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American SniperFollow

2015 • R • 2h 13m • Action, Biography, Drama, War • Warner Bros.

The most lethal sniper in U.S. history.

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7.3

CS A+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$633K

Limited · 4 theaters

Domestic total

$350.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$547.60M

$197.50M international

Domestic legs3.9x from $89.3M first wide weekend

Budget$58.0M

2015 rank#40

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Cast & crew

Full Eastwood filmography

Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood Director

Bradley Cooper

Bradley Cooper Starring

Sienna Miller

Sienna Miller Starring

Kyle Gallner

Kyle Gallner Starring

ScreenplayJason Hall Produced byClint Eastwood, Robert Lorenz, Andrew Lazar, Bradley Cooper, Peter Morgan CinematographyTom Stern Prod. DesignCharisse Cardenas, James J. Murakami StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 26-28 22 $633.5K — 4 $158,364 $873.7K

2 Jan 2-4 23 $676.9K +6.9% 4 $169,227 $2.2M

3 Jan 9-11 21 $579.5K −14.4% 4 $144,880 $3.2M

4 Jan 16-18 1 $89.3M +15304.0% 3,555 $25,111 $92.7M

5 Jan 23-25 1 $64.6M −27.6% 3,705 $17,444 $200.4M

6 Jan 30-32 1 $30.7M −52.6% 3,885 $7,892 $247.8M

7 Feb 6-8 2 $23.3M −24.0% 3,885 $5,995 $281.4M

8 Feb 13-15 4 $16.4M −29.5% 3,436 $4,777 $304.1M

9 Feb 20-22 6 $10.1M −38.8% 2,325 $4,324 $320.0M

10 Feb 27-29 7 $7.4M −26.4% 2,914 $2,538 $330.8M

11 Mar 6-8 11 $4.4M −40.5% 2,545 $1,729 $337.1M

12 Mar 13-15 12 $2.8M −36.1% 2,001 $1,405 $341.4M

13 Mar 20-22 12 $1.6M −42.8% 1,456 $1,105 $344.0M

14 Mar 27-29 13 $874.1K −45.7% 970 $901 $345.4M

15 Apr 3-5 12 $628.1K −28.1% 623 $1,008 $346.4M

16 Apr 10-12 14 $595.0K −5.3% 616 $966 $347.2M

17 Apr 17-19 18 $379.7K −36.2% 445 $853 $347.8M

18 Apr 24-26 19 $374.6K −1.3% 403 $930 $348.3M

19 May 1-3 16 $443.9K +18.5% 422 $1,052 $348.9M

20 May 8-10 21 $290.7K −34.5% 402 $723 $349.3M

21 May 15-17 25 $189.0K −35.0% 378 $500 $349.6M

22 May 22-24 22 $185.0K −2.1% 251 $737 $349.9M

23 May 29-31 27 $67.4K −63.6% 165 $409 $350.0M

24 Jun 5-7 46 $23.1K −65.7% 114 $203 $350.1M

25 Jun 12-14 61 $11.6K −49.7% 54 $216 $350.1M

26 Jun 19-21 75 $4.6K −60.7% 22 $208 $350.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Dec 25 #- $240.2K — $240.2K 4 $60,053 -1

