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Sex and the CityFollow

2008 • R • 2h 25m • Comedy, Drama, Romance • Warner Bros.

Get Carried away.

🍅 49% 77%

53

3.17

5.7

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$57.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$153.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$419.00M

$266.00M international

Domestic legs2.68x

Budget$65.0M

2008 rank#11

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Cast & crew

Sarah Jessica Parker

Sarah Jessica Parker Starring

Kim Cattrall

Kim Cattrall Starring

Kristin Davis

Kristin Davis Starring

Cynthia Nixon

Cynthia Nixon Starring

Chris Noth

Chris Noth Starring

Candice Bergen

Candice Bergen Starring

ScreenplayMichael Patrick King StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 30-Jun 1 1 $57.0M — 3,285 $17,363 $57.0M

2 Jun 6-8 4 $21.2M −62.8% 3,325 $6,381 $99.2M

3 Jun 13-15 6 $9.8M −53.9% 3,155 $3,102 $119.5M

4 Jun 20-22 8 $6.5M −33.3% 2,442 $2,675 $132.5M

5 Jun 27-29 9 $3.8M −41.7% 1,755 $2,169 $140.2M

6 Jul 4-6 9 $2.4M −37.4% 1,275 $1,868 $144.9M

7 Jul 11-13 12 $1.6M −32.7% 1,025 $1,564 $148.1M

8 Jul 18-20 14 $721.2K −55.0% 515 $1,400 $149.9M

9 Jul 25-27 15 $447.4K −38.0% 347 $1,289 $150.8M

10 Aug 1-3 22 $272.2K −39.2% 225 $1,209 $151.4M

11 Aug 8-10 30 $163.2K −40.0% 164 $995 $151.8M

12 Aug 15-17 33 $190.1K +16.5% 294 $646 $152.1M

13 Aug 22-24 39 $123.6K −35.0% 204 $605 $152.4M

14 Aug 29-31 46 $69.4K −43.8% 107 $648 $152.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri May 30 #1 $26.8M — $26.8M 3,285 $8,149 1

