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2012 • R • 2h • Biography, Drama, History • Warner Bros.

The movie was fake. The mission was real.

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3.73

7.7

CS A+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$19.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$136.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$232.00M

$96.30M international

Domestic legs6.99x

Budget$44.5M

2012 rank#22

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Cast & crew

Full Affleck filmography

Ben Affleck

Ben Affleck Director

Bryan Cranston

Bryan Cranston Starring

Alan Arkin

Alan Arkin Starring

John Goodman

John Goodman Starring

Victor Garber

Victor Garber Starring

Tate Donovan

Tate Donovan Starring

ScreenplayChris Terrio Produced byBen Affleck, George Clooney, Grant Heslov CinematographyRodrigo Prieto MusicAlexandre Desplat Prod. DesignSharon Seymour StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 12-14 2 $19.5M — 3,232 $6,020 $19.5M

2 Oct 19-21 2 $16.4M −15.5% 3,247 $5,064 $43.0M

3 Oct 26-28 1 $12.1M −26.5% 2,855 $4,232 $60.5M

4 Nov 2-4 3 $10.2M −15.5% 2,774 $3,680 $75.9M

5 Nov 9-11 4 $6.6M −35.2% 2,763 $2,394 $85.6M

6 Nov 16-18 6 $4.0M −38.9% 2,210 $1,830 $92.0M

7 Nov 23-25 10 $3.9M −4.5% 1,255 $3,079 $98.1M

8 Nov 30-Dec 2 13 $2.0M −48.0% 1,043 $1,927 $101.0M

9 Dec 7-9 14 $1.5M −26.3% 944 $1,570 $103.2M

10 Dec 14-16 12 $1.2M −21.1% 667 $1,754 $105.0M

11 Dec 21-23 15 $899.7K −23.1% 450 $1,999 $106.4M

12 Dec 28-30 17 $1.0M +11.6% 345 $2,909 $108.4M

13 Jan 4-6 22 $789.2K −21.4% 302 $2,613 $110.1M

14 Jan 11-13 19 $1.3M +59.1% 621 $2,021 $111.7M

15 Jan 18-20 15 $2.3M +80.3% 756 $2,993 $114.8M

16 Jan 25-27 18 $1.8M −19.9% 635 $2,854 $117.6M

17 Feb 1-3 11 $2.0M +12.0% 935 $2,170 $120.4M

18 Feb 8-10 8 $2.4M +17.1% 1,405 $1,690 $123.6M

19 Feb 15-17 12 $2.2M −8.1% 903 $2,416 $126.8M

20 Feb 22-24 12 $1.8M −16.3% 802 $2,278 $129.7M

21 Mar 1-3 13 $2.1M +15.1% 985 $2,135 $132.7M

22 Mar 8-10 17 $1.0M −52.0% 741 $1,363 $134.3M

23 Mar 15-17 20 $509.2K −49.6% 540 $942 $135.2M

24 Mar 22-24 33 $142.3K −72.1% 185 $769 $135.5M

25 Mar 29-31 30 $141.4K −0.6% 260 $543 $135.7M

26 Apr 5-7 39 $85.9K −39.2% 172 $499 $135.9M

27 Apr 12-14 43 $57.3K −33.4% 172 $333 $136.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 12 #3 $5.9M — $5.9M 3,232 $1,822 1

