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2010 • R • 1h 52m • Drama, Romance • The Weinstein Company

A Love Story.

🍅 87% 77%

81

3.78

7.3

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$194K

Limited · 4 theaters

Domestic total

$9.70M

Final

Worldwide total

$16.60M

$6.80M international

Domestic legs7.0x from $1.4M biggest weekend

Budget$1M

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Cast & crew

Full Cianfrance filmography

Derek Cianfrance

Derek Cianfrance Director

Ryan Gosling

Ryan Gosling Starring

Michelle Williams

Michelle Williams Starring

Mike Vogel

Mike Vogel Starring

Ben Shenkman

Ben Shenkman Starring

ScreenplayDerek Cianfrance, Joey Curtis, Cami Delavigne Produced byLynette Howell, Alex Orlovsky, Jamie Patricof CinematographyAndrij Parekh Music byGrizzly Bear StudioThe Weinstein Company

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 31-Jan 2 25 $193.7K — 4 $48,432 $291.6K

2 Jan 7-9 16 $704.3K +263.6% 40 $17,608 $1.1M

3 Jan 14-16 17 $1.4M +96.9% 230 $6,029 $2.8M

4 Jan 21-23 19 $877.8K −36.7% 242 $3,627 $4.5M

5 Jan 28-30 16 $1.2M +35.1% 415 $2,858 $6.1M

6 Feb 4-6 17 $786.4K −33.7% 450 $1,748 $7.3M

7 Feb 11-13 18 $585.5K −25.5% 393 $1,490 $8.2M

8 Feb 18-20 25 $330.2K −43.6% 235 $1,405 $8.8M

9 Feb 25-27 34 $209.8K −36.5% 167 $1,256 $9.2M

10 Mar 4-6 36 $95.8K −54.3% 96 $998 $9.4M

11 Mar 11-13 45 $60.9K −36.4% 60 $1,015 $9.5M

12 Mar 18-20 52 $34.4K −43.6% 43 $799 $9.6M

13 Mar 25-27 58 $31.7K −7.6% 44 $721 $9.6M

14 Apr 1-3 63 $18.9K −40.5% 39 $484 $9.7M

15 Apr 8-10 73 $8.7K −53.7% 19 $460 $9.7M

16 Apr 15-17 81 $5.0K −43.3% 15 $330 $9.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Dec 29 #- $47.9K — $47.9K 4 $11,972 1

