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2016 • PG-13 • 1h 58m • Drama • The Weinstein Company

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$123K

Limited · 4 theaters

Domestic total

$51.70M

Final

Worldwide total

$149.10M

$97.40M international

Domestic legs22.8x from $2.3M biggest weekend

Budget$12.0M

2017 rank#57

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Cast & crew

Dev Patel

Dev Patel Starring

Rooney Mara

Rooney Mara Starring

Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman Starring

David Wenham

David Wenham Starring

ScreenplayLuke Davies Based on the book “A Long Way Home” bySaroo Brierley Produced byEmile Sherman, Iain Canning, Angie Fielder CinematographyGreig Fraser Music byDustin O'Halloran, Hauschka StudioThe Weinstein Company

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 25-27 32 $123.4K — 4 $30,840 $123.4K

2 Dec 2-4 29 $116.6K −5.5% 7 $16,651 $275.7K

3 Dec 9-11 25 $168.4K +44.4% 15 $11,224 $490.5K

4 Dec 16-18 24 $132.5K −21.3% 16 $8,282 $703.6K

5 Dec 23-25 16 $898.9K +578.3% 500 $1,798 $1.8M

6 Dec 30-Jan 1 13 $2.3M +152.9% 525 $4,330 $6.1M

7 Jan 6-8 13 $2.1M −8.8% 600 $3,456 $9.9M

8 Jan 13-15 15 $2.3M +10.6% 575 $3,987 $13.3M

9 Jan 20-22 14 $1.8M −23.0% 575 $3,070 $16.3M

10 Jan 27-29 14 $2.3M +33.0% 575 $4,085 $19.7M

11 Feb 3-5 10 $3.8M +60.1% 1,405 $2,676 $24.5M

12 Feb 10-12 9 $4.0M +5.1% 1,337 $2,955 $30.2M

13 Feb 17-19 11 $4.2M +6.4% 1,542 $2,726 $36.5M

14 Feb 24-26 10 $3.8M −8.8% 1,802 $2,127 $42.8M

15 Mar 3-5 14 $2.1M −44.5% 1,260 $1,687 $46.5M

16 Mar 10-12 11 $1.3M −37.7% 960 $1,379 $48.6M

17 Mar 17-19 11 $734.3K −44.5% 621 $1,183 $50.0M

18 Mar 24-26 17 $394.5K −46.3% 320 $1,233 $50.7M

19 Mar 31-Apr 2 20 $198.8K −49.6% 175 $1,136 $51.1M

20 Apr 7-9 23 $155.4K −21.9% 203 $765 $51.4M

21 Apr 14-16 33 $82.2K −47.1% 147 $559 $51.5M

22 Apr 21-23 39 $48.2K −41.3% 82 $588 $51.6M

23 Apr 28-30 38 $48.4K +0.2% 65 $744 $51.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 25 - $43.5K — $43.5K 4 $10,871 1

