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2017 • R • 2h 15m • Comedy, Drama, Science Fiction • Paramount Pictures

We are meant for something bigger.

🍅 47% 26%

64

2.40

5.8

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$5.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$24.40M

Final

Worldwide total

$54.50M

$30.00M international

Domestic legs4.9x

Budget$68M

2017 rank#94

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Cast & crew

Full Payne filmography

Alexander Payne

Alexander Payne Director

Matt Damon

Matt Damon Starring

Christoph Waltz

Christoph Waltz Starring

Hong Chau

Hong Chau Starring

Kristen Wiig

Kristen Wiig Starring

ScreenplayAlexander Payne, Jim Taylor Produced byMark Johnson, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor, Jim Burke CinematographyPhedon Papamichael Music byRolfe Kent StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 22-24 7 $5.0M — 2,668 $1,857 $5.0M

2 Dec 29-31 9 $4.7M −5.1% 2,664 $1,765 $17.2M

3 Jan 5-7 14 $2.2M −53.2% 2,020 $1,090 $22.9M

4 Jan 12-14 25 $302.3K −86.3% 412 $734 $24.1M

5 Jan 19-21 35 $70.0K −76.8% 134 $523 $24.3M

6 Jan 26-28 35 $71.3K +1.8% 113 $631 $24.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 22 #6 $2.1M — $2.1M 2,668 $768 1

Sat Dec 23 #7 $1.7M −14.7% $3.8M 2,668 $655 2

Sun Dec 24 #7 $1.2M −33.9% $5.0M 2,668 $433 3

Mon Dec 25 #7 $2.7M +135.0% $7.7M 2,668 $1,018 4

Tue Dec 26 #7 $1.9M −29.1% $9.6M 2,668 $722 5

Wed Dec 27 #7 $1.5M −23.7% $11.1M 2,668 $551 6

Thu Dec 28 #7 $1.4M −5.3% $12.5M 2,668 $522 7

Fri Dec 29 #9 $1.6M +14.6% −22.1% $14.1M 2,664 $599 8

Sat Dec 30 #9 $1.8M +14.8% +4.8% $15.9M 2,664 $688 9

Sun Dec 31 #9 $1.3M −30.5% +10.2% $17.2M 2,664 $478 10

Mon Jan 1 #8 $1.5M +21.5% −43.1% $18.7M 2,664 $580 11

Tue Jan 2 #9 $912.3K −41.0% −52.6% $19.6M 2,664 $342 12

Wed Jan 3 #9 $632.3K −30.7% −57.0% $20.3M 2,664 $237 13

Thu Jan 4 #9 $478.5K −24.3% −65.6% $20.7M 2,664 $180 14

Fri Jan 5 #14 $653.1K +36.5% −59.1% $21.4M 2,020 $323 15

Sat Jan 6 #14 $954.7K +46.2% −47.9% $22.3M 2,020 $473 16

Sun Jan 7 #14 $594.5K −37.7% −53.3% $22.9M 2,020 $294 17

Mon Jan 8 #14 $207.7K −65.1% −86.6% $23.1M 2,020 $103 18

Tue Jan 9 #14 $300.0K +44.5% −67.1% $23.4M 2,020 $149 19

Wed Jan 10 #15 $215.8K −28.1% −65.9% $23.7M 2,020 $107 20

Thu Jan 11 #- $142.3K −34.1% −70.3% $23.8M 2,020 $70 21

Fri Jan 12 #- $81.7K −42.6% −87.5% $23.9M 412 $198 22

Sat Jan 13 #- $128.3K +57.1% −86.6% $24.0M 412 $312 23

Sun Jan 14 #- $92.3K −28.1% −84.5% $24.1M 412 $224 24

Mon Jan 15 #- $54.4K −41.0% −73.8% $24.2M 412 $132 25

Tue Jan 16 #- $36.0K −33.8% −88.0% $24.2M 412 $87 26

Wed Jan 17 #- $27.7K −23.2% −87.2% $24.2M 412 $67 27

Thu Jan 18 #- $25.7K −7.1% −81.9% $24.2M 412 $62 28

Fri Jan 19 #- $20.1K −21.7% −75.4% $24.3M 134 $150 29

Sat Jan 20 #- $32.2K +60.0% −74.9% $24.3M 134 $240 30

Sun Jan 21 #- $17.7K −45.0% −80.8% $24.3M 134 $132 31

Mon Jan 22 #- $7.1K −60.0% −87.0% $24.3M 134 $53 32

Tue Jan 23 #- $10.4K +47.0% −71.1% $24.3M 134 $78 33

Wed Jan 24 #- $8.0K −23.1% −71.0% $24.3M 134 $60 34

Thu Jan 25 #- $7.5K −5.8% −70.6% $24.3M 134 $56 35

Fri Jan 26 #- $18.8K +149.6% −6.4% $24.4M 113 $167 36

Sat Jan 27 #- $31.8K +69.0% −1.1% $24.4M 113 $282 37

Sun Jan 28 #- $20.6K −35.1% +16.6% $24.4M 113 $183 38

Mon Jan 29 #- $7.2K −65.0% +1.9% $24.4M 113 $64 39

Tue Jan 30 #- $8.8K +22.0% −15.4% $24.4M 113 $78 40

Wed Jan 31 #- $7.5K −15.0% −6.5% $24.4M 113 $66 41

Thu Feb 1 #- $7.5K +0.0% −0.7% $24.4M 113 $66 42

Cumulative total$24.4M

Dec 22Jan 1Jan 12Jan 22Feb 1

Weekend grossWk 6 · $71.3K

$5.0M

$4.7M

$2.2M

$302.3K

$70.0K

$71.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6

Theater countPeak 2,668 → 113 −95.8%

2,668 open113 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 6 · +1.8%

−5.1%

W1→2

−53.2%

W2→3

−86.3%

W3→4

−76.8%

W4→5

+1.8%

W5→6

Steepest −86.3%Biggest gain +1.8%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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