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The Danish Girl

2015 • R • 1h 59m • Drama • Focus Features

Find the courage to be yourself.

🍅 66% 72%

66

3.41

7.1

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$187K

Limited · 4 theaters

Domestic Total

$11.1M

Final

Worldwide Total

$67.5M

$56.4M international

Domestic Legs7.2x

Budget$15.0M

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Cast & Crew

Full Hooper filmography

Tom Hooper Director

Eddie Redmayne Starring

Alicia Vikander

Alicia Vikander Starring

Ben Whishaw Starring

Sebastian Koch Starring

Amber Heard Starring

ScreenplayLucinda Coxon Based on the novel byDavid Ebershoff Produced byGail Mutrux, Anne Harrison, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Tom Hooper CinematographyDanny Cohen Music byAlexandre Desplat StudioFocus Features

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 27-29 26 $187.3K — 4 $46,830 $187.3K

2 Dec 4-6 31 $104.4K −44.3% 4 $26,089 $350.1K

3 Dec 11-13 22 $263.1K +152.2% 24 $10,964 $657.4K

4 Dec 18-20 15 $547.4K +108.0% 81 $6,758 $1.3M

5 Dec 25-27 14 $1.5M +180.6% 440 $3,492 $3.2M

6 Jan 1-3 13 $1.5M +0.5% 449 $3,439 $6.1M

7 Jan 8-10 18 $845.6K −45.2% 417 $2,028 $7.6M

8 Jan 15-17 21 $713.6K −15.6% 479 $1,490 $8.8M

9 Jan 22-24 21 $526.4K −26.2% 794 $663 $9.7M

10 Jan 29-31 32 $259.0K −50.8% 224 $1,156 $10.3M

11 Feb 5-7 34 $139.4K −46.2% 155 $900 $10.6M

12 Feb 12-14 37 $89.2K −36.1% 88 $1,013 $10.8M

13 Feb 19-21 47 $64.1K −28.1% 72 $890 $10.9M

14 Feb 26-28 49 $55.7K −13.0% 67 $832 $11.0M

15 Mar 4-6 49 $37.9K −32.1% 51 $742 $11.1M

16 Mar 11-13 67 $13.6K −64.1% 15 $906 $11.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 27 - $75.6K — $75.6K 4 $18,899 1

