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State of PlayFollow

2009 • PG-13 • 2h 7m • Crime, Drama, Mystery • Universal Pictures

Find the truth

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3.36

7.1

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$14.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$37.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$88.80M

$51.80M international

Domestic legs2.6x

Budget$60M

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Cast & crew

Russell Crowe

Russell Crowe Starring

Ben Affleck

Ben Affleck Starring

Rachel McAdams

Rachel McAdams Starring

Helen Mirren

Helen Mirren Starring

Robin Wright

Robin Wright Starring

Jason Bateman

Jason Bateman Starring

ScreenplayTony Gilroy, Billy Ray, Matthew Michael Carnahan Produced byTim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Andrew Hauptman, Eric Hayes CinematographyRodrigo Prieto Prod. DesignMark Friedberg StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Apr 17-19 2 $14.1M — 2,803 $5,020 $14.1M

2 Apr 24-26 7 $6.8M −51.3% 2,807 $2,440 $25.1M

3 May 1-3 10 $3.7M −45.7% 2,445 $1,520 $30.9M

4 May 8-10 12 $1.9M −48.4% 1,541 $1,245 $34.0M

5 May 15-17 13 $958.4K −50.0% 988 $970 $35.6M

6 May 22-24 17 $303.1K −68.4% 278 $1,090 $35.9M

7 May 29-31 21 $193.2K −36.2% 240 $805 $36.6M

8 Jun 5-7 25 $138.8K −28.2% 217 $640 $36.8M

9 Jun 12-14 29 $97.9K −29.4% 175 $560 $37.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Apr 17 #2 $4.6M — $4.6M 2,803 $1,635 1

