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Julie & JuliaFollow

2009 • PG-13 • 2h 3m • Biography, Drama, Romance • Sony Pictures Releasing

Based on two true stories.

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3.47

7.0

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$20.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$94.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$130.00M

$35.40M international

Domestic legs4.70x

Budget$40.0M

2009 rank#34

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Cast & crew

Full Ephron filmography

Nora Ephron

Nora Ephron Director

Meryl Streep

Meryl Streep Starring

Amy Adams

Amy Adams Starring

Stanley Tucci

Stanley Tucci Starring

Chris Messina

Chris Messina Starring

ScreenplayNora Ephron Produced byNora Ephron, Laurence Mark, Eric Steel, Amy Robinson CinematographyStephen Goldblatt MusicAlexandre Desplat Prod. DesignMark Ricker StudioSony Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 7-9 2 $20.0M — 2,354 $8,508 $20.0M

2 Aug 14-16 4 $12.1M −39.8% 2,354 $5,121 $43.3M

3 Aug 21-23 5 $8.8M −27.0% 2,463 $3,573 $59.1M

4 Aug 28-30 6 $7.0M −20.1% 2,503 $2,810 $70.6M

5 Sep 4-6 7 $5.3M −24.3% 2,528 $2,106 $79.0M

6 Sep 11-13 10 $3.2M −40.7% 2,342 $1,347 $85.2M

7 Sep 18-20 12 $1.9M −39.4% 2,003 $955 $88.5M

8 Sep 25-27 13 $1.3M −34.0% 1,328 $951 $90.6M

9 Oct 2-4 18 $687.3K −45.6% 782 $878 $91.8M

10 Oct 9-11 22 $465.8K −32.2% 594 $784 $92.6M

11 Oct 16-18 27 $247.0K −47.0% 295 $837 $93.1M

12 Oct 23-25 34 $144.5K −41.5% 171 $845 $93.3M

13 Oct 30-Nov 1 33 $106.5K −26.3% 139 $766 $93.5M

14 Nov 6-8 36 $86.3K −19.0% 113 $764 $93.6M

15 Nov 20-22 26 $149.7K +73.4% 268 $558 $93.9M

16 Nov 27-29 30 $135.2K −9.7% 229 $590 $94.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Aug 7 #2 $6.5M — $6.5M 2,354 $2,757 1