Sat May 31 #2 $17.6M −34% $44.3M 3,285 $5,342 2

Sun Jun 1 #2 $12.5M −29% $56.8M 3,285 $3,813 3

Mon Jun 2 #1 $5.5M −56% $62.6M 3,285 $1,678 4

Tue Jun 3 #1 $5.5M n/c $68.1M 3,285 $1,675 5

Wed Jun 4 #1 $5.1M −6% $73.2M 3,285 $1,567 6

Thu Jun 5 #1 $4.8M −8% $78.0M 3,285 $1,447 7

Fri Jun 6 #3 $7.3M +54% −73% $85.3M 3,325 $2,197 8

Sat Jun 7 #4 $8.0M +10% −54% $93.3M 3,325 $2,408 9

Sun Jun 8 #4 $5.9M −26% −53% $99.2M 3,325 $1,775 10

Mon Jun 9 #3 $2.6M −56% −53% $101.8M 3,325 $787 11

Tue Jun 10 #3 $2.7M +5% −50% $104.5M 3,325 $822 12

Wed Jun 11 #3 $2.7M −2% −48% $107.2M 3,325 $806 13

Thu Jun 12 #3 $2.5M −6% −47% $109.7M 3,325 $758 14

Fri Jun 13 #6 $3.6M +43% −51% $113.3M 3,155 $1,138 15

Sat Jun 14 #6 $4.0M +13% −49% $117.4M 3,155 $1,282 16

Sun Jun 15 #6 $2.1M −47% −64% $119.5M 3,155 $681 17

Mon Jun 16 #5 $1.5M −29% −42% $121.1M 3,155 $484 18

Tue Jun 17 #5 $1.6M +6% −41% $122.7M 3,155 $513 19

Wed Jun 18 #5 $1.6M +2% −39% $124.3M 3,155 $522 20

Thu Jun 19 #5 $1.6M −3% −36% $125.9M 3,155 $507 21

Fri Jun 20 #8 $2.1M +30% −42% $128.0M 2,442 $851 22

Sat Jun 21 #8 $2.5M +19% −39% $130.5M 2,442 $1,017 23

Sun Jun 22 #8 $2.0M −21% −8% $132.5M 2,442 $806 24

Mon Jun 23 #8 $931.3K −53% −39% $133.4M 2,442 $381 25

Tue Jun 24 #6 $1.0M +8% −38% $134.4M 2,442 $410 26

Wed Jun 25 #6 $974.1K −3% −41% $135.4M 2,442 $398 27

Thu Jun 26 #6 $1.0M +3% −37% $136.4M 2,442 $410 28

Fri Jun 27 #9 $1.2M +17% −43% $137.5M 1,755 $670 29

Sat Jun 28 #9 $1.5M +25% −41% $139.0M 1,755 $838 30

Sun Jun 29 #9 $1.2M −21% −41% $140.2M 1,755 $661 31

Mon Jun 30 #8 $626.3K −46% −33% $140.8M 1,755 $356 32

Tue Jul 1 #9 $552.4K −12% −45% $141.3M 1,755 $314 33

Wed Jul 2 #8 $525.0K −5% −46% $141.9M 1,755 $299 34

Thu Jul 3 #9 $635.0K +21% −37% $142.5M 1,755 $361 35

Fri Jul 4 #9 $622.6K −2% −47% $143.1M 1,275 $488 36

Sat Jul 5 #9 $1.0M +65% −30% $144.2M 1,275 $805 37

Sun Jul 6 #9 $732.4K −29% −37% $144.9M 1,275 $574 38

Mon Jul 7 #10 $357.3K −51% −43% $145.2M 1,275 $280 39

Tue Jul 8 #9 $417.4K +17% −24% $145.7M 1,275 $327 40

Wed Jul 9 #9 $432.5K +4% −18% $146.1M 1,275 $339 41

Thu Jul 10 #9 $403.3K −7% −36% $146.5M 1,275 $316 42

Fri Jul 11 #12 $494.4K +23% −21% $147.0M 1,025 $482 43

Sat Jul 12 #12 $660.4K +34% −36% $147.7M 1,025 $644 44

Sun Jul 13 #12 $448.6K −32% −39% $148.1M 1,025 $437 45

Mon Jul 14 #12 $243.4K −46% −32% $148.3M 1,025 $237 46

Tue Jul 15 #12 $274.3K +13% −34% $148.6M 1,025 $267 47

Wed Jul 16 #12 $268.3K −2% −38% $148.9M 1,025 $261 48

Thu Jul 17 #12 $258.2K −4% −36% $149.1M 1,025 $251 49

Mon Jul 28 $77.4K — $150.9M 347 $223 60

Tue Jul 29 $82.4K +6% $151.0M 347 $237 61

Wed Jul 30 $83.6K +1% $151.1M 347 $240 62

Thu Jul 31 $84.3K +1% $151.2M 347 $243 63

Fri Aug 1 $81.6K −3% $151.3M 225 $362 64

Sat Aug 2 $111.7K +37% $151.4M 225 $496 65

Sun Aug 3 $78.9K −29% $151.4M 225 $350 66

Mon Aug 4 $45.5K −42% −41% $151.5M 225 $202 67

