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August Rush

2007 • PG • 1h 54m • Drama, Music • Warner Bros.

An incredible journey moving at the speed of sound.

🍅 36% 82%

38

3.38

7.4

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$9.4M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$31.7M

Final

Worldwide Total

$64.6M

$32.9M international

Domestic Legs3.4x

Budget$25M

2007 Rank#84

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Cast & Crew

Freddie Highmore

Freddie Highmore Starring

Keri Russell Starring

Jonathan Rhys Meyers

Jonathan Rhys Meyers Starring

Terrence Howard

Terrence Howard Starring

Robin Williams Starring

Mykelti Williamson

Mykelti Williamson Starring

ScreenplayJames V. Hart, Nick Castle Produced byRichard Barton Lewis CinematographyJohn Mathieson MusicMark Mancina Prod. DesignMichael Shaw StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 23-25 7 $9.4M — 2,310 $4,079 $13.2M

2 Nov 30-Dec 2 7 $5.0M −46.7% 2,310 $2,174 $20.2M

3 Dec 7-9 7 $3.5M −30.1% 2,310 $1,520 $25.1M

4 Dec 14-16 10 $1.8M −49.7% 2,007 $880 $28.0M

5 Dec 21-23 17 $473.9K −73.2% 701 $676 $29.5M

6 Dec 28-30 26 $240.0K −49.4% 262 $916 $30.0M

7 Jan 4-6 30 $186.9K −22.2% 194 $963 $30.4M

8 Jan 11-13 33 $134.6K −28.0% 184 $731 $30.6M

9 Jan 18-21 32 $205.7K +52.8% 314 $655 $30.9M

10 Jan 25-27 35 $188.7K −8.3% 283 $667 $31.2M

11 Feb 1-3 39 $142.8K −24.3% 253 $565 $31.4M

12 Feb 8-10 44 $91.6K −35.9% 179 $512 $31.5M

13 Feb 15-17 56 $41.7K −54.5% 82 $508 $31.6M

14 Feb 22-24 66 $24.6K −41.0% 48 $512 $31.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Nov 21 #8 $1.9M — $1.9M 2,280 $817 -2

