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2011 • R • 1h 49m • Drama, Thriller • Roadside Attractions

Be first. Be smarter. Or cheat.

🍅 87% 74%

76

3.57

7.1

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$562K

Limited · 56 theaters

Domestic total

$5.40M

Final

Worldwide total

$20.40M

$15.10M international

Domestic legs7.4x from $729K biggest weekend

Budget$3.4M

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Cast & crew

Kevin Spacey

Kevin Spacey Starring

Zachary Quinto

Zachary Quinto Starring

Paul Bettany

Paul Bettany Starring

Jeremy Irons

Jeremy Irons Starring

Simon Baker

Simon Baker Starring

Penn Badgley

Penn Badgley Starring

ScreenplayJ.C. Chandor Produced byZachary Quinto, Neal Dodson, Robert Ogden Barnum, Corey Moosa CinematographyFrankie DeMarco Prod. DesignJohn Paino StudioRoadside Attractions

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 21-23 20 $561.9K — 56 $10,034 $561.9K

2 Oct 28-30 17 $729.1K +29.8% 140 $5,208 $1.5M

3 Nov 4-6 16 $717.8K −1.5% 178 $4,033 $2.5M

4 Nov 11-13 18 $544.3K −24.2% 199 $2,735 $3.3M

5 Nov 18-20 18 $423.5K −22.2% 170 $2,491 $3.9M

6 Nov 25-27 20 $293.7K −30.7% 140 $2,098 $4.4M

7 Dec 2-4 22 $215.4K −26.7% 151 $1,427 $4.7M

8 Dec 9-11 24 $178.1K −17.3% 148 $1,204 $4.9M

9 Dec 16-18 30 $98.2K −44.9% 121 $811 $5.1M

10 Dec 23-25 44 $20.9K −78.7% 30 $697 $5.2M

11 Dec 30-Jan 1 52 $23.6K +13.1% 29 $815 $5.2M

12 Jan 6-8 49 $31.2K +32.1% 30 $1,041 $5.3M

13 Jan 13-15 55 $15.2K −51.4% 20 $759 $5.3M

14 Jan 20-22 63 $8.1K −46.3% 14 $582 $5.3M

15 Jan 27-29 84 $1.0K −87.2% 1 $1,042 $5.4M

16 Feb 3-5 82 $902 −13.4% 2 $451 $5.4M

17 Feb 10-12 95 $743 −17.6% 2 $372 $5.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 21 — $169.3K — $169.3K 56 $3,023 1

