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The Theory of Everything

2014 PG-13 2h 3m Drama, Romance Focus Features

His mind changed our world. Her love changed his.

The Theory of Everything Box Office

Opening Weekend
$5.0M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$35.9M
Final
Worldwide Total
$123M
$87.4M international
Domestic Legs7.2x
Budget$15.0M
2014 Rank#109
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Nov 7-9 28 $209K $209K 5 $41.8K 1
Nov 14-16 17 $735K +252.3% $1.03M 41 $17.9K 2
Nov 21-23 10 $1.51M +105.6% $2.81M 140 $10.8K 3
Nov 28-30 7 $5.01M +231.5% $9.53M 802 $6.2K 4
Dec 5-7 7 $2.65M -47.2% $13.59M 826 $3.2K 5
Dec 12-14 9 $2.47M -6.8% $17.09M 1,220 $2.0K 6
Dec 19-21 13 $1.61M -34.7% $19.84M 1,011 $1.6K 7
Dec 26-28 19 $1.22M -24.2% $22.37M 736 $1.7K 8
Jan 2-4 17 $1.11M -9.4% $24.77M 651 $1.7K 9
Jan 9-11 19 $674K -39.1% $25.89M 408 $1.7K 10
Jan 16-18 21 $971K +44.2% $27.29M 509 $1.9K 11
Jan 23-25 16 $1.26M +30.0% $29.06M 858 $1.5K 12
Jan 30-Feb 1 17 $983K -22.2% $30.58M 805 $1.2K 13
Feb 6-8 15 $994K +1.1% $32.04M 602 $1.7K 14
Feb 13-15 19 $741K -25.5% $33.18M 466 $1.6K 15
Feb 20-22 19 $554K -25.2% $34.13M 545 $1.0K 16
Feb 27-Mar 1 17 $635K +14.6% $35.04M 611 $1.0K 17
Mar 6-8 25 $257K -59.6% $35.50M 355 $723 18
Mar 13-15 34 $100K -60.8% $35.71M 168 $598 19
Mar 20-22 49 $49K -51.6% $35.80M 70 $695 20
Mar 27-29 60 $20K -58.8% $35.85M 39 $514 21
Apr 3-5 63 $14K -29.7% $35.87M 20 $704 22
Apr 10-12 69 $9K -36.6% $35.89M 15 $595 23

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

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

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Cast & Crew

Directed byJames Marsh
ScreenplayAnthony McCarten
Based on the memoir byJane Hawking
Produced byTim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, Anthony McCarten
CinematographyBenoît Delhomme
Music byJóhann Jóhannsson
StarringEddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Charlie Cox, Emily Watson, David Thewlis, Harry Lloyd
StudioFocus Features

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