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Lars and the Real Girl

2007 PG-13 1h 46m Comedy, Drama, Romance MGM

The search for true love begins outside the box.

Lars and the Real Girl Box Office

Opening Weekend
$926.7K
3-day wide opening
Domestic Total
$6M
Final
Worldwide Total
$11.3M
$5.3M international
Domestic Legs6.4x
Budget$12.5M
2007 Rank#196
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Oct 12-14 42 $90K $90K 7 $12.9K 1
Oct 19-21 36 $189K +108.6% $316K 21 $9.0K 2
Oct 26-28 19 $927K +391.3% $1.33M 296 $3.1K 3
Nov 2-4 18 $766K -17.3% $2.39M 321 $2.4K 4
Nov 9-11 21 $703K -8.3% $3.37M 286 $2.5K 5
Nov 16-18 23 $507K -27.9% $4.14M 244 $2.1K 6
Nov 23-25 23 $359K -29.2% $4.71M 163 $2.2K 7
Nov 30-Dec 2 23 $241K -32.6% $5.06M 178 $1.4K 8
Dec 7-9 27 $168K -30.5% $5.32M 161 $1.0K 9
Dec 14-16 30 $106K -36.5% $5.50M 114 $934 10
Dec 21-23 34 $46K -57.0% $5.61M 49 $934 11
Dec 28-30 43 $43K -5.6% $5.69M 40 $1.1K 12
Jan 4-6 47 $37K -14.6% $5.76M 38 $971 13
Jan 11-13 46 $27K -27.9% $5.80M 36 $739 14
Jan 18-20 52 $21K -19.5% $5.84M 35 $611 15
Jan 25-27 65 $13K -40.5% $5.86M 24 $531 16
Feb 1-3 67 $8K -37.6% $5.88M 22 $361 17
Feb 8-10 71 $7K -8.0% $5.89M 21 $348 18
Feb 15-17 74 $10K +35.0% $5.90M 19 $520 19
Feb 22-24 70 $19K +91.0% $5.93M 58 $325 20
Feb 29-Mar 2 81 $10K -45.8% $5.95M 23 $444 21

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

Cast & Crew

Directed byCraig Gillespie
ScreenplayNancy Oliver
Produced bySarah Aubrey, John Cameron
StarringRyan Gosling, Emily Mortimer, Paul Schneider, Patricia Clarkson, Kelli Garner
StudioMGM

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