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Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

2012 • PG-13 • 1h 51m • Comedy, Drama, Romance • CBS Films

Make the Improbable Possible

🍅 68% 64%

58

3.09

6.8

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$226K

Limited · 18 theaters

Domestic Total

$9.0M

Final

Worldwide Total

$33.0M

$24.0M international

Domestic Legs7.1x

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Cast & Crew

Full Hallström filmography

Lasse Hallström

Lasse Hallström Director

Ewan McGregor Starring

Emily Blunt Starring

Kristin Scott Thomas

Kristin Scott Thomas Starring

ScreenplaySimon Beaufoy Produced byPaul Webster CinematographyTerry Stacey MusicDario Marianelli Prod. DesignMichael Carlin StudioCBS Films

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 9-11 27 $225.9K — 18 $12,550 $225.9K

2 Mar 16-18 22 $460.5K +103.9% 62 $7,428 $768.9K

3 Mar 23-25 16 $702.6K +52.6% 124 $5,666 $1.6M

4 Mar 30-Apr 1 7 $1.3M +81.1% 483 $2,635 $3.2M

5 Apr 6-8 8 $992.4K −22.0% 524 $1,894 $4.7M

6 Apr 13-15 12 $888.5K −10.5% 435 $2,043 $6.1M

7 Apr 20-22 14 $688.5K −22.5% 446 $1,544 $7.1M

8 Apr 27-29 19 $427.5K −37.9% 335 $1,276 $7.8M

9 May 4-6 21 $266.2K −37.7% 247 $1,078 $8.2M

10 May 11-13 25 $188.8K −29.1% 200 $944 $8.5M

11 May 18-20 28 $94.8K −49.8% 134 $707 $8.7M

12 May 25-27 31 $85.1K −10.2% 87 $979 $8.9M

13 Jun 1-3 41 $48.9K −42.6% 60 $815 $9.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Mar 9 — $57.9K — $57.9K 18 $3,216 1

