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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

2008 • PG-13 • 1h 34m • Drama, War • Miramax Films

Lines may divide us, but hope will unite us.

🍅 65% 84% MC 55 LB 3.70 IMDb 7.7

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Box Office

Opening Weekend
$253.1K
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$9M
Final
Worldwide Total
$44M
$35M international
Domestic Legs35.7x
Budget$12.5M
2008 Rank#163
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Nov 7-9 29 $253K — $253K 17 $14.9K 1
Nov 14-16 19 $474K +87.4% $828K 38 $12.5K 2
Nov 21-23 8 $1.65M +247.3% $2.63M 406 $4.1K 3
Nov 28-30 9 $1.70M +3.0% $5.17M 582 $2.9K 4
Dec 5-7 13 $1.03M -39.2% $6.66M 678 $1.5K 5
Dec 12-14 16 $685K -33.5% $7.76M 679 $1.0K 6
Dec 19-21 21 $274K -60.0% $8.38M 403 $681 7
Dec 26-28 37 $88K -68.0% $8.66M 96 $916 8
Jan 2-4 34 $96K +9.0% $8.85M 93 $1.0K 9
Jan 9-11 40 $58K -39.3% $8.96M 85 $685 10
Jan 16-18 48 $35K -39.3% $9.02M 58 $610 11

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

Cast & Crew

Directed byMark Herman
ScreenplayMark Herman
Based onthe novel by John Boyne
Music byJames Horner
StarringAsa Butterfield, Jack Scanlon, Vera Farmiga, David Thewlis, Rupert Friend, Amber Beattie
StudioHeyday Films, Miramax Films

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