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2015 • R • 2h 10m • Biography, Comedy, Drama • Paramount Pictures

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$706K

Limited · 8 theaters

Domestic total

$70.30M

Final

Worldwide total

$132.60M

$62.40M international

Domestic legs6.7x from $10.5M first wide weekend

Budget$28.0M

2015 rank#43

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Cast & crew

Full McKay filmography

Adam McKay

Adam McKay Director

Christian Bale

Christian Bale Starring

Steve Carell

Steve Carell Starring

Ryan Gosling

Ryan Gosling Starring

Brad Pitt

Brad Pitt Starring

Marisa Tomei

Marisa Tomei Starring

ScreenplayCharles Randolph, Adam McKay Produced byDede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Arnon Milchan, Brad Pitt CinematographyBarry Ackroyd MusicNicholas Britell StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 11-13 15 $705.5K — 8 $88,191 $705.5K

2 Dec 18-20 19 $378.3K −46.4% 8 $47,286 $1.3M

3 Dec 25-27 6 $10.5M +2683.9% 1,585 $6,644 $16.0M

4 Jan 1-3 7 $9.1M −14.0% 1,588 $5,705 $33.1M

5 Jan 8-10 7 $6.2M −31.9% 2,529 $2,441 $42.7M

6 Jan 15-17 8 $5.3M −14.1% 1,765 $3,004 $50.6M

7 Jan 22-24 10 $3.2M −40.1% 1,351 $2,351 $56.4M

8 Jan 29-31 11 $3.1M −3.6% 983 $3,116 $61.0M

9 Feb 5-7 14 $1.7M −44.2% 860 $1,989 $63.7M

10 Feb 12-14 16 $1.3M −21.4% 535 $2,514 $65.7M

11 Feb 19-21 19 $893.5K −33.6% 432 $2,068 $67.1M

12 Feb 26-28 16 $1.0M +13.0% 543 $1,860 $68.5M

13 Mar 4-6 20 $503.6K −50.1% 314 $1,604 $69.4M

14 Mar 11-13 24 $294.1K −41.6% 222 $1,325 $69.8M

15 Mar 18-20 37 $138.7K −52.9% 133 $1,042 $70.1M

16 Mar 25-27 43 $47.2K −66.0% 67 $704 $70.2M

17 Apr 1-3 42 $57.7K +22.4% 108 $534 $70.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 11 #15 $221.9K — $221.9K 8 $27,741 1

