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The DebtFollow

2011 • R • 1h 53m • Drama, Thriller • Focus Features

Every secret comes with a price.

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3.29

6.8

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$9.90M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$31.20M

Final

Worldwide total

$46.60M

$15.40M international

Domestic legs3.1x

Budget$20M

2011 rank#98

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Cast & crew

Helen Mirren

Helen Mirren Starring

Tom Wilkinson

Tom Wilkinson Starring

Sam Worthington

Sam Worthington Starring

Ciarán Hinds

Ciarán Hinds Starring

Jessica Chastain

Jessica Chastain Starring

Marton Csokas

Marton Csokas Starring

ScreenplayMatthew Vaughn, Jane Goldman, Peter Straughan Produced byMatthew Vaughn, Kris Thykier, Eitan Evan, Eduardo Rossoff CinematographyBen Davis MusicThomas Newman Prod. DesignJim Clay StudioFocus Features

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 2-4 2 $9.9M — 1,826 $5,427 $11.8M

2 Sep 9-11 4 $4.8M −51.9% 1,876 $2,543 $21.9M

3 Sep 16-18 7 $2.9M −38.3% 1,831 $1,607 $26.6M

4 Sep 23-25 11 $1.3M −57.2% 1,067 $1,181 $29.0M

5 Sep 30-Oct 2 14 $628.9K −50.1% 603 $1,043 $30.1M

6 Oct 7-9 21 $248.9K −60.4% 358 $695 $30.6M

7 Oct 14-16 28 $171.9K −31.0% 200 $859 $30.9M

8 Oct 21-23 39 $100.5K −41.5% 119 $845 $31.1M

9 Oct 28-30 47 $50.2K −50.1% 87 $577 $31.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Aug 31 #2 $970.5K — $970.5K 1,786 $543 -2

Thu Sep 1 #2 $930.9K −4.1% $1.9M 1,786 $521 -1

Fri Sep 2 #4 $2.6M +182.7% $4.5M 1,826 $1,441 1

Sat Sep 3 #2 $3.7M +39.0% $8.2M 1,826 $2,004 2

Sun Sep 4 #2 $3.6M −1.1% $11.8M 1,826 $1,982 3

Mon Sep 5 #2 $2.9M −18.7% $14.8M 1,826 $1,611 4

Tue Sep 6 #2 $938.2K −68.1% $15.7M 1,826 $514 5

Wed Sep 7 #2 $749.1K −20.2% $16.4M 1,826 $410 6

Thu Sep 8 #2 $656.7K −12.3% $17.1M 1,826 $360 7

Fri Sep 9 #4 $1.4M +118.3% −45.5% $18.5M 1,876 $764 8

Sat Sep 10 #3 $2.2M +52.6% −40.2% $20.7M 1,876 $1,166 9

Sun Sep 11 #4 $1.2M −47.4% −68.2% $21.9M 1,876 $613 10

Mon Sep 12 #4 $359.7K −68.7% −87.8% $22.2M 1,876 $192 11

Tue Sep 13 #4 $539.8K +50.1% −42.5% $22.8M 1,876 $288 12

Wed Sep 14 #4 $421.7K −21.9% −43.7% $23.2M 1,876 $225 13

Thu Sep 15 #4 $433.0K +2.7% −34.1% $23.6M 1,876 $231 14

Fri Sep 16 #8 $870.2K +101.0% −39.3% $24.5M 1,831 $475 15

Sat Sep 17 #7 $1.4M +57.3% −37.4% $25.9M 1,831 $747 16

Sun Sep 18 #8 $703.8K −48.6% −38.8% $26.6M 1,831 $384 17

Mon Sep 19 #8 $243.1K −65.5% −32.4% $26.8M 1,831 $133 18

Tue Sep 20 #7 $351.5K +44.6% −34.9% $27.2M 1,831 $192 19

Wed Sep 21 #7 $269.2K −23.4% −36.2% $27.4M 1,831 $147 20

Thu Sep 22 #7 $278.3K +3.4% −35.7% $27.7M 1,831 $152 21

Fri Sep 23 #12 $357.9K +28.6% −58.9% $28.1M 1,067 $335 22

Sat Sep 24 #11 $596.8K +66.7% −56.4% $28.7M 1,067 $559 23

Sun Sep 25 #11 $305.9K −48.7% −56.5% $29.0M 1,067 $287 24

Mon Sep 26 #11 $103.7K −66.1% −57.4% $29.1M 1,067 $97 25

Tue Sep 27 #11 $130.1K +25.5% −63.0% $29.2M 1,067 $122 26

Wed Sep 28 #11 $111.4K −14.4% −58.6% $29.3M 1,067 $104 27

Thu Sep 29 #11 $132.7K +19.1% −52.3% $29.4M 1,067 $124 28

Fri Sep 30 — $171.2K +29.1% −52.2% $29.6M 603 $284 29

Sat Oct 1 — $310.5K +81.4% −48.0% $29.9M 603 $515 30

Sun Oct 2 — $147.1K −52.6% −51.9% $30.1M 603 $244 31

Mon Oct 3 — $53.9K −63.4% −48.0% $30.1M 603 $89 32

Tue Oct 4 — $69.0K +28.0% −47.0% $30.2M 603 $114 33

Wed Oct 5 — $62.6K −9.3% −43.8% $30.3M 603 $104 34

Thu Oct 6 — $56.6K −9.6% −57.3% $30.3M 603 $94 35

Fri Oct 7 — $65.5K +15.8% −61.7% $30.4M 358 $183 36

Sat Oct 8 — $108.7K +65.9% −65.0% $30.5M 358 $304 37

Sun Oct 9 — $74.7K −31.3% −49.2% $30.6M 358 $209 38

Mon Oct 10 — $41.8K −44.1% −22.5% $30.6M 358 $117 39

Tue Oct 11 — $32.4K −22.5% −53.1% $30.6M 358 $90 40

Wed Oct 12 — $31.0K −4.3% −50.5% $30.7M 358 $87 41

Thu Oct 13 — $33.5K +8.2% −40.8% $30.7M 358 $94 42

Fri Oct 14 — $45.1K +34.5% −31.2% $30.7M 200 $225 43

Sat Oct 15 — $84.8K +88.2% −22.0% $30.8M 200 $424 44

Sun Oct 16 — $42.0K −50.5% −43.8% $30.9M 200 $210 45

Mon Oct 17 — $18.5K −56.0% −55.7% $30.9M 200 $92 46

Tue Oct 18 — $20.4K +10.5% −36.9% $30.9M 200 $102 47

Wed Oct 19 — $19.9K −2.7% −35.9% $30.9M 200 $99 48

Thu Oct 20 — $18.0K −9.3% −46.2% $31.0M 200 $90 49

Fri Oct 21 — $28.2K +56.6% −37.3% $31.0M 119 $237 50

Sat Oct 22 — $47.8K +69.4% −43.6% $31.0M 119 $402 51

Sun Oct 23 — $24.5K −48.8% −41.7% $31.1M 119 $206 52

Mon Oct 24 — $8.5K −65.4% −54.2% $31.1M 119 $71 53

Tue Oct 25 — $12.3K +45.1% −39.8% $31.1M 119 $103 54

Wed Oct 26 — $11.8K −4.5% −40.9% $31.1M 119 $99 55

Thu Oct 27 — $11.2K −4.4% −37.7% $31.1M 119 $94 56

Fri Oct 28 — $13.3K +18.8% −52.7% $31.1M 87 $153 57

Sat Oct 29 — $22.7K +69.8% −52.6% $31.1M 87 $261 58

Sun Oct 30 — $14.2K −37.5% −42.1% $31.1M 87 $163 59

Mon Oct 31 — $8.5K −40.3% −0.2% $31.2M 87 $97 60

Tue Nov 1 — $8.5K +0.7% −30.7% $31.2M 87 $98 61

Wed Nov 2 — $6.8K −19.9% −41.9% $31.2M 87 $78 62

Thu Nov 3 — $7.2K +5.1% −36.2% $31.2M 87 $82 63

Cumulative total$31.2M

Aug 31Sep 16Oct 2Oct 18Nov 3

Weekend grossWk 9 · $50.2K

$9.9M

$4.8M

$2.9M

$1.3M

$628.9K

$248.9K

$171.9K

$100.5K

$50.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9

Theater countPeak 1,876 → 87 −95.4%

1,786 open87 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −50.1%

−51.9%

W1→2

−38.3%

W2→3

−57.2%

W3→4

−50.1%

W4→5

−60.4%

W5→6

−31.0%

W6→7

−41.5%

W7→8

−50.1%

W8→9

Steepest −60.4%Best hold −31.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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