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The Princess DiariesFollow

2001 • G • 1h 55m • Comedy, Family, Romance • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

She rocks. She rules. She reigns.

🍅 49% 68%

52

3.71

6.4

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$22.90M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$108.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$165.00M

$57.10M international

Domestic legs4.73x

Budget$26.0M

2001 rank#19

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Cast & crew

Full Marshall filmography

Garry Marshall

Garry Marshall Director

Anne Hathaway

Anne Hathaway Starring

Julie Andrews

Julie Andrews Starring

Heather Matarazzo

Heather Matarazzo Starring

Caroline Goodall

Caroline Goodall Starring

Héctor Elizondo

Héctor Elizondo Starring

ScreenplayGina Wendkos Produced byWhitney Houston, Debra Martin Chase, Mario Iscovich CinematographyKarl Walter Lindenlaub MusicJohn Debney StudioWalt Disney Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 3-5 3 $22.9M — 2,537 $9,011 $22.9M

2 Aug 10-12 3 $14.2M −37.8% 2,706 $5,253 $52.1M

3 Aug 17-19 5 $9.6M −32.4% 2,726 $3,526 $70.2M

4 Aug 24-26 7 $6.6M −31.3% 2,749 $2,401 $82.4M

5 Aug 31-Sep 2 6 $5.7M −13.2% 2,690 $2,130 $91.0M

6 Sep 7-9 9 $3.4M −41.2% 2,410 $1,398 $97.0M

7 Sep 14-16 11 $2.5M −26.1% 2,155 $1,155 $100.1M

8 Sep 21-23 12 $1.9M −21.8% 1,988 $980 $102.6M

9 Sep 28-30 13 $1.3M −35.6% 1,651 $759 $104.4M

10 Oct 5-7 15 $612.8K −51.1% 1,001 $612 $105.3M

11 Oct 12-14 18 $358.3K −41.5% 581 $616 $105.9M

12 Oct 19-21 22 $212.0K −40.8% 357 $593 $106.2M

13 Oct 26-28 33 $112.8K −46.8% 227 $497 $106.4M

14 Nov 2-4 36 $102.8K −8.9% 154 $667 $106.5M

15 Nov 9-11 24 $267.2K +160.0% 313 $853 $106.8M

16 Nov 16-18 20 $256.1K −4.2% 358 $715 $107.2M

17 Nov 23-25 21 $260.8K +1.8% 354 $736 $107.6M

18 Nov 30-Dec 2 26 $141.5K −45.7% 301 $470 $107.8M

19 Dec 7-9 28 $94.2K −33.4% 240 $392 $107.9M

20 Dec 14-16 38 $67.9K −27.9% 176 $385 $108.0M

21 Dec 21-23 44 $35.3K −48.1% 116 $304 $108.1M

22 Dec 28-30 46 $43.9K +24.5% 103 $426 $108.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Aug 3 #3 $8.2M — $8.2M 2,537 $3,220 1

Sat Aug 4 #3 $8.5M +4% $16.7M 2,537 $3,358 2

Sun Aug 5 #3 $6.1M −29% $22.9M 2,537 $2,387 3

Mon Aug 6 #2 $3.9M −35% $26.8M 2,537 $1,542 4

Tue Aug 7 #2 $4.0M +1% $30.7M 2,537 $1,558 5

Wed Aug 8 #2 $3.6M −8% $34.4M 2,537 $1,436 6

Thu Aug 9 #2 $3.5M −4% $37.9M 2,537 $1,380 7

Fri Aug 10 #4 $4.6M +32% −43% $42.5M 2,706 $1,710 8

Sat Aug 11 #3 $5.3M +14% −38% $47.8M 2,706 $1,954 9

Sun Aug 12 #3 $4.2M −21% −31% $52.1M 2,706 $1,539 10

Mon Aug 13 #3 $2.3M −46% −42% $54.3M 2,706 $834 11

Tue Aug 14 #3 $2.2M −1% −44% $56.6M 2,706 $822 12

Wed Aug 15 #3 $2.0M −9% −45% $58.6M 2,706 $744 13

Thu Aug 16 #3 $2.0M +1% −42% $60.6M 2,706 $752 14

Fri Aug 17 #5 $2.8M +39% −39% $63.5M 2,726 $1,038 15

Sat Aug 18 #5 $3.8M +34% −29% $67.2M 2,726 $1,387 16

Sun Aug 19 #5 $2.8M −27% −33% $70.2M 2,726 $1,016 17

Mon Aug 20 #4 $1.5M −47% −35% $71.7M 2,726 $541 18

Tue Aug 21 #4 $1.5M +2% −32% $73.2M 2,726 $552 19

Wed Aug 22 #3 $1.3M −13% −35% $74.5M 2,726 $481 20

Thu Aug 23 #4 $1.3M −4% −39% $75.8M 2,726 $459 21

Fri Aug 24 #7 $2.0M +59% −30% $77.8M 2,749 $725 22

Sat Aug 25 #6 $2.7M +37% −28% $80.5M 2,749 $995 23

Sun Aug 26 #6 $1.9M −32% −32% $82.4M 2,749 $681 24

Mon Aug 27 #6 $780.2K −58% −47% $83.2M 2,749 $283 25

Tue Aug 28 #6 $832.4K +7% −45% $84.0M 2,749 $302 26

Wed Aug 29 #6 $642.6K −23% −51% $84.6M 2,749 $233 27

Thu Aug 30 #6 $624.6K −3% −50% $85.3M 2,749 $227 28

Fri Aug 31 #8 $1.5M +135% −27% $86.7M 2,690 $544 29

Sat Sep 1 #6 $2.2M +50% −19% $88.9M 2,690 $818 30

Sun Sep 2 #6 $2.0M −8% +9% $91.0M 2,690 $755 31

Mon Sep 3 #6 $1.9M −9% +138% $92.9M 2,690 $690 32

Tue Sep 4 #8 $330.1K −82% −60% $93.2M 2,690 $122 33

Wed Sep 5 #8 $239.7K −27% −63% $93.4M 2,690 $89 34

Thu Sep 6 #8 $225.1K −6% −64% $93.7M 2,690 $83 35

Fri Sep 7 #10 $787.0K +250% −46% $94.4M 2,410 $326 36

Sat Sep 8 #9 $1.6M +98% −29% $96.0M 2,410 $647 37

Thu Sep 27 #10 $170.0K — $103.9M 1,988 $85 56

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

Cumulative total$103.9M

Aug 3Aug 12Aug 22Aug 31Sep 27

Weekend grossWk 10 · $612.8K

$22.9M

$14.2M

$9.6M

$6.6M

$5.7M

$3.4M

$2.5M

$1.9M

$1.3M

$612.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,749 → 1,988 −27.7%

2,537 open1,988 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −51.1%

−37.8%

W1→2

−32.4%

W2→3

−31.3%

W3→4

−13.2%

W4→5

−41.2%

W5→6

−26.1%

W6→7

−21.8%

W7→8

−35.6%

W8→9

−51.1%

W9→10

Steepest −51.1%Best hold −13.2%

Run milestones

$100M in 56 days

$100M

Day 56

Sep 27

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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