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2013 • R • 1h 55m • Drama, Adventure • Paramount Pictures

Life's not about winning or losing. It's about how you get there in the end.

🍅 90% 83%

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3.98

7.7

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$140K

Limited · 4 theaters

Domestic total

$17.70M

Final

Worldwide total

$24.80M

$7.10M international

Domestic legs11.4x from $1.6M first wide weekend

Budget$12.0M

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Cast & crew

Full Payne filmography

Alexander Payne

Alexander Payne Director

Bruce Dern

Bruce Dern Starring

Will Forte

Will Forte Starring

Bob Odenkirk

Bob Odenkirk Starring

Stacy Keach

Stacy Keach Starring

ScreenplayBob Nelson Produced byAlbert Berger, Ron Yerxa CinematographyPhedon Papamichael Music byMark Orton StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 15-17 25 $140.4K — 4 $35,100 $140.4K

2 Nov 22-24 19 $325.8K +132.0% 28 $11,634 $515.4K

3 Nov 29-Dec 1 19 $731.0K +124.4% 102 $7,166 $1.5M

4 Dec 6-8 16 $521.3K −28.7% 102 $5,111 $2.2M

5 Dec 13-15 13 $911.8K +74.9% 250 $3,647 $3.4M

6 Dec 20-22 13 $565.1K −38.0% 250 $2,260 $4.4M

7 Dec 27-29 17 $737.7K +30.5% 250 $2,951 $5.7M

8 Jan 3-5 18 $618.2K −16.2% 240 $2,576 $7.0M

9 Jan 10-12 20 $885.5K +43.2% 521 $1,700 $8.2M

10 Jan 17-19 23 $883.2K −0.3% 408 $2,165 $9.7M

11 Jan 24-26 17 $1.6M +75.8% 968 $1,604 $11.7M

12 Jan 31-Feb 2 17 $1.1M −26.4% 875 $1,306 $13.7M

13 Feb 7-9 19 $703.2K −38.5% 525 $1,339 $14.9M

14 Feb 14-16 22 $540.7K −23.1% 324 $1,669 $15.8M

15 Feb 21-23 20 $429.9K −20.5% 210 $2,047 $16.5M

16 Feb 28-Mar 2 26 $390.5K −9.2% 289 $1,351 $17.1M

17 Mar 7-9 28 $185.1K −52.6% 180 $1,028 $17.5M

18 Mar 14-16 41 $76.5K −58.7% 120 $637 $17.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 15 — $35.5K — $35.5K 4 $8,884 1

