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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.

🍅 81% 84% MC 70 LB 3.84 IMDb 7.3

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$90K
Limited · 7 theaters
Domestic Total
$6M
Final
Worldwide Total
$11.3M
$5.3M international
Domestic Legs6.5x
Budget$12.5M
2007 Rank#196
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Cast & Crew

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Craig Gillespie Craig Gillespie Director Ryan Gosling Ryan Gosling Starring Emily Mortimer Emily Mortimer Starring Patricia Clarkson Patricia Clarkson Starring
ScreenplayNancy Oliver Produced bySarah Aubrey, John Cameron StudioMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Oct 12-14 42 $90.4K — 7 $12,917 $90.4K
2 Oct 19-21 36 $188.6K +108.6% 21 $8,981 $316.2K
3 Oct 26-28 19 $926.7K +391.3% 296 $3,131 $1.3M
4 Nov 2-4 18 $766.0K −17.3% 321 $2,386 $2.4M
5 Nov 9-11 21 $702.5K −8.3% 286 $2,456 $3.4M
6 Nov 16-18 23 $506.6K −27.9% 244 $2,076 $4.1M
7 Nov 23-25 23 $358.5K −29.2% 163 $2,200 $4.7M
8 Nov 30-Dec 2 23 $241.5K −32.6% 178 $1,357 $5.1M
9 Dec 7-9 27 $167.7K −30.5% 161 $1,042 $5.3M
10 Dec 14-16 30 $106.5K −36.5% 114 $934 $5.5M
11 Dec 21-23 34 $45.7K −57.0% 49 $934 $5.6M
12 Dec 28-30 43 $43.2K −5.6% 40 $1,080 $5.7M
13 Jan 4-6 47 $36.9K −14.6% 38 $971 $5.8M
14 Jan 11-13 46 $26.6K −27.9% 36 $739 $5.8M
15 Jan 18-20 52 $21.4K −19.5% 35 $611 $5.8M
16 Jan 25-27 65 $12.7K −40.5% 24 $531 $5.9M
17 Feb 1-3 67 $8.0K −37.6% 22 $361 $5.9M
18 Feb 8-10 71 $7.3K −8.0% 21 $348 $5.9M
19 Feb 15-17 74 $9.9K +35.0% 19 $520 $5.9M
20 Feb 22-24 70 $18.9K +91.0% 58 $325 $5.9M
21 Feb 29-Mar 2 81 $10.2K −45.8% 23 $444 $5.9M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $106.5K
$90.4K
$188.6K
$926.7K
$766.0K
$702.5K
$506.6K
$358.5K
$241.5K
$167.7K
$106.5K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −36.5%
+108.6%
W1→2
+391.3%
W2→3
−17.3%
W3→4
−8.3%
W4→5
−27.9%
W5→6
−29.2%
W6→7
−32.6%
W7→8
−30.5%
W8→9
−36.5%
W9→10
Steepest −36.5%Biggest gain +391.3%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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