Sat Nov 26 - $47.2K +8.4% $90.6K 4 $11,790 2

Sun Nov 27 - $32.7K −30.6% $123.4K 4 $8,180 3

Mon Nov 28 - $9.2K −71.7% $132.6K 4 $2,311 4

Tue Nov 29 - $8.4K −9.1% $141.0K 4 $2,101 5

Wed Nov 30 - $8.3K −1.6% $149.3K 4 $2,068 6

Thu Dec 1 - $9.9K +19.3% $159.1K 4 $2,467 7

Fri Dec 2 - $28.5K +189.3% −34.4% $187.7K 7 $4,078 8

Sat Dec 3 - $52.4K +83.6% +11.1% $240.1K 7 $7,485 9

Sun Dec 4 - $35.6K −32.0% +8.9% $275.7K 7 $5,088 10

Mon Dec 5 - $11.4K −67.9% +23.6% $287.1K 7 $1,632 11

Tue Dec 6 - $11.4K +0.1% +36.1% $298.6K 7 $1,634 12

Wed Dec 7 - $11.7K +1.9% +40.9% $310.2K 7 $1,666 13

Thu Dec 8 - $12.0K +2.6% +21.2% $322.2K 7 $1,709 14

Fri Dec 9 - $43.6K +264.7% +52.8% $365.8K 15 $2,908 15

Sat Dec 10 - $73.3K +68.1% +39.9% $439.1K 15 $4,887 16

Sun Dec 11 - $51.4K −29.8% +44.4% $490.5K 15 $3,429 17

Mon Dec 12 - $18.7K −63.6% +63.8% $509.3K 15 $1,247 18

Tue Dec 13 - $22.0K +17.7% +92.6% $531.3K 15 $1,469 19

Wed Dec 14 - $20.5K −7.1% +75.6% $551.8K 15 $1,365 20

Thu Dec 15 - $19.3K −5.7% +61.4% $571.1K 15 $1,287 21

Fri Dec 16 - $32.8K +69.7% −24.9% $603.8K 16 $2,048 22

Sat Dec 17 - $54.3K +65.8% −25.9% $658.2K 16 $3,395 23

Sun Dec 18 - $45.4K −16.4% −11.7% $703.6K 16 $2,839 24

Mon Dec 19 - $18.5K −59.2% −0.9% $722.1K 16 $1,159 25

Tue Dec 20 - $22.8K +22.8% +3.3% $744.9K 16 $1,423 26

Wed Dec 21 - $53.4K +134.4% +160.8% $798.3K 53 $1,007 27

Thu Dec 22 - $55.2K +3.3% +185.6% $853.4K 53 $1,041 28

Fri Dec 23 - $89.7K +62.6% +173.7% $943.1K 55 $1,631 29

Sat Dec 24 - $85.0K −5.2% +56.5% $1.0M 55 $1,546 30

Sun Dec 25 #14 $724.2K +751.9% +1494.1% $1.8M 500 $1,448 31

Mon Dec 26 #15 $638.7K −11.8% +3344.5% $2.4M 500 $1,277 32

Tue Dec 27 #14 $483.7K −24.3% +2024.2% $2.9M 500 $967 33

Wed Dec 28 #14 $471.9K −2.4% +784.1% $3.3M 500 $944 34

Thu Dec 29 #14 $485.9K +3.0% +780.9% $3.8M 500 $972 35

Fri Dec 30 #13 $694.7K +43.0% +674.7% $4.5M 525 $1,323 36

Sat Dec 31 #13 $776.5K +11.8% +813.5% $5.3M 525 $1,479 37

Sun Jan 1 #14 $802.0K +3.3% +10.7% $6.1M 525 $1,528 38

Mon Jan 2 #13 $729.1K −9.1% +14.1% $6.8M 525 $1,389 39

Tue Jan 3 #13 $352.4K −51.7% −27.1% $7.2M 525 $671 40

Wed Jan 4 #13 $313.6K −11.0% −33.5% $7.5M 525 $597 41

Thu Jan 5 #12 $292.0K −6.9% −39.9% $7.8M 525 $556 42

Fri Jan 6 #13 $588.9K +101.7% −15.2% $8.4M 600 $981 43

Sat Jan 7 #12 $873.5K +48.3% +12.5% $9.3M 600 $1,456 44

Sun Jan 8 #12 $611.1K −30.0% −23.8% $9.9M 600 $1,018 45

