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2006 • R • 2h 31m • Crime, Drama, Thriller • Warner Bros.

Cops or criminals. When you’re facing a loaded gun, what’s the difference?

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4.34

8.5

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$26.90M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$132.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$291.00M

$159.00M international

Domestic legs4.92x

Budget$90.0M

2006 rank#15

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Cast & crew

Full Scorsese filmography

Martin Scorsese

Martin Scorsese Director

Leonardo DiCaprio

Leonardo DiCaprio Starring

Matt Damon

Matt Damon Starring

Jack Nicholson

Jack Nicholson Starring

Mark Wahlberg

Mark Wahlberg Starring

Martin Sheen

Martin Sheen Starring

ScreenplayWilliam Monahan Produced byBrad Pitt, Brad Grey, Graham King CinematographyMichael Ballhaus MusicHoward Shore StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 6-8 1 $26.9M — 3,017 $8,911 $26.9M

2 Oct 13-15 2 $19.0M −29.2% 3,017 $6,309 $57.0M

3 Oct 20-22 2 $13.5M −29.3% 3,005 $4,479 $76.9M

4 Oct 27-29 2 $9.8M −26.8% 2,951 $3,337 $91.1M

5 Nov 3-5 5 $7.7M −21.6% 2,785 $2,772 $102.0M

6 Nov 10-12 7 $5.2M −33.1% 2,210 $2,336 $109.7M

7 Nov 17-19 9 $2.6M −49.9% 1,611 $1,604 $113.8M

8 Nov 24-26 15 $1.7M −33.9% 910 $1,878 $116.7M

9 Dec 1-3 18 $825.4K −51.7% 572 $1,442 $118.0M

10 Dec 8-10 20 $438.3K −46.9% 355 $1,234 $118.7M

11 Dec 15-17 21 $341.3K −22.1% 254 $1,343 $119.3M

12 Dec 22-24 25 $219.4K −35.7% 191 $1,148 $119.7M

13 Dec 29-31 29 $342.8K +56.2% 172 $1,992 $120.4M

14 Jan 5-7 31 $296.5K −13.5% 128 $2,316 $120.9M

15 Jan 12-14 37 $254.8K −14.1% 117 $2,177 $121.3M

16 Jan 19-21 35 $302.0K +18.5% 127 $2,377 $121.7M

17 Jan 26-28 12 $3.4M +1014.6% 1,453 $2,316 $125.2M

18 Feb 2-4 12 $2.3M −32.0% 1,453 $1,574 $128.6M

19 Feb 9-11 17 $1.3M −41.3% 766 $1,752 $130.7M

20 Feb 16-18 29 $347.1K −74.1% 320 $1,084 $131.4M

21 Feb 23-25 33 $214.2K −38.3% 274 $781 $131.8M

22 Mar 2-4 27 $238.5K +11.3% 216 $1,104 $132.1M

23 Mar 9-11 40 $102.3K −57.1% 120 $852 $132.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 6 #1 $8.7M — $8.7M 3,017 $2,880 1

