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2014 • PG • 1h 47m • Drama, Family • Warner Bros.

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2.5

6.4

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$16.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$42.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$57.80M

$15.80M international

Domestic legs2.54x

Budget$36.0M

2014 rank#49

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Cast & crew

Full Smith filmography

Charles Martin Smith

Charles Martin Smith Director

Harry Connick Jr.

Harry Connick Jr. Starring

Ashley Judd

Ashley Judd Starring

Nathan Gamble

Nathan Gamble Starring

Kris Kristofferson

Kris Kristofferson Starring

Morgan Freeman

Morgan Freeman Starring

ScreenplayCharles Martin Smith Produced byAndrew A. Kosove, Broderick Johnson, Richard Ingber CinematographyDaryn Okada MusicRachel Portman Prod. DesignDavid J. Bomba StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 12-14 2 $15.9M — 3,656 $4,342 $15.9M

2 Sep 19-21 5 $8.9M −44.1% 3,656 $2,426 $26.9M

3 Sep 26-28 5 $4.8M −46.0% 3,376 $1,418 $33.6M

4 Oct 3-5 8 $3.4M −28.5% 2,790 $1,227 $37.9M

5 Oct 10-12 14 $1.3M −62.7% 1,505 $849 $39.9M

6 Oct 17-19 22 $325.8K −74.5% 502 $649 $40.8M

7 Oct 24-26 27 $141.3K −56.6% 245 $577 $41.0M

8 Oct 31-33 27 $131.4K −7.0% 201 $654 $41.2M

9 Nov 7-9 26 $212.1K +61.4% 285 $744 $41.5M

10 Nov 14-16 28 $161.5K −23.9% 265 $609 $41.7M

11 Nov 21-23 33 $89.4K −44.6% 191 $468 $41.8M

12 Nov 28-30 33 $62.3K −30.3% 145 $430 $42.0M

13 Dec 5-7 47 $25.4K −59.3% 112 $226 $42.0M

14 Dec 12-14 53 $11.0K −56.6% 66 $167 $42.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Sep 12 #2 $4.3M — $4.3M 3,656 $1,167 1

