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2009 • R • 1h 40m • Drama, Romance, Thriller • The Weinstein Company

🍅 86% 81%

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3.9

7.5

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$217K

Limited · 9 theaters

Domestic total

$9.20M

Final

Worldwide total

$28.10M

$19.00M international

Domestic legs10.9x from $844K biggest weekend

Budget$7M

Compare with other movies

Cast & crew

Full Ford filmography

Tom Ford

Tom Ford Director

Colin Firth

Colin Firth Starring

Julianne Moore

Julianne Moore Starring

Nicholas Hoult

Nicholas Hoult Starring

Matthew Goode

Matthew Goode Starring

Ginnifer Goodwin

Ginnifer Goodwin Starring

ScreenplayTom Ford, David Scearce Produced byTom Ford, Chris Weitz, Andrew Miano, Robert Salerno CinematographyEduard Grau MusicAbel Korzeniowski Prod. DesignDan Bishop StudioThe Weinstein Company

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 11-13 21 $217.3K — 9 $24,148 $217.3K

2 Dec 18-20 26 $142.8K −34.3% 9 $15,872 $545.1K

3 Dec 25-27 20 $352.7K +146.9% 46 $7,666 $920.5K

4 Jan 1-3 20 $487.0K +38.1% 46 $10,586 $1.7M

5 Jan 8-10 23 $359.8K −26.1% 48 $7,497 $2.3M

6 Jan 15-17 17 $843.6K +134.4% 219 $3,852 $3.3M

7 Jan 22-24 20 $717.1K −15.0% 216 $3,320 $4.5M

8 Jan 29-31 21 $553.0K −22.9% 216 $2,560 $5.3M

9 Feb 5-7 18 $627.1K +13.4% 353 $1,777 $6.2M

10 Feb 12-14 23 $476.2K −24.1% 313 $1,521 $6.9M

11 Feb 19-21 24 $340.1K −28.6% 255 $1,334 $7.5M

12 Feb 26-28 24 $298.3K −12.3% 242 $1,233 $8.0M

13 Mar 5-7 22 $376.4K +26.2% 354 $1,063 $8.5M

14 Mar 12-14 28 $160.9K −57.2% 153 $1,052 $8.8M

15 Mar 19-21 36 $73.8K −54.2% 90 $820 $9.0M

16 Mar 26-28 44 $42.9K −41.8% 54 $795 $9.0M

17 Apr 2-4 49 $27.8K −35.4% 71 $391 $9.1M

18 Apr 9-11 57 $21.1K −24.1% 40 $527 $9.1M

19 Apr 16-18 69 $12.2K −42.0% 25 $488 $9.2M

20 Apr 23-25 90 $3.8K −69.0% 10 $378 $9.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 11 — $62.5K — $62.5K 9 $6,941 1

