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Monster

2003 • R • 1h 49m • Crime, Drama • Newmarket Films

Based on a true story.

🍅 81% 81%

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3.67

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$3.4M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$34.5M

Final

Worldwide Total

$64.2M

$29.7M international

Domestic Legs10.2x

Budget$5.0M

2004 Rank#79

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Cast & Crew

Full Jenkins filmography

Patty Jenkins Director

Charlize Theron

Charlize Theron Starring

Christina Ricci

Christina Ricci Starring

Bruce Dern Starring

Pruitt Taylor Vince

Pruitt Taylor Vince Starring

Written byPatty Jenkins Produced byMark Damon, Donald Kushner, Clark Peterson, Charlize Theron, Brad Wyman CinematographySteven Bernstein Music byBT StudioNewmarket Films

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 26-28 46 $86.8K — 4 $21,708 $103.6K

2 Jan 2-4 31 $230.6K +165.6% 14 $16,474 $455.8K

3 Jan 9-11 19 $844.0K +265.9% 82 $10,293 $1.4M

4 Jan 16-18 16 $1.5M +79.0% 221 $6,836 $3.3M

5 Jan 23-25 13 $2.1M +35.8% 330 $6,219 $6.0M

6 Jan 30-Feb 1 11 $3.4M +64.2% 668 $5,044 $10.5M

7 Feb 6-8 9 $3.5M +4.3% 892 $3,939 $15.3M

8 Feb 13-15 11 $3.2M −7.9% 1,093 $2,962 $19.8M

9 Feb 20-22 12 $2.5M −21.7% 1,087 $2,333 $23.8M

10 Feb 27-29 13 $2.0M −20.9% 968 $2,073 $26.8M

11 Mar 5-7 10 $2.1M +5.9% 1,082 $1,963 $30.0M

12 Mar 12-14 15 $1.4M −34.8% 1,012 $1,369 $32.1M

13 Mar 19-21 16 $676.9K −51.2% 814 $832 $33.4M

14 Mar 26-28 21 $274.9K −59.4% 574 $479 $34.0M

15 Apr 2-4 31 $112.0K −59.3% 351 $319 $34.2M

16 Apr 9-11 54 $47.0K −58.0% 111 $424 $34.3M

17 Apr 16-18 52 $34.6K −26.4% 85 $407 $34.3M

18 Apr 23-25 58 $28.7K −17.0% 66 $435 $34.4M

19 Apr 30-May 2 80 $17.1K −40.3% 66 $260 $34.4M

20 May 7-9 78 $10.9K −36.4% 35 $311 $34.4M

21 May 14-16 96 $8.3K −23.9% 30 $277 $34.4M

22 May 21-23 96 $7.9K −4.6% 22 $360 $34.5M

23 May 28-30 119 $4.2K −47.3% 20 $208 $34.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Mon Jan 19 #16 $294.3K — $3.6M 221 $1,332 25

Mon Jan 26 #10 $278.0K — −5.5% $6.3M 330 $842 32

Tue Jan 27 #9 $295.0K +6.1% $6.6M 330 $894 33

Wed Jan 28 #10 $311.0K +5.4% $6.9M 330 $942 34

Sat Jan 31 #11 $1.6M — $9.8M 668 $2,469 37

Sun Feb 1 #9 $699.7K −57.6% $10.5M 668 $1,047 38

Mon Feb 2 #5 $359.0K −48.7% +29.1% $10.8M 668 $537 39

Tue Feb 3 #5 $384.0K +7.0% +30.2% $11.2M 668 $575 40

Wed Feb 4 #6 $340.0K −11.5% +9.3% $11.5M 668 $509 41

Thu Feb 5 #7 $299.0K −12.1% $11.8M 668 $448 42

Fri Feb 6 #8 $900.0K +201.0% $12.7M 890 $1,011 43

Sat Feb 7 #9 $1.6M +78.4% −2.7% $14.3M 892 $1,800 44

Sun Feb 8 #9 $986.6K −38.6% +41.0% $15.3M 892 $1,106 45

Mon Feb 9 #6 $318.0K −67.8% −11.4% $15.6M 892 $357 46

Tue Feb 10 #5 $367.0K +15.4% −4.4% $16.0M 892 $411 47

Wed Feb 11 #5 $318.0K −13.4% −6.5% $16.3M 892 $357 48

Thu Feb 12 #7 $283.0K −11.0% −5.4% $16.5M 892 $317 49

Fri Feb 13 #10 $700.0K +147.3% −22.2% $17.3M 892 $785 50

Sat Feb 14 #11 $1.4M +105.3% −10.5% $18.7M 1,093 $1,315 51

Sun Feb 15 #10 $1.1M −25.9% +7.9% $19.8M 1,093 $974 52

Mon Feb 16 #10 $572.3K −46.2% +80.0% $20.3M 1,093 $524 53

Tue Feb 17 #5 $380.0K −33.6% +3.5% $20.7M 1,093 $348 54

Wed Feb 18 #5 $330.0K −13.2% +3.8% $21.0M 1,093 $302 55

Thu Feb 19 #8 $270.0K −18.2% −4.6% $21.3M 1,093 $247 56

Fri Feb 20 #11 $700.0K +159.3% +0.0% $22.0M 1,087 $644 57

Mon Feb 23 #7 $287.0K — −49.9% $24.1M 1,087 $264 60

Tue Feb 24 #5 $334.0K +16.4% −12.1% $24.4M 1,087 $307 61

Wed Feb 25 #8 $284.0K −15.0% −13.9% $24.7M 1,087 $261 62

Thu Feb 26 #8 $227.0K −20.1% −15.9% $24.8M 1,067 $213 63

Mon Mar 1 #6 $284.0K — −1.0% $27.1M 968 $293 67

Tue Mar 2 #5 $353.0K +24.3% +5.7% $27.5M 968 $365 68

Wed Mar 3 #6 $293.0K −17.0% +3.2% $27.7M 968 $303 69

Thu Mar 4 #9 $226.0K −22.9% −0.4% $27.8M 968 $233 70

Fri Mar 5 #10 $600.0K +165.5% $28.4M 1,082 $555 71

Sat Mar 6 #10 $993.3K +65.6% $29.4M 1,082 $918 72

Sun Mar 7 #10 $537.0K −45.9% $30.0M 1,082 $496 73

Mon Mar 8 #7 $218.0K −59.4% −23.2% $30.2M 1,082 $201 74

Tue Mar 9 #6 $254.0K +16.5% −28.0% $30.4M 1,082 $235 75

Wed Mar 10 #6 $239.0K −5.9% −18.4% $30.7M 1,082 $221 76

Thu Mar 11 #9 $175.0K −26.8% −22.6% $30.7M 1,082 $162 77

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

Cumulative total$27.8M

Jan 19Feb 4Feb 12Feb 20Mar 4

Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.0M

$86.8K

$230.6K

$844.0K

$1.5M

$2.1M

$3.4M

$3.5M

$3.2M

$2.5M

$2.0M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,093 → 968 −11.4%

221 open968 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −20.9%

+165.6%

W1→2

+265.9%

W2→3

+79.0%

W3→4

+35.8%

W4→5

+64.2%

W5→6

+4.3%

W6→7

−7.9%

W7→8

−21.7%

W8→9

−20.9%

W9→10

Steepest −21.7%Biggest gain +265.9%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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