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'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 | $115,657,156 | $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 | $115,657,156 | $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% | 21.3% | 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 | n/a | November 29, 2009 | November 4, 2010 |
| In Release | 212 days / 30 weeks | 112 days / 16 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 | $158,933,288 | $129,540,499 | $204,594,016 |
| Foreign Gross | $46,931,000 | $43,276,132 | $35,415,073 | $124,020,006 |
| Foreign % of Worldwide | 21.7% | 27.2% | 27.3% | 60.6% |
| Domestic Gross | $169,708,112 | $115,657,156 | $94,125,426 | $80,574,010 |
| Domestic % of Worldwide | 78.3% | 72.8% | 72.7% | 39.4% |
| People Summary | The Help | The Butler | Julie & Julia | Eat Pray Love |
| Actor: Viola Davis | #1 | - | - | #3 |
| Genres & Franchises | The Help | The Butler | Julie & Julia | Eat Pray Love |
| Genre: Drama - Summer | #7 | #12 | - | - |
| 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 | #97 | #118 | - | - |
| All Time Domestic | #202 | #433 | #598 | #741 |
| All Time Worldwide | #483 | - | - | #534 |
| Opening Weeks | #385 | #491 | #586 | #496 |
| Opening Weekends Not At #1 | #88 | - | - | #121 |
| Opening Weekends | #469 | #513 | #717 | #567 |
| Opening Weekends - August | #31 | #35 | #50 | #39 |
| Most Weekends at #1 (non-consecutive) | #121 | #135 | - | - |
| Consecutive Weekends At #1 | #107 | #121 | - | - |
| Labor Day 4-Day Holiday Weekends | #6 | #4 | #115 | #149 |
| Third Weekends | #197 | #182 | - | - |
| Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation) | #94 | #245 | - | #714 |
| Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide) | #155 | #387 | #638 | #1060 |
| Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases | #663 | #1215 | #1729 | #2470 |
| Widest Releases | #698 | #360 | - | #579 |
| Slowest to $100 million | #269 | #178 | - | - |
| Opening Weeks Adjusted | #589 | #744 | #833 | #735 |
| Opening Weekends Adjusted - August | #52 | #59 | #70 | #61 |
| Opening Weekends Adjusted | #735 | #796 | #1007 | #866 |
| Lowest Grossing #1 Movies Adjusted | #37 | #71 | - | - |
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