Sat Aug 8 #2 $7.5M +16% $14.0M 2,354 $3,201 2

Sun Aug 9 #2 $6.0M −20% $20.0M 2,354 $2,548 3

Mon Aug 10 #2 $2.8M −54% $22.8M 2,354 $1,172 4

Tue Aug 11 #2 $3.1M +11% $25.9M 2,354 $1,306 5

Wed Aug 12 #2 $2.7M −11% $28.6M 2,354 $1,160 6

Thu Aug 13 #2 $2.7M −2% $31.3M 2,354 $1,142 7

Fri Aug 14 #4 $3.6M +36% −44% $34.9M 2,354 $1,550 8

Sat Aug 15 #4 $4.9M +33% −36% $39.8M 2,354 $2,060 9

Sun Aug 16 #4 $3.6M −27% −41% $43.3M 2,354 $1,510 10

Mon Aug 17 #4 $1.6M −54% −41% $45.0M 2,354 $692 11

Tue Aug 18 #4 $1.9M +17% −38% $46.9M 2,354 $807 12

Wed Aug 19 #4 $1.7M −9% −37% $48.6M 2,354 $736 13

Thu Aug 20 #4 $1.7M −3% −37% $50.3M 2,354 $715 14

Fri Aug 21 #5 $2.6M +56% −28% $52.9M 2,463 $1,062 15

Sat Aug 22 #5 $3.7M +41% −24% $56.6M 2,463 $1,493 16

Sun Aug 23 #4 $2.5M −32% −30% $59.1M 2,463 $1,017 17

Mon Aug 24 #5 $1.0M −59% −38% $60.1M 2,463 $413 18

Tue Aug 25 #3 $1.2M +20% −36% $61.3M 2,463 $494 19

Wed Aug 26 #3 $1.2M −5% −33% $62.5M 2,463 $470 20

Thu Aug 27 #3 $1.1M −4% −34% $63.6M 2,463 $450 21

Fri Aug 28 #7 $2.1M +88% −20% $65.7M 2,503 $832 22

Sat Aug 29 #6 $3.1M +49% −15% $68.8M 2,503 $1,242 23

Sun Aug 30 #6 $1.8M −41% −26% $70.6M 2,503 $735 24

Mon Aug 31 #5 $718.1K −61% −29% $71.3M 2,503 $286 25

Tue Sep 1 #5 $823.1K +15% −32% $72.2M 2,503 $328 26

Wed Sep 2 #5 $727.6K −12% −37% $72.9M 2,503 $290 27

Thu Sep 3 #4 $743.6K +2% −33% $73.6M 2,503 $297 28

Fri Sep 4 #7 $1.3M +80% −36% $75.0M 2,528 $528 29

Sat Sep 5 #8 $2.0M +49% −36% $77.0M 2,528 $785 30

Sun Sep 6 #6 $2.0M +1% +9% $79.0M 2,528 $792 31

Mon Sep 7 #6 $1.8M −12% +144% $80.7M 2,528 $693 32

Tue Sep 8 #6 $462.8K −74% −44% $81.2M 2,528 $183 33

Wed Sep 9 #7 $423.1K −9% −42% $81.6M 2,528 $167 34

Thu Sep 10 #7 $456.2K +8% −39% $82.1M 2,528 $180 35

Fri Sep 11 #10 $927.7K +103% −31% $83.0M 2,342 $396 36

Sat Sep 12 #9 $1.5M +58% −26% $84.5M 2,342 $626 37

Sun Sep 13 #10 $762.1K −48% −62% $85.2M 2,342 $325 38

Mon Sep 14 #10 $275.7K −64% −84% $85.5M 2,342 $117 39

Tue Sep 15 #9 $353.7K +28% −24% $85.8M 2,342 $151 40

Wed Sep 16 #7 $346.3K −2% −18% $86.2M 2,342 $147 41

Thu Sep 17 #6 $354.0K +2% −22% $86.5M 2,342 $151 42

Fri Sep 18 #12 $580.1K +64% −37% $87.1M 2,003 $289 43

Sat Sep 19 #12 $846.9K +46% −42% $88.0M 2,003 $422 44

Sun Sep 20 #13 $487.1K −42% −36% $88.5M 2,003 $243 45

Mon Sep 21 #11 $191.9K −61% −30% $88.7M 2,003 $95 46

Tue Sep 22 #10 $237.0K +24% −33% $88.9M 2,003 $118 47

Wed Sep 23 #9 $229.3K −3% −34% $89.1M 2,003 $114 48

Thu Sep 24 #9 $219.0K −5% −38% $89.3M 2,003 $109 49

Fri Sep 25 #14 $358.1K +64% −38% $89.7M 1,328 $269 50

Sat Sep 26 #13 $554.8K +55% −34% $90.3M 1,328 $417 51

Sun Sep 27 #11 $350.5K −37% −28% $90.6M 1,328 $263 52

Mon Sep 28 #12 $132.7K −62% −31% $90.7M 1,328 $99 53

Tue Sep 29 #12 $145.4K +10% −39% $90.9M 1,328 $109 54

Wed Sep 30 #13 $137.3K −6% −40% $91.0M 1,328 $103 55

Thu Oct 1 #13 $141.7K +3% −35% $91.2M 1,328 $106 56

Fri Nov 20 $44.3K — $93.8M 268 $165 106

Sat Nov 21 $63.7K +44% $93.9M 268 $237 107

Sun Nov 22 $41.7K −35% $93.9M 268 $155 108

Fri Nov 27 $51.6K — +16% $94.0M 229 $225 113

Sat Nov 28 $53.2K +3% −16% $94.1M 229 $232 114

Sun Nov 29 $30.4K −43% −27% $94.1M 229 $132 115

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

Cumulative total$91.2M

Aug 7Aug 21Sep 4Sep 17Oct 1

Weekend grossWk 10 · $465.8K

$20.0M

$12.1M

$8.8M

$7.0M

$5.3M

$3.2M

$1.9M

$1.3M

$687.3K

$465.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,528 → 1,328 −47.5%

2,354 open1,328 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −32.2%

−39.8%

W1→2

−27.0%

W2→3

−20.1%

W3→4

−24.3%

W4→5

−40.7%

W5→6

−39.4%

W6→7

−34.0%

W7→8

−45.6%

W8→9

−32.2%

W9→10

Steepest −45.6%Best hold −20.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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