Monsieur Lazhar

At a Montréal public grade school, an Algerian immigrant is hired to replace a popular teacher who committed suicide in her classroom. While helping his students deal with their grief, his own recent loss is revealed.

Grosses

Spain
$1,653,242
Summary Details
Distributor
Opening$387,262
91 theaters
Release DateMay 18, 2012
MPAAPG-13
Running Time1 hr 35 min
GenresComedy Drama
In Release228 days/32 weeks
Widest Release104 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
May 18-207$387,262-91-$4,255$387,2621
May 25-277$245,632-36.6%97+6$2,532$763,2302
Jun 1-37$173,328-29.4%97-$1,786$1,049,3043
Jun 8-108$114,627-33.9%104+7$1,102$1,167,8194
Jun 15-1713$84,413-26.4%104-$811$1,301,6075
Jun 22-2418$41,844-50.4%69-35$606$1,382,2346
Jun 29-Jul 119$39,523-5.5%54-15$731$1,450,3957
Jul 6-821$34,536-12.6%60+6$575$1,534,2978
Jul 13-1524$15,270-55.8%39-21$391$1,571,6279
Jul 20-2223$11,317-25.9%30-9$377$1,593,59910
Jul 27-29
London Olympics
25$8,218-27.4%23-7$357$1,610,70611
Aug 3-5
London Olympics
28$5,027-38.8%21-2$239$1,577,17212
Aug 10-12
London Olympics
28$3,702-26.4%16-5$231$1,585,24913
Aug 17-1935$2,457-33.6%7-9$351$1,592,48714
Aug 24-2637$2,630+7%6-1$438$1,597,25915
Aug 31-Sep 245$1,931-26.6%4-2$482$1,649,77716
Sep 7-957$638-67%4-$159$1,651,66617
Sep 14-1649$1,487+133.1%5+1$297$1,653,24218