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The ProducersFollow

2005 • PG-13 • 2h 14m • Comedy, Crime, Musical • Universal Pictures

They had everything to gain by not being a success!

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$155K
Limited · 6 theaters
Domestic total
$19.40M
Final
Worldwide total
$32.95M
$13.55M international
Domestic legs12.0x from $1.6M first wide weekend
Budget$45M

Cast & crew

Nathan Lane Nathan Lane Starring Matthew Broderick Matthew Broderick Starring Uma Thurman Uma Thurman Starring Will Ferrell Will Ferrell Starring
ScreenplayMel Brooks, Thomas Meehan Produced byAmy Herman, Jonathan Sanger, Mel Brooks CinematographyCharles Minsky, John Bailey MusicGlen Kelly Prod. DesignMark Friedberg StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Dec 16-18 23 $154.6K — 6 $25,765 $154.6K
2 Dec 23-25 14 $1.6M +945.9% 975 $1,658 $1.9M
3 Dec 30-Jan 1 12 $4.0M +148.3% 978 $4,105 $10.6M
4 Jan 6-8 16 $2.2M −44.1% 937 $2,395 $15.1M
5 Jan 13-15 20 $1.3M −42.8% 785 $1,635 $17.2M
6 Jan 20-22 25 $607.0K −52.7% 521 $1,165 $18.4M
7 Jan 27-29 33 $295.7K −51.3% 338 $875 $18.9M
8 Feb 3-5 39 $147.0K −50.3% 239 $615 $19.2M
9 Feb 10-12 50 $70.8K −51.9% 146 $485 $19.3M
10 Feb 17-19 56 $52.3K −26.1% 85 $615 $19.4M
Weekend grossWk 10 · $52.3K
$154.6K
$1.6M
$4.0M
$2.2M
$1.3M
$607.0K
$295.7K
$147.0K
$70.8K
$52.3K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −26.1%
+945.9%
W1→2
+148.3%
W2→3
−44.1%
W3→4
−42.8%
W4→5
−52.7%
W5→6
−51.3%
W6→7
−50.3%
W7→8
−51.9%
W8→9
−26.1%
W9→10
Steepest −52.7%Biggest gain +945.9%

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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