Mon Jan 9 #12 $247.6K −59.5% −66.0% $10.1M 600 $413 46

Tue Jan 10 #12 $352.7K +42.5% +0.1% $10.5M 600 $588 47

Wed Jan 11 #12 $288.2K −18.3% −8.1% $10.8M 600 $480 48

Thu Jan 12 #12 $288.0K −0.0% −1.4% $11.0M 600 $480 49

Fri Jan 13 - $598.5K +107.8% +1.6% $11.6M 575 $1,041 50

Sat Jan 14 #15 $953.6K +59.3% +9.2% $12.6M 575 $1,658 51

Sun Jan 15 #15 $740.4K −22.4% +21.2% $13.3M 575 $1,288 52

Mon Jan 16 #15 $480.5K −35.1% +94.1% $13.8M 575 $836 53

Tue Jan 17 #15 $300.5K −37.5% −14.8% $14.1M 575 $523 54

Wed Jan 18 #14 $233.9K −22.2% −18.8% $14.3M 575 $407 55

Thu Jan 19 #13 $232.6K −0.5% −19.2% $14.6M 575 $405 56

Fri Jan 20 #15 $462.6K +98.8% −22.7% $15.0M 575 $804 57

Sat Jan 21 #15 $825.2K +78.4% −13.5% $15.9M 575 $1,435 58

Sun Jan 22 #14 $477.7K −42.1% −35.5% $16.3M 575 $831 59

Mon Jan 23 #14 $181.5K −62.0% −62.2% $16.5M 575 $316 60

Tue Jan 24 #11 $305.6K +68.4% +1.7% $16.8M 575 $532 61

Wed Jan 25 #11 $261.5K −14.4% +11.8% $17.1M 575 $455 62

Thu Jan 26 #9 $273.3K +4.5% +17.5% $17.4M 575 $475 63

Fri Jan 27 #13 $608.0K +122.5% +31.5% $18.0M 575 $1,057 64

Sat Jan 28 #14 $1.1M +73.0% +27.4% $19.0M 575 $1,829 65

Sun Jan 29 #14 $689.0K −34.5% +44.2% $19.7M 575 $1,198 66

Mon Jan 30 #11 $201.2K −70.8% +10.9% $19.9M 575 $350 67

Tue Jan 31 #11 $295.2K +46.7% −3.4% $20.2M 575 $513 68

Wed Feb 1 #10 $235.1K −20.3% −10.1% $20.5M 575 $409 69

Thu Feb 2 #10 $255.5K +8.7% −6.5% $20.7M 575 $444 70

Fri Feb 3 #8 $1.1M +346.1% +87.5% $21.8M 1,405 $811 71

Sat Feb 4 #9 $1.9M +67.0% +81.0% $23.7M 1,405 $1,355 72

Sun Feb 5 #9 $716.7K −62.3% +4.0% $24.5M 1,405 $510 73

Mon Feb 6 #7 $374.4K −47.8% +86.1% $24.8M 1,405 $267 74

Tue Feb 7 #7 $572.4K +52.9% +93.9% $25.4M 1,405 $407 75

Wed Feb 8 #6 $439.8K −23.2% +87.0% $25.9M 1,405 $313 76

Thu Feb 9 #6 $433.4K −1.5% +69.6% $26.3M 1,405 $308 77

Fri Feb 10 #9 $1.1M +148.6% −5.5% $27.4M 1,337 $806 78

Sat Feb 11 #9 $1.8M +68.9% −4.4% $29.2M 1,337 $1,361 79

Sun Feb 12 #9 $1.1M −42.1% +47.0% $30.2M 1,337 $788 80

Mon Feb 13 #8 $386.7K −63.3% +3.3% $30.6M 1,337 $289 81

Tue Feb 14 #9 $840.6K +117.4% +46.9% $31.5M 1,337 $629 82

Wed Feb 15 #8 $405.5K −51.8% −7.8% $31.9M 1,337 $303 83

Thu Feb 16 #8 $386.3K −4.7% −10.9% $32.3M 1,337 $289 84

Fri Feb 17 #11 $1.0M +163.0% −5.7% $33.3M 1,542 $659 85

Sat Feb 18 #10 $1.8M +75.2% −2.1% $35.1M 1,542 $1,155 86

Sun Feb 19 #10 $1.4M −21.0% +33.5% $36.5M 1,542 $912 87

