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Chef

2014 • R • 1h 55m • Comedy, Drama • Open Road Films

Starting from scratch never tasted so good.

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3.70

7.3

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$205K

Limited · 6 theaters

Domestic Total

$31.4M

Final

Worldwide Total

$46.8M

$15.4M international

Domestic Legs13.9x

2014 Rank#92

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Cast & Crew

Full Favreau filmography

Jon Favreau Director

John Leguizamo Starring

Bobby Cannavale

Bobby Cannavale Starring

Scarlett Johansson

Scarlett Johansson Starring

Dustin Hoffman Starring

ScreenplayJon Favreau Produced byJon Favreau, Sergey Bespalov CinematographyKramer Morgenthau Music byLyle Workman StudioOpen Road Films

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 9-11 28 $205.0K — 6 $34,160 $205.0K

2 May 16-18 15 $708.7K +245.8% 72 $9,843 $991.6K

3 May 23-25 9 $2.3M +219.8% 498 $4,551 $3.6M

4 May 30-Jun 1 9 $1.9M −15.7% 624 $3,063 $6.8M

5 Jun 6-8 9 $2.6M +37.2% 1,298 $2,020 $10.4M

6 Jun 13-15 10 $2.2M −16.6% 1,102 $1,985 $14.0M

7 Jun 20-22 10 $1.7M −21.9% 961 $1,778 $16.8M

8 Jun 27-29 10 $1.7M −3.0% 801 $2,069 $19.4M

9 Jul 4-6 14 $1.7M +2.3% 686 $2,472 $22.1M

10 Jul 11-13 15 $1.3M −25.7% 701 $1,797 $24.1M

11 Jul 18-20 16 $1.1M −11.8% 552 $2,011 $25.9M

12 Jul 25-27 21 $763.6K −31.2% 405 $1,885 $27.3M

13 Aug 1-3 19 $657.5K −13.9% 405 $1,624 $28.3M

14 Aug 8-10 22 $320.3K −51.3% 242 $1,323 $28.9M

15 Aug 15-17 31 $169.4K −47.1% 122 $1,388 $29.3M

16 Aug 22-24 34 $141.5K −16.5% 105 $1,347 $29.5M

17 Aug 29-31 23 $725.2K +412.6% 757 $958 $30.3M

18 Sep 5-7 22 $478.4K −34.0% 532 $899 $31.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri May 9 #- $53.3K — $53.3K 6 $8,879 1

