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2011 • PG-13 • 1h 45m • Sci-Fi, Thriller • Relativity Media

What if a pill could make you rich and powerful?

🍅 68% 74%

59

3.36

7.4

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$18.90M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$79.20M

Final

Worldwide total

$162.00M

$82.60M international

Domestic legs4.19x

Budget$27.0M

2011 rank#41

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Cast & crew

Full Burger filmography

Neil Burger

Neil Burger Director

Bradley Cooper

Bradley Cooper Starring

Robert De Niro

Robert De Niro Starring

Abbie Cornish

Abbie Cornish Starring

Andrew Howard

Andrew Howard Starring

Anna Friel

Anna Friel Starring

ScreenplayLeslie Dixon Produced byLeslie Dixon, Scott Kroopf, Ryan Kavanaugh CinematographyJo Willems MusicPaul Leonard-Morgan Prod. DesignPatrizia von Brandenstein StudioRelativity Media

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 18-20 1 $18.9M — 2,756 $6,860 $18.9M

2 Mar 25-27 3 $15.1M −20.4% 2,805 $5,367 $41.1M

3 Apr 1-3 5 $9.3M −38.2% 2,838 $3,279 $55.5M

4 Apr 8-10 8 $5.5M −41.3% 2,655 $2,057 $64.1M

5 Apr 15-17 10 $3.7M −33.0% 1,885 $1,941 $69.6M

6 Apr 22-24 12 $2.7M −27.2% 1,363 $1,954 $74.0M

7 Apr 29-May 1 15 $1.1M −58.8% 838 $1,310 $76.1M

8 May 6-8 20 $486.7K −55.7% 379 $1,284 $77.0M

9 May 13-15 23 $358.5K −26.3% 298 $1,202 $77.6M

10 May 20-22 21 $341.5K −4.7% 357 $956 $78.1M

11 May 27-29 22 $219.9K −35.6% 269 $817 $78.5M

12 Jun 3-5 25 $150.1K −31.7% 232 $647 $78.7M

13 Jun 10-12 27 $109.3K −27.2% 166 $658 $78.9M

14 Jun 17-19 31 $74.0K −32.3% 117 $632 $79.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Mar 18 #1 $6.6M — $6.6M 2,756 $2,406 1