Sat Oct 22 — $239.1K +41.3% $408.4K 56 $4,270 2

Sun Oct 23 — $153.5K −35.8% $561.9K 56 $2,741 3

Mon Oct 24 — $48.2K −68.6% $610.1K 56 $861 4

Tue Oct 25 — $52.2K +8.2% $662.3K 56 $932 5

Wed Oct 26 — $52.1K −0.1% $714.4K 56 $931 6

Thu Oct 27 — $46.8K −10.2% $761.2K 56 $836 7

Fri Oct 28 — $193.5K +313.3% +14.3% $954.8K 140 $1,382 8

Sat Oct 29 — $313.2K +61.8% +31.0% $1.3M 140 $2,237 9

Sun Oct 30 — $222.4K −29.0% +44.9% $1.5M 140 $1,588 10

Mon Oct 31 — $77.7K −65.1% +61.1% $1.6M 140 $555 11

Tue Nov 1 — $81.0K +4.3% +55.3% $1.6M 140 $579 12

Wed Nov 2 — $73.2K −9.6% +40.5% $1.7M 140 $523 13

Thu Nov 3 — $76.2K +4.1% +62.8% $1.8M 140 $545 14

Fri Nov 4 #16 $204.2K +167.8% +5.5% $2.0M 178 $1,147 15

Sat Nov 5 #16 $328.3K +60.8% +4.8% $2.3M 178 $1,844 16

Sun Nov 6 #17 $185.4K −43.5% −16.6% $2.5M 178 $1,042 17

Mon Nov 7 — $52.7K −71.6% −32.1% $2.6M 178 $296 18

Tue Nov 8 — $74.0K +40.4% −8.7% $2.6M 178 $416 19

Wed Nov 9 — $59.0K −20.3% −19.5% $2.7M 178 $331 20

Thu Nov 10 — $64.6K +9.6% −15.2% $2.8M 178 $363 21

Fri Nov 11 — $164.6K +154.6% −19.4% $2.9M 199 $827 22

Sat Nov 12 — $250.9K +52.4% −23.6% $3.2M 199 $1,261 23

Sun Nov 13 — $128.8K −48.7% −30.5% $3.3M 199 $647 24

Mon Nov 14 — $38.5K −70.1% −27.0% $3.3M 199 $193 25

Tue Nov 15 — $52.8K +37.2% −28.6% $3.4M 199 $265 26

Wed Nov 16 — $46.2K −12.5% −21.6% $3.4M 199 $232 27

Thu Nov 17 — $43.7K −5.4% −32.4% $3.5M 199 $220 28

Fri Nov 18 — $108.1K +147.2% −34.3% $3.6M 170 $636 29

Sat Nov 19 — $208.0K +92.5% −17.1% $3.8M 170 $1,224 30

Sun Nov 20 — $107.5K −48.3% −16.6% $3.9M 170 $632 31

Mon Nov 21 — $33.5K −68.8% −12.9% $3.9M 170 $197 32

Tue Nov 22 — $49.2K +46.6% −6.9% $4.0M 170 $289 33

Wed Nov 23 — $43.0K −12.6% −7.0% $4.0M 182 $236 34

Thu Nov 24 — $32.5K −24.3% −25.6% $4.1M 182 $179 35

Fri Nov 25 — $105.2K +223.4% −2.7% $4.2M 140 $751 36

Sat Nov 26 — $124.3K +18.2% −40.2% $4.3M 140 $888 37

Sun Nov 27 — $64.2K −48.3% −40.2% $4.4M 140 $459 38

Mon Nov 28 — $20.4K −68.2% −39.1% $4.4M 140 $146 39

Tue Nov 29 — $34.6K +69.3% −29.6% $4.4M 140 $247 40

Wed Nov 30 — $24.4K −29.4% −43.2% $4.4M 140 $175 41

Thu Dec 1 — $22.1K −9.5% −32.0% $4.5M 140 $158 42

Fri Dec 2 — $57.0K +157.9% −45.8% $4.5M 151 $378 43

Sat Dec 3 — $105.1K +84.3% −15.4% $4.6M 151 $696 44

Sun Dec 4 — $53.3K −49.3% −17.0% $4.7M 151 $353 45

Mon Dec 5 — $16.7K −68.7% −18.3% $4.7M 151 $111 46

Tue Dec 6 — $26.9K +61.0% −22.3% $4.7M 151 $178 47

Wed Dec 7 — $19.7K −26.8% −19.5% $4.7M 151 $130 48

Thu Dec 8 — $20.9K +6.5% −5.3% $4.8M 151 $139 49

Fri Dec 9 — $45.8K +118.6% −19.7% $4.8M 148 $309 50

Sat Dec 10 — $88.0K +92.2% −16.3% $4.9M 148 $595 51

Sun Dec 11 — $44.3K −49.7% −16.9% $4.9M 148 $299 52

Mon Dec 12 — $15.6K −64.9% −6.8% $5.0M 148 $105 53

Tue Dec 13 — $20.1K +28.9% −25.4% $5.0M 148 $136 54

Wed Dec 14 — $17.3K −13.7% −11.9% $5.0M 148 $117 55

Thu Dec 15 — $16.7K −3.4% −20.2% $5.0M 148 $113 56

Fri Dec 16 — $25.6K +53.0% −44.1% $5.0M 121 $212 57

Sat Dec 17 — $48.1K +87.8% −45.4% $5.1M 121 $397 58

