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2014 • R • 117 min • Crime, Drama, Thriller • Open Road Films

The city shines brightest at night.

🍅 95% 86%

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4.0

7.8

CS B

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$10.40M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$32.40M

Final

Worldwide total

$50.30M

Global total

Budget$8.5M

Domestic legs3.1x

2014 rank#91

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Cast & crew

Jake Gyllenhaal

Jake Gyllenhaal Starring

Rene Russo

Rene Russo Starring

Riz Ahmed

Riz Ahmed Starring

Bill Paxton

Bill Paxton Starring

ScreenplayDan Gilroy Produced byJennifer Fox, Tony Gilroy, Jake Gyllenhaal, David Lancaster, Michel Litvak CinematographyRobert Elswit MusicJames Newton Howard StudioOpen Road Films

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 31-Nov 2 2 $10.4M — 2,766 $3,775 $10.4M

2 Nov 7-9 7 $5.4M −49% 2,766 $1,943 $19.6M

3 Nov 14-16 9 $2.9M −46% 2,103 $1,387 $24.9M

4 Nov 21-23 11 $1.2M −58% 1,102 $1,101 $27.2M

5 Nov 28-30 13 $845.4K −30% 570 $1,483 $28.7M

6 Dec 5-7 11 $1.1M +26% 1,269 $842 $30.0M

7 Dec 12-14 16 $596.9K −44% 798 $748 $31.1M

8 Dec 19-21 24 $149.4K −75% 153 $976 $31.5M

9 Dec 26-28 35 $102.2K −32% 105 $974 $31.8M

10 Jan 2-4 36 $117.8K +15% 105 $1,122 $32.0M

11 Jan 9-11 39 $66.6K −43% 75 $887 $32.1M

12 Jan 16-18 46 $45.3K −32% 105 $431 $32.2M

13 Jan 23-25 41 $78.2K +73% 125 $625 $32.3M

14 Jan 30-Feb 1 51 $42.0K −46% 105 $400 $32.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 31 #2 $3.2M — $3.2M 2,766 $1,157 1

