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Live by NightFollow

2016 • R • 2h 9m • Action, Crime, Drama • Warner Bros.

Joe was once a good man.

🍅 34% 42%

49

2.83

6.4

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$33K

Limited · 4 theaters

Domestic total

$10.40M

Final

Worldwide total

$22.80M

$12.40M international

Domestic legs2.0x from $5.1M first wide weekend

Budget$65M

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Cast & crew

Full Affleck filmography

Ben Affleck

Ben Affleck Director

Elle Fanning

Elle Fanning Starring

Brendan Gleeson

Brendan Gleeson Starring

Chris Messina

Chris Messina Starring

Sienna Miller

Sienna Miller Starring

ScreenplayBen Affleck Produced byLeonardo DiCaprio, Ben Affleck, Jennifer Todd, Jennifer Davisson CinematographyRobert Richardson MusicHarry Gregson-Williams Prod. DesignJess Gonchor StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 23-25 35 $33.3K — 4 $8,334 $33.3K

2 Dec 30-Jan 1 41 $36.9K +10.8% 4 $9,232 $111.5K

3 Jan 6-8 42 $26.9K −27.1% 4 $6,730 $168.4K

4 Jan 13-15 11 $5.1M +18866.1% 2,822 $1,809 $5.3M

5 Jan 20-22 16 $1.7M −66.4% 2,822 $609 $9.4M

6 Jan 27-29 40 $101.0K −94.1% 163 $620 $10.3M

7 Feb 3-5 50 $11.7K −88.4% 35 $335 $10.3M

8 Feb 10-12 61 $5.0K −57.4% 12 $417 $10.3M

9 Feb 17-19 68 $2.1K −58.5% 5 $415 $10.3M

10 Feb 24-26 55 $21.3K +924.7% 90 $236 $10.4M

11 Mar 3-5 74 $1.7K −92.1% 17 $98 $10.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Sun Dec 25 — $33.3K — $33.3K 4 $8,334 -5