Sat Nov 28 - $63.8K −15.6% $139.4K 4 $15,952 2

Sun Nov 29 - $47.9K −24.9% $187.3K 4 $11,979 3

Mon Nov 30 - $14.8K −69.2% $202.1K 4 $3,688 4

Tue Dec 1 - $14.1K −4.5% $216.2K 4 $3,522 5

Wed Dec 2 - $15.6K +10.6% $231.7K 4 $3,896 6

Thu Dec 3 - $14.0K −10.2% $245.7K 4 $3,499 7

Fri Dec 4 - $29.6K +111.2% −60.9% $275.3K 4 $7,390 8

Sat Dec 5 - $43.5K +47.3% −31.8% $318.8K 4 $10,887 9

Sun Dec 6 - $31.2K −28.2% −34.8% $350.1K 4 $7,812 10

Mon Dec 7 - $10.1K −67.7% −31.5% $360.2K 4 $2,525 11

Tue Dec 8 - $10.7K +6.1% −24.0% $370.9K 4 $2,678 12

Wed Dec 9 - $12.4K +15.4% −20.7% $383.3K 4 $3,090 13

Thu Dec 10 - $11.0K −10.9% −21.3% $394.3K 4 $2,753 14

Fri Dec 11 - $81.5K +639.7% +175.5% $475.7K 24 $3,394 15

Sat Dec 12 - $103.3K +26.8% +137.1% $579.0K 24 $4,303 16

Sun Dec 13 - $78.4K −24.1% +151.0% $657.4K 24 $3,268 17

Mon Dec 14 - $32.4K −58.6% +221.2% $689.8K 24 $1,351 18

Tue Dec 15 - $33.4K +2.8% +211.4% $723.2K 24 $1,390 19

Wed Dec 16 - $34.0K +1.8% +174.8% $757.2K 24 $1,415 20

Thu Dec 17 - $30.5K −10.3% +176.8% $787.6K 24 $1,270 21

Fri Dec 18 #15 $153.1K +402.3% +87.9% $940.7K 81 $1,890 22

Sat Dec 19 #15 $215.2K +40.6% +108.4% $1.2M 81 $2,657 23

Sun Dec 20 #15 $179.1K −16.8% +128.4% $1.3M 81 $2,212 24

Mon Dec 21 - $87.0K −51.5% +168.1% $1.4M 81 $1,074 25

Tue Dec 22 - $99.8K +14.7% +199.2% $1.5M 81 $1,232 26

Wed Dec 23 - $91.3K −8.5% +168.8% $1.6M 81 $1,127 27

Thu Dec 24 - $87.0K −4.7% +185.4% $1.7M 81 $1,074 28

Fri Dec 25 #14 $485.8K +458.4% +217.3% $2.2M 440 $1,104 29

Sat Dec 26 #14 $564.6K +16.2% +162.3% $2.8M 440 $1,283 30

Sun Dec 27 #14 $485.9K −13.9% +171.2% $3.2M 440 $1,104 31

Mon Dec 28 #14 $311.4K −35.9% +258.1% $3.5M 440 $708 32

Tue Dec 29 #13 $329.8K +5.9% +230.5% $3.9M 440 $749 33

Wed Dec 30 #13 $334.3K +1.4% +266.1% $4.2M 440 $760 34

Thu Dec 31 #14 $294.7K −11.9% +238.7% $4.5M 440 $670 35

Fri Jan 1 #13 $548.5K +86.2% +12.9% $5.1M 449 $1,222 36

Sat Jan 2 #13 $606.0K +10.5% +7.3% $5.7M 449 $1,350 37

Sun Jan 3 #13 $389.4K −35.7% −19.9% $6.1M 449 $867 38

Mon Jan 4 #13 $157.6K −59.5% −49.4% $6.2M 449 $351 39

Tue Jan 5 #13 $194.0K +23.1% −41.2% $6.4M 449 $432 40

Wed Jan 6 #12 $185.4K −4.4% −44.5% $6.6M 449 $413 41

Thu Jan 7 #12 $173.0K −6.7% −41.3% $6.8M 449 $385 42

Fri Jan 8 - $233.8K +35.1% −57.4% $7.0M 417 $561 43

Sat Jan 9 - $373.9K +59.9% −38.3% $7.4M 417 $897 44

Sun Jan 10 - $237.9K −36.4% −38.9% $7.6M 417 $571 45

Mon Jan 11 #15 $91.7K −61.5% −41.8% $7.7M 417 $220 46

Tue Jan 12 - $113.0K +23.2% −41.8% $7.8M 417 $271 47

Wed Jan 13 - $112.4K −0.5% −39.4% $7.9M 417 $269 48

Thu Jan 14 - $121.7K +8.3% −29.7% $8.0M 417 $292 49

Fri Jan 15 - $187.4K +54.0% −19.8% $8.2M 479 $391 50

Sat Jan 16 - $283.3K +51.2% −24.2% $8.5M 479 $591 51

Sun Jan 17 - $243.0K −14.2% +2.1% $8.8M 479 $507 52

Mon Jan 18 - $163.8K −32.6% +78.6% $8.9M 479 $342 53

Tue Jan 19 - $98.8K −39.7% −12.5% $9.0M 479 $206 54

Wed Jan 20 - $84.1K −14.9% −25.1% $9.1M 479 $176 55

Thu Jan 21 - $88.3K +5.0% −27.4% $9.2M 479 $184 56

Fri Jan 22 - $145.5K +64.7% −22.4% $9.3M 794 $183 57

Sat Jan 23 - $219.3K +50.7% −22.6% $9.6M 794 $276 58

Sun Jan 24 - $161.6K −26.3% −33.5% $9.7M 794 $204 59

Mon Jan 25 - $72.1K −55.4% −56.0% $9.8M 794 $91 60

Tue Jan 26 - $97.9K +35.7% −1.0% $9.9M 794 $123 61

