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2007 • R • 1h 25m • Drama, Music, Musical • Fox Searchlight Pictures

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$62K

Limited · 2 theaters

Domestic total

$9.45M

Final

Worldwide total

$22.96M

$13.52M international

Domestic legs17.4x from $543K biggest weekend

Budget$160K

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Cast & crew

Directed byJohn Carney ScreenplayJohn Carney Produced byMartina Niland CinematographyTim Fleming MusicGlen Hansard, Markéta Irglová Prod. DesignTamara Conboy StarringGlen Hansard, Markéta Irglová, Hugh Walsh, Gerard Hendrick, Alaistair Foley, Geoff Minogue StudioFox Searchlight Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 18-20 44 $61.9K — 2 $30,951 $71.5K

2 May 25-27 19 $332.1K +436.6% 20 $16,607 $436.9K

3 Jun 1-3 14 $434.9K +30.9% 60 $7,249 $1.1M

4 Jun 8-10 12 $494.3K +13.7% 95 $5,204 $1.7M

5 Jun 15-17 13 $543.3K +9.9% 120 $4,528 $2.5M

6 Jun 22-24 16 $474.1K −12.7% 126 $3,763 $3.2M

7 Jun 29-Jul 1 19 $381.3K −19.6% 128 $2,979 $3.8M

8 Jul 6-8 18 $439.6K +15.3% 132 $3,331 $4.6M

9 Jul 13-15 22 $326.7K −25.7% 116 $2,816 $5.1M

10 Jul 20-22 24 $288.1K −11.8% 112 $2,572 $5.5M

11 Jul 27-29 24 $341.7K +18.6% 131 $2,609 $6.1M

12 Aug 3-5 25 $284.1K −16.9% 140 $2,029 $6.5M

13 Aug 10-12 26 $259.9K −8.5% 124 $2,096 $7.0M

14 Aug 17-19 28 $203.1K −21.9% 105 $1,934 $7.3M

15 Aug 24-26 31 $215.8K +6.3% 111 $1,944 $7.6M

16 Aug 31-Sep 2 31 $296.2K +37.3% 150 $1,975 $8.0M

17 Sep 7-9 28 $218.4K −26.3% 141 $1,549 $8.4M

18 Sep 14-16 32 $203.8K −6.7% 136 $1,498 $8.7M

19 Sep 21-23 39 $141.8K −30.4% 112 $1,266 $8.9M

20 Sep 28-30 40 $98.9K −30.3% 81 $1,221 $9.1M

21 Oct 5-7 45 $69.9K −29.3% 65 $1,075 $9.2M

22 Oct 12-14 53 $46.9K −33.0% 57 $822 $9.3M

23 Oct 19-21 68 $23.1K −50.7% 25 $924 $9.3M

24 Oct 26-28 72 $13.0K −43.6% 25 $521 $9.4M

25 Nov 2-4 75 $11.3K −13.0% 9 $1,260 $9.4M

26 Nov 9-11 73 $12.5K +10.4% 11 $1,138 $9.4M

27 Nov 16-18 82 $4.4K −64.7% 7 $631 $9.4M

28 Nov 23-25 70 $5.3K +19.1% 5 $1,052 $9.4M

29 Nov 30-Dec 2 66 $6.0K +14.4% 11 $547 $9.4M

30 Dec 7-9 84 $3.6K −39.6% 12 $303 $9.4M

31 Dec 14-16 74 $3.4K −5.8% 10 $342 $9.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed May 16 $4.3K — $4.3K 2 $2,140 -2

