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.

Summary Details
DistributorWalt Disney Pictures
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Opening$377,590
188 theaters
Budget$25,000,000
Release DateJan 19, 2012
MPAAPG-13
Running Time2 hr 26 min
GenresDrama
In Release348 days/49 weeks
Widest Release188 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Jan 19-227$377,590-188-$2,008$377,5901
Jan 26-299$268,188-29%158-30$1,697$844,8622
Feb 2-511$125,905-53.1%77-81$1,635$1,055,7163
Feb 9-1215$74,101-41.1%45-32$1,646$1,182,0994
Feb 16-1920$54,454-26.5%37-8$1,471$1,267,7095
Feb 23-2621$31,747-41.7%20-17$1,587$1,360,6136
Mar 1-421$27,800-12.4%17-3$1,635$1,383,5097
Mar 8-1122$25,819-7.1%15-2$1,721$1,432,2378
Mar 15-1825$23,300-9.8%15-$1,553$1,477,6889
Mar 29-Apr 131$9,466-6-$1,577$1,561,72111
Apr 5-833$6,690-29.3%7+1$955$1,555,26612
Apr 12-1539$3,781-43.5%4-3$945$1,568,20013