Fri Dec 26 #- $199.5K −17.0% $439.7K 4 $49,870 1

Sat Dec 27 #- $215.9K +8.2% $655.5K 4 $53,964 2

Sun Dec 28 #- $218.1K +1.0% $873.7K 4 $54,529 3

Mon Dec 29 #- $166.4K −23.7% $1.0M 4 $41,611 4

Tue Dec 30 #- $164.2K −1.3% $1.2M 4 $41,050 5

Wed Dec 31 #- $125.0K −23.9% $1.3M 4 $31,247 6

Thu Jan 1 #- $223.1K +78.5% $1.6M 4 $55,770 7

Fri Jan 2 #- $233.7K +4.8% +17.2% $1.8M 4 $58,430 8

Sat Jan 3 #- $238.9K +2.2% +10.7% $2.0M 4 $59,716 9

Sun Jan 4 #- $204.3K −14.5% −6.3% $2.2M 4 $51,082 10

Mon Jan 5 #18 $100.5K −50.8% −39.6% $2.3M 4 $25,126 11

Tue Jan 6 #- $89.1K −11.4% −45.8% $2.4M 4 $22,264 12

Wed Jan 7 #- $93.3K +4.8% −25.3% $2.5M 4 $23,333 13

Thu Jan 8 #- $83.0K −11.1% −62.8% $2.6M 4 $20,742 14

Fri Jan 9 #- $156.4K +88.5% −33.1% $2.8M 4 $39,090 15

Sat Jan 10 #- $234.2K +49.8% −1.9% $3.0M 4 $58,552 16

Sun Jan 11 #- $188.9K −19.3% −7.5% $3.2M 4 $47,237 17

Mon Jan 12 #- $60.2K −68.1% −40.1% $3.2M 4 $15,046 18

Tue Jan 13 #- $68.6K +14.0% −23.0% $3.3M 4 $17,150 19

Wed Jan 14 #- $69.3K +1.0% −25.8% $3.4M 4 $17,318 20

Thu Jan 15 #- $52.1K −24.9% −37.3% $3.4M 4 $13,014 21

Thu Jan 15 #P $5.3M +10081.3% +3289.6% $5.3M 0 $0 22

Fri Jan 16 #1 $30.3M +472.4% +12853.5% $33.8M 3,555 $8,534 23

Sat Jan 17 #1 $34.5M +13.9% +18184.0% $68.3M 3,555 $9,718 24

Sun Jan 18 #1 $24.4M −29.4% +40415.3% $92.7M 3,555 $6,859 25

Mon Jan 19 #1 $17.9M −26.4% +26055.1% $110.6M 3,555 $5,047 26

Tue Jan 20 #1 $9.9M −44.7% +14226.7% $120.6M 3,555 $2,792 27

Wed Jan 21 #1 $7.6M −23.9% +14413.7% $128.1M 3,555 $2,125 28

Thu Jan 22 #1 $7.7M +1.3% +44.5% $135.8M 3,555 $2,154 29

Fri Jan 23 #1 $18.2M +137.9% −40.0% $154.0M 3,705 $4,916 30

Sat Jan 24 #1 $28.6M +57.2% −17.1% $182.6M 3,705 $7,729 31

Sun Jan 25 #1 $17.8M −37.9% −27.1% $200.4M 3,705 $4,799 32

Mon Jan 26 #1 $4.2M −76.5% −76.7% $204.6M 3,705 $1,129 33

Tue Jan 27 #1 $5.0M +19.9% −49.4% $209.6M 3,705 $1,354 34

Wed Jan 28 #1 $3.8M −23.8% −49.4% $213.4M 3,705 $1,032 35

Thu Jan 29 #1 $3.7M −4.1% −52.1% $217.1M 3,705 $990 36

Fri Jan 30 #1 $9.9M +170.1% −45.6% $227.0M 3,885 $2,550 37

Sat Jan 31 #1 $16.5M +66.7% −42.3% $243.5M 3,885 $4,250 38

Sun Feb 1 #1 $4.2M −74.3% −76.1% $247.8M 3,885 $1,093 39

Mon Feb 2 #1 $2.6M −37.7% −36.8% $250.4M 3,885 $681 40

Tue Feb 3 #1 $2.9M +10.5% −41.7% $253.3M 3,885 $752 41

Wed Feb 4 #1 $2.3M −22.2% −40.5% $255.6M 3,885 $585 42

Thu Feb 5 #1 $2.5M +10.2% −31.7% $258.1M 3,885 $645 43

Fri Feb 6 #3 $6.2M +145.9% −37.8% $264.3M 3,885 $1,586 44

Sat Feb 7 #2 $11.0M +79.0% −33.2% $275.3M 3,885 $2,840 45

Sun Feb 8 #2 $6.1M −44.8% +43.6% $281.4M 3,885 $1,568 46

Mon Feb 9 #2 $1.6M −73.9% −39.9% $283.0M 3,885 $409 47

Tue Feb 10 #2 $1.8M +11.5% −39.3% $284.8M 3,885 $456 48

Wed Feb 11 #1 $1.5M −17.2% −35.4% $286.2M 3,885 $378 49

Thu Feb 12 #2 $1.5M +0.6% −41.1% $287.7M 3,885 $380 50

