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2015 • R • 2h 2m • Biography, Drama • Universal Pictures

Can a great man be a good man?

🍅 85% 73%

82

3.64

7.2

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$522K

Limited · 4 theaters

Domestic total

$17.80M

Final

Worldwide total

$35.60M

$17.80M international

Domestic legs2.5x from $7.1M first wide weekend

Budget$30M

2015 rank#114

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Cast & crew

Full Boyle filmography

Danny Boyle

Danny Boyle Director

Michael Fassbender

Michael Fassbender Starring

Kate Winslet

Kate Winslet Starring

Seth Rogen

Seth Rogen Starring

Jeff Daniels

Jeff Daniels Starring

Michael Stuhlbarg

Michael Stuhlbarg Starring

ScreenplayAaron Sorkin Produced byMark Gordon, Guymon Casady, Scott Rudin, Danny Boyle, Christian Colson CinematographyAlwin Küchler Music byDaniel Pemberton StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 9-11 16 $521.5K — 4 $130,381 $521.5K

2 Oct 16-18 11 $1.5M +190.0% 60 $25,212 $2.2M

3 Oct 23-25 7 $7.1M +369.7% 2,493 $2,850 $9.8M

4 Oct 30-Nov 1 10 $2.7M −62.1% 2,493 $1,080 $14.7M

5 Nov 6-8 15 $797.8K −70.4% 421 $1,895 $16.7M

6 Nov 13-15 23 $399.5K −49.9% 326 $1,226 $17.4M

7 Nov 20-22 33 $84.4K −78.9% 126 $670 $17.6M

8 Nov 27-29 38 $50.8K −39.8% 66 $770 $17.7M

9 Dec 4-6 44 $28.4K −44.2% 52 $545 $17.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 9 #15 $174.5K — $174.5K 4 $43,624 1

