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The Duchess

2008 • PG-13 • 1h 50m • Biography, Drama, History • Paramount Vantage

Based on the incredible true story.

🍅 62% 67%

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3.38

6.9

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$190K

Limited · 7 theaters

Domestic Total

$13.8M

Final

Worldwide Total

$45.2M

$31.3M international

Domestic Legs4.2x

Budget$27M

Compare with other movies

Cast & Crew

Keira Knightley

Keira Knightley Starring

Ralph Fiennes Starring

Charlotte Rampling

Charlotte Rampling Starring

Dominic Cooper Starring

Hayley Atwell Starring

Simon McBurney Starring

ScreenplayAnders Thomas Jensen, Jeffrey Hatcher, Saul Dibb Produced byMichael Kuhn, Gabrielle Tana CinematographyGyula Pados MusicRachel Portman Prod. DesignMichael Carlin StudioParamount Vantage

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 19-21 32 $190.4K — 7 $27,204 $190.4K

2 Sep 26-28 19 $563.1K +195.7% 55 $10,238 $830.0K

3 Oct 3-5 20 $894.0K +58.8% 127 $7,039 $2.0M

4 Oct 10-12 9 $3.3M +269.7% 1,207 $2,738 $5.6M

5 Oct 17-19 13 $2.1M −35.8% 1,207 $1,758 $9.1M

6 Oct 24-26 15 $1.2M −41.3% 873 $1,425 $11.2M

7 Oct 31-Nov 2 19 $623.3K −49.9% 527 $1,183 $12.3M

8 Nov 7-9 21 $404.0K −35.2% 323 $1,251 $13.0M

9 Nov 14-16 27 $236.8K −41.4% 270 $877 $13.4M

10 Nov 21-23 33 $117.9K −50.2% 154 $766 $13.7M

11 Nov 28-30 44 $46.5K −60.6% 78 $596 $13.8M

12 Dec 5-7 39 $44.7K −3.9% 135 $331 $13.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Sep 19 — $56.1K — $56.1K 7 $8,015 1