Sat Mar 19 #1 $7.4M +11% $14.0M 2,756 $2,682 2

Sun Mar 20 #1 $4.9M −34% $18.9M 2,756 $1,771 3

Mon Mar 21 #1 $1.9M −61% $20.8M 2,756 $690 4

Tue Mar 22 #1 $2.0M +7% $22.8M 2,756 $738 5

Wed Mar 23 #1 $1.6M −21% $24.4M 2,756 $580 6

Thu Mar 24 #1 $1.6M +1% $26.1M 2,756 $584 7

Fri Mar 25 #3 $4.6M +188% −30% $30.7M 2,805 $1,651 8

Sat Mar 26 #3 $6.5M +40% −12% $37.2M 2,805 $2,313 9

Sun Mar 27 #3 $3.9M −39% −19% $41.1M 2,805 $1,402 10

Mon Mar 28 #2 $1.3M −68% −33% $42.4M 2,805 $454 11

Tue Mar 29 #1 $1.4M +12% −30% $43.8M 2,805 $510 12

Wed Mar 30 #1 $1.2M −19% −28% $45.0M 2,805 $412 13

Thu Mar 31 #1 $1.2M +6% −24% $46.2M 2,805 $436 14

Fri Apr 1 #4 $3.0M +148% −34% $49.2M 2,838 $1,069 15

Sat Apr 2 #5 $3.9M +30% −39% $53.2M 2,838 $1,391 16

Sun Apr 3 #5 $2.3M −41% −41% $55.5M 2,838 $818 17

Mon Apr 4 #4 $712.2K −69% −44% $56.2M 2,838 $250 18

Tue Apr 5 #4 $980.3K +38% −32% $57.2M 2,838 $345 19

Wed Apr 6 #4 $735.0K −25% −36% $57.9M 2,838 $258 20

Thu Apr 7 #4 $751.1K +2% −39% $58.7M 2,838 $264 21

Fri Apr 8 #8 $1.7M +131% −43% $60.4M 2,655 $652 22

Sat Apr 9 #8 $2.5M +42% −38% $62.9M 2,655 $926 23

Sun Apr 10 #8 $1.3M −48% −45% $64.1M 2,655 $477 24

Mon Apr 11 #8 $404.0K −68% −43% $64.6M 2,655 $152 25

Tue Apr 12 #8 $518.0K +28% −47% $65.1M 2,655 $195 26

Wed Apr 13 #8 $425.2K −18% −42% $65.5M 2,655 $160 27

Thu Apr 14 #8 $432.4K +2% −42% $65.9M 2,655 $162 28

Fri Apr 15 #11 $1.1M +149% −38% $67.0M 1,885 $570 29

Sat Apr 16 #9 $1.7M +56% −32% $68.7M 1,885 $891 30

Sun Apr 17 #10 $904.7K −46% −29% $69.6M 1,885 $479 31

Mon Apr 18 #10 $360.6K −60% −11% $69.9M 1,885 $191 32

Tue Apr 19 #10 $455.3K +26% −12% $70.4M 1,885 $241 33

Wed Apr 20 #10 $405.8K −11% −5% $70.8M 1,885 $215 34

Thu Apr 21 #9 $526.6K +30% +22% $71.3M 1,885 $279 35

Fri Apr 22 #12 $956.9K +82% −11% $72.3M 1,363 $702 36

Sat Apr 23 #12 $1.1M +11% −37% $73.4M 1,363 $778 37

Sun Apr 24 #12 $645.9K −39% −29% $74.0M 1,363 $473 38

Mon Apr 25 #12 $311.1K −52% −14% $74.3M 1,363 $228 39

Tue Apr 26 #12 $241.2K −22% −47% $74.6M 1,363 $176 40

Wed Apr 27 #12 $215.6K −11% −47% $74.8M 1,363 $158 41

Thu Apr 28 #12 $221.9K +3% −58% $75.0M 1,363 $162 42

Fri Apr 29 #14 $355.2K +60% −63% $75.3M 838 $423 43

Sat Apr 30 #15 $476.7K +34% −55% $75.8M 838 $568 44

Sun May 1 #15 $266.6K −44% −59% $76.1M 838 $318 45

Mon May 2 #14 $94.3K −65% −70% $76.2M 838 $112 46

Tue May 3 #13 $133.1K +41% −45% $76.3M 838 $158 47

Wed May 4 #15 $106.1K −20% −51% $76.4M 838 $126 48

Thu May 5 #15 $95.9K −10% −57% $76.5M 838 $114 49

Fri May 6 $150.4K +57% −58% $76.7M 379 $396 50

Sat May 7 $205.1K +36% −57% $76.9M 379 $541 51

Sun May 8 $131.2K −36% −51% $77.0M 379 $346 52

Mon May 9 $42.3K −68% −55% $77.0M 379 $111 53

Tue May 10 $59.3K +40% −55% $77.1M 379 $156 54

Wed May 11 $47.9K −19% −55% $77.2M 379 $126 55

Thu May 12 $49.2K +3% −49% $77.2M 379 $129 56

Fri May 13 $99.2K +102% −34% $77.3M 298 $332 57

Sat May 14 $165.6K +67% −19% $77.5M 298 $555 58

Sun May 15 $93.7K −43% −29% $77.6M 298 $314 59

Mon May 16 $37.5K −60% −11% $77.6M 298 $125 60

