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The Last Song

2010 • PG • 1h 47m • Drama, Music, Romance • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

A story about family, first love, second chances and the moment in life that lead you back home.

🍅 22% 65%

33

3.14

6.0

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$16.0M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$63.0M

Final

Worldwide Total

$92.7M

$29.7M international

Domestic Legs3.9x

Budget$20M

2010 Rank#52

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Cast & Crew

Miley Cyrus Starring

Liam Hemsworth Starring

Kelly Preston Starring

Greg Kinnear Starring

ScreenplayNicholas Sparks, Jeff Van Wie Produced byAdam Shankman, Jennifer Gibgot CinematographyJohn Lindley MusicAaron Zigman Prod. DesignNelson Coates StudioWalt Disney Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Apr 2-4 4 $16.0M — 2,673 $5,989 $25.4M

2 Apr 9-11 5 $9.8M −38.6% 2,674 $3,677 $42.3M

3 Apr 16-18 6 $6.0M −39.4% 2,767 $2,155 $50.2M

4 Apr 23-25 9 $3.8M −36.9% 2,794 $1,346 $55.5M

5 Apr 30-May 2 11 $2.3M −40.0% 2,276 $991 $58.6M

6 May 7-9 13 $1.2M −48.0% 1,303 $900 $60.3M

7 May 14-16 14 $544.4K −53.6% 802 $679 $61.2M

8 May 21-23 27 $220.0K −59.6% 357 $616 $61.6M

9 May 28-31 25 $209.0K −5.0% 214 $977 $61.9M

10 Jun 4-6 33 $99.1K −52.6% 119 $833 $62.1M

11 Jun 11-13 29 $152.7K +54.1% 210 $727 $62.3M

12 Jun 18-20 31 $137.0K −10.3% 199 $688 $62.6M

13 Jun 25-27 36 $85.3K −37.7% 123 $694 $62.8M

14 Jul 2-4 53 $33.1K −61.2% 79 $419 $62.9M

15 Jul 9-11 57 $18.9K −42.9% 41 $461 $62.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Mar 31 #1 $5.1M — $5.1M 2,673 $1,917 -2

