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Name: The Illusionist
Director: Sylvain Chomet
Genre: Animation, Drama
Released: 2010
Cast: Jean-Claude Donda, Eilidh Rankin, Didier Gustin, Jil Aigrot, Jacques Tati

2010 • PG • 1h 20m • Animation, Drama • Sony Pictures Classics

When life loses its wonder, all it takes is one person who still believes in magic.

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7.4

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$39K

Limited · 3 theaters

Domestic total

$2.23M

Final

Worldwide total

$8.61M

$6.38M international

Domestic legs7.4x from $304K biggest weekend

Budget$17M

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Cast & crew

Directed bySylvain Chomet Produced byBob Last, Sally Chomet StarringJean-Claude Donda, Eilidh Rankin, Didier Gustin, Jil Aigrot, Jacques Tati, Duncan MacNeil StudioSony Pictures Classics

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 24-26 38 $38.6K — 3 $12,865 $38.6K

2 Dec 31-Jan 2 42 $46.4K +20.3% 3 $15,472 $123.5K

3 Jan 7-9 44 $33.0K −28.9% 3 $10,996 $178.4K

4 Jan 14-16 41 $60.5K +83.3% 7 $8,639 $254.3K

5 Jan 21-23 38 $80.6K +33.3% 15 $5,373 $371.0K

6 Jan 28-30 33 $134.0K +66.2% 25 $5,360 $537.6K

7 Feb 4-6 30 $186.7K +39.3% 68 $2,745 $766.3K

8 Feb 11-13 30 $303.5K +62.6% 206 $1,473 $1.1M

9 Feb 18-20 35 $188.5K −37.9% 106 $1,778 $1.5M

10 Feb 25-27 36 $148.8K −21.1% 125 $1,190 $1.7M

11 Mar 4-6 40 $80.2K −46.1% 76 $1,055 $1.9M

12 Mar 11-13 41 $72.1K −10.1% 76 $949 $2.0M

13 Mar 18-20 46 $49.7K −31.1% 58 $857 $2.1M

14 Mar 25-27 56 $36.4K −26.7% 49 $743 $2.1M

15 Apr 1-3 62 $21.9K −39.9% 32 $684 $2.2M

16 Apr 8-10 66 $14.5K −33.6% 32 $454 $2.2M

17 Apr 15-17 76 $6.1K −58.4% 16 $378 $2.2M

18 Apr 22-24 88 $4.7K −23.0% 12 $389 $2.2M

19 Apr 29-May 1 90 $3.3K −29.5% 19 $173 $2.2M

20 May 6-8 113 $1.2K −62.6% 4 $308 $2.2M

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

Weekend grossWk 10 · $148.8K

$38.6K

$46.4K

$33.0K

$60.5K

$80.6K

$134.0K

$186.7K

$303.5K

$188.5K

$148.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −21.1%

+20.3%

W1→2

−28.9%

W2→3

+83.3%

W3→4

+33.3%

W4→5

+66.2%

W5→6

+39.3%

W6→7

+62.6%

W7→8

−37.9%

W8→9

−21.1%

W9→10

Steepest −37.9%Biggest gain +83.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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