The Help

An aspiring author during the civil rights movement of the 1960s decides to write a book detailing the African American maids' point of view on the white families for which they work, and the hardships they go through on a daily basis.

Grosses

Domestic (78.3%)
$169,708,112
Summary Details
DistributorWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
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Opening$26,044,590
2,534 theaters
Budget$25,000,000
MPAAPG-13
Running Time2 hr 26 min
GenresDrama
In Release510 days/72 weeks
Widest Release3,014 theaters
DateRankWeekly %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeek
Aug 5-118$9,873,826-2,511-$3,932$9,873,8261
Aug 12-181$41,448,344+319.8%2,534+23$16,356$51,322,1702
Aug 19-251$30,975,135-25.3%2,690+156$11,514$82,297,3053
Aug 26-Sep 11$22,093,248-28.7%2,778+88$7,952$104,390,5534
Sep 2-81$24,011,105+8.7%2,843+65$8,445$128,401,6585
Sep 9-152$12,525,096-47.8%2,935+92$4,267$140,926,7546
Sep 16-224$9,117,348-27.2%3,014+79$3,024$150,044,1027
Sep 23-298$6,312,926-30.8%2,695-319$2,342$156,357,0288
Sep 30-Oct 612$4,350,287-31.1%2,505-190$1,736$160,707,3159
Oct 7-1313$3,010,973-30.8%2,064-441$1,458$163,718,28810
Oct 14-2014$1,758,548-41.6%1,267-797$1,387$165,476,83611
Oct 21-2717$1,031,565-41.3%776-491$1,329$166,511,40112
Oct 28-Nov 318$586,260-43.2%450-326$1,302$167,094,66113
Nov 4-1020$493,581-15.8%358-92$1,378$167,588,24214
Nov 11-1728$345,688-30%278-80$1,243$167,933,93015
Nov 18-2423$508,474+47.1%312+34$1,629$168,442,40416
Nov 25-Dec 119$418,296-17.7%283-29$1,478$168,860,70017
Dec 2-827$257,600-38.4%262-21$983$169,118,30018
Dec 9-1535$155,352-39.7%212-50$732$169,273,65219
Dec 16-2238$117,126-24.6%156-56$750$169,390,77820
Dec 23-2946$70,788-39.6%65-91$1,089$169,461,56621
Dec 30-Jan 5, 201248$66,365-6.2%65-$1,021$169,527,93122
Jan 6-1251$40,275-39.3%50-15$805$169,568,20623
Jan 13-1958$22,924-43.1%28-22$818$169,591,13024
Jan 20-2670$12,546-45.3%22-6$570$169,603,67625
Jan 27-Feb 268$16,935+35%21-1$806$169,620,61126
Feb 3-962$22,761+34.4%20-1$1,138$169,643,37227
Feb 10-1670$15,855-30.3%13-7$1,219$169,659,22728
Feb 17-2372$15,512-2.2%13-$1,193$169,674,73929
Feb 24-Mar 170$28,203+81.8%138+125$204$169,702,94230
Mar 2-889$5,170-81.7%5-133$1,034$169,708,11231