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Beginners

2011 • R • 1h 45m • Drama, Romance, Comedy • Focus Features

This is what love feels like.

🍅 86% 77%

81

3.96

7.2

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$141.3K

Limited · 5 theaters

Domestic Total

$5.8M

Final

Worldwide Total

$14.3M

$8.5M international

Budget$3.2M

Compare with other movies

Cast & Crew

Ewan McGregor Starring

Christopher Plummer

Christopher Plummer Starring

Mélanie Laurent

Mélanie Laurent Starring

Goran Višnjić Starring

ScreenplayMike Mills Produced byLeslie Urdang, Dean Vanech, Miranda de Pencier, Jay Van Hoy, Lars Knudsen CinematographyKasper Tuxen Film EditingOlivier Bugge Coutté Music byRoger Neill, Dave Palmer, Brian Reitzell StudioFocus Features

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 3-5 28 $141.3K — 5 $28,268 $141.3K

2 Jun 10-12 18 $243.1K +72.0% 19 $12,793 $453.3K

3 Jun 17-19 17 $354.9K +46.0% 44 $8,067 $909.1K

4 Jun 24-26 17 $471.0K +32.7% 73 $6,452 $1.6M

5 Jul 1-3 16 $598.2K +27.0% 108 $5,539 $2.4M

6 Jul 8-10 19 $553.4K −7.5% 155 $3,570 $3.3M

7 Jul 15-17 21 $432.8K −21.8% 170 $2,546 $3.9M

8 Jul 22-24 18 $425.2K −1.8% 157 $2,708 $4.6M

9 Jul 29-31 25 $231.2K −45.6% 147 $1,573 $5.0M

10 Aug 5-7 28 $183.7K −20.6% 126 $1,458 $5.3M

11 Aug 12-14 40 $101.3K −44.8% 103 $984 $5.5M

12 Aug 19-21 50 $56.1K −44.6% 69 $813 $5.6M

13 Aug 26-28 55 $31.1K −44.5% 50 $623 $5.7M

14 Sep 2-4 60 $35.8K +15.0% 34 $1,053 $5.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jun 3 — $38.1K — $38.1K 5 $7,628 1

