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Moulin Rouge!

2001 • PG-13 • 2h 7m • Drama, Musical, Romance • 20th Century Fox

No laws. No limits. One rule. Never fall in love.

🍅 75% 89%

66

3.80

7.6

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$13.7M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$57.4M

Final

Worldwide Total

$179M

$122M international

Domestic Legs4.18x

Budget$50.0M

2001 Rank#43

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Cast & Crew

Full Luhrmann filmography

Baz Luhrmann Director

Ewan McGregor Starring

Nicole Kidman Starring

John Leguizamo Starring

Jim Broadbent Starring

ScreenplayBaz Luhrmann, Craig Pearce Produced byMartin Brown, Baz Luhrmann, Fred Baron CinematographyDonald M. McAlpine MusicCraig Armstrong Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 1-3 4 $13.7M — 2,279 $6,019 $14.4M

2 Jun 8-10 6 $7.6M −44.2% 2,283 $3,350 $27.6M

3 Jun 15-17 8 $5.0M −34.2% 2,084 $2,413 $36.6M

4 Jun 22-24 8 $3.9M −23.4% 1,585 $2,430 $43.4M

5 Jun 29-Jul 1 11 $2.4M −36.5% 1,271 $1,925 $48.0M

6 Jul 6-8 14 $1.4M −44.7% 648 $2,087 $51.0M

7 Jul 13-15 17 $753.3K −44.3% 492 $1,531 $52.5M

8 Jul 20-22 18 $410.4K −45.5% 369 $1,112 $53.3M

9 Jul 27-29 21 $363.8K −11.4% 356 $1,021 $54.0M

10 Aug 3-5 22 $307.1K −15.6% 291 $1,055 $54.6M

11 Aug 10-12 22 $258.7K −15.8% 312 $829 $55.1M

12 Aug 17-19 26 $202.8K −21.6% 250 $811 $55.5M

13 Aug 24-26 35 $128.5K −36.6% 173 $742 $55.8M

14 Aug 31-Sep 2 18 $176.7K +37.5% 154 $1,147 $56.0M

15 Sep 7-9 40 $110.8K −37.3% 122 $908 $56.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Mon May 21 #17 $35.2K — $202.7K 2 $17,592 4

