Name: The Pursuit of Happyness
Director: Gabriele Muccino
Genre: Biography, Drama
Released: 2006
Cast: Will Smith, Jaden Smith, Thandiwe Newton, Brian Howe, James Karen

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Dec 15	#1	$8.95M		—	$8.95M	2,852	$3.1K	1
Sat Dec 16	#1	$10.54M	+18%	—	$19.50M	2,852	$3.7K	2
Sun Dec 17	#1	$7.05M	-33%	—	$26.54M	2,852	$2.5K	3
Mon Dec 18	#1	$2.88M	-59%	—	$29.42M	2,852	$1.0K	4
Tue Dec 19	#1	$2.86M	-1%	—	$32.28M	2,852	$1.0K	5
Wed Dec 20	#2	$2.81M	-2%	—	$35.08M	2,852	$983	6
Thu Dec 21	#2	$3.20M	+14%	—	$38.29M	2,852	$1.1K	7
Fri Dec 22	#2	$5.40M	+69%	-40%	$43.70M	2,863	$1.9K	8
Sat Dec 23	#2	$6.40M	+19%	-39%	$50.10M	2,863	$2.2K	9
Sun Dec 24	#2	$3.20M	-50%	-55%	$53.30M	2,863	$1.1K	10
Mon Dec 25	#3	$7.74M	+142%	+169%	$60.84M	2,863	$2.7K	11
Tue Dec 26	#2	$7.12M	-8%	+149%	$67.96M	2,863	$2.5K	12
Wed Dec 27	#2	$5.71M	-20%	+104%	$73.67M	2,863	$2.0K	13
Thu Dec 28	#2	$5.38M	-6%	+68%	$79.05M	2,863	$1.9K	14
Fri Dec 29	#2	$6.83M	+27%	+26%	$85.87M	2,870	$2.4K	15
Sat Dec 30	#2	$7.58M	+11%	+19%	$93.46M	2,870	$2.6K	16
Sun Dec 31	#2	$4.95M	-35%	+55%	$98.41M	2,870	$1.7K	17
Mon Jan 1	#2	$6.10M	+23%	-21%	$104.51M	2,870	$2.1K	18
Tue Jan 2	#2	$2.82M	-54%	-60%	$107.33M	2,870	$983	19
Wed Jan 3	#2	$1.92M	-32%	-66%	$109.26M	2,870	$670	20
Thu Jan 4	#2	$1.90M	-1%	-65%	$111.16M	2,870	$663	21
Fri Jan 5	#2	$4.14M	+118%	-39%	$115.30M	3,027	$1.4K	22
Sat Jan 6	#2	$5.70M	+38%	-25%	$121.00M	3,027	$1.9K	23
Sun Jan 7	#2	$3.04M	-47%	-39%	$124.04M	3,027	$1.0K	24
Mon Jan 8	#3	$795K	-74%	-87%	$124.83M	3,027	$262	25
Tue Jan 9	#2	$891K	+12%	-68%	$125.73M	3,027	$294	26
Wed Jan 10	#2	$816K	-8%	-58%	$126.54M	3,027	$269	27
Thu Jan 11	#2	$837K	+3%	-56%	$127.38M	3,027	$276	28
Fri Jan 12	#3	$2.54M	+204%	-39%	$129.92M	3,169	$802	29
Sat Jan 13	#3	$3.72M	+46%	-35%	$133.64M	3,169	$1.2K	30
Sun Jan 14	#4	$2.64M	-29%	-13%	$136.28M	3,169	$833	31
Mon Jan 15	#4	$1.80M	-32%	+127%	$138.08M	3,169	$568	32
Tue Jan 16	#4	$581K	-68%	-35%	$138.66M	3,169	$183	33
Wed Jan 17	#4	$573K	-2%	-30%	$139.24M	3,169	$180	34
Thu Jan 18	#4	$575K	n/c	-31%	$139.81M	3,169	$181	35
Fri Jan 19	#5	$1.89M	+229%	-26%	$141.70M	3,066	$616	36
Sat Jan 20	#5	$3.15M	+67%	-15%	$144.86M	3,066	$1.0K	37
Sun Jan 21	#5	$1.27M	-60%	-52%	$146.12M	3,066	$412	38
Mon Jan 22	#6	$410K	-68%	-77%	$146.53M	3,066	$133	39
Tue Jan 23	#6	$467K	+14%	-20%	$147.00M	3,066	$152	40
Wed Jan 24	#5	$463K	-1%	-19%	$147.46M	3,066	$151	41
Thu Jan 25	#5	$485K	+5%	-16%	$147.95M	3,066	$158	42
Fri Jan 26	#7	$1.34M	+176%	-29%	$149.29M	2,688	$498	43
Sat Jan 27	#7	$2.35M	+76%	-25%	$151.64M	2,688	$874	44
Sun Jan 28	#8	$1.29M	-45%	+2%	$152.93M	2,688	$480	45
Mon Jan 29	#9	$313K	-76%	-24%	$153.24M	2,688	$116	46
Tue Jan 30	#8	$346K	+11%	-26%	$153.59M	2,688	$128	47
Wed Jan 31	#8	$326K	-6%	-30%	$153.92M	2,688	$121	48
Thu Feb 1	#7	$335K	+3%	-31%	$154.25M	2,688	$124	49
Fri Feb 2	#10	$925K	+176%	-31%	$155.18M	2,233	$414	50
Sat Feb 3	#9	$1.58M	+71%	-33%	$156.76M	2,233	$707	51
Sun Feb 4	#10	$461K	-71%	-64%	$157.22M	2,233	$206	52
Mon Feb 5	#10	$237K	-49%	-24%	$157.45M	2,233	$105	53
Tue Feb 6	#9	$236K	n/c	-32%	$157.69M	2,233	$105	54
Wed Feb 7	#9	$223K	-5%	-32%	$157.91M	2,233	$99	55
Thu Feb 8	#9	$225K	+1%	-33%	$158.14M	2,233	$100	56
Fri Feb 9	#11	$629K	+180%	-32%	$158.77M	2,233	$281	57
Sat Feb 10	#10	$1.13M	+79%	-29%	$159.89M	1,777	$634	58
Sun Feb 11	#11	$597K	-47%	+30%	$160.49M	1,777	$336	59
Mon Feb 12	#11	$173K	-71%	-27%	$160.66M	1,777	$97	60
Tue Feb 13	#11	$147K	-15%	-38%	$160.81M	1,777	$82	61
Wed Feb 14	#12	$311K	+112%	+40%	$161.12M	1,777	$175	62
Thu Feb 15		$135K	-57%	-40%	$161.26M	1,777	$75	63
Fri Feb 16	#18	$190K	+41%	-70%	$161.45M	690	$275	64
Mon Feb 19	#19	$150K		-13%	$162.14M	690	$218	67

