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2012 • R • 2h 2m • Comedy, Drama, Romance • The Weinstein Company

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$443K

Limited · 16 theaters

Domestic total

$132.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$236.00M

$104.00M international

Domestic legs30.1x from $4.4M biggest weekend

Budget$21.0M

2012 rank#23

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Cast & crew

Full Russell filmography

David O. Russell

David O. Russell Director

Bradley Cooper

Bradley Cooper Starring

Jennifer Lawrence

Jennifer Lawrence Starring

Robert De Niro

Robert De Niro Starring

Jacki Weaver

Jacki Weaver Starring

Anupam Kher

Anupam Kher Starring

ScreenplayDavid O. Russell Produced byDonna Gigliotti, Bruce Cohen, Jonathan Gordon CinematographyMasanobu Takayanagi MusicDanny Elfman StudioThe Weinstein Company

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 23-25 9 $4.4M — 367 $11,944 $6.2M

2 Nov 30-Dec 2 11 $3.1M −29.5% 371 $8,329 $10.7M

3 Dec 7-9 11 $2.2M −29.7% 371 $5,853 $14.0M

4 Dec 14-16 10 $2.1M −2.9% 371 $5,685 $17.0M

5 Dec 21-23 13 $1.8M −15.6% 371 $4,801 $19.9M

6 Dec 28-30 12 $4.1M +129.0% 745 $5,475 $27.3M

7 Jan 4-6 12 $3.6M −11.3% 745 $4,854 $34.7M

8 Jan 11-13 10 $5.0M +38.8% 810 $6,195 $41.3M

9 Jan 18-20 3 $10.8M +114.3% 2,523 $4,261 $54.7M

10 Jan 25-27 4 $9.4M −12.2% 2,641 $3,575 $68.9M

11 Feb 1-3 3 $7.7M −18.1% 2,809 $2,754 $80.0M

12 Feb 8-10 4 $6.4M −17.0% 2,809 $2,287 $89.5M

13 Feb 15-17 8 $6.2M −2.9% 2,202 $2,834 $98.6M

14 Feb 22-24 7 $5.8M −7.9% 2,012 $2,858 $107.2M

15 Mar 1-3 8 $5.7M −0.5% 1,836 $3,117 $115.3M

16 Mar 8-10 8 $3.6M −36.8% 1,727 $2,095 $120.6M

17 Mar 15-17 8 $2.5M −30.2% 1,602 $1,576 $124.6M

18 Mar 22-24 11 $1.6M −37.2% 1,044 $1,518 $127.2M

19 Mar 29-31 13 $900.9K −43.2% 752 $1,198 $128.7M

20 Apr 5-7 14 $603.5K −33.0% 524 $1,151 $129.7M

21 Apr 12-14 16 $408.6K −32.3% 451 $906 $130.3M

22 Apr 19-21 17 $547.7K +34.0% 867 $631 $131.0M

23 Apr 26-28 23 $197.6K −63.9% 361 $547 $131.4M

24 May 3-5 21 $198.5K +0.5% 468 $424 $131.7M

25 May 10-12 27 $123.9K −37.6% 323 $383 $131.9M

26 May 17-19 40 $47.0K −62.0% 131 $359 $132.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 16 $120.8K — $120.8K 16 $7,548 1