Thu May 17 #22 $5.3K +23% $9.6K 2 $2,642 -1

Fri May 18 $15.8K — $25.4K 2 $7,894 1

Sat May 19 $25.4K +61% $50.8K 2 $12,712 2

Sun May 20 $20.7K −19% $71.5K 2 $10,345 3

Mon May 21 $8.8K −57% $80.3K 2 $4,416 4

Tue May 22 $7.9K −11% $88.2K 2 $3,938 5

Wed May 23 $8.4K +7% $96.6K 2 $4,217 6

Thu May 24 $8.2K −3% $104.8K 2 $4,096 7

Fri May 25 $75.4K +821% +378% $180.2K 20 $3,772 8

Sat May 26 $136.1K +80% +435% $316.3K 20 $6,804 9

Sun May 27 $120.6K −11% +483% $436.9K 20 $6,031 10

Mon May 28 #16 $103.8K −14% +1076% $540.8K 20 $5,191 11

Tue May 29 $28.1K −73% +257% $568.8K 20 $1,405 12

Wed May 30 $28.0K −0% +232% $596.9K 20 $1,400 13

Thu May 31 $30.3K +8% +270% $627.1K 20 $1,513 14

Fri Jun 1 $111.6K +269% +48% $738.8K 60 $1,861 15

Sat Jun 2 $192.1K +72% +41% $930.9K 60 $3,202 16

Sun Jun 3 $131.1K −32% +9% $1.1M 60 $2,186 17

Mon Jun 4 $45.4K −65% −56% $1.1M 60 $757 18

Tue Jun 5 $46.9K +3% +67% $1.2M 60 $782 19

Wed Jun 6 $45.6K −3% +63% $1.2M 60 $761 20

Thu Jun 7 $45.2K −1% +49% $1.2M 60 $754 21

Fri Jun 8 #12 $129.5K +186% +16% $1.4M 95 $1,363 22

Sat Jun 9 #10 $230.9K +78% +20% $1.6M 95 $2,431 23

Sun Jun 10 #11 $133.9K −42% +2% $1.7M 95 $1,409 24

Mon Jun 11 #12 $52.9K −60% +16% $1.8M 95 $557 25

Tue Jun 12 #11 $54.8K +4% +17% $1.8M 95 $577 26

Wed Jun 13 #11 $55.5K +1% +22% $1.9M 95 $584 27

Thu Jun 14 #11 $57.3K +3% +27% $2.0M 95 $603 28

Fri Jun 15 $141.8K +148% +10% $2.1M 120 $1,182 29

Sat Jun 16 $242.3K +71% +5% $2.3M 120 $2,019 30

Sun Jun 17 $159.2K −34% +19% $2.5M 120 $1,327 31

Mon Jun 18 $58.7K −63% +11% $2.6M 120 $489 32

Tue Jun 19 $63.6K +8% +16% $2.6M 120 $530 33

Wed Jun 20 $63.8K +0% +15% $2.7M 120 $532 34

Thu Jun 21 $63.3K −1% +11% $2.8M 120 $528 35

Fri Jun 22 $130.4K +106% −8% $2.9M 126 $1,035 36

Sat Jun 23 $208.0K +60% −14% $3.1M 126 $1,651 37

Sun Jun 24 $135.8K −35% −15% $3.2M 126 $1,078 38

Mon Jun 25 $55.8K −59% −5% $3.3M 126 $443 39

Tue Jun 26 $60.1K +8% −5% $3.3M 126 $477 40

Wed Jun 27 $59.4K −1% −7% $3.4M 125 $476 41

Thu Jun 28 $58.9K −1% −7% $3.5M 125 $471 42

Fri Jun 29 $104.7K +78% −20% $3.6M 128 $818 43

Sat Jun 30 $163.8K +57% −21% $3.7M 128 $1,280 44

Sun Jul 1 $112.9K −31% −17% $3.8M 128 $882 45

Mon Jul 2 $52.2K −54% −6% $3.9M 128 $408 46

Tue Jul 3 $64.8K +24% +8% $4.0M 113 $574 47

Wed Jul 4 $104.9K +62% +77% $4.1M 113 $929 48

Thu Jul 5 $59.6K −43% +1% $4.1M 113 $527 49

Fri Jul 6 $119.9K +101% +15% $4.2M 132 $908 50

