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2011 • PG • 1h 53m • Drama, Family • Warner Bros.

Inspired by the amazing true story of Winter.

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3.12

6.8

CS A+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$19.20M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$72.30M

Final

Worldwide total

$96.10M

$23.80M international

Domestic legs3.77x

Budget$37.0M

2011 rank#50

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Cast & crew

Full Smith filmography

Charles Martin Smith

Charles Martin Smith Director

Nathan Gamble

Nathan Gamble Starring

Harry Connick Jr.

Harry Connick Jr. Starring

Austin Stowell

Austin Stowell Starring

Morgan Freeman

Morgan Freeman Starring

Ashley Judd

Ashley Judd Starring

ScreenplayNoam Dromi, Karen Janszen Produced byRichard Ingber, Broderick Johnson, Andrew A. Kosove CinematographyKarl Walter Lindenlaub MusicMark Isham Prod. DesignMichael Corenblith StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 23-25 3 $19.2M — 3,507 $5,461 $19.2M

2 Sep 30-Oct 2 1 $13.9M −27.4% 3,515 $3,958 $37.2M

3 Oct 7-9 3 $9.1M −34.4% 3,478 $2,625 $49.0M

4 Oct 14-16 5 $6.2M −31.7% 3,286 $1,896 $58.6M

5 Oct 21-23 6 $4.2M −32.3% 2,828 $1,491 $64.4M

6 Oct 28-30 12 $1.6M −61.3% 1,838 $888 $67.0M

7 Nov 4-6 14 $1.0M −37.4% 1,105 $925 $68.6M

8 Nov 11-13 15 $693.3K −32.2% 705 $983 $69.6M

9 Nov 18-20 24 $261.0K −62.4% 388 $672 $70.0M

10 Nov 25-27 32 $185.9K −28.8% 216 $860 $70.4M

11 Dec 2-4 18 $315.3K +69.6% 410 $768 $70.7M

12 Dec 9-11 21 $269.7K −14.4% 342 $788 $71.1M

13 Dec 16-18 22 $193.1K −28.4% 281 $687 $71.3M

14 Dec 23-25 33 $76.1K −60.6% 188 $404 $71.6M

15 Dec 30-Jan 1 32 $152.1K +99.9% 188 $809 $72.0M

16 Jan 6-8 37 $95.3K −37.3% 149 $639 $72.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Sep 23 #3 $5.1M — $5.1M 3,507 $1,453 1

