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Philomena

2013 • PG-13 • 1h 38m • Drama • The Weinstein Company

These two unlikely companions are on a journey to find her long lost son.

🍅 91% 89%

77

3.72

7.6

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$128K

Limited · 4 theaters

Domestic Total

$37.7M

Final

Worldwide Total

$99.0M

$61.3M international

Domestic Legs10.3x

Budget$12.0M

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Cast & Crew

Full Frears filmography

Stephen Frears Director

Judi Dench Starring

Steve Coogan Starring

Mare Winningham

Mare Winningham Starring

ScreenplaySteve Coogan, Jeff Pope Based on the book byMartin Sixsmith Produced byGabrielle Tana, Steve Coogan, Tracey Seaward CinematographyRobbie Ryan Music byAlexandre Desplat StudioThe Weinstein Company

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 22-24 25 $128.4K — 4 $32,109 $128.4K

2 Nov 29-Dec 1 8 $3.7M +2762.1% 753 $4,882 $4.6M

3 Dec 6-8 9 $2.2M −40.3% 753 $2,915 $8.2M

4 Dec 13-15 8 $1.8M −17.1% 835 $2,180 $11.1M

5 Dec 20-22 10 $1.2M −33.5% 738 $1,640 $13.3M

6 Dec 27-29 15 $1.8M +46.0% 727 $2,431 $16.4M

7 Jan 3-5 14 $1.4M −18.4% 607 $2,377 $19.6M

8 Jan 10-12 18 $1.4M −4.0% 607 $2,282 $21.9M

9 Jan 17-19 20 $1.3M −8.9% 505 $2,498 $24.0M

10 Jan 24-26 20 $1.1M −14.7% 505 $2,131 $25.8M

11 Jan 31-Feb 2 20 $965.1K −10.3% 567 $1,702 $27.4M

12 Feb 7-9 17 $797.7K −17.4% 504 $1,583 $28.7M

13 Feb 14-16 16 $1.5M +91.1% 1,225 $1,244 $30.6M

14 Feb 21-23 15 $1.2M −21.5% 1,004 $1,192 $32.7M

15 Feb 28-Mar 2 16 $1.2M +0.9% 1,097 $1,100 $34.6M

16 Mar 7-9 19 $683.6K −43.4% 670 $1,020 $35.9M

17 Mar 14-16 22 $420.9K −38.4% 502 $839 $36.7M

18 Mar 21-23 23 $207.7K −50.7% 297 $699 $37.1M

19 Mar 28-30 30 $106.0K −49.0% 202 $525 $37.3M

20 Apr 4-6 32 $86.6K −18.3% 197 $440 $37.5M

21 Apr 11-13 60 $15.9K −81.6% 197 $81 $37.5M

22 Apr 18-20 47 $30.3K +89.9% 101 $300 $37.6M

23 Apr 25-27 61 $14.7K −51.6% 33 $444 $37.7M

24 May 2-4 61 $10.7K −27.2% 22 $485 $37.7M

25 May 9-11 77 $5.0K −53.4% 13 $382 $37.7M

26 May 16-18 73 $3.7K −25.2% 9 $413 $37.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 22 — $33.1K — $33.1K 4 $8,279 1