Sat Jul 7 $185.3K +55% +13% $4.4M 132 $1,404 51

Sun Jul 8 $134.5K −27% +19% $4.6M 132 $1,019 52

Mon Jul 9 $49.9K −63% −4% $4.6M 132 $378 53

Tue Jul 10 $49.5K −1% −24% $4.7M 132 $375 54

Wed Jul 11 $47.2K −5% −55% $4.7M 132 $358 55

Thu Jul 12 $45.2K −4% −24% $4.8M 132 $343 56

Fri Jul 13 $86.8K +92% −28% $4.8M 116 $748 57

Sat Jul 14 $143.3K +65% −23% $5.0M 116 $1,236 58

Sun Jul 15 $96.5K −33% −28% $5.1M 116 $832 59

Mon Jul 16 $37.7K −61% −25% $5.1M 116 $325 60

Tue Jul 17 $43.1K +15% −13% $5.2M 116 $372 61

Wed Jul 18 $45.5K +5% −4% $5.2M 116 $392 62

Thu Jul 19 $44.5K −2% −2% $5.3M 116 $384 63

Fri Jul 20 $79.9K +80% −8% $5.3M 112 $714 64

Sat Jul 21 $119.9K +50% −16% $5.5M 112 $1,070 65

Sun Jul 22 $88.3K −26% −9% $5.5M 112 $788 66

Mon Jul 23 $40.3K −54% +7% $5.6M 112 $360 67

Tue Jul 24 $43.8K +9% +2% $5.6M 112 $391 68

Wed Jul 25 $44.3K +1% −3% $5.7M 112 $395 69

Thu Jul 26 $48.6K +10% +9% $5.7M 112 $434 70

Fri Jul 27 $88.6K +82% +11% $5.8M 131 $676 71

Sat Jul 28 $143.7K +62% +20% $6.0M 131 $1,097 72

Sun Jul 29 $109.4K −24% +24% $6.1M 131 $835 73

Mon Jul 30 $43.2K −61% +7% $6.1M 131 $330 74

Tue Jul 31 $46.6K +8% +6% $6.1M 131 $356 75

Wed Aug 1 $46.4K −1% +5% $6.2M 131 $354 76

Thu Aug 2 $49.2K +6% +1% $6.2M 131 $376 77

Fri Aug 3 $76.7K +56% −13% $6.3M 140 $548 78

Sat Aug 4 $123.2K +61% −14% $6.4M 140 $880 79

Sun Aug 5 $84.2K −32% −23% $6.5M 140 $601 80

Mon Aug 6 $40.8K −52% −6% $6.6M 140 $291 81

Tue Aug 7 $41.1K +1% −12% $6.6M 140 $293 82

Wed Aug 8 $47.7K +16% +3% $6.7M 140 $341 83

Thu Aug 9 $45.1K −5% −8% $6.7M 140 $322 84

Fri Aug 10 $74.0K +64% −4% $6.8M 124 $597 85

Sat Aug 11 $107.3K +45% −13% $6.9M 124 $865 86

Sun Aug 12 $78.7K −27% −7% $7.0M 124 $634 87

Mon Aug 13 $33.4K −58% −18% $7.0M 124 $269 88

Tue Aug 14 $35.0K +5% −15% $7.0M 124 $282 89

Wed Aug 15 $35.5K +1% −26% $7.1M 124 $286 90

Thu Aug 16 $38.0K +7% −16% $7.1M 124 $307 91

Fri Aug 17 $50.5K +33% −32% $7.2M 105 $480 92

Sat Aug 18 $84.5K +67% −21% $7.2M 105 $804 93

Sun Aug 19 $68.2K −19% −13% $7.3M 105 $649 94

Mon Aug 20 $26.4K −61% −21% $7.3M 105 $252 95

Tue Aug 21 $25.3K −4% −28% $7.4M 105 $241 96

Wed Aug 22 $26.1K +3% −26% $7.4M 105 $249 97

Thu Aug 23 $26.6K +2% −30% $7.4M 105 $253 98

Fri Aug 24 $59.2K +123% +17% $7.5M 111 $534 99

Sat Aug 25 $96.5K +63% +14% $7.6M 111 $870 100

Sun Aug 26 $60.1K −38% −12% $7.6M 111 $541 101

Mon Aug 27 $21.8K −64% −18% $7.7M 111 $196 102

