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2008 • R • 2h 22m • Biography, Crime, Drama • Universal Pictures

To find her son, she did what no one else dared.

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$489K

Limited · 15 theaters

Domestic total

$35.70M

Final

Worldwide total

$113.80M

$78.10M international

Domestic legs3.8x from $9.4M first wide weekend

Budget$55M

2008 rank#85

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Cast & crew

Full Eastwood filmography

Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood Director

Angelina Jolie

Angelina Jolie Starring

John Malkovich

John Malkovich Starring

Jeffrey Donovan

Jeffrey Donovan Starring

Colm Feore

Colm Feore Starring

ScreenplayJ. Michael Straczynski Produced byClint Eastwood, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard CinematographyTom Stern Music byClint Eastwood StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 24-26 21 $489.0K — 15 $32,601 $489.0K

2 Oct 31-Nov 2 4 $9.4M +1,812.3% 1,850 $5,055 $10.0M

3 Nov 7-9 4 $7.3M −22.4% 1,855 $3,910 $20.6M

4 Nov 14-16 5 $4.3M −41.3% 1,896 $2,244 $27.6M

5 Nov 21-23 6 $2.7M −36.6% 1,739 $1,550 $31.7M

6 Nov 28-30 12 $1.2M −55.2% 1,010 $1,195 $33.8M

7 Dec 5-7 14 $501.1K −58.5% 681 $736 $34.7M

8 Dec 12-14 21 $256.8K −48.7% 393 $654 $35.2M

9 Dec 19-21 28 $101.9K −60.3% 229 $445 $35.4M

10 Dec 26-28 39 $72.4K −29.0% 114 $635 $35.5M

11 Jan 2-4 38 $80.0K +10.6% 125 $640 $35.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 24 - $146.0K — $146.0K 15 $9,736 1

