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2005 • R • 2h 9m • Drama, Mystery, Thriller • Focus Features

Love. At any cost.

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3.59

7.3

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$8.70M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$33.60M

Final

Worldwide total

$86.30M

$52.70M international

Domestic legs3.9x

Budget$25.5M

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Cast & crew

Full Meirelles filmography

Fernando Meirelles

Fernando Meirelles Director

Ralph Fiennes

Ralph Fiennes Starring

Rachel Weisz

Rachel Weisz Starring

Danny Huston

Danny Huston Starring

Bill Nighy

Bill Nighy Starring

Pete Postlethwaite

Pete Postlethwaite Starring

ScreenplayJeffrey Caine Based on the novel byJohn le Carré Produced bySimon Channing Williams CinematographyCésar Charlone Edited byClaire Simpson Music byAlberto Iglesias StudioFocus Features

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 2-4 3 $8.7M — 1,346 $6,444 $10.4M

2 Sep 9-11 4 $4.7M −45.5% 1,381 $3,423 $19.0M

3 Sep 16-18 7 $3.6M −23.4% 1,387 $2,609 $24.3M

4 Sep 23-25 8 $2.3M −35.8% 1,282 $1,813 $27.7M

5 Sep 30-Oct 2 12 $1.4M −38.9% 1,004 $1,414 $29.9M

6 Oct 7-9 17 $852.3K −40.0% 469 $1,817 $31.3M

7 Oct 14-16 21 $527.2K −38.1% 310 $1,700 $32.1M

8 Oct 21-23 29 $348.9K −33.8% 228 $1,530 $32.6M

9 Oct 28-30 34 $200.1K −42.7% 147 $1,361 $32.9M

10 Nov 4-6 31 $184.7K −7.7% 131 $1,410 $33.2M

11 Nov 11-13 38 $113.7K −38.5% 88 $1,292 $33.4M

12 Nov 18-20 41 $57.9K −49.0% 60 $966 $33.5M

13 Nov 25-27 49 $42.8K −26.1% 39 $1,097 $33.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Aug 31 #3 $929.8K — $929.8K 1,324 $702 -2

Thu Sep 1 #3 $792.2K −14.8% $1.7M 1,324 $598 -1

Fri Sep 2 #3 $2.2M +177.7% $3.9M 1,346 $1,634 1

Sat Sep 3 #3 $3.4M +54.5% $7.3M 1,346 $2,526 2

Sun Sep 4 #3 $3.1M −8.8% $10.4M 1,346 $2,303 3

Mon Sep 5 #3 $2.3M −26.2% $12.7M 1,346 $1,699 4

Tue Sep 6 #3 $570.0K −75.1% $13.3M 1,346 $423 5

Wed Sep 7 #3 $530.0K −7.0% $13.8M 1,346 $394 6

Thu Sep 8 #3 $505.0K −4.7% $14.3M 1,346 $375 7

Fri Sep 9 #5 $1.4M +177.2% −36.4% $15.7M 1,381 $1,014 8

Sat Sep 10 #4 $2.2M +57.1% −35.3% $17.9M 1,381 $1,593 9

Sun Sep 11 #4 $1.1M −50.0% −64.5% $19.0M 1,381 $797 10

Mon Sep 12 #4 $380.0K −65.5% −83.4% $19.4M 1,381 $275 11

Tue Sep 13 #4 $420.0K +10.5% −26.3% $19.8M 1,381 $304 12

Wed Sep 14 #4 $415.0K −1.2% −21.7% $20.2M 1,381 $301 13

Thu Sep 15 #4 $430.0K +3.6% −14.9% $20.7M 1,381 $311 14

Fri Sep 16 #7 $1.1M +155.8% −21.4% $21.8M 1,387 $793 15

Sat Sep 17 #7 $1.7M +54.5% −22.7% $23.5M 1,387 $1,226 16

Sun Sep 18 #7 $800.0K −52.9% −27.3% $24.3M 1,387 $577 17

Mon Sep 19 #6 $235.0K −70.6% −38.2% $24.5M 1,387 $169 18

Tue Sep 20 #6 $295.0K +25.5% −29.8% $24.8M 1,387 $213 19

Wed Sep 21 #6 $250.0K −15.3% −39.8% $25.1M 1,387 $180 20

Thu Sep 22 #6 $255.0K +2.0% −40.7% $25.3M 1,387 $184 21

Fri Sep 23 #9 $600.0K +135.3% −45.5% $25.9M 1,282 $468 22

Sat Sep 24 #8 $1.1M +83.3% −35.3% $27.0M 1,282 $858 23

Sun Sep 25 #8 $600.0K −45.5% −25.0% $27.7M 1,282 $468 24

Mon Sep 26 #9 $190.0K −68.3% −19.1% $27.9M 1,282 $148 25

Tue Sep 27 #8 $185.0K −2.6% −37.3% $28.0M 1,282 $144 26

Wed Sep 28 #8 $190.0K +2.7% −24.0% $28.2M 1,282 $148 27

Thu Sep 29 #8 $210.0K +10.5% −17.6% $28.5M 1,282 $164 28

Mon Oct 10 #17 $118.9K — $31.4M 469 $253 39

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

Cumulative total$31.4M

Aug 31Sep 8Sep 15Sep 23Oct 10

Weekend grossWk 10 · $184.7K

$8.7M

$4.7M

$3.6M

$2.3M

$1.4M

$852.3K

$527.2K

$348.9K

$200.1K

$184.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,387 → 469 −66.2%

1,324 open469 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −7.7%

−45.5%

W1→2

−23.4%

W2→3

−35.8%

W3→4

−38.9%

W4→5

−40.0%

W5→6

−38.1%

W6→7

−33.8%

W7→8

−42.7%

W8→9

−7.7%

W9→10

Steepest −45.5%Best hold −7.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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