Tue Aug 28 $24.4K +12% −4% $7.7M 111 $220 103

Wed Aug 29 $22.2K −9% −15% $7.7M 111 $200 104

Thu Aug 30 $22.1K −1% −17% $7.7M 111 $199 105

Fri Aug 31 $72.7K +229% +23% $7.8M 150 $485 106

Sat Sep 1 $114.3K +57% +18% $7.9M 150 $762 107

Sun Sep 2 $109.2K −4% +82% $8.0M 150 $728 108

Mon Sep 3 #27 $96.5K −12% +344% $8.1M 150 $644 109

Tue Sep 4 $22.9K −76% −6% $8.1M 150 $153 110

Wed Sep 5 $25.2K +10% +13% $8.2M 150 $168 111

Thu Sep 6 $28.5K +13% +29% $8.2M 150 $190 112

Fri Sep 7 $60.4K +112% −17% $8.2M 141 $429 113

Sat Sep 8 $102.8K +70% −10% $8.4M 141 $729 114

Sun Sep 9 $55.2K −46% −49% $8.4M 141 $391 115

Mon Sep 10 $22.7K −59% −77% $8.4M 141 $161 116

Tue Sep 11 $21.5K −5% −6% $8.5M 141 $152 117

Wed Sep 12 $23.4K +9% −7% $8.5M 141 $166 118

Thu Sep 13 $24.7K +6% −13% $8.5M 141 $175 119

Fri Sep 14 $56.8K +130% −6% $8.6M 136 $417 120

Sat Sep 15 $96.6K +70% −6% $8.7M 136 $710 121

Sun Sep 16 $50.4K −48% −9% $8.7M 136 $371 122

Mon Sep 17 $17.4K −65% −23% $8.7M 136 $128 123

Tue Sep 18 #17 $21.5K +24% +0% $8.7M 136 $158 124

Wed Sep 19 $21.8K +1% −7% $8.8M 136 $160 125

Thu Sep 20 $21.0K −4% −15% $8.8M 136 $154 126

Fri Sep 21 $40.0K +90% −30% $8.8M 112 $357 127

Sat Sep 22 $65.9K +65% −32% $8.9M 112 $589 128

Sun Sep 23 $35.9K −46% −29% $8.9M 112 $320 129

Mon Sep 24 $13.7K −62% −21% $8.9M 112 $123 130

Tue Sep 25 $15.4K +12% −29% $9.0M 112 $137 131

Wed Sep 26 $15.8K +2% −28% $9.0M 112 $141 132

Thu Sep 27 $17.1K +8% −19% $9.0M 112 $152 133

Fri Sep 28 $28.6K +68% −28% $9.0M 81 $354 134

Sat Sep 29 $45.3K +58% −31% $9.1M 81 $559 135

Sun Sep 30 $25.0K −45% −30% $9.1M 81 $308 136

Mon Oct 1 $8.0K −68% −41% $9.1M 81 $99 137

Tue Oct 2 $10.8K +34% −30% $9.1M 81 $133 138

Wed Oct 3 $11.6K +8% −26% $9.1M 81 $144 139

Thu Oct 4 $11.1K −5% −35% $9.1M 81 $137 140

Fri Oct 5 $18.9K +71% −34% $9.1M 65 $291 141

Sat Oct 6 $32.5K +72% −28% $9.2M 65 $500 142

Sun Oct 7 $18.5K −43% −26% $9.2M 65 $285 143

Mon Oct 8 $11.3K −39% +40% $9.2M 65 $173 144

Tue Oct 9 $7.8K −31% −28% $9.2M 65 $120 145

Wed Oct 10 $8.2K +5% −30% $9.2M 65 $126 146

Thu Oct 11 $9.4K +15% −15% $9.2M 65 $145 147

Fri Oct 12 $15.3K +63% −19% $9.3M 57 $269 148

Sat Oct 13 $19.0K +24% −42% $9.3M 57 $333 149

Sun Oct 14 $12.5K −34% −32% $9.3M 57 $220 150

Mon Oct 15 $4.1K −67% −64% $9.3M 57 $72 151

Tue Oct 16 $4.8K +16% −39% $9.3M 57 $83 152

Wed Oct 17 $9.3K +95% +14% $9.3M 57 $163 153

Thu Oct 18 $7.0K −24% −25% $9.3M 57 $123 154

