Mao's Last Dancer

In Maoist China, a boy is taken from his family and trained to become a dancer, but everything he knows is challenged when he is chosen to attend a ballet summer school in Houston, Texas.

Grosses

Domestic (20.1%)
$4,817,770
Summary Details
DistributorThe Samuel Goldwyn Company
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Opening$199,657
33 theaters
MPAAPG
Running Time1 hr 57 min
GenresBiography Drama Music Romance
In Release140 days/20 weeks
Widest Release137 theaters
DateRankWeekly %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeek
Aug 13-1921$578,000----$578,000-
Aug 20-2630$316,122-33-$9,579$894,1221
Aug 27-Sep 226$443,888+40.4%75+42$5,918$1,338,0102
Sep 3-928$545,106+22.8%95+20$5,737$1,883,1163
Sep 10-1626$496,167-9%102+7$4,864$2,379,2834
Sep 17-2325$360,863-27.3%98-4$3,682$2,740,1465
Sep 24-3022$416,687+15.5%122+24$3,415$3,156,8336
Oct 1-721$397,285-4.7%137+15$2,899$3,554,1187
Oct 8-1427$288,272-27.4%121-16$2,382$3,842,3908
Oct 15-2134$227,015-21.2%116-5$1,957$4,069,4059
Oct 22-2835$198,955-12.4%102-14$1,950$4,268,36010
Oct 29-Nov 433$185,258-6.9%102-$1,816$4,453,61811
Nov 5-1138$153,566-17.1%81-21$1,895$4,607,18412
Nov 12-1836$91,006-40.7%55-26$1,654$4,698,19013
Nov 19-2545$50,810-44.2%42-13$1,209$4,749,00014
Nov 26-Dec 248$40,329-20.6%22-20$1,833$4,789,32915
Dec 3-952$28,441-29.5%23+1$1,236$4,817,77016