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2008 • R • 2h 8m • History, Drama • Focus Features

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3.79

7.5

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$1.50M

Limited · 36 theaters

Domestic total

$31.80M

Final

Worldwide total

$57.30M

$25.50M international

Domestic legs12.3x from $2.6M biggest weekend

Budget$20.0M

2009 rank#126

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Cast & crew

Full Sant filmography

Gus Van Sant

Gus Van Sant Director

Sean Penn

Sean Penn Starring

Emile Hirsch

Emile Hirsch Starring

Josh Brolin

Josh Brolin Starring

Diego Luna

Diego Luna Starring

James Franco

James Franco Starring

ScreenplayDustin Lance Black Produced byDan Jinks, Bruce Cohen CinematographyHarris Savides Music byDanny Elfman StudioFocus Features

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 28-30 10 $1.5M — 36 $40,385 $1.9M

2 Dec 5-7 11 $1.8M +26.2% 99 $18,534 $4.3M

3 Dec 12-14 9 $2.6M +41.6% 328 $7,923 $7.6M

4 Dec 19-21 11 $1.7M −33.5% 356 $4,857 $10.4M

5 Dec 26-28 16 $1.8M +1.9% 311 $5,668 $13.5M

6 Jan 2-4 16 $1.9M +7.1% 309 $6,112 $17.2M

7 Jan 9-11 19 $1.3M −31.4% 295 $4,393 $19.2M

8 Jan 16-18 23 $779.0K −39.9% 223 $3,493 $20.4M

9 Jan 23-25 23 $884.7K +13.6% 250 $3,539 $21.6M

10 Jan 30-Feb 1 18 $1.5M +67.4% 882 $1,679 $23.5M

11 Feb 6-8 21 $1.1M −24.0% 601 $1,872 $25.3M

12 Feb 13-15 21 $878.1K −22.0% 387 $2,269 $26.5M

13 Feb 20-22 19 $1.1M +21.5% 411 $2,595 $28.1M

14 Feb 27-Mar 1 18 $1.5M +39.1% 829 $1,789 $30.0M

15 Mar 6-8 20 $582.6K −60.7% 447 $1,303 $31.1M

16 Mar 13-15 30 $233.1K −60.0% 228 $1,022 $31.5M

17 Mar 20-22 42 $79.5K −65.9% 111 $716 $31.7M

18 Mar 27-29 52 $35.4K −55.5% 54 $655 $31.8M

19 Apr 3-5 66 $13.0K −63.3% 29 $448 $31.8M

20 Apr 10-12 75 $9.7K −25.3% 13 $746 $31.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Nov 26 #9 $268.5K — $268.5K 34 $7,897 -2

