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Secretariat

2010 • PG • 2h 3m • Biography, Drama, Family • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

The Impossible True Story

🍅 64% 76%

61

3.46

7.2

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$12.7M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$59.7M

Final

Worldwide Total

$60.4M

$677K international

Domestic Legs4.7x

Budget$35M

2010 Rank#58

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Cast & Crew

Diane Lane Starring

John Malkovich Starring

Scott Glenn Starring

Dylan Walsh Starring

Fred Thompson Starring

Margo Martindale

Margo Martindale Starring

ScreenplayMike Rich Produced byGordon Gray, Mark Ciardi CinematographyDean Semler MusicNick Glennie-Smith Prod. DesignDonald Dowd, Thomas E. Sanders StudioWalt Disney Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 8-10 3 $12.7M — 3,072 $4,132 $12.7M

2 Oct 15-17 4 $9.3M −26.6% 3,072 $3,033 $27.3M

3 Oct 22-24 6 $7.0M −24.9% 3,108 $2,253 $37.4M

4 Oct 29-31 6 $5.0M −28.5% 3,108 $1,611 $44.7M

5 Nov 5-7 8 $4.1M −18.7% 2,614 $1,556 $51.0M

6 Nov 12-14 11 $2.2M −45.8% 2,019 $1,092 $54.7M

7 Nov 19-21 11 $971.9K −55.9% 1,010 $962 $56.4M

8 Nov 26-28 17 $647.2K −33.4% 501 $1,292 $57.5M

9 Dec 3-5 20 $256.7K −60.3% 402 $639 $57.9M

10 Dec 10-12 29 $129.6K −49.5% 263 $493 $58.2M

11 Dec 17-19 31 $76.0K −41.3% 155 $491 $58.3M

12 Dec 24-26 24 $130.7K +71.9% 259 $505 $58.6M

13 Dec 31-Jan 2 21 $221.6K +69.6% 247 $897 $59.1M

14 Jan 7-9 30 $145.7K −34.2% 225 $648 $59.3M

15 Jan 14-17 38 $88.7K −39.1% 136 $652 $59.4M

16 Jan 21-23 42 $70.4K −20.6% 107 $658 $59.6M

17 Jan 28-30 45 $57.6K −18.3% 90 $640 $59.6M

18 Feb 4-6 44 $32.7K −43.3% 68 $480 $59.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 8 #3 $4.0M — $4.0M 3,072 $1,315 1