Sat Sep 20 — $81.3K +45.0% $137.4K 7 $11,621 2

Sun Sep 21 — $53.0K −34.9% $190.4K 7 $7,568 3

Mon Sep 22 — $18.5K −65.1% $208.9K 7 $2,638 4

Tue Sep 23 — $20.1K +9.1% $229.0K 7 $2,876 5

Wed Sep 24 — $19.5K −3.0% $248.6K 7 $2,791 6

Thu Sep 25 — $18.4K −5.9% $266.9K 7 $2,625 7

Fri Sep 26 — $121.4K +560.7% +116.4% $388.3K 55 $2,207 8

Sat Sep 27 — $266.7K +119.7% +227.8% $655.0K 55 $4,848 9

Sun Sep 28 — $175.0K −34.4% +230.4% $830.0K 55 $3,182 10

Mon Sep 29 — $50.6K −71.1% +174.1% $880.6K 55 $920 11

Tue Sep 30 — $69.3K +36.9% +244.0% $949.9K 55 $1,259 12

Wed Oct 1 — $62.1K −10.4% +217.7% $1.0M 55 $1,129 13

Thu Oct 2 — $44.9K −27.7% +144.1% $1.1M 55 $816 14

Fri Oct 3 — $238.1K +430.8% +96.2% $1.3M 127 $1,875 15

Sat Oct 4 — $392.4K +64.8% +47.2% $1.7M 127 $3,090 16

Sun Oct 5 — $263.5K −32.9% +50.5% $2.0M 127 $2,075 17

Mon Oct 6 — $76.3K −71.0% +50.8% $2.0M 127 $601 18

Tue Oct 7 — $77.2K +1.1% +11.4% $2.1M 127 $608 19

Wed Oct 8 — $96.1K +24.6% +54.9% $2.2M 127 $757 20

Thu Oct 9 — $97.8K +1.8% +118.1% $2.3M 127 $770 21

Fri Oct 10 #9 $1.0M +928.3% +322.5% $3.3M 1,207 $834 22

Sat Oct 11 #8 $1.4M +35.8% +248.2% $4.7M 1,207 $1,132 23

Sun Oct 12 #8 $932.2K −31.8% +253.8% $5.6M 1,207 $772 24

Mon Oct 13 #10 $452.6K −51.5% +493.0% $6.1M 1,207 $375 25

Tue Oct 14 #8 $328.2K −27.5% +325.4% $6.4M 1,207 $272 26

Wed Oct 15 #8 $297.6K −9.3% +209.7% $6.7M 1,207 $247 27

Thu Oct 16 #8 $325.9K +9.5% +233.0% $7.0M 1,207 $270 28

Fri Oct 17 #13 $684.9K +110.2% −31.9% $7.7M 1,207 $567 29

Sat Oct 18 #13 $895.8K +30.8% −34.4% $8.6M 1,207 $742 30

Sun Oct 19 #12 $541.0K −39.6% −42.0% $9.1M 1,207 $448 31

Mon Oct 20 #13 $184.3K −65.9% −59.3% $9.3M 1,207 $153 32

Tue Oct 21 #12 $215.1K +16.7% −34.4% $9.5M 1,207 $178 33

Wed Oct 22 #11 $219.5K +2.0% −26.2% $9.7M 1,207 $182 34

Thu Oct 23 #12 $218.0K −0.7% −33.1% $10.0M 1,207 $181 35

Fri Oct 24 #15 $377.5K +73.1% −44.9% $10.3M 873 $432 36

Sat Oct 25 #15 $537.7K +42.5% −40.0% $10.9M 873 $616 37

Sun Oct 26 #14 $329.1K −38.8% −39.2% $11.2M 873 $377 38

Mon Oct 27 #15 $108.1K −67.2% −41.4% $11.3M 873 $124 39

Tue Oct 28 #14 $134.9K +24.8% −37.3% $11.5M 873 $155 40

Wed Oct 29 #15 $129.2K −4.3% −41.2% $11.6M 873 $148 41

Thu Oct 30 #14 $125.9K −2.5% −42.3% $11.7M 873 $144 42

Fri Oct 31 #17 $136.3K +8.3% −63.9% $11.8M 873 $156 43

Sat Nov 1 #18 $291.4K +113.8% −45.8% $12.1M 873 $334 44

Sun Nov 2 #18 $195.6K −32.9% −40.6% $12.3M 873 $224 45

Mon Nov 3 #18 $64.2K −67.2% −40.6% $12.4M 873 $74 46

Tue Nov 4 #19 $66.3K +3.3% −50.9% $12.5M 873 $76 47

Wed Nov 5 #17 $72.1K +8.7% −44.2% $12.5M 873 $83 48

Thu Nov 6 #17 $78.5K +8.9% −37.7% $12.6M 873 $90 49

Fri Nov 7 — $111.1K +41.6% −18.5% $12.7M 323 $344 50

Sat Nov 8 — $180.6K +62.6% −38.0% $12.9M 323 $559 51

Sun Nov 9 — $112.3K −37.9% −42.6% $13.0M 323 $348 52

Mon Nov 10 — $43.2K −61.5% −32.7% $13.1M 323 $134 53

Tue Nov 11 — $65.6K +52.1% −1.0% $13.1M 323 $203 54

Wed Nov 12 — $41.8K −36.3% −42.0% $13.2M 323 $129 55

Thu Nov 13 — $41.4K −0.9% −47.2% $13.2M 323 $128 56

Fri Nov 14 — $67.8K +63.7% −39.0% $13.3M 270 $251 57

Sat Nov 15 — $104.9K +54.7% −41.9% $13.4M 270 $389 58

Sun Nov 16 — $64.0K −39.0% −43.0% $13.4M 270 $237 59

Mon Nov 17 — $24.2K −62.2% −44.0% $13.5M 270 $90 60

Tue Nov 18 — $27.3K +12.8% −58.4% $13.5M 270 $101 61

Wed Nov 19 — $28.1K +3.0% −32.7% $13.5M 270 $104 62

Thu Nov 20 — $27.3K −2.8% −34.1% $13.6M 270 $101 63

Fri Nov 21 — $34.5K +26.2% −49.1% $13.6M 154 $224 64

Sat Nov 22 — $53.0K +53.7% −49.5% $13.6M 154 $344 65

Sun Nov 23 — $30.4K −42.7% −52.5% $13.7M 154 $197 66

Mon Nov 24 — $12.4K −59.3% −48.9% $13.7M 154 $80 67

Tue Nov 25 — $16.1K +29.9% −41.2% $13.7M 154 $104 68

Wed Nov 26 — $7.9K −51.1% −72.1% $13.7M 78 $101 69

Thu Nov 27 — $6.9K −12.4% −74.8% $13.7M 78 $88 70

Fri Nov 28 — $16.1K +134.2% −53.2% $13.7M 78 $207 71

Sat Nov 29 — $18.8K +16.8% −64.5% $13.7M 78 $241 72

Sun Nov 30 — $11.5K −38.9% −62.1% $13.8M 78 $148 73

Mon Dec 1 — $3.6K −68.9% −71.0% $13.8M 78 $46 74

Tue Dec 2 — $5.2K +46.4% −67.4% $13.8M 78 $67 75

Wed Dec 3 — $4.8K −8.2% −38.7% $13.8M 78 $62 76

Thu Dec 4 — $5.6K +15.8% −19.0% $13.8M 78 $71 77

Fri Dec 5 — $14.4K +159.1% −10.4% $13.8M 135 $107 78

Sat Dec 6 — $18.7K +29.2% −0.9% $13.8M 135 $138 79

Sun Dec 7 — $11.6K −38.0% +0.5% $13.8M 135 $86 80

Mon Dec 8 — $5.4K −53.4% +50.5% $13.8M 135 $40 81

Tue Dec 9 — $6.5K +19.9% +23.2% $13.8M 135 $48 82

Wed Dec 10 — $6.5K +0.6% +35.0% $13.8M 135 $48 83

Thu Dec 11 — $6.9K +5.9% +23.5% $13.8M 135 $51 84

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

Cumulative total$13.7M

Sep 19Oct 6Oct 24Nov 10Nov 27

Weekend grossWk 10 · $117.9K

$190.4K

$563.1K

$894.0K

$3.3M

$2.1M

$1.2M

$623.3K

$404.0K

$236.8K

$117.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,207 → 78 −93.5%

7 open78 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −50.2%

+195.7%

W1→2

+58.8%

W2→3

+269.7%

W3→4

−35.8%

W4→5

−41.3%

W5→6

−49.9%

W6→7

−35.2%

W7→8

−41.4%

W8→9

−50.2%

W9→10

Steepest −50.2%Biggest gain +269.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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