Sat Nov 17 $182.5K +51% $303.3K 16 $11,407 2

Sun Nov 18 $139.7K −23% $443.0K 16 $8,732 3

Mon Nov 19 $49.5K −65% $492.5K 16 $3,093 4

Wed Nov 21 #9 $661.6K — $1.2M 367 $1,802 6

Thu Nov 22 #10 $614.9K −7% $1.8M 367 $1,675 7

Fri Nov 23 #9 $1.6M +164% +1,242% $3.4M 367 $4,416 8

Sat Nov 24 #9 $1.7M +5% +835% $5.2M 367 $4,649 9

Sun Nov 25 #9 $1.1M −38% +656% $6.2M 367 $2,878 10

Mon Nov 26 #9 $324.4K −69% +555% $6.5M 367 $883 11

Tue Nov 27 #9 $400.3K +23% $6.9M 367 $1,090 12

Wed Nov 28 #9 $350.8K −12% −47% $7.3M 367 $955 13

Thu Nov 29 #9 $364.7K +4% −41% $7.6M 367 $993 14

Fri Nov 30 $911.2K +150% −44% $8.6M 371 $2,455 15

Sat Dec 1 $1.4M +51% −19% $9.9M 371 $3,715 16

Sun Dec 2 $800.4K −42% −24% $10.7M 371 $2,157 17

Mon Dec 3 #11 $233.0K −71% −28% $11.0M 371 $627 18

Tue Dec 4 #10 $306.2K +31% −24% $11.3M 371 $825 19

Wed Dec 5 #10 $253.2K −17% −28% $11.5M 371 $682 20

Thu Dec 6 #10 $260.3K +3% −29% $11.8M 371 $701 21

Fri Dec 7 #11 $643.4K +147% −29% $12.4M 371 $1,734 22

Sat Dec 8 #11 $971.2K +51% −30% $13.4M 371 $2,617 23

Sun Dec 9 #11 $557.1K −43% −30% $14.0M 371 $1,501 24

Mon Dec 10 #11 $190.3K −66% −18% $14.2M 371 $512 25

Tue Dec 11 #11 $247.5K +30% −19% $14.4M 371 $667 26

Wed Dec 12 #11 $225.6K −9% −11% $14.6M 371 $607 27

Thu Dec 13 #11 $242.4K +7% −7% $14.9M 371 $653 28

Fri Dec 14 #10 $583.4K +141% −9% $15.5M 371 $1,572 29

Sat Dec 15 #11 $932.1K +60% −4% $16.4M 371 $2,512 30

Sun Dec 16 #10 $593.8K −36% +7% $17.0M 371 $1,600 31

Mon Dec 17 #9 $255.3K −57% +34% $17.2M 371 $688 32

Tue Dec 18 #9 $309.8K +21% +25% $17.5M 371 $834 33

Wed Dec 19 #9 $264.1K −15% +17% $17.8M 371 $711 34

Thu Dec 20 #10 $271.5K +3% +12% $18.1M 371 $731 35

Fri Dec 21 #13 $439.3K +62% −25% $18.5M 371 $1,184 36

Sat Dec 22 #12 $724.0K +65% −22% $19.2M 371 $1,951 37

Sun Dec 23 #13 $617.9K −15% +4% $19.9M 371 $1,665 38

Mon Dec 24 #12 $395.0K −36% +55% $20.3M 371 $1,064 39

Tue Dec 25 #13 $1.1M +185% +263% $21.4M 745 $1,509 40

Wed Dec 26 #13 $901.9K −20% +242% $22.3M 745 $1,210 41

Thu Dec 27 #13 $968.1K +7% +257% $23.3M 745 $1,299 42

Fri Dec 28 #12 $1.3M +33% +192% $24.5M 745 $1,723 43

Sat Dec 29 #12 $1.5M +19% +112% $26.1M 745 $2,055 44

Sun Dec 30 #12 $1.3M −17% +104% $27.3M 745 $1,696 45

Mon Dec 31 #12 $1.1M −11% +186% $28.5M 745 $1,515 46

Tue Jan 1 #12 $1.4M +20% +20% $29.8M 745 $1,816 47

Wed Jan 2 #13 $643.4K −52% −29% $30.5M 745 $863 48

Thu Jan 3 #13 $604.1K −6% −38% $31.1M 745 $810 49

Fri Jan 4 #12 $1.1M +82% −14% $32.2M 745 $1,476 50

Sat Jan 5 #12 $1.6M +43% +3% $33.7M 745 $2,113 51

Sun Jan 6 #12 $942.1K −40% −25% $34.7M 745 $1,264 52

Mon Jan 7 #10 $288.7K −69% −74% $35.0M 745 $387 53

Tue Jan 8 #10 $411.4K +42% −70% $35.4M 745 $552 54

Wed Jan 9 #9 $360.9K −12% −44% $35.7M 745 $484 55

Thu Jan 10 #8 $567.9K +57% −6% $36.3M 745 $762 56

