The Wrestler

A faded professional wrestler must retire, but finds his quest for a new life outside the ring a dispiriting struggle.

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Title Summary

Grosses

Domestic (58.7%)
$26,238,243

International (41.3%)
$18,496,417

Worldwide
$44,734,660

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Summary Details

DistributorFox Searchlight

Opening$202,714
4 theaters

Budget$6,000,000

Release Date (Wide)Dec 17, 2008 (Jan 30, 2009) - May 14, 2009

MPAAR

Running Time1 hr 49 min

GenresDrama Sport

In Release380 days/54 weeks

Widest Release776 theaters

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Date	DOW	Rank	Daily	%± YD	%± LW	Theaters	Avg	To Date	Day	Estimated
Dec 17	Wednesday	18	$46,928	-	-	4	$11,732	$46,928	1	false
Dec 18	Thursday	19	$38,578	-17.8%	-	4	$9,644	$85,506	2	false
Dec 19	Friday	23	$57,498	+49%	-	4	$14,374	$143,004	3	false
Dec 20	Saturday	23	$79,976	+39.1%	-	4	$19,994	$222,980	4	false
Dec 21	Sunday	24	$65,240	-18.4%	-	4	$16,310	$288,220	5	false
Dec 22	Monday	23	$33,818	-48.2%	-	4	$8,454	$322,038	6	false
Dec 23	Tuesday	23	$32,911	-2.7%	-	4	$8,227	$354,949	7	false
Dec 24	Wednesday	24	$30,526	-7.2%	-35%	4	$7,631	$385,475	8	false
Dec 25 Christmas Day	Thursday	24	$134,626	+341%	+249%	18	$7,479	$520,101	9	false
Dec 26	Friday	23	$128,409	-4.6%	+123.3%	18	$7,133	$648,510	10	false
Dec 27	Saturday	23	$138,659	+8%	+73.4%	18	$7,703	$787,169	11	false
Dec 28	Sunday	23	$120,462	-13.1%	+84.6%	18	$6,692	$907,631	12	false
Dec 29	Monday	23	$97,871	-18.8%	+189.4%	18	$5,437	$1,005,502	13	false
Dec 30	Tuesday	23	$98,256	+0.4%	+198.6%	18	$5,458	$1,103,758	14	false
Dec 31 New Year's Eve	Wednesday	23	$65,621	-33.2%	+115%	18	$3,645	$1,169,379	15	false
Jan 1 New Year's Day	Thursday	23	$154,849	+136%	+15%	18	$8,602	$1,324,228	16	false
Jan 2	Friday	23	$156,088	+0.8%	+21.6%	18	$8,671	$1,480,316	17	false
Jan 3	Saturday	23	$159,795	+2.4%	+15.2%	18	$8,877	$1,640,111	18	false
Jan 4	Sunday	23	$121,932	-23.7%	+1.2%	18	$6,774	$1,762,043	19	false
Jan 5	Monday	23	$50,215	-58.8%	-48.7%	18	$2,789	$1,812,258	20	false
Jan 6	Tuesday	22	$55,980	+11.5%	-43%	18	$3,110	$1,868,238	21	false
Jan 7	Wednesday	22	$54,482	-2.7%	-17%	18	$3,026	$1,922,720	22	false
Jan 8	Thursday	22	$51,301	-5.8%	-66.9%	18	$2,850	$1,974,021	23	false
Jan 9	Friday	20	$254,575	+396.2%	+63.1%	60	$4,242	$2,228,596	24	false
Jan 10	Saturday	21	$362,780	+42.5%	+127%	60	$6,046	$2,591,376	25	false
Jan 11	Sunday	20	$231,055	-36.3%	+89.5%	60	$3,850	$2,822,431	26	false
Jan 12	Monday	17	$128,392	-44.4%	+155.7%	60	$2,139	$2,950,823	27	false
Jan 13	Tuesday	18	$126,132	-1.8%	+125.3%	60	$2,102	$3,076,955	28	false
