Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang backdrop

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Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang

2010 • PG • 1h 49m • Comedy, Family, Fantasy • Three Strange Angels

The magic's back, warts and all.

🍅 76% 55%

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3.13

6.1

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$8.4M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$29.2M

Final

Worldwide Total

$97.8M

$68.6M international

Domestic Legs3.5x

Budget$35M

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Cast & Crew

Emma Thompson Starring

Asa Butterfield

Asa Butterfield Starring

Ralph Fiennes Starring

Maggie Gyllenhaal

Maggie Gyllenhaal Starring

ScreenplayEmma Thompson Produced byTim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lindsay Doran CinematographyMike Eley MusicJames Newton Howard StudioThree Strange Angels

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 20-22 8 $8.4M — 2,784 $3,020 $8.4M

2 Aug 27-29 8 $4.7M −43.9% 2,798 $1,685 $17.0M

3 Sep 3-5 10 $3.5M −25.0% 2,708 $1,305 $22.4M

4 Sep 10-12 11 $2.1M −41.1% 2,364 $880 $26.3M

5 Sep 17-19 15 $969.3K −53.4% 1,588 $610 $27.6M

6 Sep 24-26 18 $394.3K −59.3% 765 $515 $28.2M

7 Oct 1-3 26 $218.9K −44.5% 481 $455 $28.5M

8 Oct 8-10 29 $149.4K −31.7% 318 $470 $28.7M

9 Oct 15-17 38 $102.4K −31.5% 205 $500 $28.9M

10 Oct 22-24 38 $76.5K −25.4% 150 $510 $29.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Aug 20 #8 $2.7M — $2.7M 2,784 $960 1

