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
DateRankWeekly %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeek
Mar 17-2331$378,113-5-$75,622$378,1131
Mar 24-3014$1,364,957+261%54+49$25,276$1,743,0702
Mar 31-Apr 613$2,140,907+56.8%126+72$16,991$3,883,9773
Apr 7-1311$3,164,492+47.8%299+173$10,583$7,048,4694
Apr 14-208$5,951,965+88.1%1,015+716$5,864$13,000,4345
Apr 21-2711$3,618,451-39.2%1,020+5$3,547$16,618,8856
Apr 28-May 414$2,330,060-35.6%734-286$3,174$18,948,9457
May 5-1115$1,501,382-35.6%561-173$2,676$20,450,3278
May 12-1818$1,255,632-16.4%427-134$2,940$21,705,9599
May 19-2515$717,311-42.9%315-112$2,277$22,423,27010
May 26-Jun 114$731,562+2%270-45$2,709$23,154,83211
Jun 2-820$478,940-34.5%248-22$1,931$23,633,77212
Jun 9-1523$311,022-35.1%193-55$1,611$23,944,79413
Jun 16-2227$166,030-46.6%117-76$1,419$24,110,82414
Jun 23-2931$170,743+2.8%110-7$1,552$24,281,56715
Jun 30-Jul 633$115,304-32.5%77-33$1,497$24,396,87116
Jul 7-1336$86,756-24.8%62-15$1,399$24,483,62717
Jul 14-2036$97,298+12.2%51-11$1,907$24,580,92518
Jul 21-2744$71,340-26.7%39-12$1,829$24,652,26519
Jul 28-Aug 353$40,460-43.3%27-12$1,498$24,692,72520
Aug 4-1061$38,526-4.8%31+4$1,242$24,731,25121
Aug 11-1770$24,993-35.1%19-12$1,315$24,756,24422
Aug 18-2477$16,213-35.1%12-7$1,351$24,772,45723
Aug 25-3183$9,878-39.1%9-3$1,097$24,782,33524
Sep 1-790$6,009-39.2%3-6$2,003$24,788,34425
Sep 8-1495$5,165-14%3-$1,721$24,793,50926