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Victoria & Abdul

2017 • PG-13 • 1h 52m • Biography, Comedy, Drama • Focus Features

History's most unlikely friendship.

🍅 65% 68%

58

3.13

6.8

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$159K

Limited · 4 theaters

Domestic Total

$22.2M

Final

Worldwide Total

$68.3M

$46.0M international

Domestic Legs5.3x

Budget$21M

2017 Rank#96

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Cast & Crew

Full Frears filmography

Stephen Frears Director

Judi Dench Starring

Adeel Akhtar Starring

Michael Gambon Starring

Olivia Williams

Olivia Williams Starring

ScreenplayLee Hall Produced byTim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Beeban Kidron, Tracey Seaward CinematographyDanny Cohen MusicThomas Newman Prod. DesignAlan MacDonald StudioFocus Features

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 22-24 26 $158.8K — 4 $39,711 $158.8K

2 Sep 29-Oct 1 11 $1.1M +587.6% 77 $14,184 $1.3M

3 Oct 6-8 8 $4.2M +282.0% 732 $5,699 $6.0M

4 Oct 13-15 10 $3.0M −27.9% 900 $3,340 $11.2M

5 Oct 20-22 14 $2.1M −29.3% 1,060 $2,006 $14.8M

6 Oct 27-29 13 $1.6M −22.8% 1,044 $1,572 $17.7M

7 Nov 3-5 12 $1.2M −26.5% 796 $1,516 $19.9M

8 Nov 10-12 17 $677.9K −43.8% 637 $1,064 $21.1M

9 Nov 17-19 20 $217.1K −68.0% 257 $845 $21.7M

10 Nov 24-26 26 $122.4K −43.6% 144 $850 $21.9M

11 Dec 1-3 35 $69.9K −42.9% 131 $533 $22.0M

12 Dec 8-10 39 $45.4K −35.0% 104 $437 $22.1M

13 Dec 15-17 38 $21.4K −52.9% 56 $382 $22.2M

14 Dec 22-24 42 $6.6K −69.1% 24 $275 $22.2M

15 Dec 29-31 45 $13.5K +103.9% 23 $586 $22.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Sep 22 — $55.9K — $55.9K 4 $13,969 1