Tue May 22 #15 $37.1K +5% $239.8K 2 $18,558 5

Wed May 23 #14 $37.5K +1% $277.3K 2 $18,746 6

Sun May 27 #20 $71.0K — $510.6K 2 $35,500 10

Mon May 28 #21 $71.5K +1% +103% $582.1K 2 $35,736 11

Tue May 29 #15 $30.4K −57% −18% $612.6K 2 $15,221 12

Wed May 30 #15 $32.5K +7% −13% $645.0K 2 $16,226 13

Fri Jun 1 #4 $4.6M — $5.2M 2,279 $2,005 15

Sat Jun 2 #4 $5.7M +25% $11.0M 2,279 $2,508 16

Sun Jun 3 #4 $3.5M −39% +4,841% $14.4M 2,279 $1,539 17

Mon Jun 4 #4 $1.4M −60% +1,849% $15.8M 2,279 $611 18

Tue Jun 5 #4 $1.6M +13% +5,055% $17.4M 2,279 $688 19

Wed Jun 6 #4 $1.3M −16% +3,984% $18.7M 2,279 $581 20

Thu Jun 7 #4 $1.2M −7% $19.9M 2,279 $543 21

Fri Jun 8 #6 $2.4M +97% −47% $22.4M 2,283 $1,066 22

Sat Jun 9 #6 $3.2M +32% −44% $25.6M 2,283 $1,405 23

Sun Jun 10 #6 $2.0M −36% −42% $27.6M 2,283 $892 24

Mon Jun 11 #6 $967.8K −53% −31% $28.5M 2,283 $423 25

Tue Jun 12 #5 $1.1M +18% −27% $29.7M 2,283 $499 26

Wed Jun 13 #5 $955.7K −16% −28% $30.6M 2,283 $418 27

Thu Jun 14 #5 $967.0K +1% −22% $31.6M 2,283 $423 28

Fri Jun 15 #8 $1.6M +61% −36% $33.2M 2,091 $744 29

Sat Jun 16 #8 $2.1M +35% −34% $35.3M 2,091 $1,006 30

Sun Jun 17 #8 $1.3M −39% −37% $36.6M 2,084 $617 31

Mon Jun 18 #8 $655.9K −49% −32% $37.3M 2,084 $314 32

Tue Jun 19 #7 $801.3K +22% −30% $38.1M 2,084 $384 33

Wed Jun 20 #7 $731.3K −9% −23% $38.8M 2,084 $350 34

Thu Jun 21 #7 $763.4K +4% −21% $39.6M 2,084 $366 35

Fri Jun 22 #9 $1.1M +46% −29% $40.7M 1,592 $698 36

Sat Jun 23 #8 $1.6M +45% −23% $42.3M 1,592 $1,012 37

Sun Jun 24 #8 $1.0M −37% −21% $43.4M 1,585 $642 38

Mon Jun 25 #8 $501.7K −51% −24% $43.9M 1,585 $316 39

Tue Jun 26 #8 $592.9K +18% −26% $44.5M 1,585 $374 40

Wed Jun 27 #9 $528.6K −11% −28% $45.1M 1,585 $333 41

Thu Jun 28 #9 $519.4K −2% −32% $45.6M 1,585 $327 42

Sun Jul 1 #11 $748.0K — −27% $48.0M 1,271 $588 45

Mon Jul 2 #11 $388.9K −48% −22% $48.4M 1,271 $305 46

Tue Jul 3 #11 $501.3K +29% −15% $48.9M 1,271 $394 47

Wed Jul 4 #13 $502.0K n/c −5% $49.4M 1,271 $394 48

Thu Jul 5 #13 $278.4K −45% −46% $49.6M 1,271 $219 49

Sun Jul 8 #14 $401.0K — −46% $51.0M 648 $618 52

Mon Jul 9 #14 $166.5K −58% −57% $51.1M 648 $256 53

Tue Jul 10 #14 $223.1K +34% −55% $51.3M 648 $344 54

Wed Jul 11 #15 $192.8K −14% −62% $51.5M 648 $297 55

Thu Jul 12 #15 $180.4K −6% −35% $51.7M 648 $278 56

Sun Jul 15 #17 $210.0K — −48% $52.5M 494 $425 59

Mon Jul 16 #16 $113.0K −46% −32% $52.6M 494 $228 60

Tue Jul 17 #16 $150.0K +33% −33% $52.7M 494 $303 61

Wed Jul 18 #17 $105.6K −30% −45% $52.8M 494 $213 62

Thu Jul 19 #17 $98.5K −7% −45% $52.9M 494 $199 63

Mon Jul 23 #17 $71.2K — −37% $53.4M 379 $187 67

Tue Jul 24 #17 $93.1K +31% −38% $53.5M 379 $245 68

Wed Jul 25 #17 $79.2K −15% −25% $53.6M 379 $209 69

Thu Jul 26 #17 $77.0K −3% −22% $53.7M 379 $203 70

Sun Jul 29 #20 $107.0K — $54.0M 356 $300 73

Mon Jul 30 #19 $65.4K −39% −8% $54.1M 356 $183 74

Tue Jul 31 #18 $74.6K +14% −20% $54.2M 356 $209 75

Wed Aug 1 #19 $66.4K −11% −16% $54.2M 356 $186 76

Thu Aug 2 #19 $68.3K +3% −11% $54.3M 356 $191 77

Tue Aug 7 #19 $58.8K — −21% $54.7M 291 $202 82

Wed Aug 8 #20 $56.2K −4% −15% $54.8M 291 $192 83

Mon Aug 13 #20 $44.1K — $55.1M 312 $141 88

Tue Aug 14 #17 $57.2K +30% −3% $55.2M 312 $183 89

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

Cumulative total$53.7M

May 21Jun 7Jun 21Jul 8Jul 26

Weekend grossWk 10 · $307.1K

$13.7M

$7.6M

$5.0M

$3.9M

$2.4M

$1.4M

$753.3K

$410.4K

$363.8K

$307.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,283 → 379 −83.4%

2 open379 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −15.6%

−44.2% W1→2

−34.2% W2→3

−23.4% W3→4

−36.5% W4→5

−44.7% W5→6

−44.3% W6→7

−45.5% W7→8

−11.4% W8→9

−15.6% W9→10

Steepest −45.5%Best hold −11.4%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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