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American HustleFollow

2013 • R • 2h 18m • Crime, Drama • Sony Pictures Releasing

Everyone hustles to survive.

🍅 92% 74%

90

3.35

7.2

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$19.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$150.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$251.00M

$101.00M international

Domestic legs7.86x

Budget$40.0M

2013 rank#17

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Cast & crew

Full Russell filmography

David O. Russell

David O. Russell Director

Christian Bale

Christian Bale Starring

Bradley Cooper

Bradley Cooper Starring

Amy Adams

Amy Adams Starring

Jeremy Renner

Jeremy Renner Starring

Jennifer Lawrence

Jennifer Lawrence Starring

ScreenplayDavid O. Russell, Eric Warren Singer Produced byCharles Roven, Richard Suckle, Megan Ellison, Jonathan Gordon CinematographyLinus Sandgren MusicDanny Elfman Prod. DesignJudy Becker StudioSony Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 20-22 4 $19.1M — 2,507 $7,621 $20.2M

2 Dec 27-29 4 $18.7M −2.0% 2,507 $7,466 $59.2M

3 Jan 3-5 5 $12.4M −33.7% 2,518 $4,926 $87.9M

4 Jan 10-12 5 $8.3M −33.1% 2,629 $3,157 $101.3M

5 Jan 17-19 6 $9.9M +18.8% 2,204 $4,476 $115.7M

6 Jan 24-26 7 $7.1M −28.4% 2,304 $3,064 $127.0M

7 Jan 31-Feb 2 8 $4.2M −41.1% 2,216 $1,877 $133.5M

8 Feb 7-9 11 $3.1M −26.2% 1,640 $1,871 $138.1M

9 Feb 14-16 11 $2.4M −20.7% 1,072 $2,270 $141.5M

10 Feb 21-23 12 $1.7M −28.8% 903 $1,918 $144.1M

11 Feb 28-Mar 2 11 $1.9M +11.0% 945 $2,033 $146.7M

12 Mar 7-9 14 $1.1M −45.2% 605 $1,740 $148.4M

13 Mar 14-16 17 $608.4K −42.2% 503 $1,209 $149.4M

14 Mar 21-23 20 $232.3K −61.8% 281 $826 $149.8M

15 Mar 28-30 31 $107.6K −53.7% 188 $572 $150.0M

16 Apr 4-6 48 $52.8K −50.9% 119 $443 $150.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 13 $210.9K — $210.9K 6 $35,151 1

