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Billy Elliot

2000 R 1h 50m Drama, Music Focus Features

Inside every one of us is a special talent waiting to come out. The trick is finding it.

Box office summary
Domestic Total
$22.0M
Final
Opening Weekend
$216K
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
102.0x
Opening → Total
Budget
$5.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$109M
$87.3M international
Compare with other movies
Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Nov 3-5 13 $1.0M $2.8M 119 $9K 1
Nov 10-12 9 $2.6M +151.8% $5.8M 494 $5K 2
Nov 17-19 12 $1.8M -31.8% $8.4M 497 $4K 3
Nov 24-26 11 $2.0M +14.3% $11.3M 494 $4K 4
Dec 1-3 11 $1.3M -33.8% $13.2M 510 $3K 5
Dec 8-10 13 $916K -31.7% $14.6M 471 $2K 6
Dec 15-17 16 $585K -36.1% $15.5M 405 $1K 7
Dec 22-25 23 $411K -29.8% $16.2M 256 $2K 8
Dec 29-Jan 1 24 $524K +27.6% $17.1M 234 $2K 9
Jan 5-7 23 $450K -14.2% $17.7M 267 $2K 10
Jan 12-15 27 $448K -0.3% $18.4M 212 $2K 11
Jan 19-21 27 $261K -41.9% $18.7M 199 $1K 12
Jan 26-28 29 $204K -21.8% $19.1M 155 $1K 13
Feb 2-4 31 $212K +4.0% $19.4M 127 $2K 14
Feb 9-11 33 $175K -17.5% $19.6M 108 $2K 15
Feb 16-19 Presidents' Day 34 $301K +71.9% $20.0M 138 $2K 16
Feb 23-25 32 $240K -20.1% $20.3M 148 $2K 17
Mar 2-4 32 $213K -11.3% $20.6M 135 $2K 18
Mar 9-11 36 $184K -13.9% $20.9M 153 $1K 19
Mar 16-18 31 $176K -4.2% $21.2M 153 $1K 20
Mar 23-25 30 $182K +3.5% $21.4M 159 $1K 21
Mar 30-Apr 1 34 $120K -34.3% $21.7M 114 $1K 22

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

Cast & Crew

Directed byStephen Daldry
ScreenplayLee Hall
Produced byGreg Brenman, Jon Finn
CinematographyBrian Tufano
MusicStephen Warbeck
Prod. DesignMaria Djurkovic
StarringJamie Bell, Gary Lewis, Julie Walters, Jean Heywood, Jamie Draven, Stuart Wells
StudioFocus Features