Fri Jan 11 #11 $1.5M +163% +36% $37.8M 810 $1,847 57

Sat Jan 12 #10 $2.2M +46% +39% $40.0M 810 $2,694 58

Sun Jan 13 #9 $1.3M −39% +42% $41.3M 810 $1,654 59

Mon Jan 14 #8 $582.8K −57% +102% $41.9M 810 $719 60

Tue Jan 15 #7 $750.0K +29% +82% $42.7M 810 $925 61

Wed Jan 16 #6 $648.6K −14% +80% $43.3M 810 $800 62

Thu Jan 17 #7 $653.6K +1% +15% $44.0M 810 $806 63

Fri Jan 18 #3 $3.0M +358% +100% $47.0M 2,523 $1,186 64

Sat Jan 19 #3 $4.7M +58% +117% $51.7M 2,523 $1,879 65

Sun Jan 20 #3 $3.0M −36% +125% $54.7M 2,523 $1,196 66

Mon Jan 21 #3 $2.0M −34% +241% $56.7M 2,523 $787 67

Tue Jan 22 #3 $1.0M −50% +34% $57.7M 2,523 $397 68

Wed Jan 23 #3 $845.0K −16% +30% $58.5M 2,523 $334 69

Thu Jan 24 #3 $918.0K +9% +40% $59.5M 2,523 $363 70

Fri Jan 25 #3 $2.4M +157% −21% $61.8M 2,641 $892 71

Sat Jan 26 #4 $4.6M +94% −4% $66.4M 2,641 $1,731 72

Sun Jan 27 #4 $2.5M −45% −17% $68.9M 2,641 $951 73

Mon Jan 28 #2 $714.5K −72% −64% $69.6M 2,641 $270 74

Tue Jan 29 #2 $987.6K +38% −1% $70.6M 2,641 $373 75

Wed Jan 30 #2 $805.0K −18% −5% $71.4M 2,641 $304 76

Thu Jan 31 #2 $848.7K +5% −8% $72.3M 2,641 $321 77

Fri Feb 1 #3 $2.5M +189% +4% $74.7M 2,809 $872 78

Sat Feb 2 #3 $4.1M +68% −10% $78.8M 2,809 $1,465 79

Sun Feb 3 #3 $1.2M −72% −53% $80.0M 2,809 $416 80

Mon Feb 4 #3 $628.1K −46% −12% $80.6M 2,809 $223 81

Tue Feb 5 #3 $907.6K +44% −8% $81.5M 2,809 $323 82

Wed Feb 6 #2 $793.2K −13% −1% $82.3M 2,809 $282 83

Thu Feb 7 #2 $762.8K −4% −10% $83.1M 2,809 $271 84

Fri Feb 8 #4 $1.6M +110% −35% $84.7M 2,809 $571 85

Sat Feb 9 #4 $3.1M +94% −25% $87.8M 2,809 $1,106 86

Sun Feb 10 #5 $1.7M −45% +46% $89.5M 2,809 $609 87

Mon Feb 11 #4 $506.5K −70% −19% $90.0M 2,809 $180 88

Tue Feb 12 #4 $604.4K +19% −33% $90.6M 2,809 $215 89

Wed Feb 13 #4 $509.5K −16% −36% $91.1M 2,809 $181 90

Thu Feb 14 #7 $1.2M +142% +62% $92.4M 2,532 $487 91

Fri Feb 15 #8 $1.5M +24% −5% $93.9M 2,202 $692 92

Sat Feb 16 #7 $2.7M +78% −12% $96.6M 2,202 $1,235 93

Sun Feb 17 #7 $2.0M −27% +16% $98.6M 2,202 $905 94

Mon Feb 18 #7 $1.2M −41% +131% $99.8M 2,202 $532 95

Tue Feb 19 #8 $568.3K −52% −6% $100.4M 2,202 $258 96

Wed Feb 20 #5 $513.6K −10% +1% $100.9M 2,202 $233 97

Thu Feb 21 #5 $555.0K +8% −55% $101.4M 2,202 $252 98

Fri Feb 22 #7 $1.5M +177% +1% $103.0M 2,012 $762 99

Sat Feb 23 #7 $2.9M +90% +7% $105.9M 2,012 $1,448 100

Sun Feb 24 #7 $1.3M −55% −35% $107.2M 2,012 $647 101

Mon Feb 25 #5 $561.3K −57% −52% $107.7M 2,012 $279 102

Tue Feb 26 #5 $694.4K +24% +22% $108.4M 2,012 $345 103

Wed Feb 27 #5 $565.9K −19% +10% $109.0M 2,012 $281 104

Thu Feb 28 #5 $582.0K +3% +5% $109.6M 2,012 $289 105

Fri Mar 1 #7 $1.6M +169% +2% $111.1M 1,836 $854 106

Sat Mar 2 #8 $2.7M +75% −6% $113.9M 1,836 $1,497 107

Sun Mar 3 #6 $1.4M −49% +8% $115.3M 1,836 $766 108