Sat Oct 13 #2 $8.7M +47% $14.5M 3,232 $2,678 2

Sun Oct 14 #3 $4.9M −43% $19.5M 3,232 $1,519 3

Mon Oct 15 #1 $1.8M −64% $21.2M 3,232 $543 4

Tue Oct 16 #1 $1.9M +6% $23.1M 3,232 $578 5

Wed Oct 17 #1 $1.8M −6% $24.8M 3,232 $542 6

Thu Oct 18 #1 $1.7M −1% $26.6M 3,232 $534 7

Fri Oct 19 #2 $5.1M +193% −14% $31.6M 3,247 $1,560 8

Sat Oct 20 #2 $7.5M +48% −14% $39.1M 3,247 $2,303 9

Sun Oct 21 #2 $3.9M −48% −21% $43.0M 3,247 $1,201 10

Mon Oct 22 #2 $1.0M −73% −41% $44.1M 3,247 $320 11

Tue Oct 23 #1 $1.7M +66% −8% $45.8M 3,247 $532 12

Wed Oct 24 #1 $1.3M −24% −25% $47.1M 3,247 $405 13

Thu Oct 25 #1 $1.3M +1% −23% $48.4M 3,247 $409 14

Fri Oct 26 #1 $3.9M +196% −22% $52.4M 2,855 $1,375 15

Sat Oct 27 #1 $5.3M +35% −29% $57.6M 2,855 $1,852 16

Sun Oct 28 #1 $2.9M −46% −26% $60.5M 2,855 $1,004 17

Mon Oct 29 #1 $845.0K −71% −19% $61.4M 2,855 $295 18

Tue Oct 30 #1 $1.5M +81% −11% $62.9M 2,855 $537 19

Wed Oct 31 #1 $1.4M −6% +10% $64.3M 2,855 $506 20

Thu Nov 1 #1 $1.3M −9% −1% $65.7M 2,855 $461 21

Fri Nov 2 #4 $3.0M +128% −24% $68.7M 2,774 $1,082 22

Sat Nov 3 #3 $4.8M +60% −9% $73.5M 2,774 $1,734 23

Sun Nov 4 #3 $2.4M −50% −17% $75.9M 2,774 $863 24

Mon Nov 5 #3 $719.5K −70% −15% $76.6M 2,774 $259 25

Tue Nov 6 #3 $851.5K +18% −44% $77.4M 2,774 $306 26

Wed Nov 7 #3 $742.3K −13% −49% $78.2M 2,774 $267 27

Thu Nov 8 #4 $792.5K +7% −40% $79.0M 2,774 $285 28

Fri Nov 9 #4 $1.8M +131% −39% $80.8M 2,763 $661 29

Sat Nov 10 #4 $3.0M +66% −37% $83.8M 2,763 $1,101 30

Sun Nov 11 #4 $1.7M −43% −27% $85.6M 2,763 $632 31

Mon Nov 12 #4 $841.6K −52% +17% $86.4M 2,763 $304 32

Tue Nov 13 #4 $583.4K −31% −31% $87.0M 2,763 $211 33

Wed Nov 14 #4 $481.3K −17% −35% $87.5M 2,763 $174 34

Thu Nov 15 #4 $463.0K −4% −42% $88.0M 2,763 $167 35

Fri Nov 16 #6 $1.1M +142% −39% $89.1M 2,210 $507 36

Sat Nov 17 #6 $1.9M +69% −38% $91.0M 2,210 $857 37

Sun Nov 18 #6 $1.0M −46% −41% $92.0M 2,210 $466 38

Mon Nov 19 #6 $403.5K −61% −52% $92.4M 2,210 $182 39

Tue Nov 20 #6 $601.5K +49% +3% $93.0M 2,210 $272 40

Wed Nov 21 #10 $577.1K −4% +20% $93.6M 1,255 $459 41

Thu Nov 22 #9 $616.2K +7% +33% $94.2M 1,255 $491 42

Fri Nov 23 #10 $1.6M +157% +41% $95.8M 1,255 $1,260 43

Sat Nov 24 #10 $1.5M −4% −20% $97.3M 1,255 $1,207 44

Sun Nov 25 #10 $768.2K −49% −26% $98.1M 1,255 $612 45

Mon Nov 26 #10 $212.3K −72% −47% $98.3M 1,255 $169 46

Tue Nov 27 #10 $246.4K +16% −59% $98.5M 1,255 $196 47

Wed Nov 28 #10 $226.1K −8% −61% $98.7M 1,255 $180 48

Thu Nov 29 #10 $233.2K +3% −62% $99.0M 1,255 $185 49

Fri Nov 30 $567.0K +143% −64% $99.5M 1,043 $543 50

Sat Dec 1 $959.4K +69% −37% $100.5M 1,043 $919 51

Sun Dec 2 $483.9K −50% −37% $101.0M 1,043 $463 52

Mon Dec 3 $146.5K −70% −31% $101.1M 1,043 $140 53

