 · $119.3K

$12.8M

$8.0M

$4.3M

$1.3M

$607.9K

$348.3K

$189.3K

$196.5K

$173.7K

$119.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,922 → 163 −94.4%

2,909 open163 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −31.3%

−37.3%

W1→2

−46.2%

W2→3

−69.8%

W3→4

−53.2%

W4→5

−42.7%

W5→6

−45.6%

W6→7

+3.8%

W7→8

−11.6%

W8→9

−31.3%

W9→10

Steepest −69.8%Biggest gain +3.8%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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