Sat Nov 23 — $57.5K +73.6% $90.6K 4 $14,372 2

Sun Nov 24 — $37.8K −34.2% $128.4K 4 $9,459 3

Wed Nov 27 #13 $376.1K — $529.8K 753 $499 6

Thu Nov 28 #11 $431.6K +14.8% $961.4K 753 $573 7

Fri Nov 29 #9 $1.3M +208.8% +3924.8% $2.3M 753 $1,770 8

Sat Nov 30 #9 $1.4M +8.3% +2411.2% $3.7M 753 $1,917 9

Sun Dec 1 #8 $899.6K −37.7% +2277.8% $4.6M 753 $1,195 10

Mon Dec 2 #8 $297.2K −67.0% $4.9M 753 $395 11

Tue Dec 3 #8 $394.4K +32.7% $5.3M 753 $524 12

Wed Dec 4 #7 $332.4K −15.7% −11.6% $5.7M 753 $441 13

Thu Dec 5 #7 $311.2K −6.4% −27.9% $6.0M 753 $413 14

Fri Dec 6 #9 $625.5K +101.0% −53.1% $6.6M 753 $831 15

Sat Dec 7 #9 $1.0M +60.4% −30.5% $7.6M 753 $1,332 16

Sun Dec 8 #9 $566.6K −43.5% −37.0% $8.2M 753 $752 17

Mon Dec 9 #8 $233.7K −58.8% −21.4% $8.4M 835 $280 18

Tue Dec 10 #8 $300.3K +28.5% −23.9% $8.7M 835 $360 19

Wed Dec 11 #8 $270.9K −9.8% −18.5% $9.0M 835 $324 20

Thu Dec 12 #7 $290.1K +7.1% −6.8% $9.3M 835 $347 21

Fri Dec 13 — $563.3K +94.2% −9.9% $9.8M 835 $675 22

Sat Dec 14 — $702.4K +24.7% −30.0% $10.5M 835 $841 23

Sun Dec 15 — $554.8K −21.0% −2.1% $11.1M 835 $664 24

Mon Dec 16 #7 $239.1K −56.9% +2.3% $11.3M 835 $286 25

Tue Dec 17 #7 $274.2K +14.7% −8.7% $11.6M 835 $328 26

Wed Dec 18 #7 $255.9K −6.7% −5.5% $11.9M 835 $306 27

Thu Dec 19 #7 $258.9K +1.1% −10.8% $12.1M 835 $310 28

Fri Dec 20 #10 $322.7K +24.7% −42.7% $12.4M 835 $386 29

Sat Dec 21 #10 $501.3K +55.4% −28.6% $12.9M 835 $600 30

Sun Dec 22 #10 $386.6K −22.9% −30.3% $13.3M 835 $463 31

Fri Dec 27 #15 $558.7K — +73.2% $15.2M 727 $769 36

Sat Dec 28 #11 $685.9K +22.8% +36.8% $15.9M 727 $943 37

Sun Dec 29 #12 $523.0K −23.8% +35.3% $16.4M 727 $719 38

Mon Dec 30 — $383.9K −26.6% $16.8M 727 $528 39

Tue Dec 31 — $483.2K +25.9% $17.3M 727 $665 40

Wed Jan 1 #13 $550.3K +13.9% $17.9M 727 $757 41

Thu Jan 2 #13 $281.0K −48.9% $18.1M 727 $387 42

Fri Jan 3 — $401.5K +42.8% −28.1% $18.5M 607 $661 43

Sat Jan 4 — $682.0K +69.9% −0.6% $19.2M 607 $1,124 44

Sun Jan 5 — $359.5K −47.3% −31.3% $19.6M 607 $592 45

Mon Jan 6 #14 $143.6K −60.0% −62.6% $19.7M 607 $237 46

Tue Jan 7 #13 $238.4K +66.0% −50.7% $20.0M 607 $393 47

Wed Jan 8 #12 $282.4K +18.5% −48.7% $20.3M 607 $465 48

Thu Jan 9 #12 $305.3K +8.1% +8.6% $20.6M 607 $503 49

Fri Jan 10 #17 $396.8K +30.0% −1.2% $21.0M 607 $654 50

Sat Jan 11 #18 $599.5K +51.1% −12.1% $21.6M 607 $988 51

Sun Jan 12 #18 $388.8K −35.2% +8.2% $21.9M 607 $640 52

Mon Jan 13 #16 $166.0K −57.3% +15.6% $22.1M 607 $273 53

Tue Jan 14 #15 $217.5K +31.0% −8.8% $22.3M 607 $358 54

