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Persepolis

2007 PG-13 1h 35m Animation, Biography, Drama Sony Pictures Classics

The film Iran didn't want the world to see.

Persepolis Box Office

Opening Weekend
$88.8K
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$4.4M
Final
Worldwide Total
$25.4M
$21M international
Domestic Legs50.0x
Budget$7.3M
Compare with other movies
Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Dec 28-30 37 $89K $163K 7 $12.7K 1
Jan 4-6 40 $77K -13.5% $314K 7 $11.0K 2
Jan 11-13 28 $187K +142.9% $540K 18 $10.4K 3
Jan 18-20 30 $243K +30.0% $871K 30 $8.1K 4
Jan 25-27 32 $343K +41.1% $1.34M 58 $5.9K 5
Feb 1-3 30 $342K -0.1% $1.81M 100 $3.4K 6
Feb 8-10 28 $380K +11.1% $2.32M 125 $3.0K 7
Feb 15-17 25 $411K +8.1% $2.87M 211 $1.9K 8
Feb 22-24 29 $387K -5.8% $3.45M 536 $723 9
Feb 29-Mar 2 38 $153K -60.5% $3.78M 165 $928 10
Mar 7-9 42 $82K -46.6% $3.93M 77 $1.1K 11
Mar 14-16 49 $53K -35.2% $4.02M 60 $883 12
Mar 21-23 53 $45K -15.7% $4.10M 57 $784 13
Mar 28-30 63 $28K -37.2% $4.16M 39 $720 14
Apr 4-6 69 $24K -16.2% $4.20M 30 $784 15
Apr 11-13 46 $83K +251.0% $4.29M 147 $561 16
Apr 18-20 66 $26K -69.1% $4.36M 46 $554 17
Apr 25-27 73 $19K -26.1% $4.40M 23 $820 18
May 2-4 75 $10K -47.4% $4.42M 27 $367 19
May 9-11 91 $6K -43.4% $4.44M 15 $374 20
May 16-18 92 $4K -29.5% $4.44M 5 $791 21

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

Cast & Crew

Directed byMarjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud
ScreenplayMarjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud
Produced byXavier Rigault, Marc-Antoine Robert
Music byOlivier Bernet
StarringChiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Danielle Darrieux, Simon Abkarian, Gabrielle Lopes Benites
Studio2.4.7. Films / Sony Pictures Classics

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