The Penguin Lessons Poster
The Penguin Lessons (2025)
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The Penguin Lessons Revenue (Daily) (with Theater Counts)

Domestic Total: 3.28M

Opening Weekend: 1.19M

Legs: 2.76

Overview: In 1976, as Argentina descends into violence and chaos, a world-weary English teacher regains his compassion for others thanks to an unlikely friendship with a penguin.


TMDB

7.0

IMDB

7.1

Metacritic

52

RT Tomato

77

RT Popcorn

95

Letterboxd

3.46

Daily Table

DateRevenue% YDTheaters
Fri, Mar 28, 2025$451,931+ 0.00%1017
Sat, Mar 29, 2025$406,015 -10.16%1017
Sun, Mar 30, 2025$330,596 -18.58%1017
Mon, Mar 31, 2025$147,041 -55.52%1017
Tue, Apr 1, 2025$212,235+ 44.34%1017
Wed, Apr 2, 2025$139,892 -34.09%1017
Thu, Apr 3, 2025$125,051 -10.61%1017
Fri, Apr 4, 2025$114,515 -8.43%683
Sat, Apr 5, 2025$179,519+ 56.76%683
Sun, Apr 6, 2025$149,028 -16.98%683
Mon, Apr 7, 2025$65,110 -56.31%683
Tue, Apr 8, 2025$96,225+ 47.79%683
Wed, Apr 9, 2025$70,083 -27.17%683
Thu, Apr 10, 2025$58,470 -16.57%683
Fri, Apr 11, 2025$39,299 -32.79%167
Sat, Apr 12, 2025$63,580+ 61.79%167
Sun, Apr 13, 2025$40,568 -36.19%167
Mon, Apr 14, 2025$26,305 -35.16%167
Tue, Apr 15, 2025$25,478 -3.14%167
Wed, Apr 16, 2025$25,607+ 0.51%167
Thu, Apr 17, 2025$21,098 -17.61%167
Fri, Apr 18, 2025$22,713+ 7.65%96
Sat, Apr 19, 2025$28,589+ 25.87%96
Sun, Apr 20, 2025$23,277 -18.58%96
Mon, Apr 21, 2025$11,712 -49.68%96
Tue, Apr 22, 2025$10,126 -13.54%96
Wed, Apr 23, 2025$13,730+ 35.59%96
Thu, Apr 24, 2025$11,361 -17.25%96
Fri, Apr 25, 2025$14,615+ 28.64%82
Sat, Apr 26, 2025$33,115+ 126.58%82
Sun, Apr 27, 2025$24,853 -24.95%82
Mon, Apr 28, 2025$9,760 -60.73%82
Tue, Apr 29, 2025$9,098 -6.78%82
Wed, Apr 30, 2025$10,456+ 14.93%82
Thu, May 1, 2025$10,570+ 1.09%82
Fri, May 2, 2025$13,493+ 27.65%55
Sat, May 3, 2025$17,017+ 26.12%55
Sun, May 4, 2025$16,152 -5.08%55
Mon, May 5, 2025$8,101 -49.85%55
Tue, May 6, 2025$7,614 -6.01%55
Wed, May 7, 2025$7,509 -1.38%55
Thu, May 8, 2025$5,928 -21.05%55
Fri, May 9, 2025$8,174+ 37.89%41
Sat, May 10, 2025$11,915+ 45.77%41
Sun, May 11, 2025$10,020 -15.90%41
Mon, May 12, 2025$3,967 -60.41%41
Tue, May 13, 2025$4,005+ 0.96%41
Wed, May 14, 2025$7,510+ 87.52%41
Thu, May 15, 2025$5,634 -24.98%41
Fri, May 16, 2025$14,295+ 153.73%138
Sat, May 17, 2025$20,343+ 42.31%138
Sun, May 18, 2025$15,048 -26.03%138
Mon, May 19, 2025$9,795 -34.91%138
Tue, May 20, 2025$9,793 -0.02%138
Wed, May 21, 2025$8,671 -11.46%138
Thu, May 22, 2025$9,045+ 4.31%138
Fri, May 23, 2025$4,981 -44.93%31
Sat, May 24, 2025$7,649+ 53.56%31
Sun, May 25, 2025$7,359 -3.79%31
Mon, May 26, 2025$6,293 -14.49%31
Fri, May 30, 2025$1,603 -74.53%10
Sat, May 31, 2025$3,798+ 136.93%10
Sun, Jun 1, 2025$1,652 -56.50%10
Mon, Jun 2, 2025$1,139 -31.05%10
Tue, Jun 3, 2025$1,459+ 28.09%10
Wed, Jun 4, 2025$2,202+ 50.93%10
Thu, Jun 5, 2025$1,319 -40.10%10
Fri, Jun 6, 2025$508 -61.49%7
Sat, Jun 7, 2025$2,093+ 312.01%7
Sun, Jun 8, 2025$420 -79.93%7
Tue, Jun 10, 2025$319 -24.05%7
Wed, Jun 11, 2025$889+ 178.68%7
Thu, Jun 12, 2025$996+ 12.04%7
Fri, Jun 13, 2025$680 -31.73%4
Sat, Jun 14, 2025$672 -1.18%4
Sun, Jun 15, 2025$864+ 28.57%4
Mon, Jun 16, 2025$140 -83.80%4
Tue, Jun 17, 2025$40 -71.43%4
Wed, Jun 18, 2025$592+ 1380.00%4
Thu, Jun 19, 2025$520 -12.16%4
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Comps

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TitleRelease DateBudget
VictorSep 15, 2016$0
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The Man Who Knew InfinityApr 8, 2016$0
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LionNov 24, 2016$12M
The Zookeeper's WifeMar 24, 2017$20M
GeniusJun 10, 2016$0
The Lost City of ZMar 15, 2017$30M
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Profitability Breakdown

Domestic

Week 1: $1.81M

Investor Share: $1.09M

Week 2: $732.95K

Investor Share: $403.12K

Week 3+: $738.13K

Investor Share: $369.06K

International

$N/A (0.00%)

Investor Share: $N/A

Costs

Budget: $N/A


P&A: $N/A

Breakdown

Gross: $3.28M


Net: $1.86M


Costs: $0.00

Profit

Profit: $1.86M

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