Sat Apr 18 #2 $5.9M +28.7% $10.5M 2,803 $2,105 2

Sun Apr 19 #4 $3.6M −39.2% $14.1M 2,803 $1,280 3

Mon Apr 20 #2 $1.1M −69.1% $15.2M 2,803 $395 4

Tue Apr 21 #2 $1.2M +8.8% $16.4M 2,803 $430 5

Wed Apr 22 #3 $966.8K −19.8% $17.4M 2,803 $345 6

Thu Apr 23 #3 $881.7K −8.8% $18.2M 2,803 $315 7

Fri Apr 24 #6 $2.1M +135.6% −54.7% $20.3M 2,807 $740 8

Sat Apr 25 #7 $3.1M +48.6% −47.7% $23.4M 2,807 $1,100 9

Sun Apr 26 #8 $1.7M −45.5% −53.1% $25.1M 2,807 $600 10

Mon Apr 27 #6 $491.0K −70.8% −55.7% $25.6M 2,807 $175 11

Tue Apr 28 #6 $603.5K +22.9% −49.9% $26.2M 2,807 $215 12

Wed Apr 29 #5 $547.4K −9.3% −43.4% $26.7M 2,807 $195 13

Thu Apr 30 #5 $504.4K −7.8% −42.8% $27.2M 2,807 $180 14

Fri May 1 #10 $1.1M +113.2% −48.2% $28.3M 2,445 $440 15

Sat May 2 #9 $1.7M +54.6% −46.2% $30.0M 2,445 $680 16

Sun May 3 #10 $977.7K −41.2% −41.9% $30.9M 2,445 $400 17

Mon May 4 #9 $268.9K −72.5% −45.2% $31.2M 2,445 $110 18

Tue May 5 #7 $305.6K +13.6% −49.4% $31.5M 2,445 $125 19

Wed May 6 #7 $293.0K −4.1% −46.5% $31.8M 2,445 $120 20

Thu May 7 #7 $256.7K −12.4% −49.1% $32.1M 2,445 $105 21

Fri May 8 #12 $516.0K +101.0% −52.0% $32.6M 1,541 $335 22

Sat May 9 #11 $863.0K +67.2% −48.1% $33.4M 1,541 $560 23

Sun May 10 #11 $539.4K −37.5% −44.8% $34.0M 1,541 $350 24

Mon May 11 #11 $138.7K −74.3% −48.4% $34.1M 1,541 $90 25

Tue May 12 #11 $161.3K +16.3% −47.2% $34.3M 1,541 $105 26

Wed May 13 #11 $154.3K −4.3% −47.3% $34.4M 1,541 $100 27

Thu May 14 #10 $169.5K +9.8% −34.0% $34.6M 1,541 $110 28

Fri May 15 #13 $261.8K +54.4% −49.3% $34.9M 988 $265 29

Sat May 16 #13 $454.6K +73.6% −47.3% $35.3M 988 $460 30

Sun May 17 #13 $242.1K −46.7% −55.1% $35.6M 988 $245 31

Mon May 18 #13 $103.7K −57.1% −25.2% $35.7M 988 $105 32

Tue May 19 #11 $99.0K −4.6% −38.6% $35.8M 988 $100 33

Wed May 20 #14 $74.1K −25.2% −52.0% $35.8M 988 $75 34

Thu May 21 #14 $56.4K −23.8% −66.7% $35.9M 664 $85 35

Fri May 22 — $73.7K +30.5% −71.9% $36.0M 278 $265 36

Sat May 23 #17 $120.9K +64.2% −73.4% $36.1M 278 $435 37

Sun May 24 #17 $108.5K −10.3% −55.2% $36.2M 278 $390 38

Mon May 25 #17 $79.2K −26.9% −23.6% $36.3M 278 $285 39

Tue May 26 — $32.0K −59.6% −67.7% $36.3M 278 $115 40

Wed May 27 — $27.7K −13.5% −62.7% $36.3M 278 $100 41

Thu May 28 — $29.1K +5.1% −48.5% $36.4M 278 $105 42

Fri May 29 — $55.2K +89.9% −25.1% $36.4M 240 $230 43

Sat May 30 — $88.8K +60.9% −26.6% $36.5M 240 $370 44

Sun May 31 — $49.2K −44.6% −54.6% $36.6M 240 $205 45

Mon Jun 1 — $20.3K −58.7% −74.3% $36.6M 240 $85 46

Tue Jun 2 — $24.0K +18.0% −25.0% $36.6M 240 $100 47

Wed Jun 3 — $21.6K −9.8% −21.8% $36.6M 240 $90 48

Thu Jun 4 — $19.2K −11.4% −34.1% $36.7M 240 $80 49

Fri Jun 5 — $44.4K +132.0% −19.5% $36.7M 217 $205 50

Sat Jun 6 — $60.8K +36.7% −31.6% $36.8M 217 $280 51

Sun Jun 7 — $33.6K −44.7% −31.7% $36.8M 217 $155 52

Mon Jun 8 — $16.3K −51.6% −20.0% $36.8M 217 $75 53

Tue Jun 9 — $20.7K +27.3% −13.7% $36.8M 217 $95 54

Wed Jun 10 — $20.6K −0.5% −4.8% $36.8M 217 $95 55

Thu Jun 11 — $19.6K −5.0% +2.1% $36.9M 217 $90 56

Fri Jun 12 — $27.9K +42.9% −37.1% $36.9M 175 $160 57

Sat Jun 13 — $49.9K +78.5% −17.9% $36.9M 175 $285 58

Sun Jun 14 — $20.1K −59.6% −40.1% $37.0M 175 $115 59

Mon Jun 15 — $11.4K −43.5% −30.1% $37.0M 175 $65 60

Tue Jun 16 — $13.1K +15.5% −36.6% $37.0M 175 $75 61

Wed Jun 17 — $13.2K +0.5% −35.9% $37.0M 175 $75 62

Thu Jun 18 — $14.9K +12.7% −23.9% $37.0M 175 $85 63

Cumulative total$37.0M

Apr 17May 3May 18Jun 3Jun 18

Weekend grossWk 9 · $97.9K

$14.1M

$6.8M

$3.7M

$1.9M

$958.4K

$303.1K

$193.2K

$138.8K

$97.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9

Theater countPeak 2,807 → 175 −93.8%

2,803 open175 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −29.4%

−51.3%

W1→2

−45.7%

W2→3

−48.4%

W3→4

−50.0%

W4→5

−68.4%

W5→6

−36.2%

W6→7

−28.2%

W7→8

−29.4%

W8→9

Steepest −68.4%Best hold −28.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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