Sat Nov 16 — $59.7K +68.1% $95.3K 4 $14,936 2

Sun Nov 17 — $45.1K −24.5% $140.4K 4 $11,281 3

Mon Nov 18 — $12.0K −73.4% $152.4K 4 $3,003 4

Tue Nov 19 — $12.9K +7.3% $165.3K 4 $3,223 5

Wed Nov 20 — $12.4K −4.2% $177.7K 4 $3,089 6

Thu Nov 21 — $12.0K −3.2% $189.6K 4 $2,989 7

Fri Nov 22 #17 $85.9K +618.6% +141.8% $275.5K 28 $3,069 8

Sat Nov 23 #18 $151.1K +75.9% +152.9% $426.6K 28 $5,397 9

Sun Nov 24 #18 $88.7K −41.3% +96.6% $515.4K 28 $3,169 10

Mon Nov 25 — $29.5K −66.7% +146.0% $544.9K 28 $1,055 11

Tue Nov 26 — $31.6K +6.9% +145.0% $576.5K 28 $1,128 12

Wed Nov 27 — $81.4K +157.9% +559.3% $657.9K 97 $840 13

Thu Nov 28 — $90.4K +11.0% +656.3% $748.4K 97 $932 14

Fri Nov 29 — $281.3K +211.1% +227.4% $1.0M 102 $2,758 15

Sat Nov 30 — $279.8K −0.6% +85.1% $1.3M 102 $2,743 16

Sun Dec 1 — $169.9K −39.3% +91.4% $1.5M 102 $1,665 17

Mon Dec 2 — $55.2K −67.5% +86.7% $1.5M 102 $541 18

Tue Dec 3 #17 $68.5K +24.3% +117.0% $1.6M 102 $672 19

Wed Dec 4 #18 $58.4K −14.8% −28.3% $1.7M 102 $573 20

Thu Dec 5 #18 $56.0K −4.1% −38.0% $1.7M 102 $549 21

Fri Dec 6 — $137.1K +144.6% −51.3% $1.9M 113 $1,213 22

Sat Dec 7 — $254.1K +85.3% −9.2% $2.1M 113 $2,248 23

Sun Dec 8 — $130.1K −48.8% −23.4% $2.2M 113 $1,151 24

Mon Dec 9 #16 $51.4K −60.5% −6.8% $2.3M 113 $455 25

Tue Dec 10 #17 $55.6K +8.0% −18.9% $2.3M 113 $492 26

Wed Dec 11 #16 $56.4K +1.5% −3.5% $2.4M 113 $499 27

Thu Dec 12 #15 $63.9K +13.3% +14.0% $2.5M 113 $565 28

Fri Dec 13 — $266.3K +316.9% +94.2% $2.7M 250 $1,065 29

Sat Dec 14 — $374.1K +40.5% +47.2% $3.1M 250 $1,496 30

Sun Dec 15 — $271.4K −27.5% +108.6% $3.4M 250 $1,086 31

Mon Dec 16 #14 $104.5K −61.5% +103.1% $3.5M 250 $418 32

Tue Dec 17 #12 $118.5K +13.5% +113.3% $3.6M 250 $474 33

Wed Dec 18 #13 $109.3K −7.8% +93.9% $3.7M 250 $437 34

Thu Dec 19 #13 $94.6K −13.5% +48.1% $3.8M 250 $378 35

Mon Dec 23 — $111.3K — +6.6% $4.5M 250 $445 39

Tue Dec 24 — $107.9K −3.1% −8.9% $4.6M 250 $432 40

Wed Dec 25 — $192.6K +78.5% +76.2% $4.8M 250 $770 41

Thu Dec 26 #13 $191.5K −0.6% +102.4% $5.0M 250 $766 42

Mon Dec 30 — $146.2K — +31.3% $5.9M 250 $585 46

Tue Dec 31 — $200.4K +37.0% +85.7% $6.1M 250 $801 47

Wed Jan 1 #18 $220.1K +9.9% +14.3% $6.3M 250 $881 48

Thu Jan 2 — $106.8K −51.5% −44.2% $6.4M 250 $427 49

Fri Jan 3 — $174.9K +63.7% $6.6M 240 $729 50

Sat Jan 4 — $289.1K +65.3% $6.8M 240 $1,204 51

Sun Jan 5 — $154.3K −46.6% $7.0M 240 $643 52

Mon Jan 6 — $53.9K −65.1% −63.2% $7.1M 240 $224 53

Tue Jan 7 #18 $80.4K +49.2% −59.9% $7.1M 240 $335 54

Wed Jan 8 #18 $91.2K +13.5% −58.6% $7.2M 240 $380 55

Thu Jan 9 #18 $100.9K +10.5% −5.6% $7.3M 240 $420 56

Fri Jan 10 — $235.8K +133.8% +34.8% $7.6M 521 $453 57

Sat Jan 11 — $379.7K +61.0% +31.3% $7.9M 521 $729 58

Sun Jan 12 — $270.0K −28.9% +75.0% $8.2M 521 $518 59

Mon Jan 13 — $116.5K −56.9% +116.2% $8.3M 521 $224 60

Tue Jan 14 #18 $145.8K +25.2% +81.3% $8.5M 521 $280 61

Wed Jan 15 #17 $129.0K −11.5% +41.4% $8.6M 521 $248 62

Thu Jan 16 #16 $168.3K +30.5% +66.9% $8.8M 521 $323 63

Fri Jan 17 — $244.3K +45.2% +3.6% $9.0M 408 $599 64

Sat Jan 18 — $417.0K +70.7% +9.8% $9.4M 408 $1,022 65

Sun Jan 19 — $221.9K −46.8% −17.8% $9.7M 408 $544 66

Mon Jan 20 — $203.5K −8.3% +74.7% $9.9M 408 $499 67

Tue Jan 21 — $97.2K −52.2% −33.3% $10.0M 408 $238 68

Wed Jan 22 — $102.9K +5.8% −20.3% $10.1M 408 $252 69

Thu Jan 23 — $106.4K +3.5% −36.8% $10.2M 408 $261 70

Fri Jan 24 #17 $411.1K +286.3% +68.3% $10.6M 968 $425 71

Sat Jan 25 #18 $682.3K +66.0% +63.6% $11.3M 968 $705 72

Sun Jan 26 #17 $459.0K −32.7% +106.9% $11.7M 968 $474 73