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Dec 15-17	1	$26.54M	—	$26.54M	2,852	$9.3K	1
Dec 22-24	2	$14.82M	-44.2%	$53.10M	2,863	$5.2K	2
Dec 29-31	2	$19.36M	+30.7%	$98.41M	2,870	$6.7K	3
Jan 5-7	2	$12.88M	-33.5%	$124.04M	3,027	$4.3K	4
Jan 12-14	3	$8.90M	-30.9%	$136.28M	3,169	$2.8K	5
Jan 19-21	5	$6.31M	-29.1%	$146.12M	3,066	$2.1K	6
Jan 26-28	7	$4.98M	-21.0%	$152.93M	2,688	$1.9K	7
Feb 2-4	9	$2.97M	-40.5%	$157.22M	2,233	$1.3K	8
Feb 9-11	12	$2.35M	-20.7%	$160.49M	1,777	$1.3K	9
Feb 16-18	19	$733K	-68.8%	$161.99M	690	$1.1K	10
Feb 23-25	29	$275K	-62.5%	$162.59M	287	$959	11
Mar 2-4	39	$125K	-54.6%	$162.80M	206	$606	12
Mar 16-18	27	$252K	+102.0%	$163.57M	349	$723	13

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

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Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byGabriele Muccino

ScreenplaySteven Conrad

Produced byWill Smith, Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, James Lassiter, Steve Tisch

CinematographyPhedon Papamichael

MusicAndrea Guerra

StarringWill Smith, Jaden Smith, Thandiwe Newton, Brian Howe, James Karen, Dan Castellaneta

StudioSony Pictures Releasing

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