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Charlie Wilson's WarFollow

2007 • R • 1h 42m • Biography, Comedy, Drama • Universal Pictures

A stiff drink. A little mascara. A lot of nerve. Who said they couldn't bring down the Soviet empire.

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3.23

7.0

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$9.70M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$66.70M

Final

Worldwide total

$119.00M

$52.80M international

Domestic legs6.90x

Budget$75.0M

2007 rank#39

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Cast & crew

Full Nichols filmography

Mike Nichols

Mike Nichols Director

Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks Starring

Julia Roberts

Julia Roberts Starring

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Philip Seymour Hoffman Starring

Amy Adams

Amy Adams Starring

Emily Blunt

Emily Blunt Starring

ScreenplayAaron Sorkin Produced byTom Hanks, Gary Goetzman CinematographyStephen Goldblatt MusicJames Newton Howard Prod. DesignVictor Kempster StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 21-23 4 $9.7M — 2,575 $3,750 $9.7M

2 Dec 28-30 4 $12.0M +24.4% 2,575 $4,664 $34.8M

3 Jan 4-6 6 $8.1M −32.5% 2,594 $3,125 $52.6M

4 Jan 11-13 11 $4.1M −49.1% 2,408 $1,715 $59.4M

5 Jan 18-20 15 $2.0M −52.4% 1,352 $1,455 $62.8M

6 Jan 25-27 21 $931.7K −52.6% 605 $1,539 $64.7M

7 Feb 1-3 25 $486.4K −47.8% 412 $1,180 $65.4M

8 Feb 8-10 31 $359.3K −26.1% 318 $1,130 $66.0M

9 Feb 15-17 34 $214.2K −40.4% 180 $1,189 $66.3M

10 Feb 22-24 40 $112.0K −47.7% 135 $829 $66.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 21 #5 $2.8M — $2.8M 2,575 $1,085 1