Sat Dec 12 #15 $275.3K +24.1% $497.3K 8 $34,416 2

Sun Dec 13 #15 $208.3K −24.4% $705.5K 8 $26,033 3

Mon Dec 14 #15 $66.3K −68.2% $771.9K 8 $8,291 4

Tue Dec 15 #- $58.3K −12.0% $830.2K 8 $7,294 5

Wed Dec 16 #15 $59.7K +2.2% $889.9K 8 $7,457 6

Thu Dec 17 #- $51.5K −13.6% $941.4K 8 $6,443 7

Fri Dec 18 #- $100.9K +95.7% −54.6% $1.0M 8 $12,608 8

Sat Dec 19 #- $146.6K +45.4% −46.7% $1.2M 8 $18,329 9

Sun Dec 20 #- $130.8K −10.8% −37.2% $1.3M 8 $16,348 10

Mon Dec 21 #- $79.7K −39.1% +20.1% $1.4M 8 $9,957 11

Tue Dec 22 #- $71.1K −10.7% +21.9% $1.5M 8 $8,889 12

Wed Dec 23 #4 $2.3M +3140.4% +3762.8% $3.8M 1,585 $1,454 13

Thu Dec 24 #3 $1.7M −25.5% +3230.5% $5.5M 1,585 $1,083 14

Fri Dec 25 #7 $3.8M +120.0% +3644.0% $9.3M 1,585 $2,383 15

Sat Dec 26 #6 $3.8M +1.9% +2523.9% $13.1M 1,585 $2,427 16

Sun Dec 27 #6 $2.9M −24.4% +2122.8% $16.0M 1,585 $1,834 17

Mon Dec 28 #6 $2.0M −32.4% +2367.3% $18.0M 1,585 $1,240 18

Tue Dec 29 #6 $2.0M −0.5% +2649.7% $19.9M 1,585 $1,234 19

Wed Dec 30 #7 $1.9M −0.6% −15.7% $21.9M 1,585 $1,226 20

Thu Dec 31 #7 $2.1M +8.5% +22.8% $24.0M 1,585 $1,330 21

Fri Jan 1 #7 $3.4M +62.0% −9.6% $27.4M 1,588 $2,150 22

Sat Jan 2 #7 $3.7M +8.2% −4.0% $31.1M 1,588 $2,326 23

Sun Jan 3 #7 $2.0M −47.2% −32.9% $33.1M 1,588 $1,229 24

Mon Jan 4 #6 $810.6K −58.5% −58.8% $33.9M 1,588 $510 25

Tue Jan 5 #6 $1.0M +26.3% −47.7% $34.9M 1,588 $644 26

Wed Jan 6 #5 $869.5K −15.0% −55.3% $35.8M 1,588 $548 27

Thu Jan 7 #5 $790.9K −9.0% −62.5% $36.5M 1,588 $498 28

Fri Jan 8 #7 $1.8M +133.6% −45.9% $38.4M 2,529 $731 29

Sat Jan 9 #7 $2.8M +51.6% −24.2% $41.2M 2,529 $1,107 30

Sun Jan 10 #8 $1.5M −45.5% −21.8% $42.7M 2,529 $603 31

Mon Jan 11 #7 $506.4K −66.8% −37.5% $43.2M 2,529 $200 32

Tue Jan 12 #7 $737.0K +45.5% −28.0% $44.0M 2,529 $291 33

Wed Jan 13 #4 $645.8K −12.4% −25.7% $44.6M 2,529 $255 34

Thu Jan 14 #4 $707.3K +9.5% −10.6% $45.3M 2,529 $280 35

Fri Jan 15 #8 $1.5M +113.5% −18.3% $46.8M 1,765 $856 36

Sat Jan 16 #8 $2.2M +42.8% −23.0% $49.0M 1,765 $1,221 37

Sun Jan 17 #8 $1.6M −24.1% +7.3% $50.6M 1,765 $927 38

Mon Jan 18 #8 $1.1M −30.6% +124.5% $51.8M 1,765 $644 39

Tue Jan 19 #6 $573.3K −49.6% −22.2% $52.3M 1,765 $325 40

Wed Jan 20 #6 $438.3K −23.6% −32.1% $52.8M 1,765 $248 41

Thu Jan 21 #6 $441.8K +0.8% −37.5% $53.2M 1,765 $250 42

Fri Jan 22 #9 $987.2K +123.4% −34.6% $54.2M 1,351 $731 43

Sat Jan 23 #10 $1.5M +53.5% −29.7% $55.7M 1,351 $1,122 44

Sun Jan 24 #10 $673.8K −55.5% −58.8% $56.4M 1,351 $499 45

Mon Jan 25 #9 $295.5K −56.1% −74.0% $56.7M 1,351 $219 46

Tue Jan 26 #9 $428.9K +45.1% −25.2% $57.1M 1,351 $317 47

Wed Jan 27 #8 $400.6K −6.6% −8.6% $57.5M 1,351 $297 48

Thu Jan 28 #8 $385.0K −3.9% −12.9% $57.9M 1,351 $285 49

Fri Jan 29 #11 $792.8K +105.9% −19.7% $58.7M 983 $806 50

Sat Jan 30 #12 $1.4M +77.5% −7.2% $60.1M 983 $1,431 51

Sun Jan 31 #11 $863.5K −38.6% +28.1% $61.0M 983 $878 52

Mon Feb 1 #11 $227.5K −73.7% −23.0% $61.2M 983 $231 53

Tue Feb 2 #11 $281.5K +23.7% −34.4% $61.5M 983 $286 54

Wed Feb 3 #11 $244.9K −13.0% −38.9% $61.7M 983 $249 55

Thu Feb 4 #11 $232.8K −4.9% −39.5% $62.0M 983 $237 56

Fri Feb 5 #14 $517.4K +122.2% −34.7% $62.5M 860 $602 57

Sat Feb 6 #14 $954.9K +84.6% −32.1% $63.4M 860 $1,110 58

Sun Feb 7 #- $237.9K −75.1% −72.5% $63.7M 860 $277 59

Mon Feb 8 #14 $161.8K −32.0% −28.9% $63.8M 860 $188 60

Tue Feb 9 #14 $190.7K +17.9% −32.2% $64.0M 860 $222 61

Wed Feb 10 #14 $173.8K −8.9% −29.0% $64.2M 860 $202 62

Thu Feb 11 #13 $144.7K −16.7% −37.8% $64.3M 860 $168 63

Fri Feb 12 #- $283.4K +95.8% −45.2% $64.6M 535 $530 64

Sat Feb 13 #- $554.8K +95.7% −41.9% $65.2M 535 $1,037 65