Fri Feb 13 #4 $3.7M +153.6% −39.2% $291.4M 3,436 $1,090 51

Sat Feb 14 #4 $7.8M +108.9% −29.1% $299.3M 3,436 $2,277 52

Sun Feb 15 #4 $4.8M −38.1% −20.5% $304.1M 3,436 $1,410 53

Mon Feb 16 #4 $2.4M −51.2% +48.7% $306.5M 3,436 $688 54

Tue Feb 17 #4 $1.3M −45.7% −27.6% $307.8M 3,436 $374 55

Wed Feb 18 #4 $1.0M −19.2% −29.3% $308.8M 3,436 $302 56

Thu Feb 19 #4 $1.2M +11.5% −21.7% $310.0M 3,436 $337 57

Fri Feb 20 #6 $2.7M +134.9% −27.4% $312.7M 2,325 $1,169 58

Sat Feb 21 #4 $4.6M +69.1% −41.3% $317.3M 2,325 $1,977 59

Sun Feb 22 #5 $2.7M −40.4% −43.5% $320.0M 2,325 $1,178 60

Mon Feb 23 #3 $836.2K −69.5% −64.6% $320.8M 2,325 $360 61

Tue Feb 24 #4 $948.5K +13.4% −26.2% $321.8M 2,325 $408 62

Wed Feb 25 #3 $792.1K −16.5% −23.7% $322.6M 2,325 $341 63

Thu Feb 26 #3 $822.0K +3.8% −29.0% $323.4M 2,325 $354 64

Fri Feb 27 #8 $1.9M +131.6% −30.0% $325.3M 2,914 $653 65

Sat Feb 28 #7 $3.6M +89.2% −21.6% $328.9M 2,914 $1,236 66

Sun Mar 1 #7 $1.9M −47.6% −31.0% $330.8M 2,914 $648 67

Mon Mar 2 #7 $502.2K −73.4% −39.9% $331.3M 2,914 $172 68

Tue Mar 3 #7 $507.3K +1.0% −46.5% $331.8M 2,914 $174 69

Wed Mar 4 #7 $429.4K −15.4% −45.8% $332.2M 2,914 $147 70

Thu Mar 5 #7 $457.3K +6.5% −44.4% $332.7M 2,914 $157 71

Fri Mar 6 #11 $1.1M +150.8% −39.8% $333.8M 2,545 $451 72

Sat Mar 7 #10 $2.2M +88.2% −40.1% $336.0M 2,545 $848 73

Sun Mar 8 #10 $1.1M −49.2% −42.0% $337.1M 2,545 $431 74

Mon Mar 9 #10 $342.3K −68.8% −31.8% $337.4M 2,545 $134 75

Tue Mar 10 #11 $409.6K +19.7% −19.3% $337.9M 2,545 $161 76

Wed Mar 11 #10 $363.3K −11.3% −15.4% $338.2M 2,545 $143 77

Thu Mar 12 #8 $354.0K −2.6% −22.6% $338.6M 2,545 $139 78

Fri Mar 13 #12 $755.8K +113.5% −34.1% $339.3M 2,001 $378 79

Sat Mar 14 #9 $1.4M +82.9% −36.0% $340.7M 2,001 $691 80

Sun Mar 15 #9 $673.2K −51.3% −38.6% $341.4M 2,001 $336 81

Mon Mar 16 #11 $232.1K −65.5% −32.2% $341.6M 2,001 $116 82

Tue Mar 17 #12 $255.4K +10.0% −37.6% $341.9M 2,001 $128 83

Wed Mar 18 #10 $256.3K +0.4% −29.5% $342.1M 2,001 $128 84

Thu Mar 19 #10 $236.1K −7.9% −33.3% $342.4M 2,001 $118 85

Fri Mar 20 #12 $432.7K +83.3% −42.7% $342.8M 1,456 $297 86

Sat Mar 21 #12 $785.4K +81.5% −43.2% $343.6M 1,456 $539 87

Sun Mar 22 #12 $390.1K −50.3% −42.1% $344.0M 1,456 $268 88

Mon Mar 23 #12 $152.4K −60.9% −34.3% $344.1M 1,456 $105 89

Tue Mar 24 #13 $155.2K +1.9% −39.2% $344.3M 1,456 $107 90

Wed Mar 25 #13 $137.4K −11.5% −46.4% $344.4M 1,456 $94 91

Thu Mar 26 #13 $126.1K −8.2% −46.6% $344.5M 1,456 $87 92

Fri Mar 27 #13 $246.9K +95.8% −42.9% $344.8M 970 $255 93

Sat Mar 28 #13 $423.9K +71.7% −46.0% $345.2M 970 $437 94

Sun Mar 29 #14 $203.2K −52.1% −47.9% $345.4M 970 $210 95

Mon Mar 30 #14 $81.2K −60.0% −46.7% $345.5M 970 $84 96

Tue Mar 31 #15 $91.3K +12.4% −41.2% $345.6M 970 $94 97

Wed Apr 1 #15 $83.2K −8.8% −39.4% $345.7M 970 $86 98

Thu Apr 2 #14 $88.4K +6.1% −30.0% $345.8M 970 $91 99