Jan 14	Wednesday	18	$116,214	-7.9%	+113.3%	60	$1,936	$3,193,169	29	false
Jan 15	Thursday	18	$118,799	+2.2%	+131.6%	60	$1,979	$3,311,968	30	false
Jan 16	Friday	19	$465,020	+291.4%	+82.7%	144	$3,229	$3,776,988	31	false
Jan 17	Saturday	17	$758,889	+63.2%	+109.2%	144	$5,270	$4,535,877	32	false
Jan 18	Sunday	19	$478,786	-36.9%	+107.2%	144	$3,324	$5,014,663	33	false
Jan 19 MLK Day	Monday	19	$341,551	-28.7%	+166%	144	$2,371	$5,356,214	34	false
Jan 20	Tuesday	18	$132,624	-61.2%	+5.1%	144	$921	$5,488,838	35	false
Jan 21	Wednesday	18	$150,107	+13.2%	+29.2%	144	$1,042	$5,638,945	36	false
Jan 22	Thursday	19	$173,022	+15.3%	+45.6%	144	$1,201	$5,811,967	37	false
Jan 23	Friday	14	$997,803	+476.7%	+114.6%	566	$1,762	$6,809,770	38	false
Jan 24	Saturday	14	$1,646,459	+65%	+117%	566	$2,908	$8,456,229	39	false
Jan 25	Sunday	13	$1,101,381	-33.1%	+130%	566	$1,945	$9,557,610	40	false
Jan 26	Monday	13	$301,169	-72.7%	-11.8%	566	$532	$9,858,779	41	false
Jan 27	Tuesday	13	$318,195	+5.7%	+139.9%	566	$562	$10,176,974	42	false
Jan 28	Wednesday	13	$271,139	-14.8%	+80.6%	566	$479	$10,448,113	43	false
Jan 29	Thursday	13	$290,605	+7.2%	+68%	566	$513	$10,738,718	44	false
Jan 30	Friday	15	$721,050	+148.1%	-27.7%	722	$998	$11,459,768	45	false
Jan 31	Saturday	15	$1,204,846	+67.1%	-26.8%	722	$1,668	$12,664,614	46	false
Feb 1	Sunday	16	$387,253	-67.9%	-64.8%	722	$536	$13,051,867	47	false
Feb 2	Monday	14	$221,348	-42.8%	-26.5%	722	$306	$13,273,215	48	false
Feb 3	Tuesday	14	$230,148	+4%	-27.7%	722	$318	$13,503,363	49	false
Feb 4	Wednesday	14	$225,006	-2.2%	-17%	722	$311	$13,728,369	50	false
Feb 5	Thursday	14	$234,864	+4.4%	-19.2%	722	$325	$13,963,233	51	false
Feb 6	Friday	15	$579,502	+146.7%	-19.6%	754	$768	$14,542,735	52	false
Feb 7	Saturday	15	$1,001,873	+72.9%	-16.8%	754	$1,328	$15,544,608	53	false
Feb 8	Sunday	14	$626,180	-37.5%	+61.7%	754	$830	$16,170,788	54	false
Feb 9	Monday	15	$177,987	-71.6%	-19.6%	754	$236	$16,348,775	55	false
Feb 10	Tuesday	14	$196,922	+10.6%	-14.4%	754	$261	$16,545,697	56	false
Feb 11	Wednesday	14	$174,257	-11.5%	-22.6%	754	$231	$16,719,954	57	false
Feb 12	Thursday	16	$182,830	+4.9%	-22.2%	754	$242	$16,902,784	58	false
Feb 13	Friday	17	$392,600	+114.7%	-32.3%	667	$588	$17,295,384	59	false
Feb 14	Saturday	17	$822,566	+109.5%	-17.9%	667	$1,233	$18,117,950	60	false
Feb 15	Sunday	16	$633,461	-23%	+1.2%	667	$949	$18,751,411	61	false
Feb 16 Presidents' Day	Monday	15	$399,534	-36.9%	+124.5%	667	$599	$19,150,945	62	false
Feb 17	Tuesday	14	$185,492	-53.6%	-5.8%	667	$278	$19,336,437	63	false
Feb 18	Wednesday	14	$184,007	-0.8%	+5.6%	667	$275	$19,520,444	64	false
Feb 19	Thursday	14	$206,609	+12.3%	+13%	667	$309	$19,727,053	65	false