Wed Jan 15 #14 $199.8K −8.1% −29.3% $22.5M 607 $329 55

Thu Jan 16 #14 $238.2K +19.2% −22.0% $22.8M 607 $392 56

Fri Jan 17 — $348.8K +46.4% −12.1% $23.1M 505 $691 57

Sat Jan 18 — $560.9K +60.8% −6.4% $23.7M 505 $1,111 58

Sun Jan 19 — $351.7K −37.3% −9.5% $24.0M 505 $696 59

Mon Jan 20 — $288.2K −18.1% +73.6% $24.3M 505 $571 60

Tue Jan 21 #18 $140.5K −51.2% −35.4% $24.5M 505 $278 61

Wed Jan 22 #18 $142.8K +1.7% −28.5% $24.6M 505 $283 62

Thu Jan 23 #18 $143.2K +0.2% −39.9% $24.7M 505 $284 63

Fri Jan 24 — $280.7K +96.0% −19.5% $25.0M 505 $556 64

Sat Jan 25 — $450.8K +60.6% −19.6% $25.5M 505 $893 65

Sun Jan 26 — $344.4K −23.6% −2.1% $25.8M 505 $682 66

Mon Jan 27 #18 $112.2K −67.4% −61.1% $25.9M 505 $222 67

Tue Jan 28 #18 $155.2K +38.4% +10.5% $26.1M 505 $307 68

Wed Jan 29 #17 $164.0K +5.6% +14.8% $26.2M 505 $325 69

Thu Jan 30 #17 $169.3K +3.2% +18.2% $26.4M 505 $335 70

Fri Jan 31 — $289.7K +71.1% +3.2% $26.7M 567 $511 71

Sat Feb 1 — $465.4K +60.6% +3.2% $27.2M 567 $821 72

Sun Feb 2 #18 $210.0K −54.9% −39.0% $27.4M 567 $370 73

Mon Feb 3 #18 $101.2K −51.8% −9.8% $27.5M 567 $178 74

Tue Feb 4 #16 $137.1K +35.5% −11.7% $27.6M 567 $242 75

Wed Feb 5 #17 $120.6K −12.1% −26.5% $27.7M 567 $213 76

Thu Feb 6 #15 $135.7K +12.6% −19.9% $27.9M 567 $239 77

Fri Feb 7 #17 $189.5K +39.6% −34.6% $28.1M 504 $376 78

Sat Feb 8 #17 $365.3K +92.8% −21.5% $28.4M 504 $725 79

Sun Feb 9 #16 $242.9K −33.5% +15.7% $28.7M 504 $482 80

Mon Feb 10 #16 $85.4K −64.9% −15.6% $28.8M 504 $169 81

Tue Feb 11 #16 $109.7K +28.5% −20.0% $28.9M 504 $218 82

Wed Feb 12 #15 $103.8K −5.4% −13.9% $29.0M 504 $206 83

Thu Feb 13 #15 $101.7K −1.9% −25.0% $29.1M 504 $202 84

Fri Feb 14 #16 $415.1K +308.0% +119.1% $29.5M 1,225 $339 85

Sat Feb 15 #16 $587.3K +41.5% +60.8% $30.1M 1,225 $479 86

Sun Feb 16 #15 $522.1K −11.1% +114.9% $30.6M 1,225 $426 87

Mon Feb 17 #15 $330.9K −36.6% +287.6% $30.9M 1,225 $270 88

Tue Feb 18 #11 $211.4K −36.1% +92.7% $31.1M 1,225 $173 89

Wed Feb 19 #11 $194.6K −8.0% +87.5% $31.3M 1,225 $159 90

Thu Feb 20 #12 $189.5K −2.6% +86.3% $31.5M 1,225 $155 91

Fri Feb 21 #15 $298.0K +57.2% −28.2% $31.8M 1,004 $297 92

Sat Feb 22 #15 $536.3K +80.0% −8.7% $32.4M 1,004 $534 93

Sun Feb 23 #14 $362.1K −32.5% −30.6% $32.7M 1,004 $361 94

Mon Feb 24 #13 $138.3K −61.8% −58.2% $32.9M 1,004 $138 95

Tue Feb 25 #11 $181.6K +31.3% −14.1% $33.0M 1,004 $181 96

Wed Feb 26 #11 $180.1K −0.8% −7.4% $33.2M 1,004 $179 97

Thu Feb 27 #12 $184.4K +2.4% −2.7% $33.4M 1,004 $184 98

Fri Feb 28 #15 $341.8K +85.4% +14.7% $33.7M 1,097 $312 99