Sat Aug 21 #8 $3.2M +20.8% $5.9M 2,784 $1,160 2

Sun Aug 22 #7 $2.5M −22.4% $8.4M 2,784 $900 3

Mon Aug 23 #6 $1.1M −56.7% $9.5M 2,784 $390 4

Tue Aug 24 #5 $1.2M +11.6% $10.7M 2,784 $435 5

Wed Aug 25 #4 $890.5K −26.5% $11.6M 2,784 $320 6

Thu Aug 26 #8 $681.9K −23.4% $12.3M 2,784 $245 7

Fri Aug 27 #9 $1.3M +94.9% −50.3% $13.6M 2,798 $475 8

Sat Aug 28 #8 $2.0M +53.7% −36.8% $15.6M 2,798 $730 9

Sun Aug 29 #6 $1.3M −34.3% −46.4% $17.0M 2,798 $480 10

Mon Aug 30 #9 $433.8K −67.7% −60.0% $17.4M 2,798 $155 11

Tue Aug 31 #7 $588.0K +35.6% −51.5% $18.0M 2,798 $210 12

Wed Sep 1 #9 $433.2K −26.3% −51.3% $18.4M 2,798 $155 13

Thu Sep 2 #9 $419.7K −3.1% −38.5% $18.9M 2,798 $150 14

Fri Sep 3 #10 $880.1K +109.7% −33.8% $19.7M 2,708 $325 15

Sat Sep 4 #10 $1.4M +58.5% −31.7% $21.1M 2,708 $515 16

Sun Sep 5 #10 $1.3M −9.7% −6.2% $22.4M 2,708 $465 17

Mon Sep 6 #10 $1.3M +1.1% +193.4% $23.7M 2,708 $470 18

Tue Sep 7 #13 $176.0K −86.2% −70.1% $23.8M 2,708 $65 19

Wed Sep 8 #13 $135.4K −23.0% −68.7% $24.0M 2,708 $50 20

Thu Sep 9 #11 $216.6K +59.9% −48.4% $24.2M 2,708 $80 21

Fri Sep 10 #12 $449.2K +107.3% −49.0% $24.6M 2,364 $190 22

Sat Sep 11 #11 $981.1K +118.4% −29.7% $25.6M 2,364 $415 23

Sun Sep 12 #11 $650.1K −33.7% −48.4% $26.3M 2,364 $275 24

Mon Sep 13 #12 $82.7K −87.3% −93.5% $26.4M 2,364 $35 25

Tue Sep 14 #12 $107.5K +29.9% −38.9% $26.5M 2,364 $45 26

Wed Sep 15 #12 $82.7K −23.0% −38.9% $26.6M 2,364 $35 27

Thu Sep 16 #12 $94.6K +14.3% −56.4% $26.6M 2,364 $40 28

Fri Sep 17 #16 $223.0K +135.8% −50.4% $26.9M 1,588 $140 29

Sat Sep 18 #15 $452.6K +103.0% −53.9% $27.3M 1,588 $285 30

Sun Sep 19 #14 $293.8K −35.1% −54.8% $27.6M 1,588 $185 31

Mon Sep 20 — $47.6K −83.8% −42.4% $27.7M 1,588 $30 32

Tue Sep 21 — $55.6K +16.6% −48.3% $27.7M 1,588 $35 33

Wed Sep 22 — $55.5K −0.1% −32.9% $27.8M 1,588 $35 34

Thu Sep 23 — $55.3K −0.3% −41.5% $27.8M 1,588 $35 35

Fri Sep 24 — $95.6K +72.8% −57.1% $27.9M 765 $125 36

Sat Sep 25 #17 $183.6K +92.0% −59.4% $28.1M 765 $240 37

Sun Sep 26 — $115.0K −37.3% −60.8% $28.2M 765 $150 38

Mon Sep 27 — $19.1K −83.4% −59.9% $28.2M 765 $25 39

Tue Sep 28 — $19.1K −0.4% −65.7% $28.3M 765 $25 40

Wed Sep 29 — $18.8K −1.3% −66.1% $28.3M 765 $25 41

Thu Sep 30 — $18.9K +0.6% −65.8% $28.3M 765 $25 42

Fri Oct 1 — $55.3K +192.5% −42.2% $28.4M 481 $115 43

Sat Oct 2 — $101.0K +82.6% −45.0% $28.5M 481 $210 44

Sun Oct 3 — $62.5K −38.1% −45.6% $28.5M 481 $130 45

Mon Oct 4 — $14.4K −76.9% −24.5% $28.5M 481 $30 46

Tue Oct 5 — $14.2K −1.4% −25.3% $28.5M 481 $30 47

Wed Oct 6 — $12.0K −15.5% −36.0% $28.6M 481 $25 48

Thu Oct 7 — $14.4K +19.7% −23.9% $28.6M 481 $30 49

Fri Oct 8 — $42.9K +197.9% −22.5% $28.6M 318 $135 50

Sat Oct 9 — $65.2K +52.0% −35.5% $28.7M 318 $205 51

Sun Oct 10 — $41.3K −36.6% −33.9% $28.7M 318 $130 52

Mon Oct 11 — $30.2K −26.9% +109.4% $28.8M 318 $95 53

Tue Oct 12 — $11.3K −62.7% −20.9% $28.8M 318 $35 54

Wed Oct 13 — $9.5K −15.2% −20.7% $28.8M 318 $30 55

Thu Oct 14 — $14.3K +50.0% −0.6% $28.8M 318 $45 56

Fri Oct 15 — $28.8K +101.0% −32.9% $28.8M 205 $140 57

Sat Oct 16 — $45.0K +56.6% −30.9% $28.9M 205 $220 58

Sun Oct 17 — $28.6K −36.5% −30.8% $28.9M 205 $140 59

Mon Oct 18 — $6.2K −78.2% −79.3% $28.9M 205 $30 60

Tue Oct 19 — $7.2K +14.9% −36.3% $28.9M 205 $35 61

Wed Oct 20 — $5.1K −28.6% −46.3% $28.9M 205 $25 62

Thu Oct 21 — $7.3K +41.9% −49.2% $28.9M 205 $35 63

Fri Oct 22 — $18.8K +157.9% −34.8% $28.9M 150 $125 64

Sat Oct 23 — $33.8K +80.1% −25.0% $29.0M 150 $225 65

Sun Oct 24 — $23.9K −29.1% −16.3% $29.0M 150 $160 66

Mon Oct 25 — $3.8K −84.3% −40.0% $29.0M 150 $25 67

Tue Oct 26 — $3.8K +0.4% −47.5% $29.0M 150 $25 68

Wed Oct 27 — $3.7K −0.8% −27.1% $29.0M 150 $25 69

Thu Oct 28 — $4.5K +20.9% −37.9% $29.0M 150 $30 70

Cumulative total$29.0M

Aug 20Sep 6Sep 24Oct 11Oct 28

Weekend grossWk 10 · $76.5K

$8.4M

$4.7M

$3.5M

$2.1M

$969.3K

$394.3K

$218.9K

$149.4K

$102.4K

$76.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,798 → 150 −94.6%

2,784 open150 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −25.4%

−43.9%

W1→2

−25.0%

W2→3

−41.1%

W3→4

−53.4%

W4→5

−59.3%

W5→6

−44.5%

W6→7

−31.7%

W7→8

−31.5%

W8→9

−25.4%

W9→10

Steepest −59.3%Best hold −25.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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