Sat Sep 24 #2 $8.6M +69% $13.7M 3,507 $2,462 2

Sun Sep 25 #2 $5.4M −37% $19.2M 3,507 $1,545 3

Mon Sep 26 #4 $744.3K −86% $19.9M 3,507 $212 4

Tue Sep 27 #4 $879.1K +18% $20.8M 3,507 $250 5

Wed Sep 28 #3 $833.2K −5% $21.6M 3,507 $237 6

Thu Sep 29 #3 $1.7M +100% $23.3M 3,507 $474 7

Fri Sep 30 #2 $3.5M +110% −32% $26.8M 3,515 $992 8

Sat Oct 1 #1 $6.5M +87% −24% $33.3M 3,515 $1,855 9

Sun Oct 2 #1 $3.9M −40% −28% $37.2M 3,515 $1,110 10

Mon Oct 3 #3 $611.0K −84% −18% $37.8M 3,515 $173 11

Tue Oct 4 #3 $784.1K +28% −11% $38.6M 3,515 $223 12

Wed Oct 5 #3 $652.3K −17% −22% $39.2M 3,515 $185 13

Thu Oct 6 #3 $678.5K +4% −59% $39.9M 3,515 $193 14

Fri Oct 7 #3 $2.4M +255% −31% $42.3M 3,478 $692 15

Sat Oct 8 #3 $4.0M +64% −39% $46.3M 3,478 $1,136 16

Sun Oct 9 #3 $2.8M −30% −29% $49.0M 3,478 $796 17

Mon Oct 10 #2 $1.7M −38% +181% $50.8M 3,478 $493 18

Tue Oct 11 #5 $555.4K −68% −29% $51.3M 3,478 $159 19

Wed Oct 12 #5 $467.3K −16% −28% $51.8M 3,478 $134 20

Thu Oct 13 #5 $548.1K +17% −19% $52.3M 3,478 $157 21

Fri Oct 14 #6 $1.7M +207% −30% $54.0M 3,286 $512 22

Sat Oct 15 #5 $2.8M +68% −28% $56.8M 3,286 $860 23

Sun Oct 16 #4 $1.7M −39% −38% $58.6M 3,286 $524 24

Mon Oct 17 #7 $362.5K −79% −79% $58.9M 3,286 $110 25

Tue Oct 18 #7 $391.5K +8% −30% $59.3M 3,286 $119 26

Wed Oct 19 #7 $388.4K −1% −17% $59.7M 3,286 $118 27

Thu Oct 20 #5 $488.2K +26% −11% $60.2M 3,286 $148 28

Fri Oct 21 #7 $1.2M +155% −26% $61.4M 2,828 $440 29

Sat Oct 22 #6 $1.8M +48% −35% $63.3M 2,828 $654 30

Sun Oct 23 #5 $1.1M −39% −35% $64.4M 2,828 $396 31

Mon Oct 24 #9 $231.4K −79% −36% $64.6M 2,828 $81 32

Tue Oct 25 #10 $233.3K +1% −40% $64.9M 2,828 $82 33

Wed Oct 26 #9 $231.1K −1% −40% $65.1M 2,828 $81 34

Thu Oct 27 #7 $298.2K +29% −39% $65.4M 2,828 $105 35

Fri Oct 28 #12 $445.9K +50% −64% $65.8M 1,838 $242 36

Sat Oct 29 #12 $719.5K +61% −61% $66.6M 1,838 $391 37

Sun Oct 30 #12 $468.0K −35% −58% $67.0M 1,838 $254 38

Mon Oct 31 #11 $177.1K −62% −23% $67.2M 1,838 $96 39

Tue Nov 1 $140.4K −21% −40% $67.4M 1,838 $76 40

Wed Nov 2 #13 $116.2K −17% −50% $67.5M 1,838 $63 41

Thu Nov 3 #12 $126.0K +8% −58% $67.6M 1,838 $68 42

Fri Nov 4 #15 $239.0K +90% −46% $67.8M 1,105 $216 43

Sat Nov 5 #14 $478.1K +100% −34% $68.3M 1,105 $432 44

Sun Nov 6 #14 $305.2K −36% −35% $68.6M 1,105 $276 45

Mon Nov 7 #15 $63.1K −79% −64% $68.7M 1,105 $57 46

Tue Nov 8 #14 $96.5K +53% −31% $68.8M 1,105 $87 47

Wed Nov 9 $58.5K −39% −50% $68.8M 1,105 $52 48

Thu Nov 10 #15 $105.4K +80% −16% $68.9M 1,105 $95 49

Fri Nov 11 $257.7K +145% +8% $69.2M 705 $365 50

Sat Nov 12 $267.2K +4% −44% $69.5M 705 $379 51

Sun Nov 13 $168.4K −37% −45% $69.6M 705 $238 52

Mon Nov 14 $29.6K −82% −53% $69.7M 705 $42 53

Tue Nov 15 $31.1K +5% −68% $69.7M 705 $44 54

Wed Nov 16 $28.0K −10% −52% $69.7M 705 $39 55

Thu Nov 17 $33.3K +19% −68% $69.8M 705 $47 56

Fri Nov 18 $59.5K +79% −77% $69.8M 388 $153 57

Sat Nov 19 $118.2K +98% −56% $69.9M 388 $304 58

Sun Nov 20 $83.3K −30% −51% $70.0M 388 $214 59

Mon Nov 21 $41.6K −50% +41% $70.1M 388 $107 60

Tue Nov 22 $52.3K +26% +68% $70.1M 388 $134 61

Wed Nov 23 $44.5K −15% +59% $70.2M 216 $206 62

Thu Nov 24 $21.8K −51% −35% $70.2M 216 $100 63

Fri Nov 25 $71.4K +228% +20% $70.2M 216 $330 64

Sat Nov 26 $72.1K +1% −39% $70.3M 216 $333 65

Sun Nov 27 $42.4K −41% −49% $70.4M 216 $196 66

Mon Nov 28 $9.3K −78% −78% $70.4M 216 $43 67

Tue Nov 29 $8.8K −5% −83% $70.4M 216 $40 68

