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2006 • PG-13 • 1h 43m • Biography, Drama • Miramax

Our Leaders. Ourselves.

🍅 97% 76%

90

3.49

7.3

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$122K

Limited · 3 theaters

Domestic total

$56.40M

Final

Worldwide total

$123.00M

$66.90M international

Domestic legs19.4x from $2.9M biggest weekend

Budget$15.0M

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Cast & crew

Full Frears filmography

Stephen Frears

Stephen Frears Director

Helen Mirren

Helen Mirren Starring

Michael Sheen

Michael Sheen Starring

James Cromwell

James Cromwell Starring

Roger Allam

Roger Allam Starring

ScreenplayPeter Morgan Produced byAndy Harries, Christine Langan, Tracey Seaward CinematographyAffonso Beato MusicAlexandre Desplat StudioMiramax

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 29-Oct 1 38 $122.0K — 3 $40,671 $122.0K

2 Oct 6-8 18 $402.0K +229% 11 $36,543 $634.8K

3 Oct 13-15 13 $1.0M +154% 46 $22,227 $1.9M

4 Oct 20-22 15 $1.5M +48% 99 $15,253 $3.8M

5 Oct 27-29 14 $1.9M +26% 152 $12,560 $6.3M

6 Nov 3-5 10 $2.9M +52% 387 $7,519 $10.0M

7 Nov 10-12 12 $2.7M −7% 484 $5,607 $13.9M

8 Nov 17-19 12 $2.2M −19% 606 $3,633 $17.2M

9 Nov 24-26 12 $2.6M +18% 653 $3,962 $21.0M

10 Dec 1-3 14 $1.4M −47% 712 $1,918 $23.1M

11 Dec 8-10 14 $875.9K −36% 628 $1,394 $24.5M

12 Dec 15-17 15 $666.7K −24% 483 $1,380 $25.6M

13 Dec 22-24 21 $428.3K −36% 302 $1,418 $26.5M

14 Dec 29-31 17 $934.1K +118% 302 $3,092 $28.2M

15 Jan 5-7 20 $1.0M +12% 323 $3,245 $29.9M

16 Jan 12-14 24 $1.1M +6% 344 $3,232 $31.5M

17 Jan 19-21 9 $3.4M +206% 1,586 $2,143 $35.6M

18 Jan 26-28 9 $4.0M +18% 1,830 $2,192 $41.3M

19 Feb 2-4 10 $2.7M −34% 1,850 $1,432 $45.5M

20 Feb 9-11 10 $2.4M −10% 1,564 $1,517 $48.9M

21 Feb 16-18 15 $1.3M −45% 807 $1,629 $51.1M

22 Feb 23-25 16 $1.1M −16% 662 $1,670 $52.9M

23 Mar 2-4 18 $910.5K −18% 545 $1,670 $54.3M

24 Mar 9-11 22 $573.5K −37% 460 $1,246 $55.2M

25 Mar 16-18 26 $319.1K −44% 339 $941 $55.7M

26 Mar 23-25 35 $117.4K −63% 143 $821 $56.0M

27 Mar 30-Apr 1 41 $53.0K −55% 97 $545 $56.1M

28 Apr 6-8 43 $72.5K +37% 132 $549 $56.2M

29 Apr 13-15 54 $49.0K −32% 87 $563 $56.3M

30 Apr 20-22 56 $27.6K −44% 51 $542 $56.4M

31 Apr 27-29 65 $19.5K −29% 33 $591 $56.4M

32 May 4-6 68 $13.2K −32% 23 $572 $56.4M

33 May 11-13 78 $7.5K −43% 23 $325 $56.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Nov 1 #10 $205.0K — $6.9M 152 $1,348 33

