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August Rush

The Numbers Rating: 6.42 (19 votes) Rate it - Rating Details
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 37% - Rotten
Theatrical Performance
Total US Gross $31,664,162
International Gross $33,963,348
Worldwide Gross $65,627,510
Home Market Performance
US DVD Sales: $21,368,929 Weekly Breakdown
Released November 17, 2007 (sneak peek)
November 21, 2007
March 11, 2008 (DVD Sale)
Production Budget $25,000,000
MPAA Rating PG for some thematic elements, mild violence and language
Running Time:113 minutes
Keywords Musicians
Distributed by Warner Bros.
Music Composed By Mark Mancina
Source Based on Real Life Events
Major Genre Drama
Country United States
Production Method Live Action
Creative Type Fantasy

Synopsis

August Rush tells the story of a charismatic young Irish guitarist and a sheltered young cellist who have a chance encounter one magical night above New York’s Washington Square, but are soon torn apart, leaving in their wake an infant, August Rush, orphaned by circumstance. Now performing on the streets of New York and cared for by a mysterious stranger, August uses his remarkable musical talent to seek the parents from whom he was separated at birth.

Cast

Freddie Highmore    August Rush
Keri Russell    Lyla Novacek
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers    Louis Connelly
Terrence Howard    Richard Jeffries
Robin Williams    Maxwell "Wizard" Wallace
William Sadler    Thomas
Leon Thomas III    Arthur
Jamia Simone Nash    Hope
Alex O'Laughlin    Marshall
Aaron Staton    Nick

Weekend Chart Record

DateRank Gross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
11/23/2007 7 $9,421,369   2,310 $4,079 $13,243,069 5
11/30/2007 7 $5,021,435 -46.70% 2,310 $2,174 $20,225,907 12
12/7/2007 7 $3,510,446 -30.09% 2,310 $1,520 $25,133,572 19
12/14/2007 10 $1,765,319 -49.71% 2,007 $880 $28,045,110 26
12/21/2007 17 $473,938 -73.15% 701 $676 $29,495,525 33
12/28/2007 26 $240,036 -49.35% 262 $916 $30,035,617 40
1/4/2008 30 $186,866 -22.15% 194 $963 $30,439,970 47
1/11/2008 33 $134,590 -27.98% 184 $731 $30,638,276 54
1/18/2008 32 $205,685 +52.82% 314 $655 $30,889,869 61
1/25/2008 35 $188,657 -8.28% 283 $667 $31,190,409 68
2/1/2008 39 $142,842 -24.28% 253 $565 $31,392,245 75
2/8/2008 44 $91,563 -35.90% 179 $512 $31,529,568 82
2/15/2008 56 $41,655 -54.51% 82 $508 $31,608,184 89
2/22/2008 66 $24,567 -41.02% 48 $512 $31,655,091 96

