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2010 • PG-13 • 1h 48m • Drama, Romance, War • Screen Gems

Love brought them together. Will fate tear them apart?

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$30.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$80.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$142.00M

$62.00M international

Domestic legs2.63x

Budget$25.0M

2010 rank#43

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Cast & crew

Full Hallström filmography

Lasse Hallström

Lasse Hallström Director

Amanda Seyfried

Amanda Seyfried Starring

Channing Tatum

Channing Tatum Starring

Richard Jenkins

Richard Jenkins Starring

Henry Thomas

Henry Thomas Starring

ScreenplayJamie Linden Produced byMarty Bowen, Wyck Godfrey, Ryan Kavanaugh CinematographyTerry Stacey MusicDeborah Lurie Prod. DesignKara Lindstrom StudioScreen Gems

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Feb 5-7 1 $30.5M — 2,969 $10,262 $30.5M

2 Feb 12-14 5 $16.1M −47.3% 2,975 $5,402 $53.9M

3 Feb 19-21 6 $7.1M −55.6% 3,062 $2,328 $65.8M

4 Feb 26-28 7 $4.8M −32.6% 3,006 $1,599 $72.4M

5 Mar 5-7 10 $2.8M −42.1% 2,496 $1,114 $76.6M

6 Mar 12-14 16 $1.0M −63.3% 1,249 $817 $78.6M

7 Mar 19-21 26 $236.5K −76.8% 388 $609 $79.2M

8 Mar 26-28 33 $97.2K −58.9% 163 $596 $79.4M

9 Apr 2-4 31 $153.6K +58.0% 266 $577 $79.6M

10 Apr 9-11 32 $125.5K −18.3% 221 $567 $79.8M

11 Apr 16-18 40 $64.3K −48.8% 122 $526 $79.9M

12 Apr 23-25 41 $62.9K −2.1% 103 $610 $80.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Feb 5 #1 $13.8M — $13.8M 2,969 $4,636 1

