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Hotel RwandaFollow

2004 • PG-13 • 2h 1m • Biography, Drama, History • United Artists / MGM

When the world closed its eyes, he opened his arms.

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$100K
3-day opening
Domestic total
$23.50M
Final
Worldwide total
$36.50M
$13.00M international
Domestic legs10.2x from $2.3M first wide weekend
Budget$17.5M
2005 rank#108

Cast & crew

Don Cheadle Don Cheadle Starring Sophie Okonedo Sophie Okonedo Starring Nick Nolte Nick Nolte Starring Joaquin Phoenix Joaquin Phoenix Starring United Artists Studio
ScreenplayKeir Pearson, Terry George CinematographyRobert Fraisse Music byRupert Gregson-Williams, Andrea Guerra, Afro Celt Sound System StudioUnited Artists

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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Dec 24-26 28 $100.1K — 7 $14,299 $142.4K
2 Dec 31-Jan 2 32 $142.4K +42.2% 7 $20,340 $426.8K
3 Jan 7-9 20 $1.2M +722.6% 105 $11,155 $1.7M
4 Jan 14-16 18 $1.5M +24.7% 192 $7,605 $3.6M
5 Jan 21-23 15 $1.3M −9.2% 319 $4,158 $5.6M
6 Jan 28-30 15 $1.8M +39.2% 417 $4,427 $8.2M
7 Feb 4-6 14 $2.3M +25.5% 821 $2,821 $11.2M
8 Feb 11-13 14 $2.0M −11.8% 824 $2,480 $14.2M
9 Feb 18-20 15 $1.7M −14.7% 630 $2,765 $16.7M
10 Feb 25-27 16 $1.6M −8.7% 580 $2,742 $19.2M
11 Mar 4-6 16 $1.0M −36.9% 575 $1,745 $20.7M
12 Mar 11-13 16 $678.0K −32.4% 485 $1,398 $21.8M
13 Mar 18-20 19 $451.1K −33.5% 362 $1,246 $22.5M
14 Mar 25-27 24 $262.1K −41.9% 254 $1,032 $23.0M
15 Apr 1-3 29 $142.5K −45.6% 220 $648 $23.2M
16 Apr 8-10 39 $90.5K −36.5% 166 $545 $23.4M
17 Apr 15-17 47 $51.2K −43.5% 119 $430 $23.5M
18 Apr 22-24 61 $23.2K −54.7% 68 $341 $23.5M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Cumulative total$17.1M
Jan 14Jan 16Feb 7Feb 9Feb 21
Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.6M
$100.1K
$142.4K
$1.2M
$1.5M
$1.3M
$1.8M
$2.3M
$2.0M
$1.7M
$1.6M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Theater countPeak 821 → 630 −23.3%
192 open630 now
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −8.7%
+42.2%
W1→2
+722.6%
W2→3
+24.7%
W3→4
−9.2%
W4→5
+39.2%
W5→6
+25.5%
W6→7
−11.8%
W7→8
−14.7%
W8→9
−8.7%
W9→10
Steepest −14.7%Biggest gain +722.6%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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