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2016 • R • 1h 56m • Drama, Thriller • Focus Features

When you love someone you can't just throw it away.

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3.71

7.4

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$493K

Limited · 37 theaters

Domestic total

$10.70M

Final

Worldwide total

$32.40M

$21.70M international

Domestic legs3.4x from $3.2M first wide weekend

Budget$22.5M

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Cast & crew

Full Ford filmography

Tom Ford

Tom Ford Director

Amy Adams

Amy Adams Starring

Jake Gyllenhaal

Jake Gyllenhaal Starring

Michael Shannon

Michael Shannon Starring

Aaron Taylor-Johnson

Aaron Taylor-Johnson Starring

Isla Fisher

Isla Fisher Starring

ScreenplayTom Ford CinematographySeamus McGarvey Music byAbel Korzeniowski StudioFocus Features

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 18-20 18 $492.6K — 37 $13,315 $492.6K

2 Nov 25-27 18 $836.2K +69.7% 127 $6,585 $1.7M

3 Dec 2-4 16 $700.2K −16.3% 127 $5,513 $2.7M

4 Dec 9-11 8 $3.2M +351.5% 1,262 $2,505 $6.2M

5 Dec 16-18 10 $1.4M −55.5% 1,246 $1,129 $8.8M

6 Dec 23-25 21 $243.7K −82.7% 192 $1,269 $9.7M

7 Dec 30-Jan 1 23 $191.7K −21.3% 158 $1,213 $10.2M

8 Jan 6-8 31 $88.5K −53.8% 73 $1,213 $10.4M

9 Jan 13-15 34 $70.5K −20.4% 54 $1,305 $10.6M

10 Jan 20-22 41 $35.1K −50.2% 43 $817 $10.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 18 — $162.6K — $162.6K 37 $4,393 1