Sat Dec 14 $268.1K +27% $479.0K 6 $44,680 2

Sun Dec 15 $261.5K −2% $740.5K 6 $43,576 3

Mon Dec 16 #13 $109.3K −58% $849.7K 6 $18,215 4

Tue Dec 17 #15 $100.9K −8% $950.6K 6 $16,811 5

Wed Dec 18 #14 $88.8K −12% $1.0M 6 $14,797 6

Thu Dec 19 #17 $74.0K −17% $1.1M 6 $12,327 7

Fri Dec 20 #3 $6.5M +8,722% +2,994% $7.6M 2,507 $2,602 8

Sat Dec 21 #4 $7.1M +9% +2,551% $14.7M 2,507 $2,834 9

Sun Dec 22 #4 $5.5M −23% +1,994% $20.2M 2,507 $2,184 10

Fri Dec 27 #4 $6.4M — −2% $46.9M 2,507 $2,545 15

Mon Dec 30 $4.0M — $63.1M 2,507 $1,591 18

Tue Dec 31 $4.4M +9% $67.5M 2,507 $1,738 19

Wed Jan 1 #4 $5.4M +25% $72.9M 2,507 $2,171 20

Thu Jan 2 #5 $2.6M −53% $75.5M 2,507 $1,019 21

Fri Jan 3 $4.2M +63% −35% $79.7M 2,518 $1,653 22

Sat Jan 4 $5.5M +32% $85.2M 2,518 $2,189 23

Sun Jan 5 $2.7M −51% $87.9M 2,518 $1,082 24

Mon Jan 6 #5 $1.0M −62% −74% $88.9M 2,518 $413 25

Tue Jan 7 #4 $1.5M +44% −66% $90.4M 2,518 $593 26

Wed Jan 8 #2 $1.3M −13% −76% $91.7M 2,518 $514 27

Thu Jan 9 #2 $1.2M −7% −53% $92.9M 2,518 $479 28

Fri Jan 10 #5 $2.6M +113% −38% $95.5M 2,629 $978 29

Sat Jan 11 #4 $3.8M +48% −31% $99.3M 2,629 $1,451 30

Sun Jan 12 #6 $1.9M −50% −30% $101.2M 2,629 $728 31

Mon Jan 13 #3 $993.0K −48% −5% $102.2M 2,629 $377 32

Tue Jan 14 #2 $1.3M +32% −13% $103.5M 2,629 $497 33

Wed Jan 15 #2 $1.0M −23% −22% $104.6M 2,629 $384 34

Thu Jan 16 #2 $1.3M +24% +4% $105.8M 2,629 $477 35

Fri Jan 17 #6 $2.8M +126% +10% $108.7M 2,204 $1,288 36

Sat Jan 18 #6 $4.6M +63% +21% $113.3M 2,204 $2,094 37

Sun Jan 19 #6 $2.4M −48% +26% $115.7M 2,204 $1,093 38

Mon Jan 20 #6 $1.9M −21% +91% $117.6M 2,204 $861 39

Tue Jan 21 #5 $833.3K −56% −36% $118.4M 2,204 $378 40

Wed Jan 22 #4 $765.4K −8% −24% $119.2M 2,204 $347 41

Thu Jan 23 #4 $743.9K −3% −41% $119.9M 2,204 $337 42

Fri Jan 24 #7 $2.0M +163% −31% $121.9M 2,304 $847 43

Sat Jan 25 #7 $3.3M +71% −28% $125.2M 2,304 $1,445 44

Sun Jan 26 #7 $1.8M −47% −26% $127.0M 2,304 $771 45

Mon Jan 27 #7 $493.9K −72% −74% $127.5M 2,304 $214 46

Tue Jan 28 #7 $646.5K +31% −22% $128.1M 2,304 $280 47

Wed Jan 29 #5 $579.0K −10% −24% $128.7M 2,304 $251 48

Thu Jan 30 #5 $601.2K +4% −19% $129.3M 2,304 $260 49

Fri Jan 31 #8 $1.3M +121% −32% $130.6M 2,216 $600 50

Sat Feb 1 #8 $2.3M +71% −32% $132.9M 2,216 $1,028 51

Sun Feb 2 #10 $550.3K −76% −69% $133.5M 2,216 $248 52

Mon Feb 3 #7 $345.8K −37% −30% $133.8M 2,216 $156 53

Tue Feb 4 #7 $439.4K +27% −32% $134.2M 2,216 $198 54

Wed Feb 5 #8 $368.6K −16% −36% $134.6M 2,216 $166 55

Thu Feb 6 #7 $381.9K +4% −36% $135.0M 2,216 $172 56

Fri Feb 7 #10 $750.7K +97% −44% $135.7M 1,640 $457 57

Sat Feb 8 #10 $1.5M +104% −33% $137.3M 1,640 $934 58

Sun Feb 9 #11 $784.8K −49% +43% $138.1M 1,640 $478 59

Mon Feb 10 #11 $220.8K −72% −36% $138.3M 1,640 $134 60

Tue Feb 11 #9 $268.6K +22% −39% $138.6M 1,640 $163 61

Wed Feb 12 #10 $207.7K −23% −44% $138.8M 1,640 $126 62

Thu Feb 13 #10 $237.4K +14% −38% $139.0M 1,640 $144 63

Fri Feb 14 #11 $781.1K +229% +4% $139.8M 1,072 $728 64

Sat Feb 15 #11 $964.5K +23% −37% $140.7M 1,072 $899 65

Sun Feb 16 #11 $688.2K −29% −12% $141.4M 1,072 $641 66

Mon Feb 17 #12 $393.5K −43% +78% $141.8M 1,072 $367 67

