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2015 • PG-13 • 2h 4m • Biography, Comedy, Drama • 20th Century Fox

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6.6

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$17.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$56.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$101.10M

$44.70M international

Domestic legs3.32x

Budget$60.0M

2015 rank#29

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Cast & crew

Full Russell filmography

David O. Russell

David O. Russell Director

Jennifer Lawrence

Jennifer Lawrence Starring

Robert De Niro

Robert De Niro Starring

Bradley Cooper

Bradley Cooper Starring

Édgar Ramírez

Édgar Ramírez Starring

Diane Ladd

Diane Ladd Starring

ScreenplayDavid O. Russell, Annie Mumolo Produced byJohn Davis, Ken Mok, Megan Ellison CinematographyLinus Sandgren MusicWest Dylan Thordson & David Campbell Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 25-27 3 $17.0M — 2,896 $5,875 $17.0M

2 Jan 1-3 6 $10.2M −40.0% 2,924 $3,492 $38.5M

3 Jan 8-10 9 $4.5M −56.2% 2,513 $1,781 $46.5M

4 Jan 15-17 12 $2.9M −34.9% 1,796 $1,623 $51.6M

5 Jan 22-24 17 $1.2M −60.0% 966 $1,207 $54.2M

6 Jan 29-31 20 $575.0K −50.7% 447 $1,286 $55.4M

7 Feb 5-7 26 $241.6K −58.0% 286 $845 $55.8M

8 Feb 12-14 33 $130.2K −46.1% 173 $753 $56.1M

9 Feb 19-21 44 $79.2K −39.2% 124 $639 $56.3M

10 Feb 26-28 47 $60.4K −23.7% 95 $636 $56.4M

11 Mar 4-6 53 $30.7K −49.2% 49 $626 $56.4M

12 Mar 11-13 68 $12.8K −58.2% 22 $583 $56.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 25 #3 $6.9M — $6.9M 2,896 $2,382 1