Sun Feb 14 #- $506.9K −8.6% +113.1% $65.7M 535 $947 66

Mon Feb 15 #15 $250.4K −50.6% +54.7% $65.9M 535 $468 67

Tue Feb 16 #- $112.5K −55.1% −41.0% $66.0M 535 $210 68

Wed Feb 17 #- $102.6K −8.8% −41.0% $66.1M 535 $192 69

Thu Feb 18 #- $105.4K +2.7% −27.2% $66.2M 535 $197 70

Fri Feb 19 #- $219.1K +108.0% −22.7% $66.5M 432 $507 71

Sat Feb 20 #- $418.9K +91.2% −24.5% $66.9M 432 $970 72

Sun Feb 21 #- $255.5K −39.0% −49.6% $67.1M 432 $591 73

Mon Feb 22 #- $74.8K −70.7% −70.1% $67.2M 432 $173 74

Tue Feb 23 #- $95.4K +27.5% −15.2% $67.3M 432 $221 75

Wed Feb 24 #15 $93.9K −1.6% −8.5% $67.4M 432 $217 76

Thu Feb 25 #12 $105.5K +12.3% +0.1% $67.5M 432 $244 77

Fri Feb 26 #15 $271.7K +157.6% +24.0% $67.8M 543 $500 78

Sat Feb 27 #15 $525.8K +93.5% +25.5% $68.3M 543 $968 79

Sun Feb 28 #- $212.2K −59.6% −16.9% $68.5M 543 $391 80

Mon Feb 29 #15 $80.1K −62.2% +7.1% $68.6M 543 $148 81

Tue Mar 1 #17 $87.4K +9.0% −8.4% $68.7M 543 $161 82

Wed Mar 2 #15 $88.3K +1.0% −6.0% $68.8M 543 $163 83

Thu Mar 3 #- $72.8K −17.6% −31.0% $68.8M 543 $134 84

Fri Mar 4 #- $131.2K +80.3% −51.7% $69.0M 314 $418 85

Sat Mar 5 #- $244.7K +86.5% −53.5% $69.2M 314 $779 86

Sun Mar 6 #- $127.7K −47.8% −39.9% $69.4M 314 $407 87

Mon Mar 7 #- $41.4K −67.6% −48.3% $69.4M 314 $132 88

Tue Mar 8 #- $45.3K +9.5% −48.1% $69.4M 314 $144 89

Wed Mar 9 #- $44.0K −2.9% −50.1% $69.5M 314 $140 90

Thu Mar 10 #- $38.4K −12.8% −47.3% $69.5M 314 $122 91

Fri Mar 11 #- $76.1K +98.3% −42.0% $69.6M 222 $343 92

Sat Mar 12 #- $142.4K +87.1% −41.8% $69.7M 222 $642 93

Sun Mar 13 #- $75.6K −47.0% −40.8% $69.8M 222 $340 94

Mon Mar 14 #- $27.5K −63.6% −33.5% $69.8M 222 $124 95

Tue Mar 15 #- $30.7K +11.4% −32.3% $69.9M 222 $138 96

Wed Mar 16 #- $23.8K −22.6% −46.0% $69.9M 222 $107 97

Thu Mar 17 #- $21.2K −10.5% −44.6% $69.9M 222 $96 98

Fri Mar 18 #- $35.4K +66.4% −53.5% $70.0M 133 $266 99

Sat Mar 19 #- $65.8K +86.0% −53.8% $70.0M 133 $495 100

Sun Mar 20 #- $37.5K −43.0% −50.4% $70.1M 133 $282 101

Mon Mar 21 #- $12.7K −66.1% −53.8% $70.1M 133 $96 102

Tue Mar 22 #- $13.2K +3.4% −57.1% $70.1M 133 $99 103

Wed Mar 23 #- $12.8K −2.9% −46.2% $70.1M 133 $96 104

Thu Mar 24 #- $11.3K −11.8% −47.0% $70.1M 133 $85 105

Fri Mar 25 #- $15.2K +34.8% −57.1% $70.1M 67 $227 106

Sat Mar 26 #- $20.3K +33.4% −69.2% $70.1M 67 $302 107

Sun Mar 27 #- $11.7K −42.1% −68.7% $70.2M 67 $175 108

Mon Mar 28 #- $6.2K −47.2% −51.3% $70.2M 67 $92 109

Tue Mar 29 #- $6.0K −3.2% −54.4% $70.2M 67 $90 110

Wed Mar 30 #- $5.5K −8.5% −57.1% $70.2M 67 $82 111

Thu Mar 31 #- $5.0K −8.5% −55.5% $70.2M 67 $75 112

Fri Apr 1 #- $17.5K +249.2% +15.4% $70.2M 108 $162 113

Sat Apr 2 #- $25.8K +47.5% +27.6% $70.2M 108 $239 114

Sun Apr 3 #- $14.3K −44.5% +22.3% $70.2M 108 $133 115

Mon Apr 4 #- $4.5K −68.6% −27.4% $70.2M 108 $42 116

Tue Apr 5 #- $6.7K +48.3% +11.3% $70.2M 108 $62 117

Wed Apr 6 #- $6.5K −3.2% +17.7% $70.3M 108 $60 118

Thu Apr 7 #- $6.9K +7.2% +37.9% $70.3M 108 $64 119

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

Cumulative total$66.2M

Dec 11Dec 28Jan 15Feb 1Feb 18

Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.3M

$705.5K

$378.3K

$10.5M

$9.1M

$6.2M

$5.3M

$3.2M

$3.1M

$1.7M

$1.3M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,529 → 535 −78.8%

8 open535 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −21.4%

−46.4%

W1→2

+2683.9%

W2→3

−14.0%

W3→4

−31.9%

W4→5

−14.1%

W5→6

−40.1%

W6→7

−3.6%

W7→8

−44.2%

W8→9

−21.4%

W9→10

Steepest −46.4%Biggest gain +2683.9%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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