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The Fighter

2010 R 1h 56m Action, Biography, Drama Paramount Pictures

Every dream deserves a fighting chance.

Box office summary
Domestic Total
$93.6M
Final
Opening Weekend
$12.1M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
7.71x
Opening → Total
Budget
$25.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$129M
$35.7M international
2010 Rank
#35
Domestic
Compare with other movies
Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Dec 17-19 4 $12.1M $12.6M 2,503 $5K 1
Dec 24-26 6 $7.6M -37.5% $26.7M 2,511 $3K 2
Dec 31-Jan 2 6 $10.0M +32.0% $46.4M 2,534 $4K 3
Jan 7-9 7 $7.0M -30.0% $57.8M 2,528 $3K 4
Jan 14-16 9 $5.1M -27.1% $65.7M 2,414 $2K 5
Jan 21-23 8 $4.2M -18.4% $72.7M 2,275 $2K 6
Jan 28-30 9 $4.0M -4.9% $78.3M 1,914 $2K 7
Feb 4-6 11 $2.8M -28.3% $82.4M 1,662 $2K 8
Feb 11-13 13 $2.2M -23.7% $85.6M 1,049 $2K 9
Feb 18-20 13 $1.6M -27.6% $88.0M 759 $2K 10
Feb 25-27 13 $1.6M +0.6% $90.4M 668 $2K 11
Mar 4-6 14 $1.1M -29.0% $92.0M 575 $2K 12
Mar 11-13 18 $576K -48.5% $92.9M 463 $1K 13
Mar 18-20 25 $220K -61.9% $93.4M 316 $694 14
Mar 25-27 35 $110K -49.7% $93.6M 179 $616 15

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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 byDavid O. Russell
ScreenplayPaul Tamasy, Eric Johnson, Scott Silver
Produced byDavid Hoberman, Todd Lieberman, Ryan Kavanaugh, Mark Wahlberg, Dorothy Aufiero
CinematographyHoyte van Hoytema
MusicMichael Brook
StarringMark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Melissa Leo, Mickey O'Keefe, Jack McGee
StudioParamount Pictures