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The Good LiarFollow

2019 • R • 1h 50m • Crime, Drama, Mystery • Warner Bros.

Read between the lies.

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3.13

6.7

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$5.60M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$17.20M

Final

Worldwide total

$33.90M

$16.70M international

Domestic legs3.1x

Budget$10M

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Cast & crew

Full Condon filmography

Bill Condon

Bill Condon Director

Helen Mirren

Helen Mirren Starring

Ian McKellen

Ian McKellen Starring

ScreenplayJeffrey Hatcher Produced byBill Condon, Greg Yolen CinematographyTobias A. Schliessler MusicCarter Burwell StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 15-17 7 $5.6M — 2,439 $2,298 $5.6M

2 Nov 22-24 7 $3.4M −39.3% 2,454 $1,386 $11.8M

3 Nov 29-Dec 1 12 $1.6M −54.2% 2,003 $778 $14.9M

4 Dec 6-8 19 $479.0K −69.3% 787 $609 $16.1M

5 Dec 13-15 21 $181.5K −62.1% 304 $597 $16.6M

6 Dec 20-22 26 $49.4K −72.8% 80 $618 $16.8M

7 Dec 27-29 30 $67.1K +35.7% 93 $722 $16.9M

8 Jan 3-5 33 $66.0K −1.6% 93 $710 $17.1M

9 Jan 10-12 41 $22.6K −65.7% 66 $343 $17.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 15 #7 $1.6M — $1.6M 2,439 $674 1