Sat May 10 #- $81.5K +53% $134.7K 6 $13,575 2

Sun May 11 #- $70.2K −14% $205.0K 6 $11,706 3

Mon May 12 #- $16.6K −76% $221.5K 6 $2,758 4

Tue May 13 #- $17.8K +7% $239.3K 6 $2,962 5

Wed May 14 #- $20.9K +17% $260.2K 6 $3,479 6

Thu May 15 #- $22.7K +9% $282.9K 6 $3,786 7

Fri May 16 #15 $200.0K +781% +275% $482.9K 72 $2,778 8

Sat May 17 #14 $314.0K +57% +286% $796.9K 72 $4,361 9

Sun May 18 #15 $194.7K −38% +177% $991.6K 72 $2,704 10

Mon May 19 #15 $72.0K −63% +335% $1.1M 72 $1,000 11

Tue May 20 #15 $67.1K −7% +277% $1.1M 72 $931 12

Wed May 21 #15 $75.8K +13% +263% $1.2M 72 $1,053 13

Thu May 22 #15 $81.8K +8% +260% $1.3M 72 $1,137 14

Fri May 23 #8 $562.2K +587% +181% $1.9M 498 $1,129 15

Sat May 24 #9 $894.2K +59% +185% $2.7M 498 $1,796 16

Sun May 25 #9 $810.2K −9% +316% $3.6M 498 $1,627 17

Mon May 26 #10 $709.2K −12% +885% $4.3M 498 $1,424 18

Tue May 27 #10 $213.2K −70% +218% $4.5M 498 $428 19

Wed May 28 #8 $230.2K +8% +204% $4.7M 498 $462 20

Thu May 29 #9 $207.3K −10% +153% $4.9M 498 $416 21

Fri May 30 #9 $499.2K +141% −11% $5.4M 624 $800 22

Sat May 31 #9 $888.3K +78% −1% $6.3M 624 $1,424 23

Sun Jun 1 #9 $524.1K −41% −35% $6.8M 624 $840 24

Mon Jun 2 #9 $206.2K −61% −71% $7.0M 624 $330 25

Tue Jun 3 #9 $237.3K +15% +11% $7.3M 624 $380 26

Wed Jun 4 #9 $244.4K +3% +6% $7.5M 624 $392 27

Thu Jun 5 #9 $247.3K +1% +19% $7.8M 624 $396 28

Fri Jun 6 #9 $720.2K +191% +44% $8.5M 1,298 $555 29

Sat Jun 7 #9 $1.1M +53% +24% $9.6M 1,298 $852 30

Sun Jun 8 #9 $796.3K −28% +52% $10.4M 1,298 $613 31

Mon Jun 9 #9 $326.5K −59% +58% $10.7M 1,298 $252 32

Tue Jun 10 #9 $403.1K +23% +70% $11.1M 1,298 $311 33

Wed Jun 11 #9 $374.9K −7% +53% $11.5M 1,298 $289 34

Thu Jun 12 #9 $312.5K −17% +26% $11.8M 1,298 $241 35

Fri Jun 13 #10 $605.1K +94% −16% $12.4M 1,102 $549 36

Sat Jun 14 #10 $938.2K +55% −15% $13.3M 1,102 $851 37

Sun Jun 15 #9 $644.2K −31% −19% $14.0M 1,102 $585 38

Mon Jun 16 #10 $225.3K −65% −31% $14.2M 1,102 $204 39

Tue Jun 17 #10 $306.2K +36% −24% $14.5M 1,102 $278 40

Wed Jun 18 #10 $291.1K −5% −22% $14.8M 1,102 $264 41

Thu Jun 19 #10 $286.6K −2% −8% $15.1M 1,102 $260 42

Fri Jun 20 #11 $480.2K +68% −21% $15.6M 961 $500 43

Sat Jun 21 #- $780.2K +62% −17% $16.4M 961 $812 44

Sun Jun 22 #- $448.2K −43% −30% $16.8M 961 $466 45

Mon Jun 23 #11 $211.1K −53% −6% $17.0M 961 $220 46

Tue Jun 24 #10 $260.2K +23% −15% $17.3M 961 $271 47

Wed Jun 25 #10 $248.2K −5% −15% $17.5M 961 $258 48

Thu Jun 26 #9 $230.8K −7% −19% $17.8M 961 $240 49

Fri Jun 27 #10 $435.2K +89% −9% $18.2M 801 $543 50

Sat Jun 28 #10 $717.1K +65% −8% $18.9M 801 $895 51

Sun Jun 29 #10 $505.1K −30% +13% $19.4M 801 $631 52

Mon Jun 30 #10 $222.7K −56% +5% $19.6M 801 $278 53

Tue Jul 1 #10 $212.8K −4% −18% $19.8M 801 $266 54

Wed Jul 2 #14 $206.4K −3% −17% $20.1M 686 $301 55

Thu Jul 3 #14 $306.5K +48% +33% $20.4M 686 $447 56

Fri Jul 4 #14 $536.2K +75% +23% $20.9M 686 $782 57

Sat Jul 5 #14 $672.2K +25% −6% $21.6M 686 $980 58

Sun Jul 6 #14 $487.3K −28% −4% $22.1M 686 $710 59

Mon Jul 7 #14 $190.3K −61% −15% $22.2M 686 $277 60

Tue Jul 8 #14 $206.1K +8% −3% $22.5M 686 $300 61

Wed Jul 9 #14 $180.4K −12% −13% $22.6M 686 $263 62

Thu Jul 10 #14 $182.2K +1% −41% $22.8M 686 $266 63

Fri Jul 11 #- $335.0K +84% −38% $23.2M 701 $478 64

Sat Jul 12 #- $574.0K +71% −15% $23.7M 701 $819 65

Sun Jul 13 #- $350.1K −39% −28% $24.1M 701 $499 66

Mon Jul 14 #15 $175.1K −50% −8% $24.3M 701 $250 67

Tue Jul 15 #15 $210.9K +20% +2% $24.5M 701 $301 68

Wed Jul 16 #15 $196.3K −7% +9% $24.7M 701 $280 69

