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2012 • PG-13 • 2h 38m • Drama, Musical, Romance • Universal Pictures

Fight. Dream. Hope. Love.

🍅 70% 79%

63

3.62

7.5

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$18.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$149.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$442.00M

$293.00M international

Domestic legs8.22x

Budget$61.0M

2012 rank#18

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Cast & crew

Full Hooper filmography

Tom Hooper

Tom Hooper Director

Hugh Jackman

Hugh Jackman Starring

Russell Crowe

Russell Crowe Starring

Amanda Seyfried

Amanda Seyfried Starring

Anne Hathaway

Anne Hathaway Starring

Eddie Redmayne

Eddie Redmayne Starring

ScreenplayWilliam Nicholson Produced byTim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward, Cameron Mackintosh CinematographyDanny Cohen MusicClaude-Michel Schönberg Prod. DesignEve Stewart StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 21-25 3 $18.1M — 2,808 $6,450 $18.1M

2 Dec 28-30 3 $27.3M +50.6% 2,814 $9,695 $66.7M

3 Jan 4-6 4 $16.0M −41.3% 2,904 $5,515 $103.5M

4 Jan 11-13 5 $9.6M −39.8% 2,927 $3,295 $118.7M

5 Jan 18-20 8 $7.5M −22.3% 2,579 $2,905 $130.1M

6 Jan 25-27 9 $4.2M −43.7% 2,201 $1,917 $137.5M

7 Feb 1-3 9 $2.4M −42.6% 1,848 $1,310 $141.5M

8 Feb 8-10 15 $1.6M −35.7% 1,447 $1,075 $144.0M

9 Feb 15-17 18 $861.9K −44.6% 676 $1,274 $145.5M

10 Feb 22-24 21 $634.8K −26.3% 462 $1,374 $146.7M

11 Mar 1-3 21 $572.0K −9.9% 352 $1,625 $147.6M

12 Mar 8-10 24 $307.5K −46.3% 286 $1,075 $148.1M

13 Mar 15-17 29 $196.4K −36.1% 241 $815 $148.5M

14 Mar 22-24 41 $94.8K −51.7% 129 $734 $148.7M

15 Mar 29-31 49 $54.5K −42.5% 109 $500 $148.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Tue Dec 25 #1 $18.1M — $18.1M 2,808 $6,450 1

