The Iron Lady

An elderly Margaret Thatcher talks to the imagined presence of her recently deceased husband as she struggles to come to terms with his death while scenes from her past life, from girlhood to British prime minister, intervene.

Grosses

Domestic (25.9%)
$30,017,992
Summary Details
DistributorThe Weinstein Company
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Opening$220,409
4 theaters
Release Date (Wide)Dec 30, 2011 (Jan 13, 2012) - Apr 26, 2012
MPAAPG-13
Running Time1 hr 45 min
GenresBiography Drama
In Release368 days/52 weeks
Widest Release1,244 theaters
DateDOW RankDaily %± YD %± LW TheatersAvgTo DateDay
Dec 30Friday26$77,235--4$19,308$77,2351
Dec 31
New Year's Eve
Saturday25$65,517-15.2%-4$16,379$142,7522
Jan 1
New Year's Day
Sunday26$77,657+18.5%-4$19,414$220,4093
Jan 2Monday26$65,400-15.8%-4$16,350$285,8094
Jan 3Tuesday29$20,285-69%-4$5,071$306,0945
Jan 4Wednesday27$18,591-8.4%-4$4,647$324,6856
Jan 5Thursday27$19,610+5.5%-4$4,902$344,2957
Jan 6Friday27$45,271+130.9%-41.4%5$9,054$389,5668
Jan 7Saturday26$76,866+69.8%+17.3%5$15,373$466,4329
Jan 8Sunday24$54,237-29.4%-30.2%5$10,847$520,66910
Jan 9Monday23$15,200-72%-76.8%5$3,040$535,86911
Jan 10Tuesday23$16,248+6.9%-19.9%5$3,249$552,11712
Jan 11Wednesday23$17,423+7.2%-6.3%5$3,484$569,54013
Jan 12Thursday23$18,081+3.8%-7.8%5$3,616$587,62114
Jan 13Friday9$1,565,004+8,555.5%+3,357%802$1,951$2,152,62515
Jan 14Saturday11$2,237,554+43%+2,811%802$2,789$4,390,17916
Jan 15Sunday11$1,610,376-28%+2,869.1%802$2,007$6,000,55517
Jan 16
MLK Day
Monday11$1,215,514-24.5%+7,896.8%802$1,515$7,216,06918
Jan 17Tuesday7$627,353-48.4%+3,761.1%802$782$7,843,42219
Jan 18Wednesday6$560,637-10.6%+3,117.8%802$699$8,404,05920
Jan 19Thursday8$497,620-11.2%+2,652.2%802$620$8,901,67921
Jan 20Friday10$1,055,785+112.2%-32.5%1,076$981$9,957,46422
Jan 21Saturday11$1,712,390+62.2%-23.5%1,076$1,591$11,669,85423
Jan 22Sunday11$916,104-46.5%-43.1%1,076$851$12,585,95824
Jan 23Monday9$367,581-59.9%-69.8%1,076$341$12,953,53925
Jan 24Tuesday8$507,734+38.1%-19.1%1,076$471$13,461,27326
Jan 25Wednesday7$429,206-15.5%-23.4%1,076$398$13,890,47927
Jan 26Thursday8$424,003-1.2%-14.8%1,076$394$14,314,48228
Jan 27Friday12$893,849+110.8%-15.3%1,244$718$15,208,33129
Jan 28Saturday14$1,448,339+62%-15.4%1,244$1,164$16,656,67030
Jan 29Sunday14$862,453-40.5%-5.9%1,244$693$17,519,12331
Jan 30Monday12$267,557-69%-27.2%1,244$215$17,786,68032
Jan 31Tuesday10$361,401+35.1%-28.8%1,244$290$18,148,08133
Feb 1Wednesday11$302,379-16.3%-29.5%1,244$243$18,450,46034
Feb 2Thursday11$306,889+1.5%-27.6%1,244$246$18,757,34935
Feb 3Friday14$567,018+84.8%-36.6%1,021$555$19,324,36736
Feb 4Saturday15$953,582+68.2%-34.2%1,021$933$20,277,94937
Feb 5Sunday15$377,583-60.4%-56.2%1,021$369$20,655,53238
Feb 6Monday13$215,652-42.9%-19.4%1,021$211$20,871,18439
Feb 7Tuesday13$296,791+37.6%-17.9%1,021$290$21,167,97540
Feb 8Wednesday13$234,576-21%-22.4%1,021$229$21,402,55141
Feb 9Thursday13$238,744+1.8%-22.2%1,021$233$21,641,29542
Feb 10Friday18$296,717+24.3%-47.7%512$579$21,938,01243
Feb 11Saturday18$529,836+78.6%-44.4%512$1,034$22,467,84844
Feb 12Sunday16$329,416-37.8%-12.8%512$643$22,797,26445
Feb 13Monday15$114,391-65.3%-47%512$223$22,911,65546
Feb 14Tuesday19$194,485+70%-34.5%512$379$23,106,14047
Feb 15Wednesday15$121,570-37.5%-48.2%512$237$23,227,71048
Feb 16Thursday16$132,076+8.6%-44.7%512$257$23,359,78649
Feb 17Friday17$253,848+92.2%-14.4%623$407$23,613,63450
Feb 18Saturday17$451,277+77.8%-14.8%623$724$24,064,91151
Feb 19Sunday17$358,579-20.5%+8.9%623$575$24,423,49052
Feb 20
Presidents' Day
Monday16$232,770-35.1%+103.5%623$373$24,656,26053
