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The Pursuit of HappynessFollow

2006 • PG-13 • 1h 57m • Biography, Drama • Sony Pictures Releasing

For his son, one man will reach for the impossible.

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$26.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$164.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$307.00M

$144.00M international

Domestic legs6.16x

Budget$55.0M

2006 rank#10

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Cast & crew

Full Muccino filmography

Gabriele Muccino

Gabriele Muccino Director

Will Smith

Will Smith Starring

Jaden Smith

Jaden Smith Starring

Thandiwe Newton

Thandiwe Newton Starring

ScreenplaySteven Conrad Produced byWill Smith, Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, James Lassiter, Steve Tisch CinematographyPhedon Papamichael MusicAndrea Guerra StudioSony Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 15-17 1 $26.5M — 2,852 $9,306 $26.5M

2 Dec 22-24 2 $14.8M −44.2% 2,863 $5,175 $53.1M

3 Dec 29-31 2 $19.4M +30.7% 2,870 $6,746 $98.4M

4 Jan 5-7 2 $12.9M −33.5% 3,027 $4,255 $124.0M

5 Jan 12-14 3 $8.9M −30.9% 3,169 $2,808 $136.3M

6 Jan 19-21 5 $6.3M −29.1% 3,066 $2,058 $146.1M

7 Jan 26-28 7 $5.0M −21.0% 2,688 $1,853 $152.9M

8 Feb 2-4 9 $3.0M −40.5% 2,233 $1,328 $157.2M

9 Feb 9-11 12 $2.4M −20.7% 1,777 $1,324 $160.5M

10 Feb 16-18 19 $733.4K −68.8% 690 $1,062 $162.0M

11 Feb 23-25 29 $275.3K −62.5% 287 $959 $162.6M

12 Mar 2-4 39 $125.0K −54.6% 206 $606 $162.8M

13 Mar 16-18 27 $252.5K +102.0% 349 $723 $163.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 15 #1 $9.0M — $9.0M 2,852 $3,138 1

