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The Wrestler

2008 R 1h 49m Drama, Sport Fox Searchlight Pictures

Love. Pain. Glory.

The Wrestler Box Office

Opening Weekend
$3.7M
3-day wide opening
Domestic Total
$26.2M
Final
Worldwide Total
$46.6M
$20.4M international
Domestic Legs7.0x
Budget$6M
Compare with other movies
Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Dec 19-21 24 $203K $288K 4 $50.7K 1
Dec 26-28 23 $388K +91.2% $908K 18 $21.5K 2
Jan 2-4 23 $438K +13.0% $1.76M 18 $24.3K 3
Jan 9-11 21 $848K +93.8% $2.82M 60 $14.1K 4
Jan 16-18 19 $1.70M +100.7% $5.01M 144 $11.8K 5
Jan 23-25 14 $3.75M +120.0% $9.56M 571 $6.6K 6
Jan 30-Feb 1 16 $2.31M -38.2% $13.05M 721 $3.2K 7
Feb 6-8 15 $2.21M -4.6% $16.17M 754 $2.9K 8
Feb 13-15 16 $1.85M -16.3% $18.75M 667 $2.8K 9
Feb 20-22 16 $1.85M +0.1% $21.58M 620 $3.0K 10
Feb 27-Mar 1 19 $1.39M -25.0% $23.51M 776 $1.8K 11
Mar 6-8 19 $744K -46.4% $24.71M 677 $1.1K 12
Mar 13-15 21 $449K -39.7% $25.45M 456 $985 13
Mar 20-22 28 $167K -62.8% $25.79M 456 $366 14
Mar 27-29 29 $94K -43.8% $25.96M 456 $206 15
Apr 3-5 38 $57K -39.2% $26.06M 143 $400 16
Apr 10-12 45 $44K -22.2% $26.14M 78 $570 17
Apr 17-19 52 $28K -37.7% $26.19M 56 $494 18
Apr 24-26 62 $12K -55.9% $26.21M 33 $370 19
May 1-3 73 $7K -41.2% $26.23M 21 $341 20
May 8-10 84 $4K -48.9% $26.24M 8 $458 21

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

Cast & Crew

Directed byDarren Aronofsky
ScreenplayRobert D. Siegel
Produced byDarren Aronofsky, Scott Franklin
CinematographyMaryse Alberti
Music byClint Mansell
StarringMickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood, Mark Margolis, Todd Barry
StudioFox Searchlight Pictures

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