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2014 • PG • 1h 39m • Biography, Drama, Family • TriStar Pictures

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2.3

5.9

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$28.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$91.40M

Final

Worldwide total

$100.90M

$9.50M international

Domestic legs3.21x

Budget$12.0M

2014 rank#34

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Cast & crew

Greg Kinnear

Greg Kinnear Starring

Kelly Reilly

Kelly Reilly Starring

Thomas Haden Church

Thomas Haden Church Starring

Jacob Vargas

Jacob Vargas Starring

ScreenplayRandall Wallace, Chris Parker Produced byJoe Roth, T.D. Jakes CinematographyDean Semler MusicNick Glennie-Smith StudioTriStar Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Apr 18-20 2 $22.5M — 2,417 $9,318 $29.6M

2 Apr 25-27 3 $14.4M −36.3% 2,705 $5,305 $52.5M

3 May 2-4 3 $8.6M −40.1% 2,930 $2,936 $65.5M

4 May 9-11 4 $7.5M −13.0% 3,048 $2,455 $75.7M

5 May 16-18 6 $4.4M −41.5% 2,893 $1,514 $82.2M

6 May 23-25 10 $2.0M −53.6% 1,720 $1,182 $85.8M

7 May 30-32 13 $800.9K −60.6% 722 $1,109 $88.0M

8 Jun 6-8 16 $394.9K −50.7% 446 $885 $88.8M

9 Jun 13-15 19 $334.5K −15.3% 532 $629 $89.4M

10 Jun 20-22 26 $179.6K −46.3% 201 $894 $89.8M

11 Jun 27-29 24 $236.6K +31.7% 211 $1,121 $90.2M

12 Jul 4-6 27 $192.0K −18.9% 186 $1,032 $90.5M

13 Jul 11-13 31 $151.5K −21.1% 173 $876 $90.8M

14 Jul 18-20 34 $128.2K −15.4% 149 $861 $91.1M

15 Jul 25-27 39 $95.7K −25.3% 129 $742 $91.3M

16 Aug 1-3 45 $52.6K −45.0% 96 $548 $91.4M

17 Aug 8-10 55 $24.2K −54.0% 60 $404 $91.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Apr 16 #1 $3.7M — $3.7M 2,417 $1,532 -2

