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2008 • R • 1h 56m • Drama • Warner Bros.

Get off my lawn.

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$29.50M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$148.00M
Final
Worldwide total
$270.00M
$122.00M international
Domestic legs5.02x
Budget$33.0M
2008 rank#12

Cast & crew

Directed byClint Eastwood ScreenplayNick Schenk Produced byClint Eastwood, Bill Gerber, Robert Lorenz CinematographyTom Stern MusicKyle Eastwood & Michael Stevens Prod. DesignJames J. Murakami StarringClint Eastwood, Christopher Carley, Bee Vang, Ahney Her, Brian Haley, Geraldine Hughes StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jan 9-11 1 $29.5M — 2,808 $10,500 $40.5M
2 Jan 16-18 2 $22.0M −25.5% 2,972 $7,395 $73.0M
3 Jan 23-25 3 $16.2M −26.1% 3,045 $5,334 $97.8M
4 Jan 30-Feb 1 5 $8.2M −49.3% 3,015 $2,730 $110.2M
5 Feb 6-8 8 $7.2M −13.1% 2,705 $2,645 $120.2M
6 Feb 13-15 11 $6.5M −9.3% 2,303 $2,817 $128.6M
7 Feb 20-22 12 $3.7M −43.3% 2,030 $1,810 $134.5M
8 Feb 27-Mar 1 12 $3.0M −17.8% 1,750 $1,726 $138.6M
9 Mar 6-8 11 $2.0M −32.6% 1,520 $1,339 $141.6M
10 Mar 13-15 13 $1.5M −26.1% 1,102 $1,366 $143.8M
11 Mar 20-22 14 $740.1K −50.8% 825 $897 $145.1M
12 Mar 27-29 16 $438.5K −40.8% 478 $917 $145.8M
13 Apr 3-5 17 $268.0K −38.9% 363 $738 $146.2M
14 Apr 10-12 22 $217.1K −19.0% 237 $915 $146.6M
15 Apr 17-19 28 $124.0K −42.9% 185 $670 $146.8M
16 Apr 24-26 23 $270.4K +118.1% 348 $777 $147.1M
17 May 1-3 25 $187.8K −30.5% 275 $683 $147.4M
18 May 8-10 26 $127.8K −32.0% 228 $560 $147.6M
19 May 15-17 25 $115.1K −9.9% 218 $527 $147.8M
20 May 22-24 34 $127.7K +11.0% 203 $629 $147.9M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Cumulative total$130.8M
Dec 12Dec 29Jan 16Feb 2Feb 19
Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.5M
$29.5M
$22.0M
$16.2M
$8.2M
$7.2M
$6.5M
$3.7M
$3.0M
$2.0M
$1.5M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Theater countPeak 3,045 → 2,303 −24.4%
6 open2,303 now
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −26.1%
−25.5%
W1→2
−26.1%
W2→3
−49.3%
W3→4
−13.1%
W4→5
−9.3%
W5→6
−43.3%
W6→7
−17.8%
W7→8
−32.6%
W8→9
−26.1%
W9→10
Steepest −49.3%Best hold −9.3%

Run milestones

$100M in 48 days
$100M
Day 48
Jan 28

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

All records
#5 Biggest 7th weekendsAll-time $16.2M #19 Biggest January openingsAll-time $29.5M

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