The History Boys

An unruly class of gifted and charming teenage boys are taught by two eccentric and innovative teachers, as their headmaster pushes for them all to get accepted into Oxford or Cambridge.

Grosses

Domestic (20.2%)
$2,706,659
Summary Details
DistributorFox Searchlight
Opening$100,803
7 theaters
MPAAR
Running Time1 hr 49 min
GenresComedy Drama Romance
In Release406 days/58 weeks
Widest Release165 theaters
DateRankWeekly %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeek
Nov 17-2357$41,576-6-$6,929$41,5761
Nov 24-3038$140,113+237%7+1$20,016$181,6892
Dec 1-736$116,952-16.5%8+1$14,619$298,6413
Dec 8-1427$277,093+136.9%50+42$5,541$575,7344
Dec 15-2126$332,056+19.8%76+26$4,369$907,7905
Dec 22-2824$664,147+100%163+87$4,074$1,571,9376
Dec 29-Jan 4, 200726$624,853-5.9%154-9$4,057$2,196,7907
Jan 5-1134$275,884-55.8%115-39$2,398$2,472,6748
Jan 12-1843$115,289-58.2%56-59$2,058$2,587,9639
Jan 19-2551$44,829-61.1%37-19$1,211$2,632,79210
Jan 26-Feb 161$28,878-35.6%19-18$1,519$2,661,67011
Feb 2-866$15,158-47.5%13-6$1,166$2,676,82812
Feb 9-1571$14,091-7%18+5$782$2,690,91913
Feb 16-2274$11,716-16.9%14-4$836$2,702,63514
Feb 23-Mar 188$4,024-65.7%5-9$804$2,706,65915