Mon Jan 27 #17 $156.3K −65.9% −23.2% $11.9M 968 $162 74

Tue Jan 28 #17 $207.8K +32.9% +113.7% $12.1M 968 $215 75

Wed Jan 29 #11 $209.9K +1.0% +104.1% $12.3M 968 $217 76

Thu Jan 30 #13 $222.5K +6.0% +109.0% $12.5M 968 $230 77

Fri Jan 31 #18 $346.4K +55.7% −15.7% $12.9M 875 $396 78

Sat Feb 1 #17 $583.7K +68.5% −14.4% $13.4M 875 $667 79

Sun Feb 2 #17 $212.6K −63.6% −53.7% $13.7M 875 $243 80

Mon Feb 3 #15 $123.8K −41.7% −20.8% $13.8M 875 $142 81

Tue Feb 4 #14 $169.1K +36.5% −18.6% $14.0M 875 $193 82

Wed Feb 5 #14 $137.7K −18.6% −34.4% $14.1M 875 $157 83

Thu Feb 6 #14 $149.9K +8.8% −32.6% $14.2M 875 $171 84

Fri Feb 7 #19 $170.0K +13.5% −50.9% $14.4M 525 $324 85

Sat Feb 8 — $325.7K +91.6% −44.2% $14.7M 525 $620 86

Sun Feb 9 #18 $207.5K −36.3% −2.4% $14.9M 525 $395 87

Mon Feb 10 #18 $67.1K −67.7% −45.9% $15.0M 525 $128 88

Tue Feb 11 #18 $89.8K +33.9% −46.9% $15.1M 525 $171 89

Wed Feb 12 #16 $77.8K −13.3% −43.5% $15.2M 525 $148 90

Thu Feb 13 #16 $82.2K +5.6% −45.2% $15.3M 525 $157 91

Fri Feb 14 — $138.9K +69.0% −18.3% $15.4M 324 $429 92

Sat Feb 15 — $213.6K +53.8% −34.4% $15.6M 324 $659 93

Sun Feb 16 — $188.2K −11.9% −9.3% $15.8M 324 $581 94

Mon Feb 17 — $110.0K −41.5% +64.1% $15.9M 324 $340 95

Tue Feb 18 — $61.1K −44.5% −31.9% $16.0M 324 $189 96

Wed Feb 19 — $57.4K −6.0% −26.2% $16.0M 324 $177 97

Thu Feb 20 — $59.5K +3.6% −27.6% $16.1M 324 $184 98

Fri Feb 21 — $100.2K +68.5% −27.8% $16.2M 210 $477 99

Sat Feb 22 — $200.9K +100.4% −5.9% $16.4M 210 $957 100

Sun Feb 23 — $128.8K −35.9% −31.6% $16.5M 210 $613 101

Mon Feb 24 — $47.7K −62.9% −56.6% $16.6M 210 $227 102

Tue Feb 25 — $54.3K +13.8% −11.1% $16.6M 210 $259 103

Wed Feb 26 — $54.5K +0.3% −5.2% $16.7M 210 $259 104

Thu Feb 27 — $52.8K −3.0% −11.2% $16.7M 210 $252 105

Fri Feb 28 — $110.8K +109.7% +10.5% $16.8M 289 $383 106

Sat Mar 1 — $199.7K +80.3% −0.6% $17.0M 289 $691 107

Sun Mar 2 — $80.0K −59.9% −37.9% $17.1M 289 $277 108

Mon Mar 3 — $34.8K −56.5% −27.1% $17.2M 289 $120 109

Tue Mar 4 — $43.9K +26.1% −19.3% $17.2M 289 $152 110

Wed Mar 5 — $38.1K −13.2% −30.1% $17.2M 289 $132 111

Thu Mar 6 — $47.0K +23.5% −11.0% $17.3M 289 $163 112

Fri Mar 7 — $48.8K +3.8% −55.9% $17.3M 180 $271 113

Sat Mar 8 — $89.0K +82.3% −55.4% $17.4M 180 $494 114

Sun Mar 9 — $47.3K −46.8% −40.9% $17.5M 180 $263 115

Mon Mar 10 — $15.4K −67.5% −55.8% $17.5M 180 $86 116

Tue Mar 11 — $18.6K +20.7% −57.7% $17.5M 180 $103 117

Wed Mar 12 — $19.1K +2.8% −49.9% $17.5M 180 $106 118

Thu Mar 13 — $17.5K −8.1% −62.7% $17.5M 180 $97 119

Fri Mar 14 — $20.2K +14.9% −58.7% $17.6M 120 $168 120

Sat Mar 15 — $34.2K +69.8% −61.5% $17.6M 120 $285 121

Sun Mar 16 — $22.1K −35.4% −53.3% $17.6M 120 $184 122

Mon Mar 17 — $11.6K −47.6% −24.7% $17.6M 120 $97 123

Tue Mar 18 — $10.2K −11.7% −44.9% $17.6M 120 $85 124

Wed Mar 19 — $9.0K −12.5% −53.1% $17.6M 120 $75 125

Thu Mar 20 — $9.4K +5.1% −46.4% $17.7M 120 $78 126

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

Cumulative total$10.2M

Nov 15Dec 1Dec 17Jan 7Jan 23

Weekend grossWk 10 · $883.2K

$140.4K

$325.8K

$731.0K

$521.3K

$911.8K

$565.1K

$737.7K

$618.2K

$885.5K

$883.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 521 → 408 −21.7%

4 open408 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −0.3%

+132.0%

W1→2

+124.4%

W2→3

−28.7%

W3→4

+74.9%

W4→5

−38.0%

W5→6

+30.5%

W6→7

−16.2%

W7→8

+43.2%

W8→9

−0.3%

W9→10

Steepest −38.0%Biggest gain +132.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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