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2004 • R • 2h 5m • Crime, Drama • Fine Line Features

Wife. Mother. Criminal.

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$13K
Limited · 2 theaters
Domestic total
$3.75M
Final
Worldwide total
$13.35M
$9.60M international
Domestic legs12.6x from $298K biggest weekend
Budget$11M

Cast & crew

Imelda Staunton Imelda Staunton Starring Sally Hawkins Sally Hawkins Starring Daniel Mays Daniel Mays Starring Eddie Marsan Eddie Marsan Starring
ScreenplayMike Leigh Produced byAlain Sarde, Simon Channing Williams CinematographyDick Pope MusicAndrew Dickson Prod. DesignEve Stewart StudioFine Line Features

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Oct 8-10 71 $13.2K — 2 $6,604 $13.2K
2 Oct 15-17 48 $40.9K +209.5% 2 $20,435 $75.7K
3 Oct 22-24 19 $286.9K +602.0% 46 $6,237 $380.4K
4 Oct 29-31 20 $297.6K +3.7% 87 $3,420 $788.2K
5 Nov 5-7 22 $256.7K −13.7% 93 $2,760 $1.2M
6 Nov 12-14 27 $200.2K −22.0% 80 $2,503 $1.5M
7 Nov 19-21 30 $138.4K −30.9% 64 $2,162 $1.7M
8 Nov 26-28 39 $91.2K −34.1% 45 $2,026 $1.8M
9 Dec 3-5 39 $60.7K −33.4% 53 $1,145 $1.9M
10 Dec 10-12 40 $44.3K −27.1% 51 $868 $2.0M
11 Dec 17-19 45 $32.4K −26.8% 38 $852 $2.0M
12 Dec 24-26 49 $16.9K −47.8% 29 $583 $2.1M
13 Dec 31-Jan 2 53 $22.2K +31.4% 19 $1,170 $2.1M
14 Jan 7-9 56 $24.4K +9.6% 37 $659 $2.2M
15 Jan 14-16 52 $26.7K +9.5% 41 $650 $2.2M
16 Jan 21-23 46 $35.8K +34.3% 52 $689 $2.3M
17 Jan 28-30 42 $90.8K +153.5% 68 $1,335 $2.4M
18 Feb 4-6 34 $163.6K +80.1% 97 $1,686 $2.6M
19 Feb 11-13 34 $156.0K −4.6% 95 $1,642 $2.8M
20 Feb 18-20 35 $142.8K −8.4% 90 $1,587 $3.1M
21 Feb 25-27 31 $201.6K +41.2% 91 $2,216 $3.4M
22 Mar 4-6 39 $84.5K −58.1% 78 $1,083 $3.5M
23 Mar 11-13 50 $52.9K −37.4% 63 $839 $3.6M
24 Mar 18-20 58 $41.0K −22.5% 62 $661 $3.7M
25 Mar 25-27 67 $28.6K −30.2% 47 $609 $3.8M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $44.3K
$13.2K
$40.9K
$286.9K
$297.6K
$256.7K
$200.2K
$138.4K
$91.2K
$60.7K
$44.3K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −27.1%
+209.5%
W1→2
+602.0%
W2→3
+3.7%
W3→4
−13.7%
W4→5
−22.0%
W5→6
−30.9%
W6→7
−34.1%
W7→8
−33.4%
W8→9
−27.1%
W9→10
Steepest −34.1%Biggest gain +602.0%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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