Sat Dec 12 — $85.9K +37.4% $148.3K 9 $9,539 2

Sun Dec 13 — $69.0K −19.6% $217.3K 9 $7,668 3

Mon Dec 14 — $28.9K −58.1% $246.2K 9 $3,212 4

Tue Dec 15 — $32.6K +12.8% $278.8K 9 $3,623 5

Wed Dec 16 — $27.4K −15.8% $306.3K 9 $3,050 6

Thu Dec 17 — $26.1K −5.1% $332.4K 9 $2,895 7

Fri Dec 18 — $38.9K +49.3% −37.7% $371.2K 9 $4,322 8

Sat Dec 19 — $55.3K +42.2% −35.6% $426.6K 9 $6,146 9

Sun Dec 20 — $48.6K −12.1% −29.5% $475.2K 9 $5,404 10

Mon Dec 21 — $23.3K −52.1% −19.4% $498.5K 9 $2,590 11

Tue Dec 22 — $24.1K +3.3% −26.1% $522.6K 9 $2,676 12

Wed Dec 23 — $22.5K −6.7% −18.1% $545.1K 9 $2,497 13

Thu Dec 24 — $22.8K +1.5% −12.4% $567.9K 9 $2,535 14

Fri Dec 25 — $95.9K +320.2% +146.5% $663.7K 46 $2,084 15

Sat Dec 26 — $129.5K +35.1% +134.2% $793.3K 46 $2,816 16

Sun Dec 27 — $127.2K −1.8% +161.6% $920.5K 46 $2,766 17

Mon Dec 28 — $87.5K −31.3% +275.2% $1.0M 46 $1,901 18

Tue Dec 29 — $81.1K −7.3% +236.6% $1.1M 46 $1,762 19

Wed Dec 30 — $85.8K +5.9% +281.9% $1.2M 46 $1,865 20

Thu Dec 31 — $69.8K −18.6% +206.0% $1.2M 46 $1,518 21

Fri Jan 1 — $177.0K +153.6% +84.7% $1.4M 46 $3,849 22

Sat Jan 2 — $190.4K +7.6% +47.0% $1.6M 46 $4,140 23

Sun Jan 3 — $119.5K −37.3% −6.1% $1.7M 46 $2,597 24

Mon Jan 4 — $44.8K −62.5% −48.7% $1.8M 46 $975 25

Tue Jan 5 — $50.4K +12.4% −37.8% $1.8M 46 $1,096 26

Wed Jan 6 — $51.6K +2.4% −39.8% $1.9M 46 $1,122 27

Thu Jan 7 — $48.6K −5.9% −30.4% $1.9M 46 $1,056 28

Fri Jan 8 — $89.1K +83.5% −49.7% $2.0M 48 $1,857 29

Sat Jan 9 — $157.5K +76.7% −17.3% $2.2M 48 $3,282 30

Sun Jan 10 — $113.2K −28.1% −5.3% $2.3M 48 $2,358 31

Mon Jan 11 — $36.3K −67.9% −19.0% $2.3M 48 $757 32

Tue Jan 12 — $43.5K +19.8% −13.7% $2.4M 48 $907 33

Wed Jan 13 — $39.6K −9.1% −23.3% $2.4M 48 $824 34

Thu Jan 14 — $40.7K +2.9% −16.2% $2.4M 48 $848 35

Fri Jan 15 — $221.7K +444.5% +148.8% $2.7M 219 $1,013 36

Sat Jan 16 — $359.5K +62.1% +128.2% $3.0M 219 $1,642 37

Sun Jan 17 — $262.4K −27.0% +131.8% $3.3M 219 $1,198 38

Mon Jan 18 #19 $182.9K −30.3% +403.7% $3.5M 219 $835 39

Tue Jan 19 — $94.4K −48.4% +116.9% $3.6M 219 $431 40

Wed Jan 20 — $88.8K −5.9% +124.5% $3.7M 219 $406 41

Thu Jan 21 — $92.8K +4.4% +127.8% $3.7M 219 $424 42

Fri Jan 22 — $187.4K +102.1% −15.5% $3.9M 216 $868 43

Sat Jan 23 — $341.4K +82.2% −5.0% $4.3M 216 $1,581 44

Sun Jan 24 — $188.2K −44.9% −28.3% $4.5M 216 $871 45

Mon Jan 25 — $58.3K −69.0% −68.2% $4.5M 216 $270 46

