The Last King of Scotland

Based on the events of the brutal Ugandan dictator Idi Amin's regime as seen by his personal physician during the 1970s.

Grosses

Domestic (36.2%)
$17,606,684
Summary Details
DistributorFox Searchlight
Opening$142,899
4 theaters
Budget$6,000,000
MPAAR
Running Time2 hr 3 min
GenresBiography Drama History Thriller
In Release461 days/65 weeks
Widest Release540 theaters
DateRankWeekly %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeek
Sep 22-2871$29,137-4-$7,284$29,1371
Sep 29-Oct 536$211,870+627.2%4-$52,967$241,0072
Oct 6-1223$418,575+97.6%30+26$13,952$659,5823
Oct 13-1919$833,582+99.1%104+74$8,015$1,493,1644
Oct 20-2621$589,153-29.3%113+9$5,213$2,082,3175
Oct 27-Nov 225$458,747-22.1%95-18$4,828$2,541,0646
Nov 3-928$362,255-21%77-18$4,704$2,903,3197
Nov 10-1630$256,101-29.3%56-21$4,573$3,159,4208
Nov 17-2346$138,616-45.9%22-34$6,300$3,298,0369
Nov 24-3045$92,536-33.2%17-5$5,443$3,390,57210
Dec 1-746$68,139-26.4%17-$4,008$3,458,71111
Dec 8-1451$43,334-36.4%13-4$3,333$3,502,04512
Dec 15-2149$51,558+19%15+2$3,437$3,553,60313
Dec 22-2855$40,254-21.9%9-6$4,472$3,593,85714
Dec 29-Jan 4, 200751$48,672+20.9%8-1$6,084$3,642,52915
Jan 5-1151$42,902-11.9%8-$5,362$3,685,43116
Jan 12-1855$31,628-26.3%4-4$7,907$3,717,05917
Jan 19-2517$2,347,276+7,321.5%495+491$4,741$6,064,33518
Jan 26-Feb 118$2,291,663-2.4%501+6$4,574$8,355,99819
Feb 2-817$1,752,632-23.5%528+27$3,319$10,108,63020
Feb 9-1519$1,762,724+0.6%479-49$3,680$11,871,35421
Feb 16-2216$1,354,161-23.2%384-95$3,526$13,225,51522
Feb 23-Mar 118$1,109,167-18.1%334-50$3,320$14,334,68223
Mar 2-817$1,271,227+14.6%517+183$2,458$15,605,90924
Mar 9-1521$896,539-29.5%490-27$1,829$16,502,44825
Mar 16-2223$515,756-42.5%330-160$1,562$17,018,20426
Mar 23-2931$215,613-58.2%136-194$1,585$17,233,81727
Mar 30-Apr 539$144,758-32.9%89-47$1,626$17,378,57528
Apr 6-1244$97,696-32.5%69-20$1,415$17,476,27129
Apr 13-1957$53,672-45.1%43-26$1,248$17,529,94330
Apr 20-2659$35,376-34.1%33-10$1,072$17,565,31931
Apr 27-May 370$19,498-44.9%21-12$928$17,584,81732
May 4-1075$14,968-23.2%10-11$1,496$17,599,78533
May 11-17104$4,278-71.4%6-4$713$17,604,06334
May 18-24106$2,621-38.7%4-2$655$17,606,68435