Sat Dec 26 #3 $6.0M −13.4% $12.9M 2,896 $2,062 2

Sun Dec 27 #5 $4.1M −30.6% $17.0M 2,896 $1,432 3

Mon Dec 28 #5 $2.6M −37.0% $19.6M 2,896 $903 4

Tue Dec 29 #5 $2.8M +8.9% $22.5M 2,896 $983 5

Wed Dec 30 #6 $2.6M −8.0% $25.1M 2,896 $905 6

Thu Dec 31 #3 $3.2M +22.7% $28.3M 2,896 $1,110 7

Fri Jan 1 #6 $4.0M +24.9% −41.8% $32.3M 2,924 $1,373 8

Sat Jan 2 #6 $4.1M +2.9% −30.9% $36.5M 2,924 $1,412 9

Sun Jan 3 #6 $2.1M −49.9% −50.1% $38.5M 2,924 $708 10

Mon Jan 4 #7 $785.3K −62.0% −70.0% $39.3M 2,924 $269 11

Tue Jan 5 #5 $1.1M +40.8% −61.2% $40.4M 2,924 $378 12

Wed Jan 6 #6 $855.3K −22.6% −67.4% $41.3M 2,924 $293 13

Thu Jan 7 #6 $788.6K −7.8% −75.5% $42.1M 2,924 $270 14

Fri Jan 8 #8 $1.4M +80.3% −64.6% $43.5M 2,513 $566 15

Sat Jan 9 #9 $2.0M +40.8% −51.5% $45.5M 2,513 $796 16

Sun Jan 10 #9 $1.1M −47.3% −49.1% $46.5M 2,513 $419 17

Mon Jan 11 #8 $427.8K −59.4% −45.5% $47.0M 2,513 $170 18

Tue Jan 12 #8 $637.2K +48.9% −42.4% $47.6M 2,513 $254 19

Wed Jan 13 #8 $523.7K −17.8% −38.8% $48.1M 2,513 $208 20

Thu Jan 14 #8 $529.7K +1.2% −32.8% $48.7M 2,513 $211 21

Fri Jan 15 #11 $866.8K +63.6% −39.0% $49.5M 1,796 $483 22

Sat Jan 16 #12 $1.2M +34.2% −41.9% $50.7M 1,796 $648 23

Sun Jan 17 #12 $885.6K −23.9% −16.0% $51.6M 1,796 $493 24

Mon Jan 18 #12 $630.9K −28.8% +47.5% $52.2M 1,796 $351 25

Tue Jan 19 #11 $352.2K −44.2% −44.7% $52.5M 1,796 $196 26

Wed Jan 20 #10 $262.7K −25.4% −49.8% $52.8M 1,796 $146 27

Thu Jan 21 #10 $248.2K −5.5% −53.2% $53.1M 1,796 $138 28

Fri Jan 22 #- $366.0K +47.5% −57.8% $53.4M 966 $379 29

Sat Jan 23 #- $515.5K +40.8% −55.7% $53.9M 966 $534 30

Sun Jan 24 #- $255.1K −50.5% −71.2% $54.2M 966 $264 31

Mon Jan 25 #- $113.4K −55.5% −82.0% $54.3M 966 $117 32

Tue Jan 26 #15 $161.4K +42.3% −54.2% $54.5M 966 $167 33

Wed Jan 27 #13 $170.7K +5.7% −35.0% $54.6M 966 $177 34

Thu Jan 28 #15 $152.0K −10.9% −38.8% $54.8M 966 $157 35

Fri Jan 29 #- $161.3K +6.1% −55.9% $55.0M 447 $361 36

Sat Jan 30 #- $259.5K +60.9% −49.7% $55.2M 447 $581 37

Sun Jan 31 #- $154.2K −40.6% −39.6% $55.4M 447 $345 38

Mon Feb 1 #- $54.6K −64.6% −51.8% $55.4M 447 $122 39

Tue Feb 2 #- $68.0K +24.4% −57.9% $55.5M 447 $152 40

Wed Feb 3 #- $57.7K −15.2% −66.2% $55.5M 447 $129 41

Thu Feb 4 #- $55.3K −4.1% −63.6% $55.6M 447 $124 42

Fri Feb 5 #- $76.9K +39.2% −52.3% $55.7M 286 $269 43

Sat Feb 6 #- $123.1K +60.0% −52.6% $55.8M 286 $430 44

Sun Feb 7 #- $41.5K −66.3% −73.1% $55.8M 286 $145 45

Mon Feb 8 #- $28.9K −30.5% −47.2% $55.9M 286 $101 46

Tue Feb 9 #- $35.8K +24.1% −47.3% $55.9M 286 $125 47

Wed Feb 10 #- $32.7K −8.8% −43.4% $55.9M 286 $114 48

Thu Feb 11 #- $28.6K −12.4% −48.2% $56.0M 286 $100 49

Fri Feb 12 #- $31.6K +10.4% −58.9% $56.0M 173 $183 50

Sat Feb 13 #- $51.0K +61.5% −58.6% $56.1M 173 $295 51

Sun Feb 14 #- $47.6K −6.7% +14.6% $56.1M 173 $275 52

Mon Feb 15 #- $22.3K −53.2% −22.8% $56.1M 173 $129 53

Tue Feb 16 #- $16.8K −24.7% −53.2% $56.1M 173 $97 54

Wed Feb 17 #- $14.6K −12.9% −55.2% $56.2M 173 $85 55

Thu Feb 18 #- $16.1K +10.3% −43.7% $56.2M 173 $93 56

Fri Feb 19 #- $23.4K +44.9% −26.1% $56.2M 124 $188 57

Sat Feb 20 #- $35.2K +50.7% −31.0% $56.2M 124 $284 58

Sun Feb 21 #- $20.6K −41.4% −56.6% $56.3M 124 $166 59

Mon Feb 22 #- $9.3K −54.8% −58.1% $56.3M 124 $75 60

Tue Feb 23 #- $11.7K +25.1% −30.4% $56.3M 124 $94 61

Wed Feb 24 #- $10.2K −12.3% −30.0% $56.3M 124 $83 62

Thu Feb 25 #- $11.0K +7.6% −31.6% $56.3M 124 $89 63

Fri Feb 26 #- $19.4K +76.0% −16.9% $56.3M 95 $204 64

Sat Feb 27 #- $27.9K +44.0% −20.6% $56.3M 95 $294 65

Sun Feb 28 #- $13.1K −53.1% −36.5% $56.4M 95 $138 66

Mon Feb 29 #- $6.1K −53.5% −34.8% $56.4M 95 $64 67

Tue Mar 1 #- $9.1K +49.3% −22.2% $56.4M 95 $96 68

Wed Mar 2 #- $8.3K −8.8% −19.1% $56.4M 95 $87 69

Thu Mar 3 #- $7.9K −4.6% −28.3% $56.4M 95 $83 70

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

Cumulative total$56.4M

Dec 25Jan 11Jan 29Feb 15Mar 3

Weekend grossWk 10 · $60.4K

$17.0M

$10.2M

$4.5M

$2.9M

$1.2M

$575.0K

$241.6K

$130.2K

$79.2K

$60.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,924 → 95 −96.8%

2,896 open95 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −23.7%

−40.0%

W1→2

−56.2%

W2→3

−34.9%

W3→4

−60.0%

W4→5

−50.7%

W5→6

−58.0%

W6→7

−46.1%

W7→8

−39.2%

W8→9

−23.7%

W9→10

Steepest −60.0%Best hold −23.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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