Name: O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Director: Joel Coen
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Released: 2000
Cast: George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, John Goodman, Holly Hunter

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Mon Jan 1	#18	$443K		—	$1.94M	96	$4.6K	11
Tue Jan 2	#18	$177K	-60%	—	$2.11M	96	$1.8K	12
Wed Jan 3	#18	$144K	-19%	—	$2.26M	96	$1.5K	13
Thu Jan 4	#18	$154K	+7%	—	$2.41M	96	$1.6K	14
Sun Jan 7	#17	$367K		—	$3.81M	165	$2.2K	17
Mon Jan 8	#15	$118K	-68%	-73%	$3.92M	165	$717	18
Tue Jan 9	#15	$126K	+6%	-29%	$4.05M	165	$763	19
Wed Jan 10	#14	$115K	-9%	-21%	$4.16M	165	$695	20
Thu Jan 11	#14	$126K	+10%	-18%	$4.29M	165	$764	21
Mon Jan 15	#13	$445K		+276%	$7.35M	431	$1.0K	25
Tue Jan 16	#14	$198K	-56%	+57%	$7.55M	431	$459	26
Wed Jan 17	#14	$182K	-8%	+59%	$7.73M	431	$423	27
Thu Jan 18	#14	$182K		+44%	$7.91M	431	$422	28
Sun Jan 21	#17	$457K		—	$9.54M	419	$1.1K	31
Mon Jan 22	#16	$174K	-62%	-61%	$9.72M	419	$416	32
Tue Jan 23	#15	$188K	+8%	-5%	$9.91M	419	$448	33
Wed Jan 24	#15	$174K	-7%	-4%	$10.09M	419	$416	34
Thu Jan 25	#15	$195K	+12%	+7%	$10.28M	419	$466	35
Sun Jan 28	#16	$449K		-2%	$12.54M	547	$821	38
Mon Jan 29	#15	$192K	-57%	+11%	$12.73M	547	$352	39
Tue Jan 30	#14	$214K	+11%	+14%	$12.95M	547	$392	40
Sun Feb 4	#11	$969K		+116%	$17.02M	809	$1.2K	45
Mon Feb 5	#9	$230K	-76%	+19%	$17.25M	809	$284	46
Tue Feb 6	#10	$264K	+15%	+23%	$17.52M	809	$327	47
Wed Feb 7	#10	$233K	-12%	—	$17.75M	809	$288	48
Thu Feb 8	#10	$240K	+3%	—	$17.99M	809	$297	49
Fri Feb 9	#10	$772K	+221%	—	$18.76M	809	$954	50
Sat Feb 10	#9	$1.42M	+84%	—	$20.18M	835	$1.7K	51
Sun Feb 11	#10	$819K	-42%	-15%	$21.09M	835	$981	52
Mon Feb 12	#10	$211K	-74%	-8%	$21.30M	835	$253	53
Tue Feb 13	#10	$216K	+2%	-18%	$21.51M	835	$258	54
Wed Feb 14	#10	$338K	+57%	+45%	$21.85M	835	$404	55
Thu Feb 15	#10	$218K	-35%	-9%	$22.07M	835	$261	56
Mon Feb 19	#12	$446K		+111%	$25.38M	847	$526	60
Tue Feb 20	#12	$213K	-52%	-1%	$25.59M	847	$251	61
Wed Feb 21	#12	$185K	-13%	-45%	$25.77M	847	$218	62
Thu Feb 22	#12	$201K	+9%	-8%	$25.97M	847	$237	63
Sun Feb 25	#12	$582K		—	$28.25M	830	$701	66
Mon Feb 26	#11	$150K	-74%	-66%	$28.39M	830	$181	67
Tue Feb 27	#11	$162K	+8%	-24%	$28.56M	830	$195	68
Wed Feb 28	#11	$154K	-5%	-17%	$28.71M	830	$185	69
Thu Mar 1	#11	$173K	+12%	-14%	$28.88M	830	$208	70
Sun Mar 4	#13	$470K		-19%	$30.82M	833	$564	73
Mon Mar 5	#11	$137K	-71%	-9%	$30.96M	833	$165	74
Tue Mar 6	#13	$151K	+10%	-7%	$31.11M	833	$181	75
Wed Mar 7	#11	$143K	-5%	-7%	$31.25M	833	$172	76
Thu Mar 8	#12	$144K		-17%	$31.40M	833	$172	77
Fri Mar 9	#10	$461K	+221%	—	$31.86M	827	$557	78
Sun Mar 11	#11	$432K		-8%	$33.10M	826	$523	80
Mon Mar 12	#11	$154K	-64%	+13%	$33.26M	826	$187	81
Tue Mar 13	#11	$166K	+8%	+10%	$33.42M	826	$201	82
Wed Mar 14	#11	$156K	-6%	+9%	$33.58M	826	$188	83
Thu Mar 15	#11	$177K	+14%	+23%	$33.76M	826	$214	84
Sun Mar 18	#13	$380K		-12%	$35.25M	826	$460	87
Mon Mar 19	#13	$133K	-65%	-14%	$35.38M	826	$162	88
Tue Mar 20	#12	$134K		-20%	$35.51M	826	$162	89
Wed Mar 21	#12	$131K	-2%	-16%	$35.64M	826	$158	90
Thu Mar 22	#12	$137K	+5%	-22%	$35.78M	826	$166	91
Sun Mar 25	#16	$282K		-26%	$37.09M	816	$346	94
Mon Mar 26	#14	$125K	-56%	-6%	$37.22M	816	$154	95
Tue Mar 27	#14	$139K	+11%	+4%	$37.36M	816	$171	96
Wed Mar 28	#14	$135K	-3%	+3%	$37.49M	816	$165	97
Thu Mar 29	#14	$150K	+11%	+9%	$37.64M	816	$184	98
Fri Mar 30	#15	$356K	+137%	—	$38.00M	743	$479	99
Mon Apr 2	#16	$72K		-43%	$38.85M	743	$97	102
Tue Apr 3	#16	$94K	+31%	-32%	$38.95M	743	$127	103
Wed Apr 4	#16	$85K	-10%	-37%	$39.03M	743	$114	104
Thu Apr 5	#13	$96K	+13%	-36%	$39.13M	743	$129	105
Sun Apr 8	#18	$171K		—	$39.92M	685	$250	108
Tue Apr 10	#18	$74K		-22%	$40.06M	685	$108	110