Mon Dec 26 — $15.5K −53.5% $48.8K 4 $3,877 -4

Tue Dec 27 — $8.4K −46.1% $57.2K 4 $2,090 -3

Wed Dec 28 — $9.2K +9.6% $66.4K 4 $2,292 -2

Thu Dec 29 — $8.2K −10.0% $74.6K 4 $2,062 -1

Fri Dec 30 — $11.4K +38.7% $86.1K 4 $2,860 1

Sat Dec 31 — $8.9K −22.1% $95.0K 4 $2,228 2

Sun Jan 1 — $16.6K +86.0% $111.5K 4 $4,144 3

Mon Jan 2 — $13.0K −21.9% $124.5K 4 $3,238 4

Tue Jan 3 — $5.5K −57.5% $130.0K 4 $1,375 5

Wed Jan 4 — $5.6K +1.6% $135.6K 4 $1,397 6

Thu Jan 5 — $5.9K +5.6% $141.5K 4 $1,476 7

Fri Jan 6 — $8.2K +39.4% −28.1% $149.7K 4 $2,056 8

Sat Jan 7 — $11.7K +42.3% +31.3% $161.4K 4 $2,926 9

Sun Jan 8 — $7.0K −40.3% −57.8% $168.4K 4 $1,748 10

Mon Jan 9 — $3.8K −45.1% −70.4% $172.3K 4 $960 11

Tue Jan 10 — $5.7K +48.5% +3.7% $178.0K 4 $1,426 12

Wed Jan 11 — $4.0K −29.7% −28.2% $182.0K 4 $1,002 13

Thu Jan 12 — $3.7K −8.2% −37.6% $185.6K 4 $920 14

Fri Jan 13 #9 $2.0M +52942.7% +23638.6% $2.1M 2,822 $692 15

Sat Jan 14 #12 $1.9M −4.1% +15900.4% $4.0M 2,822 $664 16

Sun Jan 15 #12 $1.3M −31.6% +18216.4% $5.3M 2,822 $454 17

Mon Jan 16 #12 $897.0K −30.0% +23259.5% $6.2M 2,822 $318 18

Tue Jan 17 #9 $677.8K −24.4% +11786.3% $6.9M 2,822 $240 19

Wed Jan 18 #8 $440.8K −35.0% +10894.5% $7.3M 2,822 $156 20

Thu Jan 19 #8 $360.1K −18.3% +9683.4% $7.7M 2,822 $128 21

Fri Jan 20 #13 $506.9K +40.8% −74.0% $8.2M 2,822 $180 22

Sat Jan 21 #14 $835.9K +64.9% −55.4% $9.0M 2,822 $296 23

Sun Jan 22 — $375.3K −55.1% −70.7% $9.4M 2,822 $133 24

Mon Jan 23 #11 $200.3K −46.6% −77.7% $9.6M 2,822 $71 25

Tue Jan 24 #13 $269.1K +34.3% −60.3% $9.9M 2,822 $95 26

Wed Jan 25 #15 $180.2K −33.0% −59.1% $10.0M 2,822 $64 27

Thu Jan 26 #19 $140.8K −21.9% −60.9% $10.2M 2,822 $50 28

Fri Jan 27 — $30.7K −78.2% −93.9% $10.2M 163 $188 29

Sat Jan 28 — $43.5K +41.8% −94.8% $10.3M 163 $267 30

Sun Jan 29 — $26.9K −38.2% −92.8% $10.3M 163 $165 31

Mon Jan 30 — $8.6K −68.0% −95.7% $10.3M 163 $53 32

Tue Jan 31 — $12.0K +39.7% −95.5% $10.3M 163 $74 33

Wed Feb 1 — $9.8K −18.2% −94.5% $10.3M 163 $60 34

Thu Feb 2 — $7.8K −20.2% −94.4% $10.3M 163 $48 35

Fri Feb 3 — $4.0K −49.4% −87.1% $10.3M 35 $113 36

Sat Feb 4 — $5.6K +42.3% −87.0% $10.3M 35 $161 37

Sun Feb 5 — $2.1K −62.5% −92.1% $10.3M 35 $61 38

Mon Feb 6 — $1.5K −29.2% −82.5% $10.3M 35 $43 39

Tue Feb 7 — $1.6K +7.0% −86.6% $10.3M 35 $46 40

Wed Feb 8 — $1.6K +0.2% −83.6% $10.3M 35 $46 41

Thu Feb 9 — $1.9K +16.0% −76.2% $10.3M 35 $53 42

Fri Feb 10 — $1.6K −15.5% −60.2% $10.3M 12 $132 43

Sat Feb 11 — $1.9K +20.4% −66.3% $10.3M 12 $159 44

Sun Feb 12 — $1.5K −20.1% −28.3% $10.3M 12 $127 45

Mon Feb 13 — $740 −51.3% −50.7% $10.3M 12 $62 46

Tue Feb 14 — $1.1K +49.5% −31.2% $10.3M 12 $92 47

Wed Feb 15 — $789 −28.7% −51.0% $10.3M 12 $66 48

Thu Feb 16 — $721 −8.6% −61.4% $10.3M 12 $60 49

Fri Feb 17 — $661 −8.3% −58.2% $10.3M 5 $132 50

Sat Feb 18 — $921 +39.3% −51.6% $10.3M 5 $184 51

Sun Feb 19 — $495 −46.3% −67.5% $10.3M 5 $99 52

Mon Feb 20 — $210 −57.6% −71.6% $10.3M 5 $42 53

Tue Feb 21 — $101 −51.9% −90.9% $10.3M 5 $20 54

Wed Feb 22 — $112 +10.9% −85.8% $10.3M 5 $22 55

Thu Feb 23 — $110 −1.8% −84.7% $10.3M 5 $22 56

Fri Feb 24 — $5.7K +5040.0% +755.4% $10.4M 90 $63 57

Sat Feb 25 — $8.5K +50.0% +820.7% $10.4M 90 $94 58

Sun Feb 26 — $7.1K −15.7% +1344.0% $10.4M 90 $79 59

Mon Feb 27 — $2.4K −66.6% +1036.7% $10.4M 90 $27 60

Tue Feb 28 — $2.9K +23.0% +2806.9% $10.4M 90 $33 61

Wed Mar 1 — $2.2K −25.0% +1866.1% $10.4M 90 $24 62

Thu Mar 2 — $2.6K +18.3% +2269.1% $10.4M 90 $29 63

Fri Mar 3 — $402 −84.6% −92.9% $10.4M 17 $24 64

Sat Mar 4 — $749 +86.3% −91.2% $10.4M 17 $44 65

Sun Mar 5 — $521 −30.4% −92.7% $10.4M 17 $31 66

Mon Mar 6 — $205 −60.7% −91.4% $10.4M 17 $12 67

Tue Mar 7 — $260 +26.8% −91.1% $10.4M 17 $15 68

Wed Mar 8 — $341 +31.2% −84.5% $10.4M 17 $20 69

Thu Mar 9 — $191 −44.0% −92.7% $10.4M 17 $11 70

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

Cumulative total$10.4M

Dec 25Jan 13Jan 31Feb 19Mar 9

Weekend grossWk 10 · $21.3K

$33.3K

$36.9K

$26.9K

$5.1M

$1.7M

$101.0K

$11.7K

$5.0K

$2.1K

$21.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,822 → 17 −99.4%

4 open17 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +924.7%

+10.8%

W1→2

−27.1%

W2→3

+18866.1%

W3→4

−66.4%

W4→5

−94.1%

W5→6

−88.4%

W6→7

−57.4%

W7→8

−58.5%

W8→9

+924.7%

W9→10

Steepest −94.1%Biggest gain +18866.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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