Sat Oct 7 #1 $10.7M +24% $19.4M 3,017 $3,561 2

Sun Oct 8 #1 $7.5M −31% $26.9M 3,017 $2,470 3

Mon Oct 9 #1 $3.9M −48% $30.8M 3,017 $1,282 4

Tue Oct 10 #1 $2.5M −36% $33.2M 3,017 $821 5

Wed Oct 11 #1 $2.4M −3% $35.6M 3,017 $794 6

Thu Oct 12 #1 $2.3M −3% $38.0M 3,017 $768 7

Fri Oct 13 #2 $5.7M +146% −34% $43.7M 3,017 $1,893 8

Sat Oct 14 #1 $8.1M +42% −24% $51.8M 3,017 $2,694 9

Sun Oct 15 #1 $5.2M −36% −30% $57.0M 3,017 $1,721 10

Mon Oct 16 #1 $1.6M −69% −58% $58.6M 3,017 $536 11

Tue Oct 17 #1 $1.8M +8% −29% $60.4M 3,017 $581 12

Wed Oct 18 #1 $1.6M −11% −35% $61.9M 3,017 $516 13

Thu Oct 19 #1 $1.6M n/c −33% $63.5M 3,017 $516 14

Fri Oct 20 #2 $4.2M +167% −27% $67.6M 3,005 $1,384 15

Sat Oct 21 #2 $5.8M +39% −29% $73.4M 3,005 $1,921 16

Sun Oct 22 #2 $3.5M −39% −32% $76.9M 3,005 $1,174 17

Mon Oct 23 #2 $1.1M −70% −35% $78.0M 3,005 $350 18

Tue Oct 24 #2 $1.1M +7% −36% $79.1M 3,005 $373 19

Wed Oct 25 #1 $1.1M −5% −31% $80.2M 3,005 $355 20

Thu Oct 26 #1 $1.1M n/c −31% $81.3M 3,005 $356 21

Fri Oct 27 #3 $2.8M +159% −33% $84.0M 2,951 $940 22

Sat Oct 28 #2 $4.6M +65% −21% $88.6M 2,951 $1,547 23

Sun Oct 29 #2 $2.5M −45% −29% $91.1M 2,951 $849 24

Mon Oct 30 #2 $723.3K −71% −31% $91.8M 2,951 $245 25

Tue Oct 31 #2 $808.4K +12% −28% $92.6M 2,951 $273 26

Wed Nov 1 #2 $828.2K +2% −22% $93.5M 2,951 $280 27

Thu Nov 2 #2 $823.4K −1% −23% $94.3M 2,951 $279 28

Fri Nov 3 #6 $2.3M +182% −16% $96.6M 2,785 $832 29

Sat Nov 4 #5 $3.6M +55% −21% $100.2M 2,785 $1,292 30

Sun Nov 5 #5 $1.8M −50% −28% $102.0M 2,785 $647 31

Mon Nov 6 #5 $603.5K −67% −17% $102.6M 2,785 $216 32

Tue Nov 7 #5 $677.3K +12% −16% $103.3M 2,785 $243 33

Wed Nov 8 #5 $615.3K −9% −26% $103.9M 2,785 $220 34

Thu Nov 9 #6 $638.4K +4% −22% $104.5M 2,785 $229 35

Fri Nov 10 #9 $1.6M +152% −31% $106.1M 2,210 $726 36

Sat Nov 11 #6 $2.3M +45% −35% $108.5M 2,210 $1,052 37

Sun Nov 12 #7 $1.2M −47% −32% $109.7M 2,210 $557 38

Mon Nov 13 #7 $416.3K −66% −31% $110.1M 2,210 $188 39

Tue Nov 14 #7 $396.1K −5% −42% $110.5M 2,210 $179 40

Wed Nov 15 #7 $367.3K −7% −40% $110.9M 2,210 $166 41

Thu Nov 16 #7 $373.3K +2% −42% $111.3M 2,210 $168 42

Fri Nov 17 #10 $788.3K +111% −51% $112.0M 1,611 $489 43

Sat Nov 18 #9 $1.1M +45% −51% $113.2M 1,611 $709 44

Sun Nov 19 #9 $653.8K −43% −47% $113.8M 1,611 $405 45

Mon Nov 20 #9 $253.3K −61% −39% $114.1M 1,611 $157 46

Tue Nov 21 #7 $317.3K +25% −20% $114.4M 1,611 $196 47

Mon Dec 25 #27 $74.2K — $119.8M 191 $388 81

Mon Jan 15 #35 $55.3K — $121.3M 117 $472 102

Fri Jan 26 #12 $870.0K — $122.7M 1,453 $598 113

Sat Jan 27 #11 $1.5M +72% $124.2M 1,453 $1,032 114

Sun Jan 28 #10 $980.7K −35% $125.2M 1,453 $674 115

Mon Jan 29 #10 $253.2K −74% $125.5M 1,453 $174 116

Tue Jan 30 #10 $278.4K +10% $125.8M 1,453 $191 117

Wed Jan 31 #10 $263.2K −5% $126.0M 1,453 $181 118

Thu Feb 1 #10 $263.3K n/c $126.3M 1,453 $181 119

Fri Feb 2 #12 $750.0K +185% −14% $127.0M 1,453 $516 120

Mon Feb 5 #11 $216.5K — −15% $128.8M 1,453 $148 123

Tue Feb 6 #12 $204.2K −6% −27% $129.0M 1,453 $140 124

Wed Feb 7 #10 $201.1K −1% −24% $129.2M 1,453 $138 125

Thu Feb 8 #10 $197.5K −2% −25% $129.4M 1,453 $135 126

Mon Feb 19 #32 $60.1K — $131.5M 320 $187 137

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

Cumulative total$114.4M

Oct 6Oct 18Oct 29Nov 10Nov 21

Weekend grossWk 10 · $438.3K

$26.9M

$19.0M

$13.5M

$9.8M

$7.7M

$5.2M

$2.6M

$1.7M

$825.4K

$438.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,017 → 1,611 −46.6%

3,017 open1,611 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −46.9%

−29.2%

W1→2

−29.3%

W2→3

−26.8%

W3→4

−21.6%

W4→5

−33.1%

W5→6

−49.9%

W6→7

−33.9%

W7→8

−51.7%

W8→9

−46.9%

W9→10

Steepest −51.7%Best hold −21.6%

Run milestones

$100M in 30 days

$100M

Day 30

Nov 4

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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