Thu Apr 17 #3 $3.3M −10.0% $7.0M 2,417 $1,378 -1

Fri Apr 18 #3 $7.9M +135.7% $14.9M 2,417 $3,248 1

Sat Apr 19 #2 $8.3M +5.4% $23.2M 2,417 $3,423 2

Sun Apr 20 #1 $6.4M −22.7% $29.6M 2,417 $2,647 3

Mon Apr 21 #3 $2.5M −61.1% $32.0M 2,417 $1,029 4

Tue Apr 22 #1 $2.4M −2.1% $34.5M 2,417 $1,008 5

Wed Apr 23 #1 $1.9M −23.2% $36.4M 2,705 $691 6

Thu Apr 24 #2 $1.8M −5.8% $38.1M 2,705 $651 7

Fri Apr 25 #3 $4.1M +130.4% −48.3% $42.2M 2,705 $1,499 8

Sat Apr 26 #4 $5.8M +44.0% −29.4% $48.0M 2,705 $2,160 9

Sun Apr 27 #3 $4.5M −23.8% −30.4% $52.5M 2,705 $1,646 10

Mon Apr 28 #3 $1.0M −77.3% −59.4% $53.5M 2,705 $374 11

Tue Apr 29 #2 $1.4M +37.6% −42.9% $54.9M 2,705 $514 12

Wed Apr 30 #3 $1.1M −23.8% −43.3% $55.9M 2,705 $392 13

Thu May 1 #2 $977.6K −7.8% −44.5% $56.9M 2,705 $361 14

Fri May 2 #3 $2.4M +148.7% −40.0% $59.3M 2,930 $830 15

Sat May 3 #3 $3.6M +48.6% −38.1% $62.9M 2,930 $1,233 16

Sun May 4 #3 $2.6M −29.3% −42.6% $65.5M 2,930 $872 17

Mon May 5 #3 $600.3K −76.5% −40.6% $66.1M 2,930 $205 18

Tue May 6 #3 $848.2K +41.3% −39.0% $67.0M 2,930 $289 19

Wed May 7 #3 $656.3K −22.6% −38.1% $67.6M 2,930 $224 20

Thu May 8 #3 $611.4K −6.8% −37.5% $68.2M 2,930 $209 21

Fri May 9 #4 $1.6M +168.6% −32.5% $69.9M 3,048 $539 22

Sat May 10 #4 $2.7M +64.7% −25.1% $72.6M 3,048 $888 23

Sun May 11 #3 $3.1M +15.9% +22.7% $75.7M 3,048 $1,029 24

Mon May 12 #4 $483.4K −84.6% −19.5% $76.2M 3,048 $159 25

Tue May 13 #4 $634.6K +31.3% −25.2% $76.8M 3,048 $208 26

Wed May 14 #4 $515.4K −18.8% −21.5% $77.3M 3,048 $169 27

Thu May 15 #4 $512.4K −0.6% −16.2% $77.8M 3,048 $168 28

Fri May 16 #6 $1.3M +146.1% −23.2% $79.1M 2,893 $436 29

Sat May 17 #6 $1.8M +44.5% −32.6% $80.9M 2,893 $630 30

Sun May 18 #6 $1.3M −28.9% −58.7% $82.2M 2,893 $448 31

Mon May 19 #6 $412.8K −68.2% −14.6% $82.6M 2,893 $143 32

Tue May 20 #6 $425.7K +3.1% −32.9% $83.1M 2,893 $147 33

Wed May 21 #6 $363.4K −14.6% −29.5% $83.4M 2,893 $126 34

Thu May 22 #6 $369.6K +1.7% −27.9% $83.8M 2,893 $128 35

Fri May 23 #10 $500.2K +35.3% −60.3% $84.3M 1,720 $291 36

Sat May 24 #10 $781.0K +56.1% −57.2% $85.1M 1,720 $454 37

Sun May 25 #10 $752.2K −3.7% −42.0% $85.8M 1,720 $437 38

Mon May 26 #9 $756.5K +0.6% +83.3% $86.6M 1,720 $440 39

Tue May 27 #9 $223.0K −70.5% −47.6% $86.8M 1,720 $130 40

Wed May 28 #10 $203.4K −8.8% −44.0% $87.0M 1,720 $118 41

Thu May 29 #10 $196.0K −3.6% −47.0% $87.2M 1,720 $114 42

Fri May 30 #13 $217.8K +11.1% −56.5% $87.4M 722 $302 43

Sat May 31 #13 $331.2K +52.1% −57.6% $87.8M 722 $459 44

Sun Jun 1 #13 $251.9K −24.0% −66.5% $88.0M 722 $349 45

Mon Jun 2 #13 $95.4K −62.1% −87.4% $88.1M 722 $132 46

Tue Jun 3 #13 $110.4K +15.6% −50.5% $88.2M 722 $153 47

Wed Jun 4 #13 $101.0K −8.5% −50.4% $88.3M 722 $140 48

Thu Jun 5 #13 $92.5K −8.4% −52.8% $88.4M 722 $128 49

Fri Jun 6 #15 $112.9K +22.1% −48.2% $88.5M 446 $253 50

Sat Jun 7 #15 $156.5K +38.5% −52.8% $88.7M 446 $351 51

Sun Jun 8 #15 $125.5K −19.8% −50.2% $88.8M 446 $281 52