Fri Apr 3 #12 $230.9K +161.3% −6.5% $346.0M 623 $371 100

Sat Apr 4 #11 $261.5K +13.3% −38.3% $346.3M 623 $420 101

Sun Apr 5 #13 $135.7K −48.1% −33.2% $346.4M 623 $218 102

Mon Apr 6 #14 $55.5K −59.1% −31.7% $346.4M 623 $89 103

Tue Apr 7 #- $61.6K +11.0% −32.6% $346.5M 623 $99 104

Wed Apr 8 #- $55.5K −9.8% −33.3% $346.6M 623 $89 105

Thu Apr 9 #13 $57.2K +3.0% −35.3% $346.6M 623 $92 106

Fri Apr 10 #14 $180.3K +215.3% −21.9% $346.8M 616 $293 107

Sat Apr 11 #12 $302.3K +67.7% +15.6% $347.1M 616 $491 108

Sun Apr 12 #13 $112.5K −62.8% −17.1% $347.2M 616 $183 109

Mon Apr 13 #13 $40.6K −63.9% −26.9% $347.3M 616 $66 110

Tue Apr 14 #13 $48.4K +19.3% −21.4% $347.3M 616 $79 111

Wed Apr 15 #13 $44.5K −8.1% −19.9% $347.3M 616 $72 112

Thu Apr 16 #13 $38.5K −13.4% −32.7% $347.4M 616 $63 113

Fri Apr 17 #- $104.9K +172.4% −41.8% $347.5M 445 $236 114

Sat Apr 18 #- $185.2K +76.6% −38.7% $347.7M 445 $416 115

Sun Apr 19 #- $89.7K −51.6% −20.3% $347.8M 445 $201 116

Mon Apr 20 #- $37.2K −58.5% −8.3% $347.8M 445 $84 117

Tue Apr 21 #- $42.4K +14.0% −12.4% $347.8M 445 $95 118

Wed Apr 22 #- $37.2K −12.1% −16.2% $347.9M 445 $84 119

Thu Apr 23 #- $41.0K +10.0% +6.4% $347.9M 445 $92 120

Fri Apr 24 #- $96.6K +135.7% −7.9% $348.0M 403 $240 121

Sat Apr 25 #- $187.4K +94.1% +1.2% $348.2M 403 $465 122

Sun Apr 26 #- $90.6K −51.6% +1.1% $348.3M 403 $225 123

Mon Apr 27 #- $31.7K −65.0% −14.7% $348.3M 403 $79 124

Tue Apr 28 #- $34.9K +9.9% −17.8% $348.4M 403 $86 125

Wed Apr 29 #- $29.6K −15.0% −20.4% $348.4M 403 $74 126

Thu Apr 30 #- $26.1K −12.0% −36.4% $348.4M 403 $65 127

Fri May 1 #- $123.9K +375.2% +28.3% $348.5M 422 $294 128

Sat May 2 #15 $171.8K +38.6% −8.4% $348.7M 422 $407 129

Sun May 3 #15 $148.3K −13.7% +63.6% $348.9M 422 $351 130

Mon May 4 #- $46.0K −69.0% +44.9% $348.9M 422 $109 131

Tue May 5 #- $50.6K +10.0% +45.0% $349.0M 422 $120 132

Wed May 6 #- $39.9K −21.0% +34.8% $349.0M 422 $95 133

Thu May 7 #- $35.9K −10.0% +37.9% $349.0M 422 $85 134

Fri May 8 #- $86.3K +140.2% −30.3% $349.1M 402 $215 135

Sat May 9 #- $119.2K +38.0% −30.6% $349.2M 402 $296 136

Sun May 10 #- $85.3K −28.4% −42.5% $349.3M 402 $212 137

Mon May 11 #- $34.1K −60.0% −25.8% $349.4M 402 $85 138

Tue May 12 #- $37.5K +10.0% −25.8% $349.4M 402 $93 139

Wed May 13 #- $28.1K −25.0% −29.6% $349.4M 402 $70 140

Thu May 14 #- $27.6K −2.0% −23.3% $349.5M 402 $69 141

Fri May 15 #- $54.6K +98.0% −36.8% $349.5M 378 $144 142

Sat May 16 #- $88.7K +62.5% −25.5% $349.6M 378 $235 143

Sun May 17 #- $45.7K −48.5% −46.4% $349.6M 378 $121 144

Mon May 18 #- $15.9K −65.2% −53.4% $349.7M 378 $42 145

Tue May 19 #- $17.0K +7.0% −54.7% $349.7M 378 $45 146

Wed May 20 #- $16.2K −5.0% −42.6% $349.7M 378 $43 147

Thu May 21 #- $19.1K +18.4% −30.7% $349.7M 378 $51 148

Fri May 22 #- $43.4K +126.7% −20.6% $349.8M 251 $173 149

