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2014 • PG-13 • 1h 49m • Drama, Sport • Lionsgate

The greatest victories don't always happen on the field.

🍅 59% 65%

54

3.12

6.8

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$9.80M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$28.80M

Final

Worldwide total

$29.80M

$1.00M international

Domestic legs2.9x

Budget$25M

2014 rank#94

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Cast & crew

Full Reitman filmography

Ivan Reitman

Ivan Reitman Director

Kevin Costner

Kevin Costner Starring

Jennifer Garner

Jennifer Garner Starring

Denis Leary

Denis Leary Starring

Chadwick Boseman

Chadwick Boseman Starring

Frank Langella

Frank Langella Starring

ScreenplayScott Rothman, Rajiv Joseph Produced byIvan Reitman, Joe Medjuck, Ali Bell CinematographyEric Steelberg MusicJohn Debney Prod. DesignStephen Altman StudioLionsgate

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Apr 11-13 4 $9.8M — 2,781 $3,518 $9.8M

2 Apr 18-20 6 $5.7M −41.6% 2,781 $2,054 $19.4M

3 Apr 25-27 12 $2.8M −51.3% 2,080 $1,338 $24.2M

4 May 2-4 12 $1.4M −50.3% 1,354 $1,021 $26.4M

5 May 9-11 14 $849.9K −38.5% 820 $1,037 $27.8M

6 May 16-18 20 $370.0K −56.5% 495 $747 $28.4M

7 May 23-25 39 $77.6K −79.0% 145 $535 $28.6M

8 May 30-Jun 1 31 $85.0K +9.5% 173 $491 $28.7M

9 Jun 6-8 40 $42.8K −49.6% 113 $379 $28.8M

10 Jun 13-15 55 $18.3K −57.3% 53 $345 $28.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Apr 11 #4 $3.6M — $3.6M 2,781 $1,280 1

