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The BreadwinnerFollow

2017 • PG-13 • 1h 34m • Animation, Drama, War • GKIDS

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78

7.7

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$17K

Limited · 3 theaters

Domestic total

$312K

Final

Worldwide total

$3.27M

$2.95M international

Domestic legs7.6x from $41K biggest weekend

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Cast & crew

Directed byNora Twomey ScreenplayAnita Doron Produced byAndrew Rosen, Anthony Leo, Paul Young, Stéphan Roelants, Tomm Moore CinematographySheldon Lisoy MusicJeff Danna, Mychael Danna StarringSaara Chaudry, Soma Bhatia, Noorin Gulamgaus, Laara Sadiq, Ali Badshah, Shaista Latif StudioGKIDS

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 17-19 50 $17.4K — 3 $5,798 $17.4K

2 Nov 24-26 43 $28.7K +64.9% 9 $3,186 $54.4K

3 Dec 1-3 43 $41.0K +43.0% 43 $954 $109.3K

4 Dec 8-10 49 $21.3K −48.1% 38 $560 $158.3K

5 Dec 15-17 44 $12.7K −40.2% 28 $454 $188.5K

6 Dec 22-24 48 $3.0K −76.6% 10 $298 $209.5K

7 Dec 29-31 56 $3.7K +22.9% 10 $366 $220.3K

8 Jan 5-7 53 $7.7K +111.6% 10 $775 $233.9K

9 Jan 12-14 59 $5.8K −25.3% 6 $965 $242.3K

10 Jan 19-21 73 $2.8K −51.7% 4 $699 $250.7K

11 Jan 26-28 67 $4.5K +62.1% 4 $1,133 $256.2K

12 Feb 2-4 52 $12.1K +166.1% 9 $1,340 $272.0K

13 Feb 9-11 59 $8.1K −33.1% 10 $807 $287.8K

14 Feb 16-18 71 $3.8K −53.4% 16 $235 $297.7K

15 Feb 23-25 77 $3.9K +4.5% 16 $246 $305.0K

16 Mar 2-4 83 $1.9K −52.5% 6 $311 $309.7K

17 Mar 9-11 88 $489 −73.8% 1 $489 $312.2K

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 17 $4.4K — $4.4K 3 $1,483 1