Tue Jan 26 — $75.2K +29.0% −20.3% $4.6M 216 $348 47

Wed Jan 27 — $64.2K −14.7% −27.8% $4.7M 216 $297 48

Thu Jan 28 — $64.9K +1.2% −30.0% $4.7M 216 $301 49

Fri Jan 29 — $134.3K +106.8% −28.4% $4.9M 216 $622 50

Sat Jan 30 — $237.6K +77.0% −30.4% $5.1M 216 $1,100 51

Sun Jan 31 — $181.2K −23.8% −3.7% $5.3M 216 $839 52

Mon Feb 1 — $53.7K −70.3% −7.8% $5.3M 216 $249 53

Tue Feb 2 — $68.4K +27.3% −9.0% $5.4M 216 $317 54

Wed Feb 3 — $72.1K +5.4% +12.4% $5.5M 216 $334 55

Thu Feb 4 — $75.7K +4.9% +16.6% $5.6M 216 $350 56

Fri Feb 5 — $172.6K +128.2% +28.6% $5.7M 353 $489 57

Sat Feb 6 — $305.3K +76.9% +28.5% $6.0M 353 $865 58

Sun Feb 7 — $149.1K −51.2% −17.7% $6.2M 353 $422 59

Mon Feb 8 — $62.3K −58.2% +16.0% $6.2M 353 $177 60

Tue Feb 9 — $67.7K +8.6% −1.0% $6.3M 353 $192 61

Wed Feb 10 — $64.0K −5.5% −11.2% $6.4M 353 $181 62

Thu Feb 11 — $67.9K +6.1% −10.3% $6.4M 353 $192 63

Fri Feb 12 — $100.5K +48.1% −41.8% $6.5M 313 $321 64

Sat Feb 13 — $199.9K +98.9% −34.5% $6.7M 313 $639 65

Sun Feb 14 — $175.7K −12.1% +17.8% $6.9M 313 $561 66

Mon Feb 15 #24 $98.3K −44.1% +57.7% $7.0M 313 $314 67

Tue Feb 16 — $47.7K −51.5% −29.6% $7.1M 313 $152 68

Wed Feb 17 — $49.7K +4.4% −22.3% $7.1M 313 $159 69

Thu Feb 18 — $54.0K +8.5% −20.5% $7.2M 313 $172 70

Fri Feb 19 — $84.1K +55.8% −16.3% $7.3M 255 $330 71

Sat Feb 20 — $157.7K +87.5% −21.1% $7.4M 255 $619 72

Sun Feb 21 — $98.3K −37.7% −44.1% $7.5M 255 $385 73

Mon Feb 22 — $36.3K −63.0% −63.0% $7.5M 255 $143 74

Tue Feb 23 — $38.9K +7.0% −18.4% $7.6M 255 $152 75

Wed Feb 24 — $38.2K −1.6% −23.1% $7.6M 255 $150 76

Thu Feb 25 — $37.7K −1.4% −30.2% $7.7M 255 $148 77

Fri Feb 26 — $71.7K +90.1% −14.8% $7.7M 242 $296 78

Sat Feb 27 — $142.8K +99.2% −9.5% $7.9M 242 $590 79

Sun Feb 28 — $83.9K −41.3% −14.6% $8.0M 242 $347 80

Mon Mar 1 — $28.3K −66.3% −22.2% $8.0M 242 $117 81

Tue Mar 2 — $46.1K +63.0% +18.6% $8.0M 242 $191 82

Wed Mar 3 — $53.4K +15.8% +39.6% $8.1M 242 $221 83

Thu Mar 4 — $54.3K +1.7% +44.1% $8.1M 242 $224 84

Fri Mar 5 — $109.8K +102.1% +53.2% $8.2M 354 $310 85

Sat Mar 6 — $189.9K +73.0% +33.0% $8.4M 354 $537 86

Sun Mar 7 — $76.7K −59.6% −8.6% $8.5M 354 $217 87

Mon Mar 8 — $34.9K −54.5% +23.2% $8.5M 354 $98 88

Tue Mar 9 — $37.4K +7.3% −18.9% $8.6M 354 $106 89

Wed Mar 10 — $37.2K −0.5% −30.3% $8.6M 354 $105 90

Thu Mar 11 — $39.0K +4.9% −28.2% $8.7M 354 $110 91

Fri Mar 12 — $42.6K +9.3% −61.2% $8.7M 153 $279 92

