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Legally Blonde

2001 1h 36m Comedy, Romance Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Boldly going where no blonde has gone.

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$96.5M
Final
Opening Weekend
$20.4M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
4.74x
Opening → Total
Budget
$18.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$142M
$45.3M international
2001 Rank
#22
Domestic

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jul 13-15 1 $20.4M $20.4M 2,620 $8K 1
Jul 20-22 3 $11.1M -45.5% $43.5M 2,695 $4K 2
Jul 27-29 4 $9.0M -18.9% $59.8M 2,725 $3K 3
Aug 3-5 7 $5.9M -35.0% $71.4M 2,536 $2K 4
Aug 10-12 9 $3.8M -35.5% $78.7M 2,031 $2K 5
Aug 17-19 10 $2.6M -31.8% $83.3M 1,770 $1K 6
Aug 24-26 15 $1.5M -42.9% $86.2M 1,204 $1K 7
Aug 31-Sep 3 16 $1.7M +17.6% $88.6M 878 $2K 8
Sep 7-9 18 $865K -50.0% $89.6M 766 $1K 9
Sep 14-16 17 $765K -11.6% $90.6M 655 $1K 10
Sep 21-23 14 $1.3M +73.6% $92.1M 1,304 $1K 11
Sep 28-30 16 $691K -48.0% $93.3M 1,057 $653 12
Oct 5-7 19 $484K -30.0% $93.9M 836 $578 13
Oct 12-14 16 $432K -10.7% $94.5M 836 $516 14
Oct 19-21 19 $367K -15.0% $95.0M 711 $516 15
Oct 26-28 35 $108K -70.7% $95.2M 610 $176 16
Nov 2-4 35 $107K -0.6% $95.4M 162 $660 17
Nov 9-11 26 $247K +130.7% $95.7M 435 $567 18
Nov 16-18 28 $165K -33.2% $95.9M 415 $397 19
Nov 23-25 31 $124K -24.7% $96.1M 342 $363 20
Nov 30-Dec 2 37 $85K -31.5% $96.2M 341 $249 21
Dec 7-9 27 $95K +11.9% $96.3M 366 $260 22
Dec 14-16 40 $61K -35.9% $96.4M 216 $282 23
Dec 21-23 41 $43K -30.4% $96.5M 228 $186 24

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Weekend Gross Trend

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Profitability

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

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Cast & Crew

Directed byRobert Luketic
ScreenplayKirsten Smith, Karen McCullah
StarringReese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson, Selma Blair, Matthew Davis, Victor Garber, Jennifer Coolidge
StudioMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)