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Dec 22-24	26	$195K	—	$195K	5	$39.0K	1
Dec 29-31	18	$1.16M	+495.4%	$1.94M	96	$12.1K	2
Jan 5-7	16	$1.39M	+19.9%	$3.81M	165	$8.4K	3
Jan 12-14	13	$3.06M	+119.6%	$7.35M	431	$7.1K	4
Jan 19-21	17	$1.63M	-46.6%	$9.54M	419	$3.9K	5
Jan 26-28	16	$2.27M	+38.7%	$12.54M	547	$4.1K	6
Feb 2-4	11	$3.65M	+61.0%	$17.02M	809	$4.5K	7
Feb 9-11	9	$3.10M	-15.1%	$21.09M	835	$3.7K	8
Feb 16-18	12	$3.31M	+6.9%	$25.38M	847	$3.9K	9
Feb 23-25	13	$2.27M	-31.4%	$28.24M	830	$2.7K	10
Mar 2-4	13	$1.94M	-14.5%	$30.82M	833	$2.3K	11
Mar 9-11	11	$1.71M	-12.1%	$33.10M	826	$2.1K	12
Mar 16-18	13	$1.49M	-12.7%	$35.25M	826	$1.8K	13
Mar 23-25	15	$1.31M	-12.0%	$37.09M	816	$1.6K	14
Mar 30-Apr 1	16	$1.14M	-13.0%	$38.78M	743	$1.5K	15
Apr 6-8	18	$797K	-30.1%	$39.92M	685	$1.2K	16
Apr 13-15	22	$608K	-23.6%	$40.82M	564	$1.1K	17
Apr 20-22	22	$539K	-11.5%	$41.61M	514	$1.0K	18
Apr 27-29	25	$370K	-31.4%	$42.15M	384	$962	19
May 4-6	23	$330K	-10.7%	$42.60M	347	$951	20
May 11-13	22	$312K	-5.3%	$43.02M	352	$887	21
May 18-20	20	$256K	-18.0%	$43.41M	291	$880	22
May 25-27	21	$235K	-8.3%	$43.75M	242	$971	23
Jun 1-3	15	$314K	+33.8%	$44.21M	372	$845	24
Jun 8-10	15	$240K	-23.6%	$44.64M	336	$715	25
Jun 15-17	19	$167K	-30.5%	$44.94M	274	$609	26
Jun 22-24	24	$107K	-35.6%	$45.15M	186	$578	27
Jun 29-Jul 1	34	$66K	-38.4%	$45.28M	114	$580	28
Jul 6-8	44	$41K	-38.2%	$45.37M	74	$552	29
Jul 13-15	57	$27K	-34.2%	$45.42M	62	$433	30
Jul 20-22	61	$20K	-25.9%	$45.46M	46	$432	31
Jul 27-29	73	$14K	-31.4%	$45.49M	29	$471	32
Aug 3-5	75	$10K	-30.2%	$45.51M	18	$529	33

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

Daily Gross

Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Week-over-Week Drop

Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byJoel Coen

ScreenplayJoel Coen, Ethan Coen

Produced byEthan Coen

CinematographyRoger Deakins

Music byT-Bone Burnett, Carter Burwell

StarringGeorge Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, John Goodman, Holly Hunter

StudioTouchstone Pictures

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