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Argo

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

The movie was fake. The mission was real.

Argo Box Office

Opening Weekend
$19.5M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$136M
Final
Worldwide Total
$232M
$96.3M international
Domestic Legs6.99x
Budget$44.5M
2012 Rank#22
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Oct 12-14 2 $19.46M $19.46M 3,232 $6.0K 1
Oct 19-21 2 $16.45M -15.5% $43.01M 3,247 $5.1K 2
Oct 26-28 1 $12.09M -26.5% $60.51M 2,855 $4.2K 3
Nov 2-4 3 $10.21M -15.5% $75.86M 2,774 $3.7K 4
Nov 9-11 4 $6.62M -35.2% $85.58M 2,763 $2.4K 5
Nov 16-18 6 $4.05M -38.9% $92.00M 2,210 $1.8K 6
Nov 23-25 10 $3.87M -4.5% $98.06M 1,255 $3.1K 7
Nov 30-Dec 2 13 $2.01M -48.0% $100.99M 1,043 $1.9K 8
Dec 7-9 14 $1.48M -26.3% $103.16M 944 $1.6K 9
Dec 14-16 12 $1.17M -21.1% $104.96M 667 $1.8K 10
Dec 21-23 15 $900K -23.1% $106.44M 450 $2.0K 11
Dec 28-30 17 $1.00M +11.6% $108.43M 345 $2.9K 12
Jan 4-6 22 $789K -21.4% $110.11M 302 $2.6K 13
Jan 11-13 19 $1.26M +59.1% $111.66M 621 $2.0K 14
Jan 18-20 15 $2.26M +80.3% $114.78M 756 $3.0K 15
Jan 25-27 18 $1.81M -19.9% $117.57M 635 $2.9K 16
Feb 1-3 11 $2.03M +12.0% $120.37M 935 $2.2K 17
Feb 8-10 8 $2.38M +17.1% $123.61M 1,405 $1.7K 18
Feb 15-17 12 $2.18M -8.1% $126.85M 903 $2.4K 19
Feb 22-24 12 $1.83M -16.3% $129.65M 802 $2.3K 20
Mar 1-3 13 $2.10M +15.1% $132.66M 985 $2.1K 21
Mar 8-10 17 $1.01M -52.0% $134.28M 741 $1.4K 22
Mar 15-17 20 $509K -49.6% $135.18M 540 $942 23
Mar 22-24 33 $142K -72.1% $135.52M 185 $769 24
Mar 29-31 30 $141K -0.6% $135.73M 260 $543 25
Apr 5-7 39 $86K -39.2% $135.90M 172 $499 26
Apr 12-14 43 $57K -33.4% $135.99M 172 $333 27

Performance Charts

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

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Profitability

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

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Cast & Crew

Directed byBen Affleck
ScreenplayChris Terrio
Produced byBen Affleck, George Clooney, Grant Heslov
CinematographyRodrigo Prieto
MusicAlexandre Desplat
Prod. DesignSharon Seymour
StarringBen Affleck, Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin, John Goodman, Victor Garber, Tate Donovan
StudioWarner Bros.

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