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2011 • PG-13 • 1h 46m • Drama, Thriller • Warner Bros.

Nothing spreads like fear.

🍅 85% 63%

70

3.39

6.8

CS B-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$22.40M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$75.70M

Final

Worldwide total

$137.00M

$61.50M international

Domestic legs3.38x

Budget$60.0M

2011 rank#44

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Cast & crew

Full Soderbergh filmography

Steven Soderbergh

Steven Soderbergh Director

Marion Cotillard

Marion Cotillard Starring

Matt Damon

Matt Damon Starring

Laurence Fishburne

Laurence Fishburne Starring

Jude Law

Jude Law Starring

Kate Winslet

Kate Winslet Starring

ScreenplayScott Z. Burns Produced byMichael Shamberg, Stacey Sher, Gregory Jacobs CinematographyPeter Andrews MusicCliff Martinez Prod. DesignHoward Cummings StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 9-11 1 $22.4M — 3,222 $6,953 $22.4M

2 Sep 16-18 2 $14.5M −35.1% 3,222 $4,515 $44.3M

3 Sep 23-25 6 $8.5M −41.9% 3,136 $2,694 $57.0M

4 Sep 30-Oct 2 10 $4.9M −41.9% 2,744 $1,788 $64.6M

5 Oct 7-9 10 $2.9M −40.0% 2,250 $1,307 $69.0M

6 Oct 14-16 12 $1.8M −38.4% 1,684 $1,075 $72.0M

7 Oct 21-23 16 $853.1K −52.9% 901 $946 $73.5M

8 Oct 28-30 20 $335.3K −60.7% 411 $815 $74.1M

9 Nov 4-6 27 $216.5K −35.4% 260 $832 $74.5M

10 Nov 11-13 25 $312.3K +44.2% 355 $879 $74.9M

11 Nov 18-20 28 $200.0K −36.0% 301 $664 $75.2M

12 Nov 25-27 36 $155.3K −22.4% 218 $712 $75.5M

13 Dec 2-4 41 $71.0K −54.3% 155 $458 $75.6M

14 Dec 9-11 46 $44.8K −37.0% 111 $403 $75.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Sep 9 #1 $8.0M — $8.0M 3,222 $2,478 1