Mon Feb 20 #10 $940.9K −33.1% +143.3% $37.4M 1,542 $610 88

Tue Feb 21 #9 $611.3K −35.0% −27.3% $38.0M 1,542 $396 89

Wed Feb 22 #8 $525.3K −14.1% +29.5% $38.5M 1,542 $341 90

Thu Feb 23 #9 $471.9K −10.2% +22.2% $39.0M 1,542 $306 91

Fri Feb 24 #10 $1.0M +112.7% −1.2% $40.0M 1,802 $557 92

Sat Feb 25 #10 $1.8M +79.9% +1.5% $41.8M 1,802 $1,003 93

Sun Feb 26 #11 $1.0M −43.5% −27.4% $42.8M 1,802 $567 94

Mon Feb 27 #9 $358.4K −64.9% −61.9% $43.2M 1,802 $199 95

Tue Feb 28 #9 $524.4K +46.3% −14.2% $43.7M 1,802 $291 96

Wed Mar 1 #9 $341.4K −34.9% −35.0% $44.1M 1,802 $189 97

Thu Mar 2 #10 $325.7K −4.6% −31.0% $44.4M 1,802 $181 98

Fri Mar 3 #14 $562.2K +72.6% −44.0% $45.0M 1,260 $446 99

Sat Mar 4 #15 $960.5K +70.9% −46.8% $45.9M 1,260 $762 100

Sun Mar 5 #14 $603.1K −37.2% −41.0% $46.5M 1,260 $479 101

Mon Mar 6 #13 $185.6K −69.2% −48.2% $46.7M 1,260 $147 102

Tue Mar 7 #14 $264.4K +42.5% −49.6% $47.0M 1,260 $210 103

Wed Mar 8 #13 $181.6K −31.3% −46.8% $47.1M 1,260 $144 104

Thu Mar 9 #12 $175.5K −3.4% −46.1% $47.3M 1,260 $139 105

Fri Mar 10 #13 $338.4K +92.9% −39.8% $47.7M 960 $352 106

Sat Mar 11 #11 $618.4K +82.8% −35.6% $48.3M 960 $644 107

Sun Mar 12 #12 $367.3K −40.6% −39.1% $48.6M 960 $383 108

Mon Mar 13 #13 $146.2K −60.2% −21.2% $48.8M 960 $152 109

Tue Mar 14 #12 $192.8K +31.8% −27.1% $49.0M 960 $201 110

Wed Mar 15 #15 $147.1K −23.7% −19.0% $49.1M 960 $153 111

Thu Mar 16 #11 $132.8K −9.7% −24.3% $49.3M 960 $138 112

Fri Mar 17 - $183.1K +37.9% −45.9% $49.4M 621 $295 113

Sat Mar 18 #11 $361.6K +97.4% −41.5% $49.8M 621 $582 114

Sun Mar 19 #11 $189.6K −47.6% −48.4% $50.0M 621 $305 115

Mon Mar 20 #11 $67.8K −64.2% −53.6% $50.1M 621 $109 116

Tue Mar 21 #11 $111.3K +64.1% −42.3% $50.2M 621 $179 117

Wed Mar 22 #11 $84.8K −23.8% −42.4% $50.3M 621 $137 118

Thu Mar 23 #11 $77.0K −9.2% −42.0% $50.3M 621 $124 119

Fri Mar 24 - $102.0K +32.4% −44.3% $50.4M 320 $319 120

Sat Mar 25 - $179.2K +75.8% −50.4% $50.6M 320 $560 121

Sun Mar 26 - $113.3K −36.8% −40.3% $50.7M 320 $354 122

Mon Mar 27 #13 $40.7K −64.0% −39.9% $50.8M 320 $127 123

Tue Mar 28 #13 $57.3K +40.7% −48.5% $50.8M 320 $179 124

Wed Mar 29 #13 $45.0K −21.5% −46.9% $50.9M 320 $141 125

Thu Mar 30 #14 $39.7K −11.8% −48.5% $50.9M 320 $124 126

Fri Mar 31 - $61.9K +55.9% −39.3% $51.0M 175 $353 127

Sat Apr 1 - $92.4K +49.3% −48.5% $51.1M 175 $528 128

Sun Apr 2 - $44.6K −51.7% −60.6% $51.1M 175 $255 129

