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The Butler

2013 PG-13 2h 12m Biography, Drama The Weinstein Company

One quiet voice can ignite a revolution.

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$117M
Final
Opening Weekend
$24.6M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
4.73x
Opening → Total
Budget
$30.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$177M
$60.7M international
2013 Rank
#28
Domestic

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Aug 16-18 1 $24.6M $24.6M 2,933 $8K 1
Aug 23-25 1 $16.5M -33.0% $51.8M 3,110 $5K 2
Aug 30-Sep 1 2 $14.9M -9.8% $74.1M 3,330 $4K 3
Sep 6-8 2 $8.4M -43.5% $91.4M 3,330 $3K 4
Sep 13-15 4 $5.5M -34.0% $100.0M 3,239 $2K 5
Sep 20-22 7 $4.2M -24.4% $106.3M 2,931 $1K 6
Sep 27-29 10 $2.4M -42.7% $110.3M 2,062 $1K 7
Oct 4-6 14 $1.2M -48.9% $112.4M 1,563 $785 8
Oct 11-13 15 $624K -49.2% $113.5M 980 $636 9
Oct 18-20 21 $387K -37.9% $114.3M 602 $643 10
Oct 25-27 23 $270K -30.4% $114.7M 444 $607 11
Nov 1-3 26 $193K -28.4% $115.1M 312 $618 12
Nov 8-10 27 $140K -27.3% $115.3M 214 $655 13
Nov 15-17 31 $100K -29.1% $115.5M 176 $565 14
Nov 22-24 38 $56K -43.4% $115.6M 124 $454 15
Dec 6-8 22 $265K +370.8% $115.9M 1,007 $263 16
Jan 3-5 34 $101K -61.8% $116.3M 133 $762 17
Jan 10-12 34 $90K -10.8% $116.4M 136 $665 18
Jan 17-19 39 $65K -28.6% $116.5M 119 $542 19
Jan 24-26 46 $36K -44.3% $116.6M 101 $356 20

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Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byLee Daniels
ScreenplayDanny Strong
StarringForest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, David Oyelowo, John Cusack, Jane Fonda, Cuba Gooding Jr.
StudioThe Weinstein Company