Daily Chart Record

DateRank Gross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
11/21/2007 8 $1,863,409   2,280 $817 $1,863,409 1
11/22/2007 6 $1,958,291 +5.09% 2,280 $859 $3,821,700 2
11/23/2007 7 $3,774,223 +92.73% 2,310 $1,634 $7,595,923 3
11/24/2007 7 $3,703,500 -1.87% 2,310 $1,603 $11,299,423 4
11/25/2007 8 $1,943,646 -47.52% 2,310 $841 $13,243,069 5
11/26/2007 8 $483,330 -75.13% 2,310 $209 $13,726,399 6
11/27/2007 7 $507,664 +5.03% 2,310 $220 $14,234,063 7
11/28/2007 6 $479,019 -5.64% 2,310 $207 $14,713,082 8
11/29/2007 4 $491,390 +2.58% 2,310 $213 $15,204,472 9
11/30/2007 6 $1,766,629 +259.52% 2,310 $765 $16,971,101 10
12/1/2007 8 $2,077,309 +17.59% 2,310 $899 $19,048,410 11
12/2/2007 8 $1,177,497 -43.32% 2,310 $510 $20,225,907 12
12/3/2007 8 $324,315 -72.46% 2,310 $140 $20,550,222 13
12/4/2007 6 $363,246 +12.00% 2,310 $157 $20,913,468 14
12/5/2007 6 $347,161 -4.43% 2,310 $150 $21,260,629 15
12/6/2007 6 $362,497 +4.42% 2,310 $157 $21,623,126 16
12/7/2007 7 $1,143,287 +215.39% 2,310 $495 $22,766,413 17
12/8/2007 7 $1,548,551 +35.45% 2,310 $670 $24,314,964 18
12/9/2007 9 $818,608 -47.14% 2,310 $354 $25,133,572 19
12/10/2007 7 $271,294 -66.86% 2,310 $117 $25,404,866 20
12/11/2007 7 $301,443 +11.11% 2,310 $130 $25,706,309 21
12/12/2007 7 $292,154 -3.08% 2,310 $126 $25,998,463 22
12/13/2007 6 $281,328 -3.71% 2,310 $122 $26,279,791 23
12/14/2007 9 $600,812 +113.56% 2,007 $299 $26,880,603 24
12/15/2007 10 $724,777 +20.63% 2,007 $361 $27,605,380 25
12/16/2007 11 $439,730 -39.33% 2,007 $219 $28,045,110 26
12/17/2007 6 $218,330 -50.35% 2,007 $109 $28,263,440 27
12/18/2007 6 $231,261 +5.92% 2,007 $115 $28,494,701 28
12/19/2007 6 $244,440 +5.70% 2,007 $122 $28,739,141 29
12/20/2007 6 $282,446 +15.55% 2,007 $141 $29,021,587 30
1/1/2008 -  $74,505   262 $284 $30,173,217 42
1/21/2008 31 $53,143   314 $169 $30,943,012 62
1/22/2008 -  $20,501 -61.42% 314 $65 $30,963,513 63
1/23/2008 -  $17,887 -12.75% 314 $57 $30,981,400 64
1/24/2008 -  $20,352 +13.78% 314 $65 $31,001,752 65
1/25/2008 -  $56,742 +178.80% 283 $201 $31,058,494 66
1/26/2008 -  $85,334 +50.39% 283 $302 $31,143,828 67
1/27/2008 -  $46,581 -45.41% 283 $165 $31,190,409 68
1/28/2008 -  $14,440 -69.00% 283 $51 $31,204,849 69
1/29/2008 -  $14,118 -2.23% 283 $50 $31,218,967 70
1/30/2008 -  $14,545 +3.02% 283 $51 $31,233,512 71
1/31/2008 -  $15,891 +9.25% 283 $56 $31,249,403 72
2/1/2008 -  $47,648 +199.84% 253 $188 $31,297,051 73
2/2/2008 -  $71,683 +50.44% 253 $283 $31,368,734 74
2/3/2008 -  $23,511 -67.20% 253 $93 $31,392,245 75
2/4/2008 -  $10,991 -53.25% 253 $43 $31,403,236 76
2/5/2008 -  $11,122 +1.19% 253 $44 $31,414,358 77
2/6/2008 -  $10,010 -10.00% 253 $40 $31,424,368 78
2/7/2008 -  $13,637 +36.23% 253 $54 $31,438,005 79
2/8/2008 -  $27,874 +104.40% 179 $156 $31,465,879 80
2/9/2008 -  $42,626 +52.92% 179 $238 $31,508,505 81
2/10/2008 -  $21,063 -50.59% 179 $118 $31,529,568 82
2/11/2008 -  $7,899 -62.50% 179 $44 $31,537,467 83
2/12/2008 -  $7,030 -11.00% 179 $39 $31,544,497 84
2/13/2008 -  $6,927 -1.47% 179 $39 $31,551,424 85
2/14/2008 -  $15,105 +118.06% 179 $84 $31,566,529 86
2/15/2008 -  $11,337 -24.95% 82 $138 $31,577,866 87
2/16/2008 -  $19,436 +71.44% 82 $237 $31,597,302 88
2/17/2008 -  $10,882 -44.01% 82 $133 $31,608,184 89
2/18/2008 53 $10,536 -3.18% 82 $128 $31,618,720 90
2/19/2008 -  $3,629 -65.56% 82 $44 $31,622,349 91
2/20/2008 -  $3,712 +2.29% 82 $45 $31,626,061 92
2/21/2008 -  $4,463 +20.23% 82 $54 $31,630,524 93
2/22/2008 -  $8,053 +80.44% 48 $168 $31,638,577 94
2/23/2008 -  $11,401 +41.57% 48 $238 $31,649,978 95
2/24/2008 -  $5,113 -55.15% 48 $107 $31,655,091 96
2/25/2008 -  $2,877 -43.73% 48 $60 $31,657,968 97
2/26/2008 -  $2,202 -23.46% 48 $46 $31,660,170 98
2/27/2008 -  $1,934 -12.17% 48 $40 $31,662,104 99
2/28/2008 -  $2,058 +6.41% 48 $43 $31,664,162 100