Sat Mar 10 — $107.3K +85.3% $165.2K 18 $5,961 2

Sun Mar 11 — $60.7K −43.4% $225.9K 18 $3,373 3

Mon Mar 12 — $18.9K −68.9% $244.8K 18 $1,049 4

Tue Mar 13 — $22.8K +21.0% $267.6K 18 $1,269 5

Wed Mar 14 — $20.2K −11.5% $287.9K 18 $1,124 6

Thu Mar 15 — $20.5K +1.6% $308.4K 18 $1,141 7

Fri Mar 16 — $120.4K +486.3% +108.1% $428.8K 62 $1,943 8

Sat Mar 17 — $211.7K +75.8% +97.3% $640.6K 62 $3,415 9

Sun Mar 18 — $128.4K −39.4% +111.4% $768.9K 62 $2,070 10

Mon Mar 19 — $35.8K −72.1% +89.5% $804.7K 62 $577 11

Tue Mar 20 — $48.5K +35.5% +112.3% $853.2K 62 $782 12

Wed Mar 21 — $35.8K −26.2% +77.1% $889.0K 62 $578 13

Thu Mar 22 — $37.2K +3.7% +80.8% $926.2K 62 $599 14

Fri Mar 23 #17 $170.4K +358.8% +41.5% $1.1M 124 $1,375 15

Sat Mar 24 #16 $338.7K +98.7% +59.9% $1.4M 124 $2,731 16

Sun Mar 25 #15 $193.5K −42.9% +50.7% $1.6M 124 $1,560 17

Mon Mar 26 #15 $59.9K −69.0% +67.5% $1.7M 124 $483 18

Tue Mar 27 #15 $75.7K +26.3% +56.0% $1.8M 124 $610 19

Wed Mar 28 #15 $66.2K −12.5% +84.9% $1.8M 124 $534 20

Thu Mar 29 #15 $66.3K +0.2% +78.6% $1.9M 124 $535 21

Fri Mar 30 #7 $344.7K +419.6% +102.2% $2.2M 483 $714 22

Sat Mar 31 #7 $592.3K +71.8% +74.9% $2.8M 483 $1,226 23

Sun Apr 1 #7 $335.6K −43.3% +73.5% $3.2M 483 $695 24

Mon Apr 2 #8 $100.7K −70.0% +68.0% $3.3M 483 $208 25

Tue Apr 3 #7 $139.8K +38.9% +84.7% $3.4M 483 $290 26

Wed Apr 4 #8 $126.2K −9.7% +90.7% $3.5M 483 $261 27

Thu Apr 5 #10 $127.6K +1.1% +92.3% $3.7M 483 $264 28

Fri Apr 6 #8 $323.0K +153.2% −6.3% $4.0M 524 $616 29

Sat Apr 7 #8 $423.0K +30.9% −28.6% $4.4M 524 $807 30

Sun Apr 8 #8 $246.4K −41.7% −26.6% $4.7M 524 $470 31

Mon Apr 9 #9 $116.8K −52.6% +16.0% $4.8M 524 $223 32

Tue Apr 10 #8 $138.6K +18.7% −0.9% $4.9M 524 $265 33

Wed Apr 11 #8 $136.3K −1.7% +7.9% $5.0M 524 $260 34

Thu Apr 12 #8 $128.3K −5.9% +0.5% $5.2M 524 $245 35

Fri Apr 13 — $254.9K +98.7% −21.1% $5.4M 435 $586 36

Sat Apr 14 — $418.9K +64.4% −1.0% $5.9M 435 $963 37

Sun Apr 15 — $214.8K −48.7% −12.8% $6.1M 435 $494 38

Mon Apr 16 — $67.7K −68.5% −42.0% $6.1M 435 $156 39

Tue Apr 17 #11 $82.9K +22.4% −40.2% $6.2M 435 $191 40

Wed Apr 18 #11 $89.4K +7.9% −34.4% $6.3M 435 $206 41

Thu Apr 19 #11 $83.8K −6.2% −34.7% $6.4M 435 $193 42

Fri Apr 20 #14 $175.6K +109.5% −31.1% $6.6M 446 $394 43

Sat Apr 21 #14 $326.5K +85.9% −22.1% $6.9M 446 $732 44

Sun Apr 22 #15 $186.3K −42.9% −13.2% $7.1M 446 $418 45

Mon Apr 23 — $57.1K −69.4% −15.8% $7.1M 446 $128 46

Tue Apr 24 — $71.7K +25.6% −13.5% $7.2M 446 $161 47

Wed Apr 25 — $68.2K −4.8% −23.7% $7.3M 446 $153 48

Thu Apr 26 — $76.2K +11.6% −9.1% $7.4M 446 $171 49

Fri Apr 27 — $114.4K +50.2% −34.9% $7.5M 335 $341 50

Sat Apr 28 — $209.9K +83.6% −35.7% $7.7M 335 $627 51

Sun Apr 29 — $103.2K −50.8% −44.6% $7.8M 335 $308 52

Mon Apr 30 — $36.2K −64.9% −36.6% $7.8M 335 $108 53

Tue May 1 — $51.5K +42.2% −28.2% $7.9M 335 $154 54

Wed May 2 — $46.1K −10.5% −32.5% $7.9M 335 $138 55

Thu May 3 — $47.4K +2.9% −37.7% $8.0M 335 $142 56

Fri May 4 — $74.4K +57.0% −34.9% $8.0M 247 $301 57

Sat May 5 — $126.1K +69.4% −39.9% $8.2M 247 $510 58

Sun May 6 — $65.7K −47.9% −36.4% $8.2M 247 $266 59

Mon May 7 — $26.9K −59.1% −25.7% $8.3M 247 $109 60

Tue May 8 — $33.5K +24.5% −35.0% $8.3M 247 $136 61

Wed May 9 — $33.8K +0.8% −26.7% $8.3M 247 $137 62

Thu May 10 — $33.9K +0.5% −28.5% $8.4M 247 $137 63

Fri May 11 — $47.2K +39.2% −36.6% $8.4M 200 $236 64

Sat May 12 — $77.7K +64.7% −38.4% $8.5M 200 $389 65

Sun May 13 — $63.8K −17.9% −2.8% $8.5M 200 $319 66

Mon May 14 — $22.0K −65.5% −18.0% $8.6M 200 $110 67

Tue May 15 — $23.9K +8.6% −28.5% $8.6M 200 $120 68

Wed May 16 — $19.8K −17.1% −41.2% $8.6M 200 $99 69

Thu May 17 — $18.4K −7.1% −45.6% $8.6M 200 $92 70

Fri May 18 — $25.9K +40.3% −45.2% $8.7M 134 $193 71

Sat May 19 — $42.0K +62.2% −46.0% $8.7M 134 $313 72

Sun May 20 — $27.0K −35.7% −57.7% $8.7M 134 $201 73

Mon May 21 — $17.2K −36.3% −22.1% $8.7M 134 $128 74

Tue May 22 — $12.7K −26.0% −46.9% $8.8M 134 $95 75

Wed May 23 — $13.6K +6.7% −31.7% $8.8M 134 $101 76

Thu May 24 — $16.4K +20.8% −11.2% $8.8M 134 $122 77

Fri May 25 — $21.4K +30.9% −17.1% $8.8M 87 $246 78

Sat May 26 — $33.7K +57.1% −19.7% $8.8M 87 $387 79

Sun May 27 — $30.0K −10.9% +11.3% $8.9M 87 $345 80

Mon May 28 — $23.3K −22.4% +35.6% $8.9M 87 $268 81

Tue May 29 — $13.0K −44.2% +2.4% $8.9M 87 $150 82

Wed May 30 — $64.1K +392.6% +372.7% $9.0M 87 $736 83

Thu May 31 — $9.9K −84.6% −39.7% $9.0M 87 $114 84

Fri Jun 1 — $13.3K +35.1% −37.8% $9.0M 60 $222 85

Sat Jun 2 — $23.0K +72.4% −31.7% $9.0M 60 $383 86

Sun Jun 3 — $12.5K −45.5% −58.2% $9.0M 60 $209 87

Mon Jun 4 — $5.0K −60.2% −78.6% $9.0M 60 $83 88

Tue Jun 5 — $5.1K +2.0% −60.9% $9.0M 60 $85 89

Wed Jun 6 — $6.4K +25.1% −90.1% $9.0M 60 $106 90

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

Cumulative total$8.6M

Mar 9Mar 26Apr 13Apr 30May 17

Weekend grossWk 10 · $188.8K

$225.9K

$460.5K

$702.6K

$1.3M

$992.4K

$888.5K

$688.5K

$427.5K

$266.2K

$188.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 524 → 200 −61.8%

18 open200 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −29.1%

+103.9%

W1→2

+52.6%

W2→3

+81.1%

W3→4

−22.0%

W4→5

−10.5%

W5→6

−22.5%

W6→7

−37.9%

W7→8

−37.7%

W8→9

−29.1%

W9→10

Steepest −37.9%Biggest gain +103.9%

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