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Spotlight

2015 R 2h 9m Drama, History Open Road Films

Break the story. Break the silence.

Spotlight Box Office

Opening Weekend
$3.5M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$45.1M
Final
Worldwide Total
$91.9M
$46.8M international
Domestic Legs12.8x
Budget$20.0M
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Nov 6-8 23 $295K $295K 5 $59.0K 1
Nov 13-15 12 $1.35M +358.8% $1.80M 60 $22.6K 2
Nov 20-22 8 $3.53M +160.7% $5.80M 598 $5.9K 3
Nov 27-29 8 $4.41M +24.9% $12.26M 897 $4.9K 4
Dec 4-6 8 $2.80M -36.5% $16.51M 980 $2.9K 5
Dec 11-13 9 $2.51M -10.4% $20.30M 1,089 $2.3K 6
Dec 18-20 12 $1.43M -43.2% $22.80M 825 $1.7K 7
Dec 25-27 17 $1.08M -23.9% $24.90M 480 $2.3K 8
Jan 1-3 15 $1.19M +9.3% $27.11M 385 $3.1K 9
Jan 8-10 17 $928K -21.7% $28.55M 368 $2.5K 10
Jan 15-17 14 $1.65M +77.7% $30.62M 985 $1.7K 11
Jan 22-24 16 $1.27M -22.8% $32.90M 1,030 $1.2K 12
Jan 29-31 15 $1.20M -5.8% $34.77M 715 $1.7K 13
Feb 5-7 17 $836K -30.4% $36.10M 668 $1.3K 14
Feb 12-14 20 $699K -16.3% $37.20M 455 $1.5K 15
Feb 19-21 26 $522K -25.3% $38.10M 401 $1.3K 16
Feb 26-28 21 $736K +40.9% $39.12M 685 $1.1K 17
Mar 4-6 15 $1.77M +140.0% $41.56M 1,227 $1.4K 18
Mar 11-13 16 $931K -47.3% $43.19M 847 $1.1K 19
Mar 18-20 20 $423K -54.5% $44.00M 443 $956 20
Mar 25-27 25 $158K -62.7% $44.34M 206 $767 21
Apr 1-3 28 $151K -4.5% $44.57M 202 $748 22
Apr 8-10 35 $79K -47.4% $44.73M 112 $710 23
Apr 15-17 37 $45K -43.1% $44.81M 103 $439 24
Apr 22-24 41 $31K -30.9% $44.87M 91 $343 25
Apr 29-May 1 33 $96K +206.1% $44.99M 224 $427 26

Performance Charts

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

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Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byTom McCarthy
ScreenplayJosh Singer, Tom McCarthy
Produced bySteve Golin, Michael Sugar, Nicole Rocklin, Blye Pagon Faust
CinematographyMasanobu Takayanagi
Music byHoward Shore
StarringMark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery, Brian d'Arcy James, Stanley Tucci
StudioOpen Road Films

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