Sat Sep 23 — $56.4K +0.9% $112.3K 4 $14,096 2

Sun Sep 24 — $46.6K −17.4% $158.8K 4 $11,646 3

Mon Sep 25 — $15.0K −67.9% $173.8K 4 $3,742 4

Tue Sep 26 — $14.9K −0.3% $188.7K 4 $3,732 5

Wed Sep 27 — $16.6K +11.0% $205.3K 4 $4,142 6

Thu Sep 28 — $15.0K −9.2% $220.3K 4 $3,759 7

Fri Sep 29 #12 $300.7K +1899.8% +438.1% $521.0K 77 $3,905 8

Sat Sep 30 #11 $433.9K +44.3% +669.5% $954.9K 77 $5,635 9

Sun Oct 1 #10 $357.6K −17.6% +667.7% $1.3M 77 $4,645 10

Mon Oct 2 #10 $114.2K −68.1% +662.7% $1.4M 77 $1,483 11

Tue Oct 3 #10 $132.6K +16.1% +788.2% $1.6M 77 $1,722 12

Wed Oct 4 #11 $134.7K +1.6% +713.2% $1.7M 77 $1,750 13

Thu Oct 5 #9 $121.4K −9.9% +707.2% $1.8M 77 $1,576 14

Fri Oct 6 #8 $1.2M +917.4% +310.6% $3.1M 732 $1,687 15

Sat Oct 7 #9 $1.6M +31.9% +275.2% $4.7M 732 $2,224 16

Sun Oct 8 #8 $1.3M −19.6% +266.0% $6.0M 732 $1,788 17

Mon Oct 9 #8 $709.5K −45.8% +521.4% $6.7M 732 $969 18

Tue Oct 10 #6 $593.4K −16.4% +347.6% $7.3M 732 $811 19

Wed Oct 11 #6 $490.8K −17.3% +264.3% $7.8M 732 $671 20

Thu Oct 12 #6 $446.0K −9.1% +267.5% $8.2M 732 $609 21

Fri Oct 13 #11 $867.3K +94.5% −29.8% $9.1M 900 $964 22

Sat Oct 14 #10 $1.3M +45.2% −22.6% $10.4M 900 $1,399 23

Sun Oct 15 #10 $879.6K −30.2% −32.8% $11.2M 900 $977 24

Mon Oct 16 #8 $338.1K −61.6% −52.3% $11.6M 900 $376 25

Tue Oct 17 #8 $463.0K +37.0% −22.0% $12.0M 900 $514 26

Wed Oct 18 #8 $346.1K −25.2% −29.5% $12.4M 900 $385 27

Thu Oct 19 #8 $330.2K −4.6% −26.0% $12.7M 900 $367 28

Fri Oct 20 #13 $620.7K +88.0% −28.4% $13.3M 1,060 $586 29

Sat Oct 21 #14 $887.6K +43.0% −29.5% $14.2M 1,060 $837 30

Sun Oct 22 #14 $617.9K −30.4% −29.8% $14.8M 1,060 $583 31

Mon Oct 23 #10 $271.5K −56.1% −19.7% $15.1M 1,060 $256 32

Tue Oct 24 #10 $393.2K +44.8% −15.1% $15.5M 1,060 $371 33

Wed Oct 25 #7 $308.6K −21.5% −10.9% $15.8M 1,060 $291 34

Thu Oct 26 #7 $290.4K −5.9% −12.1% $16.1M 1,060 $274 35

Fri Oct 27 #13 $461.1K +58.8% −25.7% $16.6M 1,044 $442 36

Sat Oct 28 #13 $678.6K +47.2% −23.5% $17.2M 1,044 $650 37

Sun Oct 29 #11 $501.8K −26.1% −18.8% $17.7M 1,044 $481 38

Mon Oct 30 #11 $204.3K −59.3% −24.8% $17.9M 1,044 $196 39

Tue Oct 31 #11 $303.0K +48.3% −22.9% $18.2M 1,044 $290 40

Wed Nov 1 #11 $197.1K −35.0% −36.1% $18.4M 1,044 $189 41

Thu Nov 2 #11 $208.6K +5.9% −28.2% $18.7M 1,044 $200 42

Fri Nov 3 #14 $323.7K +55.2% −29.8% $19.0M 796 $407 43

Sat Nov 4 #12 $517.5K +59.9% −23.7% $19.5M 796 $650 44

Sun Nov 5 #12 $365.7K −29.3% −27.1% $19.9M 796 $459 45

Mon Nov 6 #12 $133.6K −63.5% −34.6% $20.0M 796 $168 46

Tue Nov 7 #13 $189.1K +41.5% −37.6% $20.2M 796 $238 47

Wed Nov 8 #12 $143.2K −24.3% −27.3% $20.3M 796 $180 48

Thu Nov 9 #12 $135.1K −5.6% −35.2% $20.5M 796 $170 49

Fri Nov 10 — $197.9K +46.5% −38.8% $20.7M 637 $311 50

Sat Nov 11 — $282.4K +42.7% −45.4% $20.9M 637 $443 51

Sun Nov 12 — $197.6K −30.0% −46.0% $21.1M 637 $310 52

Mon Nov 13 #13 $76.2K −61.4% −43.0% $21.2M 637 $120 53

Tue Nov 14 #14 $91.0K +19.4% −51.9% $21.3M 637 $143 54

Wed Nov 15 #11 $74.8K −17.8% −47.7% $21.4M 637 $117 55

Thu Nov 16 #10 $67.6K −9.7% −50.0% $21.5M 637 $106 56

Fri Nov 17 — $56.8K −16.0% −71.3% $21.5M 257 $221 57