Mon Mar 4 #6 $394.4K −72% −30% $115.7M 1,836 $214 109

Tue Mar 5 #6 $469.7K +19% −32% $116.2M 1,836 $255 110

Wed Mar 6 #6 $433.1K −8% −23% $116.6M 1,836 $235 111

Thu Mar 7 #6 $404.5K −7% −30% $117.0M 1,836 $220 112

Fri Mar 8 #9 $1.0M +158% −34% $118.0M 1,727 $603 113

Sat Mar 9 #7 $1.7M +67% −37% $119.8M 1,727 $1,007 114

Sun Mar 10 #8 $835.7K −52% −41% $120.6M 1,727 $483 115

Mon Mar 11 #9 $305.9K −63% −22% $120.9M 1,727 $177 116

Tue Mar 12 #9 $426.6K +39% −9% $121.4M 1,727 $247 117

Wed Mar 13 #9 $329.7K −23% −24% $121.7M 1,727 $190 118

Thu Mar 14 #9 $341.4K +4% −16% $122.0M 1,727 $197 119

Fri Mar 15 #9 $751.8K +120% −28% $122.8M 1,602 $469 120

Sat Mar 16 #7 $1.2M +59% −32% $124.0M 1,602 $744 121

Sun Mar 17 #10 $581.8K −51% −30% $124.6M 1,602 $363 122

Mon Mar 18 #8 $235.2K −60% −23% $124.8M 1,602 $146 123

Tue Mar 19 #9 $282.8K +20% −34% $125.1M 1,602 $176 124

Wed Mar 20 #8 $270.1K −4% −18% $125.3M 1,602 $168 125

Thu Mar 21 #8 $238.7K −12% −30% $125.6M 1,602 $149 126

Fri Mar 22 #11 $443.9K +86% −41% $126.0M 1,044 $425 127

Sat Mar 23 #11 $758.4K +71% −36% $126.8M 1,044 $726 128

Sun Mar 24 #11 $382.8K −50% −34% $127.2M 1,044 $366 129

Mon Mar 25 #11 $148.1K −61% −37% $127.3M 1,044 $141 130

Tue Mar 26 #11 $179.6K +21% −36% $127.5M 1,044 $172 131

Wed Mar 27 #10 $154.6K −14% −43% $127.6M 1,044 $148 132

Thu Mar 28 #11 $165.6K +7% −31% $127.8M 1,044 $158 133

Fri Mar 29 #13 $302.0K +82% −32% $128.1M 752 $401 134

Sat Mar 30 #12 $374.6K +24% −51% $128.5M 752 $498 135

Sun Mar 31 #13 $224.3K −40% −41% $128.7M 752 $298 136

Mon Apr 1 #13 $104.4K −53% −30% $128.8M 752 $138 137

Tue Apr 2 #13 $100.2K −4% −44% $128.9M 752 $133 138

Wed Apr 3 #13 $96.1K −4% −38% $129.0M 752 $127 139

Thu Apr 4 #13 $108.4K +13% −35% $129.1M 752 $144 140

Fri Apr 5 #14 $189.2K +75% −37% $129.3M 524 $361 141

Sat Apr 6 #14 $273.2K +44% −27% $129.6M 524 $521 142

Sun Apr 7 #15 $141.1K −48% −37% $129.7M 524 $269 143

Mon Apr 8 #14 $42.0K −70% −60% $129.8M 524 $80 144

Tue Apr 9 #14 $55.4K +32% −45% $129.8M 524 $105 145

Wed Apr 10 #14 $50.8K −8% −47% $129.9M 524 $96 146

Thu Apr 11 #14 $51.9K +2% −52% $129.9M 524 $99 147

Fri Apr 12 $118.5K +128% −37% $130.0M 451 $262 148

Sat Apr 13 #16 $198.9K +68% −27% $130.2M 451 $440 149

Sun Apr 14 #17 $91.2K −54% −35% $130.3M 451 $202 150

Mon Apr 15 #17 $32.4K −64% −23% $130.4M 451 $71 151

Tue Apr 16 #17 $41.9K +29% −24% $130.4M 451 $92 152

Wed Apr 17 #17 $36.2K −14% −29% $130.4M 451 $80 153

Thu Apr 18 #17 $38.8K +7% −25% $130.5M 451 $86 154

Fri Apr 19 $148.4K +282% +25% $130.6M 867 $171 155

Sat Apr 20 $270.8K +83% +36% $130.9M 867 $312 156

Sun Apr 21 $128.5K −53% +41% $131.0M 867 $148 157

Mon Apr 22 $44.7K −65% +38% $131.1M 867 $51 158

Tue Apr 23 $55.5K +24% +32% $131.1M 867 $63 159

