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The Blind Side

2009 PG-13 2h 9m Biography, Drama, Sport Warner Bros.

Based on the extraordinary true story

Box office summary
Opening Weekend
$34.1M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$256M
Final
Worldwide Total
$309M
$53.2M international
Domestic Legs7.50x
Budget$29.0M
2009 Rank#8
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Nov 20-22 2 $34.1M $34.1M 3,110 $11K 1
Nov 27-29 2 $40.1M +17.6% $100.2M 3,140 $13K 2
Dec 4-6 1 $20.0M -50.0% $128.9M 3,326 $6K 3
Dec 11-13 2 $15.1M -24.9% $149.8M 3,388 $4K 4
Dec 18-20 3 $10.0M -33.4% $164.7M 3,407 $3K 5
Dec 25-27 5 $11.5M +14.9% $184.2M 2,766 $4K 6
Jan 1-3 5 $11.9M +3.4% $208.5M 2,926 $4K 7
Jan 8-10 7 $7.5M -36.8% $219.0M 2,880 $3K 8
Jan 15-17 9 $5.6M -26.2% $226.8M 2,408 $2K 9
Jan 22-24 11 $4.2M -25.0% $233.7M 1,932 $2K 10
Jan 29-31 11 $3.0M -27.5% $237.9M 1,751 $2K 11
Feb 5-7 11 $2.5M -17.1% $241.5M 1,740 $1K 12
Feb 12-14 12 $2.3M -9.6% $244.7M 1,175 $2K 13
Feb 19-21 13 $1.5M -35.8% $247.1M 1,060 $1K 14
Feb 26-28 11 $1.2M -14.7% $248.8M 945 $1K 15
Mar 5-7 14 $1.3M +1.5% $250.5M 822 $2K 16
Mar 12-14 13 $1.6M +27.6% $252.7M 803 $2K 17
Mar 19-21 17 $878K -45.3% $254.3M 602 $1K 18
Mar 26-28 21 $475K -45.9% $255.1M 445 $1K 19
Apr 2-4 25 $229K -51.7% $255.5M 316 $726 20
Apr 9-11 30 $136K -40.5% $255.7M 204 $668 21
Apr 16-18 39 $68K -50.1% $255.8M 123 $553 22

Performance Charts

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

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Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byJohn Lee Hancock
ScreenplayJohn Lee Hancock
Produced byBroderick Johnson, Andrew Kosove, Gil Netter
CinematographyAlar Kivilo
MusicCarter Burwell
StarringSandra Bullock, Tim McGraw, Quinton Aaron, Jae Head, Lily Collins, Ray McKinnon
StudioWarner Bros.