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2013 • R • 1h 48m • Action, Crime, Drama • 20th Century Fox

Proof Can Be a Powerful Weapon.

🍅 26% 40%

49

2.71

6.1

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$8.30M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$19.70M

Final

Worldwide total

$37.10M

$17.40M international

Domestic legs2.4x

Budget$35M

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Cast & crew

Mark Wahlberg

Mark Wahlberg Starring

Russell Crowe

Russell Crowe Starring

Catherine Zeta-Jones

Catherine Zeta-Jones Starring

Jeffrey Wright

Jeffrey Wright Starring

Barry Pepper

Barry Pepper Starring

ScreenplayBrian Tucker Produced byMark Wahlberg, Randall Emmett, Arnon Milchan, Allen Hughes CinematographyBen Seresin MusicAtticus Ross Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jan 18-20 5 $8.3M — 2,620 $3,156 $8.3M

2 Jan 25-27 10 $4.0M −51.4% 2,622 $1,533 $15.3M

3 Feb 1-3 19 $1.5M −63.6% 1,786 $818 $18.1M

4 Feb 8-10 24 $489.5K −66.5% 755 $648 $19.2M

5 Feb 15-17 38 $83.4K −83.0% 133 $627 $19.5M

6 Feb 22-24 45 $49.5K −40.6% 98 $505 $19.6M

7 Mar 1-3 56 $33.3K −32.8% 69 $482 $19.6M

8 Mar 8-10 74 $10.7K −67.7% 24 $447 $19.7M

9 Mar 15-17 82 $5.2K −52.0% 12 $429 $19.7M

10 Mar 22-24 92 $3.5K −31.8% 11 $319 $19.7M

11 Mar 29-31 82 $7.8K +122.4% 16 $488 $19.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jan 18 #4 $2.9M — $2.9M 2,620 $1,125 1