Feb 20	Friday	16	$489,997	+137.2%	+24.8%	617	$794	$20,217,050	66	false
Feb 21	Saturday	16	$880,672	+79.7%	+7.1%	617	$1,427	$21,097,722	67	false
Feb 22	Sunday	16	$480,655	-45.4%	-24.1%	617	$779	$21,578,377	68	false
Feb 23	Monday	15	$144,868	-69.9%	-63.7%	617	$234	$21,723,245	69	false
Feb 24	Tuesday	15	$145,481	+0.4%	-21.6%	617	$235	$21,868,726	70	false
Feb 25	Wednesday	15	$125,843	-13.5%	-31.6%	617	$203	$21,994,569	71	false
Feb 26	Thursday	15	$129,863	+3.2%	-37.1%	617	$210	$22,124,432	72	false
Feb 27	Friday	18	$357,203	+175.1%	-27.1%	776	$460	$22,481,635	73	false
Feb 28	Saturday	19	$641,482	+79.6%	-27.2%	776	$826	$23,123,117	74	false
Mar 1	Sunday	19	$388,987	-39.4%	-19.1%	776	$501	$23,512,104	75	false
Mar 2	Monday	19	$117,957	-69.7%	-18.6%	776	$152	$23,630,061	76	false
Mar 3	Tuesday	19	$122,477	+3.8%	-15.8%	776	$157	$23,752,538	77	false
Mar 4	Wednesday	19	$112,779	-7.9%	-10.4%	776	$145	$23,865,317	78	false
Mar 5	Thursday	19	$102,496	-9.1%	-21.1%	776	$132	$23,967,813	79	false
Mar 6	Friday	19	$200,777	+95.9%	-43.8%	677	$296	$24,168,590	80	false
Mar 7	Saturday	19	$350,173	+74.4%	-45.4%	677	$517	$24,518,763	81	false
Mar 8	Sunday	19	$193,222	-44.8%	-50.3%	677	$285	$24,711,985	82	false
Mar 9	Monday	18	$64,093	-66.8%	-45.7%	677	$94	$24,776,078	83	false
Mar 10	Tuesday	17	$80,260	+25.2%	-34.5%	677	$118	$24,856,338	84	false
Mar 11	Wednesday	17	$73,324	-8.6%	-35%	677	$108	$24,929,662	85	false
Mar 12	Thursday	18	$71,866	-2%	-29.9%	677	$106	$25,001,528	86	false
Mar 13	Friday	21	$118,855	+65.4%	-40.8%	456	$260	$25,120,383	87	false
Mar 14	Saturday	21	$210,119	+76.8%	-40%	456	$460	$25,330,502	88	false
Mar 15	Sunday	22	$120,086	-42.8%	-37.9%	456	$263	$25,450,588	89	false
Mar 16	Monday	23	$41,665	-65.3%	-35%	456	$91	$25,492,253	90	false
Mar 17	Tuesday	21	$45,917	+10.2%	-42.8%	456	$100	$25,538,170	91	false
Mar 18	Wednesday	22	$45,233	-1.5%	-38.3%	456	$99	$25,583,403	92	false
Mar 19	Thursday	22	$42,399	-6.3%	-41%	456	$92	$25,625,802	93	false
Mar 20	Friday	27	$45,337	+6.9%	-61.9%	291	$155	$25,671,139	94	false
Mar 21	Saturday	25	$78,921	+74.1%	-62.4%	291	$271	$25,750,060	95	false
Mar 22	Sunday	25	$42,714	-45.9%	-64.4%	291	$146	$25,792,774	96	false
Mar 23	Monday	23	$16,175	-62.1%	-61.2%	291	$55	$25,808,949	97	false
Mar 24	Tuesday	21	$24,787	+53.2%	-46%	291	$85	$25,833,736	98	false
Mar 25	Wednesday	23	$19,334	-22%	-57.3%	291	$66	$25,853,070	99	false
Mar 26	Thursday	23	$17,933	-7.2%	-57.7%	291	$61	$25,871,003	100	false
Mar 27	Friday	27	$24,234	+35.1%	-46.5%	143	$169	$25,895,237	101	false
Mar 28	Saturday	23	$44,903	+85.3%	-43.1%	143	$314	$25,940,140	102	false
Mar 29	Sunday	26	$24,773	-44.8%	-42%	143	$173	$25,964,913	103	false
