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Burlesque

2010 • PG-13 • 1h 56m • Drama, Music, Musical • Sony Pictures Releasing

It takes a legend... to make a star

🍅 37% 64%

47

3.51

6.4

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$11.9M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$39.4M

Final

Worldwide Total

$90.6M

$51.1M international

Domestic Legs3.3x

Budget$55M

2010 Rank#79

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Cast & Crew

Cam Gigandet Starring

Kristen Bell Starring

Stanley Tucci Starring

Peter Gallagher

Peter Gallagher Starring

Julianne Hough Starring

ScreenplaySteve Antin Produced byDonald De Line CinematographyBojan Bazelli MusicChristophe Beck Prod. DesignJon Gary Steele StudioSony Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 26-28 4 $11.9M — 3,037 $3,934 $17.3M

2 Dec 3-5 3 $6.1M −48.7% 3,037 $2,018 $27.0M

3 Dec 10-12 7 $3.2M −48.3% 2,876 $1,101 $32.5M

4 Dec 17-19 11 $1.4M −55.0% 1,510 $944 $35.5M

5 Dec 24-26 17 $338.1K −76.3% 330 $1,025 $36.7M

6 Dec 31-Jan 2 17 $444.2K +31.4% 330 $1,346 $37.7M

7 Jan 7-9 21 $256.3K −42.3% 228 $1,124 $38.2M

8 Jan 14-16 26 $264.5K +3.2% 295 $897 $38.6M

9 Jan 21-23 28 $217.0K −18.0% 296 $733 $39.0M

10 Jan 28-30 32 $149.2K −31.3% 238 $627 $39.3M

11 Feb 4-6 36 $87.8K −41.2% 178 $493 $39.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Nov 24 #3 $2.9M — $2.9M 3,037 $944 -2

