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2012 • PG-13 • 1h 44m • Biography, Comedy, Crime • Alchemy

A story so unbelievable it must be true.

🍅 87% 73% MC 75 LB 3.51 IMDb 6.8

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$86K
Limited · 3 theaters
Domestic total
$9.20M
Final
Worldwide total
$10.10M
$902K international
Domestic legs10.3x from $898K biggest weekend
Budget$6M
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Cast & crew

Full Linklater filmography
Richard Linklater Richard Linklater Director Jack Black Jack Black Starring Shirley MacLaine Shirley MacLaine Starring Matthew McConaughey Matthew McConaughey Starring
ScreenplayRichard Linklater, Skip Hollandsworth Produced byRichard Linklater, Matt Williams, Martin Shafer, Celine Rattray CinematographyDick Pope MusicGraham Reynolds StudioAlchemy

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Apr 27-29 36 $85.8K — 3 $28,602 $85.8K
3 May 11-13 21 $219.4K — 36 $6,095 $540.0K
4 May 18-20 13 $491.4K +124.0% 95 $5,173 $1.1M
5 May 25-28 12 $870.2K +77.1% 194 $4,485 $2.2M
6 Jun 1-3 12 $897.7K +3.2% 302 $2,973 $3.7M
7 Jun 8-10 15 $820.2K −8.6% 332 $2,470 $4.8M
8 Jun 15-17 15 $618.7K −24.6% 300 $2,062 $5.9M
9 Jun 22-24 15 $487.4K −21.2% 220 $2,215 $6.7M
10 Jun 29-Jul 1 22 $323.0K −33.7% 166 $1,946 $7.3M
11 Jul 6-8 27 $250.9K −22.3% 113 $2,220 $7.8M
12 Jul 13-15 30 $215.9K −13.9% 103 $2,096 $8.1M
13 Jul 20-22 28 $161.7K −25.1% 104 $1,555 $8.4M
14 Jul 27-29 31 $135.2K −16.4% 99 $1,365 $8.6M
15 Aug 3-5 31 $130.7K −3.3% 97 $1,348 $8.8M
16 Aug 10-12 38 $79.3K −39.3% 88 $901 $8.9M
17 Aug 17-19 47 $62.2K −21.6% 71 $876 $9.0M
18 Aug 24-26 54 $45.1K −27.5% 52 $868 $9.1M
19 Aug 31-Sep 3 61 $26.3K −41.7% 26 $1,012 $9.2M
20 Sep 7-9 74 $13.1K −50.1% 18 $729 $9.2M
21 Sep 14-16 71 $11.2K −14.9% 10 $1,118 $9.2M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $323.0K
$85.8K
$219.4K
$491.4K
$870.2K
$897.7K
$820.2K
$618.7K
$487.4K
$323.0K
W1W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −33.7%
+124.0%
W3→4
+77.1%
W4→5
+3.2%
W5→6
−8.6%
W6→7
−24.6%
W7→8
−21.2%
W8→9
−33.7%
W9→10
Steepest −33.7%Biggest gain +124.0%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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