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Good Night, and Good Luck

2005 PG 1h 32m Drama, History Warner Independent Pictures

We will not walk in fear of one another.

Good Night, and Good Luck Box Office

Opening Weekend
$3.1M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$31.5M
Final
Worldwide Total
$56.6M
$25.1M international
Domestic Legs10.3x
Budget$7.0M
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Oct 7-9 21 $421K $421K 11 $38.3K 1
Oct 14-16 16 $1.24M +195.3% $1.85M 68 $18.3K 2
Oct 21-23 12 $2.26M +81.5% $4.55M 225 $10.0K 3
Oct 28-30 12 $2.00M -11.3% $7.24M 272 $7.4K 4
Nov 4-6 7 $3.07M +53.0% $10.97M 657 $4.7K 5
Nov 11-13 11 $2.50M -18.4% $14.49M 668 $3.7K 6
Nov 18-20 11 $1.67M -33.3% $16.86M 803 $2.1K 7
Nov 25-27 15 $1.88M +12.8% $19.56M 617 $3.0K 8
Dec 2-4 14 $1.05M -44.0% $21.03M 631 $1.7K 9
Dec 9-11 16 $538K -48.9% $21.90M 512 $1.1K 10
Dec 16-18 17 $342K -36.5% $22.43M 322 $1.1K 11
Dec 23-25 21 $195K -43.0% $22.82M 154 $1.3K 12
Dec 30-Jan 1 23 $362K +85.6% $23.58M 143 $2.5K 13
Jan 6-8 25 $316K -12.8% $24.11M 157 $2.0K 14
Jan 13-15 28 $288K -8.9% $24.52M 144 $2.0K 15
Jan 20-22 31 $215K -25.3% $24.88M 118 $1.8K 16
Jan 27-29 37 $181K -15.7% $25.13M 105 $1.7K 17
Feb 3-5 18 $1.52M +739.6% $26.76M 929 $1.6K 18
Feb 10-12 19 $872K -42.7% $28.19M 685 $1.3K 19
Feb 17-19 20 $739K -15.2% $29.29M 315 $2.3K 20
Feb 24-26 23 $652K -11.8% $30.32M 272 $2.4K 21
Mar 3-5 23 $599K -8.1% $31.17M 285 $2.1K 22
Mar 10-12 37 $172K -71.2% $31.50M 132 $1.3K 23

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

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Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byGeorge Clooney
ScreenplayGeorge Clooney, Grant Heslov
Produced byGrant Heslov
CinematographyRobert Elswit
StarringDavid Strathairn, George Clooney, Robert Downey Jr., Patricia Clarkson, Frank Langella, Jeff Daniels
StudioWarner Independent Pictures

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