Mar 30	Monday	22	$9,850	-60.2%	-39.1%	143	$68	$25,974,763	104	false
Mar 31	Tuesday	23	$10,634	+8%	-57.1%	143	$74	$25,985,397	105	false
Apr 1	Wednesday	22	$10,402	-2.2%	-46.2%	143	$72	$25,995,799	106	false
Apr 2	Thursday	23	$10,712	+3%	-40.3%	143	$74	$26,006,511	107	false
Apr 3	Friday	30	$17,147	+60.1%	-29.2%	107	$160	$26,023,658	108	false
Apr 4	Saturday	31	$24,298	+41.7%	-45.9%	107	$227	$26,047,956	109	false
Apr 5	Sunday	27	$15,698	-35.4%	-36.6%	107	$146	$26,063,654	110	false
Apr 6	Monday	26	$6,138	-60.9%	-37.7%	107	$57	$26,069,792	111	false
Apr 7	Tuesday	28	$6,472	+5.4%	-39.1%	107	$60	$26,076,264	112	false
Apr 8	Wednesday	26	$8,680	+34.1%	-16.6%	107	$81	$26,084,944	113	false
Apr 9	Thursday	27	$7,037	-18.9%	-34.3%	107	$65	$26,091,981	114	false
Apr 10	Friday	31	$15,182	+115.7%	-11.5%	78	$194	$26,107,163	115	false
Apr 11	Saturday	30	$20,229	+33.2%	-16.7%	78	$259	$26,127,392	116	false
Apr 12 Easter Sunday	Sunday	31	$9,021	-55.4%	-42.5%	78	$115	$26,136,413	117	false
Apr 13	Monday	28	$5,949	-34.1%	-3.1%	78	$76	$26,142,362	118	false
Apr 14	Tuesday	29	$5,778	-2.9%	-10.7%	78	$74	$26,148,140	119	false
Apr 15	Wednesday	29	$5,744	-0.6%	-33.8%	78	$73	$26,153,884	120	false
Apr 16	Thursday	28	$6,159	+7.2%	-12.5%	78	$78	$26,160,043	121	false
Apr 17	Friday	34	$8,093	+31.4%	-46.7%	56	$144	$26,168,136	122	false
Apr 18	Saturday	34	$11,653	+44%	-42.4%	56	$208	$26,179,789	123	false
Apr 19	Sunday	34	$7,935	-31.9%	-12%	56	$141	$26,187,724	124	false
Apr 20	Monday	32	$3,096	-61%	-48%	56	$55	$26,190,820	125	false
Apr 21	Tuesday	32	$3,521	+13.7%	-39.1%	56	$62	$26,194,341	126	false
Apr 22	Wednesday	33	$3,009	-14.5%	-47.6%	56	$53	$26,197,350	127	false
Apr 23	Thursday	34	$2,887	-4.1%	-53.1%	56	$51	$26,200,237	128	false
Apr 24	Friday	38	$3,439	+19.1%	-57.5%	33	$104	$26,203,676	129	false
Apr 25	Saturday	38	$5,499	+59.9%	-52.8%	33	$166	$26,209,175	130	false
Apr 26	Sunday	37	$3,267	-40.6%	-58.8%	33	$99	$26,212,442	131	false
Apr 27	Monday	35	$2,455	-24.9%	-20.7%	33	$74	$26,214,897	132	false
Apr 28	Tuesday	35	$2,156	-12.2%	-38.8%	33	$65	$26,217,053	133	false
Apr 29	Wednesday	35	$2,056	-4.6%	-31.7%	33	$62	$26,219,109	134	false
Apr 30	Thursday	36	$2,107	+2.5%	-27%	33	$63	$26,221,216	135	false
May 1	Friday	41	$2,422	+15%	-29.6%	21	$115	$26,223,638	136	false
May 2	Saturday	41	$3,000	+23.9%	-45.4%	21	$142	$26,226,638	137	false
May 3	Sunday	41	$1,749	-41.7%	-46.5%	21	$83	$26,228,387	138	false
May 4	Monday	38	$1,093	-37.5%	-55.5%	21	$52	$26,229,480	139	false
May 5	Tuesday	39	$1,155	+5.7%	-46.4%	21	$55	$26,230,635	140	false
May 6	Wednesday	39	$1,167	+1%	-43.2%	21	$55	$26,231,802	141	false
May 7	Thursday	40	$1,135	-2.7%	-46.1%	21	$54	$26,232,937	142	false