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Sherlock Holmes

2009 PG-13 2h 8m Action, Adventure, Mystery Warner Bros.

Nothing escapes him.

Box office summary
Opening Weekend
$62.3M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$209M
Final
Worldwide Total
$524M
$315M international
Domestic Legs3.35x
Budget$90.0M
2009 Rank#10
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Dec 25-27 2 $62.3M $62.3M 3,626 $17K 1
Jan 1-3 2 $36.6M -41.2% $138.7M 3,626 $10K 2
Jan 8-10 2 $16.6M -54.7% $165.2M 3,626 $5K 3
Jan 15-17 5 $9.9M -40.4% $180.1M 3,173 $3K 4
Jan 22-24 6 $6.6M -33.0% $191.1M 2,670 $2K 5
Jan 29-31 8 $4.5M -31.9% $197.6M 2,250 $2K 6
Feb 5-7 10 $2.5M -43.9% $201.5M 1,805 $1K 7
Feb 12-14 16 $1.6M -37.2% $204.1M 950 $2K 8
Feb 19-21 16 $846K -46.8% $205.5M 713 $1K 9
Feb 26-28 20 $608K -28.2% $206.4M 462 $1K 10
Mar 5-7 21 $406K -33.2% $207.0M 345 $1K 11
Mar 12-14 24 $238K -41.3% $207.4M 216 $1K 12
Mar 19-21 21 $405K +70.1% $207.9M 372 $1K 13
Mar 26-28 25 $315K -22.2% $208.4M 290 $1K 14
Apr 2-4 30 $165K -47.5% $208.7M 232 $712 15
Apr 9-11 36 $99K -39.9% $208.9M 158 $628 16

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

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

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Cast & Crew

Directed byGuy Ritchie
ScreenplayAnthony Peckham, Michael Robert Johnson, Simon Kinberg
Produced byJoel Silver, Lionel Wigram, Susan Downey, Dan Lin
CinematographyPhilippe Rousselot
MusicHans Zimmer
StarringRobert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, Mark Strong, Eddie Marsan, Robert Maillet
StudioWarner Bros.