Sat Dec 16 #1 $10.5M +18% $19.5M 2,852 $3,697 2

Sun Dec 17 #1 $7.0M −33% $26.5M 2,852 $2,470 3

Mon Dec 18 #1 $2.9M −59% $29.4M 2,852 $1,009 4

Tue Dec 19 #1 $2.9M −1% $32.3M 2,852 $1,001 5

Wed Dec 20 #2 $2.8M −2% $35.1M 2,852 $983 6

Thu Dec 21 #2 $3.2M +14% $38.3M 2,852 $1,123 7

Fri Dec 22 #2 $5.4M +69% −40% $43.7M 2,863 $1,886 8

Sat Dec 23 #2 $6.4M +19% −39% $50.1M 2,863 $2,235 9

Sun Dec 24 #2 $3.2M −50% −55% $53.3M 2,863 $1,117 10

Mon Dec 25 #3 $7.7M +142% +169% $60.8M 2,863 $2,702 11

Tue Dec 26 #2 $7.1M −8% +149% $68.0M 2,863 $2,485 12

Wed Dec 27 #2 $5.7M −20% +104% $73.7M 2,863 $1,995 13

Thu Dec 28 #2 $5.4M −6% +68% $79.0M 2,863 $1,878 14

Fri Dec 29 #2 $6.8M +27% +26% $85.9M 2,870 $2,378 15

Sat Dec 30 #2 $7.6M +11% +19% $93.5M 2,870 $2,642 16

Sun Dec 31 #2 $5.0M −35% +55% $98.4M 2,870 $1,725 17

Mon Jan 1 #2 $6.1M +23% −21% $104.5M 2,870 $2,124 18

Tue Jan 2 #2 $2.8M −54% −60% $107.3M 2,870 $983 19

Wed Jan 3 #2 $1.9M −32% −66% $109.3M 2,870 $670 20

Thu Jan 4 #2 $1.9M −1% −65% $111.2M 2,870 $663 21

Fri Jan 5 #2 $4.1M +118% −39% $115.3M 3,027 $1,368 22

Sat Jan 6 #2 $5.7M +38% −25% $121.0M 3,027 $1,882 23

Sun Jan 7 #2 $3.0M −47% −39% $124.0M 3,027 $1,004 24

Mon Jan 8 #3 $795.0K −74% −87% $124.8M 3,027 $262 25

Tue Jan 9 #2 $891.2K +12% −68% $125.7M 3,027 $294 26

Wed Jan 10 #2 $816.1K −8% −58% $126.5M 3,027 $269 27

Thu Jan 11 #2 $837.2K +3% −56% $127.4M 3,027 $276 28

Fri Jan 12 #3 $2.5M +204% −39% $129.9M 3,169 $802 29

Sat Jan 13 #3 $3.7M +46% −35% $133.6M 3,169 $1,172 30

Sun Jan 14 #4 $2.6M −29% −13% $136.3M 3,169 $833 31

Mon Jan 15 #4 $1.8M −32% +127% $138.1M 3,169 $568 32

Tue Jan 16 #4 $581.5K −68% −35% $138.7M 3,169 $183 33

Wed Jan 17 #4 $572.7K −2% −30% $139.2M 3,169 $180 34

Thu Jan 18 #4 $574.6K n/c −31% $139.8M 3,169 $181 35

Fri Jan 19 #5 $1.9M +229% −26% $141.7M 3,066 $616 36

Sat Jan 20 #5 $3.2M +67% −15% $144.9M 3,066 $1,028 37

Sun Jan 21 #5 $1.3M −60% −52% $146.1M 3,066 $412 38

Mon Jan 22 #6 $410.1K −68% −77% $146.5M 3,066 $133 39

Tue Jan 23 #6 $466.7K +14% −20% $147.0M 3,066 $152 40

Wed Jan 24 #5 $463.2K −1% −19% $147.5M 3,066 $151 41

Thu Jan 25 #5 $485.4K +5% −16% $147.9M 3,066 $158 42

Fri Jan 26 #7 $1.3M +176% −29% $149.3M 2,688 $498 43

Sat Jan 27 #7 $2.4M +76% −25% $151.6M 2,688 $874 44

Sun Jan 28 #8 $1.3M −45% +2% $152.9M 2,688 $480 45

Mon Jan 29 #9 $313.2K −76% −24% $153.2M 2,688 $116 46

Tue Jan 30 #8 $346.2K +11% −26% $153.6M 2,688 $128 47

Wed Jan 31 #8 $326.3K −6% −30% $153.9M 2,688 $121 48

Thu Feb 1 #7 $335.1K +3% −31% $154.3M 2,688 $124 49

Fri Feb 2 #10 $925.0K +176% −31% $155.2M 2,233 $414 50

Sat Feb 3 #9 $1.6M +71% −33% $156.8M 2,233 $707 51

Sun Feb 4 #10 $460.5K −71% −64% $157.2M 2,233 $206 52

Mon Feb 5 #10 $236.6K −49% −24% $157.5M 2,233 $105 53

Tue Feb 6 #9 $235.7K n/c −32% $157.7M 2,233 $105 54

Wed Feb 7 #9 $222.9K −5% −32% $157.9M 2,233 $99 55

Thu Feb 8 #9 $224.8K +1% −33% $158.1M 2,233 $100 56

Fri Feb 9 #11 $629.3K +180% −32% $158.8M 2,233 $281 57

Sat Feb 10 #10 $1.1M +79% −29% $159.9M 1,777 $634 58

Sun Feb 11 #11 $597.5K −47% +30% $160.5M 1,777 $336 59

Mon Feb 12 #11 $172.6K −71% −27% $160.7M 1,777 $97 60

Tue Feb 13 #11 $147.0K −15% −38% $160.8M 1,777 $82 61

Wed Feb 14 #12 $311.1K +112% +40% $161.1M 1,777 $175 62

Thu Feb 15 $135.0K −57% −40% $161.3M 1,777 $75 63

Fri Feb 16 #18 $190.0K +41% −70% $161.4M 690 $275 64

Mon Feb 19 #19 $150.4K — −13% $162.1M 690 $218 67

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

Cumulative total$162.1M

Dec 15Dec 31Jan 16Feb 1Feb 19

Weekend grossWk 10 · $733.4K

$26.5M

$14.8M

$19.4M

$12.9M

$8.9M

$6.3M

$5.0M

$3.0M

$2.4M

$733.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,169 → 690 −78.2%

2,852 open690 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −68.8%

−44.2%

W1→2

+30.7%

W2→3

−33.5%

W3→4

−30.9%

W4→5

−29.1%

W5→6

−21.0%

W6→7

−40.5%

W7→8

−20.7%

W8→9

−68.8%

W9→10

Steepest −68.8%Biggest gain +30.7%

Run milestones

$100M in 18 days

$100M

Day 18

Jan 1

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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