Thank You for Smoking

Satirical comedy follows the machinations of Big Tobacco's chief spokesman, Nick Naylor, who spins on behalf of cigarettes while trying to remain a role model for his 12-year-old son.

Grosses

Domestic (63.1%)
$24,793,509
Summary Details
DistributorFox Searchlight
Opening$262,923
5 theaters
Budget$6,500,000
Release Date (Wide)Mar 17, 2006 (Apr 14, 2006) - Sep 14, 2006
MPAAR
Running Time1 hr 32 min
GenresComedy Drama
In Release290 days/41 weeks
Widest Release1,020 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Mar 17-1931$262,923-5-$52,584$262,9231
Mar 24-2615$1,003,911+281.8%54+49$18,590$1,382,0242
Mar 31-Apr 213$1,606,328+60%126+72$12,748$3,349,3983
Apr 7-910$2,309,097+43.8%299+173$7,722$6,193,0744
Apr 14-168$4,491,102+94.5%1,015+716$4,424$11,539,5715
Apr 14-17
Easter wknd
8$4,911,551-1,015-$4,838$11,960,020-
Apr 21-2311$2,780,969-38.1%1,020+5$2,726$15,781,4036
Apr 28-3014$1,776,580-36.1%734-286$2,420$18,395,4657
May 5-715$1,055,031-40.6%561-173$1,880$20,003,9768
May 12-1419$668,844-36.6%427-134$1,566$21,119,1719
May 19-2116$506,644-24.3%315-112$1,608$22,212,60310
May 26-2816$469,338-7.4%270-45$1,738$22,892,60811
May 26-29
Memorial Day wknd
16$594,770-270-$2,202$23,018,040-
Jun 2-418$331,124-29.4%265-5$1,249$23,485,95612
Jun 9-11
World Cup (Germany)
23$207,678-37.3%193-72$1,076$23,841,45013
Jun 16-18
World Cup (Germany)
27$102,714-50.5%117-76$877$24,047,50814
Jun 23-25
World Cup (Germany)
29$108,314+5.5%110-7$984$24,219,13815
Jun 30-Jul 2
World Cup (Germany)
32$66,921-38.2%77-33$869$24,348,48816
Jun 30-Jul 4
July 4th long wknd
World Cup (Germany)
33$98,170-77-$1,274$24,379,737-
Jul 7-9
World Cup (Germany)
35$52,447-21.6%62-15$845$24,449,31817
Jul 14-1638$55,875+6.5%51-11$1,095$24,539,50218
Jul 21-2341$46,704-16.4%39-12$1,197$24,627,62919
Jul 28-3055$22,644-51.5%27-12$838$24,674,90920
Aug 4-660$20,560-9.2%31+4$663$24,713,28521
Aug 11-1373$13,526-34.2%19-12$711$24,744,77722
Aug 18-2079$9,623-28.9%12-7$801$24,765,86723
Aug 25-2785$5,924-38.4%9-3$658$24,778,38124
Sep 1-388$3,914-33.9%3-6$1,304$24,786,24925
Sep 1-4
Labor Day wknd
89$5,256-3-$1,752$24,787,591-
Sep 8-1090$3,717-5%3-$1,239$24,792,06126