Sat Nov 16 #8 $2.4M +44.6% $4.0M 2,439 $975 2

Sun Nov 17 #7 $1.6M −33.5% $5.6M 2,439 $649 3

Mon Nov 18 #3 $586.6K −62.9% $6.2M 2,439 $240 4

Tue Nov 19 #3 $1.0M +73.0% $7.2M 2,439 $416 5

Wed Nov 20 #3 $619.2K −39.0% $7.8M 2,439 $254 6

Thu Nov 21 #3 $565.2K −8.7% $8.4M 2,439 $232 7

Fri Nov 22 #7 $1.0M +82.1% −37.4% $9.4M 2,454 $420 8

Sat Nov 23 #7 $1.4M +37.2% −40.6% $10.8M 2,454 $576 9

Sun Nov 24 #7 $958.9K −32.1% −39.4% $11.8M 2,454 $391 10

Mon Nov 25 #8 $379.8K −60.4% −35.2% $12.2M 2,454 $155 11

Tue Nov 26 #9 $558.2K +47.0% −45.0% $12.7M 2,454 $227 12

Wed Nov 27 #13 $298.7K −46.5% −51.8% $13.0M 2,042 $146 13

Thu Nov 28 #12 $291.3K −2.5% −48.5% $13.3M 2,042 $143 14

Fri Nov 29 #12 $587.0K +101.5% −43.0% $13.9M 2,003 $293 15

Sat Nov 30 #12 $607.4K +3.5% −57.0% $14.5M 2,003 $303 16

Sun Dec 1 #11 $364.8K −39.9% −62.0% $14.9M 2,003 $182 17

Mon Dec 2 #9 $153.1K −58.0% −59.7% $15.0M 2,003 $76 18

Tue Dec 3 #8 $269.2K +75.8% −51.8% $15.3M 2,003 $134 19

Wed Dec 4 #8 $185.4K −31.1% −37.9% $15.5M 2,003 $93 20

Thu Dec 5 #8 $169.8K −8.4% −41.7% $15.7M 2,003 $85 21

Fri Dec 6 — $137.8K −18.8% −76.5% $15.8M 787 $175 22

Sat Dec 7 — $202.6K +47.0% −66.6% $16.0M 787 $257 23

Sun Dec 8 — $138.6K −31.6% −62.0% $16.1M 787 $176 24

Mon Dec 9 #15 $65.8K −52.5% −57.0% $16.2M 787 $84 25

Tue Dec 10 #14 $112.0K +70.2% −58.4% $16.3M 787 $142 26

Wed Dec 11 #14 $78.3K −30.1% −57.8% $16.4M 787 $99 27

Thu Dec 12 #15 $64.8K −17.2% −61.8% $16.5M 787 $82 28

Fri Dec 13 — $49.9K −23.0% −63.8% $16.5M 304 $164 29

Sat Dec 14 — $77.3K +55.0% −61.8% $16.6M 304 $254 30

Sun Dec 15 — $54.3K −29.8% −60.9% $16.6M 304 $178 31

Mon Dec 16 — $27.7K −49.0% −58.0% $16.7M 304 $91 32

Tue Dec 17 — $42.7K +54.4% −61.9% $16.7M 304 $140 33

Wed Dec 18 — $33.1K −22.4% −57.7% $16.7M 304 $109 34

Thu Dec 19 — $27.1K −18.1% −58.1% $16.8M 304 $89 35

Fri Dec 20 — $12.9K −52.6% −74.2% $16.8M 80 $161 36

Sat Dec 21 — $19.7K +53.5% −74.5% $16.8M 80 $247 37

Sun Dec 22 — $16.8K −14.8% −69.0% $16.8M 80 $210 38

Mon Dec 23 — $10.8K −36.0% −61.1% $16.8M 80 $135 39

Tue Dec 24 — $8.4K −22.2% −80.4% $16.8M 80 $105 40

Wed Dec 25 — $13.7K +63.7% −58.6% $16.9M 93 $147 41

Thu Dec 26 — $18.0K +31.4% −33.6% $16.9M 93 $194 42

Fri Dec 27 — $22.4K +24.1% +73.7% $16.9M 93 $240 43

Sat Dec 28 — $24.5K +9.8% +24.2% $16.9M 93 $264 44

Sun Dec 29 — $20.2K −17.6% +20.2% $16.9M 93 $217 45

Mon Dec 30 — $14.9K −26.5% +38.1% $17.0M 93 $160 46

Tue Dec 31 — $22.2K +49.3% +164.9% $17.0M 93 $239 47

Wed Jan 1 — $26.8K +20.7% +95.3% $17.0M 93 $288 48

Thu Jan 2 — $16.3K −39.1% −9.4% $17.0M 93 $175 49

Fri Jan 3 — $23.1K +41.3% +3.1% $17.0M 93 $248 50

Sat Jan 4 — $26.3K +14.1% +7.1% $17.1M 93 $283 51

Sun Jan 5 — $16.7K −36.5% −17.5% $17.1M 93 $179 52

Mon Jan 6 — $6.5K −61.0% −56.2% $17.1M 93 $70 53

Tue Jan 7 — $11.9K +82.5% −46.5% $17.1M 93 $128 54

Wed Jan 8 — $9.0K −24.0% −66.3% $17.1M 93 $97 55

Thu Jan 9 — $9.2K +2.5% −43.4% $17.1M 93 $99 56

Fri Jan 10 — $6.2K −33.0% −73.2% $17.1M 66 $94 57

Sat Jan 11 — $9.0K +45.8% −65.7% $17.1M 66 $137 58

Sun Jan 12 — $7.4K −17.9% −55.6% $17.1M 66 $112 59

Mon Jan 13 — $2.8K −62.0% −56.7% $17.1M 66 $43 60

Tue Jan 14 — $4.2K +48.4% −64.8% $17.1M 66 $63 61

Wed Jan 15 — $3.9K −7.1% −57.0% $17.2M 66 $59 62

Thu Jan 16 — $3.6K −8.3% −61.5% $17.2M 66 $54 63

Cumulative total$17.2M

Nov 15Dec 1Dec 16Jan 1Jan 16

Weekend grossWk 9 · $22.6K

$5.6M

$3.4M

$1.6M

$479.0K

$181.5K

$49.4K

$67.1K

$66.0K

$22.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9

Theater countPeak 2,454 → 66 −97.3%

2,439 open66 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −65.7%

−39.3%

W1→2

−54.2%

W2→3

−69.3%

W3→4

−62.1%

W4→5

−72.8%

W5→6

+35.7%

W6→7

−1.6%

W7→8

−65.7%

W8→9

Steepest −72.8%Biggest gain +35.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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