The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Total Lifetime Grosses

Domestic Summary

Widest Release:

2,988 theaters

Close Date:

April 23, 2009

In Release:

120 days / 17.1 weeks

The Players

Director:	David Fincher
Writers:	Eric Roth F. Scott Fitzgerald (story) Robin Swicord (story)
Actors:	Mahershala Ali Brad Pitt Cate Blanchett Tilda Swinton Elle Fanning Julia Ormond Taraji P. Henson Jared Harris
Producers:	Cean Chaffin Kathleen Kennedy Frank Marshall
Composer:	Alexandre Desplat

2008 Academy Awards®

Genres

Genre	Rank
Travelogue - New Orleans	3

Charts

Chart	Rank
All Time Domestic	478
All Time Worldwide	395
Yearly 2008	20
Yearly Opening Weekends 2008	34
Yearly PG-13 Rated 2008	10
Worldwide Yearly 2008	16
Non-Friday Opening Weekends	91
Opening Weeks	428
Movies That Never Hit #1	66
Opening Weekends Not At #1	130
Opening Thursdays	13
Single Day Thursday Gross	65
Christmas Day Openers	8
Opening Weekends	635
Opening Weekends - December	45
Opening Weekends - Holiday	133
Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation)	229
Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide)	351
Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases	1,131
Slowest to $100 million	273
Best Picture Nomination Effect	134
BOM Users' Grades	144
BOM Users' Grades (2008 Releases)	17
Charts (Premier Pass Users Only)	Rank
Highest All Time Rank (on April 5, 2009)	253
Yearly (Wide) 2008	19
Yearly Opening Weekends (Wide) 2008	34
Non-Friday Opening Weekends Adjusted	103
Opening Weeks Adjusted	531
Movies That Never #1 Adjusted	123
Opening Weekends Not At #1 Adjusted	138
Non-Opening Thursday Gross Adjusted	156
Single Day Thursday Gross Adjusted	72
Opening Weekends Adjusted - December	61
Opening Weekends Adjusted	743
Opening Weekends Adjusted - Holiday	162