Sat Apr 12 #4 $3.8M +7.2% $7.4M 2,781 $1,372 2

Sun Apr 13 #4 $2.4M −36.9% $9.8M 2,781 $866 3

Mon Apr 14 #4 $873.2K −63.7% $10.7M 2,781 $314 4

Tue Apr 15 #3 $1.2M +43.1% $11.9M 2,781 $449 5

Wed Apr 16 #5 $828.7K −33.7% $12.7M 2,781 $298 6

Thu Apr 17 #6 $912.9K +10.2% $13.6M 2,781 $328 7

Fri Apr 18 #8 $2.2M +136.3% −39.4% $15.8M 2,781 $776 8

Sat Apr 19 #6 $2.3M +8.9% −38.5% $18.2M 2,781 $844 9

Sun Apr 20 #8 $1.2M −48.6% −49.8% $19.4M 2,781 $434 10

Mon Apr 21 #9 $522.2K −56.8% −40.2% $19.9M 2,781 $188 11

Tue Apr 22 #7 $568.6K +8.9% −54.5% $20.5M 2,781 $204 12

Wed Apr 23 #6 $482.0K −15.2% −41.8% $20.9M 2,781 $173 13

Thu Apr 24 #6 $444.2K −7.9% −51.3% $21.4M 2,781 $160 14

Fri Apr 25 #12 $818.7K +84.3% −62.0% $22.2M 2,080 $394 15

Sat Apr 26 #11 $1.2M +52.1% −47.0% $23.4M 2,080 $599 16

Sun Apr 27 #12 $719.6K −42.2% −40.4% $24.2M 2,080 $346 17

Mon Apr 28 #13 $205.9K −71.4% −60.6% $24.4M 2,080 $99 18

Tue Apr 29 #11 $267.6K +29.9% −52.9% $24.6M 2,080 $129 19

Wed Apr 30 #11 $223.7K −16.4% −53.6% $24.9M 2,080 $108 20

Thu May 1 #13 $185.4K −17.1% −58.3% $25.0M 2,080 $89 21

Fri May 2 #12 $401.3K +116.5% −51.0% $25.4M 2,080 $193 22

Sat May 3 #12 $615.8K +53.4% −50.5% $26.1M 1,354 $455 23

Sun May 4 #12 $365.1K −40.7% −49.3% $26.4M 1,354 $270 24

Mon May 5 #13 $107.1K −70.7% −48.0% $26.5M 1,354 $79 25

Tue May 6 #13 $133.7K +24.9% −50.0% $26.7M 1,354 $99 26

Wed May 7 #11 $137.7K +2.9% −38.5% $26.8M 1,354 $102 27

Thu May 8 #11 $110.3K −19.9% −40.5% $26.9M 1,354 $81 28

Fri May 9 #15 $225.7K +104.7% −43.7% $27.1M 820 $275 29

Sat May 10 #14 $341.8K +51.4% −44.5% $27.5M 820 $417 30

Sun May 11 #14 $282.4K −17.4% −22.7% $27.8M 820 $344 31

Mon May 12 #14 $60.4K −78.6% −43.6% $27.8M 820 $74 32

Tue May 13 #14 $71.1K +17.6% −46.8% $27.9M 820 $87 33

Wed May 14 #14 $65.3K −8.2% −52.6% $28.0M 820 $80 34

Thu May 15 #14 $62.1K −4.9% −43.7% $28.0M 820 $76 35

Fri May 16 — $108.1K +74.2% −52.1% $28.1M 495 $218 36

Sat May 17 — $162.6K +50.4% −52.4% $28.3M 495 $328 37

Sun May 18 — $99.3K −38.9% −64.8% $28.4M 495 $201 38

Mon May 19 — $24.5K −75.3% −59.5% $28.4M 495 $49 39

Tue May 20 — $25.6K +4.4% −64.0% $28.4M 495 $52 40

Wed May 21 — $24.2K −5.3% −62.9% $28.5M 495 $49 41

Thu May 22 — $24.7K +1.9% −60.2% $28.5M 495 $50 42

Fri May 23 — $22.1K −10.6% −79.6% $28.5M 145 $152 43

Sat May 24 — $30.1K +36.7% −81.5% $28.5M 145 $208 44

Sun May 25 — $25.4K −15.7% −74.4% $28.6M 145 $175 45

Mon May 26 — $22.3K −12.1% −8.7% $28.6M 145 $154 46

Tue May 27 — $7.0K −68.5% −72.5% $28.6M 145 $49 47

Wed May 28 — $7.1K +0.9% −70.7% $28.6M 145 $49 48

Thu May 29 — $6.7K −6.0% −72.9% $28.6M 145 $46 49

Fri May 30 — $26.9K +302.7% +21.9% $28.6M 173 $155 50

Sat May 31 — $36.3K +34.9% +20.3% $28.7M 173 $210 51

Sun Jun 1 — $21.8K −39.8% −14.1% $28.7M 173 $126 52

Mon Jun 2 — $9.8K −55.1% −56.1% $28.7M 173 $57 53

Tue Jun 3 — $12.7K +29.6% +80.7% $28.7M 173 $73 54

Wed Jun 4 — $11.1K −12.9% +55.9% $28.7M 173 $64 55

Thu Jun 5 — $11.4K +2.6% +70.1% $28.7M 173 $66 56

Fri Jun 6 — $14.4K +26.8% −46.5% $28.8M 113 $127 57

Sat Jun 7 — $16.6K +15.4% −54.2% $28.8M 113 $147 58

Sun Jun 8 — $11.8K −28.8% −45.9% $28.8M 113 $105 59

Mon Jun 9 — $5.7K −51.5% −41.5% $28.8M 113 $51 60

Tue Jun 10 — $6.9K +20.4% −45.6% $28.8M 113 $61 61

Wed Jun 11 — $7.3K +5.5% −34.1% $28.8M 113 $65 62

Thu Jun 12 — $6.8K −7.3% −40.5% $28.8M 113 $60 63

Fri Jun 13 — $5.5K −17.9% −61.5% $28.8M 53 $105 64

Sat Jun 14 — $7.5K +34.6% −55.1% $28.8M 53 $141 65

Sun Jun 15 — $5.3K −29.1% −55.2% $28.8M 53 $100 66

Mon Jun 16 — $1.8K −65.4% −68.1% $28.8M 53 $35 67

Tue Jun 17 — $3.2K +74.1% −53.8% $28.8M 53 $60 68

Wed Jun 18 — $2.8K −12.4% −61.7% $28.8M 53 $53 69

Thu Jun 19 — $3.3K +17.2% −51.5% $28.8M 53 $62 70

Cumulative total$28.8M

Apr 11Apr 28May 16Jun 2Jun 19

Weekend grossWk 10 · $18.3K

$9.8M

$5.7M

$2.8M

$1.4M

$849.9K

$370.0K

$77.6K

$85.0K

$42.8K

$18.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,781 → 53 −98.1%

2,781 open53 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −57.3%

−41.6%

W1→2

−51.3%

W2→3

−50.3%

W3→4

−38.5%

W4→5

−56.5%

W5→6

−79.0%

W6→7

+9.5%

W7→8

−49.6%

W8→9

−57.3%

W9→10

Steepest −79.0%Biggest gain +9.5%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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