Sat Nov 19 — $188.8K +16.1% $351.3K 37 $5,102 2

Sun Nov 20 — $141.3K −25.1% $492.6K 37 $3,820 3

Mon Nov 21 — $50.6K −64.2% $543.2K 37 $1,368 4

Tue Nov 22 — $46.6K −7.9% $589.8K 37 $1,259 5

Wed Nov 23 — $147.1K +215.8% $736.9K 127 $1,158 6

Thu Nov 24 — $116.6K −20.7% $853.6K 127 $918 7

Fri Nov 25 — $289.9K +148.5% +78.3% $1.1M 126 $2,301 8

Sat Nov 26 — $331.7K +14.4% +75.7% $1.5M 127 $2,612 9

Sun Nov 27 — $214.7K −35.3% +51.9% $1.7M 127 $1,690 10

Mon Nov 28 — $71.1K −66.9% +40.6% $1.8M 127 $560 11

Tue Nov 29 — $84.0K +18.1% +80.3% $1.8M 127 $661 12

Wed Nov 30 #15 $82.7K −1.5% −43.8% $1.9M 127 $652 13

Thu Dec 1 #15 $91.6K +10.7% −21.5% $2.0M 127 $721 14

Fri Dec 2 — $197.1K +115.2% −32.0% $2.2M 127 $1,552 15

Sat Dec 3 — $305.6K +55.0% −7.8% $2.5M 127 $2,407 16

Sun Dec 4 #15 $197.4K −35.4% −8.1% $2.7M 127 $1,554 17

Mon Dec 5 #15 $72.0K −63.5% +1.2% $2.8M 127 $567 18

Tue Dec 6 — $84.4K +17.3% +0.5% $2.9M 127 $665 19

Wed Dec 7 #15 $78.0K −7.6% −5.7% $3.0M 127 $614 20

Thu Dec 8 #15 $72.3K −7.4% −21.1% $3.0M 127 $569 21

Fri Dec 9 #7 $1.1M +1461.4% +472.4% $4.2M 1,262 $894 22

Sat Dec 10 #9 $1.3M +14.2% +321.8% $5.4M 1,262 $1,021 23

Sun Dec 11 #9 $743.8K −42.3% +276.8% $6.2M 1,262 $589 24

Mon Dec 12 #8 $309.5K −58.4% +330.0% $6.5M 1,262 $245 25

Tue Dec 13 #8 $401.3K +29.7% +375.5% $6.9M 1,262 $318 26

Wed Dec 14 #8 $288.4K −28.1% +269.7% $7.2M 1,262 $229 27

Thu Dec 15 #8 $234.7K −18.6% +224.7% $7.4M 1,262 $186 28

Fri Dec 16 #10 $426.5K +81.7% −62.2% $7.8M 1,246 $342 29

Sat Dec 17 #11 $565.8K +32.7% −56.1% $8.4M 1,246 $454 30

Sun Dec 18 #11 $414.8K −26.7% −44.2% $8.8M 1,246 $333 31

Mon Dec 19 #12 $209.5K −49.5% −32.3% $9.0M 1,246 $168 32

Tue Dec 20 #11 $212.5K +1.4% −47.1% $9.3M 1,246 $171 33

Wed Dec 21 #15 $115.6K −45.6% −59.9% $9.4M 1,246 $93 34

Thu Dec 22 — $121.2K +4.8% −48.4% $9.5M 1,246 $97 35

Fri Dec 23 — $107.9K −10.9% −74.7% $9.6M 353 $306 36

Sat Dec 24 — $56.4K −47.8% −90.0% $9.7M 353 $160 37

Sun Dec 25 — $79.4K +40.8% −80.9% $9.7M 192 $414 38

Mon Dec 26 — $81.7K +2.9% −61.0% $9.8M 192 $426 39

Tue Dec 27 — $63.1K −22.8% −70.3% $9.9M 192 $329 40

Wed Dec 28 — $57.6K −8.7% −50.1% $9.9M 192 $300 41

Thu Dec 29 — $60.1K +4.3% −50.4% $10.0M 192 $313 42

Fri Dec 30 — $66.6K +10.7% −38.3% $10.1M 158 $421 43

Sat Dec 31 — $47.6K −28.4% −15.5% $10.1M 158 $301 44

Sun Jan 1 — $77.5K +62.8% −2.3% $10.2M 158 $491 45

Mon Jan 2 — $66.0K −14.8% −19.2% $10.3M 158 $418 46

Tue Jan 3 — $34.8K −47.3% −44.8% $10.3M 158 $220 47

Wed Jan 4 — $27.0K −22.4% −53.1% $10.3M 158 $171 48

Thu Jan 5 — $27.1K +0.3% −54.9% $10.3M 158 $172 49

Fri Jan 6 — $25.6K −5.7% −61.6% $10.4M 73 $350 50

Sat Jan 7 — $39.4K +53.9% −17.4% $10.4M 73 $539 51

Sun Jan 8 — $23.6K −40.1% −69.6% $10.4M 73 $323 52

Mon Jan 9 — $12.9K −45.3% −80.4% $10.4M 73 $177 53

Tue Jan 10 — $17.3K +33.8% −50.4% $10.5M 73 $237 54

Wed Jan 11 — $17.7K +2.3% −34.6% $10.5M 73 $242 55

Thu Jan 12 — $14.4K −18.4% −46.8% $10.5M 73 $198 56

Fri Jan 13 — $18.2K +25.8% −29.0% $10.5M 54 $336 57

Sat Jan 14 — $29.7K +63.2% −24.7% $10.5M 54 $549 58

Sun Jan 15 — $22.6K −23.6% −4.0% $10.6M 54 $419 59

Mon Jan 16 — $17.1K −24.7% +32.1% $10.6M 54 $316 60

Tue Jan 17 — $9.0K −47.1% −47.8% $10.6M 54 $167 61

Wed Jan 18 — $7.7K −14.8% −56.6% $10.6M 54 $142 62

Thu Jan 19 — $8.6K +12.2% −40.3% $10.6M 54 $160 63

Fri Jan 20 — $9.8K +13.2% −46.3% $10.6M 43 $227 64

Sat Jan 21 — $14.3K +47.0% −51.7% $10.6M 43 $333 65

Sun Jan 22 — $11.0K −23.0% −51.3% $10.6M 43 $257 66

Mon Jan 23 — $4.2K −61.8% −75.3% $10.6M 43 $98 67

Tue Jan 24 — $6.8K +61.5% −24.6% $10.7M 43 $158 68

Wed Jan 25 — $6.3K −7.3% −17.9% $10.7M 43 $147 69

Thu Jan 26 — $6.9K +10.0% −19.5% $10.7M 43 $161 70

Cumulative total$10.7M

Nov 18Dec 5Dec 23Jan 9Jan 26

Weekend grossWk 10 · $35.1K

$492.6K

$836.2K

$700.2K

$3.2M

$1.4M

$243.7K

$191.7K

$88.5K

$70.5K

$35.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,262 → 43 −96.6%

37 open43 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −50.2%

+69.7%

W1→2

−16.3%

W2→3

+351.5%

W3→4

−55.5%

W4→5

−82.7%

W5→6

−21.3%

W6→7

−53.8%

W7→8

−20.4%

W8→9

−50.2%

W9→10

Steepest −82.7%Biggest gain +351.5%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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