Thu Nov 22 #6 $2.0M +5.1% $3.8M 2,280 $859 -1

Fri Nov 23 #7 $3.8M +92.7% $7.6M 2,310 $1,634 1

Sat Nov 24 #7 $3.7M −1.9% $11.3M 2,310 $1,603 2

Sun Nov 25 #8 $1.9M −47.5% $13.2M 2,310 $841 3

Mon Nov 26 #8 $483.3K −75.1% $13.7M 2,310 $209 4

Tue Nov 27 #7 $507.7K +5.0% $14.2M 2,310 $220 5

Wed Nov 28 #6 $479.0K −5.6% $14.7M 2,310 $207 6

Thu Nov 29 #4 $491.4K +2.6% $15.2M 2,310 $213 7

Fri Nov 30 #6 $1.8M +259.5% −53.2% $17.0M 2,310 $765 8

Sat Dec 1 #8 $2.1M +17.6% −43.9% $19.0M 2,310 $899 9

Sun Dec 2 #8 $1.2M −43.3% −39.4% $20.2M 2,310 $510 10

Mon Dec 3 #8 $324.3K −72.5% −32.9% $20.6M 2,310 $140 11

Tue Dec 4 #6 $363.2K +12.0% −28.4% $20.9M 2,310 $157 12

Wed Dec 5 #6 $347.2K −4.4% −27.5% $21.3M 2,310 $150 13

Thu Dec 6 #6 $362.5K +4.4% −26.2% $21.6M 2,310 $157 14

Fri Dec 7 #7 $1.1M +215.4% −35.3% $22.8M 2,310 $495 15

Sat Dec 8 #7 $1.5M +35.4% −25.5% $24.3M 2,310 $670 16

Sun Dec 9 #9 $818.6K −47.1% −30.5% $25.1M 2,310 $354 17

Mon Dec 10 #7 $271.3K −66.9% −16.3% $25.4M 2,310 $117 18

Tue Dec 11 #7 $301.4K +11.1% −17.0% $25.7M 2,310 $130 19

Wed Dec 12 #7 $292.2K −3.1% −15.8% $26.0M 2,310 $126 20

Thu Dec 13 #6 $281.3K −3.7% −22.4% $26.3M 2,310 $122 21

Fri Dec 14 #9 $600.8K +113.6% −47.4% $26.9M 2,007 $299 22

Sat Dec 15 #10 $724.8K +20.6% −53.2% $27.6M 2,007 $361 23

Sun Dec 16 #11 $439.7K −39.3% −46.3% $28.0M 2,007 $219 24

Mon Dec 17 #6 $218.3K −50.3% −19.5% $28.3M 2,007 $109 25

Tue Dec 18 #6 $231.3K +5.9% −23.3% $28.5M 2,007 $115 26

Wed Dec 19 #6 $244.4K +5.7% −16.3% $28.7M 2,007 $122 27

Thu Dec 20 #6 $282.4K +15.5% +0.4% $29.0M 2,007 $141 28

Tue Jan 1 — $74.5K — $30.2M 262 $284 40

Mon Jan 21 #31 $53.1K — $30.9M 314 $169 60

Tue Jan 22 — $20.5K −61.4% $31.0M 314 $65 61

Wed Jan 23 — $17.9K −12.8% $31.0M 314 $57 62

Thu Jan 24 — $20.4K +13.8% $31.0M 314 $65 63

Fri Jan 25 — $56.7K +178.8% $31.1M 283 $201 64

Sat Jan 26 — $85.3K +50.4% $31.1M 283 $302 65

Sun Jan 27 — $46.6K −45.4% $31.2M 283 $165 66

Mon Jan 28 — $14.4K −69.0% −72.8% $31.2M 283 $51 67

Tue Jan 29 — $14.1K −2.2% −31.1% $31.2M 283 $50 68

Wed Jan 30 — $14.5K +3.0% −18.7% $31.2M 283 $51 69

Thu Jan 31 — $15.9K +9.3% −21.9% $31.2M 283 $56 70

Fri Feb 1 — $47.6K +199.8% −16.0% $31.3M 253 $188 71

Sat Feb 2 — $71.7K +50.4% −16.0% $31.4M 253 $283 72

Sun Feb 3 — $23.5K −67.2% −49.5% $31.4M 253 $93 73

Mon Feb 4 — $11.0K −53.3% −23.9% $31.4M 253 $43 74

Tue Feb 5 — $11.1K +1.2% −21.2% $31.4M 253 $44 75

Wed Feb 6 — $10.0K −10.0% −31.2% $31.4M 253 $40 76

Thu Feb 7 — $13.6K +36.2% −14.2% $31.4M 253 $54 77

Fri Feb 8 — $27.9K +104.4% −41.5% $31.5M 179 $156 78

Sat Feb 9 — $42.6K +52.9% −40.5% $31.5M 179 $238 79

Sun Feb 10 — $21.1K −50.6% −10.4% $31.5M 179 $118 80

Mon Feb 11 — $7.9K −62.5% −28.1% $31.5M 179 $44 81

Tue Feb 12 — $7.0K −11.0% −36.8% $31.5M 179 $39 82

Wed Feb 13 — $6.9K −1.5% −30.8% $31.6M 179 $39 83

Thu Feb 14 — $15.1K +118.1% +10.8% $31.6M 179 $84 84

Fri Feb 15 — $11.3K −24.9% −59.3% $31.6M 82 $138 85

Sat Feb 16 — $19.4K +71.4% −54.4% $31.6M 82 $237 86

Sun Feb 17 — $10.9K −44.0% −48.3% $31.6M 82 $133 87

Mon Feb 18 #53 $10.5K −3.2% +33.4% $31.6M 82 $128 88

Tue Feb 19 — $3.6K −65.6% −48.4% $31.6M 82 $44 89

Wed Feb 20 — $3.7K +2.3% −46.4% $31.6M 82 $45 90

Thu Feb 21 — $4.5K +20.2% −70.5% $31.6M 82 $54 91

Fri Feb 22 — $8.1K +80.4% −29.0% $31.6M 48 $168 92

Sat Feb 23 — $11.4K +41.6% −41.3% $31.6M 48 $238 93

Sun Feb 24 — $5.1K −55.2% −53.0% $31.7M 48 $107 94

Mon Feb 25 — $2.9K −43.7% −72.7% $31.7M 48 $60 95

Tue Feb 26 — $2.2K −23.5% −39.3% $31.7M 48 $46 96

Wed Feb 27 — $1.9K −12.2% −47.9% $31.7M 48 $40 97

Thu Feb 28 — $2.1K +6.4% −53.9% $31.7M 48 $43 98

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

Cumulative total$31.2M

Nov 21Dec 1Dec 12Jan 21Jan 31

Weekend grossWk 10 · $188.7K

$9.4M

$5.0M

$3.5M

$1.8M

$473.9K

$240.0K

$186.9K

$134.6K

$205.7K

$188.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,310 → 283 −87.7%

2,280 open283 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −8.3%

−46.7%

W1→2

−30.1%

W2→3

−49.7%

W3→4

−73.2%

W4→5

−49.4%

W5→6

−22.2%

W6→7

−28.0%

W7→8

+52.8%

W8→9

−8.3%

W9→10

Steepest −73.2%Biggest gain +52.8%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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