Sat Oct 10 #15 $187.3K +7% $361.8K 4 $46,816 2

Sun Oct 11 #15 $159.8K −15% $521.5K 4 $39,940 3

Mon Oct 12 #15 $68.0K −57% $589.5K 4 $16,998 4

Tue Oct 13 #- $38.5K −43% $628.0K 4 $9,633 5

Wed Oct 14 #15 $45.3K +18% $673.4K 4 $11,328 6

Thu Oct 15 #- $37.1K −18% $710.5K 4 $9,282 7

Fri Oct 16 #11 $528.1K +1% +203% $1.2M 60 $8,801 8

Sat Oct 17 #11 $597.3K +13% +219% $1.8M 60 $9,956 9

Sun Oct 18 #11 $387.3K −35% +142% $2.2M 60 $6,455 10

Mon Oct 19 #13 $115.7K −70% +70% $2.3M 60 $1,928 11

Tue Oct 20 #14 $134.7K +16% +250% $2.5M 60 $2,245 12

Wed Oct 21 #12 $127.8K −5% +182% $2.6M 60 $2,129 13

Thu Oct 22 #11 $111.5K −13% +200% $2.7M 60 $1,858 14

Fri Oct 23 #6 $2.5M +2% +365% $5.2M 2,493 $985 15

Sat Oct 24 #7 $3.0M +21% +399% $8.1M 2,493 $1,195 16

Sun Oct 25 #7 $1.7M −44% +331% $9.8M 2,493 $670 17

Mon Oct 26 #5 $534.8K −68% +362% $10.4M 2,493 $215 18

Tue Oct 27 #5 $673.2K +26% +400% $11.0M 2,493 $270 19

Wed Oct 28 #5 $486.1K −28% +280% $11.5M 2,493 $195 20

Thu Oct 29 #7 $448.0K −8% +302% $12.0M 2,493 $180 21

Fri Oct 30 #10 $847.3K +89% −66% $12.8M 2,493 $340 22

Sat Oct 31 #11 $1.0M +21% −66% $13.8M 2,493 $410 23

Sun Nov 1 #8 $822.2K −20% −51% $14.7M 2,493 $330 24

Mon Nov 2 #8 $286.7K −65% −46% $14.9M 2,493 $115 25

Tue Nov 3 #8 $386.3K +35% −43% $15.3M 2,493 $155 26

Wed Nov 4 #6 $286.7K −26% −41% $15.6M 2,493 $115 27

Thu Nov 5 #7 $249.3K −13% −44% $15.9M 2,493 $100 28

Fri Nov 6 #15 $225.2K −10% −73% $16.1M 421 $535 29

Sat Nov 7 #15 $376.8K +67% −63% $16.5M 421 $895 30

Sun Nov 8 #- $195.8K −48% −76% $16.7M 421 $465 31

Mon Nov 9 #- $63.1K −68% −78% $16.7M 421 $150 32

Tue Nov 10 #- $82.1K +30% −79% $16.8M 421 $195 33

Wed Nov 11 #- $111.4K +36% −61% $16.9M 421 $265 34

Thu Nov 12 #- $65.2K −41% −74% $17.0M 421 $155 35

Fri Nov 13 #- $110.8K +70% −51% $17.1M 326 $340 36

Sat Nov 14 #- $189.2K +71% −50% $17.3M 326 $580 37

Sun Nov 15 #- $99.5K −47% −49% $17.4M 326 $305 38

Mon Nov 16 #- $35.8K −64% −43% $17.4M 326 $110 39

Tue Nov 17 #- $47.1K +31% −43% $17.5M 326 $145 40

Wed Nov 18 #- $37.4K −21% −66% $17.5M 326 $115 41

Thu Nov 19 #- $29.3K −22% −55% $17.5M 326 $90 42

Fri Nov 20 #- $22.7K −23% −80% $17.6M 126 $180 43

Sat Nov 21 #- $37.8K +67% −80% $17.6M 126 $300 44

Sun Nov 22 #- $23.9K −37% −76% $17.6M 126 $190 45

Mon Nov 23 #- $10.1K −58% −72% $17.6M 126 $80 46

Tue Nov 24 #- $11.4K +13% −76% $17.6M 126 $90 47

Wed Nov 25 #- $8.2K −28% −78% $17.6M 126 $65 48

Thu Nov 26 #- $8.3K +1% −72% $17.7M 126 $66 49

Fri Nov 27 #- $17.8K +115% −21% $17.7M 66 $270 50

Sat Nov 28 #- $21.4K +20% −43% $17.7M 66 $325 51

Sun Nov 29 #- $11.6K −46% −52% $17.7M 66 $175 52

Mon Nov 30 #- $3.9K −66% −61% $17.7M 66 $60 53

Tue Dec 1 #- $5.6K +42% −51% $17.7M 66 $85 54

Wed Dec 2 #- $5.0K −12% −40% $17.7M 66 $75 55

Thu Dec 3 #- $4.6K −7% −44% $17.7M 66 $70 56

Fri Dec 4 #- $7.8K +69% −56% $17.7M 52 $150 57

Sat Dec 5 #- $13.8K +76% −36% $17.7M 52 $265 58

Sun Dec 6 #- $6.8K −51% −41% $17.8M 52 $130 59

Mon Dec 7 #- $3.4K −50% −15% $17.8M 52 $65 60

Tue Dec 8 #- $4.9K +47% −12% $17.8M 52 $95 61

Wed Dec 9 #- $4.2K −16% −16% $17.8M 52 $80 62

Thu Dec 10 #- $3.6K −13% −22% $17.8M 52 $70 63

Cumulative total$17.8M

Oct 9Oct 25Nov 9Nov 25Dec 10

Weekend grossWk 9 · $28.4K

$521.5K

$1.5M

$7.1M

$2.7M

$797.8K

$399.5K

$84.4K

$50.8K

$28.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9

Theater countPeak 2,493 → 52 −97.9%

4 open52 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −44.2%

+190.0%

W1→2

+369.7%

W2→3

−62.1%

W3→4

−70.4%

W4→5

−49.9%

W5→6

−78.9%

W6→7

−39.8%

W7→8

−44.2%

W8→9

Steepest −78.9%Biggest gain +369.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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