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Sherlock Holmes

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

Nothing escapes him.

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$209M
Final
Opening Weekend
$62.3M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
3.35x
Opening → Total
Budget
$90.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$524M
$315M international
2009 Rank
#10
Domestic

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 Vancouver Olympics 16 $1.6M -37.2% $204.1M 950 $2K 8
Feb 19-21 Vancouver Olympics 16 $846K -46.8% $205.5M 713 $1K 9
Feb 26-28 Vancouver Olympics 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

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Profitability

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
StarringRobert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, Mark Strong, Eddie Marsan, Robert Maillet
StudioWarner Bros.