Showdowns

'The Help' Vs. 'The Butler'

Includes other August releases 'Eat Pray Love' and 'Julie & Julia' as comparison.

Movie Summary	The Help	The Butler	Julie & Julia	Eat Pray Love
Genre	Drama	Drama	Comedy / Drama	Drama
Studio	Buena Vista	Weinstein Company	Sony / Columbia	Sony / Columbia
Release Date	August 10, 2011	August 16, 2013	August 7, 2009	August 13, 2010
Domestic Gross	$169,708,112	$116,632,095	$94,125,426	$80,574,010
Production Budget	$25 million	$30 million	$40 million	$60 million
Running Time	2 hrs. 17 min.	2 hrs. 12 min.	2 hrs. 3 min.	2 hrs. 13 min.
MPAA Rating	PG-13	PG-13	PG-13	PG-13
MPAA Reason	thematic material.	some violence and disturbing image, language, sexual material, thematic elements and smoking.	brief strong language and some sensuality	brief strong language, some sexual references and male rear nudity. (On Appeal)

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Domestic Summary	The Help	The Butler	Julie & Julia	Eat Pray Love
Total Gross	$169,708,112	$116,632,095	$94,125,426	$80,574,010
Opening Weekend*	$26,044,590	$24,637,312	$20,027,956	$23,104,523
Theaters	2,534	2,933	2,354	3,082
Average	$10,278	$8,400	$8,508	$7,497
Opening % of Total	15.3%	21.1%	21.3%	28.7%
Second Weekend Drop	-23.1%	-33.0%	-39.8%	-47.6%
Widest Release	3,014	3,330	2,528	3,108
Close Date	March 8, 2012	February 13, 2014	November 29, 2009	November 4, 2010
In Release	212 days / 30 weeks	182 days / 26 weeks	119 days / 17 weeks	84 days / 12 weeks
*Note: If a movie opened in limited release and later went wide, data from the first wide weekend of release is used.

Worldwide Summary	The Help	The Butler	Julie & Julia	Eat Pray Love
Worldwide Gross	$216,639,112	$176,598,908	$129,540,499	$204,594,016
Foreign Gross	$46,931,000	$59,966,813	$35,415,073	$124,020,006
Foreign % of Worldwide	21.7%	34.0%	27.3%	60.6%
Domestic Gross	$169,708,112	$116,632,095	$94,125,426	$80,574,010
Domestic % of Worldwide	78.3%	66.0%	72.7%	39.4%

People Summary	The Help	The Butler	Julie & Julia	Eat Pray Love
Actor: David Oyelowo	n/a	#2	-	-
Actor: Viola Davis	#2	-	-	#4

Genres & Franchises	The Help	The Butler	Julie & Julia	Eat Pray Love
Genre: Drama - Summer	#7	#14	-	-
Showdown: 'The Help' Vs. 'The Butler'	#1	#2	#3	#4
Showdown: Summertime Female Memoirs	-	-	#2	#3

Chart Rankings	The Help	The Butler	Julie & Julia	Eat Pray Love
Opening Weekends Under 3,000 Theaters	#104	#127	-	-
All Time Domestic	#244	#501	#686	#853
All Time Worldwide	#587	-	-	#643
Opening Weeks	#476	#596	#705	#602
Opening Weekends Not At #1	#119	-	-	#163
Opening Weekends	#572	#624	#854	#688
Opening Weekends - August	#37	#42	#58	#46
Most Weekends at #1 (non-consecutive)	#138	#154	-	-
Consecutive Weekends At #1	#123	#139	-	-
Labor Day 4-Day Holiday Weekends	#7	#5	#131	#170
Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation)	#104	#279	-	#823
Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide)	#169	#428	#708	#1189
Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases	#696	#1290	#1847	#2660
Widest Releases	#886	#483	-	#751
Slowest to $100 million	#294	#190	-	-
Opening Weeks Adjusted	#677	#845	#939	#834
Opening Weekends Adjusted - August	#57	#64	#77	#68
Opening Weekends Adjusted	#832	#897	#1133	#976
Lowest Grossing #1 Movies Adjusted	#47	#83	-	-

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