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2019 • PG-13 • 2h 6m • Biography, Drama, History • Focus Features

The truth has a man on the inside.

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3.82

7.6

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$103K

Limited · 4 theaters

Domestic total

$11.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$23.10M

$12.00M international

Domestic legs2.8x from $4.0M first wide weekend

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Cast & crew

Full Haynes filmography

Todd Haynes

Todd Haynes Director

Mark Ruffalo

Mark Ruffalo Starring

Anne Hathaway

Anne Hathaway Starring

Tim Robbins

Tim Robbins Starring

Bill Pullman

Bill Pullman Starring

Bill Camp

Bill Camp Starring

ScreenplayMatthew Michael Carnahan, Mario Correa Produced byMark Ruffalo, Christine Vachon, Pamela Koffler, Jeff Skoll CinematographyEdward Lachman MusicMarcelo Zarvos Prod. DesignHannah Beachler StudioFocus Features

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 22-24 29 $102.6K — 4 $25,652 $102.6K

2 Nov 29-Dec 1 19 $621.0K +505.2% 94 $6,607 $964.8K

3 Dec 6-8 6 $4.0M +543.5% 2,012 $1,986 $5.2M

4 Dec 13-15 9 $1.9M −52.5% 2,110 $899 $8.8M

5 Dec 20-22 13 $317.7K −83.3% 451 $704 $10.1M

6 Dec 27-29 22 $179.1K −43.6% 140 $1,279 $10.5M

7 Jan 3-5 22 $188.0K +5.0% 133 $1,414 $10.9M

8 Jan 10-12 29 $83.3K −55.7% 100 $833 $11.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 22 — $38.3K — $38.3K 4 $9,581 1

Sat Nov 23 — $38.7K +0.9% $77.0K 4 $9,668 2

Sun Nov 24 — $25.6K −33.8% $102.6K 4 $6,402 3

Mon Nov 25 — $7.8K −69.4% $110.4K 4 $1,960 4

Tue Nov 26 — $7.0K −10.2% $117.5K 4 $1,760 5

Wed Nov 27 — $132.5K +1782.4% $250.0K 94 $1,410 6

Thu Nov 28 — $93.8K −29.2% $343.8K 94 $998 7

Fri Nov 29 — $222.9K +137.6% +481.6% $566.7K 94 $2,371 8

Sat Nov 30 — $243.4K +9.2% +529.3% $810.1K 94 $2,589 9

Sun Dec 1 — $154.7K −36.4% +504.2% $964.8K 94 $1,646 10

Mon Dec 2 — $47.7K −69.2% +508.7% $1.0M 94 $508 11

Tue Dec 3 — $61.9K +29.7% +779.3% $1.1M 94 $658 12

Wed Dec 4 — $58.5K −5.4% −55.8% $1.1M 94 $623 13

Thu Dec 5 — $51.8K −11.5% −44.8% $1.2M 94 $551 14

Fri Dec 6 #6 $1.4M +2593.1% +525.8% $2.6M 2,012 $693 15

Sat Dec 7 #6 $1.6M +13.9% +553.0% $4.2M 2,012 $790 16

Sun Dec 8 #6 $1.0M −36.3% +554.1% $5.2M 2,012 $503 17

Mon Dec 9 #6 $385.2K −61.9% +707.3% $5.6M 2,012 $191 18

Tue Dec 10 #6 $631.5K +63.9% +920.2% $6.2M 2,012 $314 19

Wed Dec 11 #6 $374.0K −40.8% +539.0% $6.6M 2,012 $186 20

Thu Dec 12 #6 $317.4K −15.1% +512.8% $6.9M 2,012 $158 21

Fri Dec 13 #9 $559.8K +76.3% −59.9% $7.4M 2,110 $265 22

Sat Dec 14 #9 $842.1K +50.4% −47.0% $8.3M 2,110 $399 23

Sun Dec 15 #9 $495.7K −41.1% −51.0% $8.8M 2,110 $235 24

Mon Dec 16 #9 $213.8K −56.9% −44.5% $9.0M 2,110 $101 25

Tue Dec 17 #9 $358.7K +67.8% −43.2% $9.4M 2,110 $170 26

Wed Dec 18 #9 $241.9K −32.6% −35.3% $9.6M 2,110 $115 27

Thu Dec 19 #9 $154.3K −36.2% −51.4% $9.8M 2,110 $73 28

Fri Dec 20 — $79.3K −48.6% −85.8% $9.8M 451 $176 29

Sat Dec 21 — $129.3K +63.1% −84.6% $10.0M 451 $287 30

Sun Dec 22 — $109.1K −15.7% −78.0% $10.1M 451 $242 31

Mon Dec 23 #14 $81.7K −25.1% −61.8% $10.2M 451 $181 32

Tue Dec 24 #14 $81.0K −0.9% −77.4% $10.2M 451 $180 33

Wed Dec 25 — $68.5K −15.5% −71.7% $10.3M 451 $152 34

Thu Dec 26 — $52.7K −23.0% −65.8% $10.4M 451 $117 35

Fri Dec 27 — $56.2K +6.6% −29.1% $10.4M 140 $401 36

Sat Dec 28 — $64.0K +13.9% −50.5% $10.5M 140 $457 37

Sun Dec 29 — $58.9K −7.9% −46.0% $10.5M 140 $421 38

Mon Dec 30 — $43.1K −26.8% −47.2% $10.6M 140 $308 39

Tue Dec 31 — $54.4K +26.1% −32.9% $10.6M 140 $389 40

Wed Jan 1 — $72.3K +32.8% +5.6% $10.7M 140 $516 41

Thu Jan 2 — $35.5K −50.9% −32.6% $10.7M 140 $254 42

Fri Jan 3 — $57.2K +61.1% +1.8% $10.8M 133 $430 43

Sat Jan 4 — $85.3K +49.2% +33.4% $10.9M 133 $642 44

Sun Jan 5 — $45.5K −46.7% −22.8% $10.9M 133 $342 45

Mon Jan 6 — $17.4K −61.7% −59.6% $10.9M 133 $131 46

Tue Jan 7 — $21.3K +21.9% −60.9% $11.0M 133 $160 47

Wed Jan 8 — $18.8K −11.4% −73.9% $11.0M 133 $142 48

Thu Jan 9 — $18.5K −1.9% −47.9% $11.0M 133 $139 49

Fri Jan 10 — $23.6K +27.8% −58.7% $11.0M 100 $236 50

Sat Jan 11 — $37.1K +57.0% −56.5% $11.1M 100 $371 51

Sun Jan 12 — $22.6K −39.1% −50.4% $11.1M 100 $226 52

Mon Jan 13 — $8.0K −64.4% −53.9% $11.1M 100 $80 53

Tue Jan 14 — $10.6K +32.2% −50.0% $11.1M 100 $106 54

Wed Jan 15 — $13.8K +29.5% −26.9% $11.1M 100 $138 55

Thu Jan 16 — $14.7K +6.5% −20.7% $11.1M 100 $147 56

Cumulative total$11.1M

Nov 22Dec 6Dec 20Jan 2Jan 16

Weekend grossWk 8 · $83.3K

$102.6K

$621.0K

$4.0M

$1.9M

$317.7K

$179.1K

$188.0K

$83.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8

Theater countPeak 2,110 → 100 −95.3%

4 open100 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · −55.7%

+505.2%

W1→2

+543.5%

W2→3

−52.5%

W3→4

−83.3%

W4→5

−43.6%

W5→6

+5.0%

W6→7

−55.7%

W7→8

Steepest −83.3%Biggest gain +543.5%

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