Sat Oct 25 - $192.0K +31% $338.0K 15 $12,800 2

Sun Oct 26 - $151.0K −21% $489.0K 15 $10,065 3

Mon Oct 27 - $47.9K −68% $536.9K 15 $3,191 4

Tue Oct 28 - $47.7K — $584.6K 15 $3,179 5

Wed Oct 29 - $44.9K −6% $629.5K 15 $2,995 6

Thu Oct 30 - $50.1K +11% $679.6K 15 $3,339 7

Fri Oct 31 #2 $2.3M +4,499% +1,477% $3.0M 1,850 $1,245 8

Sat Nov 1 #3 $4.4M +90% +2,184% $7.4M 1,850 $2,370 9

Sun Nov 2 #3 $2.7M −39% +1,664% $10.0M 1,850 $1,440 10

Mon Nov 3 #4 $768.1K −71% +1,505% $10.8M 1,850 $415 11

Tue Nov 4 #3 $860.3K +12% +1,704% $11.7M 1,850 $465 12

Wed Nov 5 #2 $814.5K −5% +1,713% $12.5M 1,850 $440 13

Thu Nov 6 #2 $832.6K +2% +1,563% $13.3M 1,850 $450 14

Fri Nov 7 #5 $2.1M +156% −7% $15.4M 1,855 $1,150 15

Sat Nov 8 #4 $3.2M +51% −26% $18.7M 1,855 $1,740 16

Sun Nov 9 #4 $1.9M −41% −29% $20.6M 1,855 $1,020 17

Mon Nov 10 #5 $722.9K −62% −6% $21.3M 1,855 $390 18

Tue Nov 11 #4 $1.0M +42% +20% $22.3M 1,855 $555 19

Wed Nov 12 #3 $557.4K −46% −32% $22.9M 1,855 $300 20

Thu Nov 13 #3 $509.2K −9% −39% $23.4M 1,855 $275 21

Fri Nov 14 #5 $1.2M +144% −42% $24.6M 1,896 $655 22

Sat Nov 15 #5 $1.9M +55% −40% $26.5M 1,896 $1,015 23

Sun Nov 16 #5 $1.1M −43% −42% $27.6M 1,896 $575 24

Mon Nov 17 #4 $304.0K −72% −58% $27.9M 1,896 $160 25

Tue Nov 18 #4 $379.2K +25% −63% $28.3M 1,896 $200 26

Wed Nov 19 #4 $342.0K −10% −39% $28.7M 1,896 $180 27

Thu Nov 20 #4 $312.8K −9% −39% $29.0M 1,896 $165 28

Fri Nov 21 #6 $799.9K +156% −36% $29.8M 1,739 $460 29

Sat Nov 22 #6 $1.2M +55% −35% $31.0M 1,739 $715 30

Sun Nov 23 #6 $652.1K −48% −40% $31.7M 1,739 $375 31

Mon Nov 24 #6 $252.2K −61% −17% $31.9M 1,739 $145 32

Tue Nov 25 #6 $331.0K +31% −13% $32.2M 1,739 $190 33

Wed Nov 26 #13 $181.8K −45% −47% $32.4M 1,010 $180 34

Thu Nov 27 #12 $212.1K +17% −32% $32.6M 1,010 $210 35

Fri Nov 28 #12 $449.3K +112% −44% $33.1M 1,010 $445 36

Sat Nov 29 #12 $505.1K +12% −59% $33.6M 1,010 $500 37

Sun Nov 30 #11 $252.9K −50% −61% $33.8M 1,010 $250 38

Mon Dec 1 #12 $75.8K −70% −70% $33.9M 1,010 $75 39

Tue Dec 2 #12 $96.0K +27% −71% $34.0M 1,010 $95 40

Wed Dec 3 #12 $80.4K −16% −56% $34.1M 1,010 $80 41

Thu Dec 4 #12 $80.6K — −62% $34.2M 1,010 $80 42

Fri Dec 5 #14 $150.1K +86% −67% $34.3M 681 $220 43

Sat Dec 6 #14 $214.5K +43% −58% $34.5M 681 $315 44

Sun Dec 7 #14 $136.4K −36% −46% $34.7M 681 $200 45

Mon Dec 8 #14 $51.1K −63% −33% $34.7M 681 $75 46

Tue Dec 9 - $57.9K +13% −40% $34.8M 681 $85 47

Wed Dec 10 - $54.1K −6% −33% $34.8M 681 $80 48

Thu Dec 11 - $58.2K +7% −28% $34.9M 681 $85 49

Fri Dec 12 - $70.5K +21% −53% $35.0M 393 $180 50

Sat Dec 13 - $113.8K +61% −47% $35.1M 393 $290 51

Sun Dec 14 - $72.5K −36% −47% $35.2M 393 $185 52

Mon Dec 15 - $31.4K −57% −38% $35.2M 393 $80 53

Tue Dec 16 - $37.4K +19% −35% $35.2M 393 $95 54

Wed Dec 17 - $33.4K −11% −38% $35.3M 393 $85 55

Thu Dec 18 - $31.5K −6% −46% $35.3M 393 $80 56

Fri Dec 19 - $27.5K −13% −61% $35.3M 229 $120 57

Sat Dec 20 - $43.5K +58% −62% $35.4M 229 $190 58

Sun Dec 21 - $30.9K −29% −57% $35.4M 229 $135 59

Mon Dec 22 - $20.6K −33% −34% $35.4M 229 $90 60

Tue Dec 23 - $20.7K — −45% $35.4M 229 $90 61

Wed Dec 24 - $16.0K −23% −52% $35.5M 229 $70 62

Thu Dec 25 - $10.8K −32% −66% $35.5M 229 $47 63

Fri Dec 26 - $22.8K +111% −17% $35.5M 114 $200 64

Sat Dec 27 - $28.5K +25% −35% $35.5M 114 $250 65

Sun Dec 28 - $21.1K −26% −32% $35.5M 114 $185 66

Mon Dec 29 - $15.4K −27% −25% $35.6M 114 $135 67

Tue Dec 30 - $16.6K +8% −20% $35.6M 114 $145 68

Wed Dec 31 - $28.5K +72% +78% $35.6M 114 $250 69

Thu Jan 1 - $29.1K +2% +168% $35.6M 114 $255 70

Fri Jan 2 - $29.4K +1% +29% $35.7M 125 $235 71

Sat Jan 3 - $31.9K +8% +12% $35.7M 125 $255 72

Sun Jan 4 - $18.8K −41% −11% $35.7M 125 $150 73

Mon Jan 5 - $7.5K −60% −51% $35.7M 125 $60 74

Tue Jan 6 - $8.8K +17% −47% $35.7M 125 $70 75

Wed Jan 7 - $8.7K — −69% $35.7M 125 $70 76

Thu Jan 8 - $7.5K −14% −74% $35.7M 125 $60 77

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

Cumulative total$35.6M

Oct 24Nov 10Nov 28Dec 15Jan 1

Weekend grossWk 10 · $72.4K

$489.0K

$9.4M

$7.3M

$4.3M

$2.7M

$1.2M

$501.1K

$256.8K

$101.9K

$72.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,896 → 114 −94.0%

15 open114 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −29.0%

+1,812.3%

W1→2

−22.4%

W2→3

−41.3%

W3→4

−36.6%

W4→5

−55.2%

W5→6

−58.5%

W6→7

−48.7%

W7→8

−60.3%

W8→9

−29.0%

W9→10

Steepest −60.3%Biggest gain +1,812.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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