Whatever Works

A middle-aged, misanthropic divorcé from New York City surprisingly enters a fulfilling, Pygmalion-type relationship with a much younger, unsophisticated Southern girl.

Grosses

Domestic (14.7%)
$5,306,706
Summary Details
DistributorSony Pictures Classics
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Opening$266,162
9 theaters
MPAAPG-13
Running Time1 hr 33 min
GenresComedy Romance
In Release196 days/28 weeks
Widest Release353 theaters
DateRankWeekly %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeek
Jun 19-2522$379,164-9-$42,129$379,1641
Jun 26-Jul 222$571,776+50.8%35+26$16,336$950,9402
Jul 3-913$1,470,922+157.3%353+318$4,166$2,421,8623
Jul 10-1617$997,605-32.2%320-33$3,117$3,419,4674
Jul 17-2318$716,828-28.1%228-92$3,143$4,136,2955
Jul 24-3023$471,594-34.2%176-52$2,679$4,607,8896
Jul 31-Aug 629$306,441-35%146-30$2,098$4,914,3307
Aug 7-1335$151,408-50.6%84-62$1,802$5,065,7388
Aug 14-2046$86,427-42.9%56-28$1,543$5,152,1659
Aug 21-2752$49,413-42.8%34-22$1,453$5,210,57810
Aug 28-Sep 361$28,104-43.1%21-13$1,338$5,229,68211
Sep 4-1062$32,409+15.3%26+5$1,246$5,262,09112
Sep 11-1782$10,708-67%9-17$1,189$5,272,79913
Sep 18-2497$7,255-32.2%6-3$1,209$5,280,05414
Sep 25-Oct 197$6,525-10.1%7+1$932$5,286,57915
Oct 2-880$13,770+111%31+24$444$5,300,34916
Oct 9-15109$2,637-80.8%6-25$439$5,302,98617
Oct 16-22112$1,632-38.1%3-3$544$5,304,61818
Oct 23-29120$1,203-26.3%3-$401$5,305,82119
Oct 30-Nov 5126$885-26.4%3-$295$5,306,70620