Wed Dec 26 #1 $12.2M −33% $30.3M 2,808 $4,330 2

Thu Dec 27 #2 $9.2M −25% $39.4M 2,808 $3,265 3

Fri Dec 28 #3 $9.3M +2% $48.8M 2,814 $3,310 4

Sat Dec 29 #3 $9.8M +5% $58.5M 2,814 $3,465 5

Sun Dec 30 #3 $8.2M −16% $66.7M 2,814 $2,920 6

Mon Dec 31 #2 $6.2M −24% $73.0M 2,814 $2,220 7

Tue Jan 1 #3 $7.6M +22% −58% $80.6M 2,814 $2,705 8

Wed Jan 2 #3 $3.6M −53% −70% $84.2M 2,814 $1,280 9

Thu Jan 3 #3 $3.3M −8% −64% $87.5M 2,814 $1,175 10

Fri Jan 4 #4 $5.0M +51% −46% $92.5M 2,904 $1,720 11

Sat Jan 5 #4 $6.9M +37% −30% $99.3M 2,904 $2,360 12

Sun Jan 6 #3 $4.2M −39% −49% $103.5M 2,904 $1,435 13

Mon Jan 7 #3 $1.3M −70% −80% $104.8M 2,904 $435 14

Tue Jan 8 #2 $1.6M +29% −79% $106.4M 2,904 $560 15

Wed Jan 9 #2 $1.3M −21% −64% $107.7M 2,904 $445 16

Thu Jan 10 #2 $1.4M +8% −58% $109.1M 2,904 $480 17

Fri Jan 11 #5 $2.9M +105% −43% $111.9M 2,927 $975 18

Sat Jan 12 #5 $4.2M +48% −38% $116.2M 2,927 $1,445 19

Sun Jan 13 #6 $2.6M −39% −39% $118.7M 2,927 $875 20

Mon Jan 14 #5 $878.1K −66% −30% $119.6M 2,927 $300 21

Tue Jan 15 #4 $1.1M +28% −31% $120.7M 2,927 $385 22

Wed Jan 16 #4 $878.6K −22% −32% $121.6M 2,927 $300 23

Thu Jan 17 #4 $951.3K +8% −32% $122.6M 2,927 $325 24

Fri Jan 18 #8 $2.1M +116% −28% $124.6M 2,579 $795 25

Sat Jan 19 #8 $3.3M +59% −23% $127.9M 2,579 $1,265 26

Sun Jan 20 #6 $2.2M −33% −15% $130.1M 2,579 $845 27

Mon Jan 21 #4 $1.5M −30% +73% $131.6M 2,579 $590 28

Tue Jan 22 #7 $657.5K −57% −42% $132.2M 2,579 $255 29

Wed Jan 23 #7 $528.7K −20% −40% $132.8M 2,579 $205 30

Thu Jan 24 #6 $567.4K +7% −40% $133.3M 2,579 $220 31

Fri Jan 25 #10 $1.0M +85% −49% $134.4M 2,210 $475 32

Sat Jan 26 #7 $2.0M +92% −38% $136.4M 2,210 $910 33

Sun Jan 27 #8 $1.2M −42% −47% $137.5M 2,210 $525 34

Mon Jan 28 #8 $342.6K −70% −77% $137.9M 2,210 $155 35

Tue Jan 29 #8 $443.1K +29% −33% $138.3M 2,210 $200 36

Wed Jan 30 #7 $364.6K −18% −31% $138.7M 2,210 $165 37

Thu Jan 31 #7 $386.8K +6% −32% $139.1M 2,210 $175 38

Fri Feb 1 #9 $730.0K +89% −30% $139.8M 1,848 $395 39

Sat Feb 2 #10 $1.2M +68% −39% $141.0M 1,848 $665 40

Sun Feb 3 #8 $462.0K −62% −60% $141.5M 1,848 $250 41

Mon Feb 4 #10 $203.3K −56% −41% $141.7M 1,848 $110 42

Tue Feb 5 #10 $268.0K +32% −40% $142.0M 1,848 $145 43

Wed Feb 6 #10 $221.8K −17% −39% $142.2M 1,848 $120 44

Thu Feb 7 #10 $231.0K +4% −40% $142.4M 1,848 $125 45

Fri Feb 8 #14 $376.2K +63% −48% $142.8M 1,447 $260 46

Sat Feb 9 #15 $723.5K +92% −41% $143.5M 1,447 $500 47

Sun Feb 10 #16 $455.8K −37% −1% $144.0M 1,447 $315 48

Mon Feb 11 #15 $159.2K −65% −22% $144.1M 1,447 $110 49

Tue Feb 12 #15 $166.4K +5% −38% $144.3M 1,447 $115 50

Wed Feb 13 #14 $144.5K −13% −35% $144.5M 1,447 $100 51

Thu Feb 14 #15 $212.2K +47% −8% $144.7M 903 $235 52

Fri Feb 15 #- $206.2K −3% −45% $144.9M 676 $305 53

Sat Feb 16 #- $361.7K +75% −50% $145.2M 676 $535 54

Sun Feb 17 #- $294.1K −19% −35% $145.5M 676 $435 55

Mon Feb 18 #- $236.6K −20% +49% $145.8M 676 $350 56

Tue Feb 19 #- $104.8K −56% −37% $145.9M 676 $155 57

