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2014 • R • 2h 28m • Comedy, Crime, Drama • Warner Bros. Pictures

Love usually leads to trouble.

🍅 73% 53%

81

3.59

6.6

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$328K

Limited · 5 theaters

Domestic total

$8.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$14.80M

$6.70M international

Domestic legs2.9x from $2.8M first wide weekend

Budget$20M

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Cast & crew

Full Anderson filmography

Paul Thomas Anderson

Paul Thomas Anderson Director

Joaquin Phoenix

Joaquin Phoenix Starring

Josh Brolin

Josh Brolin Starring

Owen Wilson

Owen Wilson Starring

Katherine Waterston

Katherine Waterston Starring

Reese Witherspoon

Reese Witherspoon Starring

ScreenplayPaul Thomas Anderson Produced byJoAnne Sellar, Daniel Lupi, Paul Thomas Anderson CinematographyRobert Elswit Music byJonny Greenwood StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 12-14 20 $328.2K — 5 $65,637 $328.2K

2 Dec 19-21 25 $145.3K −55.7% 5 $29,055 $598.0K

3 Dec 26-28 30 $202.6K +39.5% 16 $12,664 $966.9K

4 Jan 2-4 28 $251.4K +24.1% 16 $15,712 $1.5M

5 Jan 9-11 11 $2.8M +1,003.2% 645 $4,300 $4.4M

6 Jan 16-18 18 $1.1M −59.2% 653 $1,731 $6.4M

7 Jan 23-25 29 $381.3K −66.3% 244 $1,563 $7.4M

8 Jan 30-Feb 1 36 $166.7K −56.3% 110 $1,516 $7.7M

9 Feb 6-8 39 $122.8K −26.3% 71 $1,730 $7.9M

10 Feb 13-15 42 $63.0K −48.7% 45 $1,400 $8.0M

11 Feb 20-22 50 $41.6K −33.9% 35 $1,189 $8.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 12 #- $131.0K — $131.0K 5 $26,197 1