Thu Jul 17 #15 $153.9K −22% −16% $24.8M 701 $220 70

Fri Jul 18 #- $270.1K +75% −19% $25.1M 552 $489 71

Sat Jul 19 #15 $505.1K +87% −12% $25.6M 552 $915 72

Sun Jul 20 #15 $335.1K −34% −4% $25.9M 552 $607 73

Mon Jul 21 #- $129.2K −61% −26% $26.1M 552 $234 74

Tue Jul 22 #- $149.5K +16% −29% $26.2M 552 $271 75

Wed Jul 23 #17 $155.5K +4% −21% $26.4M 552 $282 76

Thu Jul 24 #16 $143.1K −8% −7% $26.5M 552 $259 77

Fri Jul 25 #- $182.1K +27% −33% $26.7M 405 $450 78

Sat Jul 26 #- $326.2K +79% −35% $27.0M 405 $806 79

Sun Jul 27 #- $255.3K −22% −24% $27.3M 405 $630 80

Mon Jul 28 #- $99.2K −61% −23% $27.4M 405 $245 81

Tue Jul 29 #- $102.5K +3% −31% $27.5M 405 $253 82

Wed Jul 30 #- $98.4K −4% −37% $27.6M 405 $243 83

Thu Jul 31 #- $89.5K −9% −37% $27.7M 405 $221 84

Fri Aug 1 #- $155.1K +73% −15% $27.8M 405 $383 85

Sat Aug 2 #15 $300.1K +93% −8% $28.1M 405 $741 86

Sun Aug 3 #15 $202.3K −33% −21% $28.3M 405 $500 87

Mon Aug 4 #- $83.0K −59% −16% $28.4M 405 $205 88

Tue Aug 5 #- $79.6K −4% −22% $28.5M 405 $197 89

Wed Aug 6 #- $79.7K — −19% $28.6M 405 $197 90

Thu Aug 7 #- $71.7K −10% −20% $28.6M 405 $177 91

Fri Aug 8 #- $88.4K +23% −43% $28.7M 242 $365 92

Sat Aug 9 #- $142.3K +61% −53% $28.9M 242 $588 93

Sun Aug 10 #- $89.6K −37% −56% $28.9M 242 $370 94

Mon Aug 11 #- $41.2K −54% −50% $29.0M 242 $170 95

Tue Aug 12 #- $51.1K +24% −36% $29.0M 242 $211 96

Wed Aug 13 #- $49.1K −4% −38% $29.1M 242 $203 97

Thu Aug 14 #- $42.2K −14% −41% $29.1M 242 $174 98

Fri Aug 15 #- $42.4K +1% −52% $29.2M 122 $348 99

Sat Aug 16 #- $75.1K +77% −47% $29.2M 122 $616 100

Sun Aug 17 #- $51.8K −31% −42% $29.3M 122 $425 101

Mon Aug 18 #- $17.6K −66% −57% $29.3M 122 $144 102

Tue Aug 19 #- $20.6K +17% −60% $29.3M 122 $169 103

Wed Aug 20 #- $18.4K −11% −63% $29.4M 122 $150 104

Thu Aug 21 #- $22.0K +20% −48% $29.4M 122 $180 105

Fri Aug 22 #- $36.6K +66% −14% $29.4M 105 $348 106

Sat Aug 23 #- $67.7K +85% −10% $29.5M 105 $645 107

Sun Aug 24 #- $37.2K −45% −28% $29.5M 105 $354 108

Mon Aug 25 #- $13.4K −64% −24% $29.5M 105 $128 109

Tue Aug 26 #- $16.1K +20% −22% $29.5M 105 $153 110

Wed Aug 27 #- $15.4K −4% −16% $29.6M 105 $147 111

Thu Aug 28 #- $15.9K +3% −28% $29.6M 105 $151 112

Fri Aug 29 #- $156.0K +881% +326% $29.7M 757 $206 113

Sat Aug 30 #- $260.5K +67% +285% $30.0M 757 $344 114

Sun Aug 31 #- $308.6K +18% +729% $30.3M 757 $408 115

Mon Sep 1 #- $265.4K −14% +1% $30.6M 757 $351 116

Tue Sep 2 #- $71.7K −73% +346% $30.6M 757 $95 117

Wed Sep 3 #17 $60.9K −15% +295% $30.7M 757 $80 118

Thu Sep 4 #- $57.9K −5% +264% $30.8M 757 $76 119

Fri Sep 5 #- $127.1K +120% −19% $30.9M 532 $239 120

Sat Sep 6 #- $239.0K +88% −8% $31.1M 532 $449 121

Sun Sep 7 #- $112.3K −53% −64% $31.2M 532 $211 122

Mon Sep 8 #- $41.6K −63% −84% $31.3M 532 $78 123

Tue Sep 9 #- $52.8K +27% −26% $31.3M 532 $99 124

Wed Sep 10 #- $45.4K −14% −25% $31.4M 532 $85 125

Thu Sep 11 #- $46.8K +3% −19% $31.4M 532 $88 126

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

Cumulative total$24.8M

May 9May 26Jun 13Jun 30Jul 17

Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.3M

$205.0K

$708.7K

$2.3M

$1.9M

$2.6M

$2.2M

$1.7M

$1.7M

$1.7M

$1.3M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,298 → 701 −46.0%

6 open701 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −25.7%

+245.8%

W1→2

+219.8%

W2→3

−15.7%

W3→4

+37.2%

W4→5

−16.6%

W5→6

−21.9%

W6→7

−3.0%

W7→8

+2.3%

W8→9

−25.7%

W9→10

Steepest −25.7%Biggest gain +245.8%

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