Name: The Lunchbox
Director: Ritesh Batra
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 2013
Cast: Irrfan Khan, Nimrat Kaur, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Lillete Dubey, Nasir Khan

Cast & crew

Directed byRitesh Batra ScreenplayRitesh Batra Produced byAnurag Kashyap, Arun Rangachari, Guneet Monga Kapoor CinematographyMichael Simmonds MusicMax Richter Prod. DesignShruti Gupte StarringIrrfan Khan, Nimrat Kaur, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Lillete Dubey, Nasir Khan, Bharati Achrekar StudioSony Pictures Classics

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Feb 28-Mar 2 49 $44.5K — 3 $14,847 $44.5K

2 Mar 7-9 35 $114.8K +157.7% 13 $8,829 $178.6K

3 Mar 14-16 40 $88.9K −22.5% 18 $4,940 $306.3K

4 Mar 21-23 27 $184.0K +106.9% 36 $5,111 $525.4K

5 Mar 28-30 20 $287.4K +56.2% 73 $3,937 $885.5K

6 Apr 4-6 17 $342.0K +19.0% 103 $3,320 $1.4M

7 Apr 11-13 21 $283.9K −17.0% 129 $2,201 $1.7M

8 Apr 18-20 20 $349.7K +23.2% 158 $2,213 $2.2M

9 Apr 25-27 21 $322.4K −7.8% 165 $1,954 $2.7M

10 May 2-4 21 $262.8K −18.5% 149 $1,764 $3.1M

11 May 9-11 26 $244.1K −7.1% 153 $1,595 $3.4M

12 May 16-18 28 $162.4K −33.5% 130 $1,249 $3.7M

13 May 23-25 34 $96.5K −40.6% 68 $1,419 $3.8M

14 May 30-Jun 1 35 $55.4K −42.6% 54 $1,026 $4.0M

15 Jun 6-8 41 $41.4K −25.4% 46 $899 $4.0M

16 Jun 13-15 46 $30.6K −25.9% 26 $1,178 $4.1M

17 Jun 20-22 50 $22.1K −27.7% 26 $852 $4.1M

18 Jun 27-29 66 $12.3K −44.3% 16 $771 $4.2M

19 Jul 4-6 65 $7.9K −35.6% 5 $1,590 $4.2M

20 Jul 11-13 74 $4.6K −41.5% 10 $465 $4.2M

21 Jul 18-20 74 $4.8K +2.6% 6 $794 $4.2M

22 Jul 25-27 68 $7.3K +53.4% 8 $914 $4.2M

23 Aug 1-3 84 $2.7K −63.0% 4 $677 $4.2M

24 Aug 8-10 85 $3.2K +18.4% 5 $641 $4.2M

25 Aug 15-17 86 $2.3K −27.7% 5 $463 $4.2M

26 Aug 22-24 81 $1.8K −21.0% 4 $458 $4.2M

27 Aug 29-31 79 $3.6K +96.5% 4 $899 $4.2M

28 Sep 5-7 91 $2.3K −36.6% 3 $760 $4.2M

29 Sep 12-14 78 $3.5K +51.2% 4 $863 $4.2M

33 Oct 10-12 102 $341 — 1 $341 —

34 Oct 17-19 102 $370 +8.5% 1 $370 —

35 Oct 24-26 113 $160 −56.8% 1 $160 —

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

Weekend grossWk 10 · $262.8K

$44.5K

$114.8K

$88.9K

$184.0K

$287.4K

$342.0K

$283.9K

$349.7K

$322.4K

$262.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −18.5%

+157.7%

W1→2

−22.5%

W2→3

+106.9%

W3→4

+56.2%

W4→5

+19.0%

W5→6

−17.0%

W6→7

+23.2%

W7→8

−7.8%

W8→9

−18.5%

W9→10

Steepest −22.5%Biggest gain +157.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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