Sat Dec 13 #- $110.5K −16% $241.5K 5 $22,107 2

Sun Dec 14 #- $86.7K −22% $328.2K 5 $17,333 3

Mon Dec 15 #- $35.7K −59% $363.9K 5 $7,137 4

Tue Dec 16 #- $31.5K −12% $395.4K 5 $6,309 5

Wed Dec 17 #- $28.7K −9% $424.1K 5 $5,744 6

Thu Dec 18 #- $28.6K −1% $452.7K 5 $5,714 7

Fri Dec 19 #- $37.6K +31% −71% $490.3K 5 $7,512 8

Sat Dec 20 #- $58.6K +56% −47% $548.9K 5 $11,718 9

Sun Dec 21 #- $49.1K −16% −43% $598.0K 5 $9,826 10

Mon Dec 22 #- $25.6K −48% −28% $623.6K 5 $5,125 11

Tue Dec 23 #- $25.4K −1% −20% $649.0K 5 $5,078 12

Wed Dec 24 #- $22.0K −13% −23% $671.0K 5 $4,408 13

Thu Dec 25 #- $93.2K +323% +226% $764.3K 5 $18,647 14

Fri Dec 26 #- $64.8K −31% +72% $829.0K 16 $4,047 15

Sat Dec 27 #- $72.9K +13% +24% $901.9K 16 $4,556 16

Sun Dec 28 #- $65.0K −11% +32% $966.9K 16 $4,061 17

Mon Dec 29 #- $50.9K −22% +99% $1.0M 16 $3,180 18

Tue Dec 30 #- $56.7K +11% +123% $1.1M 16 $3,542 19

Wed Dec 31 #- $42.5K −25% +93% $1.1M 16 $2,655 20

Thu Jan 1 #- $94.7K +123% +2% $1.2M 16 $5,917 21

Fri Jan 2 #- $86.0K −9% +33% $1.3M 16 $5,377 22

Sat Jan 3 #- $93.6K +9% +28% $1.4M 16 $5,851 23

Sun Jan 4 #- $71.7K −23% +10% $1.5M 16 $4,484 24

Mon Jan 5 #- $26.8K −63% −47% $1.5M 16 $1,674 25

Tue Jan 6 #- $30.4K +13% −46% $1.5M 16 $1,898 26

Wed Jan 7 #- $30.6K +1% −28% $1.6M 16 $1,910 27

Thu Jan 8 #- $28.3K −7% −70% $1.6M 16 $1,768 28

Fri Jan 9 #11 $971.4K +3% +1% $2.6M 645 $1,506 29

Sat Jan 10 #13 $1.1M +17% +1% $3.7M 645 $1,755 30

Sun Jan 11 #13 $670.2K −41% +834% $4.4M 645 $1,039 31

Mon Jan 12 #11 $230.1K −66% +759% $4.6M 645 $357 32

Tue Jan 13 #12 $294.1K +28% +869% $4.9M 645 $456 33

Wed Jan 14 #12 $239.5K −19% +684% $5.1M 645 $371 34

Thu Jan 15 #12 $200.0K −16% +607% $5.3M 645 $310 35

Fri Jan 16 #- $320.5K +60% −67% $5.6M 653 $491 36

Sat Jan 17 #- $510.0K +59% −55% $6.1M 653 $781 37

Sun Jan 18 #- $299.9K −41% −55% $6.4M 653 $459 38

Mon Jan 19 #- $234.2K −22% +2% $6.7M 653 $359 39

Tue Jan 20 #- $121.5K −48% −59% $6.8M 653 $186 40

Wed Jan 21 #14 $108.0K −11% −55% $6.9M 653 $165 41

Thu Jan 22 #14 $109.1K +1% −45% $7.0M 653 $167 42

Fri Jan 23 #- $102.8K −6% −68% $7.1M 244 $421 43

Sat Jan 24 #- $171.5K +67% −66% $7.3M 244 $703 44

Sun Jan 25 #- $107.0K −38% −64% $7.4M 244 $439 45

Mon Jan 26 #- $30.3K −72% −87% $7.4M 244 $124 46

Tue Jan 27 #- $39.4K +30% −68% $7.5M 244 $162 47

Wed Jan 28 #- $36.6K −7% −66% $7.5M 244 $150 48

Thu Jan 29 #- $36.9K +1% −66% $7.5M 244 $151 49

Fri Jan 30 #- $50.4K +36% −51% $7.6M 110 $458 50

Sat Jan 31 #- $86.5K +72% −50% $7.7M 110 $786 51

Sun Feb 1 #- $29.9K −65% −72% $7.7M 110 $272 52

Mon Feb 2 #- $18.1K −39% −40% $7.7M 110 $165 53

Tue Feb 3 #- $19.4K +7% −51% $7.7M 110 $176 54

Wed Feb 4 #- $17.8K −8% −51% $7.8M 110 $162 55

Thu Feb 5 #- $19.7K +11% −47% $7.8M 110 $179 56

Fri Feb 6 #- $31.6K +60% −37% $7.8M 71 $446 57

Sat Feb 7 #- $56.8K +80% −34% $7.9M 71 $801 58

Sun Feb 8 #- $34.4K −40% +15% $7.9M 71 $484 59

Mon Feb 9 #- $11.1K −68% −39% $7.9M 71 $156 60

Tue Feb 10 #- $12.1K +10% −37% $7.9M 71 $171 61

Wed Feb 11 #- $11.5K −5% −35% $7.9M 71 $162 62

Thu Feb 12 #- $11.9K +3% −40% $8.0M 71 $167 63

Fri Feb 13 #- $15.3K +29% −52% $8.0M 45 $340 64

Sat Feb 14 #- $28.9K +89% −49% $8.0M 45 $642 65

Sun Feb 15 #- $18.8K −35% −45% $8.0M 45 $417 66

Mon Feb 16 #- $13.9K −26% +26% $8.0M 45 $309 67

Tue Feb 17 #- $6.6K −53% −46% $8.0M 45 $146 68

Wed Feb 18 #- $6.1K −7% −47% $8.0M 45 $136 69

Thu Feb 19 #- $7.0K +14% −41% $8.1M 45 $155 70

Fri Feb 20 #- $11.7K +68% −24% $8.1M 35 $335 71

Sat Feb 21 #- $20.4K +74% −29% $8.1M 35 $584 72

Sun Feb 22 #- $9.5K −54% −50% $8.1M 35 $270 73

Mon Feb 23 #- $3.6K −62% −74% $8.1M 35 $103 74

Tue Feb 24 #- $4.5K +23% −32% $8.1M 35 $127 75

Wed Feb 25 #- $4.2K −6% −32% $8.1M 35 $120 76

Thu Feb 26 #- $5.4K +29% −23% $8.1M 35 $154 77

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

Cumulative total$8.1M

Dec 12Dec 29Jan 16Feb 2Feb 19

Weekend grossWk 10 · $63.0K

$328.2K

$145.3K

$202.6K

$251.4K

$2.8M

$1.1M

$381.3K

$166.7K

$122.8K

$63.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 653 → 45 −93.1%

5 open45 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −48.7%

−55.7%

W1→2

+39.5%

W2→3

+24.1%

W3→4

+1,003.2%

W4→5

−59.2%

W5→6

−66.3%

W6→7

−56.3%

W7→8

−26.3%

W8→9

−48.7%

W9→10

Steepest −66.3%Biggest gain +1,003.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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