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In the Valley of ElahFollow

2007 • R • 2h 1m • Crime, Drama, Mystery • Warner Bros.

Sometimes finding the truth is easier than facing it.

LB 3.47 IMDb 7.1

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$134K
Limited · 9 theaters
Domestic total
$6.80M
Final
Worldwide total
$24.50M
$17.70M international
Domestic legs4.5x from $1.5M first wide weekend
Budget$23M
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Cast & crew

Full Haggis filmography
Paul Haggis Paul Haggis Director Tommy Lee Jones Tommy Lee Jones Starring Charlize Theron Charlize Theron Starring Susan Sarandon Susan Sarandon Starring Frances Fisher Frances Fisher Starring James Franco James Franco Starring
ScreenplayPaul Haggis Produced byPaul Haggis, Patrick Wachsberger, Steve Samuels, Darlene Caamano Loquet CinematographyRoger Deakins MusicMark Isham StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Sep 14-16 35 $133.6K — 9 $14,840 $133.6K
2 Sep 21-23 17 $1.3M +848.6% 317 $3,996 $1.4M
3 Sep 28-30 14 $1.5M +19.4% 762 $1,985 $3.4M
4 Oct 5-7 15 $1.3M −11.5% 978 $1,368 $5.4M
5 Oct 12-14 28 $412.8K −69.2% 725 $569 $6.3M
6 Oct 19-21 48 $79.3K −80.8% 125 $634 $6.6M
7 Oct 26-28 58 $39.9K −49.6% 64 $624 $6.7M
8 Nov 2-4 58 $22.3K −44.1% 30 $744 $6.7M
9 Nov 9-11 80 $8.3K −62.8% 27 $307 $6.7M
10 Nov 16-18 83 $4.2K −49.4% 13 $323 $6.7M
11 Nov 23-25 82 $3.1K −26.2% 8 $387 $6.7M
12 Nov 30-Dec 2 74 $3.6K +15.8% 5 $717 $6.8M
13 Dec 7-9 85 $3.0K −15.4% 7 $433 $6.8M
14 Dec 14-16 72 $4.3K +40.9% 5 $855 $6.8M
16 Dec 28-30 72 $100 — 3 $33 $6.8M
17 Jan 4-6 85 $158 +58.0% 2 $79 $6.8M
18 Jan 11-13 79 $1.6K +916.5% 4 $402 $6.8M
20 Jan 25-27 105 $375 — 1 $375 $6.8M
21 Feb 1-3 97 $1.3K +233.3% 4 $312 $6.8M
22 Feb 8-10 79 $4.6K +271.9% 9 $517 $6.8M
23 Feb 15-18 99 $330 −92.9% 3 $110 $6.8M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $4.2K
$133.6K
$1.3M
$1.5M
$1.3M
$412.8K
$79.3K
$39.9K
$22.3K
$8.3K
$4.2K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −49.4%
+848.6%
W1→2
+19.4%
W2→3
−11.5%
W3→4
−69.2%
W4→5
−80.8%
W5→6
−49.6%
W6→7
−44.1%
W7→8
−62.8%
W8→9
−49.4%
W9→10
Steepest −80.8%Biggest gain +848.6%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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