Sat Jun 4 — $56.5K +48.1% $94.6K 5 $11,300 2

Sun Jun 5 — $46.7K −17.3% $141.3K 5 $9,341 3

Mon Jun 6 — $15.5K −66.8% $156.8K 5 $3,101 4

Tue Jun 7 — $20.4K +31.7% $177.3K 5 $4,084 5

Wed Jun 8 — $18.0K −11.6% $195.3K 5 $3,610 6

Thu Jun 9 — $15.0K −17.1% $210.3K 5 $2,991 7

Fri Jun 10 — $62.6K +318.7% +64.2% $272.9K 19 $3,296 8

Sat Jun 11 — $110.5K +76.5% +95.6% $383.4K 19 $5,816 9

Sun Jun 12 — $69.9K −36.7% +49.8% $453.3K 19 $3,681 10

Mon Jun 13 — $24.6K −64.9% +58.5% $477.9K 19 $1,293 11

Tue Jun 14 — $28.5K +15.8% +39.4% $506.4K 19 $1,498 12

Wed Jun 15 — $24.1K −15.2% +33.8% $530.5K 19 $1,271 13

Thu Jun 16 — $23.7K −2.0% +58.3% $554.2K 19 $1,246 14

Fri Jun 17 — $93.4K +294.7% +49.2% $647.6K 44 $2,124 15

Sat Jun 18 — $154.9K +65.7% +40.1% $802.5K 44 $3,519 16

Sun Jun 19 — $106.7K −31.1% +52.5% $909.1K 44 $2,424 17

Mon Jun 20 — $40.2K −62.4% +63.4% $949.3K 44 $913 18

Tue Jun 21 — $45.0K +12.1% +58.1% $994.3K 44 $1,023 19

Wed Jun 22 — $43.7K −3.0% +80.8% $1.0M 44 $992 20

Thu Jun 23 — $41.2K −5.7% +73.9% $1.1M 44 $935 21

Fri Jun 24 — $129.8K +215.4% +38.9% $1.2M 73 $1,778 22

Sat Jun 25 — $207.6K +59.9% +34.0% $1.4M 73 $2,844 23

Sun Jun 26 — $133.6K −35.6% +25.3% $1.6M 73 $1,830 24

Mon Jun 27 #18 $50.2K −62.4% +25.0% $1.6M 73 $688 25

Tue Jun 28 #20 $61.2K +21.9% +36.0% $1.7M 73 $838 26

Wed Jun 29 #18 $54.3K −11.3% +24.4% $1.7M 73 $744 27

Thu Jun 30 — $50.6K −6.8% +23.0% $1.8M 73 $693 28

Fri Jul 1 — $135.8K +168.3% +4.6% $1.9M 108 $1,258 29

Sat Jul 2 — $229.0K +68.6% +10.3% $2.1M 108 $2,121 30

Sun Jul 3 — $233.4K +1.9% +74.7% $2.4M 108 $2,161 31

Mon Jul 4 #16 $142.4K −39.0% +183.5% $2.5M 108 $1,318 32

Tue Jul 5 — $60.7K −57.3% −0.7% $2.6M 108 $562 33

Wed Jul 6 — $63.3K +4.2% +16.6% $2.6M 108 $586 34

Thu Jul 7 — $66.3K +4.7% +31.0% $2.7M 108 $614 35

Fri Jul 8 — $148.6K +124.0% +9.4% $2.8M 155 $958 36

Sat Jul 9 — $241.3K +62.4% +5.4% $3.1M 155 $1,557 37

Sun Jul 10 — $163.6K −32.2% −29.9% $3.3M 155 $1,055 38

Mon Jul 11 — $60.8K −62.8% −57.3% $3.3M 155 $392 39

Tue Jul 12 — $72.5K +19.2% +19.3% $3.4M 155 $468 40

Wed Jul 13 — $62.6K −13.6% −1.1% $3.4M 155 $404 41

Thu Jul 14 — $53.2K −15.0% −19.8% $3.5M 155 $343 42

Fri Jul 15 — $109.6K +105.9% −26.2% $3.6M 170 $645 43

Sat Jul 16 — $190.7K +74.0% −21.0% $3.8M 170 $1,122 44

Sun Jul 17 — $132.5K −30.5% −19.0% $3.9M 170 $779 45

Mon Jul 18 — $56.4K −57.5% −7.3% $4.0M 170 $332 46

Tue Jul 19 — $69.4K +23.1% −4.2% $4.1M 170 $408 47

Wed Jul 20 — $59.1K −14.8% −5.6% $4.1M 170 $348 48

Thu Jul 21 — $64.6K +9.3% +21.4% $4.2M 170 $380 49

Fri Jul 22 — $110.1K +70.4% +0.5% $4.3M 157 $701 50

Sat Jul 23 — $191.4K +73.8% +0.3% $4.5M 157 $1,219 51

Sun Jul 24 — $123.7K −35.3% −6.6% $4.6M 157 $788 52

Mon Jul 25 — $43.7K −64.7% −22.6% $4.7M 157 $278 53

Tue Jul 26 — $57.7K +32.3% −16.8% $4.7M 157 $368 54

Wed Jul 27 — $47.1K −18.4% −20.3% $4.8M 157 $300 55

