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2007 • R • 2h 3m • Drama, Mystery, Romance • Focus Features

Torn apart by betrayal. Separated by war. Bound by love.

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4.01

7.8

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$4.60M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$50.61M

Final

Worldwide total

$129.00M

$78.30M international

Domestic legs10.0x from $5.1M biggest weekend

Budget$30.0M

2007 rank#49

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Cast & crew

Full Wright filmography

Joe Wright

Joe Wright Director

James McAvoy

James McAvoy Starring

Keira Knightley

Keira Knightley Starring

Saoirse Ronan

Saoirse Ronan Starring

Romola Garai

Romola Garai Starring

Vanessa Redgrave

Vanessa Redgrave Starring

ScreenplayChristopher Hampton Produced byTim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Paul Webster CinematographySeamus McGarvey MusicDario Marianelli Prod. DesignSarah Greenwood StudioFocus Features

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 14-16 9 $1.8M — 117 $15,443 $2.9M

2 Dec 21-23 11 $1.9M +7.4% 297 $6,533 $5.8M

3 Dec 28-30 14 $3.1M +60.9% 310 $10,074 $11.2M

4 Jan 4-6 10 $5.1M +62.2% 583 $8,687 $19.2M

5 Jan 11-13 10 $4.2M −16.6% 950 $4,444 $25.1M

6 Jan 18-20 10 $4.6M +8.9% 1,291 $3,560 $31.7M

7 Jan 25-27 13 $3.9M −14.8% 1,400 $2,798 $37.9M

8 Feb 1-3 14 $2.9M −25.0% 1,367 $2,150 $42.1M

9 Feb 8-10 15 $2.1M −29.3% 1,190 $1,746 $45.2M

10 Feb 15-17 17 $1.5M −30.0% 784 $1,854 $47.5M

11 Feb 22-24 18 $1.2M −17.2% 760 $1,584 $49.4M

12 Feb 29-Mar 2 24 $486.1K −59.6% 480 $1,012 $50.2M

13 Mar 7-9 33 $155.3K −68.0% 202 $768 $50.6M

14 Mar 14-16 38 $101.5K −34.6% 129 $786 $50.7M

2 Oct 9-11 35 $12.9K — 37 $348 $32.4K

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 7 $243.0K — $243.0K 32 $7,593 1

