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Finding ForresterFollow

2000 • PG-13 • 2h 16m • Drama, Sport • Sony Pictures Releasing

In an ordinary place, he found the one person to make his life extraordinary.

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62

3.49

7.3

CS A+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$11.10M

4-day MLK wide opening

Domestic total

$51.80M

Final

Worldwide total

$80.00M

$28.20M international

Domestic legs7.7x from $6.7M first wide weekend

Budget$43.0M

2000 rank#49

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Cast & crew

Full Sant filmography

Gus Van Sant

Gus Van Sant Director

Sean Connery

Sean Connery Starring

F. Murray Abraham

F. Murray Abraham Starring

Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin Starring

ScreenplayMike Rich Produced bySean Connery, Laurence Mark CinematographyHarris Savides MusicBill Frisell Prod. DesignJane Musky StudioSony Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 22-25 18 $701.2K — 200 $3,506 $743.1K

2 Dec 29-Jan 1 14 $3.0M +330.7% 200 $15,100 $5.3M

3 Jan 5-7 13 $2.2M −26.7% 200 $11,064 $8.6M

4 Jan 12-15 7 $11.1M +402.2% 2,002 $5,550 $20.5M

5 Jan 19-21 6 $6.7M −39.6% 2,002 $3,354 $29.2M

6 Jan 26-28 7 $4.8M −28.3% 2,002 $2,404 $35.7M

7 Feb 2-4 8 $4.2M −12.5% 1,983 $2,124 $41.3M

8 Feb 9-11 12 $2.5M −40.5% 1,586 $1,580 $44.8M

9 Feb 16-19 Presidents' Day 13 $2.0M −19.9% 1,130 $1,776 $47.6M

10 Feb 23-25 15 $1.1M −45.5% 808 $1,353 $49.1M

11 Mar 2-4 19 $655.7K −40.0% 578 $1,134 $50.0M

12 Mar 9-11 19 $400.6K −38.9% 363 $1,103 $50.6M

13 Mar 16-18 20 $342.1K −14.6% 373 $917 $51.0M

14 Mar 23-25 23 $260.2K −24.0% 279 $932 $51.4M

15 Mar 30-Apr 1 31 $141.2K −45.7% 177 $797 $51.6M

16 Apr 6-8 38 $85.8K −39.2% 128 $670 $51.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Dec 27 #15 $476.0K — $1.8M 200 $2,380 9