Thu Jul 28 — $45.3K −3.9% −29.9% $4.8M 157 $288 56

Fri Jul 29 — $62.5K +38.0% −43.3% $4.9M 147 $425 57

Sat Jul 30 — $101.6K +62.6% −46.9% $5.0M 147 $691 58

Sun Jul 31 — $67.2K −33.9% −45.7% $5.0M 147 $457 59

Mon Aug 1 — $29.1K −56.6% −33.3% $5.1M 147 $198 60

Tue Aug 2 — $36.9K +26.8% −36.0% $5.1M 147 $251 61

Wed Aug 3 — $31.1K −15.7% −33.9% $5.1M 147 $212 62

Thu Aug 4 — $31.3K +0.5% −30.9% $5.2M 147 $213 63

Fri Aug 5 — $43.3K +38.4% −30.7% $5.2M 147 $295 64

Sat Aug 6 — $81.6K +88.3% −19.7% $5.3M 147 $555 65

Sun Aug 7 — $58.8K −28.0% −12.5% $5.3M 147 $400 66

Mon Aug 8 — $20.1K −65.7% −30.9% $5.4M 147 $137 67

Tue Aug 9 — $23.9K +18.9% −35.2% $5.4M 126 $190 68

Wed Aug 10 — $18.0K −24.7% −42.2% $5.4M 126 $143 69

Thu Aug 11 — $18.4K +2.4% −41.1% $5.4M 126 $146 70

Fri Aug 12 — $24.1K +30.4% −44.5% $5.4M 103 $234 71

Sat Aug 13 — $41.4K +71.9% −49.3% $5.5M 103 $401 72

Sun Aug 14 — $35.9K −13.1% −38.9% $5.5M 103 $349 73

Mon Aug 15 — $13.7K −61.8% −31.9% $5.5M 103 $133 74

Tue Aug 16 — $16.4K +19.7% −31.4% $5.6M 103 $159 75

Wed Aug 17 — $13.1K −20.2% −27.3% $5.6M 103 $127 76

Thu Aug 18 — $14.5K +10.9% −21.3% $5.6M 103 $141 77

Fri Aug 19 — $14.7K +0.9% −39.1% $5.6M 69 $212 78

Sat Aug 20 — $24.1K +64.2% −41.8% $5.6M 69 $349 79

Sun Aug 21 — $17.4K −27.6% −51.5% $5.6M 69 $252 80

Mon Aug 22 — $8.7K −50.1% −36.6% $5.6M 69 $126 81

Tue Aug 23 — $9.4K +7.8% −42.9% $5.7M 69 $136 82

Wed Aug 24 — $9.2K −1.5% −29.5% $5.7M 69 $134 83

Thu Aug 25 — $8.8K −4.6% −39.3% $5.7M 69 $128 84

Fri Aug 26 — $9.2K +4.1% −37.4% $5.7M 50 $184 85

Sat Aug 27 — $12.4K +35.0% −48.5% $5.7M 50 $248 86

Sun Aug 28 — $9.6K −22.7% −45.0% $5.7M 50 $192 87

Mon Aug 29 — $6.0K −37.5% −31.1% $5.7M 50 $120 88

Tue Aug 30 — $5.7K −5.6% −39.7% $5.7M 50 $113 89

Wed Aug 31 — $4.7K −16.9% −49.2% $5.7M 50 $94 90

Thu Sep 1 — $5.1K +8.4% −42.2% $5.7M 50 $102 91

Fri Sep 2 — $8.9K +75.7% −2.5% $5.7M 34 $263 92

Sat Sep 3 — $13.8K +54.0% +11.2% $5.8M 34 $405 93

Sun Sep 4 — $13.1K −5.0% +36.6% $5.8M 34 $385 94

Mon Sep 5 #58 $11.5K −12.3% +91.6% $5.8M 34 $337 95

Tue Sep 6 — $5.0K −56.1% −10.9% $5.8M 34 $148 96

Wed Sep 7 — $5.3K +5.3% +13.0% $5.8M 34 $156 97

Thu Sep 8 — $4.2K −20.2% −16.9% $5.8M 34 $125 98

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

Cumulative total$5.4M

Jun 3Jun 20Jul 8Jul 25Aug 11

Weekend grossWk 10 · $183.7K

$141.3K

$243.1K

$354.9K

$471.0K

$598.2K

$553.4K

$432.8K

$425.2K

$231.2K

$183.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 170 → 126 −25.9%

5 open126 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −20.6%

+72.0%

W1→2

+46.0%

W2→3

+32.7%

W3→4

+27.0%

W4→5

−7.5%

W5→6

−21.8%

W6→7

−1.8%

W7→8

−45.6%

W8→9

−20.6%

W9→10

Steepest −45.6%Biggest gain +72.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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