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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.

Box office summary
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
Compare with other movies
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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Profitability

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

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Cast & Crew

Directed byAdam Shankman
ScreenplayJason Filardi
Produced byDavid Hoberman, Ashok Amritraj
CinematographyJulio Macat
MusicLalo Schifrin
Prod. DesignLinda DeScenna
StarringSteve Martin, Queen Latifah, Eugene Levy, Joan Plowright, Jean Smart, Kimberly J. Brown
StudioWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures