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2008 • R • 2h 8m • Action, Drama, Thriller • Warner Bros.

Trust no one. Deceive everyone.

🍅 54% 62%

57

3.12

7.0

CS B-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$12.90M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$39.40M

Final

Worldwide total

$116.00M

$76.50M international

Domestic legs3.06x

Budget$70.0M

Compare with other movies

Cast & crew

Full Scott filmography

Ridley Scott

Ridley Scott Director

Leonardo DiCaprio

Leonardo DiCaprio Starring

Russell Crowe

Russell Crowe Starring

Golshifteh Farahani

Golshifteh Farahani Starring

Mark Strong

Mark Strong Starring

Oscar Isaac

Oscar Isaac Starring

ScreenplayWilliam Monahan Produced byRidley Scott, Donald De Line CinematographyAlexander Witt MusicMarc Streitenfeld Prod. DesignArthur Max StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 10-12 3 $12.9M — 2,710 $4,754 $12.9M

2 Oct 17-19 6 $6.8M −47.0% 2,714 $2,514 $24.4M

3 Oct 24-26 9 $4.1M −40.4% 2,150 $1,890 $30.9M

4 Oct 31-Nov 2 12 $2.3M −43.3% 1,414 $1,629 $34.6M

5 Nov 7-9 14 $1.5M −33.3% 850 $1,808 $37.0M

6 Nov 14-16 15 $674.5K −56.1% 625 $1,079 $38.2M

7 Nov 21-23 23 $244.3K −63.8% 225 $1,085 $38.7M

8 Dec 26-28 37 $90.6K −62.9% 182 $497 $39.2M

9 Jan 2-4 37 $81.6K −9.9% 182 $448 $39.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 10 #3 $4.4M — $4.4M 2,710 $1,617 1