Sat Nov 18 $8.0K +79% $12.4K 3 $2,651 2

Sun Nov 19 $5.0K −37% $17.4K 3 $1,665 3

Mon Nov 20 $2.1K −58% $19.5K 3 $695 4

Tue Nov 21 $2.9K +40% $22.4K 3 $975 5

Wed Nov 22 $2.6K −11% $25.0K 3 $871 6

Thu Nov 23 $734 −72% $25.8K 3 $245 7

Fri Nov 24 $14.0K +1810% +215% $39.8K 9 $1,558 8

Sat Nov 25 $8.8K −37% +11% $48.6K 9 $980 9

Sun Nov 26 $5.8K −34% +17% $54.4K 9 $648 10

Mon Nov 27 $1.9K −67% −8% $56.4K 9 $214 11

Tue Nov 28 $4.3K +123% +47% $60.6K 9 $476 12

Wed Nov 29 $3.8K −12% +44% $64.4K 9 $419 13

Thu Nov 30 $3.9K +3% +430% $68.3K 9 $432 14

Fri Dec 1 $12.9K +233% −8% $81.2K 43 $301 15

Sat Dec 2 $15.7K +21% +78% $97.0K 43 $365 16

Sun Dec 3 $12.4K −21% +112% $109.3K 43 $288 17

Mon Dec 4 $4.7K −62% +146% $114.1K 43 $110 18

Tue Dec 5 $6.9K +47% +62% $121.0K 43 $162 19

Wed Dec 6 $7.3K +5% +94% $128.3K 43 $170 20

Thu Dec 7 $8.7K +19% +123% $137.0K 43 $202 21

Fri Dec 8 $5.8K −33% −55% $142.8K 38 $153 22

Sat Dec 9 $8.1K +40% −48% $151.0K 38 $214 23

Sun Dec 10 $7.3K −10% −41% $158.3K 38 $193 24

Mon Dec 11 $3.4K −53% −28% $161.7K 38 $90 25

Tue Dec 12 $4.6K +35% −34% $166.3K 38 $121 26

Wed Dec 13 $4.1K −11% −44% $170.4K 38 $108 27

Thu Dec 14 $5.3K +30% −39% $175.8K 38 $141 28

Fri Dec 15 $3.2K −40% −45% $179.0K 28 $114 29

Sat Dec 16 $5.4K +69% −33% $184.4K 28 $193 30

Sun Dec 17 $4.1K −24% −44% $188.5K 28 $146 31

Mon Dec 18 $5.6K +36% +63% $194.1K 28 $200 32

Tue Dec 19 $5.8K +4% +27% $199.9K 28 $209 33

Wed Dec 20 $2.2K −63% −47% $202.1K 28 $78 34

Thu Dec 21 $4.4K +101% −18% $206.5K 28 $157 35

Fri Dec 22 $1.1K −74% −64% $207.7K 10 $115 36

Sat Dec 23 $1.2K +5% −78% $208.9K 10 $121 37

Sun Dec 24 $626 −48% −85% $209.5K 10 $63 38

Mon Dec 25 $792 +27% −86% $210.3K 10 $79 39

Tue Dec 26 $2.0K +147% −66% $212.2K 10 $196 40

Wed Dec 27 $1.6K −18% −26% $213.8K 10 $161 41

Thu Dec 28 $2.8K +74% −36% $216.6K 10 $280 42

Fri Dec 29 $964 −66% −16% $217.6K 10 $96 43

Sat Dec 30 $2.2K +125% +80% $219.8K 10 $217 44

Sun Dec 31 $528 −76% −16% $220.3K 10 $53 45

Mon Jan 1 $2.0K +287% +158% $222.3K 10 $204 46

Tue Jan 2 $1.5K −27% −24% $223.8K 10 $149 47

Wed Jan 3 $1.4K −8% −15% $225.2K 10 $137 48

Thu Jan 4 $958 −30% −66% $226.2K 10 $96 49

Fri Jan 5 $2.0K +111% +109% $228.2K 10 $202 50

Sat Jan 6 $2.9K +44% +34% $231.1K 10 $291 51

Sun Jan 7 $2.8K −3% +434% $233.9K 10 $282 52

Mon Jan 8 $622 −78% −70% $234.5K 10 $62 53

Tue Jan 9 $992 +59% −34% $235.5K 10 $99 54

Wed Jan 10 $528 −47% −62% $236.1K 10 $53 55

Thu Jan 11 $418 −21% −56% $236.5K 10 $42 56

Fri Jan 12 $1.9K +363% −4% $238.4K 6 $323 57

Sat Jan 13 $2.3K +17% −22% $240.7K 6 $377 58

Sun Jan 14 $1.6K −30% −44% $242.3K 6 $266 59

Mon Jan 15 $565 −65% −9% $242.8K 6 $94 60

Tue Jan 16 $1.1K +96% +11% $243.9K 6 $184 61

Wed Jan 17 $1.4K +25% +162% $245.3K 6 $231 62

Thu Jan 18 $2.6K +88% +524% $247.9K 6 $435 63

Fri Jan 19 $1.4K −46% −27% $249.3K 4 $351 64

Sat Jan 20 $858 −39% −62% $250.2K 4 $215 65

