Movie Comparison: The Lady in the Van (2015) vs. Napoleon Dynamite (2004)

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  The Lady
in the Van
Napoleon
Dynamite
Domestic Release Date Jan 15, 2016Jun 11, 2004
Production Budget $6,000,000$400,000
Opening Weekend Theaters 46
Maximum Theaters 6021,236
Theatrical Engagements 3,18712,551
Domestic Opening Weekend $61,566$116,666
Domestic Box Office $10,021,175$44,540,956
Inflation Adjusted
Domestic Box Office
$12,488,813$77,312,036
International Box Office $32,299,328$1,581,757
Worldwide Box Office $42,320,503$46,122,713
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  The Lady
in the Van
Napoleon
Dynamite
Opening Weekend $61,566 /
$109,238
$116,666 /
$116,666
2nd Weekend $175,280 /
$317,709
$193,506 /
$404,136
3rd Weekend $300,387 /
$721,680
$388,112 /
$953,215
4th Weekend $353,227 /
$1,217,446
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$1,744,538
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$2,980,362
6th Weekend $1,504,739 /
$3,817,923
$750,491 /
$4,214,677
7th Weekend $1,179,937 /
$5,823,006
$1,608,412 /
$6,517,812
8th Weekend $717,445 /
$7,116,003
$1,402,563 /
$9,315,870
9th Weekend $573,241 /
$8,058,188
$1,739,326 /
$12,531,709
10th Weekend $405,548 /
$8,742,196
$1,756,496 /
$15,880,823
11th Weekend $226,825 /
$9,173,322
$1,787,873 /
$19,111,581
12th Weekend $139,342 /
$9,458,286
$2,083,493 /
$22,380,194
13th Weekend $103,437 /
$9,632,737
$2,811,411 /
$26,268,093
14th Weekend $46,856 /
$9,738,796
$2,516,879 /
$30,294,397
15th Weekend $42,045 /
$9,800,386
$2,286,541 /
$33,343,529
16th Weekend $41,335 /
$9,861,087
$1,808,393 /
$35,721,724
17th Weekend $22,241 /
$9,905,670
$1,391,097 /
$37,614,092
18th Weekend $23,171 /
$9,945,567
$1,056,903 /
$39,092,405
19th Weekend $19,288 /
$9,978,025
$883,817 /
$40,371,730
20th Weekend $9,961 /
$9,999,136
$619,569 /
$41,272,184
  The Lady
in the Van
Napoleon
Dynamite
Opening Week $94,757 /
$142,429
$210,630 /
$210,630
2nd Week $278,864 /
$421,293
$354,473 /
$565,103
3rd Week $442,926 /
$864,219
$666,048 /
$1,231,151
4th Week $555,190 /
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$2,425,593
5th Week $893,775 /
$2,313,184
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$3,464,186
6th Week $2,329,885 /
$4,643,069
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$4,909,400
7th Week $1,755,489 /
$6,398,558
$3,003,907 /
$7,913,307
8th Week $1,086,389 /
$7,484,947
$2,879,076 /
$10,792,383
9th Week $851,701 /
$8,336,648
$3,331,944 /
$14,124,327
10th Week $609,849 /
$8,946,497
$3,199,381 /
$17,323,708
11th Week $372,447 /
$9,318,944
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$20,296,701
12th Week $210,356 /
$9,529,300
$3,159,981 /
$23,456,682
13th Week $162,640 /
$9,691,940
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$27,777,518
14th Week $66,401 /
$9,758,341
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$31,056,988
15th Week $61,411 /
$9,819,752
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$33,913,331
16th Week $63,677 /
$9,883,429
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$36,222,995
17th Week $38,967 /
$9,922,396
$1,812,507 /
$38,035,502
18th Week $36,341 /
$9,958,737
$1,452,411 /
$39,487,913
19th Week $30,438 /
$9,989,175
$1,164,702 /
$40,652,615
20th Week $19,862 /
$10,009,037
$814,232 /
$41,466,847

Note: A theatrical engagement is defined as the movie playing in a single theater for one week. So, for example, a film that plays in 3,000 theaters in its first week and 2,000 theaters in its second week will have had 5,000 theatrical engagements.