Sat Nov 18 — $94.5K +66.5% −66.5% $21.6M 257 $368 58

Sun Nov 19 — $65.8K −30.4% −66.7% $21.7M 257 $256 59

Mon Nov 20 — $31.1K −52.8% −59.2% $21.7M 257 $121 60

Tue Nov 21 — $36.6K +17.9% −59.7% $21.7M 257 $143 61

Wed Nov 22 — $22.1K −39.7% −70.5% $21.8M 188 $118 62

Thu Nov 23 — $20.6K −6.5% −69.5% $21.8M 188 $110 63

Fri Nov 24 — $40.7K +97.3% −28.2% $21.8M 144 $283 64

Sat Nov 25 — $46.4K +13.9% −50.9% $21.9M 144 $322 65

Sun Nov 26 — $35.3K −23.9% −46.3% $21.9M 144 $245 66

Mon Nov 27 — $15.8K −55.4% −49.3% $21.9M 144 $109 67

Tue Nov 28 — $17.2K +9.3% −53.0% $21.9M 144 $120 68

Wed Nov 29 — $18.6K +7.8% −15.9% $22.0M 144 $129 69

Thu Nov 30 — $20.3K +9.3% −1.7% $22.0M 144 $141 70

Fri Dec 1 — $20.1K −1.2% −50.8% $22.0M 131 $153 71

Sat Dec 2 — $28.6K +42.8% −38.3% $22.0M 131 $219 72

Sun Dec 3 — $21.2K −26.1% −40.1% $22.0M 131 $162 73

Mon Dec 4 — $9.4K −55.8% −40.5% $22.1M 131 $71 74

Tue Dec 5 — $11.1K +18.6% −35.5% $22.1M 131 $85 75

Wed Dec 6 — $10.2K −8.4% −45.2% $22.1M 131 $78 76

Thu Dec 7 — $11.9K +17.1% −41.3% $22.1M 131 $91 77

Fri Dec 8 — $13.9K +16.3% −30.9% $22.1M 104 $133 78

Sat Dec 9 — $18.1K +30.8% −36.7% $22.1M 104 $174 79

Sun Dec 10 — $13.5K −25.7% −36.4% $22.1M 104 $129 80

Mon Dec 11 — $5.6K −58.2% −40.0% $22.1M 104 $54 81

Tue Dec 12 — $7.9K +41.0% −28.7% $22.1M 104 $76 82

Wed Dec 13 — $7.5K −5.1% −26.1% $22.2M 104 $72 83

Thu Dec 14 — $6.7K −10.6% −43.6% $22.2M 104 $65 84

Fri Dec 15 — $5.8K −13.0% −57.8% $22.2M 56 $104 85

Sat Dec 16 — $8.5K +45.0% −53.2% $22.2M 56 $152 86

Sun Dec 17 — $7.1K −16.7% −47.5% $22.2M 56 $126 87

Mon Dec 18 — $3.3K −53.4% −41.4% $22.2M 56 $59 88

Tue Dec 19 — $5.8K +76.6% −26.6% $22.2M 56 $104 89

Wed Dec 20 — $3.8K −34.0% −48.9% $22.2M 56 $69 90

Thu Dec 21 — $4.2K +9.8% −37.3% $22.2M 56 $75 91

Fri Dec 22 — $2.3K −45.4% −60.7% $22.2M 24 $96 92

Sat Dec 23 — $3.0K +29.6% −64.9% $22.2M 24 $124 93

Sun Dec 24 — $1.3K −55.5% −81.2% $22.2M 24 $55 94

Mon Dec 25 — $2.8K +114.3% −13.8% $22.2M 24 $118 95

Tue Dec 26 — $4.4K +55.1% −24.3% $22.2M 24 $184 96

Wed Dec 27 — $4.8K +8.9% +24.9% $22.2M 24 $200 97

Thu Dec 28 — $4.9K +1.9% +15.9% $22.2M 24 $204 98

Fri Dec 29 — $5.2K +5.6% +124.3% $22.2M 23 $224 99

Sat Dec 30 — $4.8K −6.5% +61.9% $22.2M 23 $210 100

Sun Dec 31 — $3.5K −27.8% +163.0% $22.2M 23 $152 101

Mon Jan 1 — $3.9K +10.8% +35.9% $22.2M 23 $168 102

Tue Jan 2 — $2.8K −27.6% −36.5% $22.2M 23 $122 103

Wed Jan 3 — $2.4K −12.7% −49.1% $22.2M 23 $106 104

Thu Jan 4 — $2.7K +10.2% −44.9% $22.2M 23 $117 105

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

Cumulative total$22.0M

Sep 22Oct 9Oct 27Nov 13Nov 30

Weekend grossWk 10 · $122.4K

$158.8K

$1.1M

$4.2M

$3.0M

$2.1M

$1.6M

$1.2M

$677.9K

$217.1K

$122.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,060 → 144 −86.4%

4 open144 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −43.6%

+587.6%

W1→2

+282.0%

W2→3

−27.9%

W3→4

−29.3%

W4→5

−22.8%

W5→6

−26.5%

W6→7

−43.8%

W7→8

−68.0%

W8→9

−43.6%

W9→10

Steepest −68.0%Biggest gain +587.6%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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