Thu Apr 1 #2 $4.3M −16.8% $9.4M 2,673 $1,595 -1

Fri Apr 2 #4 $7.2M +68.4% $16.6M 2,673 $2,685 1

Sat Apr 3 #4 $5.9M −17.3% $22.5M 2,673 $2,220 2

Sun Apr 4 #4 $2.9M −51.2% $25.4M 2,673 $1,084 3

Mon Apr 5 #4 $2.3M −19.3% $27.7M 2,673 $875 4

Tue Apr 6 #4 $1.7M −26.0% $29.5M 2,673 $647 5

Wed Apr 7 #4 $1.4M −17.0% $30.9M 2,673 $537 6

Thu Apr 8 #3 $1.5M +6.4% $32.4M 2,673 $571 7

Fri Apr 9 #4 $3.6M +137.2% −49.6% $36.0M 2,674 $1,353 8

Sat Apr 10 #5 $4.1M +13.4% −30.8% $40.1M 2,674 $1,535 9

Sun Apr 11 #5 $2.1M −48.6% −27.2% $42.3M 2,674 $789 10

Mon Apr 12 #6 $485.3K −77.0% −79.2% $42.7M 2,674 $182 11

Tue Apr 13 #4 $569.8K +17.4% −67.0% $43.3M 2,674 $213 12

Wed Apr 14 #6 $443.9K −22.1% −69.1% $43.8M 2,674 $166 13

Thu Apr 15 #6 $470.7K +6.0% −69.2% $44.2M 2,674 $176 14

Fri Apr 16 #6 $1.9M +305.6% −47.2% $46.1M 2,767 $690 15

Sat Apr 17 #6 $2.6M +37.5% −36.0% $48.8M 2,767 $949 16

Sun Apr 18 #6 $1.4M −45.6% −32.3% $50.2M 2,767 $516 17

Mon Apr 19 #6 $352.2K −75.3% −27.4% $50.5M 2,767 $127 18

Tue Apr 20 #6 $411.0K +16.7% −27.9% $51.0M 2,767 $149 19

Wed Apr 21 #6 $359.2K −12.6% −19.1% $51.3M 2,767 $130 20

Thu Apr 22 #7 $388.5K +8.2% −17.5% $51.7M 2,767 $140 21

Fri Apr 23 #9 $1.2M +207.3% −37.5% $52.9M 2,794 $427 22

Sat Apr 24 #9 $1.6M +37.4% −37.5% $54.5M 2,794 $587 23

Sun Apr 25 #9 $927.6K −43.4% −35.1% $55.5M 2,794 $332 24

Mon Apr 26 #9 $202.7K −78.2% −42.5% $55.7M 2,794 $73 25

Tue Apr 27 #9 $247.7K +22.2% −39.7% $55.9M 2,794 $89 26

Wed Apr 28 #9 $210.0K −15.2% −41.5% $56.1M 2,794 $75 27

Thu Apr 29 #9 $225.1K +7.2% −42.1% $56.3M 2,794 $81 28

Fri Apr 30 #11 $728.2K +223.5% −39.0% $57.1M 2,276 $320 29

Sat May 1 #10 $1.0M +37.5% −38.9% $58.1M 2,276 $440 30

Sun May 2 #11 $526.1K −47.5% −43.3% $58.6M 2,276 $231 31

Mon May 3 #11 $138.7K −73.6% −31.6% $58.7M 2,276 $61 32

Tue May 4 #11 $151.6K +9.3% −38.8% $58.9M 2,276 $67 33

Wed May 5 #11 $130.3K −14.1% −38.0% $59.0M 2,276 $57 34

Thu May 6 #12 $146.6K +12.5% −34.9% $59.2M 2,276 $64 35

Fri May 7 #13 $344.5K +135.1% −52.7% $59.5M 1,303 $264 36

Sat May 8 #13 $482.9K +40.1% −51.8% $60.0M 1,303 $371 37

Sun May 9 #13 $345.7K −28.4% −34.3% $60.3M 1,303 $265 38

Mon May 10 — $80.2K −76.8% −42.2% $60.4M 1,303 $62 39

Tue May 11 — $98.8K +23.3% −34.8% $60.5M 1,303 $76 40

Wed May 12 — $87.5K −11.5% −32.8% $60.6M 1,303 $67 41

Thu May 13 — $88.5K +1.1% −39.6% $60.7M 1,303 $68 42

Fri May 14 — $172.7K +95.2% −49.9% $60.9M 802 $215 43

Sat May 15 — $234.2K +35.6% −51.5% $61.1M 802 $292 44

Sun May 16 — $128.5K −45.1% −62.8% $61.2M 802 $160 45

Mon May 17 — $42.2K −67.1% −47.3% $61.3M 802 $53 46

Tue May 18 — $47.0K +11.3% −52.4% $61.3M 802 $59 47

Wed May 19 — $43.4K −7.7% −50.4% $61.4M 802 $54 48

Thu May 20 — $48.7K +12.3% −44.9% $61.4M 802 $61 49

Fri May 21 — $71.8K +47.5% −58.4% $61.5M 357 $201 50

Sat May 22 — $91.7K +27.7% −60.8% $61.6M 357 $257 51

Sun May 23 — $56.5K −38.4% −56.1% $61.6M 357 $158 52

Mon May 24 — $23.3K −58.7% −44.7% $61.7M 357 $65 53

Tue May 25 — $22.3K −4.4% −52.6% $61.7M 357 $62 54

Wed May 26 — $20.4K −8.7% −53.0% $61.7M 357 $57 55

Thu May 27 — $16.1K −21.1% −67.0% $61.7M 357 $45 56

Mon May 31 #29 $38.4K — +64.4% $62.0M 214 $179 60

Mon Jul 5 #50 $12.6K — $62.9M 79 $160 95

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

Cumulative total$62.0M

Mar 31Apr 15Apr 29May 14May 31

Weekend grossWk 10 · $99.1K

$16.0M

$9.8M

$6.0M

$3.8M

$2.3M

$1.2M

$544.4K

$220.0K

$209.0K

$99.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,794 → 214 −92.3%

2,673 open214 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −52.6%

−38.6%

W1→2

−39.4%

W2→3

−36.9%

W3→4

−40.0%

W4→5

−48.0%

W5→6

−53.6%

W6→7

−59.6%

W7→8

−5.0%

W8→9

−52.6%

W9→10

Steepest −59.6%Best hold −5.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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