Tue Dec 4 #13 $194.9K +33% −21% $101.3M 1,043 $186 54

Wed Dec 5 #13 $171.4K −12% −24% $101.5M 1,043 $164 55

Thu Dec 6 $174.1K +2% −25% $101.7M 1,043 $166 56

Fri Dec 7 #13 $417.3K +140% −26% $102.1M 944 $442 57

Sat Dec 8 #12 $697.0K +67% −27% $102.8M 944 $738 58

Sun Dec 9 #13 $368.0K −47% −24% $103.2M 944 $389 59

Mon Dec 10 #13 $128.9K −65% −12% $103.3M 944 $136 60

Tue Dec 11 #13 $164.2K +27% −16% $103.5M 944 $173 61

Wed Dec 12 #13 $157.4K −4% −8% $103.6M 944 $166 62

Thu Dec 13 #13 $174.4K +11% n/c $103.8M 944 $184 63

Fri Dec 14 $304.3K +75% −27% $104.1M 667 $456 64

Sat Dec 15 $541.8K +78% −22% $104.6M 667 $812 65

Sun Dec 16 $324.0K −40% −12% $105.0M 667 $485 66

Mon Dec 17 #13 $144.1K −56% +12% $105.1M 667 $216 67

Tue Dec 18 #13 $164.2K +14% n/c $105.3M 667 $246 68

Wed Dec 19 #15 $131.0K −20% −17% $105.4M 667 $196 69

Thu Dec 20 #14 $141.3K +8% −19% $105.5M 667 $211 70

Fri Dec 21 $209.5K +48% −31% $105.7M 450 $465 71

Sat Dec 22 $371.7K +77% −31% $106.1M 450 $825 72

Sun Dec 23 $318.6K −14% −2% $106.4M 450 $707 73

Mon Dec 24 $235.6K −26% +63% $106.7M 450 $523 74

Tue Dec 25 $275.2K +17% +68% $106.9M 345 $797 75

Wed Dec 26 $234.6K −15% +79% $107.2M 345 $680 76

Thu Dec 27 $241.4K +3% +71% $107.4M 345 $699 77

Fri Dec 28 $302.0K +25% +44% $107.7M 345 $875 78

Sat Dec 29 $393.6K +30% +6% $108.1M 345 $1,140 79

Sun Dec 30 $308.2K −22% −3% $108.4M 345 $893 80

Mon Dec 31 $295.0K −4% +25% $108.7M 345 $854 81

Tue Jan 1 $322.4K +9% +17% $109.0M 345 $934 82

Wed Jan 2 $141.3K −56% −40% $109.2M 345 $409 83

Thu Jan 3 $133.1K −6% −45% $109.3M 345 $385 84

Fri Jan 4 #22 $225.1K +69% −25% $109.5M 302 $745 85

Sat Jan 5 #22 $360.8K +60% −8% $109.9M 302 $1,194 86

Sun Jan 6 #22 $203.3K −44% −34% $110.1M 302 $673 87

Mon Jan 7 #22 $54.0K −73% −82% $110.2M 302 $178 88

Tue Jan 8 $79.3K +47% −75% $110.2M 302 $262 89

Wed Jan 9 $73.2K −8% −48% $110.3M 302 $242 90

Thu Jan 10 #21 $91.5K +25% −31% $110.4M 302 $302 91

Fri Jan 11 $344.5K +277% +53% $110.7M 621 $554 92

Sat Jan 12 $579.2K +68% +61% $111.3M 621 $932 93

Sun Jan 13 $331.5K −43% +63% $111.7M 621 $533 94

Mon Jan 14 #14 $208.0K −37% +285% $111.9M 621 $334 95

Tue Jan 15 #15 $239.3K +15% +202% $112.1M 621 $385 96

Wed Jan 16 #14 $207.5K −13% +184% $112.3M 621 $334 97

Thu Jan 17 #15 $206.5K n/c +126% $112.5M 621 $332 98

Fri Jan 18 #17 $576.5K +179% +67% $113.1M 756 $762 99

Sat Jan 19 #15 $1.1M +85% +84% $114.2M 756 $1,407 100

Sun Jan 20 #15 $622.6K −41% +88% $114.8M 756 $823 101

Mon Jan 21 #16 $454.1K −27% +118% $115.2M 756 $600 102

Tue Jan 22 #16 $179.3K −61% −25% $115.4M 756 $237 103

Wed Jan 23 #15 $167.2K −7% −19% $115.6M 756 $221 104

Thu Jan 24 #15 $171.4K +3% −17% $115.8M 756 $226 105

