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Lincoln

2012 PG-13 2h 30m Biography, Drama, History Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Lincoln Box Office

Opening Weekend
$21.0M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$182M
Final
Worldwide Total
$275M
$93.1M international
Domestic Legs8.66x
Budget$65.0M
2012 Rank#13
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Nov 16-18 3 $21.05M $22.47M 1,775 $11.9K 1
Nov 23-25 3 $25.68M +22.0% $62.84M 2,018 $12.7K 2
Nov 30-Dec 2 4 $13.38M -47.9% $83.57M 2,018 $6.6K 3
Dec 7-9 4 $8.92M -33.3% $97.14M 2,014 $4.4K 4
Dec 14-16 3 $7.03M -21.1% $107.69M 2,285 $3.1K 5
Dec 21-23 5 $5.53M -21.4% $116.67M 2,293 $2.4K 6
Dec 28-30 7 $7.34M +32.8% $131.87M 1,966 $3.7K 7
Jan 4-6 8 $5.41M -26.2% $144.09M 1,901 $2.8K 8
Jan 11-13 7 $6.34M +17.0% $152.60M 2,027 $3.1K 9
Jan 18-20 11 $5.48M -13.6% $160.61M 2,174 $2.5K 10
Jan 25-27 11 $3.86M -29.4% $167.05M 1,909 $2.0K 11
Feb 1-3 10 $2.40M -37.8% $170.78M 1,756 $1.4K 12
Feb 8-10 12 $1.87M -22.0% $173.62M 1,517 $1.2K 13
Feb 15-17 13 $1.64M -12.7% $176.22M 1,007 $1.6K 14
Feb 22-24 15 $1.48M -9.4% $178.60M 875 $1.7K 15
Mar 1-3 17 $985K -33.5% $180.07M 652 $1.5K 16
Mar 8-10 21 $430K -56.3% $180.83M 432 $996 17
Mar 15-17 22 $396K -8.0% $181.41M 466 $849 18
Mar 22-24 25 $218K -45.0% $181.81M 292 $745 19
Mar 29-31 39 $86K -60.6% $182.03M 189 $453 20
Apr 5-7 52 $48K -44.2% $182.14M 102 $469 21

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

Daily Gross

Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

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Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed bySteven Spielberg
ScreenplayTony Kushner
Produced bySteven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy
CinematographyJanusz Kamiński
MusicJohn Williams
Prod. DesignRick Carter
StarringDaniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, James Spader, Hal Holbrook
StudioWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

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