Sat Oct 11 #3 $5.1M +17% $9.5M 2,710 $1,890 2

Sun Oct 12 #3 $3.4M −34% $12.9M 2,710 $1,246 3

Mon Oct 13 #2 $1.6M −52% $14.5M 2,710 $603 4

Tue Oct 14 #1 $1.1M −30% $15.7M 2,710 $422 5

Wed Oct 15 #1 $939.1K −18% $16.6M 2,710 $346 6

Thu Oct 16 #1 $998.4K +6% $17.6M 2,710 $368 7

Fri Oct 17 #5 $2.2M +121% −50% $19.8M 2,714 $811 8

Sat Oct 18 #6 $2.9M +34% −42% $22.8M 2,714 $1,086 9

Sun Oct 19 #5 $1.7M −43% −50% $24.4M 2,714 $616 10

Mon Oct 20 #4 $564.4K −66% −65% $25.0M 2,714 $207 11

Tue Oct 21 #4 $668.1K +18% −42% $25.7M 2,714 $246 12

Wed Oct 22 #4 $596.4K −11% −36% $26.3M 2,714 $219 13

Thu Oct 23 #4 $571.1K −4% −43% $26.8M 2,714 $210 14

Fri Oct 24 #9 $1.3M +123% −42% $28.1M 2,150 $591 15

Sat Oct 25 #9 $1.8M +40% −40% $29.9M 2,150 $828 16

Sun Oct 26 #9 $1.0M −43% −40% $30.9M 2,150 $470 17

Mon Oct 27 #8 $311.2K −69% −45% $31.2M 2,150 $144 18

Tue Oct 28 #7 $384.1K +23% −43% $31.6M 2,150 $178 19

Wed Oct 29 #7 $331.5K −14% −44% $31.9M 2,150 $154 20

Thu Oct 30 #6 $330.4K n/c −42% $32.2M 2,150 $153 21

Fri Oct 31 #11 $536.6K +62% −58% $32.8M 1,414 $379 22

Sat Nov 1 #12 $1.1M +112% −36% $33.9M 1,414 $803 23

Sun Nov 2 #12 $631.2K −44% −38% $34.6M 1,414 $446 24

Mon Nov 3 #13 $196.4K −69% −37% $34.7M 1,414 $138 25

Tue Nov 4 #11 $219.2K +12% −43% $35.0M 1,414 $155 26

Wed Nov 5 #11 $223.2K +2% −33% $35.2M 1,414 $157 27

Thu Nov 6 #11 $224.0K n/c −32% $35.4M 1,414 $158 28

Fri Nov 7 #14 $437.3K +95% −19% $35.9M 850 $514 29

Sat Nov 8 #13 $711.4K +63% −37% $36.6M 850 $836 30

Sun Nov 9 #14 $388.5K −45% −38% $37.0M 850 $457 31

Mon Nov 10 #13 $167.3K −57% −15% $37.1M 850 $196 32

Tue Nov 11 #13 $225.1K +35% +3% $37.3M 850 $264 33

Wed Nov 12 #12 $117.4K −48% −47% $37.5M 850 $138 34

Thu Nov 13 #13 $111.4K −5% −50% $37.6M 850 $131 35

Fri Nov 14 #14 $206.8K +86% −53% $37.8M 625 $330 36

Sat Nov 15 #14 $305.1K +48% −57% $38.1M 625 $488 37

Sun Nov 16 #14 $162.6K −47% −58% $38.2M 625 $260 38

Mon Nov 17 #14 $52.4K −68% −69% $38.3M 625 $83 39

Tue Nov 18 #14 $65.0K +24% −71% $38.4M 625 $103 40

Wed Nov 19 #14 $61.3K −6% −48% $38.4M 625 $98 41

Thu Nov 20 #13 $58.9K −4% −47% $38.5M 625 $94 42

Fri Nov 21 $71.5K +21% −65% $38.6M 225 $317 43

Sat Nov 22 $111.3K +56% −64% $38.7M 225 $494 44

Sun Nov 23 $61.4K −45% −62% $38.7M 225 $273 45

Mon Nov 24 $25.3K −59% −52% $38.8M 625 $40 46

Tue Nov 25 $31.9K +26% −51% $38.8M 225 $141 47

Wed Nov 26 $14.0K −56% −77% $38.8M 106 $132 48

Thu Nov 27 $15.4K +10% −74% $38.8M 106 $145 49

Fri Nov 28 $28.8K +86% −60% $38.8M 80 $359 50

Sat Nov 29 $36.6K +27% −67% $38.9M 80 $457 51

Sun Nov 30 $19.6K −47% −68% $38.9M 80 $244 52

Mon Dec 1 $8.2K −58% −68% $38.9M 80 $102 53

Tue Dec 2 $7.7K −6% −76% $38.9M 80 $96 54

Wed Dec 3 $8.5K +10% −40% $38.9M 80 $106 55

Thu Dec 4 $8.2K −3% −47% $38.9M 80 $103 56

Fri Dec 5 $11.7K +42% −59% $38.9M 44 $265 57

Sat Dec 6 $15.8K +36% −57% $39.0M 44 $360 58

Sun Dec 7 $9.9K −37% −49% $39.0M 44 $225 59

Mon Dec 8 $4.9K −51% −41% $39.0M 44 $110 60

Tue Dec 9 $5.1K +5% −33% $39.0M 44 $116 61

Wed Dec 10 $4.9K −4% −42% $39.0M 44 $112 62

Thu Dec 11 $6.0K +22% −27% $39.0M 44 $137 63

Fri Dec 12 $6.8K +13% −42% $39.0M 37 $183 64

Sat Dec 13 $11.0K +62% −31% $39.0M 37 $297 65

Sun Dec 14 $6.4K −42% −36% $39.0M 37 $172 66

Mon Dec 15 $3.9K −39% −20% $39.0M 37 $105 67

Tue Dec 16 $4.4K +12% −15% $39.0M 37 $118 68

Wed Dec 17 $4.0K −9% −19% $39.0M 37 $108 69

Thu Dec 18 $4.2K +6% −30% $39.0M 37 $114 70

Fri Dec 19 $3.0K −29% −56% $39.0M 24 $124 71

Sat Dec 20 $4.7K +59% −57% $39.0M 24 $197 72

Sun Dec 21 $3.7K −23% −43% $39.0M 24 $152 73

Mon Dec 22 $2.3K −36% −40% $39.0M 24 $97 74

Tue Dec 23 $2.5K +9% −42% $39.0M 24 $106 75

Wed Dec 24 $1.4K −46% −66% $39.0M 182 $7 76

Thu Dec 25 $15.3K +1,011% +261% $39.1M 182 $84 77

Fri Dec 26 $29.5K +93% +884% $39.1M 182 $161 78

Sat Dec 27 $34.4K +17% +624% $39.1M 182 $188 79

Sun Dec 28 $26.8K −22% +634% $39.2M 182 $147 80

Mon Dec 29 $16.9K −37% +623% $39.2M 182 $92 81

Tue Dec 30 $17.4K +3% +583% $39.2M 182 $95 82

Wed Dec 31 $13.7K −21% +893% $39.2M 182 $75 83

Thu Jan 1 $30.2K +121% +97% $39.2M 182 $165 84

Fri Jan 2 $28.8K −5% −2% $39.3M 182 $158 85

Sat Jan 3 $32.9K +14% −4% $39.3M 182 $180 86

Sun Jan 4 $20.0K −39% −26% $39.3M 182 $109 87

Mon Jan 5 $8.1K −59% −52% $39.3M 182 $44 88

Tue Jan 6 $9.0K +10% −48% $39.3M 182 $49 89

Wed Jan 7 $8.9K −1% −35% $39.3M 182 $48 90

Thu Jan 8 $7.5K −15% −75% $39.3M 182 $41 91

Fri Jan 9 $9.7K +29% −66% $39.4M 85 $114 92

Sat Jan 10 $13.1K +34% −60% $39.4M 85 $153 93

Sun Jan 11 $8.8K −33% −56% $39.4M 85 $102 94

Mon Jan 12 $3.2K −63% −60% $39.4M 85 $38 95

Tue Jan 13 $3.8K +16% −58% $39.4M 85 $44 96

Wed Jan 14 $3.5K −7% −61% $39.4M 85 $41 97

Thu Jan 15 $3.7K +7% −50% $39.4M 85 $43 98

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

Cumulative total$39.0M

Oct 10Oct 27Nov 14Dec 1Dec 18

Weekend grossWk 9 · $81.6K

$12.9M

$6.8M

$4.1M

$2.3M

$1.5M

$674.5K

$244.3K

$90.6K

$81.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9

Theater countPeak 2,714 → 37 −98.6%

2,710 open37 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −9.9%

−47.0%

W1→2

−40.4%

W2→3

−43.3%

W3→4

−33.3%

W4→5

−56.1%

W5→6

−63.8%

W6→7

−62.9%

W7→8

−9.9%

W8→9

Steepest −63.8%Best hold −9.9%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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