Sat Mar 1 #16 $588.0K +72.0% +9.7% $34.3M 1,097 $536 100

Sun Mar 2 #15 $277.0K −52.9% −23.5% $34.6M 1,097 $253 101

Mon Mar 3 #14 $130.1K −53.0% −6.0% $34.7M 1,097 $119 102

Tue Mar 4 #11 $171.3K +31.7% −5.7% $34.9M 1,097 $156 103

Wed Mar 5 #13 $137.5K −19.7% −23.6% $35.1M 1,097 $125 104

Thu Mar 6 #11 $173.4K +26.0% −6.0% $35.2M 1,097 $158 105

Fri Mar 7 — $192.4K +11.0% −43.7% $35.4M 670 $287 106

Sat Mar 8 #18 $311.5K +61.9% −47.0% $35.7M 670 $465 107

Sun Mar 9 #18 $179.8K −42.3% −35.1% $35.9M 670 $268 108

Mon Mar 10 #18 $68.5K −61.9% −47.4% $36.0M 670 $102 109

Tue Mar 11 #16 $88.3K +29.0% −48.5% $36.1M 670 $132 110

Wed Mar 12 #16 $84.7K −4.1% −38.4% $36.1M 670 $126 111

Thu Mar 13 #16 $81.3K −3.9% −53.1% $36.2M 670 $121 112

Fri Mar 14 #22 $113.6K +39.7% −40.9% $36.3M 502 $226 113

Sat Mar 15 #22 $185.2K +63.0% −40.6% $36.5M 502 $369 114

Sun Mar 16 #22 $122.2K −34.0% −32.1% $36.7M 502 $243 115

Mon Mar 17 #19 $55.8K −54.3% −18.4% $36.7M 502 $111 116

Tue Mar 18 #18 $68.5K +22.6% −22.4% $36.8M 502 $136 117

Wed Mar 19 #19 $54.9K −19.9% −35.2% $36.8M 502 $109 118

Thu Mar 20 #17 $51.4K −6.3% −36.8% $36.9M 502 $102 119

Fri Mar 21 — $56.6K +10.0% −50.2% $36.9M 297 $191 120

Sat Mar 22 — $93.3K +64.8% −49.6% $37.0M 297 $314 121

Sun Mar 23 — $57.8K −38.0% −52.7% $37.1M 297 $195 122

Mon Mar 24 — $29.3K −49.2% −47.4% $37.1M 297 $99 123

Tue Mar 25 — $37.9K +29.1% −44.7% $37.2M 297 $128 124

Wed Mar 26 — $31.7K −16.3% −42.2% $37.2M 297 $107 125

Thu Mar 27 — $30.8K −2.8% −40.1% $37.2M 297 $104 126

Fri Mar 28 — $28.6K −7.3% −49.5% $37.2M 202 $141 127

Sat Mar 29 — $49.6K +73.4% −46.9% $37.3M 202 $245 128

Sun Mar 30 — $27.9K −43.8% −51.8% $37.3M 202 $138 129

Mon Mar 31 — $11.3K −59.6% −61.6% $37.3M 202 $56 130

Tue Apr 1 — $16.6K +47.5% −56.2% $37.4M 202 $82 131

Wed Apr 2 — $15.0K −9.4% −52.6% $37.4M 202 $74 132

Thu Apr 3 — $15.8K +4.8% −48.9% $37.4M 202 $78 133

Fri Apr 4 — $25.1K +59.5% −12.0% $37.4M 197 $128 134

Sat Apr 5 — $37.1K +47.6% −25.1% $37.4M 197 $188 135

Sun Apr 6 — $24.3K −34.4% −12.6% $37.5M 197 $124 136

Mon Apr 7 — $11.6K −52.4% +2.9% $37.5M 197 $59 137

Tue Apr 8 — $15.2K +31.6% −8.2% $37.5M 197 $77 138

Wed Apr 9 — $11.8K −22.4% −21.4% $37.5M 197 $60 139

Thu Apr 10 — $13.2K +11.7% −16.2% $37.5M 197 $67 140

Fri Apr 11 — $15.9K +20.6% −36.6% $37.5M 157 $102 141

Sat Apr 12 — $23.5K +47.7% −36.6% $37.6M 157 $150 142

Sun Apr 13 — $13.2K −44.0% −45.8% $37.6M 157 $84 143

Mon Apr 14 — $6.6K −50.1% −43.2% $37.6M 157 $42 144

Tue Apr 15 — $9.5K +44.1% −37.8% $37.6M 157 $60 145