Sat Sep 13 #2 $7.5M +74.8% $11.7M 3,656 $2,039 2

Sun Sep 14 #2 $4.2M −44.3% $15.9M 3,656 $1,136 3

Mon Sep 15 #3 $522.5K −87.4% $16.4M 3,656 $143 4

Tue Sep 16 #3 $703.2K +34.6% $17.1M 3,656 $192 5

Wed Sep 17 #3 $506.2K −28.0% $17.6M 3,656 $138 6

Thu Sep 18 #3 $459.7K −9.2% $18.1M 3,656 $126 7

Fri Sep 19 #5 $2.1M +367.3% −49.6% $20.2M 3,656 $588 8

Sat Sep 20 #5 $4.2M +96.6% −43.4% $24.4M 3,656 $1,155 9

Sun Sep 21 #4 $2.5M −40.8% −39.9% $26.9M 3,656 $683 10

Mon Sep 22 #6 $311.2K −87.5% −40.4% $27.2M 3,656 $85 11

Tue Sep 23 #6 $371.4K +19.3% −47.2% $27.6M 3,656 $102 12

Wed Sep 24 #6 $347.4K −6.5% −31.4% $28.0M 3,656 $95 13

Thu Sep 25 #3 $867.0K +149.6% +88.6% $28.8M 3,656 $237 14

Fri Sep 26 #7 $1.3M +47.9% −40.3% $30.1M 3,376 $380 15

Sat Sep 27 #5 $2.2M +74.0% −47.2% $32.3M 3,376 $661 16

Sun Sep 28 #5 $1.3M −42.8% −48.9% $33.6M 3,376 $378 17

Mon Sep 29 #8 $216.2K −83.0% −30.5% $33.8M 3,376 $64 18

Tue Sep 30 #8 $234.1K +8.3% −37.0% $34.1M 3,376 $69 19

Wed Oct 1 #8 $193.2K −17.5% −44.4% $34.3M 3,376 $57 20

Thu Oct 2 #8 $182.1K −5.8% −79.0% $34.4M 3,376 $54 21

Fri Oct 3 #8 $810.4K +345.1% −36.8% $35.3M 2,790 $290 22

Sat Oct 4 #8 $1.7M +114.2% −22.2% $37.0M 2,790 $622 23

Sun Oct 5 #8 $876.0K −49.5% −31.3% $37.9M 2,790 $314 24

Mon Oct 6 #9 $193.2K −77.9% −10.6% $38.1M 2,790 $69 25

Tue Oct 7 #10 $211.2K +9.3% −9.8% $38.3M 2,790 $76 26

Wed Oct 8 #10 $167.4K −20.7% −13.3% $38.4M 2,790 $60 27

Thu Oct 9 #9 $187.4K +11.9% +2.9% $38.6M 2,790 $67 28

Fri Oct 10 #14 $334.2K +78.3% −58.8% $39.0M 1,505 $222 29

Sat Oct 11 #14 $577.6K +72.8% −66.7% $39.5M 1,505 $384 30

Sun Oct 12 #13 $365.6K −36.7% −58.3% $39.9M 1,505 $243 31

Mon Oct 13 #12 $345.4K −5.5% +78.8% $40.2M 1,505 $229 32

Tue Oct 14 #- $88.1K −74.5% −58.3% $40.3M 1,505 $59 33

Wed Oct 15 #15 $71.4K −19.0% −57.4% $40.4M 1,505 $47 34

Thu Oct 16 #15 $83.2K +16.6% −55.6% $40.5M 1,505 $55 35

Fri Oct 17 #- $89.5K +7.6% −73.2% $40.6M 502 $178 36

Sat Oct 18 #- $145.8K +62.8% −74.8% $40.7M 502 $290 37

Sun Oct 19 #- $90.5K −37.9% −75.3% $40.8M 502 $180 38

Mon Oct 20 #- $26.3K −71.0% −92.4% $40.8M 502 $52 39

Tue Oct 21 #- $17.9K −32.0% −79.7% $40.9M 502 $36 40

Wed Oct 22 #- $15.1K −15.2% −78.8% $40.9M 502 $30 41

Thu Oct 23 #- $24.7K +63.5% −70.3% $40.9M 502 $49 42

Fri Oct 24 #- $39.5K +59.5% −55.9% $40.9M 245 $161 43

Sat Oct 25 #- $62.9K +59.2% −56.9% $41.0M 245 $257 44

Sun Oct 26 #- $39.0K −38.0% −56.9% $41.0M 245 $159 45

Mon Oct 27 #- $7.6K −80.6% −71.2% $41.0M 245 $31 46

Tue Oct 28 #- $8.4K +11.0% −53.1% $41.1M 245 $34 47

Wed Oct 29 #- $8.2K −2.0% −45.7% $41.1M 245 $34 48

Thu Oct 30 #- $7.8K −5.4% −68.6% $41.1M 245 $32 49

Fri Oct 31 #- $18.2K +134.2% −53.9% $41.1M 201 $90 50

Sat Nov 1 #- $67.3K +270.2% +7.1% $41.2M 201 $335 51

Sun Nov 2 #- $45.9K −31.8% +17.8% $41.2M 201 $228 52

Mon Nov 3 #- $9.6K −79.2% +26.5% $41.2M 201 $48 53

Tue Nov 4 #- $18.1K +89.3% +115.8% $41.2M 201 $90 54

Wed Nov 5 #- $6.0K −67.1% −27.5% $41.2M 201 $30 55