Tue Aug 5 #19 $47.5K +4% −42% $151.5M 225 $211 68

Wed Aug 6 $40.2K −15% −52% $151.6M 225 $178 69

Thu Aug 7 $40.6K +1% −52% $151.6M 225 $180 70

Fri Aug 8 $47.1K +16% −42% $151.7M 130 $361 71

Sat Aug 9 $66.5K +41% −40% $151.7M 130 $511 72

Sun Aug 10 $49.7K −25% −37% $151.8M 130 $382 73

Mon Aug 11 $26.3K −47% −42% $151.8M 130 $202 74

Tue Aug 12 $33.9K +29% −29% $151.8M 130 $260 75

Wed Aug 13 $29.9K −12% −26% $151.9M 130 $229 76

Thu Aug 14 $29.0K −3% −29% $151.9M 130 $222 77

Fri Aug 15 $56.5K +95% +20% $152.0M 294 $192 78

Sat Aug 16 $73.4K +30% +10% $152.0M 294 $249 79

Sun Aug 17 $60.2K −18% +21% $152.1M 294 $204 80

Mon Aug 18 $32.5K −46% +23% $152.1M 294 $110 81

Tue Aug 19 $39.0K +20% +15% $152.2M 294 $132 82

Wed Aug 20 $38.6K −1% +29% $152.2M 294 $131 83

Thu Aug 21 $37.1K −4% +28% $152.2M 294 $126 84

Fri Aug 22 $36.8K −1% −35% $152.3M 204 $180 85

Sat Aug 23 $50.0K +36% −32% $152.3M 204 $244 86

Sun Aug 24 $36.8K −26% −39% $152.4M 204 $180 87

Mon Aug 25 $19.1K −48% −41% $152.4M 204 $93 88

Tue Aug 26 $20.9K +9% −47% $152.4M 204 $102 89

Wed Aug 27 $20.5K −2% −47% $152.4M 204 $100 90

Thu Aug 28 $21.3K +4% −43% $152.4M 204 $104 91

Fri Aug 29 $20.0K −6% −46% $152.5M 107 $187 92

Sat Aug 30 $25.3K +26% −49% $152.5M 107 $236 93

Sun Aug 31 $24.1K −5% −35% $152.5M 107 $225 94

Mon Sep 1 #44 $15.8K −35% −18% $152.5M 107 $147 95

Tue Sep 2 $6.9K −56% −67% $152.5M 107 $64 96

Wed Sep 3 $8.4K +21% −59% $152.5M 107 $78 97

Thu Sep 4 $8.8K +5% −59% $152.5M 107 $82 98

Fri Sep 5 $15.5K +76% −22% $152.6M 84 $184 99

Sat Sep 6 $20.4K +31% −20% $152.6M 84 $242 100

Sun Sep 7 $10.4K −49% −57% $152.6M 84 $123 101

Mon Sep 8 $4.5K −57% −72% $152.6M 84 $53 102

Tue Sep 9 $6.2K +38% −11% $152.6M 84 $73 103

Wed Sep 10 $6.4K +4% −23% $152.6M 84 $76 104

Thu Sep 11 $6.9K +6% −22% $152.6M 84 $81 105

Fri Sep 12 $5.8K −15% −62% $152.6M 46 $126 106

Sat Sep 13 $7.3K +26% −64% $152.6M 46 $159 107

Sun Sep 14 $4.5K −38% −57% $152.6M 46 $98 108

Mon Sep 15 $2.0K −55% −55% $152.6M 46 $44 109

Tue Sep 16 $2.4K +20% −61% $152.6M 46 $52 110

Wed Sep 17 $2.5K +4% −61% $152.6M 46 $55 111

Thu Sep 18 $3.0K +18% −56% $152.6M 46 $65 112

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

Cumulative total$151.6M

May 30Jun 14Jun 29Jul 13Aug 7

Weekend grossWk 10 · $272.2K

$57.0M

$21.2M

$9.8M

$6.5M

$3.8M

$2.4M

$1.6M

$721.2K

$447.4K

$272.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,325 → 225 −93.2%

3,285 open225 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −39.2%

−62.8%

W1→2

−53.9%

W2→3

−33.3%

W3→4

−41.7%

W4→5

−37.4%

W5→6

−32.7%

W6→7

−55.0%

W7→8

−38.0%

W8→9

−39.2%

W9→10

Steepest −62.8%Best hold −32.7%

Run milestones

$100M in 11 days

$100M

Day 11

Jun 9

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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