Monsieur Lazhar

At a Montréal public grade school, an Algerian immigrant is hired to replace a popular teacher who committed suicide in her classroom. While helping his students deal with their grief, his own recent loss is revealed.

Grosses

Domestic (22.1%)
$2,009,517
Summary Details
DistributorMusic Box Films
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Opening$112,190
19 theaters
MPAAPG-13
Running Time1 hr 35 min
GenresComedy Drama
In Release263 days/37 weeks
Widest Release86 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Apr 13-1533$112,190-19-$5,904$112,1901
Apr 20-2229$152,098+35.6%33+14$4,609$305,7522
Apr 27-2921$245,126+61.2%68+35$3,604$606,4403
May 4-622$222,460-9.2%81+13$2,746$914,2004
May 11-1329$127,462-42.7%77-4$1,655$1,130,4875
May 18-2030$91,710-28%67-10$1,368$1,287,3566
May 25-2732$113,523+23.8%65-2$1,746$1,450,1297
May 25-28
Memorial Day wknd
31$146,621-65-$2,255$1,483,227-
Jun 1-339$78,375-31%59-6$1,328$1,596,2188
Jun 8-1038$51,278-34.6%48-11$1,068$1,689,7189
Jun 15-1746$33,604-34.5%35-13$960$1,747,06410
Jun 22-2447$33,522-0.2%25-10$1,340$1,803,55311
Jun 29-Jul 146$28,727-14.3%20-5$1,436$1,851,67512
Jul 6-853$15,746-45.2%13-7$1,211$1,894,71313
Jul 13-1557$16,114+2.3%10-3$1,611$1,919,84914
Jul 20-2266$8,569-46.8%8-2$1,071$1,935,45215
Jul 27-29
London Olympics
70$7,598-11.3%7-1$1,085$1,949,15516
Aug 3-5
London Olympics
58$14,714+93.7%10+3$1,471$1,967,82517
Aug 10-12
London Olympics
63$8,549-41.9%10-$854$1,982,03718
Aug 17-1981$3,008-64.8%6-4$501$1,991,20119
Aug 24-2698$1,833-39.1%3-3$611$1,995,36520
Aug 31-Sep 285$3,201+74.6%2-1$1,600$1,999,88221
Aug 31-Sep 3
Labor Day wknd
81$4,239-2-$2,119$2,000,920-
Sep 14-16114$875-2-$437$2,002,95823
Sep 21-23106$1,468+67.8%3+1$489$2,005,70124
Oct 5-796$1,966-2-$983$2,009,04126