Sun Dec 18 — $24.5K −49.0% −44.7% $5.1M 121 $203 59

Mon Dec 19 — $13.0K −46.8% −16.3% $5.1M 121 $108 60

Tue Dec 20 — $15.5K +18.7% −22.9% $5.1M 121 $128 61

Wed Dec 21 — $11.0K −28.7% −36.3% $5.2M 121 $91 62

Thu Dec 22 — $11.2K +1.6% −33.0% $5.2M 121 $93 63

Fri Dec 23 — $7.2K −35.7% −71.8% $5.2M 30 $240 64

Sat Dec 24 — $6.2K −13.6% −87.0% $5.2M 30 $208 65

Sun Dec 25 — $7.5K +19.8% −69.5% $5.2M 30 $249 66

Mon Dec 26 — $11.8K +58.6% −9.1% $5.2M 30 $395 67

Tue Dec 27 — $9.9K −16.4% −36.0% $5.2M 30 $330 68

Wed Dec 28 — $6.7K −32.0% −39.0% $5.2M 30 $224 69

Thu Dec 29 — $7.9K +17.2% −29.6% $5.2M 30 $263 70

Fri Dec 30 — $6.6K −16.1% −8.2% $5.2M 29 $228 71

Sat Dec 31 — $8.8K +32.6% +40.8% $5.2M 28 $314 72

Sun Jan 1 — $8.2K −6.1% +10.5% $5.2M 29 $284 73

Mon Jan 2 — $7.8K −5.2% −33.9% $5.3M 29 $270 74

Tue Jan 3 — $3.8K −51.2% −61.5% $5.3M 29 $131 75

Wed Jan 4 — $4.9K +29.6% −26.6% $5.3M 29 $170 76

Thu Jan 5 — $6.6K +32.6% −16.9% $5.3M 29 $226 77

Fri Jan 6 — $8.9K +36.1% +34.8% $5.3M 30 $297 78

Sat Jan 7 — $14.6K +63.5% +66.2% $5.3M 30 $486 79

Sun Jan 8 — $7.7K −47.1% −6.4% $5.3M 30 $257 80

Mon Jan 9 — $2.5K −67.4% −67.8% $5.3M 30 $84 81

Tue Jan 10 — $3.3K +31.5% −13.2% $5.3M 30 $110 82

Wed Jan 11 — $2.3K −30.3% −53.3% $5.3M 30 $77 83

Thu Jan 12 — $2.4K +4.6% −63.2% $5.3M 30 $80 84

Fri Jan 13 — $4.2K +73.8% −53.0% $5.3M 20 $210 85

Sat Jan 14 — $6.8K +61.1% −53.7% $5.3M 20 $338 86

Sun Jan 15 — $4.2K −37.3% −45.1% $5.3M 20 $212 87

Mon Jan 16 — $3.8K −11.4% +49.0% $5.3M 20 $188 88

Tue Jan 17 — $2.0K −46.1% −39.0% $5.3M 20 $101 89

Wed Jan 18 — $1.8K −11.1% −22.1% $5.3M 20 $90 90

Thu Jan 19 — $1.9K +6.7% −20.5% $5.3M 20 $96 91

Fri Jan 20 — $2.4K +23.0% −43.7% $5.3M 14 $169 92

Sat Jan 21 — $2.6K +10.8% −61.3% $5.3M 14 $187 93

Sun Jan 22 — $3.2K +21.3% −25.1% $5.3M 14 $227 94

Mon Jan 23 — $3.7K +16.8% −1.2% $5.3M 14 $265 95

Tue Jan 24 — $535 −85.6% −73.5% $5.3M 14 $38 96

Wed Jan 25 — $1.4K +156.3% −23.7% $5.3M 14 $98 97

Thu Jan 26 — $1.2K −13.8% −38.4% $5.4M 14 $84 98

Fri Jan 27 — $255 −78.4% −89.2% $5.4M 1 $255 99

Sat Jan 28 — $787 +208.6% −69.9% $5.4M 1 $787 100

Fri Feb 3 — $609 — +138.8% $5.4M 2 $304 106

Sun Feb 5 — $293 — $5.4M 2 $146 108

Fri Feb 10 — $144 — −76.4% $5.4M 2 $72 113

Sat Feb 11 — $389 +170.1% $5.4M 2 $194 114

Sun Feb 12 — $210 −46.0% −28.3% $5.4M 2 $105 115

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

Cumulative total$5.2M

Oct 21Nov 7Nov 25Dec 12Dec 29

Weekend grossWk 10 · $20.9K

$561.9K

$729.1K

$717.8K

$544.3K

$423.5K

$293.7K

$215.4K

$178.1K

$98.2K

$20.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 199 → 30 −84.9%

56 open30 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −78.7%

+29.8%

W1→2

−1.5%

W2→3

−24.2%

W3→4

−22.2%

W4→5

−30.7%

W5→6

−26.7%

W6→7

−17.3%

W7→8

−44.9%

W8→9

−78.7%

W9→10

Steepest −78.7%Biggest gain +29.8%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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