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12 Years a Slave

2013 R 2h 14m Biography, Drama, History Fox Searchlight Pictures

The extraordinary true story of Solomon Northup.

12 Years a Slave Box Office

Opening Weekend
$6.7M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$56.7M
Final
Worldwide Total
$188M
$131M international
Domestic Legs8.49x
Budget$20.0M
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Oct 25-27 8 $2.13M $3.39M 123 $17.4K 1
Nov 1-3 7 $4.79M +124.5% $8.95M 410 $11.7K 2
Nov 8-10 7 $6.68M +39.3% $17.42M 1,144 $5.8K 3
Nov 15-17 8 $4.60M -31.0% $24.85M 1,411 $3.3K 4
Nov 22-24 9 $2.83M -38.5% $29.43M 1,474 $1.9K 5
Nov 29-Dec 1 13 $2.31M -18.7% $33.16M 1,165 $2.0K 6
Dec 6-8 13 $1.15M -50.2% $35.02M 1,082 $1.1K 7
Dec 13-15 16 $733K -36.1% $36.36M 497 $1.5K 8
Dec 20-22 20 $370K -49.5% $37.08M 301 $1.2K 9
Dec 27-29 24 $373K +0.8% $37.80M 154 $2.4K 10
Jan 3-5 24 $329K -11.9% $38.47M 151 $2.2K 11
Jan 10-12 26 $271K -17.6% $38.90M 114 $2.4K 12
Jan 17-19 17 $1.54M +468.7% $40.64M 761 $2.0K 13
Jan 24-26 14 $2.03M +31.9% $43.56M 1,231 $1.6K 14
Jan 31-Feb 2 13 $1.44M -29.0% $45.85M 1,172 $1.2K 15
Feb 7-9 16 $817K -43.4% $47.35M 678 $1.2K 16
Feb 14-16 21 $563K -31.1% $48.21M 386 $1.5K 17
Feb 21-23 19 $522K -7.2% $49.08M 349 $1.5K 18
Feb 28-Mar 2 18 $976K +86.8% $50.34M 411 $2.4K 19
Mar 7-9 9 $2.11M +116.3% $53.04M 1,065 $2.0K 20
Mar 14-16 14 $1.22M -42.1% $55.09M 925 $1.3K 21
Mar 21-23 18 $440K -64.0% $56.03M 522 $842 22
Mar 28-30 25 $134K -69.5% $56.38M 228 $588 23
Apr 4-6 40 $66K -50.8% $56.50M 128 $515 24

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

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Cumulative Total

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Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed bySteve McQueen
ScreenplayJohn Ridley
Produced byBrad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Bill Pohlad, Steve McQueen
CinematographySean Bobbitt
MusicHans Zimmer
Prod. DesignAdam Stockhausen
StarringChiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Lupita Nyong'o, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Dano, Sarah Paulson
StudioFox Searchlight Pictures

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