Wed Apr 24 $49.2K −11% +36% $131.2M 867 $56 160

Thu Apr 25 $45.2K −8% +16% $131.2M 867 $52 161

Fri Apr 26 $57.8K +28% −61% $131.3M 361 $160 162

Sat Apr 27 $94.0K +63% −65% $131.4M 361 $260 163

Sun Apr 28 $45.8K −51% −64% $131.4M 361 $126 164

Mon Apr 29 $19.6K −57% −56% $131.4M 361 $54 165

Tue Apr 30 $24.3K +24% −56% $131.5M 361 $67 166

Wed May 1 $19.0K −21% −61% $131.5M 361 $52 167

Thu May 2 $19.1K n/c −58% $131.5M 361 $52 168

Fri May 3 $61.6K +223% +7% $131.6M 468 $131 169

Sat May 4 $87.8K +42% −7% $131.7M 468 $187 170

Sun May 5 $49.2K −44% +7% $131.7M 468 $105 171

Mon May 6 $21.4K −56% +9% $131.7M 468 $45 172

Tue May 7 $30.2K +41% +25% $131.8M 468 $64 173

Wed May 8 $24.5K −19% +29% $131.8M 468 $52 174

Thu May 9 $23.9K −2% +25% $131.8M 468 $51 175

Fri May 10 $34.4K +44% −44% $131.8M 323 $106 176

Sat May 11 $52.8K +54% −40% $131.9M 323 $163 177

Sun May 12 $36.7K −30% −25% $131.9M 323 $113 178

Mon May 13 $12.3K −67% −43% $131.9M 323 $37 179

Tue May 14 $15.4K +26% −49% $132.0M 323 $47 180

Wed May 15 $13.7K −11% −44% $132.0M 323 $42 181

Thu May 16 $12.8K −7% −46% $132.0M 323 $39 182

Fri May 17 $14.3K +12% −58% $132.0M 131 $109 183

Sat May 18 $20.5K +44% −61% $132.0M 131 $156 184

Sun May 19 $12.3K −40% −67% $132.0M 131 $93 185

Mon May 20 $5.2K −58% −58% $132.0M 131 $39 186

Tue May 21 $6.5K +26% −58% $132.0M 131 $49 187

Wed May 22 $6.2K −4% −54% $132.0M 131 $47 188

Thu May 23 $6.8K +8% −47% $132.1M 131 $51 189

Fri May 24 $4.7K −30% −67% $132.1M 35 $135 190

Sat May 25 $7.1K +51% −65% $132.1M 35 $204 191

Sun May 26 $5.9K −18% −52% $132.1M 35 $167 192

Mon May 27 $4.2K −29% −20% $132.1M 35 $118 193

Tue May 28 $1.7K −59% −74% $132.1M 35 $48 194

Wed May 29 $1.8K +5% −71% $132.1M 35 $51 195

Thu May 30 $2.0K +10% −71% $132.1M 35 $56 196

Fri May 31 $2.5K +27% −47% $132.1M 35 $71 197

Sat Jun 1 $3.4K +35% −53% $132.1M 35 $96 198

Sun Jun 2 $2.3K −33% −61% $132.1M 35 $64 199

Mon Jun 3 $748 −67% −82% $132.1M 35 $21 200

Tue Jun 4 $1.1K +48% −35% $132.1M 35 $31 201

Wed Jun 5 $1.1K +3% −36% $132.1M 35 $32 202

Thu Jun 6 $1.0K −9% −47% $132.1M 35 $29 203

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

Cumulative total$59.5M

Nov 16Dec 4Dec 21Jan 7Jan 24

Weekend grossWk 10 · $9.4M

$4.4M

$3.1M

$2.2M

$2.1M

$1.8M

$4.1M

$3.6M

$5.0M

$10.8M

$9.4M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,523 → 2,523 +0.0%

16 open2,523 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −12.2%

−29.5%

W1→2

−29.7%

W2→3

−2.9%

W3→4

−15.6%

W4→5

+129.0%

W5→6

−11.3%

W6→7

+38.8%

W7→8

+114.3%

W8→9

−12.2%

W9→10

Steepest −29.7%Biggest gain +129.0%

Run milestones

$100M in 96 days

$100M

Day 96

Feb 19

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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