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The Blind Side

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

Based on the extraordinary true story

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$256M
Final
Opening Weekend
$34.1M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
7.50x
Opening → Total
Budget
$29.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$309M
$53.2M international
2009 Rank
#8
Domestic

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 Vancouver Olympics 12 $2.3M -9.6% $244.7M 1,175 $2K 13
Feb 19-21 Vancouver Olympics 13 $1.5M -35.8% $247.1M 1,060 $1K 14
Feb 26-28 Vancouver Olympics 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

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Profitability

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

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Cast & Crew

Directed byJohn Lee Hancock
ScreenplayJohn Lee Hancock
StarringSandra Bullock, Tim McGraw, Quinton Aaron, Jae Head, Lily Collins, Ray McKinnon
StudioWarner Bros.