Babel backdrop
Babel movie poster

Babel

2006 R 2h 23m Drama Paramount Vantage

If you want to be understood... listen.

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$34.3M
Final
Opening Weekend
$5.6M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
6.17x
Opening → Total
Budget
$25.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$135M
$101M international

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Nov 10-12 6 $5.6M $7.4M 1,251 $4K 1
Nov 17-19 8 $2.9M -47.7% $12.0M 1,251 $2K 2
Nov 24-26 13 $2.0M -32.2% $15.2M 902 $2K 3
Dec 1-3 16 $1.0M -49.1% $16.8M 609 $2K 4
Dec 8-10 19 $457K -54.4% $17.6M 373 $1K 5
Dec 15-17 17 $496K +8.6% $18.3M 220 $2K 6
Dec 22-24 21 $312K -37.0% $18.9M 208 $2K 7
Dec 29-31 24 $479K +53.3% $19.8M 233 $2K 8
Jan 5-7 27 $454K -5.1% $20.7M 190 $2K 9
Jan 12-14 29 $381K -16.1% $21.3M 173 $2K 10
Jan 19-21 13 $2.1M +444.1% $23.7M 889 $2K 11
Jan 26-28 14 $2.6M +23.6% $27.2M 1,090 $2K 12
Feb 2-4 15 $1.7M -33.6% $29.7M 1,090 $2K 13
Feb 9-11 15 $1.7M -1.4% $32.0M 919 $2K 14
Feb 16-18 21 $590K -64.8% $33.1M 305 $2K 15
Feb 23-25 23 $443K -24.8% $33.8M 289 $2K 16
Mar 2-4 33 $175K -60.6% $34.1M 176 $992 17

Performance Charts

Daily Gross

Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

Week-over-Week Drop

Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byAlejandro G. Iñárritu
ScreenplayGuillermo Arriaga
StarringBrad Pitt, Adriana Barraza, Cate Blanchett, Said Tarchani, Boubker Ait El Caid, Gael García Bernal
StudioParamount Vantage