Fri Jan 25 #18 $393.5K +130% −32% $116.1M 635 $619 106

Sat Jan 26 #18 $908.8K +131% −15% $117.1M 635 $1,431 107

Sun Jan 27 #18 $510.0K −44% −18% $117.6M 635 $803 108

Mon Jan 28 $177.2K −65% −61% $117.7M 635 $279 109

Tue Jan 29 $218.4K +23% +22% $118.0M 635 $343 110

Wed Jan 30 #13 $186.1K −15% +11% $118.2M 635 $293 111

Thu Jan 31 #14 $192.3K +3% +12% $118.3M 635 $302 112

Fri Feb 1 #13 $583.8K +204% +48% $118.9M 935 $624 113

Sat Feb 2 #11 $1.1M +93% +24% $120.1M 935 $1,207 114

Sun Feb 3 #13 $316.7K −72% −38% $120.4M 935 $338 115

Mon Feb 4 #12 $184.1K −42% +4% $120.6M 935 $196 116

Tue Feb 5 #11 $254.0K +38% +16% $120.8M 935 $271 117

Wed Feb 6 #11 $212.1K −17% +14% $121.0M 935 $226 118

Thu Feb 7 #11 $211.2K n/c +10% $121.2M 935 $225 119

Fri Feb 8 #9 $554.0K +162% −5% $121.8M 1,405 $394 120

Sat Feb 9 #8 $1.2M +108% +2% $122.9M 1,405 $821 121

Sun Feb 10 #8 $667.7K −42% +111% $123.6M 1,405 $475 122

Mon Feb 11 #9 $228.4K −66% +24% $123.8M 1,405 $162 123

Tue Feb 12 #9 $267.5K +17% +5% $124.1M 1,405 $190 124

Wed Feb 13 #9 $217.2K −19% +2% $124.3M 1,405 $154 125

Thu Feb 14 #11 $341.0K +57% +61% $124.7M 1,405 $242 126

Fri Feb 15 #12 $487.5K +43% −12% $125.2M 903 $539 127

Sat Feb 16 #12 $961.5K +97% −17% $126.1M 903 $1,064 128

Sun Feb 17 #12 $733.3K −24% +10% $126.8M 903 $812 129

Mon Feb 18 #12 $443.1K −40% +94% $127.3M 903 $490 130

Tue Feb 19 #12 $194.5K −56% −27% $127.5M 903 $215 131

Wed Feb 20 #12 $171.3K −12% −21% $127.7M 903 $189 132

Thu Feb 21 #12 $172.1K n/c −50% $127.8M 903 $190 133

Fri Feb 22 #12 $479.5K +179% −2% $128.3M 802 $597 134

Sat Feb 23 #12 $956.5K +99% −1% $129.3M 802 $1,192 135

Sun Feb 24 #14 $391.1K −59% −47% $129.7M 802 $487 136

Mon Feb 25 #12 $226.3K −42% −49% $129.9M 802 $282 137

Tue Feb 26 #12 $262.4K +16% +35% $130.1M 802 $327 138

Wed Feb 27 #12 $212.1K −19% +24% $130.4M 802 $264 139

Thu Feb 28 #12 $202.0K −5% +17% $130.6M 802 $251 140

Fri Mar 1 #13 $536.1K +165% +12% $131.1M 985 $544 141

Sat Mar 2 #13 $1.0M +92% +8% $132.1M 985 $1,046 142

Sun Mar 3 #13 $536.1K −48% +37% $132.7M 985 $544 143

Mon Mar 4 #13 $143.3K −73% −37% $132.8M 985 $145 144

Tue Mar 5 #14 $172.2K +20% −34% $133.0M 985 $174 145

Wed Mar 6 #13 $153.0K −11% −28% $133.1M 985 $155 146

Thu Mar 7 #13 $144.3K −6% −29% $133.3M 985 $146 147

Fri Mar 8 $276.3K +91% −48% $133.5M 741 $372 148

Sat Mar 9 $490.2K +77% −52% $134.0M 741 $661 149

Sun Mar 10 $243.8K −50% −55% $134.3M 741 $329 150

Mon Mar 11 $87.3K −64% −39% $134.4M 741 $117 151

Tue Mar 12 $118.3K +36% −31% $134.5M 741 $159 152

Wed Mar 13 $87.4K −26% −43% $134.6M 741 $117 153

Thu Mar 14 $93.2K +7% −35% $134.7M 741 $125 154

Fri Mar 15 $142.8K +53% −48% $134.8M 540 $264 155