Wed Jan 27 - $89.3K −8.8% +6.1% $10.0M 794 $112 62

Thu Jan 28 - $94.4K +5.7% +6.9% $10.1M 794 $119 63

Fri Jan 29 - $62.3K −34.0% −57.2% $10.1M 224 $278 64

Sat Jan 30 - $109.0K +74.8% −50.3% $10.2M 224 $487 65

Sun Jan 31 - $87.6K −19.6% −45.8% $10.3M 224 $391 66

Mon Feb 1 - $31.4K −64.2% −56.5% $10.4M 224 $140 67

Tue Feb 2 - $37.5K +19.6% −61.6% $10.4M 224 $168 68

Wed Feb 3 - $36.8K −2.0% −58.8% $10.4M 224 $164 69

Thu Feb 4 - $36.3K −1.4% −61.6% $10.5M 224 $162 70

Fri Feb 5 - $36.4K +0.5% −41.5% $10.5M 155 $235 71

Sat Feb 6 - $67.8K +85.9% −37.8% $10.6M 155 $437 72

Sun Feb 7 - $35.2K −48.0% −59.8% $10.6M 155 $227 73

Mon Feb 8 - $17.5K −50.4% −44.3% $10.6M 155 $113 74

Tue Feb 9 - $21.9K +25.4% −41.6% $10.7M 155 $141 75

Wed Feb 10 - $20.6K −6.2% −44.1% $10.7M 155 $133 76

Thu Feb 11 - $19.4K −5.5% −46.4% $10.7M 155 $125 77

Fri Feb 12 - $19.9K +2.3% −45.4% $10.7M 88 $226 78

Sat Feb 13 - $34.4K +73.2% −49.2% $10.7M 88 $391 79

Sun Feb 14 - $34.8K +1.1% −1.1% $10.8M 88 $396 80

Mon Feb 15 - $21.1K −39.4% +20.7% $10.8M 88 $240 81

Tue Feb 16 - $11.8K −44.3% −46.4% $10.8M 88 $134 82

Wed Feb 17 - $13.5K +14.6% −34.5% $10.8M 88 $153 83

Thu Feb 18 - $15.3K +13.2% −21.5% $10.8M 88 $173 84

Fri Feb 19 - $15.9K +4.2% −20.0% $10.9M 72 $221 85

Sat Feb 20 - $26.7K +67.7% −22.5% $10.9M 72 $370 86

Sun Feb 21 - $21.5K −19.3% −38.2% $10.9M 72 $299 87

Mon Feb 22 - $8.4K −61.0% −60.3% $10.9M 72 $116 88

Tue Feb 23 - $12.5K +48.7% +6.1% $10.9M 72 $173 89

Wed Feb 24 - $9.4K −24.8% −30.4% $10.9M 72 $130 90

Thu Feb 25 - $10.4K +11.1% −31.7% $10.9M 72 $145 91

Fri Feb 26 - $16.1K +54.3% +1.1% $11.0M 67 $240 92

Sat Feb 27 - $26.7K +66.2% +0.1% $11.0M 67 $399 93

Sun Feb 28 - $13.0K −51.5% −39.8% $11.0M 67 $193 94

Mon Feb 29 - $6.6K −49.0% −21.2% $11.0M 67 $99 95

Tue Mar 1 - $8.1K +22.1% −35.3% $11.0M 67 $120 96

Wed Mar 2 - $8.6K +6.5% −8.3% $11.0M 67 $128 97

Thu Mar 3 - $8.5K −1.6% −18.8% $11.0M 67 $126 98

Fri Mar 4 - $9.6K +13.8% −40.1% $11.0M 51 $189 99

Sat Mar 5 - $17.0K +77.1% −36.2% $11.1M 51 $334 100

Sun Mar 6 - $11.2K −34.2% −13.5% $11.1M 51 $220 101

Mon Mar 7 - $4.7K −58.5% −29.6% $11.1M 51 $91 102

Tue Mar 8 - $5.3K +13.9% −34.3% $11.1M 51 $104 103

Wed Mar 9 - $4.1K −22.9% −52.5% $11.1M 51 $80 104

Thu Mar 10 - $4.2K +2.1% −50.7% $11.1M 51 $82 105

Fri Mar 11 - $4.0K −4.8% −58.7% $11.1M 15 $265 106

Sat Mar 12 - $5.8K +46.8% −65.8% $11.1M 15 $389 107

Sun Mar 13 - $3.8K −35.2% −66.3% $11.1M 15 $252 108

Mon Mar 14 - $1.4K −62.3% −69.4% $11.1M 15 $95 109

Tue Mar 15 - $2.7K +91.3% −48.6% $11.1M 15 $182 110

Wed Mar 16 - $2.3K −16.2% −44.1% $11.1M 15 $152 111

Thu Mar 17 - $1.8K −21.4% −57.0% $11.1M 15 $120 112

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

Cumulative total$10.5M

Nov 27Dec 14Jan 1Jan 18Feb 4

Weekend grossWk 10 · $259.0K

$187.3K

$104.4K

$263.1K

$547.4K

$1.5M

$1.5M

$845.6K

$713.6K

$526.4K

$259.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 794 → 224 −71.8%

4 open224 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −50.8%

−44.3%

W1→2

+152.2%

W2→3

+108.0%

W3→4

+180.6%

W4→5

+0.5%

W5→6

−45.2%

W6→7

−15.6%

W7→8

−26.2%

W8→9

−50.8%

W9→10

Steepest −50.8%Biggest gain +180.6%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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