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2015 • PG • 2h 8m • Biography, Drama, Sport • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$11.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$44.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$45.70M

$1.20M international

Domestic legs4.0x

Budget$17M

2015 rank#64

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Cast & crew

Full Caro filmography

Niki Caro

Niki Caro Director

Kevin Costner

Kevin Costner Starring

Maria Bello

Maria Bello Starring

Elsie Fisher

Elsie Fisher Starring

ScreenplayBettina Gilois, Grant Thompson, Christopher Cleveland Produced byGordon Gray, Mark Ciardi CinematographyAdam Arkapaw MusicAntonio Pinto Prod. DesignRichard Hoover StudioWalt Disney Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Feb 20-22 4 $11.0M — 2,755 $4,000 $11.0M

2 Feb 27-Mar 1 6 $7.8M −28.9% 2,765 $2,834 $22.0M

3 Mar 6-8 7 $5.2M −33.3% 2,792 $1,871 $29.3M

4 Mar 13-15 8 $3.6M −31.0% 2,455 $1,468 $34.9M

5 Mar 20-22 11 $2.2M −39.0% 1,816 $1,210 $38.5M

6 Mar 27-29 12 $1.1M −48.9% 1,126 $996 $40.6M

7 Apr 3-5 13 $618.6K −44.9% 703 $880 $41.8M

8 Apr 10-12 15 $421.4K −31.9% 518 $814 $42.6M

9 Apr 17-19 22 $204.8K −51.4% 271 $756 $43.0M

10 Apr 24-26 27 $141.8K −30.8% 182 $779 $43.2M

11 May 1-3 28 $84.4K −40.5% 140 $603 $43.3M

12 May 8-10 27 $156.1K +84.9% 128 $1,220 $43.5M

13 May 15-17 23 $217.0K +39.0% 198 $1,096 $43.8M

14 May 22-25 23 $174.5K −19.6% 171 $1,020 $44.0M

15 May 29-31 25 $102.7K −41.2% 150 $685 $44.2M

16 Jun 5-7 32 $56.4K −45.1% 103 $548 $44.3M

17 Jun 12-14 39 $36.6K −35.1% 73 $501 $44.4M

18 Jun 19-21 52 $15.8K −56.9% 39 $404 $44.4M

19 Jun 26-28 56 $11.8K −25.5% 24 $490 $44.5M

20 Jul 3-5 66 $4.2K −64.3% 12 $350 $44.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Feb 20 #5 $3.6M — $3.6M 2,755 $1,319 1