Sun Jan 21 $533 −38% −67% $250.7K 4 $133 66

Mon Jan 22 $188 −65% −67% $250.9K 4 $47 67

Tue Jan 23 $211 +12% −81% $251.1K 4 $53 68

Wed Jan 24 $503 +138% −64% $251.6K 4 $126 69

Thu Jan 25 $42 −92% −98% $251.7K 4 $11 70

Fri Jan 26 $503 +1098% −64% $252.2K 4 $126 71

Sat Jan 27 $2.0K +302% +136% $254.2K 4 $506 72

Sun Jan 28 $2.0K −1% +276% $256.2K 4 $501 73

Mon Jan 29 $700 −65% +272% $256.9K 4 $175 74

Tue Jan 30 $1.3K +85% +515% $258.2K 4 $324 75

Wed Jan 31 $998 −23% +98% $259.2K 4 $250 76

Thu Feb 1 $760 −24% +1710% $260.0K 4 $190 77

Fri Feb 2 $2.3K +198% +350% $262.2K 10 $226 78

Sat Feb 3 $4.7K +110% +135% $267.0K 10 $475 79

Sun Feb 4 $5.1K +6% +152% $272.0K 10 $505 80

Mon Feb 5 $2.6K −49% +266% $274.6K 10 $256 81

Tue Feb 6 $2.2K −16% +66% $276.7K 10 $216 82

Wed Feb 7 $1.2K −44% +21% $277.9K 10 $121 83

Thu Feb 8 $1.8K +45% +131% $279.7K 10 $176 84

Fri Feb 9 $1.6K −12% −31% $281.3K 10 $155 85

Sat Feb 10 $3.8K +144% −20% $285.0K 10 $378 86

Sun Feb 11 $2.7K −28% −46% $287.8K 10 $273 87

Mon Feb 12 $1.9K −29% −25% $289.7K 10 $193 88

Tue Feb 13 $867 −55% −60% $290.6K 10 $87 89

Wed Feb 14 $1.7K +95% +40% $292.3K 10 $169 90

Thu Feb 15 $1.7K −1% −5% $293.9K 10 $168 91

Fri Feb 16 $812 −52% −48% $294.7K 16 $51 92

Sat Feb 17 $2.0K +142% −48% $296.7K 16 $123 93

Sun Feb 18 $982 −50% −64% $297.7K 16 $61 94

Mon Feb 19 $1.6K +61% −18% $299.3K 16 $99 95

Tue Feb 20 $273 −83% −69% $299.5K 16 $17 96

Wed Feb 21 $494 +81% −71% $300.0K 16 $31 97

Thu Feb 22 $1.0K +109% −38% $301.1K 16 $65 98

Fri Feb 23 $887 −14% +9% $302.0K 16 $55 99

Sat Feb 24 $1.1K +25% −44% $303.1K 16 $69 100

Sun Feb 25 $1.9K +75% +97% $305.0K 16 $121 101

Mon Feb 26 $426 −78% −73% $305.4K 16 $27 102

Tue Feb 27 $1.3K +214% +390% $306.8K 16 $84 103

Wed Feb 28 $330 −75% −33% $307.1K 16 $21 104

Thu Mar 1 $775 +135% −25% $307.9K 16 $48 105

Fri Mar 2 $231 −70% −74% $308.1K 6 $39 106

Sat Mar 3 $1.4K +494% +24% $309.5K 6 $229 107

Sun Mar 4 $262 −81% −86% $309.7K 6 $44 108

Mon Mar 5 $953 +264% +124% $310.7K 6 $159 109

Tue Mar 6 $82 −91% −94% $310.8K 6 $14 110

Wed Mar 7 $726 +785% +120% $311.5K 6 $121 111

Thu Mar 8 $170 −77% −78% $311.7K 6 $28 112

Fri Mar 9 $389 +129% +68% $312.1K 1 $389 113

Sat Mar 10 $100 −74% −93% $312.2K 1 $100 114

Mon Mar 12 $75 — −92% $312.2K 1 $75 116

Wed Mar 14 $150 — −79% $312.4K 1 $150 118

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

Cumulative total$251.7K

Nov 17Dec 4Dec 22Jan 8Jan 25

Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.8K

$17.4K

$28.7K

$41.0K

$21.3K

$12.7K

$3.0K

$3.7K

$7.7K

$5.8K

$2.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 43 → 4 −90.7%

3 open4 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −51.7%

+64.9%

W1→2

+43.0%

W2→3

−48.1%

W3→4

−40.2%

W4→5

−76.6%

W5→6

+22.9%

W6→7

+111.6%

W7→8

−25.3%

W8→9

−51.7%

W9→10

Steepest −76.6%Biggest gain +111.6%

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