Sat Jan 19 #5 $3.5M +18.6% $6.4M 2,620 $1,334 2

Sun Jan 20 #9 $1.8M −47.8% $8.3M 2,620 $697 3

Mon Jan 21 #11 $1.2M −34.8% $9.5M 2,620 $454 4

Tue Jan 22 #6 $738.0K −38.0% $10.2M 2,620 $282 5

Wed Jan 23 #6 $543.9K −26.3% $10.7M 2,620 $208 6

Thu Jan 24 #7 $528.7K −2.8% $11.3M 2,620 $202 7

Fri Jan 25 #9 $1.0M +98.6% −64.4% $12.3M 2,622 $400 8

Sat Jan 26 #11 $1.9M +80.1% −45.9% $14.2M 2,622 $721 9

Sun Jan 27 #10 $1.1M −42.9% −40.9% $15.3M 2,622 $412 10

Mon Jan 28 #10 $308.3K −71.4% −74.1% $15.6M 2,622 $118 11

Tue Jan 29 #9 $432.3K +40.2% −41.4% $16.0M 2,622 $165 12

Wed Jan 30 #9 $322.0K −25.5% −40.8% $16.4M 2,622 $123 13

Thu Jan 31 #10 $321.9K −0.0% −39.1% $16.7M 2,622 $123 14

Fri Feb 1 #17 $486.4K +51.1% −53.7% $17.2M 1,786 $272 15

Sat Feb 2 #18 $777.3K +59.8% −58.9% $17.9M 1,786 $435 16

Sun Feb 3 #20 $197.6K −74.6% −81.7% $18.1M 1,786 $111 17

Mon Feb 4 #16 $147.6K −25.3% −52.1% $18.3M 1,786 $83 18

Tue Feb 5 #17 $183.4K +24.2% −57.6% $18.5M 1,786 $103 19

Wed Feb 6 #17 $146.6K −20.1% −54.5% $18.6M 1,786 $82 20

Thu Feb 7 #16 $130.5K −11.0% −59.5% $18.7M 1,786 $73 21

Fri Feb 8 — $123.6K −5.3% −74.6% $18.9M 755 $164 22

Sat Feb 9 — $228.5K +84.8% −70.6% $19.1M 755 $303 23

Sun Feb 10 — $137.4K −39.9% −30.5% $19.2M 755 $182 24

Mon Feb 11 — $48.6K −64.6% −67.1% $19.3M 755 $64 25

Tue Feb 12 — $57.2K +17.6% −68.8% $19.3M 755 $76 26

Wed Feb 13 — $43.7K −23.6% −70.2% $19.4M 755 $58 27

Thu Feb 14 — $22.5K −48.5% −82.8% $19.4M 194 $116 28

Fri Feb 15 — $23.8K +5.8% −80.8% $19.4M 133 $179 29

Sat Feb 16 — $34.2K +43.8% −85.0% $19.5M 133 $257 30

Sun Feb 17 — $25.4K −25.9% −81.6% $19.5M 133 $191 31

Mon Feb 18 — $16.4K −35.3% −66.3% $19.5M 133 $123 32

Tue Feb 19 — $11.4K −30.2% −80.0% $19.5M 133 $86 33

Wed Feb 20 — $9.3K −18.8% −78.7% $19.5M 133 $70 34

Thu Feb 21 — $8.6K −7.5% −61.8% $19.5M 133 $65 35

Fri Feb 22 — $14.5K +68.9% −39.0% $19.5M 98 $148 36

Sat Feb 23 — $22.1K +52.4% −35.3% $19.6M 98 $226 37

Sun Feb 24 — $12.9K −41.9% −49.2% $19.6M 98 $131 38

Mon Feb 25 — $5.4K −58.3% −67.3% $19.6M 98 $55 39

Tue Feb 26 — $7.4K +37.4% −35.6% $19.6M 98 $75 40

Wed Feb 27 — $5.3K −28.2% −43.0% $19.6M 98 $54 41

Thu Feb 28 — $5.8K +10.4% −32.1% $19.6M 98 $60 42

Fri Mar 1 — $8.9K +51.7% −39.0% $19.6M 69 $128 43

Sat Mar 2 — $15.4K +74.0% −30.4% $19.6M 69 $223 44

Sun Mar 3 — $9.0K −41.7% −30.1% $19.6M 69 $130 45

Mon Mar 4 — $3.1K −65.8% −42.7% $19.6M 69 $45 46

Tue Mar 5 — $4.4K +44.6% −39.7% $19.6M 69 $64 47

Wed Mar 6 — $3.6K −18.8% −31.8% $19.7M 69 $52 48

Thu Mar 7 — $3.7K +1.4% −37.4% $19.7M 69 $53 49

Fri Mar 8 — $3.0K −18.7% −66.4% $19.7M 24 $124 50

Sat Mar 9 — $4.8K +62.4% −68.6% $19.7M 24 $201 51

Sun Mar 10 — $2.9K −39.6% −67.5% $19.7M 24 $122 52

Mon Mar 11 — $1.2K −59.1% −61.1% $19.7M 24 $50 53

Tue Mar 12 — $1.6K +32.0% −64.5% $19.7M 24 $66 54

Wed Mar 13 — $1.2K −26.6% −68.0% $19.7M 24 $48 55

Thu Mar 14 — $1.5K +27.6% −59.7% $19.7M 24 $61 56

Fri Mar 15 — $1.7K +17.7% −41.7% $19.7M 12 $145 57

Sat Mar 16 — $2.0K +17.4% −57.8% $19.7M 12 $170 58

Sun Mar 17 — $1.4K −32.5% −52.9% $19.7M 12 $115 59

Mon Mar 18 — $605 −56.0% −49.3% $19.7M 12 $50 60

Tue Mar 19 — $808 +33.6% −48.7% $19.7M 12 $67 61

Wed Mar 20 — $652 −19.3% −43.6% $19.7M 12 $54 62

Thu Mar 21 — $448 −31.3% −69.6% $19.7M 12 $37 63

Fri Mar 22 — $1.2K +167.2% −31.0% $19.7M 11 $109 64

Sat Mar 23 — $1.3K +10.8% −34.9% $19.7M 11 $121 65

Sun Mar 24 — $989 −25.4% −28.1% $19.7M 11 $90 66

Mon Mar 25 — $358 −63.8% −40.8% $19.7M 11 $33 67

Tue Mar 26 — $600 +67.6% −25.7% $19.7M 11 $55 68

Wed Mar 27 — $458 −23.7% −29.8% $19.7M 11 $42 69

Thu Mar 28 — $598 +30.6% +33.5% $19.7M 11 $54 70

Fri Mar 29 — $2.8K +371.6% +135.6% $19.7M 16 $176 71

Sat Mar 30 — $3.7K +30.6% +177.8% $19.7M 16 $230 72

Sun Mar 31 — $1.3K −64.5% +32.2% $19.7M 16 $82 73

Mon Apr 1 — $1.6K +19.1% +334.9% $19.7M 16 $97 74

Tue Apr 2 — $2.5K +61.1% +318.0% $19.7M 16 $157 75

Wed Apr 3 — $2.4K −4.3% +424.0% $19.7M 16 $150 76

Thu Apr 4 — $2.1K −12.9% +249.7% $19.7M 16 $131 77

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

Cumulative total$19.7M

Jan 18Feb 4Feb 22Mar 11Mar 28

Weekend grossWk 10 · $3.5K

$8.3M

$4.0M

$1.5M

$489.5K

$83.4K

$49.5K

$33.3K

$10.7K

$5.2K

$3.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,622 → 11 −99.6%

2,620 open11 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −31.8%

−51.4%

W1→2

−63.6%

W2→3

−66.5%

W3→4

−83.0%

W4→5

−40.6%

W5→6

−32.8%

W6→7

−67.7%

W7→8

−52.0%

W8→9

−31.8%

W9→10

Steepest −83.0%Best hold −31.8%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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