Sat Nov 1 #2 $4.7M +46% $7.9M 2,766 $1,689 2

Sun Nov 2 #2 $2.6M −45% $10.4M 2,766 $929 3

Mon Nov 3 #1 $950.5K −63% $11.4M 2,766 $344 4

Tue Nov 4 #1 $1.2M +30% $12.6M 2,766 $447 5

Wed Nov 5 #2 $865.0K −30% $13.5M 2,766 $313 6

Thu Nov 6 #3 $752.6K −13% $14.2M 2,766 $272 7

Fri Nov 7 #5 $1.7M +125% −47% $15.9M 2,766 $613 8

Sat Nov 8 #7 $2.3M +36% −50% $18.3M 2,766 $836 9

Sun Nov 9 #5 $1.4M −41% −47% $19.6M 2,766 $493 10

Mon Nov 10 #5 $604.6K −56% −36% $20.2M 2,766 $219 11

Tue Nov 11 #6 $876.6K +45% −29% $21.1M 2,766 $317 12

Wed Nov 12 #5 $447.1K −49% −48% $21.5M 2,766 $162 13

Thu Nov 13 #5 $415.4K −7% −45% $22.0M 2,766 $150 14

Fri Nov 14 #9 $900.1K +117% −47% $22.9M 2,103 $428 15

Sat Nov 15 #9 $1.3M +44% −44% $24.2M 2,103 $615 16

Sun Nov 16 #8 $724.1K −44% −47% $24.9M 2,103 $344 17

Mon Nov 17 #8 $265.7K −63% −56% $25.1M 2,103 $126 18

Tue Nov 18 #8 $353.4K +33% −60% $25.5M 2,103 $168 19

Wed Nov 19 #8 $261.5K −26% −42% $25.8M 2,103 $124 20

Thu Nov 20 #9 $201.1K −23% −52% $26.0M 2,103 $96 21

Fri Nov 21 #11 $350.4K +74% −61% $26.3M 1,102 $318 22

Sat Nov 22 #11 $536.1K +53% −59% $26.8M 1,102 $487 23

Sun Nov 23 #11 $327.1K −39% −55% $27.2M 1,102 $297 24

Mon Nov 24 #10 $155.4K −52% −41% $27.3M 1,102 $141 25

Tue Nov 25 #11 $185.0K +19% −48% $27.5M 1,102 $168 26

Wed Nov 26 — $149.9K −19% −43% $27.7M 1,102 $136 27

Thu Nov 27 — $166.4K +11% −17% $27.8M 1,102 $151 28

Fri Nov 28 #13 $333.4K +100% −5% $28.2M 570 $585 29

Sat Nov 29 #13 $336.8K +1% −37% $28.5M 570 $591 30

Sun Nov 30 #13 $175.1K −48% −46% $28.7M 570 $307 31

Mon Dec 1 #13 $63.4K −64% −59% $28.7M 570 $111 32

Tue Dec 2 #13 $75.4K +19% −59% $28.8M 570 $132 33

Wed Dec 3 #13 $64.1K −15% −57% $28.9M 570 $112 34

Thu Dec 4 #13 $65.1K +2% −61% $28.9M 570 $114 35

Fri Dec 5 #11 $310.0K +376% −7% $29.3M 1,269 $244 36

Sat Dec 6 #12 $478.5K +54% +42% $29.7M 1,269 $377 37

Sun Dec 7 #11 $280.6K −41% +60% $30.0M 1,269 $221 38

Mon Dec 8 #11 $109.4K −61% +72% $30.1M 1,269 $86 39

Tue Dec 9 #9 $139.4K +27% +85% $30.3M 1,269 $110 40

Wed Dec 10 #10 $116.1K −17% +81% $30.4M 1,269 $91 41

Thu Dec 11 #10 $110.9K −5% +70% $30.5M 1,269 $87 42

Fri Dec 12 #15 $178.0K +61% −43% $30.7M 798 $223 43

Sat Dec 13 — $265.2K +49% −45% $30.9M 798 $332 44

Sun Dec 14 — $153.8K −42% −45% $31.1M 798 $193 45

Mon Dec 15 #14 $75.4K −51% −31% $31.2M 798 $94 46

Tue Dec 16 — $74.6K −1% −46% $31.2M 798 $93 47

Wed Dec 17 — $70.2K −6% −40% $31.3M 798 $88 48

Thu Dec 18 — $60.4K −14% −46% $31.4M 798 $76 49

Fri Dec 19 — $40.7K −33% −77% $31.4M 153 $266 50

Sat Dec 20 — $61.0K +50% −77% $31.5M 153 $399 51

Sun Dec 21 — $47.6K −22% −69% $31.5M 153 $311 52

Mon Dec 22 — $29.9K −37% −60% $31.5M 153 $196 53

Tue Dec 23 — $33.8K +13% −55% $31.6M 153 $221 54

Wed Dec 24 — $23.4K −31% −67% $31.6M 153 $153 55

Thu Dec 25 — $53.0K +127% −12% $31.7M 153 $346 56

Fri Dec 26 — $32.9K −38% −19% $31.7M 105 $313 57

Sat Dec 27 — $38.1K +16% −38% $31.7M 105 $363 58

Sun Dec 28 — $31.3K −18% −34% $31.8M 105 $298 59

Mon Dec 29 — $21.9K −30% −27% $31.8M 105 $208 60

Tue Dec 30 — $24.1K +10% −29% $31.8M 105 $229 61

Wed Dec 31 — $19.7K −18% −15% $31.8M 105 $188 62

Thu Jan 1 — $40.3K +104% −24% $31.9M 105 $383 63

Fri Jan 2 — $42.8K +6% +30% $31.9M 105 $407 64

Sat Jan 3 — $46.6K +9% +22% $32.0M 105 $444 65

Sun Jan 4 — $28.4K −39% −9% $32.0M 105 $271 66

Mon Jan 5 — $13.1K −54% −40% $32.0M 105 $125 67

Tue Jan 6 — $12.8K −2% −47% $32.0M 105 $122 68

Wed Jan 7 — $10.9K −15% −45% $32.0M 105 $104 69

Thu Jan 8 — $11.9K +9% −71% $32.0M 105 $113 70

Fri Jan 9 — $19.9K +68% −53% $32.1M 75 $266 71

Sat Jan 10 — $30.7K +54% −34% $32.1M 75 $409 72

Sun Jan 11 — $16.0K −48% −44% $32.1M 75 $213 73

Mon Jan 12 — $6.5K −59% −50% $32.1M 75 $87 74

Tue Jan 13 — $9.0K +38% −30% $32.1M 75 $120 75

Wed Jan 14 — $8.9K −1% −18% $32.1M 75 $119 76

Thu Jan 15 — $9.5K +6% −20% $32.1M 75 $126 77

Fri Jan 16 — $10.9K +15% −45% $32.1M 105 $104 78

Sat Jan 17 — $21.7K +99% −29% $32.2M 105 $207 79

Sun Jan 18 — $12.6K −42% −21% $32.2M 105 $120 80

Mon Jan 19 — $9.3K −26% +43% $32.2M 105 $89 81

Tue Jan 20 — $4.8K −48% −46% $32.2M 105 $46 82

Wed Jan 21 — $4.6K −6% −49% $32.2M 105 $43 83

Thu Jan 22 — $5.4K +19% −43% $32.2M 105 $52 84

Fri Jan 23 — $23.6K +335% +116% $32.2M 125 $189 85

Sat Jan 24 — $34.5K +46% +59% $32.3M 125 $276 86

Sun Jan 25 — $20.0K −42% +59% $32.3M 125 $160 87

Mon Jan 26 — $8.4K −58% −10% $32.3M 125 $67 88

Tue Jan 27 — $10.7K +27% +120% $32.3M 125 $85 89

Wed Jan 28 — $9.0K −16% +97% $32.3M 125 $72 90

Thu Jan 29 — $9.1K +1% +67% $32.3M 125 $72 91

Fri Jan 30 — $15.0K +65% −37% $32.3M 105 $143 92

Sat Jan 31 — $21.0K +40% −39% $32.4M 105 $200 93

Sun Feb 1 — $6.1K −71% −70% $32.4M 105 $58 94

Mon Feb 2 — $5.2K −14% −38% $32.4M 105 $50 95

Tue Feb 3 — $5.8K +10% −46% $32.4M 105 $55 96

Wed Feb 4 — $5.1K −11% −43% $32.4M 105 $49 97

Thu Feb 5 — $6.0K +17% −34% $32.4M 105 $57 98

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

Cumulative total$32.0M

Oct 31Nov 17Dec 5Dec 22Jan 8

Weekend grossWk 10 · $117.8K

$10.4M

$5.4M

$2.9M

$1.2M

$845.4K

$1.1M

$596.9K

$149.4K

$102.2K

$117.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,766 → 105 −96.2%

2,766 open105 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +15%

−49%

W1→2

−46%

W2→3

−58%

W3→4

−30%

W4→5

+26%

W5→6

−44%

W6→7

−75%

W7→8

−32%

W8→9

+15%

W9→10

Steepest −75%Biggest gain +26%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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