Thu Nov 6 #- $7.8K +31.6% +0.9% $41.2M 201 $39 56

Fri Nov 7 #- $49.6K +532.7% +172.5% $41.3M 285 $174 57

Sat Nov 8 #- $101.6K +105.0% +50.9% $41.4M 285 $356 58

Sun Nov 9 #- $60.9K −40.0% +32.8% $41.5M 285 $214 59

Mon Nov 10 #- $24.0K −60.6% +151.4% $41.5M 285 $84 60

Tue Nov 11 #- $52.1K +116.8% +187.9% $41.5M 285 $183 61

Wed Nov 12 #- $11.2K −78.5% +88.4% $41.5M 285 $39 62

Thu Nov 13 #- $12.2K +9.0% +56.0% $41.6M 285 $43 63

Fri Nov 14 #- $37.2K +204.0% −25.0% $41.6M 265 $140 64

Sat Nov 15 #- $78.4K +111.0% −22.8% $41.7M 265 $296 65

Sun Nov 16 #- $45.9K −41.5% −24.7% $41.7M 265 $173 66

Mon Nov 17 #- $7.7K −83.2% −67.9% $41.7M 265 $29 67

Tue Nov 18 #- $9.5K +23.0% −81.8% $41.7M 265 $36 68

Wed Nov 19 #- $8.5K −10.7% −24.5% $41.7M 265 $32 69

Thu Nov 20 #- $7.6K −10.6% −38.1% $41.8M 265 $29 70

Fri Nov 21 #- $19.6K +159.3% −47.2% $41.8M 191 $103 71

Sat Nov 22 #24 $42.3K +115.8% −46.0% $41.8M 191 $222 72

Sun Nov 23 #- $27.5K −35.1% −40.1% $41.8M 191 $144 73

Mon Nov 24 #- $15.0K −45.4% +94.9% $41.9M 191 $79 74

Tue Nov 25 #- $19.7K +31.3% +108.1% $41.9M 191 $103 75

Wed Nov 26 #- $18.1K −8.3% +113.6% $41.9M 145 $125 76

Thu Nov 27 #- $7.0K −61.4% −7.8% $41.9M 145 $48 77

Fri Nov 28 #- $24.6K +252.6% +25.4% $41.9M 145 $170 78

Sat Nov 29 #- $24.8K +0.8% −41.5% $42.0M 145 $171 79

Sun Nov 30 #- $13.0K −47.5% −52.7% $42.0M 145 $90 80

Mon Dec 1 #- $3.3K −75.0% −78.3% $42.0M 145 $22 81

Tue Dec 2 #- $2.6K −19.0% −86.6% $42.0M 145 $18 82

Wed Dec 3 #- $2.2K −17.8% −88.0% $42.0M 145 $15 83

Thu Dec 4 #- $2.3K +4.3% −67.6% $42.0M 145 $16 84

Fri Dec 5 #- $5.3K +133.2% −78.6% $42.0M 112 $47 85

Sat Dec 6 #- $12.0K +128.7% −51.4% $42.0M 112 $107 86

Sun Dec 7 #- $8.1K −33.0% −38.0% $42.0M 112 $72 87

Mon Dec 8 #- $2.0K −74.9% −37.6% $42.0M 112 $18 88

Tue Dec 9 #- $2.2K +8.1% −16.7% $42.0M 112 $20 89

Wed Dec 10 #- $2.2K −0.7% +0.7% $42.0M 112 $19 90

Thu Dec 11 #- $2.0K −8.0% −11.2% $42.0M 112 $18 91

Fri Dec 12 #- $2.6K +29.5% −50.7% $42.0M 66 $39 92

Sat Dec 13 #- $5.3K +103.7% −56.1% $42.0M 66 $80 93

Sun Dec 14 #- $3.1K −40.8% −61.2% $42.0M 66 $47 94

Mon Dec 15 #- $431 −86.2% −78.7% $42.0M 66 $7 95

Tue Dec 16 #- $901 +109.0% −58.9% $42.0M 66 $14 96

Wed Dec 17 #- $912 +1.2% −58.1% $42.0M 66 $14 97

Thu Dec 18 #- $2.8K +207.7% +40.0% $42.0M 66 $43 98

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

Cumulative total$41.8M

Sep 12Sep 29Oct 17Nov 3Nov 20

Weekend grossWk 10 · $161.5K

$15.9M

$8.9M

$4.8M

$3.4M

$1.3M

$325.8K

$141.3K

$131.4K

$212.1K

$161.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,656 → 265 −92.8%

3,656 open265 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −23.9%

−44.1%

W1→2

−46.0%

W2→3

−28.5%

W3→4

−62.7%

W4→5

−74.5%

W5→6

−56.6%

W6→7

−7.0%

W7→8

+61.4%

W8→9

−23.9%

W9→10

Steepest −74.5%Biggest gain +61.4%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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