Thu Dec 30 #- $50.0K +4% $97.9K 4 $12,498 2

Fri Dec 31 #- $42.4K −15% $140.3K 4 $10,606 3

Sat Jan 1 #- $80.6K +90% $220.9K 4 $20,160 4

Sun Jan 2 #- $70.7K −12% $291.6K 4 $17,666 5

Mon Jan 3 #- $38.8K −45% $330.4K 4 $9,707 6

Tue Jan 4 #- $37.1K −4% $367.5K 4 $9,274 7

Wed Jan 5 #- $37.2K — −22% $404.7K 4 $9,302 8

Thu Jan 6 #- $35.5K −5% −29% $440.2K 4 $8,878 9

Fri Jan 7 #16 $204.4K +476% +382% $644.7K 40 $5,110 10

Sat Jan 8 #17 $285.7K +40% +254% $930.4K 40 $7,143 11

Sun Jan 9 #16 $214.2K −25% +203% $1.1M 40 $5,355 12

Mon Jan 10 #16 $74.8K −65% +93% $1.2M 40 $1,870 13

Tue Jan 11 #16 $84.8K +13% +128% $1.3M 40 $2,119 14

Wed Jan 12 #- $78.0K −8% +110% $1.4M 40 $1,949 15

Thu Jan 13 #- $78.4K — +121% $1.5M 40 $1,959 16

Fri Jan 14 #16 $394.5K +403% +93% $1.9M 230 $1,715 17

Sat Jan 15 #17 $572.8K +45% +100% $2.4M 230 $2,490 18

Sun Jan 16 #- $419.5K −27% +96% $2.8M 230 $1,824 19

Mon Jan 17 #16 $315.0K −25% +321% $3.2M 230 $1,369 20

Tue Jan 18 #15 $152.1K −52% +79% $3.3M 230 $661 21

Wed Jan 19 #14 $139.4K −8% +79% $3.5M 230 $606 22

Thu Jan 20 #15 $130.6K −6% +67% $3.6M 230 $568 23

Fri Jan 21 #18 $255.6K +96% −35% $3.8M 242 $1,056 24

Sat Jan 22 #19 $401.6K +57% −30% $4.2M 242 $1,660 25

Sun Jan 23 #17 $220.6K −45% −47% $4.5M 242 $912 26

Mon Jan 24 #15 $87.9K −60% −72% $4.5M 242 $363 27

Tue Jan 25 #15 $118.1K +34% −22% $4.7M 242 $488 28

Wed Jan 26 #14 $100.4K −15% −28% $4.8M 242 $415 29

Thu Jan 27 #14 $110.6K +10% −15% $4.9M 242 $457 30

Fri Jan 28 #16 $339.0K +206% +33% $5.2M 415 $817 31

Sat Jan 29 #16 $504.3K +49% +26% $5.7M 415 $1,215 32

Sun Jan 30 #16 $342.7K −32% +55% $6.1M 415 $826 33

Mon Jan 31 #15 $100.8K −71% +15% $6.2M 415 $243 34

Tue Feb 1 #15 $104.4K +4% −12% $6.3M 415 $252 35

Wed Feb 2 #15 $102.4K −2% +2% $6.4M 415 $247 36

Thu Feb 3 #15 $111.6K +9% +1% $6.5M 415 $269 37

Fri Feb 4 #17 $252.8K +127% −25% $6.7M 450 $562 38

Sat Feb 5 #17 $378.0K +50% −25% $7.1M 450 $840 39

Sun Feb 6 #18 $155.7K −59% −55% $7.3M 450 $346 40

Mon Feb 7 #17 $79.1K −49% −21% $7.3M 450 $176 41

Tue Feb 8 #15 $101.0K +28% −3% $7.4M 450 $224 42

Wed Feb 9 #17 $86.1K −15% −16% $7.5M 450 $191 43

Thu Feb 10 #16 $91.1K +6% −18% $7.6M 450 $202 44

Fri Feb 11 #16 $159.1K +75% −37% $7.8M 393 $405 45

Sat Feb 12 #19 $261.1K +64% −31% $8.0M 393 $664 46

Sun Feb 13 #- $165.3K −37% +6% $8.2M 393 $421 47

Mon Feb 14 #- $108.1K −35% +37% $8.3M 393 $275 48

Tue Feb 15 #- $63.2K −41% −37% $8.4M 393 $161 49

Wed Feb 16 #- $57.6K −9% −33% $8.4M 393 $147 50

Thu Feb 17 #- $59.0K +2% −35% $8.5M 393 $150 51

Fri Feb 18 #- $82.8K +40% −48% $8.6M 235 $352 52

Sat Feb 19 #- $136.2K +64% −48% $8.7M 235 $579 53

Sun Feb 20 #- $111.2K −18% −33% $8.8M 235 $473 54

Mon Feb 21 #28 $72.3K −35% −33% $8.9M 235 $308 55

Tue Feb 22 #- $37.8K −48% −40% $8.9M 235 $161 56

Wed Feb 23 #- $35.6K −6% −38% $9.0M 235 $151 57

Thu Feb 24 #- $38.9K +9% −34% $9.0M 235 $166 58

Fri Feb 25 #- $59.6K +53% −28% $9.1M 167 $357 59

Sat Feb 26 #- $108.9K +83% −20% $9.2M 167 $652 60

Sun Feb 27 #- $41.3K −62% −63% $9.2M 167 $247 61

Mon Feb 28 #- $19.6K −53% −73% $9.2M 167 $117 62

