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Life of Pi

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

Take the journey of a lifetime.

Box office summary
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
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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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Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byAng Lee
ScreenplayDavid Magee
Produced byGil Netter, Ang Lee, David Womark
CinematographyClaudio Miranda
MusicMychael Danna
Prod. DesignDavid Gropman, Marcelo Pont Vergés
StarringSuraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Ayush Tandon, Gautam Belur, Adil Hussain, Ayaan Khan
Studio20th Century Fox