Whale Rider

A contemporary story of love, rejection and triumph as a young Maori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize.

Grosses

Domestic (50.6%)
$20,779,666
Summary Details
DistributorNewmarket Films
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Opening$137,418
9 theaters
Budget$3,500,000
MPAAPG-13
Running Time1 hr 41 min
GenresDrama Family
In Release210 days/30 weeks
Widest Release556 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Jun 6-832$137,418-9-$15,268$137,4181
Jun 13-1529$161,003+17.2%11+2$14,636$356,6582
Jun 20-2215$602,332+274.1%78+67$7,722$1,048,6953
Jun 27-2914$977,791+62.3%163+85$5,998$2,303,5434
Jul 4-613$1,242,123+27%209+46$5,943$4,140,8615
Jul 11-1314$1,089,334-12.3%271+62$4,019$5,800,9116
Jul 18-2015$1,356,525+24.5%442+171$3,069$7,735,6427
Jul 25-2714$1,085,258-20%491+49$2,210$9,577,6878
Aug 1-315$1,108,798+2.2%473-18$2,344$11,303,9679
Aug 8-1013$927,408-16.4%434-39$2,136$12,836,96710
Aug 15-1717$721,540-22.2%348-86$2,073$14,053,52911
Aug 22-2421$616,795-14.5%338-10$1,824$15,054,28912
Aug 29-3117$1,103,454+78.9%503+165$2,193$16,492,02513
Aug 29-Sep 1
Labor Day wknd
17$1,521,142-503-$3,024$16,909,713-
Sep 5-718$894,293-19%556+53$1,608$18,129,12814
Sep 12-1420$633,318-29.2%492-64$1,287$19,101,18215
Sep 19-2124$390,728-38.3%341-151$1,145$19,696,87716
Sep 26-2829$209,589-46.4%237-104$884$20,055,21417
Oct 3-532$158,411-24.4%195-42$812$20,308,15018
Oct 10-1237$105,332-33.5%160-35$658$20,480,97119
Oct 10-13
Indig. Peoples' Day wknd
24$124,427-160-$777$20,500,066-
Oct 17-1944$60,904-42.2%130-30$468$20,596,68520
Oct 24-2653$40,382-33.7%96-34$420$20,661,12821
Oct 31-Nov 268$21,136-47.7%61-35$346$20,702,77822
Nov 7-978$14,054-33.5%45-16$312$20,726,32623
Nov 14-1673$13,319-5.2%36-9$369$20,759,51724
Nov 21-2390$7,483-43.8%14-22$534$20,772,79625