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Sunshine Cleaning

2009 • R • 1h 31m • Comedy, Drama • Overture Films

life's a messy business.

🍅 74% 63%

61

3.35

6.8

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$219K

Limited · 4 theaters

Domestic Total

$12.1M

Final

Worldwide Total

$17.3M

$5.3M international

Domestic Legs6.7x

Budget$5M

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Cast & Crew

Amy Adams Starring

Emily Blunt Starring

Steve Zahn Starring

Alan Arkin Starring

Clifton Collins Jr.

Clifton Collins Jr. Starring

Eric Christian Olsen

Eric Christian Olsen Starring

ScreenplayMegan Holley Produced byPeter Saraf, Marc Turtletaub, Jeb Brody, Glenn Williamson CinematographyJohn Toon MusicMichael Penn StudioOverture Films

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 13-15 31 $219.2K — 4 $54,798 $219.2K

2 Mar 20-22 16 $671.6K +206.4% 64 $10,494 $960.0K

3 Mar 27-29 11 $1.3M +89.7% 167 $7,629 $2.5M

4 Apr 3-5 10 $1.8M +41.8% 479 $3,773 $4.7M

5 Apr 10-12 12 $1.7M −4.1% 598 $2,899 $7.7M

6 Apr 17-19 14 $980.6K −43.4% 642 $1,527 $8.8M

7 Apr 24-26 15 $587.2K −40.1% 638 $920 $9.8M

8 May 1-3 17 $424.2K −27.8% 471 $901 $10.4M

9 May 8-10 17 $290.1K −31.6% 328 $884 $10.9M

10 May 15-17 23 $196.6K −32.2% 259 $759 $11.2M

11 May 22-24 26 $165.7K −15.7% 147 $1,127 $11.5M

12 May 29-31 32 $94.4K −43.1% 91 $1,037 $11.7M

13 Jun 5-7 37 $47.4K −49.8% 71 $667 $11.8M

14 Jun 12-14 34 $76.7K +62.0% 171 $449 $11.9M

15 Jun 19-21 37 $49.3K −35.8% 134 $368 $12.0M

16 Jun 26-28 47 $21.2K −57.0% 54 $392 $12.0M

17 Jul 3-5 55 $9.5K −55.2% 27 $352 $12.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Mar 13 — $59.0K — $59.0K 4 $14,744 1