Sat Mar 16 $243.9K +71% −50% $135.1M 540 $451 156

Sun Mar 17 $122.5K −50% −50% $135.2M 540 $226 157

Mon Mar 18 $51.3K −58% −41% $135.2M 540 $94 158

Tue Mar 19 $54.3K +6% −54% $135.3M 540 $100 159

Wed Mar 20 $50.4K −7% −42% $135.3M 540 $93 160

Thu Mar 21 $42.6K −16% −54% $135.4M 540 $78 161

Fri Mar 22 $37.6K −12% −74% $135.4M 185 $203 162

Sat Mar 23 $69.6K +85% −71% $135.5M 185 $376 163

Sun Mar 24 $35.1K −50% −71% $135.5M 185 $189 164

Mon Mar 25 $14.3K −59% −72% $135.5M 185 $77 165

Tue Mar 26 $15.4K +8% −72% $135.5M 185 $83 166

Wed Mar 27 $20.3K +31% −60% $135.6M 185 $109 167

Thu Mar 28 $19.6K −4% −54% $135.6M 185 $105 168

Fri Mar 29 $46.7K +139% +24% $135.6M 260 $179 169

Sat Mar 30 $58.0K +24% −17% $135.7M 260 $223 170

Sun Mar 31 $36.7K −37% +5% $135.7M 260 $141 171

Mon Apr 1 $19.6K −47% +37% $135.7M 260 $75 172

Tue Apr 2 $23.3K +19% +51% $135.8M 260 $89 173

Wed Apr 3 $18.9K −19% −7% $135.8M 260 $72 174

Thu Apr 4 $20.0K +6% +2% $135.8M 260 $77 175

Fri Apr 5 $26.5K +32% −43% $135.8M 172 $154 176

Sat Apr 6 $36.7K +38% −37% $135.9M 172 $213 177

Sun Apr 7 $22.7K −38% −38% $135.9M 172 $132 178

Mon Apr 8 $6.8K −70% −65% $135.9M 172 $39 179

Tue Apr 9 $9.1K +33% −61% $135.9M 172 $52 180

Wed Apr 10 $7.2K −21% −62% $135.9M 172 $41 181

Thu Apr 11 $8.8K +22% −56% $135.9M 172 $51 182

Fri Apr 12 $18.1K +106% −32% $135.9M 172 $104 183

Sat Apr 13 $25.3K +40% −31% $136.0M 172 $146 184

Sun Apr 14 $14.0K −45% −39% $136.0M 172 $81 185

Mon Apr 15 $3.6K −74% −47% $136.0M 172 $20 186

Tue Apr 16 $4.4K +23% −51% $136.0M 172 $25 187

Wed Apr 17 $3.7K −17% −49% $136.0M 172 $21 188

Thu Apr 18 $4.0K +9% −54% $136.0M 172 $23 189

Fri Apr 19 $5.3K +32% −71% $136.0M 43 $122 190

Sat Apr 20 $7.7K +46% −70% $136.0M 43 $178 191

Sun Apr 21 $3.9K −49% −72% $136.0M 43 $91 192

Mon Apr 22 $1.1K −72% −69% $136.0M 43 $25 193

Tue Apr 23 $2.0K +81% −55% $136.0M 43 $46 194

Wed Apr 24 $1.6K −19% −56% $136.0M 43 $37 195

Thu Apr 25 $1.4K −14% −66% $136.0M 43 $31 196

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

Cumulative total$105.5M

Oct 12Oct 29Nov 16Dec 3Dec 20

Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.2M

$19.5M

$16.4M

$12.1M

$10.2M

$6.6M

$4.0M

$3.9M

$2.0M

$1.5M

$1.2M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,247 → 667 −79.5%

3,232 open667 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −21.1%

−15.5%

W1→2

−26.5%

W2→3

−15.5%

W3→4

−35.2%

W4→5

−38.9%

W5→6

−4.5%

W6→7

−48.0%

W7→8

−26.3%

W8→9

−21.1%

W9→10

Steepest −48.0%Best hold −4.5%

Run milestones

$100M in 51 days

$100M

Day 51

Dec 1

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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