Beasts of the Southern Wild

Faced with both her hot-tempered father's fading health and melting ice-caps that flood her ramshackle bayou community and unleash ancient aurochs, six-year-old Hushpuppy must learn the ways of courage and love.

Grosses

Domestic (60.6%)
$12,795,746
Summary Details
DistributorFox Searchlight
Opening$169,702
4 theaters
MPAAPG-13
Running Time1 hr 33 min
GenresAdventure Drama Fantasy
In Release553 days/79 weeks
Widest Release318 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Jun 29-Jul 127$169,702-4-$42,425$220,9131
Jul 6-821$374,057+120.4%19+15$19,687$743,8462
Jul 13-1517$790,535+111.3%81+62$9,759$1,692,6753
Jul 20-2214$763,443-3.4%129+48$5,918$2,855,1424
Jul 27-29
London Olympics
13$926,046+21.3%208+79$4,452$4,206,9365
Aug 3-5
London Olympics
12$1,154,768+24.7%318+110$3,631$5,883,5606
Aug 10-12
London Olympics
14$722,883-37.4%286-32$2,527$7,160,1567
Aug 17-1919$563,293-22.1%236-50$2,386$8,110,9698
Aug 24-2622$463,125-17.8%212-24$2,184$8,859,7189
Aug 31-Sep 225$528,167+14%267+55$1,978$9,618,10610
Aug 31-Sep 3
Labor Day wknd
25$698,222-267-$2,615$9,788,161-
Sep 7-926$358,952-32%269+2$1,334$10,272,09111
Sep 14-1634$243,551-32.1%212-57$1,148$10,660,98412
Sep 21-2342$123,747-49.2%132-80$937$10,902,97313
Sep 28-3047$69,563-43.8%69-63$1,008$11,029,93014
Oct 5-749$41,115-40.9%51-18$806$11,101,49815
Oct 5-8
Indig. Peoples' Day wknd
36$50,374-51-$987$11,110,757-
Oct 12-1454$25,255-38.6%36-15$701$11,152,26616
Oct 19-2164$17,413-31.1%28-8$621$11,186,65017
Oct 26-2875$9,396-46%20-8$469$11,204,34718
Nov 2-473$9,510+1.2%15-5$634$11,225,46519
Nov 9-1166$10,205+7.3%15-$680$11,240,98520
Jan 11-1367$6,338-4-$1,584$11,301,53829
Jan 18-2035$149,969+2,266.2%71+67$2,112$11,455,00530
Jan 18-21
MLK wknd
35$182,833-71-$2,575$11,487,869-
Jan 25-2734$158,323+5.6%62-9$2,553$11,697,92831
Feb 1-336$120,627-23.8%76+14$1,587$11,876,67532
Feb 8-1035$124,434+3.2%97+21$1,282$12,062,57633
Feb 15-1731$151,967+22.1%192+95$791$12,272,20034
Feb 15-18
Presidents' Day wknd
31$186,755-192-$972$12,306,988-
Feb 22-2429$213,575+40.5%73-119$2,925$12,572,08535
Mar 1-346$70,442-67%42-31$1,677$12,687,67336
Mar 8-1052$35,337-49.8%32-10$1,104$12,748,00737
Mar 15-1765$17,169-51.4%21-11$817$12,784,39738