Sat Dec 22 #4 $3.7M +32% $6.5M 2,575 $1,435 2

Sun Dec 23 #4 $3.2M −14% $9.7M 2,575 $1,230 3

Mon Dec 24 #4 $2.0M −38% $11.6M 2,575 $760 4

Tue Dec 25 #5 $4.3M +122% $16.0M 2,575 $1,685 5

Wed Dec 26 #5 $3.7M −14% $19.7M 2,575 $1,445 6

Thu Dec 27 #4 $3.1M −18% $22.7M 2,575 $1,190 7

Fri Dec 28 #4 $3.9M +28% +41% $26.7M 2,575 $1,525 8

Sat Dec 29 #4 $4.4M +11% +18% $31.0M 2,575 $1,699 9

Sun Dec 30 #4 $3.7M −15% +17% $34.8M 2,575 $1,440 10

Mon Dec 31 #4 $3.9M +6% +100% $38.7M 2,575 $1,520 11

Tue Jan 1 #5 $3.0M −22% −30% $41.7M 2,575 $1,179 12

Wed Jan 2 #7 $1.4M −53% −61% $43.1M 2,575 $559 13

Thu Jan 3 #7 $1.3M −10% −58% $44.4M 2,575 $505 14

Fri Jan 4 #7 $2.6M +97% −35% $47.0M 2,594 $990 15

Sat Jan 5 #6 $3.6M +39% −19% $50.6M 2,594 $1,375 16

Sun Jan 6 #6 $2.0M −45% −47% $52.6M 2,594 $760 17

Mon Jan 7 #7 $571.1K −71% −85% $53.1M 2,594 $220 18

Tue Jan 8 #5 $726.0K +27% −76% $53.8M 2,594 $279 19

Wed Jan 9 #5 $700.4K −4% −51% $54.6M 2,594 $270 20

Thu Jan 10 #5 $674.0K −4% −48% $55.2M 2,594 $259 21

Fri Jan 11 #9 $1.3M +100% −47% $56.6M 2,406 $560 22

Sat Jan 12 #10 $1.9M +38% −48% $58.4M 2,406 $770 23

Sun Jan 13 #11 $927.1K −50% −53% $59.4M 2,406 $385 24

Mon Jan 14 #9 $361.2K −61% −37% $59.7M 2,408 $150 25

Tue Jan 15 #8 $385.8K +7% −47% $60.1M 2,408 $160 26

Wed Jan 16 #8 $373.2K −3% −47% $60.5M 2,408 $155 27

Thu Jan 17 #9 $373.5K n/c −45% $60.8M 2,408 $155 28

Mon Jan 21 #19 $392.1K — +9% $63.2M 1,352 $289 32

Tue Jan 22 $169.5K −57% −56% $63.4M 1,352 $125 33

Wed Jan 23 $175.4K +3% −53% $63.6M 1,352 $129 34

Thu Jan 24 $182.0K +4% −51% $63.7M 1,352 $134 35

Fri Jan 25 $239.0K +31% $64.0M 605 $395 36

Sat Jan 26 $453.6K +90% $64.4M 605 $749 37

Sun Jan 27 $239.1K −47% $64.7M 605 $395 38

Mon Jan 28 $69.6K −71% −82% $64.7M 605 $115 39

Tue Jan 29 $69.9K n/c −59% $64.8M 605 $115 40

Wed Jan 30 $72.5K +4% −59% $64.9M 605 $119 41

Thu Jan 31 $66.5K −8% −63% $64.9M 605 $110 42

Fri Feb 1 $144.3K +117% −40% $65.1M 412 $350 43

Sat Feb 2 $271.9K +88% −40% $65.4M 412 $660 44

Sun Feb 3 $70.1K −74% −71% $65.4M 412 $170 45

Mon Feb 4 $45.3K −35% −35% $65.5M 412 $110 46

Tue Feb 5 $45.2K n/c −35% $65.5M 412 $109 47

Wed Feb 6 $45.2K n/c −38% $65.6M 412 $109 48

Thu Feb 7 $53.6K +19% −20% $65.6M 412 $130 49

Fri Feb 8 $98.6K +84% −32% $65.7M 318 $310 50

Sat Feb 9 $173.3K +76% −36% $65.9M 318 $545 51

Sun Feb 10 $87.5K −50% +25% $66.0M 318 $275 52

Mon Feb 11 $27.0K −69% −40% $66.0M 318 $85 53

Tue Feb 12 $30.2K +12% −33% $66.0M 318 $95 54

Wed Feb 13 $31.8K +5% −30% $66.1M 318 $99 55

Thu Feb 14 $37.8K +19% −29% $66.1M 318 $119 56

Fri Feb 15 $53.1K +40% −46% $66.2M 180 $294 57

Sat Feb 16 $95.4K +80% −45% $66.3M 180 $530 58

Sun Feb 17 $65.7K −31% −25% $66.3M 180 $364 59

Mon Feb 18 #32 $41.4K −37% +53% $66.4M 180 $229 60

Tue Feb 19 $18.0K −56% −40% $66.4M 180 $100 61

Wed Feb 20 $18.0K n/c −43% $66.4M 180 $99 62

Thu Feb 21 $18.9K +5% −50% $66.4M 180 $104 63

Fri Feb 22 $32.4K +71% −39% $66.4M 135 $239 64

Sat Feb 23 $57.4K +77% −40% $66.5M 135 $425 65

Sun Feb 24 $22.3K −61% −66% $66.5M 135 $165 66

Mon Feb 25 $8.8K −61% −79% $66.5M 135 $65 67

Tue Feb 26 $9.4K +7% −48% $66.5M 135 $69 68

Wed Feb 27 $10.8K +15% −40% $66.6M 135 $80 69

Thu Feb 28 $10.8K n/c −43% $66.6M 135 $79 70

Fri Feb 29 $17.5K +62% −46% $66.6M 97 $180 71

Sat Mar 1 $34.4K +97% −40% $66.6M 97 $355 72

Sun Mar 2 $16.5K −52% −26% $66.6M 97 $170 73

Mon Mar 3 $5.3K −68% −39% $66.6M 97 $55 74

Tue Mar 4 $6.8K +27% −28% $66.6M 97 $70 75

Wed Mar 5 $6.3K −7% −42% $66.7M 97 $65 76

Thu Mar 6 $6.3K n/c −42% $66.7M 97 $64 77

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

Cumulative total$66.6M

Dec 21Jan 7Jan 26Feb 12Feb 28

Weekend grossWk 10 · $112.0K

$9.7M

$12.0M

$8.1M

$4.1M

$2.0M

$931.7K

$486.4K

$359.3K

$214.2K

$112.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,594 → 135 −94.8%

2,575 open135 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −47.7%

+24.4%

W1→2

−32.5%

W2→3

−49.1%

W3→4

−52.4%

W4→5

−52.6%

W5→6

−47.8%

W6→7

−26.1%

W7→8

−40.4%

W8→9

−47.7%

W9→10

Steepest −52.6%Biggest gain +24.4%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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