Sat Feb 21 #5 $4.6M +25.3% $8.2M 2,755 $1,652 2

Sun Feb 22 #4 $2.8M −37.7% $11.0M 2,755 $1,030 3

Mon Feb 23 #4 $719.4K −74.6% $11.7M 2,755 $261 4

Tue Feb 24 #3 $1.0M +45.2% $12.8M 2,755 $379 5

Wed Feb 25 #4 $659.3K −36.9% $13.4M 2,755 $239 6

Thu Feb 26 #4 $740.1K +12.3% $14.2M 2,755 $269 7

Fri Feb 27 #7 $2.0M +169.3% −45.1% $16.2M 2,765 $721 8

Sat Feb 28 #6 $3.6M +82.1% −20.2% $19.8M 2,765 $1,313 9

Sun Mar 1 #5 $2.2M −39.0% −22.0% $22.0M 2,765 $800 10

Mon Mar 2 #6 $509.4K −77.0% −29.2% $22.5M 2,765 $184 11

Tue Mar 3 #6 $604.3K +18.6% −42.1% $23.1M 2,765 $219 12

Wed Mar 4 #5 $433.9K −28.2% −34.2% $23.6M 2,765 $157 13

Thu Mar 5 #4 $541.6K +24.8% −26.8% $24.1M 2,765 $196 14

Fri Mar 6 #9 $1.5M +169.4% −26.8% $25.6M 2,792 $523 15

Sat Mar 7 #8 $2.4M +62.0% −34.9% $27.9M 2,792 $847 16

Sun Mar 8 #6 $1.4M −40.8% −36.8% $29.3M 2,792 $501 17

Mon Mar 9 #7 $454.3K −67.5% −10.8% $29.8M 2,792 $163 18

Tue Mar 10 #6 $582.8K +28.3% −3.6% $30.4M 2,792 $209 19

Wed Mar 11 #6 $460.5K −21.0% +6.1% $30.8M 2,792 $165 20

Thu Mar 12 #6 $453.3K −1.6% −16.3% $31.3M 2,792 $162 21

Fri Mar 13 #7 $1.1M +132.3% −27.8% $32.3M 2,455 $429 22

Sat Mar 14 #8 $1.6M +55.7% −30.6% $34.0M 2,455 $668 23

Sun Mar 15 #8 $912.4K −44.4% −34.8% $34.9M 2,455 $372 24

Mon Mar 16 #8 $307.2K −66.3% −32.4% $35.2M 2,455 $125 25

Tue Mar 17 #8 $404.2K +31.6% −30.7% $35.6M 2,455 $165 26

Wed Mar 18 #8 $382.5K −5.4% −16.9% $36.0M 2,455 $156 27

Thu Mar 19 #8 $353.0K −7.7% −22.1% $36.3M 2,455 $144 28

Fri Mar 20 #10 $628.7K +78.1% −40.3% $37.0M 1,816 $346 29

Sat Mar 21 #11 $999.5K +59.0% −39.0% $38.0M 1,816 $550 30

Sun Mar 22 #11 $569.2K −43.1% −37.6% $38.5M 1,816 $313 31

Mon Mar 23 #10 $230.8K −59.5% −24.9% $38.8M 1,816 $127 32

Tue Mar 24 #10 $267.6K +16.0% −33.8% $39.0M 1,816 $147 33

Wed Mar 25 #10 $217.3K −18.8% −43.2% $39.2M 1,816 $120 34

Thu Mar 26 #10 $194.7K −10.4% −44.8% $39.4M 1,816 $107 35

Fri Mar 27 #12 $342.4K +75.9% −45.5% $39.8M 1,126 $304 36

Sat Mar 28 #12 $488.5K +42.7% −51.1% $40.3M 1,126 $434 37

Sun Mar 29 #12 $291.1K −40.4% −48.9% $40.6M 1,126 $259 38

Mon Mar 30 #11 $131.7K −54.8% −42.9% $40.7M 1,126 $117 39

Tue Mar 31 #11 $166.2K +26.2% −37.9% $40.9M 1,126 $148 40

Wed Apr 1 #11 $148.1K −10.9% −31.9% $41.0M 1,126 $131 41

Thu Apr 2 #11 $145.8K −1.5% −25.1% $41.2M 1,126 $129 42

Fri Apr 3 #11 $234.5K +60.8% −31.5% $41.4M 703 $334 43

Sat Apr 4 #13 $207.2K −11.6% −57.6% $41.6M 703 $295 44

Sun Apr 5 #11 $176.9K −14.7% −39.2% $41.8M 703 $252 45

Mon Apr 6 #11 $98.4K −44.4% −25.3% $41.9M 703 $140 46

Tue Apr 7 #11 $127.1K +29.3% −23.5% $42.0M 703 $181 47

Wed Apr 8 #11 $99.2K −21.9% −33.0% $42.1M 703 $141 48

Thu Apr 9 #11 $85.6K −13.7% −41.3% $42.2M 703 $122 49

Fri Apr 10 #15 $139.9K +63.4% −40.4% $42.3M 518 $270 50

Sat Apr 11 #14 $184.7K +32.0% −10.9% $42.5M 518 $357 51

Sun Apr 12 #14 $96.8K −47.6% −45.3% $42.6M 518 $187 52

Mon Apr 13 #14 $32.0K −66.9% −67.4% $42.6M 518 $62 53

Tue Apr 14 #14 $43.0K +34.2% −66.2% $42.7M 518 $83 54

Wed Apr 15 #14 $34.7K −19.3% −65.0% $42.7M 518 $67 55

Thu Apr 16 #14 $34.9K +0.6% −59.2% $42.8M 518 $67 56

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

Cumulative total$42.8M

Feb 20Mar 6Mar 20Apr 2Apr 16

Weekend grossWk 10 · $141.8K

$11.0M

$7.8M

$5.2M

$3.6M

$2.2M

$1.1M

$618.6K

$421.4K

$204.8K

$141.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,792 → 518 −81.4%

2,755 open518 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −30.8%

−28.9%

W1→2

−33.3%

W2→3

−31.0%

W3→4

−39.0%

W4→5

−48.9%

W5→6

−44.9%

W6→7

−31.9%

W7→8

−51.4%

W8→9

−30.8%

W9→10

Steepest −51.4%Best hold −28.9%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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