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