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Life of Pi

2012 PG 2h 7m Adventure, Drama, Fantasy 20th Century Fox

Take the journey of a lifetime.

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$125M
Final
Opening Weekend
$22.5M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
5.57x
Opening → Total
Budget
$120M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$609M
$484M international
2012 Rank
#27
Domestic

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Nov 23-25 5 $22.5M $30.6M 2,927 $8K 1
Nov 30-Dec 2 5 $12.2M -45.9% $48.5M 2,928 $4K 2
Dec 7-9 5 $8.3M -31.4% $60.9M 2,946 $3K 3
Dec 14-16 5 $5.4M -35.0% $69.6M 2,548 $2K 4
Dec 21-23 9 $4.0M -25.8% $76.4M 1,750 $2K 5
Dec 28-30 13 $3.8M -5.9% $84.7M 1,178 $3K 6
Jan 4-6 14 $2.8M -25.6% $91.0M 965 $3K 7
Jan 11-13 13 $2.7M -3.9% $94.8M 757 $4K 8
Jan 18-20 13 $3.4M +23.9% $99.2M 1,256 $3K 9
Jan 25-27 14 $2.6M -22.8% $103.4M 941 $3K 10
Feb 1-3 13 $1.9M -27.6% $106.1M 902 $2K 11
Feb 8-10 14 $1.7M -6.8% $108.5M 924 $2K 12
Feb 15-17 14 $1.6M -10.0% $110.9M 647 $2K 13
Feb 22-24 14 $1.6M +2.2% $113.5M 572 $3K 14
Mar 1-3 12 $2.4M +48.0% $117.0M 626 $4K 15
Mar 8-10 12 $1.6M -33.5% $119.4M 671 $2K 16
Mar 15-17 13 $1.2M -22.5% $121.3M 646 $2K 17
Mar 22-24 14 $720K -41.2% $122.5M 489 $1K 18
Mar 29-31 15 $427K -40.7% $123.3M 340 $1K 19
Apr 5-7 18 $355K -16.9% $123.9M 269 $1K 20
Apr 12-14 21 $238K -33.1% $124.3M 217 $1K 21
Apr 19-21 27 $162K -31.8% $124.5M 193 $839 22
Apr 26-28 35 $80K -50.4% $124.7M 131 $612 23

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Profitability

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

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Cast & Crew

ScreenplayDavid Magee
StarringSuraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Ayush Tandon, Gautam Belur, Adil Hussain, Ayaan Khan
Studio20th Century Fox