Name: Monsoon Wedding
Director: Mira Nair
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Released: 2001
Cast: Naseeruddin Shah, Lillete Dubey, Shefali Shah, Vasundhara Das, Parvin Dabas

Cast & crew

Directed byMira Nair ScreenplaySabrina Dhawan Produced byCaroline Baron, Mira Nair, Robyn Aronstam CinematographyDeclan Quinn MusicMychael Danna Prod. DesignStephanie Carroll StarringNaseeruddin Shah, Lillete Dubey, Shefali Shah, Vasundhara Das, Parvin Dabas, Vijay Raaz StudioUSA Films

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Feb 22-24 42 $68.5K — 2 $34,273 $68.5K

2 Mar 1-3 32 $199.5K +191.1% 11 $18,139 $296.5K

3 Mar 8-10 21 $772.1K +287.0% 76 $10,160 $1.2M

4 Mar 15-17 20 $774.1K +0.3% 98 $7,899 $2.2M

5 Mar 22-24 18 $746.7K −3.5% 128 $5,834 $3.2M

6 Mar 29-31 20 $793.7K +6.3% 140 $5,669 $4.3M

7 Apr 5-7 20 $710.1K −10.5% 150 $4,734 $5.3M

8 Apr 12-14 21 $620.8K −12.6% 162 $3,832 $6.2M

9 Apr 19-21 19 $732.7K +18.0% 189 $3,877 $7.2M

10 Apr 26-28 18 $724.7K −1.1% 239 $3,032 $8.1M

11 May 3-5 18 $593.5K −18.1% 254 $2,337 $9.0M

12 May 10-12 18 $543.4K −8.5% 253 $2,148 $9.8M

13 May 17-19 16 $460.5K −15.2% 242 $1,903 $10.5M

14 May 24-26 19 $378.9K −17.7% 193 $1,963 $11.1M

15 May 31-Jun 2 19 $254.0K −33.0% 170 $1,494 $11.5M

16 Jun 7-9 24 $213.2K −16.1% 156 $1,367 $11.8M

17 Jun 14-16 26 $167.4K −21.5% 117 $1,431 $12.1M

18 Jun 21-23 29 $136.8K −18.3% 91 $1,503 $12.3M

19 Jun 28-30 31 $134.2K −1.9% 68 $1,974 $12.5M

20 Jul 5-7 33 $153.7K +14.5% 64 $2,402 $12.8M

21 Jul 12-14 34 $114.3K −25.6% 58 $1,971 $13.0M

22 Jul 19-21 37 $94.6K −17.3% 41 $2,307 $13.2M

23 Jul 26-28 41 $79.1K −16.3% 33 $2,398 $13.3M

24 Aug 2-4 46 $59.5K −24.8% 30 $1,985 $13.4M

25 Aug 9-11 50 $51.3K −13.8% 28 $1,832 $13.5M

26 Aug 16-18 51 $45.2K −11.9% 29 $1,558 $13.6M

27 Aug 23-25 57 $40.9K −9.4% 22 $1,861 $13.6M

28 Aug 30-Sep 1 50 $50.0K +22.2% 13 $3,847 $13.7M

29 Sep 6-8 51 $30.8K −38.5% 29 $1,061 $13.8M

30 Sep 13-15 53 $35.0K +13.7% 36 $972 $13.8M

31 Sep 20-22 64 $23.6K −32.4% 35 $675 $13.8M

32 Sep 27-29 89 $11.2K −52.7% 18 $621 $13.9M

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

Weekend grossWk 10 · $724.7K

$68.5K

$199.5K

$772.1K

$774.1K

$746.7K

$793.7K

$710.1K

$620.8K

$732.7K

$724.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −1.1%

+191.1%

W1→2

+287.0%

W2→3

+0.3%

W3→4

−3.5%

W4→5

+6.3%

W5→6

−10.5%

W6→7

−12.6%

W7→8

+18.0%

W8→9

−1.1%

W9→10

Steepest −12.6%Biggest gain +287.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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