Tue Feb 18 #13 $184.0K −53% −31% $142.0M 1,072 $171 68

Wed Feb 19 #13 $172.0K −7% −17% $142.2M 1,072 $160 69

Thu Feb 20 #13 $179.5K +4% −24% $142.4M 1,072 $167 70

Fri Feb 21 #13 $458.3K +155% −41% $142.8M 903 $507 71

Sat Feb 22 #12 $840.6K +83% −13% $143.7M 903 $930 72

Sun Feb 23 #12 $433.3K −48% −37% $144.1M 903 $479 73

Mon Feb 24 #12 $140.1K −68% −64% $144.2M 903 $155 74

Tue Feb 25 #12 $174.9K +25% −5% $144.4M 903 $193 75

Wed Feb 26 #12 $167.3K −4% −3% $144.6M 903 $185 76

Thu Feb 27 #10 $191.0K +14% +6% $144.8M 903 $211 77

Fri Feb 28 #12 $503.9K +164% +10% $145.3M 945 $533 78

Sat Mar 1 #11 $1.0M +101% +20% $146.3M 945 $1,070 79

Sun Mar 2 #11 $406.3K −60% −6% $146.7M 945 $429 80

Mon Mar 3 #11 $153.9K −62% +10% $146.8M 945 $162 81

Tue Mar 4 #12 $170.3K +11% −3% $147.0M 945 $180 82

Wed Mar 5 #11 $142.0K −17% −15% $147.2M 945 $150 83

Thu Mar 6 #12 $154.3K +9% −19% $147.3M 945 $163 84

Fri Mar 7 #14 $299.6K +94% −41% $147.6M 605 $495 85

Sat Mar 8 #14 $521.7K +74% −48% $148.1M 605 $862 86

Sun Mar 9 #16 $231.9K −56% −43% $148.4M 605 $383 87

Mon Mar 10 #15 $87.3K −62% −43% $148.5M 605 $144 88

Tue Mar 11 #14 $100.4K +15% −41% $148.6M 605 $165 89

Wed Mar 12 #15 $85.2K −15% −40% $148.6M 605 $140 90

Thu Mar 13 #15 $86.3K +1% −44% $148.7M 605 $142 91

Fri Mar 14 #18 $170.0K +97% −43% $148.9M 503 $337 92

Sat Mar 15 #17 $293.3K +73% −44% $149.2M 503 $583 93

Sun Mar 16 #20 $145.1K −51% −37% $149.3M 503 $288 94

Mon Mar 17 #18 $56.0K −61% −36% $149.4M 503 $111 95

Tue Mar 18 #19 $64.4K +15% −36% $149.5M 503 $128 96

Wed Mar 19 #18 $56.8K −12% −33% $149.5M 503 $113 97

Thu Mar 20 #20 $45.5K −20% −47% $149.6M 503 $90 98

Fri Mar 21 $65.5K +44% −61% $149.6M 281 $233 99

Sat Mar 22 $112.5K +72% −62% $149.7M 281 $400 100

Sun Mar 23 $54.3K −52% −63% $149.8M 281 $193 101

Mon Mar 24 $24.9K −54% −56% $149.8M 281 $88 102

Tue Mar 25 $30.2K +21% −53% $149.8M 281 $107 103

Wed Mar 26 $25.7K −15% −55% $149.9M 281 $91 104

Thu Mar 27 $22.3K −13% −51% $149.9M 281 $79 105

Fri Mar 28 $32.1K +44% −51% $149.9M 188 $170 106

Sat Mar 29 $52.2K +62% −54% $150.0M 188 $277 107

Sun Mar 30 $23.3K −55% −57% $150.0M 188 $123 108

Mon Mar 31 $10.9K −53% −56% $150.0M 188 $57 109

Tue Apr 1 $12.9K +18% −57% $150.0M 188 $68 110

Wed Apr 2 $12.6K −2% −51% $150.0M 188 $66 111

Thu Apr 3 $11.3K −10% −50% $150.0M 188 $59 112

Fri Apr 4 $15.9K +42% −50% $150.1M 119 $134 113

Sat Apr 5 $24.4K +53% −53% $150.1M 119 $205 114

Sun Apr 6 $12.4K −49% −47% $150.1M 119 $104 115

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

Cumulative total$142.4M

Dec 13Jan 4Jan 20Feb 4Feb 20

Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.7M

$19.1M

$18.7M

$12.4M

$8.3M

$9.9M

$7.1M

$4.2M

$3.1M

$2.4M

$1.7M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,629 → 1,072 −59.2%

6 open1,072 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −28.8%

−2.0%

W1→2

−33.7%

W2→3

−33.1%

W3→4

+18.8%

W4→5

−28.4%

W5→6

−41.1%

W6→7

−26.2%

W7→8

−20.7%

W8→9

−28.8%

W9→10

Steepest −41.1%Biggest gain +18.8%

Run milestones

$100M in 31 days

$100M

Day 31

Jan 12

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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