Sat Sep 10 #1 $9.4M +18% $17.4M 3,222 $2,924 2

Sun Sep 11 #1 $5.0M −47% $22.4M 3,222 $1,551 3

Mon Sep 12 #1 $1.7M −67% $24.1M 3,222 $513 4

Tue Sep 13 #1 $2.2M +32% $26.3M 3,222 $680 5

Wed Sep 14 #1 $1.7M −24% $27.9M 3,222 $519 6

Thu Sep 15 #1 $1.8M +7% $29.7M 3,222 $555 7

Fri Sep 16 #2 $4.6M +160% −42% $34.4M 3,222 $1,441 8

Sat Sep 17 #2 $6.4M +39% −32% $40.8M 3,222 $1,999 9

Sun Sep 18 #2 $3.5M −46% −31% $44.3M 3,222 $1,074 10

Mon Sep 19 #3 $1.0M −71% −38% $45.3M 3,222 $316 11

Tue Sep 20 #3 $1.3M +27% −41% $46.6M 3,222 $402 12

Wed Sep 21 #3 $977.5K −25% −42% $47.6M 3,222 $303 13

Thu Sep 22 #2 $1.0M +3% −44% $48.6M 3,222 $311 14

Fri Sep 23 #6 $2.6M +161% −44% $51.2M 3,136 $835 15

Sat Sep 24 #5 $3.9M +47% −40% $55.0M 3,136 $1,229 16

Sun Sep 25 #6 $2.0M −49% −43% $57.0M 3,136 $629 17

Mon Sep 26 #5 $583.1K −70% −43% $57.6M 3,136 $185 18

Tue Sep 27 #6 $721.0K +24% −44% $58.3M 3,136 $229 19

Wed Sep 28 #5 $627.3K −13% −36% $58.9M 3,136 $200 20

Thu Sep 29 #5 $723.1K +15% −28% $59.7M 3,136 $230 21

Fri Sep 30 #10 $1.5M +105% −43% $61.1M 2,744 $539 22

Sat Oct 1 #8 $2.3M +54% −41% $63.4M 2,744 $833 23

Sun Oct 2 #10 $1.1M −50% −42% $64.6M 2,744 $414 24

Mon Oct 3 #9 $352.2K −69% −40% $64.9M 2,744 $128 25

Tue Oct 4 #9 $433.2K +23% −40% $65.4M 2,744 $157 26

Wed Oct 5 #9 $363.1K −16% −42% $65.7M 2,744 $132 27

Thu Oct 6 #9 $366.2K +1% −49% $66.1M 2,744 $133 28

Fri Oct 7 #10 $847.5K +131% −43% $66.9M 2,250 $376 29

Sat Oct 8 #9 $1.3M +52% −44% $68.2M 2,250 $570 30

Sun Oct 9 #10 $810.8K −37% −29% $69.0M 2,250 $360 31

Mon Oct 10 #10 $406.2K −50% +15% $69.4M 2,250 $180 32

Tue Oct 11 #11 $252.3K −38% −42% $69.7M 2,250 $112 33

Wed Oct 12 #10 $237.1K −6% −35% $69.9M 2,250 $105 34

Thu Oct 13 #11 $266.1K +12% −27% $70.2M 2,250 $118 35

Fri Oct 14 #12 $556.6K +109% −34% $70.7M 1,684 $330 36

Sat Oct 15 #12 $838.8K +51% −35% $71.6M 1,684 $498 37

Sun Oct 16 #12 $415.8K −50% −49% $72.0M 1,684 $246 38

Mon Oct 17 #12 $148.2K −64% −64% $72.1M 1,684 $87 39

Tue Oct 18 #12 $162.7K +10% −36% $72.3M 1,684 $96 40

Wed Oct 19 #12 $157.1K −3% −34% $72.5M 1,684 $93 41

Thu Oct 20 #12 $153.8K −2% −42% $72.6M 1,684 $91 42

Fri Oct 21 $271.5K +77% −51% $72.9M 901 $301 43

Sat Oct 22 $384.7K +42% −54% $73.3M 901 $426 44

Sun Oct 23 $196.8K −49% −53% $73.5M 901 $218 45

Mon Oct 24 $68.9K −65% −53% $73.5M 901 $76 46

Tue Oct 25 $75.2K +9% −54% $73.6M 901 $83 47

Wed Oct 26 $71.5K −5% −55% $73.7M 901 $79 48

Thu Oct 27 $76.5K +7% −50% $73.8M 901 $84 49

Fri Oct 28 $100.4K +31% −63% $73.9M 411 $244 50

Sat Oct 29 $148.1K +47% −61% $74.0M 411 $360 51

Sun Oct 30 $86.8K −41% −56% $74.1M 411 $211 52

Mon Oct 31 $40.8K −53% −41% $74.1M 411 $99 53

Tue Nov 1 $38.7K −5% −48% $74.2M 411 $94 54

Wed Nov 2 $34.0K −12% −52% $74.2M 411 $82 55

Thu Nov 3 $35.8K +5% −53% $74.3M 411 $87 56

Fri Nov 4 $68.5K +91% −32% $74.3M 260 $263 57

Sat Nov 5 $95.0K +39% −36% $74.4M 260 $365 58

Sun Nov 6 $53.0K −44% −39% $74.5M 260 $203 59

Mon Nov 7 $18.0K −66% −56% $74.5M 260 $69 60

Tue Nov 8 $22.1K +22% −43% $74.5M 260 $84 61

Wed Nov 9 $18.8K −15% −45% $74.5M 260 $72 62

Thu Nov 10 $26.9K +43% −25% $74.6M 260 $103 63

Fri Nov 11 $106.4K +296% +55% $74.7M 355 $299 64

Sat Nov 12 $131.1K +23% +38% $74.8M 355 $369 65

Sun Nov 13 $74.8K −43% +41% $74.9M 355 $210 66

Mon Nov 14 $26.2K −65% +45% $74.9M 355 $73 67

Tue Nov 15 $32.7K +25% +48% $74.9M 355 $92 68

Wed Nov 16 $27.2K −17% +44% $75.0M 355 $76 69

Thu Nov 17 $27.0K −1% n/c $75.0M 355 $76 70

Fri Nov 18 $61.1K +127% −43% $75.0M 301 $203 71

Sat Nov 19 $85.7K +40% −35% $75.1M 301 $284 72

Sun Nov 20 $53.2K −38% −29% $75.2M 301 $176 73

Mon Nov 21 $24.4K −54% −7% $75.2M 301 $80 74

Tue Nov 22 $30.0K +23% −8% $75.2M 301 $99 75

Wed Nov 23 $33.2K +11% +22% $75.3M 218 $152 76

Thu Nov 24 $28.8K −13% +7% $75.3M 218 $132 77

Fri Nov 25 $60.3K +109% −1% $75.4M 218 $276 78

Sat Nov 26 $64.6K +7% −25% $75.4M 218 $296 79

Sun Nov 27 $30.4K −53% −43% $75.5M 218 $139 80

Mon Nov 28 $10.8K −64% −56% $75.5M 218 $49 81

Tue Nov 29 $11.6K +7% −61% $75.5M 218 $53 82

Wed Nov 30 $10.9K −7% −67% $75.5M 218 $49 83

Thu Dec 1 $11.5K +6% −60% $75.5M 218 $52 84

Fri Dec 2 $23.2K +101% −62% $75.5M 155 $149 85

Sat Dec 3 $32.1K +39% −50% $75.6M 155 $207 86

Sun Dec 4 $15.7K −51% −48% $75.6M 155 $101 87

Mon Dec 5 $5.6K −65% −49% $75.6M 155 $36 88

Tue Dec 6 $6.8K +22% −42% $75.6M 155 $43 89

Wed Dec 7 $6.2K −9% −43% $75.6M 155 $39 90

Thu Dec 8 $9.1K +47% −21% $75.6M 155 $58 91

Fri Dec 9 $13.9K +53% −40% $75.6M 111 $125 92

Sat Dec 10 $20.1K +45% −37% $75.6M 111 $181 93

Sun Dec 11 $10.8K −46% −31% $75.6M 111 $97 94

Mon Dec 12 $4.6K −57% −17% $75.6M 111 $41 95

Tue Dec 13 $5.2K +11% −24% $75.6M 111 $46 96

Wed Dec 14 $5.0K −4% −20% $75.7M 111 $44 97

Thu Dec 15 $4.6K −7% −49% $75.7M 111 $41 98

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

Cumulative total$75.0M

Sep 9Sep 26Oct 14Oct 31Nov 17

Weekend grossWk 10 · $312.3K

$22.4M

$14.5M

$8.5M

$4.9M

$2.9M

$1.8M

$853.1K

$335.3K

$216.5K

$312.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,222 → 355 −89.0%

3,222 open355 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +44.2%

−35.1%

W1→2

−41.9%

W2→3

−41.9%

W3→4

−40.0%

W4→5

−38.4%

W5→6

−52.9%

W6→7

−60.7%

W7→8

−35.4%

W8→9

+44.2%

W9→10

Steepest −60.7%Biggest gain +44.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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