Color coding:
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Worldwide Weekly Chart Record

DateRank Gross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal Gross
2007-11-22 28 $3,821,700   2,280 $1,676 $3,821,700
2007-11-29 8 $12,498,524 +227.04%     $16,320,224
2007-12-06 7 $11,444,460 -8.43% 3,024 $3,785 $27,764,684
2007-12-13 8 $8,856,087 -22.62% 2,810 $3,152 $36,620,771
2007-12-20 12 $6,740,442 -23.89% 2,726 $2,473 $43,361,213
2007-12-27 37 $2,616,839 -61.18% 1,316 $1,988 $45,978,052
2008-01-03 37 $2,512,299 -3.99%     $48,490,351
2008-01-10 41 $1,506,579 -40.03%     $49,996,930
2008-01-17 58 $833,724 -44.66%     $50,830,654
2008-01-24 59 $745,456 -10.59%     $51,576,110
2008-01-31 66 $506,588 -32.04%     $52,082,698
2008-02-07 72 $351,588 -30.60%     $52,434,286
2008-02-14 85 $193,494 -44.97%     $52,627,780
2008-02-21 70 $400,642 +107.06%     $53,028,422
2008-02-28 74 $423,961 +5.82%     $53,452,383
2008-03-06 75 $316,434 -25.36%     $53,768,817
2008-03-13 76 $207,732 -34.35%     $53,976,549
2008-03-20 68 $612,193 +194.70%     $54,588,742
2008-03-27 62 $928,239 +51.63%     $55,516,981
2008-04-03 80 $350,294 -62.26%     $55,867,275
2008-04-10 86 $205,208 -41.42%     $56,072,483
2008-04-17 96 $164,524 -19.83%     $56,237,007
2008-04-24 97 $225,334 +36.96%     $56,462,341
2008-05-01 98 $220,241 -2.26%     $56,682,582
2008-05-08 108 $118,592 -46.15%     $56,801,174
2008-05-15 119 $58,680 -50.52%     $56,859,854
2008-05-22 127 $25,824 -55.99%     $56,885,678
2008-05-29 92 $136,090 +426.99%     $57,021,768
2008-06-05 114 $34,118 -74.93%     $57,055,886
2008-06-12 126 $3,538 -89.63%     $57,059,424
2008-06-19 53 $358,271 +10,026.37%     $57,417,695
2008-06-26 20 $2,647,623 +639.00% 379 $6,986 $60,065,318
2008-07-03 29 $1,802,479 -31.92% 277 $6,507 $61,867,797
2008-07-10 37 $1,175,559 -34.78% 276 $4,259 $63,043,356
2008-07-17 48 $845,248 -28.10%     $63,888,604
2008-07-24 47 $521,185 -38.34%     $64,409,789
2008-07-31 100 $41,386 -92.06%     $64,451,175
2008-08-07 118 $20,586 -50.26%     $64,471,761
2008-08-14 136 $5,897 -71.35%     $64,477,658
2008-08-21 108 $48,724 +726.25%     $64,526,382
2008-08-28 140 $8,368 -82.83%     $64,534,750
2008-09-04 151 $1,633 -80.49%     $64,536,383
2008-09-11 83 $278,798 +16,972.75%     $64,815,181
2008-09-18 93 $240,727 -13.66%     $65,055,908
2008-09-25 94 $190,596 -20.82%     $65,246,504
2008-10-02 93 $186,494 -2.15%     $65,432,998