Sat Feb 6 #1 $12.5M −9% $26.2M 2,969 $4,200 2

Sun Feb 7 #2 $4.2M −66% $30.5M 2,969 $1,425 3

Mon Feb 8 #2 $2.1M −49% $32.6M 2,969 $720 4

Tue Feb 9 #2 $1.9M −11% $34.5M 2,969 $642 5

Wed Feb 10 #2 $1.5M −21% $36.0M 2,969 $507 6

Thu Feb 11 #2 $1.9M +23% $37.9M 2,969 $624 7

Fri Feb 12 #5 $4.1M +121% −70% $42.0M 2,975 $1,377 8

Sat Feb 13 #5 $5.5M +33% −56% $47.4M 2,975 $1,835 9

Sun Feb 14 #5 $6.5M +19% +54% $53.9M 2,975 $2,189 10

Mon Feb 15 #5 $2.1M −67% −1% $56.1M 2,975 $715 11

Tue Feb 16 #5 $941.7K −56% −51% $57.0M 2,975 $316 12

Wed Feb 17 #5 $803.8K −15% −47% $57.8M 2,975 $270 13

Thu Feb 18 #5 $847.9K +5% −54% $58.7M 2,975 $285 14

Fri Feb 19 #6 $2.4M +178% −43% $61.0M 3,062 $768 15

Sat Feb 20 #6 $3.2M +34% −42% $64.2M 3,062 $1,029 16

Sun Feb 21 #6 $1.6M −49% −75% $65.8M 3,062 $530 17

Mon Feb 22 #6 $428.5K −74% −80% $66.2M 3,062 $139 18

Tue Feb 23 #6 $512.0K +19% −46% $66.7M 3,062 $167 19

Wed Feb 24 #6 $432.4K −16% −46% $67.2M 3,062 $141 20

Thu Feb 25 #6 $448.9K +4% −47% $67.6M 3,062 $146 21

Fri Feb 26 #7 $1.5M +243% −35% $69.2M 3,006 $512 22

Sat Feb 27 #7 $2.2M +43% −30% $71.4M 3,006 $732 23

Sun Feb 28 #8 $1.1M −52% −34% $72.4M 3,006 $355 24

Mon Mar 1 #8 $304.0K −72% −29% $72.7M 3,006 $101 25

Tue Mar 2 #7 $401.2K +32% −22% $73.1M 3,006 $133 26

Wed Mar 3 #7 $351.0K −13% −19% $73.5M 3,006 $116 27

Thu Mar 4 #7 $355.7K +1% −21% $73.8M 3,006 $118 28

Fri Mar 5 #9 $967.8K +172% −37% $74.8M 2,496 $387 29

Sat Mar 6 #10 $1.2M +28% −44% $76.0M 2,496 $494 30

Sun Mar 7 #10 $579.6K −53% −46% $76.6M 2,496 $232 31

Mon Mar 8 #10 $199.0K −66% −35% $76.8M 2,496 $79 32

Tue Mar 9 #10 $241.4K +21% −40% $77.1M 2,496 $96 33

Wed Mar 10 #10 $218.5K −9% −38% $77.3M 2,496 $87 34

Thu Mar 11 #10 $248.1K +13% −30% $77.5M 2,496 $99 35

Fri Mar 12 $354.4K +43% −63% $77.9M 1,249 $283 36

Sat Mar 13 $435.3K +23% −65% $78.3M 1,249 $348 37

Sun Mar 14 $231.7K −47% −60% $78.6M 1,249 $185 38

Mon Mar 15 $104.7K −55% −47% $78.7M 1,249 $83 39

Tue Mar 16 $123.8K +18% −49% $78.8M 1,249 $99 40

Wed Mar 17 $106.5K −14% −51% $78.9M 1,249 $85 41

Thu Mar 18 $115.8K +9% −53% $79.0M 1,249 $92 42

Fri Mar 19 $83.8K −28% −76% $79.1M 388 $215 43

Sat Mar 20 $98.4K +17% −77% $79.2M 388 $253 44

Sun Mar 21 $54.3K −45% −77% $79.2M 388 $139 45

Fri Mar 26 $33.0K — −61% $79.4M 163 $202 50

Sat Mar 27 $40.9K +24% −58% $79.4M 163 $250 51

Sun Mar 28 $23.3K −43% −57% $79.4M 163 $142 52

Fri Apr 2 $59.1K — +79% $79.5M 266 $222 57

Sat Apr 3 $60.9K +3% +49% $79.6M 266 $228 58

Sun Apr 4 $33.6K −45% +44% $79.6M 266 $126 59

Fri Apr 9 $44.3K — −25% $79.7M 221 $200 64

Sat Apr 10 $53.7K +21% −12% $79.8M 221 $243 65

Sun Apr 11 $27.5K −49% −18% $79.8M 221 $124 66

Fri Apr 16 $20.2K — −54% $79.9M 122 $165 71

Sat Apr 17 $28.8K +43% −46% $79.9M 122 $236 72

Sun Apr 18 $15.3K −47% −44% $79.9M 122 $125 73

Fri Apr 23 $22.9K — +13% $80.0M 103 $222 78

Sat Apr 24 $28.1K +23% −3% $80.0M 103 $272 79

Sun Apr 25 $11.9K −58% −22% $80.0M 103 $115 80

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

Cumulative total$79.8M

Feb 5Feb 18Mar 4Mar 17Apr 11

Weekend grossWk 10 · $125.5K

$30.5M

$16.1M

$7.1M

$4.8M

$2.8M

$1.0M

$236.5K

$97.2K

$153.6K

$125.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,062 → 221 −92.8%

2,969 open221 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −18.3%

−47.3%

W1→2

−55.6%

W2→3

−32.6%

W3→4

−42.1%

W4→5

−63.3%

W5→6

−76.8%

W6→7

−58.9%

W7→8

+58.0%

W8→9

−18.3%

W9→10

Steepest −76.8%Biggest gain +58.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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