Sat Oct 9 #3 $5.1M +25.6% $9.1M 3,072 $1,652 2

Sun Oct 10 #3 $3.6M −29.4% $12.7M 3,072 $1,165 3

Mon Oct 11 #2 $1.9M −47.4% $14.6M 3,072 $612 4

Tue Oct 12 #3 $1.2M −35.8% $15.8M 3,072 $393 5

Wed Oct 13 #3 $1.1M −12.5% $16.8M 3,072 $344 6

Thu Oct 14 #2 $1.2M +10.8% $18.0M 3,072 $382 7

Fri Oct 15 #5 $2.8M +142.3% −29.7% $20.9M 3,072 $925 8

Sat Oct 16 #4 $4.0M +40.5% −21.4% $24.8M 3,072 $1,299 9

Sun Oct 17 #3 $2.5M −37.6% −30.5% $27.3M 3,072 $810 10

Mon Oct 18 #4 $731.3K −70.6% −61.1% $28.1M 3,072 $238 11

Tue Oct 19 #4 $822.9K +12.5% −31.9% $28.9M 3,072 $268 12

Wed Oct 20 #4 $748.3K −9.1% −29.2% $29.6M 3,072 $244 13

Thu Oct 21 #3 $807.4K +7.9% −31.1% $30.4M 3,072 $263 14

Fri Oct 22 #7 $2.0M +146.9% −29.8% $32.4M 3,108 $642 15

Sat Oct 23 #6 $3.1M +53.7% −23.2% $35.5M 3,108 $986 16

Sun Oct 24 #5 $1.9M −36.6% −21.9% $37.4M 3,108 $625 17

Mon Oct 25 #5 $544.5K −72.0% −25.5% $38.0M 3,108 $175 18

Tue Oct 26 #5 $606.9K +11.5% −26.2% $38.6M 3,108 $195 19

Wed Oct 27 #5 $538.6K −11.3% −28.0% $39.1M 3,108 $173 20

Thu Oct 28 #5 $569.1K +5.7% −29.5% $39.7M 3,108 $183 21

Fri Oct 29 #6 $1.6M +179.0% −20.4% $41.3M 3,108 $511 22

Sat Oct 30 #6 $2.1M +35.0% −30.0% $43.4M 3,108 $690 23

Sun Oct 31 #6 $1.3M −40.5% −34.4% $44.7M 3,108 $410 24

Mon Nov 1 #6 $487.6K −61.7% −10.4% $45.2M 3,108 $157 25

Tue Nov 2 #6 $695.6K +42.6% +14.6% $45.9M 3,108 $224 26

Wed Nov 3 #6 $476.1K −31.6% −11.6% $46.4M 3,108 $153 27

Thu Nov 4 #5 $595.2K +25.0% +4.6% $47.0M 3,108 $192 28

Fri Nov 5 #8 $1.2M +103.0% −23.9% $48.2M 2,614 $462 29

Sat Nov 6 #9 $1.8M +49.1% −15.9% $50.0M 2,614 $689 30

Sun Nov 7 #8 $1.1M −41.4% −17.1% $51.0M 2,614 $404 31

Mon Nov 8 #9 $270.4K −74.4% −44.5% $51.3M 2,614 $103 32

Tue Nov 9 #9 $309.4K +14.4% −55.5% $51.6M 2,614 $118 33

Wed Nov 10 #9 $324.4K +4.9% −31.9% $51.9M 2,614 $124 34

Thu Nov 11 #8 $606.6K +87.0% +1.9% $52.5M 2,614 $232 35

Fri Nov 12 #11 $666.2K +9.8% −44.9% $53.2M 2,019 $330 36

Sat Nov 13 #10 $966.5K +45.1% −46.4% $54.2M 2,019 $479 37

Sun Nov 14 #10 $572.5K −40.8% −45.8% $54.7M 2,019 $284 38

Mon Nov 15 #11 $151.8K −73.5% −43.9% $54.9M 2,019 $75 39

Tue Nov 16 #11 $177.5K +17.0% −42.6% $55.1M 2,019 $88 40

Wed Nov 17 #11 $165.4K −6.8% −49.0% $55.2M 2,019 $82 41

Thu Nov 18 #9 $164.8K −0.4% −72.8% $55.4M 2,019 $82 42

Fri Nov 19 #12 $267.1K +62.0% −59.9% $55.7M 1,010 $264 43

Sat Nov 20 #12 $439.7K +64.6% −54.5% $56.1M 1,010 $435 44

Sun Nov 21 #12 $265.1K −39.7% −53.7% $56.4M 1,010 $262 45

Mon Nov 22 #11 $110.8K −58.2% −27.0% $56.5M 1,010 $110 46

Tue Nov 23 #11 $148.5K +34.0% −16.4% $56.6M 1,010 $147 47

Wed Nov 24 — $119.9K −19.2% −27.5% $56.8M 501 $239 48

Thu Nov 25 — $142.4K +18.8% −13.6% $56.9M 501 $284 49

Fri Nov 26 — $275.5K +93.5% +3.2% $57.2M 501 $550 50

Sat Nov 27 — $250.1K −9.2% −43.1% $57.4M 501 $499 51

Sun Nov 28 — $121.5K −51.4% −54.2% $57.5M 501 $243 52

Mon Nov 29 — $37.1K −69.5% −66.5% $57.6M 501 $74 53

Tue Nov 30 — $38.4K +3.5% −74.1% $57.6M 501 $77 54

Wed Dec 1 — $33.6K −12.4% −72.0% $57.7M 501 $67 55

Thu Dec 2 — $33.2K −1.4% −76.7% $57.7M 501 $66 56

Mon Jan 17 #31 $30.6K — $59.5M 136 $225 102

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

Cumulative total$57.7M

Oct 8Oct 22Nov 5Nov 18Dec 2

Weekend grossWk 10 · $129.6K

$12.7M

$9.3M

$7.0M

$5.0M

$4.1M

$2.2M

$971.9K

$647.2K

$256.7K

$129.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,108 → 501 −83.9%

3,072 open501 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −49.5%

−26.6%

W1→2

−24.9%

W2→3

−28.5%

W3→4

−18.7%

W4→5

−45.8%

W5→6

−55.9%

W6→7

−33.4%

W7→8

−60.3%

W8→9

−49.5%

W9→10

Steepest −60.3%Best hold −18.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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