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THE READER

Domestic Total Gross: $34,194,407
Distributor: Weinstein CompanyRelease Date: December 10, 2008
Genre: Period DramaRunning Time: 2 hrs. 2 min.
MPAA Rating: RProduction Budget: $32 million
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TOTAL LIFETIME GROSSES
Domestic:  $34,194,407    31.4%
+ Foreign:  $74,682,192    68.6%
= Worldwide:  $108,876,599  

DOMESTIC SUMMARY
Release Dates:  December 10, 2008 (limited)
 January 30, 2009 (wide)
Limited Opening Weekend: $168,051
(#25 rank, 8 theaters, $21,006 average)
Wide Opening Weekend: $2,380,376
(#15 rank, 1,002 theaters, $2,376 average)
% of Total Gross: 7.0%
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Widest Release:  1,203 theaters
Close Date:  May 13, 2009
In Release:  156 days / 22.3 weeks

2008 ACADEMY AWARDS®
Nominated for 5 Oscars, including 1 win. CLICK TO VIEW FULL BREAKDOWN...


CHARTS (click to view) Rank
All Time Domestic 1,655
Yearly 2008 82
Yearly Opening Weekends 2008 215
Yearly R Rated 2008 20
Worldwide Yearly 2008 56
Opening Weeks 3,060
Movies That Never Hit the Top 10 8
Movies That Never Hit the Top 5 59
Saturday Share of Opening Weekends 12
Opening Weekends 3,166
Super Bowl Opening Weekends 47
Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases 223
Best Picture Nomination Effect 20
BOM Users' Grades (2008 Releases) 57
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Opening Weeks Adjusted *
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Movies That Never Hit the Top 10 Adjusted *
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THE PLAYERS (click name to view)
Director:Stephen Daldry
Writer:David Hare
Actors:Kate Winslet
Ralph Fiennes
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Readers B  (480 votes)
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GRADE BREAKDOWN
As: 219 45.6%
Bs: 140 29.2%
Cs: 57 11.9%
Ds: 22 4.6%
Fs: 42 8.8%

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MERCHANDISE LINKS
• DVD: The Reader
• Blu-ray: The Reader

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