Wed Apr 16 — $8.7K −8.0% −26.2% $37.6M 157 $56 146

Thu Apr 17 — $9.0K +2.8% −32.1% $37.6M 157 $57 147

Fri Apr 18 — $10.9K +21.4% −31.7% $37.6M 101 $108 148

Sat Apr 19 — $12.9K +18.4% −45.3% $37.6M 101 $128 149

Sun Apr 20 — $6.5K −49.7% −50.8% $37.6M 101 $64 150

Mon Apr 21 — $4.7K −27.8% −28.9% $37.6M 101 $46 151

Tue Apr 22 — $5.2K +10.6% −45.4% $37.6M 101 $51 152

Wed Apr 23 — $6.2K +19.2% −29.3% $37.7M 101 $61 153

Thu Apr 24 — $6.1K −1.2% −32.0% $37.7M 101 $60 154

Fri Apr 25 — $3.6K −40.6% −66.7% $37.7M 33 $110 155

Sat Apr 26 — $7.1K +95.0% −45.1% $37.7M 33 $214 156

Sun Apr 27 — $4.0K −43.9% −38.9% $37.7M 33 $120 157

Mon Apr 28 — $1.4K −65.3% −70.6% $37.7M 33 $42 158

Tue Apr 29 — $1.4K +0.7% −73.3% $37.7M 33 $42 159

Wed Apr 30 — $1.6K +15.0% −74.2% $37.7M 33 $48 160

Thu May 1 — $1.3K −17.9% −78.6% $37.7M 33 $40 161

Fri May 2 — $2.5K +93.1% −30.5% $37.7M 22 $115 162

Sat May 3 — $4.8K +89.9% −32.3% $37.7M 22 $218 163

Sun May 4 — $3.4K −29.9% −15.3% $37.7M 22 $153 164

Mon May 5 — $919 −72.6% −33.1% $37.7M 22 $42 165

Tue May 6 — $1.3K +46.2% −2.8% $37.7M 22 $61 166

Wed May 7 — $1.6K +22.2% +3.3% $37.7M 22 $75 167

Thu May 8 — $1.1K −33.0% −15.7% $37.7M 22 $50 168

Fri May 9 — $1.4K +28.8% −43.8% $37.7M 13 $109 169

Sat May 10 — $2.0K +43.0% −57.6% $37.7M 13 $156 170

Sun May 11 — $1.5K −24.7% −54.5% $37.7M 13 $117 171

Mon May 12 — $323 −78.8% −64.9% $37.7M 13 $25 172

Tue May 13 — $598 +85.1% −55.5% $37.7M 13 $46 173

Wed May 14 — $479 −19.9% −70.8% $37.7M 13 $37 174

Thu May 15 — $614 +28.2% −44.2% $37.7M 13 $47 175

Fri May 16 — $954 +55.4% −32.7% $37.7M 9 $106 176

Sat May 17 — $1.3K +39.9% −34.1% $37.7M 9 $148 177

Sun May 18 — $1.4K +6.9% −6.5% $37.7M 9 $159 178

Mon May 19 — $864 −39.5% +167.5% $37.7M 9 $96 179

Tue May 20 — $597 −30.9% −0.2% $37.7M 9 $66 180

Wed May 21 — $283 −52.6% −40.9% $37.7M 9 $31 181

Thu May 22 — $516 +82.3% −16.0% $37.7M 9 $57 182

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

Cumulative total$26.4M

Nov 22Dec 10Dec 30Jan 14Jan 30

Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.1M

$128.4K

$3.7M

$2.2M

$1.8M

$1.2M

$1.8M

$1.4M

$1.4M

$1.3M

$1.1M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 835 → 505 −39.5%

4 open505 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −14.7%

+2762.1%

W1→2

−40.3%

W2→3

−17.1%

W3→4

−33.5%

W4→5

+46.0%

W5→6

−18.4%

W6→7

−4.0%

W7→8

−8.9%

W8→9

−14.7%

W9→10

Steepest −40.3%Biggest gain +2762.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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