Sat Mar 14 — $91.1K +54.6% $150.1K 4 $22,787 2

Sun Mar 15 — $69.1K −24.2% $219.2K 4 $17,266 3

Mon Mar 16 — $17.6K −74.6% $236.7K 4 $4,390 4

Tue Mar 17 — $14.4K −18.2% $251.1K 4 $3,592 5

Wed Mar 18 — $17.9K +24.5% $269.0K 4 $4,470 6

Thu Mar 19 — $19.4K +8.6% $288.4K 4 $4,856 7

Fri Mar 20 #17 $182.7K +840.7% +209.9% $471.2K 64 $2,855 8

Sat Mar 21 #15 $298.5K +63.4% +227.5% $769.7K 64 $4,664 9

Sun Mar 22 #13 $190.4K −36.2% +175.6% $960.0K 64 $2,974 10

Mon Mar 23 #17 $51.3K −73.1% +192.0% $1.0M 64 $801 11

Tue Mar 24 #17 $63.7K +24.2% +343.2% $1.1M 64 $995 12

Wed Mar 25 #17 $63.5K −0.3% +255.2% $1.1M 64 $992 13

Thu Mar 26 #18 $65.2K +2.7% +235.6% $1.2M 64 $1,019 14

Fri Mar 27 #11 $362.0K +455.2% +98.1% $1.6M 167 $2,168 15

Sat Mar 28 #11 $562.9K +55.5% +88.6% $2.1M 167 $3,371 16

Sun Mar 29 #11 $349.1K −38.0% +83.4% $2.5M 167 $2,091 17

Mon Mar 30 #11 $98.2K −71.9% +91.5% $2.6M 167 $588 18

Tue Mar 31 #12 $105.0K +6.9% +64.9% $2.7M 167 $629 19

Wed Apr 1 #11 $105.5K +0.5% +66.1% $2.8M 167 $632 20

Thu Apr 2 #11 $109.2K +3.5% +67.5% $2.9M 167 $654 21

Fri Apr 3 #10 $567.6K +419.8% +56.8% $3.5M 479 $1,185 22

Sat Apr 4 #10 $770.5K +35.8% +36.9% $4.2M 479 $1,609 23

Sun Apr 5 #10 $469.1K −39.1% +34.4% $4.7M 479 $979 24

Mon Apr 6 #10 $154.7K −67.0% +57.6% $4.9M 479 $323 25

Tue Apr 7 #10 $191.9K +24.0% +82.8% $5.0M 479 $401 26

Wed Apr 8 #10 $174.8K −8.9% +65.7% $5.2M 479 $365 27

Thu Apr 9 — $195.0K +11.5% +78.6% $5.4M 479 $407 28

Fri Apr 10 #12 $577.4K +196.0% +1.7% $6.0M 479 $1,205 29

Sat Apr 11 #11 $753.4K +30.5% −2.2% $6.8M 479 $1,573 30

Sun Apr 12 #12 $402.7K −46.6% −14.2% $7.2M 598 $673 31

Mon Apr 13 #12 $162.1K −59.7% +4.7% $7.3M 598 $271 32

Tue Apr 14 #12 $176.5K +8.9% −8.0% $7.5M 598 $295 33

Wed Apr 15 #12 $161.6K −8.4% −7.6% $7.7M 598 $270 34

Thu Apr 16 #12 $162.5K +0.6% −16.7% $7.8M 598 $272 35

Fri Apr 17 #14 $290.6K +78.8% −49.7% $8.1M 642 $453 36

Sat Apr 18 #14 $422.1K +45.3% −44.0% $8.5M 642 $657 37

Sun Apr 19 #13 $267.9K −36.5% −33.5% $8.8M 642 $417 38

Mon Apr 20 #14 $90.2K −66.3% −44.4% $8.9M 642 $140 39

Tue Apr 21 #13 $106.7K +18.3% −39.6% $9.0M 642 $166 40

Wed Apr 22 #14 $95.1K −10.9% −41.2% $9.1M 642 $148 41

Thu Apr 23 #14 $94.1K −1.0% −42.1% $9.2M 642 $147 42

Fri Apr 24 — $168.8K +79.4% −41.9% $9.4M 638 $265 43

Sat Apr 25 — $264.1K +56.4% −37.4% $9.6M 638 $414 44

Sun Apr 26 — $154.2K −41.6% −42.4% $9.8M 638 $242 45

Mon Apr 27 — $51.5K −66.6% −42.9% $9.8M 638 $81 46

Tue Apr 28 — $64.1K +24.5% −39.9% $9.9M 638 $100 47

Wed Apr 29 — $65.1K +1.5% −31.6% $9.9M 638 $102 48

Thu Apr 30 — $62.6K −3.9% −33.5% $10.0M 638 $98 49

Fri May 1 — $115.4K +84.5% −31.6% $10.1M 471 $245 50

Sat May 2 — $188.4K +63.2% −28.7% $10.3M 471 $400 51

Sun May 3 — $120.4K −36.1% −21.9% $10.4M 471 $256 52

Mon May 4 — $37.5K −68.8% −27.1% $10.5M 471 $80 53

Tue May 5 — $42.8K +13.9% −33.3% $10.5M 471 $91 54

Wed May 6 — $46.8K +9.5% −28.0% $10.6M 471 $99 55

Thu May 7 — $43.9K −6.2% −29.8% $10.6M 471 $93 56

Fri May 8 — $72.7K +65.5% −37.0% $10.7M 328 $222 57

Sat May 9 — $122.1K +68.0% −35.2% $10.8M 328 $372 58

Sun May 10 — $95.3K −21.9% −20.8% $10.9M 328 $291 59

Mon May 11 — $29.0K −69.5% −22.7% $10.9M 328 $88 60

Tue May 12 — $30.2K +4.0% −29.4% $11.0M 328 $92 61

Wed May 13 — $30.0K −0.5% −35.9% $11.0M 328 $91 62

Thu May 14 — $32.3K +7.8% −26.3% $11.0M 328 $99 63

Fri May 15 — $51.1K +57.9% −29.7% $11.1M 259 $197 64

Sat May 16 — $88.0K +72.3% −27.9% $11.2M 259 $340 65