Sat Mar 13 — $69.6K +63.1% −63.4% $8.8M 153 $455 93

Sun Mar 14 — $48.7K −30.0% −36.5% $8.8M 153 $318 94

Mon Mar 15 — $17.9K −63.3% −48.7% $8.8M 153 $117 95

Tue Mar 16 — $15.3K −14.3% −59.0% $8.9M 153 $100 96

Wed Mar 17 — $16.2K +5.5% −56.5% $8.9M 153 $106 97

Thu Mar 18 — $17.7K +9.2% −54.7% $8.9M 153 $116 98

Fri Mar 19 — $17.9K +1.3% −58.0% $8.9M 90 $199 99

Sat Mar 20 — $33.3K +85.9% −52.2% $8.9M 90 $370 100

Sun Mar 21 — $22.6K −32.1% −53.6% $9.0M 90 $251 101

Mon Mar 22 — $10.0K −55.9% −44.4% $9.0M 90 $111 102

Tue Mar 23 — $9.0K −9.7% −41.4% $9.0M 90 $100 103

Wed Mar 24 — $9.0K −0.3% −44.6% $9.0M 90 $100 104

Thu Mar 25 — $9.8K +8.8% −44.8% $9.0M 90 $108 105

Fri Mar 26 — $11.1K +14.0% −37.9% $9.0M 54 $206 106

Sat Mar 27 — $18.2K +64.0% −45.2% $9.0M 54 $337 107

Sun Mar 28 — $13.6K −25.3% −39.7% $9.0M 54 $252 108

Mon Mar 29 — $5.4K −60.2% −45.5% $9.1M 54 $100 109

Tue Mar 30 — $6.4K +17.4% −29.2% $9.1M 54 $118 110

Wed Mar 31 — $7.3K +14.7% −18.5% $9.1M 54 $135 111

Thu Apr 1 — $6.4K −13.0% −34.8% $9.1M 54 $118 112

Fri Apr 2 — $8.9K +39.9% −20.0% $9.1M 71 $125 113

Sat Apr 3 — $10.9K +23.0% −40.0% $9.1M 71 $154 114

Sun Apr 4 — $7.9K −27.4% −41.7% $9.1M 71 $112 115

Mon Apr 5 — $4.2K −47.2% −22.7% $9.1M 71 $59 116

Tue Apr 6 — $5.1K +22.2% −19.6% $9.1M 71 $72 117

Wed Apr 7 — $4.0K −21.5% −45.0% $9.1M 71 $57 118

Thu Apr 8 — $5.1K +26.6% −19.9% $9.1M 71 $72 119

Fri Apr 9 — $5.9K +16.9% −33.1% $9.1M 40 $149 120

Sat Apr 10 — $10.2K +70.7% −7.1% $9.1M 40 $254 121

Sun Apr 11 — $5.0K −51.1% −37.5% $9.1M 40 $124 122

Mon Apr 12 — $2.9K −41.4% −30.5% $9.1M 40 $73 123

Tue Apr 13 — $2.7K −8.1% −47.8% $9.1M 40 $67 124

Wed Apr 14 — $5.6K +109.8% +39.6% $9.1M 40 $140 125

Thu Apr 15 — $5.3K −5.5% +4.2% $9.2M 40 $133 126

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$7.2M

Dec 11Dec 28Jan 15Feb 1Feb 18

Weekend grossWk 10 · $476.2K

$217.3K

$142.8K

$352.7K

$487.0K

$359.8K

$843.6K

$717.1K

$553.0K

$627.1K

$476.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 353 → 313 −11.3%

9 open313 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −24.1%

−34.3%

W1→2

+146.9%

W2→3

+38.1%

W3→4

−26.1%

W4→5

+134.4%

W5→6

−15.0%

W6→7

−22.9%

W7→8

+13.4%

W8→9

−24.1%

W9→10

Steepest −34.3%Biggest gain +146.9%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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