Thu Nov 27 #11 $219.1K −18.4% $487.6K 34 $6,445 -1

Fri Nov 28 #10 $498.4K +127.4% $986.0K 36 $13,844 1

Sat Nov 29 #10 $538.0K +8.0% $1.5M 36 $14,945 2

Sun Nov 30 #8 $417.4K −22.4% $1.9M 36 $11,596 3

Mon Dec 1 #9 $126.9K −69.6% $2.1M 36 $3,526 4

Tue Dec 2 #9 $130.4K +2.7% $2.2M 36 $3,621 5

Wed Dec 3 #9 $126.9K −2.7% −52.7% $2.3M 36 $3,524 6

Thu Dec 4 #9 $123.9K −2.3% −43.5% $2.4M 36 $3,442 7

Fri Dec 5 #11 $505.2K +307.7% +1.4% $3.0M 99 $5,103 8

Sat Dec 6 #11 $752.3K +48.9% +39.8% $3.7M 99 $7,599 9

Sun Dec 7 #11 $577.5K −23.2% +38.3% $4.3M 99 $5,833 10

Mon Dec 8 #11 $164.8K −71.5% +29.8% $4.4M 99 $1,665 11

Tue Dec 9 #11 $180.1K +9.3% +38.2% $4.6M 99 $1,820 12

Wed Dec 10 #11 $181.1K +0.5% +42.7% $4.8M 99 $1,829 13

Thu Dec 11 #11 $181.8K +0.4% +46.8% $5.0M 99 $1,837 14

Fri Dec 12 #9 $716.3K +293.9% +41.8% $5.7M 328 $2,184 15

Sat Dec 13 #9 $1.1M +58.3% +50.7% $6.8M 328 $3,457 16

Sun Dec 14 #9 $748.3K −34.0% +29.6% $7.6M 328 $2,281 17

Mon Dec 15 #8 $265.9K −64.5% +61.3% $7.9M 328 $811 18

Tue Dec 16 #8 $282.7K +6.3% +56.9% $8.1M 328 $862 19

Wed Dec 17 #7 $277.0K −2.0% +53.0% $8.4M 328 $845 20

Thu Dec 18 #8 $264.3K −4.6% +45.3% $8.7M 328 $806 21

Fri Dec 19 #11 $431.3K +63.2% −39.8% $9.1M 356 $1,212 22

Sat Dec 20 #11 $753.5K +74.7% −33.6% $9.9M 356 $2,117 23

Sun Dec 21 #11 $544.3K −27.8% −27.3% $10.4M 356 $1,529 24

Mon Dec 22 #12 $305.6K −43.8% +14.9% $10.7M 356 $859 25

Tue Dec 23 #12 $291.8K −4.5% +3.2% $11.0M 356 $820 26

Wed Dec 24 #12 $266.8K −8.6% −3.7% $11.3M 356 $749 27

Thu Dec 25 — $496.7K +86.2% +87.9% $11.8M 311 $1,597 28

Fri Dec 26 — $578.4K +16.5% +34.1% $12.3M 311 $1,860 29

Sat Dec 27 — $654.3K +13.1% −13.2% $13.0M 311 $2,104 30

Sun Dec 28 — $530.0K −19.0% −2.6% $13.5M 311 $1,704 31

Mon Dec 29 — $376.7K −28.9% +23.3% $13.9M 311 $1,211 32

Tue Dec 30 — $376.1K −0.2% +28.9% $14.3M 311 $1,209 33

Wed Dec 31 — $307.9K −18.1% +15.4% $14.6M 311 $990 34

Thu Jan 1 — $675.2K +119.3% +35.9% $15.3M 311 $2,171 35

Fri Jan 2 — $651.4K −3.5% +12.6% $15.9M 309 $2,108 36

Sat Jan 3 — $744.7K +14.3% +13.8% $16.7M 309 $2,410 37

Sun Jan 4 — $492.4K −33.9% −7.1% $17.2M 309 $1,594 38

Mon Jan 5 #15 $162.6K −67.0% −56.8% $17.3M 309 $526 39

Tue Jan 6 #14 $182.9K +12.5% −51.4% $17.5M 309 $592 40

Wed Jan 7 #14 $184.1K +0.6% −40.2% $17.7M 309 $596 41

Thu Jan 8 #13 $180.4K −2.0% −73.3% $17.9M 309 $584 42

Fri Jan 9 — $369.1K +104.6% −43.3% $18.2M 295 $1,251 43

Sat Jan 10 — $571.4K +54.8% −23.3% $18.8M 295 $1,937 44

Sun Jan 11 — $355.6K −37.8% −27.8% $19.2M 295 $1,205 45

Mon Jan 12 — $107.4K −69.8% −34.0% $19.3M 295 $364 46

Tue Jan 13 — $114.8K +6.9% −37.2% $19.4M 295 $389 47

Wed Jan 14 — $108.9K −5.1% −40.8% $19.5M 295 $369 48

Thu Jan 15 — $106.2K −2.5% −41.1% $19.6M 295 $360 49

Fri Jan 16 — $196.0K +84.6% −46.9% $19.8M 223 $879 50