Wed Nov 30 $8.1K −8% −82% $70.4M 216 $37 69

Thu Dec 1 $10.1K +24% −54% $70.4M 216 $46 70

Fri Dec 2 $82.3K +717% +15% $70.5M 410 $200 71

Sat Dec 3 $139.6K +70% +94% $70.6M 410 $340 72

Sun Dec 4 $93.3K −33% +120% $70.7M 410 $227 73

Mon Dec 5 $19.6K −79% +110% $70.7M 410 $47 74

Tue Dec 6 $24.5K +25% +178% $70.8M 410 $59 75

Wed Dec 7 $19.6K −20% +141% $70.8M 410 $47 76

Thu Dec 8 $20.4K +4% +102% $70.8M 410 $49 77

Fri Dec 9 $69.5K +241% −16% $70.9M 342 $203 78

Sat Dec 10 $126.1K +81% −10% $71.0M 342 $368 79

Sun Dec 11 $74.2K −41% −21% $71.1M 342 $216 80

Mon Dec 12 $16.0K −78% −18% $71.1M 342 $46 81

Tue Dec 13 $19.0K +19% −22% $71.1M 342 $55 82

Wed Dec 14 $16.3K −14% −17% $71.1M 342 $47 83

Thu Dec 15 $17.8K +9% −13% $71.1M 342 $51 84

Fri Dec 16 $47.3K +166% −32% $71.2M 281 $168 85

Sat Dec 17 $87.4K +85% −31% $71.3M 281 $311 86

Sun Dec 18 $58.4K −33% −21% $71.3M 281 $207 87

Mon Dec 19 $39.5K −32% +147% $71.4M 281 $140 88

Tue Dec 20 $56.8K +44% +199% $71.4M 281 $202 89

Wed Dec 21 $39.0K −31% +139% $71.5M 250 $156 90

Thu Dec 22 $45.0K +15% +153% $71.5M 250 $179 91

Fri Dec 23 $39.2K −13% −17% $71.6M 188 $208 92

Sat Dec 24 $17.9K −54% −79% $71.6M 188 $95 93

Sun Dec 25 $19.0K +6% −68% $71.6M 188 $100 94

Mon Dec 26 $50.0K +163% +27% $71.6M 188 $265 95

Tue Dec 27 $56.4K +13% −1% $71.7M 188 $300 96

Wed Dec 28 $57.0K +1% +46% $71.8M 188 $303 97

Thu Dec 29 $61.0K +7% +36% $71.8M 188 $324 98

Fri Dec 30 $64.8K +6% +65% $71.9M 188 $344 99

Sat Dec 31 $46.3K −29% +158% $71.9M 188 $246 100

Sun Jan 1 $41.1K −11% +116% $72.0M 188 $218 101

Mon Jan 2 $52.2K +27% +4% $72.0M 188 $277 102

Tue Jan 3 $24.5K −53% −57% $72.0M 188 $130 103

Wed Jan 4 $15.7K −36% −72% $72.1M 188 $83 104

Thu Jan 5 $14.3K −9% −77% $72.1M 188 $75 105

Fri Jan 6 $22.2K +55% −66% $72.1M 149 $148 106

Sat Jan 7 $45.8K +106% −1% $72.1M 149 $307 107

Sun Jan 8 $27.3K −40% −33% $72.2M 149 $183 108

Mon Jan 9 $5.2K −81% −90% $72.2M 149 $34 109

Tue Jan 10 $6.5K +26% −73% $72.2M 149 $43 110

Wed Jan 11 $5.3K −19% −66% $72.2M 149 $35 111

Thu Jan 12 $5.4K +1% −62% $72.2M 149 $35 112

Fri Jan 13 $8.2K +54% −63% $72.2M 91 $90 113

Sat Jan 14 $18.0K +118% −61% $72.2M 91 $197 114

Sun Jan 15 $14.1K −22% −48% $72.2M 91 $155 115

Mon Jan 16 $19.2K +36% +270% $72.2M 91 $210 116

Tue Jan 17 $2.5K −87% −62% $72.3M 91 $27 117

Wed Jan 18 $2.2K −12% −59% $72.3M 91 $24 118

Thu Jan 19 $2.3K +6% −57% $72.3M 91 $25 119

Fri Jan 20 $5.1K +118% −39% $72.3M 63 $80 120

Sat Jan 21 $12.9K +154% −29% $72.3M 63 $204 121

Sun Jan 22 $7.0K −46% −51% $72.3M 63 $110 122

Mon Jan 23 $2.2K −68% −89% $72.3M 63 $34 123

Tue Jan 24 $1.8K −20% −30% $72.3M 63 $27 124

Wed Jan 25 $1.3K −24% −39% $72.3M 63 $21 125

Thu Jan 26 $1.8K +35% −23% $72.3M 63 $28 126

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

Cumulative total$70.4M

Sep 23Oct 10Oct 28Nov 14Dec 1

Weekend grossWk 10 · $185.9K

$19.2M

$13.9M

$9.1M

$6.2M

$4.2M

$1.6M

$1.0M

$693.3K

$261.0K

$185.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,515 → 216 −93.9%

3,507 open216 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −28.8%

−27.4%

W1→2

−34.4%

W2→3

−31.7%

W3→4

−32.3%

W4→5

−61.3%

W5→6

−37.4%

W6→7

−32.2%

W7→8

−62.4%

W8→9

−28.8%

W9→10

Steepest −62.4%Best hold −27.4%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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