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Monster's Ball

2001 • R • 1h 51m • Drama, Romance • Lionsgate

A lifetime of change can happen in a single moment.

🍅 85% 67% MC 69 LB 3.30 IMDb 7.0

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$2.3M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$31.3M
Final
Worldwide Total
$45.0M
$13.7M international
Domestic Legs13.5x
Budget$4.0M
2002 Rank#86
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Cast & Crew

Full Forster filmography
Marc Forster Marc Forster Director Billy Bob Thornton Billy Bob Thornton Starring Halle Berry Halle Berry Starring Heath Ledger Heath Ledger Starring Peter Boyle Peter Boyle Starring
ScreenplayMilo Addica, Will Rokos Produced byLee Daniels CinematographyRoberto Schaefer Music byAsche & Spencer StudioLionsgate
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Dec 28-Jan 1 New Year's 28 $174.1K — 7 $24,872 $217.5K
2 Jan 4-6 28 $133.2K −23.5% 8 $16,651 $385.7K
3 Jan 11-13 30 $130.0K −2.4% 8 $16,243 $579.3K
4 Jan 18-21 MLK 30 $198.9K +53.1% 11 $18,083 $837.2K
5 Jan 25-27 30 $194.0K −2.5% 17 $11,410 $1.1M
6 Feb 1-3 27 $314.4K +62.1% 29 $10,842 $1.5M
7 Feb 8-10 12 $2.3M +638.2% 342 $6,787 $3.9M
8 Feb 15-18 Presidents' Day 16 $3.2M +38.6% 473 $6,801 $8.1M
9 Feb 22-24 17 $2.1M −34.8% 554 $3,786 $10.8M
10 Mar 1-3 17 $1.8M −14.2% 660 $2,727 $13.2M
11 Mar 8-10 14 $1.7M −7.6% 696 $2,390 $15.5M
12 Mar 15-17 15 $1.3M −19.8% 609 $2,190 $17.5M
13 Mar 22-24 15 $1.6M +16.7% 543 $2,868 $19.7M
14 Mar 29-31 15 $2.1M +32.3% 676 $3,047 $22.9M
15 Apr 5-7 16 $1.5M −27.9% 714 $2,079 $25.2M
16 Apr 12-14 16 $1.0M −29.9% 594 $1,751 $26.7M
17 Apr 19-21 16 $793.1K −23.8% 488 $1,625 $28.1M
18 Apr 26-28 20 $595.2K −25.0% 414 $1,437 $29.3M
19 May 3-5 24 $393.1K −34.0% 323 $1,217 $30.1M
20 May 10-12 26 $308.4K −21.6% 251 $1,228 $30.6M
21 May 17-19 29 $144.6K −53.1% 206 $701 $31.0M
22 May 24-27 Memorial Day 35 $83.5K −42.3% 107 $780 $31.2M
23 May 31-Jun 2 34 $48.3K −42.2% 75 $643 $31.3M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.8M
$174.1K
$133.2K
$130.0K
$198.9K
$194.0K
$314.4K
$2.3M
$3.2M
$2.1M
$1.8M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −14.2%
−23.5%
W1→2
−2.4%
W2→3
+53.1%
W3→4
−2.5%
W4→5
+62.1%
W5→6
+638.2%
W6→7
+38.6%
W7→8
−34.8%
W8→9
−14.2%
W9→10
Steepest −34.8%Biggest gain +638.2%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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