Mao's Last Dancer

In Maoist China, a boy is taken from his family and trained to become a dancer, but everything he knows is challenged when he is chosen to attend a ballet summer school in Houston, Texas.

Summary Details
Distributor
Opening$143,406
70 theaters
Release DateDec 17, 2010
MPAAPG
Running Time1 hr 57 min
GenresBiography Drama Music Romance
In Release380 days/54 weeks
Widest Release70 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Dec 17-1912$143,406-70-$2,048$143,4061
Dec 24-2614$90,926-36.6%67-3$1,357$291,0012
Dec 31-Jan 2, 201117$67,226-26.1%59-8$1,139$434,6923
Jan 7-922$57,467-14.5%42-17$1,368$550,6274
Jan 14-1623$61,581+7.2%44+2$1,399$641,4545
Jan 21-2326$49,309-19.9%47+3$1,049$723,5946
Jan 28-3025$46,202-6.3%42-5$1,100$796,7387
Feb 4-623$40,010-13.4%27-15$1,481$892,6088
Feb 11-1323$35,718-10.7%20-7$1,785$952,4969
Feb 18-2025$29,388-17.7%15-5$1,959$1,000,92510
Feb 25-2726$21,485-26.9%10-5$2,148$1,040,76411
Mar 4-630$11,782-45.2%5-5$2,356$1,062,38212
Mar 11-1330$13,616+15.6%4-1$3,404$1,089,89713
Mar 18-2033$10,533-22.6%4-$2,633$1,107,30414
Mar 25-2739$9,797-7%3-1$3,265$1,122,99615
Apr 1-338$7,906-19.3%5+2$1,581$1,175,24316
Apr 8-1046$3,700-53.2%4-1$925$1,184,38617
Apr 15-1748$2,980-19.5%3-1$993$1,191,17018
Apr 22-2466$369-87.6%2-1$184$1,192,51519
Apr 29-May 174$363-1.6%1-1$363$1,242,70220
May 6-875$218-39.9%1-$218$1,243,15121
May 13-1571$114-47.7%1-$114$1,243,46022