Sat Jan 17 — $355.2K +81.2% −37.8% $20.2M 223 $1,593 51

Sun Jan 18 — $227.8K −35.9% −35.9% $20.4M 223 $1,021 52

Mon Jan 19 #24 $163.4K −28.3% +52.2% $20.5M 223 $733 53

Tue Jan 20 — $47.4K −71.0% −58.7% $20.6M 223 $213 54

Wed Jan 21 — $64.4K +35.8% −40.9% $20.7M 223 $289 55

Thu Jan 22 — $97.2K +51.0% −8.4% $20.8M 223 $436 56

Fri Jan 23 — $216.6K +122.8% +10.5% $21.0M 250 $866 57

Sat Jan 24 — $399.5K +84.5% +12.5% $21.4M 250 $1,598 58

Sun Jan 25 — $268.6K −32.8% +17.9% $21.6M 250 $1,074 59

Mon Jan 26 — $82.0K −69.5% −49.8% $21.7M 250 $328 60

Tue Jan 27 — $92.3K +12.6% +94.6% $21.8M 250 $369 61

Wed Jan 28 — $79.1K −14.4% +22.8% $21.9M 250 $316 62

Thu Jan 29 — $92.8K +17.4% −4.5% $22.0M 250 $371 63

Fri Jan 30 — $418.7K +351.1% +93.3% $22.4M 882 $475 64

Sat Jan 31 — $734.6K +75.4% +83.8% $23.1M 882 $833 65

Sun Feb 1 — $327.9K −55.4% +22.1% $23.5M 882 $372 66

Mon Feb 2 #18 $151.4K −53.8% +84.5% $23.6M 882 $172 67

Tue Feb 3 #17 $170.7K +12.8% +84.9% $23.8M 882 $194 68

Wed Feb 4 #17 $167.0K −2.2% +111.2% $24.0M 882 $189 69

Thu Feb 5 #17 $178.9K +7.2% +92.8% $24.1M 882 $203 70

Fri Feb 6 — $279.1K +56.0% −33.3% $24.4M 601 $464 71

Sat Feb 7 — $507.7K +81.9% −30.9% $24.9M 601 $845 72

Sun Feb 8 — $338.5K −33.3% +3.2% $25.3M 601 $563 73

Mon Feb 9 — $93.5K −72.4% −38.2% $25.4M 601 $156 74

Tue Feb 10 — $109.3K +16.8% −36.0% $25.5M 601 $182 75

Wed Feb 11 — $100.3K −8.2% −39.9% $25.6M 601 $167 76

Thu Feb 12 — $103.9K +3.6% −41.9% $25.7M 601 $173 77

Fri Feb 13 — $178.7K +72.0% −36.0% $25.8M 387 $462 78

Sat Feb 14 — $368.7K +106.3% −27.4% $26.2M 387 $953 79

Sun Feb 15 — $330.6K −10.3% −2.3% $26.5M 387 $854 80

Mon Feb 16 #19 $205.7K −37.8% +120.0% $26.7M 387 $532 81

Tue Feb 17 #20 $102.3K −50.3% −6.4% $26.9M 387 $264 82

Wed Feb 18 #19 $95.5K −6.6% −4.8% $26.9M 387 $247 83

Thu Feb 19 #18 $107.1K +12.2% +3.0% $27.1M 387 $277 84

Fri Feb 20 #19 $254.6K +137.8% +42.4% $27.3M 411 $619 85

Sat Feb 21 #19 $583.5K +129.2% +58.3% $27.9M 411 $1,420 86

Sun Feb 22 #19 $228.6K −60.8% −30.9% $28.1M 411 $556 87

Mon Feb 23 #17 $107.1K −53.2% −48.0% $28.2M 411 $260 88

Tue Feb 24 #16 $103.5K −3.3% +1.2% $28.3M 411 $252 89

Wed Feb 25 #17 $94.1K −9.1% −1.4% $28.4M 411 $229 90

Thu Feb 26 #17 $96.4K +2.5% −9.9% $28.5M 411 $235 91

Fri Feb 27 #17 $372.2K +286.0% +46.2% $28.9M 829 $449 92

Sat Feb 28 #18 $688.6K +85.0% +18.0% $29.6M 829 $831 93

Sun Mar 1 #18 $422.6K −38.6% +84.9% $30.0M 829 $510 94

Mon Mar 2 #18 $128.7K −69.6% +20.2% $30.1M 829 $155 95

Tue Mar 3 #17 $147.1K +14.3% +42.1% $30.3M 829 $177 96

Wed Mar 4 #17 $128.0K −13.0% +36.0% $30.4M 829 $154 97

Thu Mar 5 #17 $120.2K −6.1% +24.6% $30.5M 829 $145 98

Fri Mar 6 #20 $154.4K +28.5% −58.5% $30.7M 447 $345 99

Sat Mar 7 #20 $279.3K +80.9% −59.4% $31.0M 447 $625 100

