Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

A story set in nineteenth-century China and focusing on the life-long friendship between two girls who develop their own secret code as a way to contend with the rigid social norms imposed on women.

Grosses

Domestic (11.9%)
$1,348,205
Summary Details
DistributorFox Searchlight
Opening$134,005
24 theaters
Budget$6,000,000
MPAAPG-13
Running Time1 hr 44 min
GenresDrama History
In Release170 days/24 weeks
Widest Release116 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Jul 15-1730$134,005-24-$5,583$134,0051
Jul 22-2429$200,333+49.5%61+37$3,284$411,1332
Jul 29-3131$183,896-8.2%93+32$1,977$710,0153
Aug 5-731$177,931-3.2%116+23$1,533$1,015,4704
Aug 12-1443$82,058-53.9%104-12$789$1,195,8675
Aug 19-2165$20,483-75%37-67$553$1,283,6596
Aug 26-2870$11,822-42.3%15-22$788$1,318,3437
Sep 2-489$5,699-51.8%12-3$474$1,331,2428
Sep 2-5
Labor Day wknd
88$6,688-12-$557$1,332,231-
Sep 9-11104$2,912-48.9%8-4$364$1,337,9199
Sep 16-18117$1,487-48.9%5-3$297$1,341,76710
Sep 23-25109$3,434+130.9%7+2$490$1,346,50311