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Dolphin Tale

2011 PG 1h 53m Drama, Family Warner Bros.

Inspired by the amazing true story of Winter.

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$72.3M
Final
Opening Weekend
$19.2M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
3.77x
Opening → Total
Budget
$37.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$96.1M
$23.8M international
2011 Rank
#50
Domestic

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Sep 23-25 3 $19.2M $19.2M 3,507 $5K 1
Sep 30-Oct 2 1 $13.9M -27.4% $37.2M 3,515 $4K 2
Oct 7-9 3 $9.1M -34.4% $49.0M 3,478 $3K 3
Oct 14-16 5 $6.2M -31.7% $58.6M 3,286 $2K 4
Oct 21-23 6 $4.2M -32.3% $64.4M 2,828 $1K 5
Oct 28-30 12 $1.6M -61.3% $67.0M 1,838 $888 6
Nov 4-6 14 $1.0M -37.4% $68.6M 1,105 $925 7
Nov 11-13 15 $693K -32.2% $69.6M 705 $983 8
Nov 18-20 24 $261K -62.4% $70.0M 388 $672 9
Nov 25-27 32 $186K -28.8% $70.4M 216 $860 10
Dec 2-4 18 $315K +69.6% $70.7M 410 $768 11
Dec 9-11 21 $270K -14.4% $71.1M 342 $788 12
Dec 16-18 22 $193K -28.4% $71.3M 281 $687 13
Dec 23-25 33 $76K -60.6% $71.6M 188 $404 14
Dec 30-Jan 1 32 $152K +99.9% $72.0M 188 $809 15
Jan 6-8 37 $95K -37.3% $72.2M 149 $639 16

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Profitability

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

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Cast & Crew

Directed byCharles Martin Smith
ScreenplayNoam Dromi, Karen Janszen
StarringNathan Gamble, Cozi Zuehlsdorff, Harry Connick Jr., Austin Stowell, Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd
StudioWarner Bros.