Fri Oct 19 $7.1K +0% −54% $9.3M 25 $282 155

Sat Oct 20 $10.5K +48% −45% $9.3M 25 $418 156

Sun Oct 21 $5.6K −47% −55% $9.3M 25 $223 157

Mon Oct 22 $2.4K −57% −41% $9.3M 25 $96 158

Tue Oct 23 $2.9K +20% −40% $9.3M 25 $115 159

Wed Oct 24 $3.0K +5% −67% $9.3M 25 $121 160

Thu Oct 25 $2.7K −10% −61% $9.3M 25 $109 161

Fri Oct 26 $3.8K +39% −47% $9.3M 25 $151 162

Sat Oct 27 $6.0K +59% −43% $9.4M 25 $240 163

Sun Oct 28 $3.3K −45% −41% $9.4M 25 $131 164

Mon Oct 29 $2.5K −23% +5% $9.4M 25 $101 165

Tue Oct 30 $2.9K +16% +2% $9.4M 25 $117 166

Wed Oct 31 $2.5K −13% −16% $9.4M 25 $102 167

Thu Nov 1 $3.7K +45% +35% $9.4M 25 $147 168

Fri Nov 2 $2.7K −26% −28% $9.4M 9 $303 169

Sat Nov 3 $4.5K +66% −25% $9.4M 9 $502 170

Sun Nov 4 $4.1K −9% +25% $9.4M 9 $455 171

Mon Nov 5 $1.8K −56% −28% $9.4M 9 $202 172

Tue Nov 6 $1.1K −42% −64% $9.4M 9 $117 173

Wed Nov 7 $1.5K +38% −43% $9.4M 9 $162 174

Thu Nov 8 $2.0K +36% −46% $9.4M 9 $220 175

Fri Nov 9 $3.9K +97% +43% $9.4M 11 $355 176

Sat Nov 10 $5.2K +33% +15% $9.4M 11 $473 177

Sun Nov 11 $3.4K −34% −17% $9.4M 11 $310 178

Mon Nov 12 $1.0K −71% −45% $9.4M 11 $91 179

Tue Nov 13 $1.0K +2% −4% $9.4M 11 $92 180

Wed Nov 14 $1.8K +73% +20% $9.4M 11 $160 181

Thu Nov 15 $1.3K −28% −36% $9.4M 11 $116 182

Fri Nov 16 $1.2K −5% −69% $9.4M 7 $173 183

Sat Nov 17 $1.8K +47% −66% $9.4M 7 $254 184

Sun Nov 18 $1.4K −19% −58% $9.4M 7 $204 185

Mon Nov 19 $398 −72% −60% $9.4M 7 $57 186

Tue Nov 20 $796 +100% −22% $9.4M 7 $114 187

Wed Nov 21 $239 −70% −86% $9.4M 4 $60 188

Thu Nov 22 $204 −15% −84% $9.4M 4 $51 189

Fri Nov 23 $1.9K +838% +58% $9.4M 5 $383 190

Sat Nov 24 $2.0K +3% +11% $9.4M 5 $394 191

Sun Nov 25 $1.4K −30% −4% $9.4M 5 $275 192

Mon Nov 26 $265 −81% −33% $9.4M 5 $53 193

Tue Nov 27 $748 +182% −6% $9.4M 5 $150 194

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

Cumulative total$5.7M

May 16Jun 3Jun 21Jul 8Jul 26

Weekend grossWk 10 · $288.1K

$61.9K

$332.1K

$434.9K

$494.3K

$543.3K

$474.1K

$381.3K

$439.6K

$326.7K

$288.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 132 → 112 −15.2%

2 open112 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −11.8%

+436.6%

W1→2

+30.9%

W2→3

+13.7%

W3→4

+9.9%

W4→5

−12.7%

W5→6

−19.6%

W6→7

+15.3%

W7→8

−25.7%

W8→9

−11.8%

W9→10

Steepest −25.7%Biggest gain +436.6%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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