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The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

2009 • R • 2h 26m • Crime, Drama, Mystery • Nordisk Film Denmark

There's A Storm Coming

🍅 53% 66% MC 60 LB 3.55 IMDb 7.3

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$252K
Limited · 48 theaters
Domestic Total
$5.4M
Final
Worldwide Total
$41.2M
$35.8M international
Domestic Legs7.3x
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Cast & Crew

Directed byDaniel Alfredson ScreenplayUlf Ryberg Produced bySøren Stærmose CinematographyPeter Mokrosinski MusicJacob Groth StarringMichael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Lena Endre, Annika Hallin, Jacob Ericksson, Sofia Ledarp StudioNordisk Film Denmark
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Apr 30-May 2 25 $251.8K — 48 $5,245 $251.8K
2 May 7-9 29 $195.0K −22.6% 47 $4,149 $589.4K
27 Oct 29-31 14 $723.3K — 123 $5,880 $975.1K
28 Nov 5-7 14 $746.6K +3.2% 192 $3,888 $2.2M
29 Nov 12-14 17 $520.1K −30.3% 194 $2,681 $3.1M
30 Nov 19-21 19 $401.8K −22.7% 179 $2,245 $3.7M
31 Nov 26-28 18 $390.9K −2.7% 168 $2,327 $4.3M
32 Dec 3-5 21 $243.2K −37.8% 176 $1,382 $4.7M
33 Dec 10-12 24 $155.7K −36.0% 169 $921 $4.9M
34 Dec 17-19 28 $93.0K −40.3% 114 $815 $5.1M
35 Dec 24-26 45 $25.8K −72.2% 67 $385 $5.2M
36 Dec 31-Jan 2 44 $40.2K +55.7% 47 $855 $5.3M
37 Jan 7-9 46 $26.0K −35.3% 42 $619 $5.3M
38 Jan 14-17 47 $29.7K +14.2% 37 $802 $5.4M
39 Jan 21-23 51 $16.2K −45.5% 23 $704 $5.4M
40 Jan 28-30 55 $12.2K −24.7% 22 $554 $5.4M
41 Feb 4-6 62 $7.3K −40.2% 13 $561 $5.4M
43 Feb 18-21 104 $744 — 2 $372 $5.4M
44 Feb 25-27 97 $892 +19.9% 3 $297 $5.4M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 2 · $195.0K
$251.8K
$195.0K
W1W2
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 2 · −22.6%
−22.6%
W1→2
Steepest −22.6%Best hold −22.6%

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