Sun May 17 — $57.5K −34.6% −39.7% $11.2M 259 $222 66

Mon May 18 — $25.8K −55.2% −11.1% $11.2M 259 $100 67

Tue May 19 — $23.9K −7.2% −20.7% $11.3M 259 $92 68

Wed May 20 — $23.3K −2.5% −22.3% $11.3M 259 $90 69

Thu May 21 — $24.4K +4.6% −24.6% $11.3M 259 $94 70

Fri May 22 — $38.2K +56.7% −25.1% $11.4M 147 $260 71

Sat May 23 — $62.2K +62.7% −29.3% $11.4M 147 $423 72

Sun May 24 — $65.3K +5.0% +13.5% $11.5M 147 $444 73

Mon May 25 #25 $49.1K −24.8% +90.3% $11.5M 147 $334 74

Tue May 26 — $18.0K −63.3% −24.7% $11.5M 147 $123 75

Wed May 27 — $17.7K −1.7% −24.1% $11.6M 147 $121 76

Thu May 28 — $18.4K +4.0% −24.4% $11.6M 147 $125 77

Fri May 29 — $27.7K +50.1% −27.6% $11.6M 91 $304 78

Sat May 30 — $40.9K +47.8% −34.2% $11.7M 91 $450 79

Sun May 31 — $25.8K −36.9% −60.5% $11.7M 91 $283 80

Mon Jun 1 — $11.0K −57.2% −77.5% $11.7M 91 $121 81

Tue Jun 2 — $11.0K −0.3% −38.9% $11.7M 91 $121 82

Wed Jun 3 — $11.6K +5.0% −34.8% $11.7M 91 $127 83

Thu Jun 4 — $11.8K +2.0% −36.0% $11.7M 91 $130 84

Fri Jun 5 — $14.4K +22.4% −47.8% $11.7M 71 $203 85

Sat Jun 6 — $20.4K +41.4% −50.1% $11.8M 71 $287 86

Sun Jun 7 — $12.5K −38.7% −51.5% $11.8M 71 $176 87

Mon Jun 8 — $5.8K −53.8% −47.7% $11.8M 71 $81 88

Tue Jun 9 — $7.4K +27.5% −33.1% $11.8M 71 $104 89

Wed Jun 10 — $6.9K −6.6% −40.4% $11.8M 71 $97 90

Thu Jun 11 — $7.5K +9.3% −36.2% $11.8M 71 $106 91

Fri Jun 12 — $23.9K +217.3% +65.3% $11.8M 171 $140 92

Sat Jun 13 — $29.7K +24.4% +45.5% $11.9M 171 $174 93

Sun Jun 14 — $23.2K −22.0% +85.1% $11.9M 171 $135 94

Mon Jun 15 — $11.5K −50.3% +99.3% $11.9M 171 $67 95

Tue Jun 16 — $14.6K +26.5% +97.6% $11.9M 171 $85 96

Wed Jun 17 — $14.8K +1.8% +115.3% $11.9M 171 $87 97

Thu Jun 18 — $14.2K −4.2% +88.8% $11.9M 171 $83 98

Fri Jun 19 — $14.6K +2.9% −38.8% $11.9M 134 $109 99

Sat Jun 20 — $20.9K +43.1% −29.6% $12.0M 134 $156 100

Sun Jun 21 — $13.7K −34.3% −40.7% $12.0M 134 $103 101

Mon Jun 22 — $7.7K −44.1% −33.3% $12.0M 134 $57 102

Tue Jun 23 — $9.0K +16.8% −38.4% $12.0M 134 $67 103

Wed Jun 24 — $8.8K −1.4% −40.4% $12.0M 134 $66 104

Thu Jun 25 — $9.0K +1.4% −36.9% $12.0M 134 $67 105

Fri Jun 26 — $6.3K −30.1% −57.1% $12.0M 54 $116 106

Sat Jun 27 — $9.3K +48.1% −55.6% $12.0M 54 $172 107

Sun Jun 28 — $5.6K −39.6% −59.2% $12.0M 54 $104 108

Mon Jun 29 — $2.5K −55.4% −67.4% $12.0M 54 $46 109

Tue Jun 30 — $2.9K +15.3% −67.8% $12.0M 54 $53 110

Wed Jul 1 — $2.8K −4.5% −68.8% $12.0M 54 $51 111

Thu Jul 2 — $3.8K +36.9% −57.9% $12.0M 54 $70 112

Fri Jul 3 — $4.0K +6.6% −35.9% $12.0M 27 $149 113

Sat Jul 4 — $2.2K −45.0% −76.2% $12.1M 27 $82 114

Sun Jul 5 — $3.3K +47.3% −41.9% $12.1M 27 $121 115

Mon Jul 6 — $1.9K −43.0% −25.8% $12.1M 27 $69 116

Tue Jul 7 — $1.8K −4.3% −38.4% $12.1M 27 $66 117

Wed Jul 8 — $1.6K −8.6% −41.0% $12.1M 27 $60 118

Thu Jul 9 — $2.2K +34.5% −42.0% $12.1M 27 $81 119

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

Cumulative total$11.3M

Mar 13Mar 30Apr 17May 4May 21

Weekend grossWk 10 · $196.6K

$219.2K

$671.6K

$1.3M

$1.8M

$1.7M

$980.6K

$587.2K

$424.2K

$290.1K

$196.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 642 → 259 −59.7%

4 open259 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −32.2%

+206.4%

W1→2

+89.7%

W2→3

+41.8%

W3→4

−4.1%

W4→5

−43.4%

W5→6

−40.1%

W6→7

−27.8%

W7→8

−31.6%

W8→9

−32.2%

W9→10

Steepest −43.4%Biggest gain +206.4%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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