Hamlet 2

In this irreverent comedy, a failed actor-turned-worse-high-school-drama-teacher rallies his Tucson, AZ students as he conceives and stages politically incorrect musical sequel to Shakespeare's Hamlet.

Grosses

Domestic (99.2%)
$4,886,216
Summary Details
DistributorFocus Features
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Opening$439,925
103 theaters
Budget$9,000,000
Release Date (Wide)Aug 22, 2008 (Aug 27, 2008) - Oct 2, 2008
MPAAR
Running Time1 hr 32 min
GenresComedy Music
In Release132 days/18 weeks
Widest Release1,597 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Aug 22-24
Beijing Olympics
22$439,925-103-$4,271$439,9251
Aug 29-3117$1,698,820+286.2%1,597+1,494$1,063$2,725,0202
Aug 29-Sep 1
Labor Day wknd
17$2,126,310-1,597-$1,331$3,152,5101
Sep 5-721$826,531-51.3%1,575-22$524$4,359,6803
Sep 12-1437$110,532-86.6%168-1,407$657$4,784,1114
Sep 19-2154$31,252-71.7%56-112$558$4,857,5215
Sep 26-2872$11,467-63.3%29-27$395$4,881,8676