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

Box Office Performance

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Dec 15	#1	$9.0M		—	$9.0M	2,852	$3K	1
Sat Dec 16	#1	$10.5M	+18%	—	$19.5M	2,852	$4K	2
Sun Dec 17	#1	$7.0M	-33%	—	$26.5M	2,852	$2K	3
Mon Dec 18	#1	$2.9M	-59%	—	$29.4M	2,852	$1K	4
Tue Dec 19	#1	$2.9M	-1%	—	$32.3M	2,852	$1K	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	$1K	7
Fri Dec 22	#2	$5.4M	+69%	-40%	$43.7M	2,863	$2K	8
Sat Dec 23	#2	$6.4M	+19%	-39%	$50.1M	2,863	$2K	9
Sun Dec 24	#2	$3.2M	-50%	-55%	$53.3M	2,863	$1K	10
Mon Dec 25	#3	$7.7M	+142%	+169%	$60.8M	2,863	$3K	11
Tue Dec 26	#2	$7.1M	-8%	+149%	$68.0M	2,863	$2K	12
Wed Dec 27	#2	$5.7M	-20%	+104%	$73.7M	2,863	$2K	13
Thu Dec 28	#2	$5.4M	-6%	+68%	$79.0M	2,863	$2K	14
Fri Dec 29	#2	$6.8M	+27%	+26%	$85.9M	2,870	$2K	15
Sat Dec 30	#2	$7.6M	+11%	+19%	$93.5M	2,870	$3K	16
Sun Dec 31	#2	$5.0M	-35%	+55%	$98.4M	2,870	$2K	17
Mon Jan 1	#2	$6.1M	+23%	-21%	$104.5M	2,870	$2K	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	$1K	22
Sat Jan 6	#2	$5.7M	+38%	-25%	$121.0M	3,027	$2K	23
Sun Jan 7	#2	$3.0M	-47%	-39%	$124.0M	3,027	$1K	24
Mon Jan 8	#3	$795K	-74%	-87%	$124.8M	3,027	$262	25
Tue Jan 9	#2	$891K	+12%	-68%	$125.7M	3,027	$294	26
Wed Jan 10	#2	$816K	-8%	-58%	$126.5M	3,027	$269	27
Thu Jan 11	#2	$837K	+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	$1K	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	$581K	-68%	-35%	$138.7M	3,169	$183	33
Wed Jan 17	#4	$573K	-2%	-30%	$139.2M	3,169	$180	34
Thu Jan 18	#4	$575K	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	$1K	37
Sun Jan 21	#5	$1.3M	-60%	-52%	$146.1M	3,066	$412	38
Mon Jan 22	#6	$410K	-68%	-77%	$146.5M	3,066	$133	39
Tue Jan 23	#6	$467K	+14%	-20%	$147.0M	3,066	$152	40
Wed Jan 24	#5	$463K	-1%	-19%	$147.5M	3,066	$151	41
Thu Jan 25	#5	$485K	+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	$313K	-76%	-24%	$153.2M	2,688	$116	46
Tue Jan 30	#8	$346K	+11%	-26%	$153.6M	2,688	$128	47
Wed Jan 31	#8	$326K	-6%	-30%	$153.9M	2,688	$121	48
Thu Feb 1	#7	$335K	+3%	-31%	$154.3M	2,688	$124	49
Fri Feb 2	#10	$925K	+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	$461K	-71%	-64%	$157.2M	2,233	$206	52
Mon Feb 5	#10	$237K	-49%	-24%	$157.5M	2,233	$105	53
Tue Feb 6	#9	$236K	n/c	-32%	$157.7M	2,233	$105	54
Wed Feb 7	#9	$223K	-5%	-32%	$157.9M	2,233	$99	55
Thu Feb 8	#9	$225K	+1%	-33%	$158.1M	2,233	$100	56
Fri Feb 9	#11	$629K	+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	$597K	-47%	+30%	$160.5M	1,777	$336	59
Mon Feb 12	#11	$173K	-71%	-27%	$160.7M	1,777	$97	60
Tue Feb 13	#11	$147K	-15%	-38%	$160.8M	1,777	$82	61
Wed Feb 14	#12	$311K	+112%	+40%	$161.1M	1,777	$175	62
Thu Feb 15		$135K	-57%	-40%	$161.3M	1,777	$75	63
Fri Feb 16	#18	$190K	+41%	-70%	$161.4M	690	$275	64
Mon Feb 19	#19	$150K		-13%	$162.1M	690	$218	67

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Dec 15-17	1	$26.5M	—	$26.5M	2,852	$9K	1
Dec 22-24	2	$14.8M	-44.2%	$53.1M	2,863	$5K	2
Dec 29-31	2	$19.4M	+30.7%	$98.4M	2,870	$7K	3
Jan 5-7	2	$12.9M	-33.5%	$124.0M	3,027	$4K	4
Jan 12-14	3	$8.9M	-30.9%	$136.3M	3,169	$3K	5
Jan 19-21	5	$6.3M	-29.1%	$146.1M	3,066	$2K	6
Jan 26-28	7	$5.0M	-21.0%	$152.9M	2,688	$2K	7
Feb 2-4	9	$3.0M	-40.5%	$157.2M	2,233	$1K	8
Feb 9-11	12	$2.4M	-20.7%	$160.5M	1,777	$1K	9
Feb 16-18	19	$733K	-68.8%	$162.0M	690	$1K	10
Feb 23-25	29	$275K	-62.5%	$162.6M	287	$959	11
Mar 2-4	39	$125K	-54.6%	$162.8M	206	$606	12
Mar 16-18	27	$252K	+102.0%	$163.6M	349	$723	13

Performance Charts

Daily Gross

Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Week-over-Week Drop

Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byGabriele Muccino

ScreenplaySteven Conrad

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

StudioSony Pictures Releasing