Name: About a Boy
Director: Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Released: 2002
Cast: Hugh Grant, Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette, Rachel Weisz, Natalia Tena

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri May 17	#4	$2.61M		—	$2.61M	1,207	$2.2K	1
Sat May 18	#4	$3.60M	+38%	—	$6.21M	1,207	$3.0K	2
Sun May 19	#4	$2.35M	-35%	—	$8.56M	1,207	$1.9K	3
Mon May 20	#4	$984K	-58%	—	$9.54M	1,207	$815	4
Tue May 21	#4	$821K	-17%	—	$10.36M	1,207	$680	5
Wed May 22	#4	$760K	-7%	—	$11.12M	1,207	$629	6
Thu May 23	#4	$808K	+6%	—	$11.93M	1,207	$669	7
Fri May 24	#6	$2.02M	+150%	-23%	$13.95M	1,749	$1.2K	8
Sat May 25	#6	$2.94M	+46%	-18%	$17.03M	1,749	$1.7K	9
Sun May 26	#6	$2.69M	-8%	+15%	$19.72M	1,749	$1.5K	10
Mon May 27	#6	$1.96M	-27%	+99%	$21.75M	1,749	$1.1K	11
Tue May 28	#6	$648K	-67%	-21%	$22.40M	1,749	$370	12
Wed May 29	#6	$638K	-2%	-16%	$23.04M	1,749	$364	13
Thu May 30	#6	$681K	+7%	-16%	$23.72M	1,749	$389	14
Fri May 31	#8	$1.25M	+84%	-38%	$24.98M	1,753	$715	15
Sat Jun 1	#8	$1.80M	+43%	-39%	$26.77M	1,753	$1.0K	16
Sun Jun 2	#8	$1.06M	-41%	-61%	$27.85M	1,756	$605	17
Mon Jun 3	#8	$429K	-60%	-78%	$28.28M	1,756	$244	18
Tue Jun 4	#8	$535K	+25%	-17%	$28.81M	1,756	$304	19
Wed Jun 5	#8	$502K	-6%	-21%	$29.31M	1,756	$285	20
Thu Jun 6	#8	$484K	-4%	-29%	$29.80M	1,756	$275	21
Fri Jun 7	#10	$845K	+75%	-33%	$30.64M	1,605	$526	22
Sat Jun 8	#10	$1.10M	+30%	-39%	$31.74M	1,605	$684	23
Sun Jun 9	#10	$720K	-34%	-32%	$32.45M	1,618	$444	24
Mon Jun 10	#10	$291K	-60%	-32%	$32.74M	1,618	$179	25
Tue Jun 11	#10	$364K	+25%	-32%	$33.10M	1,618	$224	26
Wed Jun 12	#10	$348K	-4%	-31%	$33.45M	1,618	$215	27
Thu Jun 13	#10	$356K	+2%	-26%	$33.81M	1,618	$220	28
Fri Jun 14	#13	$464K	+30%	-45%	$34.27M	947	$490	29
Sat Jun 15	#13	$649K	+40%	-41%	$34.92M	947	$684	30
Sun Jun 16	#13	$369K	-43%	-49%	$35.29M	947	$390	31

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
May 17-19	4	$8.56M	—	$8.56M	1,207	$7.1K	1
May 24-26	6	$7.86M	-8.1%	$19.79M	1,749	$4.5K	2
May 31-Jun 2	8	$4.13M	-47.5%	$27.85M	1,756	$2.4K	3
Jun 7-9	10	$2.65M	-35.7%	$32.45M	1,618	$1.6K	4
Jun 14-16	14	$1.48M	-44.1%	$35.29M	947	$1.6K	5
Jun 21-23	16	$1.21M	-18.4%	$37.31M	804	$1.5K	6
Jun 28-30	15	$940K	-22.3%	$38.91M	696	$1.4K	7
Jul 5-7	19	$580K	-38.3%	$40.10M	487	$1.2K	8
Jul 12-14	25	$198K	-65.8%	$40.57M	220	$900	9

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Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byChris Weitz, Paul Weitz

ScreenplayChris Weitz, Paul Weitz, Peter Hedges

Produced byJane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro, Brad Epstein, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner

CinematographyRemi Adefarasin

MusicBadly Drawn Boy

Prod. DesignJim Clay

StarringHugh Grant, Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette, Rachel Weisz, Natalia Tena, Victoria Smurfit

StudioUniversal Pictures

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