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Dreamgirls

2006 PG-13 2h 10m Drama, Musical DreamWorks

All you have to do is dream.

Box office summary
Opening Weekend
$8.4M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$103M
Final
Worldwide Total
$155M
$52.1M international
Domestic Legs12.4x
Budget$77.5M
2006 Rank#19
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Dec 22-25 7 $9.0M $9.6M 852 $11K 1
Dec 29-31 3 $14.1M +57.5% $37.1M 852 $17K 2
Jan 5-7 5 $8.7M -38.6% $54.3M 852 $10K 3
Jan 12-14 4 $8.4M -3.5% $65.2M 1,907 $4K 4
Jan 19-21 4 $8.0M -4.2% $77.4M 2,214 $4K 5
Jan 26-28 6 $6.7M -15.8% $86.8M 2,785 $2K 6
Feb 2-4 7 $4.0M -40.7% $92.7M 2,797 $1K 7
Feb 9-11 9 $3.0M -25.5% $97.0M 2,284 $1K 8
Feb 16-18 12 $1.6M -46.6% $99.6M 1,037 $2K 9
Feb 23-25 17 $835K -47.5% $101.2M 593 $1K 10
Mar 2-4 21 $579K -30.6% $102.1M 454 $1K 11
Mar 9-11 25 $312K -46.1% $102.6M 314 $994 12
Mar 16-18 35 $176K -43.7% $102.9M 228 $770 13
Mar 23-25 44 $61K -65.5% $103.0M 103 $589 14
Apr 6-8 34 $116K +91.1% $103.2M 220 $527 15
Apr 13-15 42 $83K -28.7% $103.3M 168 $492 16

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

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

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Cast & Crew

Directed byBill Condon
ScreenplayBill Condon
Produced byLaurence Mark
CinematographyTobias A. Schliessler
MusicHenry Krieger
Prod. DesignJohn Myhre
StarringJamie Foxx, Beyoncé, Eddie Murphy, Danny Glover, Jennifer Hudson, Anika Noni Rose
StudioDreamWorks