Thu Nov 2 #9 $205.0K n/c $7.1M 152 $1,348 34

Fri Nov 3 #9 $790.0K +285% $7.9M 387 $2,041 35

Sat Nov 4 #10 $1.3M +65% $9.2M 387 $3,359 36

Sun Nov 5 #9 $800.0K −38% $10.0M 387 $2,067 37

Mon Nov 6 #8 $275.0K −66% $10.3M 387 $710 38

Tue Nov 7 #9 $300.0K +9% $10.6M 387 $775 39

Wed Nov 8 #8 $310.0K +3% +51% $10.9M 387 $801 40

Thu Nov 9 #8 $330.0K +6% +61% $11.2M 387 $852 41

Mon Nov 13 #10 $275.0K — n/c $14.2M 484 $568 45

Tue Nov 14 #10 $270.0K −2% −10% $14.4M 484 $557 46

Wed Nov 15 #9 $270.0K n/c −13% $14.7M 484 $557 47

Thu Nov 16 #9 $280.0K +4% −15% $15.0M 484 $578 48

Fri Nov 17 #12 $600.0K +114% $15.6M 606 $990 49

Sat Nov 18 #10 $990.0K +65% $16.6M 606 $1,633 50

Sun Nov 19 #10 $610.0K −38% $17.2M 606 $1,006 51

Mon Nov 20 #10 $230.0K −62% −16% $17.4M 606 $379 52

Mon Dec 25 #22 $176.5K — $26.6M 302 $584 87

Fri Dec 29 $200.0K — $27.5M 302 $662 91

Fri Jan 5 $270.0K — +35% $29.1M 323 $835 98

Mon Jan 15 #24 $243.7K — $31.8M 344 $708 108

Fri Jan 19 #10 $950.0K — $33.1M 1,586 $598 112

Sat Jan 20 #9 $1.6M +68% $34.7M 1,586 $1,008 113

Sun Jan 21 #9 $840.0K −48% $35.6M 1,586 $529 114

Mon Jan 22 #7 $340.0K −60% +40% $35.9M 1,586 $214 115

Tue Jan 23 #5 $475.0K +40% $36.4M 1,586 $299 116

Wed Jan 24 #3 $510.0K +7% $36.9M 1,586 $321 117

Thu Jan 25 #4 $515.0K +1% $37.2M 1,586 $324 118

Fri Jan 26 #11 $1.1M +114% +16% $38.3M 1,830 $601 119

Sat Jan 27 #9 $1.8M +64% +13% $40.1M 1,830 $983 120

Sun Jan 28 #9 $1.1M −39% +31% $41.3M 1,830 $601 121

Mon Jan 29 #8 $350.0K −68% +3% $41.6M 1,830 $191 122

Tue Jan 30 #6 $405.0K +16% −15% $42.0M 1,830 $221 123

Wed Jan 31 #6 $395.0K −2% −23% $42.4M 1,830 $215 124

Fri Feb 2 #11 $760.0K — −31% $43.6M 1,850 $410 126

Sat Feb 3 #10 $1.3M +71% −28% $44.9M 1,850 $702 127

Sun Feb 4 #9 $560.0K −57% −49% $45.5M 1,850 $302 128

Mon Feb 5 #9 $250.0K −55% −29% $45.7M 1,850 $135 129

Tue Feb 6 #8 $265.0K +6% −35% $46.0M 1,850 $143 130

Wed Feb 7 #8 $270.0K +2% −32% $46.2M 1,850 $145 131

Thu Feb 8 #8 $270.0K n/c $46.5M 1,850 $145 132

Fri Feb 9 #12 $560.0K +107% −26% $47.1M 1,564 $358 133

Sat Feb 10 #11 $1.1M +96% −15% $48.2M 1,564 $703 134

Sun Feb 11 #10 $700.0K −36% +25% $48.9M 1,564 $447 135

Mon Feb 12 #10 $230.0K −67% −8% $49.1M 1,564 $147 136

Tue Feb 13 #9 $205.0K −11% −23% $49.3M 1,564 $131 137

Wed Feb 14 $178.0K −13% −34% $49.5M 1,564 $113 138

Thu Feb 15 #10 $230.0K +29% −15% $49.7M 1,564 $147 139

Fri Feb 16 #14 $280.0K +22% −50% $50.0M 807 $346 140

Mon Feb 19 #13 $293.9K — +28% $51.4M 807 $364 143

Fri Feb 23 $230.0K — −18% $52.1M 662 $347 147

Mon Feb 26 #14 $120.0K — −59% $53.0M 662 $181 150

Tue Feb 27 #14 $120.0K n/c $53.1M 662 $181 151

Wed Feb 28 #14 $130.0K +8% $53.2M 662 $196 152

Thu Mar 1 #14 $120.0K −8% $53.4M 662 $181 153

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

Cumulative total$17.4M

Nov 1Nov 5Nov 9Nov 16Nov 20

Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.4M

$122.0K

$402.0K

$1.0M

$1.5M

$1.9M

$2.9M

$2.7M

$2.2M

$2.6M

$1.4M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 606 → 606 +0.0%

152 open606 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −47%

+229%

W1→2

+154%

W2→3

+48%

W3→4

+26%

W4→5

+52%

W5→6

−7%

W6→7

−19%

W7→8

+18%

W8→9

−47%

W9→10

Steepest −47%Biggest gain +229%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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