Mon Jun 9 #15 $59.2K −52.9% −38.0% $88.9M 446 $133 53

Tue Jun 10 #15 $70.9K +19.9% −35.7% $88.9M 446 $159 54

Wed Jun 11 #15 $69.9K −1.5% −30.8% $89.0M 446 $157 55

Thu Jun 12 #15 $60.4K −13.6% −34.7% $89.1M 446 $135 56

Fri Jun 13 #- $96.2K +59.2% −14.8% $89.2M 532 $181 57

Sat Jun 14 #- $125.5K +30.5% −19.8% $89.3M 532 $236 58

Sun Jun 15 #16 $112.9K −10.0% −10.1% $89.4M 532 $212 59

Mon Jun 16 #- $48.0K −57.5% −18.8% $89.5M 532 $90 60

Tue Jun 17 #- $60.1K +25.2% −15.3% $89.5M 532 $113 61

Wed Jun 18 #- $58.3K −3.0% −16.6% $89.6M 532 $110 62

Thu Jun 19 #- $63.1K +8.3% +4.5% $89.6M 532 $119 63

Fri Jun 20 #- $55.3K −12.4% −42.5% $89.7M 201 $275 64

Sat Jun 21 #- $70.6K +27.7% −43.7% $89.8M 201 $351 65

Sun Jun 22 #- $53.7K −23.9% −52.4% $89.8M 201 $267 66

Mon Jun 23 #- $29.5K −45.1% −38.6% $89.8M 201 $147 67

Tue Jun 24 #- $33.5K +13.7% −44.2% $89.9M 201 $167 68

Wed Jun 25 #- $33.1K −1.2% −43.2% $89.9M 201 $165 69

Thu Jun 26 #- $30.9K −6.7% −51.1% $89.9M 201 $154 70

Fri Jun 27 #- $70.6K +128.6% +27.7% $90.0M 211 $335 71

Sat Jun 28 #- $90.6K +28.3% +28.3% $90.1M 211 $429 72

Sun Jun 29 #- $75.4K −16.8% +40.4% $90.2M 211 $357 73

Mon Jun 30 #- $41.6K −44.8% +41.1% $90.2M 211 $197 74

Tue Jul 1 #- $45.0K +8.3% +34.4% $90.3M 211 $213 75

Wed Jul 2 #- $40.5K −10.1% +22.3% $90.3M 186 $218 76

Thu Jul 3 #- $47.6K +17.5% +54.1% $90.3M 186 $256 77

Fri Jul 4 #- $48.0K +0.8% −32.1% $90.4M 186 $258 78

Sat Jul 5 #- $80.6K +68.0% −11.0% $90.5M 186 $433 79

Sun Jul 6 #- $63.4K −21.3% −15.9% $90.5M 186 $341 80

Fri Jul 11 #- $45.2K −28.7% +8.8% $90.7M 173 $262 81

Sat Jul 12 #- $60.4K +33.6% +34.2% $90.8M 173 $349 82

Sun Jul 13 #- $45.9K −24.1% +13.2% $90.8M 173 $265 83

Fri Jul 18 #- $36.7K −19.9% −22.8% $90.9M 149 $247 84

Sat Jul 19 #- $53.5K +45.7% +11.6% $90.9M 149 $359 85

Sun Jul 20 #- $38.0K −29.1% −52.9% $91.0M 149 $255 86

Fri Jul 25 #- $29.0K −23.7% −54.3% $91.0M 129 $224 87

Sat Jul 26 #- $37.7K +30.3% −16.6% $91.0M 129 $292 88

Sun Jul 27 #- $29.1K −23.0% −51.9% $91.1M 129 $225 89

Fri Aug 1 #- $15.4K −47.0% −66.4% $91.1M 96 $160 90

Sat Aug 2 #- $21.4K +38.8% −41.8% $91.1M 96 $223 91

Sun Aug 3 #- $15.8K −25.9% −70.4% $91.1M 96 $165 92

Fri Aug 8 #- $7.2K −54.5% −81.0% $91.1M 60 $120 93

Sat Aug 9 #- $10.1K +40.5% −65.1% $91.1M 60 $169 94

Sun Aug 10 #- $6.9K −31.5% −81.7% $91.1M 60 $115 95

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

Cumulative total$89.9M

Apr 16May 4May 22Jun 8Jun 26

Weekend grossWk 10 · $179.6K

$22.5M

$14.4M

$8.6M

$7.5M

$4.4M

$2.0M

$800.9K

$394.9K

$334.5K

$179.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,048 → 201 −93.4%

2,417 open201 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −46.3%

−36.3%

W1→2

−40.1%

W2→3

−13.0%

W3→4

−41.5%

W4→5

−53.6%

W5→6

−60.6%

W6→7

−50.7%

W7→8

−15.3%

W8→9

−46.3%

W9→10

Steepest −60.6%Best hold −13.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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