Fri Dec 14 #10 $521.0K — +114% $1.6M 117 $4,452 8

Sat Dec 15 #9 $765.0K +47% $2.4M 117 $6,538 9

Sun Dec 16 #9 $520.9K −32% $2.9M 117 $4,451 10

Mon Dec 17 #7 $218.0K −58% $3.1M 117 $1,863 11

Tue Dec 18 #7 $224.3K +3% $3.4M 117 $1,916 12

Wed Dec 19 #7 $226.0K +1% $3.6M 117 $1,931 13

Thu Dec 20 #10 $226.0K n/c $3.8M 117 $1,931 14

Tue Jan 1 $962.3K — $13.0M 310 $3,104 26

Fri Jan 4 #10 $1.5M — $15.6M 583 $2,582 29

Sat Jan 5 #10 $2.2M +43% $17.8M 583 $3,697 30

Sun Jan 6 #10 $1.4M −35% $19.2M 583 $2,407 31

Mon Jan 7 #10 $409.6K −71% $19.6M 583 $702 32

Tue Jan 8 #9 $453.6K +11% −53% $20.0M 583 $777 33

Wed Jan 9 #8 $456.7K +1% $20.5M 583 $783 34

Thu Jan 10 #9 $440.8K −3% $20.9M 583 $756 35

Fri Jan 11 #10 $1.3M +189% −15% $22.2M 950 $1,342 36

Sat Jan 12 #11 $1.8M +44% −15% $24.0M 950 $1,935 37

Sun Jan 13 #10 $1.1M −40% −21% $25.1M 950 $1,166 38

Mon Jan 14 #6 $474.2K −57% +16% $25.6M 950 $499 39

Tue Jan 15 #6 $502.3K +6% +11% $26.1M 950 $528 40

Wed Jan 16 #6 $511.4K +2% +12% $26.6M 950 $538 41

Thu Jan 17 #6 $506.2K −1% +15% $27.1M 950 $532 42

Fri Jan 18 #10 $1.3M +151% n/c $28.4M 1,291 $983 43

Sat Jan 19 #10 $2.0M +60% +11% $30.4M 1,291 $1,578 44

Sun Jan 20 #10 $1.3M −37% +16% $31.7M 1,291 $998 45

Mon Jan 21 #12 $931.5K −28% +96% $32.7M 1,291 $721 46

Tue Jan 22 #7 $423.6K −55% −16% $33.1M 1,291 $328 47

Wed Jan 23 #6 $428.9K +1% −16% $33.5M 1,291 $332 48

Thu Jan 24 #6 $436.9K +2% −14% $33.9M 1,291 $338 49

Fri Jan 25 #12 $1.0M +137% −19% $35.0M 1,400 $739 50

Sat Jan 26 #13 $1.8M +73% −12% $36.8M 1,400 $1,278 51

Sun Jan 27 #12 $1.1M −39% −15% $37.9M 1,400 $781 52

Mon Jan 28 #11 $297.8K −73% −68% $38.2M 1,400 $212 53

Tue Jan 29 #10 $339.2K +14% −20% $38.5M 1,400 $242 54

Wed Jan 30 #9 $341.2K +1% −20% $38.8M 1,400 $243 55

Thu Jan 31 #9 $344.3K +1% −21% $39.2M 1,400 $245 56

Fri Feb 1 #14 $834.8K +142% −19% $40.0M 1,367 $610 57

Sat Feb 2 #13 $1.5M +84% −14% $41.6M 1,367 $1,122 58

Sun Feb 3 #13 $570.6K −63% −48% $42.1M 1,367 $417 59

Mon Feb 4 #13 $249.2K −56% −16% $42.4M 1,367 $182 60

Tue Feb 5 #13 $254.2K +2% −25% $42.6M 1,367 $185 61

Wed Feb 6 #11 $239.1K −6% −30% $42.9M 1,367 $174 62

Thu Feb 7 #11 $265.6K +11% −23% $43.1M 1,367 $194 63

Fri Feb 8 #13 $575.7K +117% −31% $43.7M 1,190 $483 64

Sat Feb 9 #14 $972.4K +69% −37% $44.7M 1,190 $817 65

Sun Feb 10 #15 $529.8K −46% −7% $45.2M 1,190 $445 66

Mon Feb 11 #13 $155.5K −71% −38% $45.4M 1,190 $130 67

Tue Feb 12 #12 $171.6K +10% −32% $45.5M 1,190 $144 68

Wed Feb 13 #11 $185.3K +8% −22% $45.7M 1,190 $155 69

Thu Feb 14 #15 $277.7K +50% +5% $46.0M 1,190 $233 70

Fri Feb 15 #16 $348.3K +25% −40% $46.3M 784 $444 71

Sat Feb 16 #16 $630.3K +81% −35% $47.0M 784 $803 72

Sun Feb 17 #16 $475.6K −25% −10% $47.5M 784 $606 73

Mon Feb 18 #19 $304.1K −36% +96% $47.8M 784 $387 74

Tue Feb 19 #14 $140.7K −54% −18% $47.9M 784 $179 75

Wed Feb 20 #15 $134.6K −4% −27% $48.0M 784 $171 76

Thu Feb 21 #14 $154.4K +15% −44% $48.2M 784 $196 77

Fri Feb 22 $291.6K +89% −16% $48.5M 755 $386 78

Sat Feb 23 $643.0K +120% +2% $49.1M 755 $851 79

Sun Feb 24 $269.4K −58% −43% $49.4M 755 $356 80

Mon Feb 25 #17 $80.4K −70% −74% $49.5M 755 $106 81

Tue Feb 26 #16 $86.7K +8% −38% $49.6M 755 $114 82

Wed Feb 27 #16 $90.9K +5% −32% $49.6M 755 $120 83

Thu Feb 28 #16 $89.7K −1% −42% $49.7M 755 $118 84

Fri Feb 29 #23 $126.2K +41% −57% $49.9M 480 $262 85

Sat Mar 1 #23 $231.0K +83% −64% $50.1M 480 $481 86

Sun Mar 2 #23 $128.9K −44% −52% $50.2M 480 $268 87

Mon Mar 3 $39.0K −70% −52% $50.3M 480 $81 88

Tue Mar 4 $45.2K +16% −48% $50.3M 480 $94 89

Wed Mar 5 $45.5K +1% −50% $50.4M 480 $94 90

Thu Mar 6 $49.0K +8% −45% $50.4M 480 $102 91

Fri Mar 7 $43.8K −11% −65% $50.4M 202 $217 92

Sat Mar 8 $70.3K +60% −70% $50.5M 202 $348 93

Sun Mar 9 $42.1K −40% −67% $50.6M 202 $208 94

Mon Mar 10 $15.6K −63% −60% $50.6M 202 $77 95

Tue Mar 11 $19.1K +22% −58% $50.6M 202 $94 96

Wed Mar 12 $18.9K −1% −59% $50.6M 202 $93 97

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

Cumulative total$46.0M

Dec 7Jan 8Jan 20Feb 2Feb 14

Weekend grossWk 2 · $12.9K

$1.8M

$1.9M

$3.1M

$5.1M

$4.2M

$4.6M

$3.9M

$2.9M

$2.1M

$1.5M

$12.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10W2

Theater countPeak 1,400 → 1,190 −15.0%

32 open1,190 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 2 · −30.0%

+7.4%

W1→2

+60.9%

W2→3

+62.2%

W3→4

−16.6%

W4→5

+8.9%

W5→6

−14.8%

W6→7

−25.0%

W7→8

−29.3%

W8→9

−30.0%

W9→10

Steepest −30.0%Biggest gain +62.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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