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.

Grosses

New Zealand
$1,451,110
Summary Details
DistributorHopscotch Films
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Opening$206,488
61 theaters
Release DateMar 4, 2010
MPAAPG
Running Time1 hr 57 min
GenresBiography Drama Music Romance
In Release303 days/43 weeks
Widest Release61 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Mar 4-72$206,488-61-$3,385$217,7251
Mar 11-142$186,599-9.6%61-$3,059$504,2282
Mar 18-214$135,568-27.3%61-$2,222$729,3393
Mar 25-286$97,279-28.2%61-$1,594$896,4894
Apr 1-49$55,591-42.9%49-12$1,134$1,000,7075
Apr 8-1111$46,354-16.6%43-6$1,078$1,118,6466
Apr 15-1813$38,713-16.5%43-$900$1,180,9237
Apr 22-2512$33,068-14.6%41-2$806$1,250,1798
Apr 29-May 212$23,169-29.9%37-4$626$1,318,2019
May 6-915$15,267-34.1%34-3$449$1,327,78610
May 13-1614$11,367-25.5%28-6$405$1,335,69311
May 20-2316$8,885-21.8%25-3$355$1,300,24512
May 27-3018$7,571-14.8%20-5$378$1,315,12813
Jun 3-620$4,262-43.7%15-5$284$1,309,44814
Jun 10-13
World Cup (South Africa)
25$2,092-50.9%12-3$174$1,352,44115
Jun 17-20
World Cup (South Africa)
24$2,074-0.9%10-2$207$1,387,49216
Jun 24-27
World Cup (South Africa)
24$1,832-11.7%9-1$203$1,407,40017
Jul 1-4
World Cup (South Africa)
27$852-53.5%6-3$142$1,359,67418
Jul 8-11
World Cup (South Africa)
27$602-29.3%3-3$200$1,405,65619
Jul 15-1831$424-29.6%4+1$106$1,405,90420
Jul 22-2532$426+0.5%4-$106$1,439,22221
Aug 5-843$51-1-$51$1,451,11023