Real Women Have Curves

In East Los Angeles, an 18-year-old struggles between her ambitions of going to college and the desires of her domineering mother for her to get married, have children, and oversee the small, rundown family-owned textile factory.

Grosses

Domestic (75.3%)
$5,853,194
Summary Details
DistributorNewmarket Films
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Opening$183,772
55 theaters
MPAAPG-13
Running Time1 hr 30 min
GenresComedy Drama
In Release440 days/62 weeks
Widest Release163 theaters
DateRankWeekly %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeek
Oct 18-2433$252,881-55-$4,597$252,8811
Oct 25-3123$498,925+97.3%108+53$4,619$751,8062
Nov 1-726$615,505+23.4%124+16$4,963$1,367,3113
Nov 8-1421$720,841+17.1%148+24$4,870$2,088,1524
Nov 15-2117$674,902-6.4%147-1$4,591$2,763,0545
Nov 22-2823$635,947-5.8%163+16$3,901$3,399,0016
Nov 29-Dec 522$556,495-12.5%153-10$3,637$3,955,4967
Dec 6-1223$437,819-21.3%159+6$2,753$4,393,3158
Dec 13-1929$299,757-31.5%134-25$2,236$4,694,0729
Dec 20-2638$276,339-7.8%114-20$2,424$4,969,41110
Dec 27-Jan 2, 200341$275,112-0.4%91-23$3,023$5,244,52311
Jan 3-941$156,705-43%72-19$2,176$5,401,22812
Jan 10-1643$126,076-19.5%92+20$1,370$5,527,30413
Jan 17-2345$103,738-17.7%81-11$1,280$5,631,04214
Jan 24-3053$61,452-40.8%74-7$830$5,692,49415
Jan 31-Feb 654$56,119-8.7%64-10$876$5,748,61316
Feb 7-1363$30,723-45.3%45-19$682$5,779,33617
Feb 14-2071$22,503-26.8%29-16$775$5,801,83918
Feb 21-2776$16,386-27.2%32+3$512$5,818,22519
Feb 28-Mar 696$9,888-39.7%18-14$549$5,828,11320
Mar 7-1396$9,254-6.4%15-3$616$5,837,36721
Mar 14-20121$1,333-85.6%15-$88$5,838,97322
Mar 21-27119$2,065+54.9%12-3$172$5,840,76523
Mar 28-Apr 3107$5,894+185.4%9-3$654$5,846,65924
Apr 4-10125$3,903-33.8%3-6$1,301$5,850,56225
Apr 11-17140$1,423-63.5%3-$474$5,851,98526
Apr 18-24154$115-91.9%1-2$115$5,852,10027
Apr 25-May 1153$955+730.4%2+1$477$5,853,05528