Thu Dec 28 #15 $507.0K +7% $2.3M 200 $2,535 10

Mon Jan 1 #13 $843.8K — $5.3M 200 $4,219 14

Tue Jan 2 #14 $402.6K −52% $5.7M 200 $2,013 15

Wed Jan 3 #13 $305.9K −24% −36% $6.0M 200 $1,529 16

Thu Jan 4 #12 $342.5K +12% −32% $6.4M 200 $1,712 17

Sun Jan 7 #12 $615.0K — $8.6M 200 $3,075 20

Mon Jan 8 #11 $201.6K −67% −76% $8.8M 200 $1,007 21

Tue Jan 9 #12 $220.7K +10% −45% $9.0M 200 $1,103 22

Wed Jan 10 #11 $208.5K −6% −32% $9.2M 200 $1,042 23

Thu Jan 11 #10 $229.5K +10% −33% $9.4M 200 $1,147 24

Fri Jan 12 #6 $2.7M +1,083% $12.1M 200 $13,575 25

Sat Jan 13 #6 $4.1M +51% $16.2M 2,002 $2,050 26

Sun Jan 14 #5 $3.1M −24% +408% $19.4M 2,002 $1,560 27

Mon Jan 15 #10 $1.2M −63% +480% $20.5M 2,002 $583 28

Tue Jan 16 #4 $703.6K −40% +219% $21.2M 2,002 $351 29

Wed Jan 17 #4 $586.0K −17% +181% $21.8M 2,002 $292 30

Thu Jan 18 #4 $658.8K +12% +187% $22.5M 2,002 $329 31

Fri Jan 19 #6 $1.8M +167% −35% $24.2M 2,002 $878 32

Sat Jan 20 #6 $3.0M +68% −28% $27.2M 2,002 $1,476 33

Sun Jan 21 #5 $1.7M −41% −44% $29.2M 2,002 $872 34

Mon Jan 22 #6 $429.3K −75% −63% $29.6M 2,002 $214 35

Tue Jan 23 #6 $508.2K +18% −28% $30.1M 2,002 $253 36

Wed Jan 24 #6 $436.0K −14% −26% $30.6M 2,002 $217 37

Thu Jan 25 #6 $490.2K +12% −26% $31.1M 2,002 $244 38

Fri Jan 26 #8 $1.1M +127% −37% $32.2M 2,002 $554 39

Sat Jan 27 #7 $2.4M +117% −18% $34.6M 2,002 $1,203 40

Sun Jan 28 #10 $774.0K −68% −56% $35.7M 2,002 $386 41

Mon Jan 29 #7 $337.3K −56% −21% $36.0M 2,002 $168 42

Tue Jan 30 #7 $388.2K +15% −24% $36.4M 2,002 $193 43

Wed Jan 31 #8 $329.1K −15% −25% $36.7M 2,002 $164 44

Thu Feb 1 #8 $331.9K +1% −32% $37.1M 2,002 $165 45

Fri Feb 2 #9 $1.2M +251% +5% $38.2M 1,983 $587 46

Sat Feb 3 #7 $2.1M +81% −12% $40.3M 1,983 $1,064 47

Sun Feb 4 #9 $1.0M −51% +33% $41.3M 1,963 $524 48

Mon Feb 5 #8 $231.3K −78% −31% $41.5M 1,963 $117 49

Tue Feb 6 #9 $294.2K +27% −24% $41.8M 1,963 $149 50

Wed Feb 7 #9 $244.4K −17% −26% $42.0M 1,963 $124 51

Thu Feb 8 #9 $257.3K +5% −22% $42.3M 1,963 $131 52

Sun Feb 11 #12 $617.0K — −40% $44.8M 1,586 $389 55

Mon Feb 12 #12 $166.4K −73% −28% $45.0M 1,586 $104 56

Tue Feb 13 #12 $178.5K +7% −39% $45.2M 1,586 $112 57

Wed Feb 14 #13 $294.9K +65% +21% $45.5M 1,586 $185 58

Thu Feb 15 #11 $183.4K −38% −29% $45.6M 1,586 $115 59

Mon Feb 19 #14 $301.8K — +81% $47.6M 1,130 $267 63

Tue Feb 20 #14 $132.7K −56% −26% $47.8M 1,130 $117 64

Wed Feb 21 #13 $111.7K −16% −62% $47.9M 1,130 $98 65

Thu Feb 22 #13 $122.5K +10% −33% $48.0M 1,130 $108 66

Sun Feb 25 #15 $248.0K — $49.1M 808 $306 69

Mon Feb 26 #16 $65.3K −74% −78% $49.2M 808 $80 70

Tue Feb 27 #16 $73.3K +12% −45% $49.2M 808 $90 71

Wed Feb 28 #15 $68.8K −6% −38% $49.3M 808 $85 72

Thu Mar 1 #16 $76.9K +12% −37% $49.4M 808 $95 73

Sun Mar 4 #18 $147.0K — −41% $50.0M 578 $254 76

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

Cumulative total$49.2M

Dec 27Jan 13Jan 26Feb 7Feb 26

Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.1M

$701.2K

$3.0M

$2.2M

$11.1M

$6.7M

$4.8M

$4.2M

$2.5M

$2.0M

$1.1M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,002 → 808 −59.6%

200 open808 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −45.5%

+330.7%

W1→2

−26.7%

W2→3

+402.2%

W3→4

−39.6%

W4→5

−28.3%

W5→6

−12.5%

W6→7

−40.5%

W7→8

−19.9%

W8→9

−45.5%

W9→10

Steepest −45.5%Biggest gain +402.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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