Legally Blonde

Elle Woods, a fashionable sorority queen, is dumped by her boyfriend. She decides to follow him to law school. While she is there, she figures out that there is more to her than just looks.

Grosses

Domestic (68.1%)
$96,520,674
Summary Details
DistributorMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
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Opening$20,377,426
2,620 theaters
Budget$18,000,000
Release DateJul 13, 2001
Running Time1 hr 36 min
GenresComedy Romance
In Release175 days/25 weeks
Widest Release2,725 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Jul 13-151$20,377,426-2,620-$7,777$20,377,4261
Jul 20-223$11,103,700-45.5%2,695+75$4,120$43,488,6472
Jul 27-294$9,005,364-18.9%2,725+30$3,304$59,843,0943
Aug 3-57$5,851,309-35%2,536-189$2,307$71,358,2674
Aug 10-129$3,774,114-35.5%2,031-505$1,858$78,696,7855
Aug 17-1910$2,575,400-31.8%1,770-261$1,455$83,345,8466
Aug 24-2615$1,471,614-42.9%1,204-566$1,222$86,179,9457
Aug 31-Sep 3
Labor Day wknd
16$1,730,424-878-$1,970$88,552,416-
Sep 7-918$865,124-766-$1,129$89,632,2049
Sep 14-1617$764,611-11.6%655-111$1,167$90,600,79310
Sep 21-2314$1,327,441+73.6%1,304+649$1,017$92,127,85011
Sep 28-3016$690,661-48%1,057-247$653$93,261,13812
Oct 5-719$483,663-30%836-221$578$93,933,33113
Oct 12-1416$432,082-10.7%836-$516$94,496,78614
Oct 19-2119$367,357-15%711-125$516$95,001,35115
Oct 26-2835$107,654-70.7%610-101$176$95,237,22816
Nov 2-435$107,030-0.6%162-448$660$95,377,96717
Nov 9-1126$246,888+130.7%435+273$567$95,658,71018
Nov 16-1828$164,983-33.2%415-20$397$95,894,10619
Nov 23-25
Thanksgiving 3-Day
31$124,222-24.7%342-73$363$96,093,35620
Nov 30-Dec 2
Post-Thanksgiving
37$85,132-31.5%341-1$249$96,205,51521
Dec 7-927$95,303+11.9%366+25$260$96,330,45122
Dec 14-1640$61,055-35.9%216-150$282$96,418,85823
Dec 21-2341$42,508-30.4%228+12$186$96,483,52624