Feb 21Tuesday15$133,892-42.5%-31.2%623$214$24,790,15254
Feb 22Wednesday15$113,149-15.5%-6.9%623$181$24,903,30155
Feb 23Thursday16$123,296+9%-6.6%623$197$25,026,59756
Feb 24Friday19$183,960+49.2%-27.5%522$352$25,210,55757
Feb 25Saturday19$347,467+88.9%-23%522$665$25,558,02458
Feb 26Sunday20$163,555-52.9%-54.4%522$313$25,721,57959
Feb 27Monday18$104,617-36%-55.1%522$200$25,826,19660
Feb 28Tuesday18$122,016+16.6%-8.9%522$233$25,948,21261
Feb 29Wednesday18$102,236-16.2%-9.6%522$195$26,050,44862
Mar 1Thursday18$105,556+3.2%-14.4%522$202$26,156,00463
Mar 2Friday20$205,059+94.3%+11.5%511$401$26,361,06364
Mar 3Saturday19$399,880+95%+15.1%511$782$26,760,94365
Mar 4Sunday18$245,970-38.5%+50.4%511$481$27,006,91366
Mar 5Monday18$74,761-69.6%-28.5%511$146$27,081,67467
Mar 6Tuesday18$107,473+43.8%-11.9%511$210$27,189,14768
Mar 7Wednesday17$89,998-16.3%-12%511$176$27,279,14569
Mar 8Thursday17$84,672-5.9%-19.8%511$165$27,363,81770
Mar 9Friday20$152,562+80.2%-25.6%447$341$27,516,37971
Mar 10Saturday20$269,414+76.6%-32.6%447$602$27,785,79372
Mar 11Sunday20$145,998-45.8%-40.6%447$326$27,931,79173
Mar 12Monday19$55,607-61.9%-25.6%447$124$27,987,39874
Mar 13Tuesday19$76,417+37.4%-28.9%447$170$28,063,81575
Mar 14Wednesday18$59,857-21.7%-33.5%447$133$28,123,67276
Mar 15Thursday18$65,600+9.6%-22.5%447$146$28,189,27277
Mar 16Friday22$119,530+82.2%-21.7%456$262$28,308,80278
Mar 17Saturday22$186,050+55.7%-30.9%456$408$28,494,85279
Mar 18Sunday21$120,906-35%-17.2%456$265$28,615,75880
Mar 19Monday19$50,848-57.9%-8.6%456$111$28,666,60681
Mar 20Tuesday19$67,410+32.6%-11.8%456$147$28,734,01682
Mar 21Wednesday19$55,834-17.2%-6.7%456$122$28,789,85083
Mar 22Thursday18$55,862<0.1%-14.8%456$122$28,845,71284
Mar 23Friday22$64,599+15.6%-46%327$197$28,910,31185
Mar 24Saturday21$115,159+78.3%-38.1%327$352$29,025,47086
Mar 25Sunday22$74,610-35.2%-38.3%327$228$29,100,08087
Mar 26Monday21$27,785-62.8%-45.4%327$84$29,127,86588
Mar 27Tuesday21$34,563+24.4%-48.7%327$105$29,162,42889
Mar 28Wednesday21$34,325-0.7%-38.5%327$104$29,196,75390
Mar 29Thursday20$36,041+5%-35.5%327$110$29,232,79491
Mar 30Friday24$52,177+44.8%-19.2%284$183$29,284,97192
Mar 31Saturday24$78,399+50.3%-31.9%284$276$29,363,37093
Apr 1Sunday23$51,358-34.5%-31.2%284$180$29,414,72894
Apr 2Monday22$20,455-60.2%-26.4%284$72$29,435,18395
Apr 3Tuesday23$27,589+34.9%-20.2%284$97$29,462,77296
Apr 4Wednesday21$31,079+12.6%-9.5%284$109$29,493,85197
Apr 5Thursday23$28,155-9.4%-21.9%284$99$29,522,00698
Apr 6Friday28$41,258+46.5%-20.9%236$174$29,563,26499
Apr 7Saturday24$54,389+31.8%-30.6%236$230$29,617,653100
Apr 8
Easter Sunday
Sunday24$32,204-40.8%-37.3%236$136$29,649,857101
Apr 9Monday23$20,930-35%+2.3%236$88$29,670,787102
Apr 10Tuesday22$23,612+12.8%-14.4%236$100$29,694,399103
Apr 11Wednesday22$22,346-5.4%-28.1%236$94$29,716,745104
Apr 12Thursday22$23,101+3.4%-18%236$97$29,739,846105
Apr 13Friday28$30,054+30.1%-27.2%146$205$29,769,900106
Apr 14Saturday29$44,362+47.6%-18.4%146$303$29,814,262107
Apr 15Sunday30$23,046-48.1%-28.4%146$157$29,837,308108
Apr 16Monday24$9,681-58%-53.7%146$66$29,846,989109
Apr 17Tuesday23$14,213+46.8%-39.8%146$97$29,861,202110
Apr 18Wednesday23$13,560-4.6%-39.3%146$92$29,874,762111
Apr 19Thursday22$13,218-2.5%-42.8%146$90$29,887,980112
Apr 20Friday31$19,496+47.5%-35.1%102$191$29,907,476113
Apr 21Saturday28$33,479+71.7%-24.5%102$328$29,940,955114
Apr 22Sunday31$18,482-44.8%-19.8%102$181$29,959,437115
Apr 23Monday26$8,546-53.8%-11.7%102$83$29,967,983116
Apr 24Tuesday25$12,119+41.8%-14.7%102$118$29,980,102117
Apr 25Wednesday24$12,276+1.3%-9.5%102$120$29,992,378118
Apr 26Thursday27$12,546+2.2%-5.1%102$123$30,004,924119