Sun Mar 8 #20 $148.8K −46.7% −64.8% $31.1M 447 $333 101

Mon Mar 9 #20 $44.8K −69.9% −65.2% $31.2M 447 $100 102

Tue Mar 10 #19 $57.4K +28.0% −61.0% $31.2M 447 $128 103

Wed Mar 11 #20 $52.1K −9.2% −59.3% $31.3M 447 $116 104

Thu Mar 12 #20 $50.6K −2.9% −57.9% $31.3M 447 $113 105

Fri Mar 13 — $60.0K +18.6% −61.2% $31.4M 228 $263 106

Sat Mar 14 — $110.2K +83.8% −60.5% $31.5M 228 $483 107

Sun Mar 15 — $62.9K −42.9% −57.7% $31.5M 228 $276 108

Mon Mar 16 — $20.4K −67.5% −54.5% $31.6M 228 $90 109

Tue Mar 17 — $21.5K +5.1% −62.6% $31.6M 228 $94 110

Wed Mar 18 — $24.9K +16.0% −52.2% $31.6M 228 $109 111

Thu Mar 19 — $21.6K −13.3% −57.3% $31.6M 228 $95 112

Fri Mar 20 — $22.7K +5.1% −62.2% $31.7M 111 $204 113

Sat Mar 21 — $35.8K +57.6% −67.6% $31.7M 111 $322 114

Sun Mar 22 — $21.1K −41.0% −66.5% $31.7M 111 $190 115

Mon Mar 23 — $8.0K −62.1% −60.9% $31.7M 111 $72 116

Tue Mar 24 — $12.1K +51.6% −43.6% $31.7M 111 $109 117

Wed Mar 25 — $9.2K −23.7% −62.9% $31.7M 111 $83 118

Thu Mar 26 — $8.2K −11.0% −61.9% $31.8M 111 $74 119

Fri Mar 27 — $10.4K +27.1% −53.9% $31.8M 54 $193 120

Sat Mar 28 — $16.1K +54.1% −55.0% $31.8M 54 $298 121

Sun Mar 29 — $8.9K −44.9% −58.0% $31.8M 54 $164 122

Mon Mar 30 — $3.6K −59.3% −54.8% $31.8M 54 $67 123

Tue Mar 31 — $3.3K −9.1% −72.9% $31.8M 54 $61 124

Wed Apr 1 — $3.8K +17.3% −58.3% $31.8M 54 $71 125

Thu Apr 2 — $4.4K +14.4% −46.4% $31.8M 54 $82 126

Fri Apr 3 — $3.4K −23.0% −67.6% $31.8M 29 $117 127

Sat Apr 4 — $5.5K +61.2% −66.0% $31.8M 29 $188 128

Sun Apr 5 — $4.1K −24.4% −53.4% $31.8M 29 $142 129

Mon Apr 6 — $2.5K −38.9% −30.1% $31.8M 29 $87 130

Tue Apr 7 — $2.3K −9.4% −30.3% $31.8M 29 $79 131

Wed Apr 8 — $3.1K +36.9% −18.6% $31.8M 29 $108 132

Thu Apr 9 — $2.5K −21.4% −44.0% $31.8M 29 $85 133

Fri Apr 10 — $2.6K +5.4% −23.4% $31.8M 13 $200 134

Sat Apr 11 — $4.2K +60.7% −23.7% $31.8M 13 $321 135

Sun Apr 12 — $2.9K −29.6% −29.0% $31.8M 13 $226 136

Mon Apr 13 — $725 −75.3% −71.3% $31.8M 13 $56 137

Tue Apr 14 — $897 +23.7% −60.8% $31.8M 13 $69 138

Wed Apr 15 — $582 −35.1% −81.4% $31.8M 13 $45 139

Thu Apr 16 — $1.1K +87.8% −55.6% $31.8M 13 $84 140

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

Cumulative total$24.1M

Nov 26Dec 14Jan 1Jan 18Feb 5

Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.5M

$1.5M

$1.8M

$2.6M

$1.7M

$1.8M

$1.9M

$1.3M

$779.0K

$884.7K

$1.5M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 882 → 882 +0.0%

34 open882 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +67.4%

+26.2%

W1→2

+41.6%

W2→3

−33.5%

W3→4

+1.9%

W4→5

+7.1%

W5→6

−31.4%

W6→7

−39.9%

W7→8

+13.6%

W8→9

+67.4%

W9→10

Steepest −39.9%Biggest gain +67.4%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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