Tue May 17 $53.2K +42% −10% $77.7M 298 $178 61

Wed May 18 $38.0K −29% −21% $77.7M 298 $127 62

Thu May 19 $35.5K −7% −28% $77.7M 298 $119 63

Fri May 20 $95.0K +168% −4% $77.8M 357 $266 64

Sat May 21 $140.3K +48% −15% $78.0M 357 $393 65

Sun May 22 $106.2K −24% +13% $78.1M 357 $297 66

Mon May 23 $62.0K −42% +65% $78.1M 357 $173 67

Tue May 24 $41.4K −33% −22% $78.2M 357 $115 68

Wed May 25 $33.8K −18% −11% $78.2M 357 $94 69

Thu May 26 $30.9K −9% −13% $78.2M 357 $86 70

Fri May 27 $61.9K +100% −35% $78.3M 269 $229 71

Sat May 28 $84.2K +36% −40% $78.4M 269 $312 72

Sun May 29 $73.9K −12% −30% $78.5M 269 $274 73

Mon May 30 #24 $52.0K −30% −16% $78.5M 269 $193 74

Tue May 31 $24.8K −52% −40% $78.5M 269 $92 75

Wed Jun 1 $24.4K −1% −28% $78.6M 269 $90 76

Thu Jun 2 $26.0K +7% −16% $78.6M 269 $96 77

Fri Jun 3 $46.5K +79% −25% $78.6M 232 $200 78

Sat Jun 4 $64.4K +38% −23% $78.7M 232 $277 79

Sun Jun 5 $39.2K −39% −47% $78.7M 232 $168 80

Mon Jun 6 $21.4K −45% −59% $78.8M 232 $92 81

Tue Jun 7 $23.5K +10% −5% $78.8M 232 $101 82

Wed Jun 8 $23.8K +1% −3% $78.8M 232 $102 83

Thu Jun 9 $23.0K −3% −12% $78.8M 232 $99 84

Fri Jun 10 $34.0K +48% −27% $78.9M 166 $204 85

Sat Jun 11 $46.9K +38% −27% $78.9M 166 $282 86

Sun Jun 12 $28.5K −39% −27% $78.9M 166 $171 87

Mon Jun 13 $15.8K −44% −26% $79.0M 166 $95 88

Tue Jun 14 $17.2K +9% −27% $79.0M 166 $103 89

Wed Jun 15 $16.5K −4% −31% $79.0M 166 $99 90

Thu Jun 16 $18.8K +14% −18% $79.0M 166 $113 91

Fri Jun 17 $22.5K +19% −34% $79.0M 117 $191 92

Sat Jun 18 $28.7K +28% −39% $79.1M 117 $245 93

Sun Jun 19 $22.8K −20% −20% $79.1M 117 $195 94

Mon Jun 20 $11.8K −49% −26% $79.1M 117 $100 95

Tue Jun 21 $12.4K +5% −28% $79.1M 117 $105 96

Wed Jun 22 $12.6K +2% −23% $79.1M 117 $108 97

Thu Jun 23 $13.2K +5% −30% $79.1M 117 $113 98

Fri Jun 24 $15.2K +15% −32% $79.1M 85 $178 99

Sat Jun 25 $18.2K +20% −37% $79.2M 85 $214 100

Sun Jun 26 $13.0K −28% −43% $79.2M 85 $153 101

Mon Jun 27 $7.4K −43% −37% $79.2M 85 $87 102

Tue Jun 28 $7.7K +3% −38% $79.2M 85 $90 103

Wed Jun 29 $5.9K −23% −53% $79.2M 85 $69 104

Thu Jun 30 $7.9K +34% −40% $79.2M 85 $92 105

Fri Jul 1 $8.8K +12% −42% $79.2M 55 $160 106

Sat Jul 2 $11.2K +27% −38% $79.2M 55 $203 107

Sun Jul 3 $7.7K −31% −41% $79.2M 55 $140 108

Mon Jul 4 #52 $4.5K −41% −39% $79.2M 55 $82 109

Tue Jul 5 $5.2K +15% −32% $79.2M 55 $95 110

Wed Jul 6 $4.4K −15% −25% $79.2M 55 $80 111

Thu Jul 7 $4.3K −2% −45% $79.2M 55 $78 112

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

Cumulative total$78.2M

Mar 18Apr 4Apr 22May 9May 26

Weekend grossWk 10 · $341.5K

$18.9M

$15.1M

$9.3M

$5.5M

$3.7M

$2.7M

$1.1M

$486.7K

$358.5K

$341.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,838 → 357 −87.4%

2,756 open357 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −4.7%

−20.4%

W1→2

−38.2%

W2→3

−41.3%

W3→4

−33.0%

W4→5

−27.2%

W5→6

−58.8%

W6→7

−55.7%

W7→8

−26.3%

W8→9

−4.7%

W9→10

Steepest −58.8%Best hold −4.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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