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Bringing Down the House

2003 PG-13 1h 45m Comedy Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Everything he needed to know about life, she learned in prison.

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$133M
Final
Opening Weekend
$31.1M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
4.27x
Opening → Total
Budget
$33.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$165M
$32.0M international
2003 Rank
#14
Domestic

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Mar 7-9 1 $31.1M $31.1M 2,801 $11K 1
Mar 14-16 1 $22.1M -29.1% $61.3M 2,801 $8K 2
Mar 21-23 1 $16.2M -26.5% $83.3M 2,871 $6K 3
Mar 28-30 2 $12.5M -23.0% $100.1M 2,910 $4K 4
Apr 4-6 5 $8.3M -33.4% $111.1M 2,910 $3K 5
Apr 11-13 4 $4.5M -45.9% $117.6M 2,830 $2K 6
Apr 18-20 7 $3.3M -27.1% $122.7M 2,284 $1K 7
Apr 25-27 11 $2.1M -37.0% $126.1M 1,668 $1K 8
May 2-4 13 $1.1M -45.5% $127.6M 1,113 $1K 9
May 16-18 17 $300K -73.3% $129.1M 399 $752 10
May 23-25 15 $483K +60.9% $129.7M 461 $1K 11
May 30-Jun 1 17 $382K -21.0% $130.4M 366 $1K 12
Jun 6-8 20 $269K -29.5% $130.8M 318 $846 13
Jun 13-15 24 $208K -22.5% $131.2M 263 $792 14
Jun 20-22 25 $181K -13.0% $131.5M 226 $802 15
Jun 27-29 28 $140K -23.0% $131.8M 181 $771 16
Jul 4-6 34 $103K -25.9% $132.0M 155 $667 17
Jul 11-13 39 $102K -1.7% $132.2M 125 $813 18
Jul 18-20 37 $98K -3.3% $132.4M 107 $918 19

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Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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Cast & Crew

Directed byAdam Shankman
ScreenplayJason Filardi
StarringSteve Martin, Queen Latifah, Eugene Levy, Joan Plowright, Jean Smart, Kimberly J. Brown
StudioWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures