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2008 • PG-13 • 2h 46m • Drama, Fantasy, Romance • Paramount Pictures

Life isn't measured in minutes, but in moments.

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70

3.69

7.8

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$26.90M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$128.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$336.00M

$208.00M international

Domestic legs4.75x

Budget$150M

2008 rank#20

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Cast & crew

Full Fincher filmography

David Fincher

David Fincher Director

Brad Pitt

Brad Pitt Starring

Cate Blanchett

Cate Blanchett Starring

Taraji P. Henson

Taraji P. Henson Starring

Julia Ormond

Julia Ormond Starring

Jason Flemyng

Jason Flemyng Starring

ScreenplayEric Roth Produced byCeán Chaffin, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall CinematographyClaudio Miranda MusicAlexandre Desplat StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 26-28 3 $26.9M — 2,988 $8,987 $38.7M

2 Jan 2-4 3 $18.7M −30.4% 2,988 $6,255 $79.3M

3 Jan 9-11 5 $9.2M −50.7% 2,947 $3,126 $94.1M

4 Jan 16-18 11 $5.6M −39.5% 2,223 $2,508 $102.6M

5 Jan 23-25 9 $6.1M +9.1% 2,263 $2,689 $111.1M

6 Jan 30-Feb 1 11 $3.5M −41.8% 2,126 $1,667 $116.5M

7 Feb 6-8 13 $2.3M −35.0% 1,478 $1,557 $120.0M

8 Feb 13-15 17 $1.6M −30.0% 909 $1,772 $122.3M

9 Feb 20-22 18 $1.2M −23.5% 754 $1,634 $124.2M

10 Feb 27-Mar 1 20 $787.3K −36.1% 558 $1,410 $125.4M

11 Mar 6-8 22 $440.1K −44.1% 401 $1,097 $126.1M

12 Mar 13-15 28 $270.8K −38.5% 281 $963 $126.5M

13 Mar 20-22 35 $123.0K −54.6% 206 $597 $126.8M

14 Mar 27-29 22 $208.2K +69.2% 246 $846 $127.0M

15 Apr 3-5 26 $131.3K −36.9% 213 $616 $127.2M

16 Apr 10-12 36 $83.4K −36.5% 156 $534 $127.4M

17 Apr 17-19 36 $58.9K −29.4% 111 $530 $127.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Dec 25 #2 $11.9M — $11.9M 2,988 $3,973 1

Fri Dec 26 #2 $10.1M −15% $22.0M 2,988 $3,395 2

Sat Dec 27 #3 $9.3M −8% $31.4M 2,988 $3,127 3

Sun Dec 28 #3 $7.4M −21% $38.7M 2,988 $2,465 4

Mon Dec 29 #3 $5.0M −32% $43.7M 2,988 $1,673 5

Tue Dec 30 #3 $4.7M −7% $48.4M 2,988 $1,558 6

Wed Dec 31 $4.3M −8% $52.7M 2,988 $1,433 7

Thu Jan 1 $7.9M +85% −33% $60.6M 2,988 $2,657 8

Fri Jan 2 #3 $7.1M −11% −30% $67.7M 2,988 $2,364 9

Sat Jan 3 #3 $7.3M +3% −22% $74.9M 2,988 $2,428 10

Sun Jan 4 #3 $4.4M −40% −41% $79.3M 2,988 $1,461 11

Mon Jan 5 #2 $1.4M −67% −71% $80.7M 2,988 $482 12

Tue Jan 6 #2 $1.5M +4% −68% $82.2M 2,988 $500 13

Wed Jan 7 #1 $1.4M −7% −68% $83.6M 2,988 $463 14

Thu Jan 8 #1 $1.3M −9% −84% $84.9M 2,988 $422 15

Fri Jan 9 #5 $2.9M +129% −59% $87.8M 2,947 $981 16

Sat Jan 10 #6 $4.0M +38% −45% $91.8M 2,947 $1,357 17

Sun Jan 11 #6 $2.3M −42% −47% $94.1M 2,947 $787 18

Mon Jan 12 #4 $732.4K −68% −49% $94.8M 2,947 $248 19

Tue Jan 13 #4 $780.5K +7% −48% $95.6M 2,947 $264 20

Wed Jan 14 #4 $700.3K −10% −49% $96.3M 2,947 $237 21

Thu Jan 15 #4 $719.2K +3% −43% $97.0M 2,947 $244 22

Fri Jan 16 #10 $1.6M +118% −46% $98.6M 2,223 $705 23

Sat Jan 17 #11 $2.5M +57% −38% $101.1M 2,223 $1,107 24

Sun Jan 18 #11 $1.5M −37% −33% $102.6M 2,223 $694 25

Mon Jan 19 #12 $1.0M −35% +38% $103.6M 2,223 $453 26

Tue Jan 20 #11 $369.5K −63% −53% $104.0M 2,223 $166 27

Wed Jan 21 #9 $409.3K +11% −42% $104.4M 2,223 $184 28

Thu Jan 22 #7 $654.7K +60% −9% $105.0M 2,223 $294 29

Fri Jan 23 #10 $1.7M +154% +6% $106.7M 2,263 $735 30

Sat Jan 24 #9 $2.7M +63% +10% $109.4M 2,263 $1,200 31

Sun Jan 25 #8 $1.7M −37% +10% $111.1M 2,263 $753 32

Mon Jan 26 #7 $449.5K −74% −55% $111.6M 2,263 $198 33

Tue Jan 27 #6 $490.3K +9% +33% $112.1M 2,263 $216 34

Wed Jan 28 #8 $414.2K −16% +1% $112.5M 2,263 $183 35

Thu Jan 29 #8 $445.5K +8% −32% $112.9M 2,263 $196 36

Fri Jan 30 #11 $1.1M +150% −33% $114.0M 2,126 $524 37

Sat Jan 31 #11 $1.8M +60% −34% $115.8M 2,126 $840 38

Sun Feb 1 #11 $641.3K −64% −62% $116.5M 2,126 $301 39

Mon Feb 2 #10 $276.3K −57% −39% $116.7M 2,126 $129 40

Tue Feb 3 #10 $297.9K +8% −39% $117.0M 2,126 $140 41

Wed Feb 4 #10 $291.3K −2% −30% $117.3M 2,126 $137 42

Thu Feb 5 #10 $309.4K +6% −31% $117.6M 2,126 $145 43

Fri Feb 6 #13 $633.4K +105% −43% $118.3M 1,478 $428 44

Sat Feb 7 #13 $1.1M +70% −40% $119.4M 1,478 $729 45

Sun Feb 8 #15 $590.8K −45% −8% $120.0M 1,478 $399 46

Mon Feb 9 #16 $169.7K −71% −39% $120.1M 1,478 $114 47

Tue Feb 10 #16 $177.3K +4% −40% $120.3M 1,478 $119 48

Wed Feb 11 #15 $164.5K −7% −44% $120.5M 1,478 $111 49

Thu Feb 12 #14 $183.1K +11% −41% $120.6M 1,478 $123 50

Fri Feb 13 $334.3K +83% −47% $121.0M 909 $367 51

Sat Feb 14 $790.6K +137% −27% $121.8M 909 $869 52

Sun Feb 15 $486.5K −38% −18% $122.3M 909 $535 53

Mon Feb 16 #17 $317.2K −35% +87% $122.6M 909 $348 54

Tue Feb 17 #17 $137.7K −57% −22% $122.7M 909 $151 55

Wed Feb 18 #17 $127.8K −7% −22% $122.8M 909 $140 56

Thu Feb 19 #17 $140.3K +10% −23% $123.0M 909 $154 57

Fri Feb 20 #18 $307.8K +119% −8% $123.3M 754 $408 58

Sat Feb 21 #17 $639.9K +108% −19% $123.9M 754 $848 59

Sun Feb 22 #17 $284.7K −56% −41% $124.2M 754 $377 60

Mon Feb 23 #18 $102.2K −64% −68% $124.3M 754 $135 61

Tue Feb 24 #18 $101.1K −1% −27% $124.4M 754 $134 62

Wed Feb 25 #18 $90.4K −11% −29% $124.5M 754 $119 63

Thu Feb 26 #18 $95.8K +6% −32% $124.6M 754 $127 64

Fri Feb 27 #21 $206.8K +116% −33% $124.8M 558 $370 65

Sat Feb 28 #20 $364.5K +76% −43% $125.2M 558 $653 66

Sun Mar 1 #20 $216.0K −41% −24% $125.4M 558 $387 67

Mon Mar 2 #20 $67.3K −69% −34% $125.5M 558 $120 68

Tue Mar 3 #20 $73.2K +9% −28% $125.5M 558 $131 69

Wed Mar 4 #20 $67.2K −8% −26% $125.6M 558 $120 70

Thu Mar 5 #20 $65.8K −2% −31% $125.7M 558 $117 71

Fri Mar 6 $126.8K +93% −39% $125.8M 401 $316 72

Sat Mar 7 $208.9K +65% −43% $126.0M 401 $521 73

Sun Mar 8 $104.3K −50% −52% $126.1M 401 $260 74

Mon Mar 9 $35.0K −66% −48% $126.1M 401 $87 75

Tue Mar 10 $44.0K +26% −40% $126.2M 401 $109 76

Wed Mar 11 $40.4K −8% −40% $126.2M 401 $100 77

Thu Mar 12 $40.1K −1% −39% $126.3M 401 $99 78

Fri Mar 13 $75.2K +88% −41% $126.3M 281 $267 79

Sat Mar 14 $128.4K +71% −39% $126.5M 281 $456 80

Sun Mar 15 $67.3K −48% −36% $126.5M 281 $239 81

Mon Mar 16 $24.1K −64% −31% $126.6M 281 $85 82

Tue Mar 17 $24.5K +2% −44% $126.6M 281 $87 83

Wed Mar 18 $28.2K +15% −30% $126.6M 281 $100 84

Thu Mar 19 $27.4K −3% −32% $126.6M 281 $97 85

Fri Mar 20 $35.6K +30% −53% $126.7M 206 $172 86

Sat Mar 21 $55.5K +56% −57% $126.7M 206 $269 87

Sun Mar 22 $31.9K −42% −53% $126.8M 206 $154 88

Mon Mar 23 $12.9K −59% −46% $126.8M 206 $62 89

Tue Mar 24 $14.8K +15% −40% $126.8M 206 $71 90

Wed Mar 25 $14.2K −4% −50% $126.8M 206 $69 91

Thu Mar 26 $13.2K −7% −52% $126.8M 206 $64 92

Fri Mar 27 $59.0K +346% +66% $126.9M 246 $239 93

Sat Mar 28 $91.3K +55% +65% $127.0M 246 $371 94

Sun Mar 29 $57.8K −37% +81% $127.0M 246 $235 95

Mon Mar 30 $21.1K −64% +63% $127.0M 246 $85 96

Tue Mar 31 $26.2K +24% +77% $127.1M 246 $106 97

Wed Apr 1 $22.8K −13% +60% $127.1M 246 $92 98

Thu Apr 2 $23.0K +1% +73% $127.1M 246 $93 99

Fri Apr 3 $42.4K +85% −28% $127.2M 213 $198 100

Sat Apr 4 $55.7K +31% −39% $127.2M 213 $261 101

Sun Apr 5 $33.3K −40% −42% $127.2M 213 $156 102

Mon Apr 6 $12.5K −63% −41% $127.3M 213 $58 103

Tue Apr 7 $17.7K +42% −32% $127.3M 213 $83 104

Wed Apr 8 $15.4K −13% −33% $127.3M 213 $72 105

Thu Apr 9 $17.9K +16% −22% $127.3M 213 $84 106

Fri Apr 10 $30.2K +69% −29% $127.3M 156 $193 107

Sat Apr 11 $34.2K +13% −38% $127.4M 156 $219 108

Sun Apr 12 $19.0K −45% −43% $127.4M 156 $121 109

Mon Apr 13 $9.6K −49% −23% $127.4M 156 $61 110

Tue Apr 14 $9.6K n/c −46% $127.4M 156 $61 111

Wed Apr 15 $9.4K −2% −39% $127.4M 156 $60 112

Thu Apr 16 $9.0K −4% −50% $127.4M 156 $57 113

Fri Apr 17 $19.4K +115% −36% $127.5M 111 $174 114

Sat Apr 18 $26.8K +38% −22% $127.5M 111 $241 115

Sun Apr 19 $12.7K −53% −33% $127.5M 111 $114 116

Mon Apr 20 $4.2K −67% −56% $127.5M 111 $38 117

Tue Apr 21 $5.0K +19% −47% $127.5M 111 $45 118

Wed Apr 22 $4.6K −9% −51% $127.5M 111 $41 119

Thu Apr 23 $4.7K +2% −48% $127.5M 111 $41 120

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

Cumulative total$125.6M

Dec 25Jan 11Jan 29Feb 15Mar 4

Weekend grossWk 10 · $787.3K

$26.9M

$18.7M

$9.2M

$5.6M

$6.1M

$3.5M

$2.3M

$1.6M

$1.2M

$787.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,988 → 558 −81.3%

2,988 open558 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −36.1%

−30.4%

W1→2

−50.7%

W2→3

−39.5%

W3→4

+9.1%

W4→5

−41.8%

W5→6

−35.0%

W6→7

−30.0%

W7→8

−23.5%

W8→9

−36.1%

W9→10

Steepest −50.7%Biggest gain +9.1%

Run milestones

$100M in 24 days

$100M

Day 24

Jan 17

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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