Wed Feb 20 #- $94.6K −10% −35% $146.0M 676 $140 58

Thu Feb 21 #- $98.0K +4% −54% $146.1M 676 $145 59

Fri Feb 22 #- $163.8K +67% −21% $146.2M 462 $355 60

Sat Feb 23 #- $316.5K +93% −12% $146.5M 462 $685 61

Sun Feb 24 #- $154.6K −51% −47% $146.7M 462 $335 62

Mon Feb 25 #- $90.3K −42% −62% $146.8M 462 $195 63

Tue Feb 26 #- $99.3K +10% −5% $146.9M 462 $215 64

Wed Feb 27 #- $80.8K −19% −15% $147.0M 462 $175 65

Thu Feb 28 #- $92.4K +14% −6% $147.1M 462 $200 66

Fri Mar 1 #- $147.8K +60% −10% $147.2M 352 $420 67

Sat Mar 2 #- $262.2K +77% −17% $147.5M 352 $745 68

Sun Mar 3 #- $162.0K −38% +5% $147.6M 352 $460 69

Mon Mar 4 #- $45.8K −72% −49% $147.7M 352 $130 70

Tue Mar 5 #- $54.6K +19% −45% $147.7M 352 $155 71

Wed Mar 6 #- $49.3K −10% −39% $147.8M 352 $140 72

Thu Mar 7 #- $47.5K −4% −49% $147.8M 352 $135 73

Fri Mar 8 #- $84.4K +78% −43% $147.9M 286 $295 74

Sat Mar 9 #- $140.1K +66% −47% $148.1M 286 $490 75

Sun Mar 10 #- $82.9K −41% −49% $148.1M 286 $290 76

Mon Mar 11 #- $31.5K −62% −31% $148.2M 286 $110 77

Tue Mar 12 #- $41.5K +32% −24% $148.2M 286 $145 78

Wed Mar 13 #- $34.3K −17% −30% $148.2M 286 $120 79

Thu Mar 14 #- $38.5K +12% −19% $148.3M 286 $135 80

Fri Mar 15 #- $54.2K +41% −36% $148.3M 241 $225 81

Sat Mar 16 #- $89.2K +64% −36% $148.4M 241 $370 82

Sun Mar 17 #- $53.0K −41% −36% $148.5M 241 $220 83

Mon Mar 18 #- $21.7K −59% −31% $148.5M 241 $90 84

Tue Mar 19 #- $25.2K +16% −39% $148.5M 241 $105 85

Wed Mar 20 #- $24.2K −4% −29% $148.5M 241 $100 86

Thu Mar 21 #- $28.9K +19% −25% $148.6M 241 $120 87

Fri Mar 22 #- $25.8K −11% −52% $148.6M 129 $200 88

Sat Mar 23 #- $43.9K +70% −51% $148.6M 129 $340 89

Sun Mar 24 #- $25.2K −43% −53% $148.7M 129 $195 90

Mon Mar 25 #- $9.7K −62% −55% $148.7M 129 $75 91

Tue Mar 26 #- $12.9K +33% −49% $148.7M 129 $100 92

Wed Mar 27 #- $12.3K −5% −49% $148.7M 129 $95 93

Thu Mar 28 #- $12.9K +5% −55% $148.7M 129 $100 94

Fri Mar 29 #- $19.7K +52% −24% $148.7M 109 $180 95

Sat Mar 30 #- $21.3K +8% −52% $148.8M 109 $195 96

Sun Mar 31 #- $13.6K −36% −46% $148.8M 109 $125 97

Mon Apr 1 #- $9.3K −32% −4% $148.8M 109 $85 98

Tue Apr 2 #- $8.7K −6% −32% $148.8M 109 $80 99

Wed Apr 3 #- $7.6K −13% −38% $148.8M 109 $70 100

Thu Apr 4 #- $8.7K +14% −33% $148.8M 109 $80 101

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

Cumulative total$147.7M

Dec 25Jan 11Jan 29Feb 15Mar 4

Weekend grossWk 10 · $634.8K

$18.1M

$27.3M

$16.0M

$9.6M

$7.5M

$4.2M

$2.4M

$1.6M

$861.9K

$634.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,927 → 352 −88.0%

2,808 open352 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −26.3%

+50.6%

W1→2

−41.3%

W2→3

−39.8%

W3→4

−22.3%

W4→5

−43.7%

W5→6

−42.6%

W6→7

−35.7%

W7→8

−44.6%

W8→9

−26.3%

W9→10

Steepest −44.6%Biggest gain +50.6%

Run milestones

$100M in 13 days

$100M

Day 13

Jan 6

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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