Tue Mar 1 #- $24.4K +25% −35% $9.3M 167 $146 63

Wed Mar 2 #- $20.6K −16% −42% $9.3M 167 $123 64

Thu Mar 3 #- $24.2K +17% −38% $9.3M 167 $145 65

Fri Mar 4 #- $26.0K +8% −56% $9.3M 96 $271 66

Sat Mar 5 #- $41.5K +60% −62% $9.4M 96 $432 67

Sun Mar 6 #- $28.3K −32% −31% $9.4M 96 $295 68

Mon Mar 7 #- $8.8K −69% −55% $9.4M 96 $92 69

Tue Mar 8 #- $11.7K +33% −52% $9.4M 96 $122 70

Wed Mar 9 #- $10.9K −7% −47% $9.4M 96 $114 71

Thu Mar 10 #- $13.4K +23% −44% $9.5M 96 $140 72

Fri Mar 11 #- $16.9K +26% −35% $9.5M 60 $282 73

Sat Mar 12 #- $27.2K +61% −34% $9.5M 60 $454 74

Sun Mar 13 #- $16.8K −38% −41% $9.5M 60 $280 75

Mon Mar 14 #- $6.6K −61% −25% $9.5M 60 $110 76

Tue Mar 15 #- $7.7K +17% −35% $9.5M 60 $128 77

Wed Mar 16 #- $7.3K −5% −33% $9.5M 60 $122 78

Thu Mar 17 #- $6.2K −15% −54% $9.5M 60 $104 79

Fri Mar 18 #- $9.2K +47% −46% $9.6M 43 $213 80

Sat Mar 19 #- $14.9K +63% −45% $9.6M 43 $346 81

Sun Mar 20 #- $10.3K −31% −38% $9.6M 43 $240 82

Mon Mar 21 #- $4.7K −55% −29% $9.6M 43 $109 83

Tue Mar 22 #- $6.7K +42% −13% $9.6M 43 $156 84

Wed Mar 23 #- $4.8K −29% −35% $9.6M 43 $111 85

Thu Mar 24 #- $4.8K +1% −23% $9.6M 43 $112 86

Fri Mar 25 #- $7.5K +56% −18% $9.6M 44 $170 87

Sat Mar 26 #- $14.6K +96% −2% $9.6M 44 $333 88

Sun Mar 27 #- $9.6K −34% −7% $9.6M 44 $219 89

Mon Mar 28 #- $3.9K −59% −16% $9.6M 44 $90 90

Tue Mar 29 #- $5.5K +40% −17% $9.6M 44 $126 91

Wed Mar 30 #- $4.7K −15% −1% $9.6M 44 $107 92

Thu Mar 31 #- $5.5K +17% +14% $9.6M 44 $125 93

Fri Apr 1 #- $5.5K +1% −26% $9.7M 39 $142 94

Sat Apr 2 #- $7.6K +38% −48% $9.7M 39 $195 95

Sun Apr 3 #- $5.7K −25% −40% $9.7M 39 $147 96

Mon Apr 4 #- $2.8K −52% −30% $9.7M 39 $71 97

Tue Apr 5 #- $3.9K +42% −29% $9.7M 39 $101 98

Wed Apr 6 #- $4.0K +2% −15% $9.7M 39 $102 99

Thu Apr 7 #- $3.3K −17% −39% $9.7M 39 $85 100

Fri Apr 8 #- $2.3K −29% −57% $9.7M 19 $124 101

Sat Apr 9 #- $3.6K +55% −52% $9.7M 19 $192 102

Sun Apr 10 #- $2.7K −25% −52% $9.7M 19 $144 103

Mon Apr 11 #- $1.1K −58% −59% $9.7M 19 $60 104

Tue Apr 12 #- $1.2K +3% −70% $9.7M 19 $62 105

Wed Apr 13 #- $2.4K +104% −40% $9.7M 19 $126 106

Thu Apr 14 #- $1.4K −43% −59% $9.7M 19 $72 107

Fri Apr 15 #- $1.4K +4% −40% $9.7M 15 $94 108

Sat Apr 16 #- $2.0K +42% −45% $9.7M 15 $134 109

Sun Apr 17 #- $1.5K −24% −44% $9.7M 15 $102 110

Mon Apr 18 #- $802 −47% −30% $9.7M 15 $53 111

Tue Apr 19 #- $1.4K +75% +19% $9.7M 15 $93 112

Wed Apr 20 #- $1.5K +6% −38% $9.7M 15 $99 113

Thu Apr 21 #- $1.1K −27% −21% $9.7M 15 $72 114

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

Cumulative total$9.4M

Dec 29Jan 15Feb 2Feb 19Mar 8

Weekend grossWk 10 · $95.8K

$193.7K

$704.3K

$1.4M

$877.8K

$1.2M

$786.4K

$585.5K

$330.2K

$209.8K

$95.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 450 → 96 −78.7%

4 open96 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −54.3%

+263.6%

W1→2

+96.9%

W2→3

−36.7%

W3→4

+35.1%

W4→5

−33.7%

W5→6

−25.5%

W6→7

−43.6%

W7→8

−36.5%

W8→9

−54.3%

W9→10

Steepest −54.3%Biggest gain +263.6%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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