Sat May 23 #- $69.2K +59.7% −22.0% $349.8M 251 $276 150

Sun May 24 #- $72.4K +4.6% +58.6% $349.9M 251 $289 151

Mon May 25 #- $42.5K −41.3% +167.6% $349.9M 251 $169 152

Tue May 26 #- $13.2K −69.0% −22.5% $349.9M 251 $53 153

Wed May 27 #- $10.9K −17.0% −32.3% $350.0M 251 $44 154

Thu May 28 #- $12.4K +13.0% −35.3% $350.0M 251 $49 155

Fri May 29 #- $19.0K +53.9% −56.1% $350.0M 165 $115 156

Sat May 30 #- $28.0K +47.4% −59.5% $350.0M 165 $170 157

Sun May 31 #- $20.3K −27.5% −71.9% $350.0M 165 $123 158

Mon Jun 1 #- $6.3K −68.9% −85.1% $350.0M 165 $38 159

Tue Jun 2 #- $7.1K +11.8% −46.3% $350.1M 165 $43 160

Wed Jun 3 #- $6.7K −6.0% −39.2% $350.1M 165 $40 161

Thu Jun 4 #- $6.3K −5.0% −48.9% $350.1M 165 $38 162

Fri Jun 5 #- $6.5K +3.4% −65.7% $350.1M 114 $57 163

Sat Jun 6 #- $10.9K +66.3% −61.3% $350.1M 114 $95 164

Sun Jun 7 #- $5.8K −47.0% −71.7% $350.1M 114 $50 165

Mon Jun 8 #- $2.5K −56.6% −60.5% $350.1M 114 $22 166

Tue Jun 9 #- $2.5K +1.0% −64.4% $350.1M 114 $22 167

Wed Jun 10 #- $2.7K +5.2% −60.1% $350.1M 114 $23 168

Thu Jun 11 #- $2.8K +7.4% −54.9% $350.1M 114 $25 169

Fri Jun 12 #- $3.1K +9.9% −52.1% $350.1M 54 $58 170

Sat Jun 13 #- $5.2K +67.1% −51.9% $350.1M 54 $97 171

Sun Jun 14 #- $3.3K −37.0% −42.8% $350.1M 54 $61 172

Mon Jun 15 #- $1.4K −58.6% −45.5% $350.1M 54 $25 173

Tue Jun 16 #- $1.5K +12.8% −39.1% $350.1M 54 $28 174

Wed Jun 17 #- $1.9K +23.8% −28.3% $350.1M 54 $35 175

Thu Jun 18 #- $1.9K +0.4% −32.9% $350.1M 54 $35 176

Fri Jun 19 #- $1.1K −41.2% −64.1% $350.1M 22 $51 177

Sat Jun 20 #- $1.8K +61.5% −65.3% $350.1M 22 $82 178

Sun Jun 21 #- $1.6K −9.5% −50.2% $350.1M 22 $75 179

Mon Jun 22 #- $607 −63.0% −55.4% $350.1M 22 $28 180

Tue Jun 23 #- $789 +30.0% −48.6% $350.1M 22 $36 181

Wed Jun 24 #- $707 −10.4% −62.8% $350.1M 22 $32 182

Thu Jun 25 #- $789 +11.6% −58.7% $350.1M 22 $36 183

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

Cumulative total$332.2M

Dec 25Jan 12Jan 28Feb 15Mar 4

Weekend grossWk 10 · $7.4M

$633.5K

$676.9K

$579.5K

$89.3M

$64.6M

$30.7M

$23.3M

$16.4M

$10.1M

$7.4M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,885 → 2,914 −25.0%

4 open2,914 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −26.4%

+6.9%

W1→2

−14.4%

W2→3

+15304.0%

W3→4

−27.6%

W4→5

−52.6%

W5→6

−24.0%

W6→7

−29.5%

W7→8

−38.8%

W8→9

−26.4%

W9→10

Steepest −52.6%Biggest gain +15304.0%

Run milestones

$300M in 53 days

$100M

Day 26

Jan 19

$200M

Day 32

Jan 25

$300M

Day 53

Feb 15

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

#1 Biggest 4th weekendsAll-time $89.3M #1 Biggest January openingsAll-time $89.3M #5 All-time R-rated domesticAll-time $350.1M #9 Biggest R-rated openingsAll-time $89.3M #10 Best second-weekend holds$50M+ openers, all-time −27.6%

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