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2006 • R • 2h 23m • Drama • Paramount Vantage

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7.5

CS B-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$5.60M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$34.30M

Final

Worldwide total

$135.00M

$101.00M international

Domestic legs6.17x

Budget$25.0M

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Cast & crew

Full Iñárritu filmography

Alejandro G. Iñárritu

Alejandro G. Iñárritu Director

Brad Pitt

Brad Pitt Starring

Adriana Barraza

Adriana Barraza Starring

Cate Blanchett

Cate Blanchett Starring

Gael García Bernal

Gael García Bernal Starring

ScreenplayGuillermo Arriaga Produced byAlejandro González Iñárritu, Jon Kilik, Steve Golin CinematographyRodrigo Prieto MusicGustavo Santaolalla Prod. DesignBrigitte Broch StudioParamount Vantage

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 10-12 6 $5.6M — 1,251 $4,442 $7.4M

2 Nov 17-19 8 $2.9M −47.7% 1,251 $2,321 $12.0M

3 Nov 24-26 13 $2.0M −32.2% 902 $2,182 $15.2M

4 Dec 1-3 16 $1.0M −49.1% 609 $1,644 $16.8M

5 Dec 8-10 19 $456.6K −54.4% 373 $1,224 $17.6M

6 Dec 15-17 17 $495.8K +8.6% 220 $2,253 $18.3M

7 Dec 22-24 21 $312.2K −37.0% 208 $1,501 $18.9M

8 Dec 29-31 24 $478.6K +53.3% 233 $2,054 $19.8M

9 Jan 5-7 27 $454.0K −5.1% 190 $2,389 $20.7M

10 Jan 12-14 29 $380.9K −16.1% 173 $2,201 $21.3M

11 Jan 19-21 13 $2.1M +444.1% 889 $2,331 $23.7M

12 Jan 26-28 14 $2.6M +23.6% 1,090 $2,349 $27.2M

13 Feb 2-4 15 $1.7M −33.6% 1,090 $1,561 $29.7M

14 Feb 9-11 15 $1.7M −1.4% 919 $1,825 $32.0M

15 Feb 16-18 21 $590.0K −64.8% 305 $1,934 $33.1M

16 Feb 23-25 23 $443.5K −24.8% 289 $1,534 $33.8M

17 Mar 2-4 33 $174.6K −60.6% 176 $992 $34.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 3 $270.3K — $821.7K 35 $7,724 8

Sat Nov 4 $377.5K +40% $1.2M 35 $10,785 9

Fri Nov 10 #7 $1.7M — +539% $3.6M 1,251 $1,379 15

Sat Nov 11 #7 $2.3M +33% +506% $5.9M 1,251 $1,829 16

Sun Nov 12 #6 $1.5M −33% $7.4M 1,251 $1,233 17

Mon Nov 13 #6 $479.7K −69% $7.9M 1,251 $383 18

Tue Nov 14 #6 $442.8K −8% $8.3M 1,251 $353 19

Wed Nov 15 #6 $402.8K −9% $8.7M 1,251 $322 20

Thu Nov 16 #5 $390.7K −3% $9.1M 1,251 $312 21

Fri Nov 17 #8 $875.7K +124% −49% $10.0M 1,251 $699 22

Sat Nov 18 #8 $1.2M +37% −48% $11.2M 1,251 $959 23

Sun Nov 19 #7 $829.2K −31% −46% $12.0M 1,251 $662 24

Mon Nov 20 #8 $267.5K −68% −44% $12.3M 1,251 $213 25

Tue Nov 21 #8 $316.7K +18% −28% $12.6M 1,251 $253 26

Mon Dec 25 #24 $124.6K — $19.0M 208 $598 60

Fri Dec 29 $110.0K — $19.5M 233 $472 64

Mon Jan 15 #31 $78.0K — $21.4M 173 $450 81

Fri Jan 19 #16 $440.0K — $22.0M 889 $494 85

Wed Jan 24 #10 $290.4K — $24.4M 889 $326 90

Thu Jan 25 #10 $275.4K −5% $24.7M 889 $309 91

Fri Jan 26 #14 $670.0K +143% +52% $25.3M 1,090 $614 92

Fri Feb 2 #15 $500.0K — −25% $28.5M 1,090 $458 99

Mon Feb 19 #22 $116.7K — $33.2M 305 $382 116

Fri Mar 2 $44.8K — $34.0M 176 $254 127

Sat Mar 3 $82.5K +84% $34.1M 176 $468 128

Sun Mar 4 $47.3K −43% $34.1M 176 $268 129

Mon Mar 5 $14.4K −70% $34.1M 176 $81 130

Tue Mar 6 $15.4K +7% $34.1M 176 $87 131

Wed Mar 7 $14.3K −7% $34.2M 176 $81 132

Thu Mar 8 $13.8K −3% $34.2M 176 $78 133

Fri Mar 9 $18.6K +35% −58% $34.2M 84 $221 134

Sat Mar 10 $34.6K +86% −58% $34.2M 84 $411 135

Sun Mar 11 $16.5K −52% −65% $34.2M 84 $196 136

Mon Mar 12 $6.7K −60% −54% $34.2M 84 $79 137

Tue Mar 13 $8.1K +21% −48% $34.3M 84 $95 138

Wed Mar 14 $7.1K −12% −50% $34.3M 84 $84 139

Thu Mar 15 $7.3K +2% −47% $34.3M 84 $86 140

Fri Mar 16 $4.5K −38% −76% $34.3M 38 $117 141

Sat Mar 17 $8.8K +97% −75% $34.3M 38 $231 142

Sun Mar 18 $7.9K −10% −52% $34.3M 38 $207 143

Mon Mar 19 $2.5K −68% −63% $34.3M 38 $65 144

Tue Mar 20 $2.6K +4% −68% $34.3M 38 $68 145

Wed Mar 21 $2.3K −10% −67% $34.3M 38 $61 146

Thu Mar 22 $2.3K −2% −68% $34.3M 38 $60 147

Fri Mar 23 $844 −63% −81% $34.3M 7 $120 148

Sat Mar 24 $2.0K +132% −78% $34.3M 7 $279 149

Sun Mar 25 $984 −50% −88% $34.3M 7 $140 150

Mon Mar 26 $454 −54% −82% $34.3M 7 $64 151

Tue Mar 27 $539 +19% −79% $34.3M 7 $77 152

Wed Mar 28 $582 +8% −75% $34.3M 7 $83 153

Thu Mar 29 $491 −16% −79% $34.3M 7 $70 154

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

Cumulative total$19.5M

Nov 3Nov 12Nov 16Nov 19Dec 29

Weekend grossWk 10 · $380.9K

$5.6M

$2.9M

$2.0M

$1.0M

$456.6K

$495.8K

$312.2K

$478.6K

$454.0K

$380.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,251 → 233 −81.4%

35 open233 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −16.1%

−47.7%

W1→2

−32.2%

W2→3

−49.1%

W3→4

−54.4%

W4→5

+8.6%

W5→6

−37.0%

W6→7

+53.3%

W7→8

−5.1%

W8→9

−16.1%

W9→10

Steepest −54.4%Biggest gain +53.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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