Mon Apr 3 - $17.2K −61.4% −57.7% $51.1M 175 $98 130

Tue Apr 4 - $28.5K +65.6% −50.2% $51.2M 175 $163 131

Wed Apr 5 - $22.8K −20.2% −49.4% $51.2M 175 $130 132

Thu Apr 6 - $21.7K −4.5% −45.2% $51.2M 175 $124 133

Fri Apr 7 - $45.4K +108.6% −26.7% $51.3M 203 $223 134

Sat Apr 8 - $74.6K +64.4% −19.3% $51.3M 203 $367 135

Sun Apr 9 - $35.4K −52.5% −20.5% $51.4M 203 $175 136

Mon Apr 10 - $15.4K −56.6% −10.7% $51.4M 203 $76 137

Tue Apr 11 - $22.4K +45.8% −21.4% $51.4M 203 $111 138

Wed Apr 12 - $19.0K −15.5% −16.7% $51.4M 203 $93 139

Thu Apr 13 - $18.9K −0.6% −13.3% $51.4M 203 $93 140

Fri Apr 14 - $26.8K +42.1% −40.9% $51.5M 147 $182 141

Sat Apr 15 - $33.3K +24.1% −55.4% $51.5M 147 $226 142

Sun Apr 16 - $22.1K −33.4% −37.5% $51.5M 147 $151 143

Mon Apr 17 - $13.2K −40.4% −14.2% $51.5M 147 $90 144

Tue Apr 18 - $14.0K +6.4% −37.4% $51.5M 147 $95 145

Wed Apr 19 - $11.3K −19.3% −40.3% $51.6M 147 $77 146

Thu Apr 20 - $11.9K +4.7% −37.1% $51.6M 147 $81 147

Fri Apr 21 - $13.4K +12.9% −50.0% $51.6M 82 $163 148

Sat Apr 22 - $22.2K +65.8% −33.2% $51.6M 82 $271 149

Sun Apr 23 - $12.6K −43.2% −43.0% $51.6M 82 $154 150

Mon Apr 24 - $5.3K −57.8% −59.7% $51.6M 82 $65 151

Tue Apr 25 - $8.0K +50.7% −42.9% $51.6M 82 $98 152

Wed Apr 26 - $6.4K −19.7% −43.2% $51.6M 82 $79 153

Thu Apr 27 - $6.6K +2.6% −44.3% $51.6M 82 $81 154

Fri Apr 28 - $12.8K +94.0% −4.3% $51.7M 65 $197 155

Sat Apr 29 - $19.8K +54.5% −10.8% $51.7M 65 $305 156

Sun Apr 30 - $15.7K −20.6% +24.6% $51.7M 65 $242 157

Mon May 1 - $9.1K −42.4% +70.2% $51.7M 65 $139 158

Tue May 2 - $11.0K +21.2% +36.9% $51.7M 65 $169 159

Wed May 3 - $7.7K −30.0% +19.3% $51.7M 65 $118 160

Thu May 4 - $6.2K −20.0% −6.9% $51.7M 65 $95 161

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

Cumulative total$20.7M

Nov 25Dec 12Dec 30Jan 16Feb 2

Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.3M

$123.4K

$116.6K

$168.4K

$132.5K

$898.9K

$2.3M

$2.1M

$2.3M

$1.8M

$2.3M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 600 → 575 −4.2%

4 open575 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +33.0%

−5.5%

W1→2

+44.4%

W2→3

−21.3%

W3→4

+578.3%

W4→5

+152.9%

W5→6

−8.8%

W6→7

+10.6%

W7→8

−23.0%

W8→9

+33.0%

W9→10

Steepest −23.0%Biggest gain +578.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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