Thu Nov 25 #4 $2.5M −13.2% $5.4M 3,037 $819 -1

Fri Nov 26 #5 $4.5M +82.5% $9.9M 3,037 $1,494 1

Sat Nov 27 #5 $4.7M +2.7% $14.5M 3,037 $1,534 2

Sun Nov 28 #3 $2.8M −40.9% $17.3M 3,037 $906 3

Mon Nov 29 #3 $876.2K −68.2% $18.2M 3,037 $289 4

Tue Nov 30 #3 $1.0M +17.7% $19.2M 3,037 $340 5

Wed Dec 1 #3 $822.6K −20.3% $20.0M 3,037 $271 6

Thu Dec 2 #3 $825.7K +0.4% $20.9M 3,037 $272 7

Fri Dec 3 #3 $2.0M +141.6% −56.0% $22.9M 3,037 $657 8

Sat Dec 4 #4 $2.5M +27.8% −45.3% $25.4M 3,037 $839 9

Sun Dec 5 #3 $1.6M −37.8% −42.3% $27.0M 3,037 $522 10

Mon Dec 6 #3 $522.1K −67.1% −40.4% $27.5M 3,037 $172 11

Tue Dec 7 #3 $712.5K +36.5% −30.9% $28.2M 3,037 $235 12

Wed Dec 8 #3 $582.8K −18.2% −29.1% $28.8M 3,037 $192 13

Thu Dec 9 #3 $570.1K −2.2% −31.0% $29.4M 3,037 $188 14

Fri Dec 10 #6 $1.0M +82.4% −47.9% $30.4M 2,876 $362 15

Sat Dec 11 #6 $1.3M +27.9% −47.8% $31.7M 2,876 $462 16

Sun Dec 12 #7 $796.8K −40.1% −49.8% $32.5M 2,876 $277 17

Mon Dec 13 #6 $345.5K −56.6% −33.8% $32.9M 2,876 $120 18

Tue Dec 14 #6 $451.0K +30.5% −36.7% $33.3M 2,876 $157 19

Wed Dec 15 #6 $381.4K −15.4% −34.6% $33.7M 2,876 $133 20

Thu Dec 16 #6 $393.1K +3.1% −31.0% $34.1M 2,876 $137 21

Fri Dec 17 #11 $416.1K +5.8% −60.0% $34.5M 1,510 $276 22

Sat Dec 18 #11 $556.3K +33.7% −58.2% $35.1M 1,510 $368 23

Sun Dec 19 #11 $453.5K −18.5% −43.1% $35.5M 1,510 $300 24

Mon Dec 20 #10 $296.2K −34.7% −14.3% $35.8M 1,510 $196 25

Tue Dec 21 #10 $337.8K +14.0% −25.1% $36.2M 1,510 $224 26

Wed Dec 22 — $116.0K −65.7% −69.6% $36.3M 1,510 $77 27

Thu Dec 23 #14 $112.7K −2.9% −71.3% $36.4M 501 $225 28

Fri Dec 24 — $78.9K −29.9% −81.0% $36.5M 501 $158 29

Sat Dec 25 — $121.2K +53.6% −78.2% $36.6M 330 $367 30

Sun Dec 26 — $138.0K +13.9% −69.6% $36.7M 330 $418 31

Mon Dec 27 — $133.0K −3.6% −55.1% $36.9M 330 $403 32

Tue Dec 28 — $136.3K +2.5% −59.7% $37.0M 330 $413 33

Wed Dec 29 — $137.5K +0.9% +18.6% $37.1M 330 $417 34

Thu Dec 30 — $144.0K +4.7% +27.9% $37.3M 330 $436 35

Fri Dec 31 #18 $113.7K −21.0% +44.1% $37.4M 330 $345 36

Sat Jan 1 #17 $184.8K +62.5% +52.5% $37.6M 330 $560 37

Sun Jan 2 #15 $145.7K −21.2% +5.6% $37.7M 330 $442 38

Mon Jan 3 — $71.2K −51.1% −46.5% $37.8M 330 $216 39

Tue Jan 4 — $65.5K −8.0% −51.9% $37.9M 330 $199 40

Wed Jan 5 — $56.9K −13.2% −58.7% $37.9M 330 $172 41

Thu Jan 6 — $56.5K −0.7% −60.8% $38.0M 330 $171 42

Fri Jan 7 #21 $77.4K +37.2% −31.9% $38.1M 228 $340 43

Sat Jan 8 #22 $108.4K +39.9% −41.4% $38.2M 228 $475 44

Sun Jan 9 #21 $70.5K −34.9% −51.6% $38.2M 228 $309 45

Fri Jan 14 — $71.0K — −8.4% $38.4M 295 $241 50

Sat Jan 15 — $104.8K +47.7% −3.3% $38.5M 295 $355 51

Sun Jan 16 — $88.8K −15.3% +25.9% $38.6M 295 $301 52

Mon Jan 17 #21 $74.0K −16.6% $38.7M 295 $251 53

Fri Jan 21 — $61.9K — −12.7% $38.9M 296 $209 57

Sat Jan 22 — $96.7K +56.1% −7.7% $39.0M 296 $327 58

Sun Jan 23 — $58.3K −39.7% −34.3% $39.0M 296 $197 59

Fri Jan 28 — $43.4K — −29.9% $39.2M 238 $182 64

Sat Jan 29 — $63.3K +45.8% −34.6% $39.2M 238 $266 65

Sun Jan 30 — $42.5K −32.9% −27.2% $39.3M 238 $178 66

Fri Feb 4 — $26.8K — −38.4% $39.4M 178 $150 71

Sat Feb 5 — $40.6K +51.9% −35.8% $39.4M 178 $228 72

Sun Feb 6 — $20.4K −49.9% −52.0% $39.4M 178 $114 73

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

Cumulative total$39.3M

Nov 24Dec 8Dec 22Jan 5Jan 30

Weekend grossWk 10 · $149.2K

$11.9M

$6.1M

$3.2M

$1.4M

$338.1K

$444.2K

$256.3K

$264.5K

$217.0K

$149.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,037 → 238 −92.2%

3,037 open238 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −31.3%

−48.7%

W1→2

−48.3%

W2→3

−55.0%

W3→4

−76.3%

W4→5

+31.4%

W5→6

−42.3%

W6→7

+3.2%

W7→8

−18.0%

W8→9

−31.3%

W9→10

Steepest −76.3%Biggest gain +31.4%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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