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The Piano

1993 • R • 2h 1m • Drama, Music, Romance • Miramax

Silence affects everyone in the end.

🍅 90% 86%

89

3.85

7.5

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$151K

Limited · 4 theaters

Domestic Total

$40.3M

Final

Worldwide Total

$40.4M

$57.8K international

Domestic Legs16.5x

Budget$7.0M

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Cast & Crew

Full Campion filmography

Jane Campion Director

Holly Hunter Starring

Harvey Keitel Starring

Sam Neill Starring

Anna Paquin Starring

Cliff Curtis Starring

ScreenplayJane Campion Produced byJan Chapman CinematographyStuart Dryburgh Film EditingVeronika Jenet Music byMichael Nyman StudioMiramax

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 12-14 18 $151.4K — 4 $37,854 $151.4K

2 Nov 19-21 10 $1.5M +892.2% 99 $15,175 $1.8M

3 Nov 26-28 10 $2.4M +62.9% 231 $10,592 $5.2M

4 Dec 3-5 7 $1.7M −30.5% 239 $7,118 $7.5M

5 Dec 10-12 9 $1.3M −24.3% 274 $4,703 $9.2M

6 Dec 17-19 10 $1.1M −16.8% 259 $4,138 $11.0M

7 Dec 24-26 9 $1.4M +32.6% 516 $2,754 $12.8M

8 Dec 31-Jan 2 8 $2.4M +66.7% 523 $4,529 $17.2M

9 Jan 7-9 11 $1.8M −23.6% 522 $3,467 $20.0M

10 Jan 14-17 MLK 13 $1.7M — 500 $3,383 $22.5M

11 Jan 21-23 15 $1.1M — 500 $2,223 $23.9M

12 Jan 28-30 15 $1.0M −8.2% 470 $2,170 $25.3M

14 Feb 11-13 13 $1.3M — 610 $2,134 —

15 Feb 18-21 Presidents' Day 14 $1.6M — 666 $2,405 $30.0M

16 Feb 25-27 16 $1.0M — 671 $1,540 $31.4M

20 Mar 25-27 13 $1.4M — 670 $2,098 $36.3M

21 Apr 1-3 19 $777.5K −44.7% 569 $1,366 $37.1M

22 Apr 8-10 17 $777.5K — 569 $1,366 $38.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Aug 7 $5.3K +231% +53% $40.2M 18 $292 11957

Sat Aug 8 $5.2K −2% −5% $40.2M 18 $287 11958

Sun Aug 9 $5.1K 0% −1% $40.2M 18 $286 11959

Mon Aug 10 $1.9K −63% −21% $40.2M 18 $105 11960

Tue Aug 11 $2.0K +6% +13% $40.2M 18 $111 11961

Wed Aug 12 $2.6K +32% −7% $40.2M 18 $146 11962

Thu Aug 13 $2.2K −17% +37% $40.2M 18 $121 11963

Fri Aug 14 — $2.8K +28% −47% $40.2M 105 $27 11964

Sat Aug 15 — $2.9K +5% −43% $40.2M 105 $28 11965

Sun Aug 16 — $12.6K +328% +144% $40.2M 105 $120 11966

Mon Aug 17 — $6.1K −53% +224% $40.2M 131 $47 11967

Tue Aug 18 — $5.9K −3% +196% $40.3M 131 $45 11968

Wed Aug 19 — $4.0K −33% +51% $40.3M 131 $30 11969

Thu Aug 20 — $1.9K −53% −13% $40.3M 131 $14 11970

Fri Aug 21 — $231 −88% −92% $40.3M 1 $231 11971

Sat Aug 22 — $287 +24% −90% $40.3M 1 $287 11972

Sun Aug 23 — $180 −37% −99% $40.3M 1 $180 11973

Mon Aug 24 #- $585 +225% −90% $40.3M 1 $585 11,974

Wed Aug 26 #- $35 — −99% $40.3M 1 $35 11,976

Thu Aug 27 — $30 −14% −98% $40.3M 1 $30 11977

Fri Aug 28 #- $735 +2,350% +218% $40.3M 4 $184 11,978

Sat Aug 29 #- $2.5K +235% +758% $40.3M 4 $616 11,979

Sun Aug 30 #- $1.2K −49% +592% $40.3M 4 $311 11,980

Mon Aug 31 #- $1.3K +3% +118% $40.3M 4 $320 11,981

Tue Sep 1 #- $178 −86% $40.3M 5 $36 11,982

Wed Sep 2 #- $79 −56% +126% $40.3M 5 $16 11,983

Thu Sep 3 #- $79 0% +163% $40.3M 4 $20 11,984

Fri Sep 4 #- $525 +565% −29% $40.3M 3 $175 11,985

Sun Sep 6 #- $2.0K — +63% $40.3M 3 $677 11,987

Tue Sep 8 #- $129 — −28% $40.3M 3 $43 11,989

Wed Sep 9 #- $243 +88% +208% $40.3M 3 $81 11,990

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

Cumulative total$40.3M

Aug 24Aug 29Sep 1Sep 4Sep 9

Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.7M

$151.4K

$1.5M

$2.4M

$1.7M

$1.3M

$1.1M

$1.4M

$2.4M

$1.8M

$1.7M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 5 → 3 −40.0%

1 open3 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −23.6%

+892.2%

W1→2

+62.9%

W2→3

−30.5%

W3→4

−24.3%

W4→5

−16.8%

W5→6

+32.6%

W6→7

+66.7%

W7→8

−23.6%

W8→9

Steepest −30.5%Biggest gain +892.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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