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2006 • R • 2h 47m • Drama, History, Thriller • Universal Pictures

Edward Wilson believed in America, and he would sacrifice everything he loved to protect it.

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61

3.18

6.7

CS B-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$9.90M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$60.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$100.00M

$40.40M international

Domestic legs6.05x

Budget$80.0M

2006 rank#50

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Cast & crew

Full Niro filmography

Robert De Niro

Robert De Niro Director

Matt Damon

Matt Damon Starring

Angelina Jolie

Angelina Jolie Starring

Alec Baldwin

Alec Baldwin Starring

William Hurt

William Hurt Starring

Joe Pesci

Joe Pesci Starring

ScreenplayEric Roth StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 22-24 4 $9.9M — 2,215 $4,474 $9.9M

2 Dec 29-31 5 $11.0M +11.0% 2,218 $4,959 $35.1M

3 Jan 5-7 8 $6.4M −41.4% 2,250 $2,865 $48.3M

4 Jan 12-14 11 $3.7M −42.5% 1,994 $1,859 $54.1M

5 Jan 19-21 14 $2.1M −44.7% 1,571 $1,305 $57.6M

6 Jan 26-28 27 $725.6K −64.6% 722 $1,005 $59.0M

7 Feb 2-4 34 $277.9K −61.7% 341 $815 $59.5M

8 Feb 9-11 39 $171.9K −38.1% 206 $834 $59.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 22 #4 $3.6M — $3.6M 2,215 $1,625 1

Sat Dec 23 #4 $4.3M +19% $7.9M 2,215 $1,941 2

Sun Dec 24 #3 $2.2M −49% $10.1M 2,215 $993 3

Mon Dec 25 #5 $4.2M +92% $14.1M 2,215 $1,910 4

Tue Dec 26 #5 $4.1M −3% $18.3M 2,215 $1,860 5

Wed Dec 27 #6 $3.0M −26% $21.3M 2,215 $1,375 6

Thu Dec 28 #6 $2.8M −9% $24.1M 2,215 $1,245 7

Fri Dec 29 #6 $3.7M +33% +2% $27.7M 2,215 $1,652 8

Sat Dec 30 #4 $4.3M +17% n/c $32.0M 2,215 $1,937 9

Sun Dec 31 #4 $3.0M −29% +39% $35.1M 2,215 $1,376 10

Mon Jan 1 #5 $3.2M +6% −23% $38.3M 2,215 $1,462 11

Tue Jan 2 #5 $1.5M −54% −64% $39.8M 2,215 $675 12

Wed Jan 3 #5 $1.1M −30% −65% $40.9M 2,215 $475 13

Thu Jan 4 #5 $1.0M −1% −62% $41.9M 2,218 $470 14

Fri Jan 5 #7 $2.0M +93% −45% $43.9M 2,218 $907 15

Sat Jan 6 #6 $2.8M +40% −34% $46.7M 2,218 $1,273 16

Sun Jan 7 #8 $1.6M −43% −47% $48.3M 2,218 $725 17

Mon Jan 8 #6 $462.0K −71% −86% $48.8M 2,218 $208 18

Tue Jan 9 #5 $539.4K +17% −64% $49.3M 2,218 $243 19

Wed Jan 10 #5 $517.4K −4% −51% $49.9M 2,218 $233 20

Thu Jan 11 #5 $495.2K −4% −52% $50.4M 2,218 $223 21

Fri Jan 12 #9 $1.1M +115% −47% $51.4M 1,990 $536 22

Mon Jan 15 #13 $638.1K — +38% $54.7M 1,994 $320 25

Tue Jan 16 #9 $279.7K −56% −48% $55.0M 1,994 $140 26

Wed Jan 17 #9 $299.1K +7% −42% $55.3M 1,994 $150 27

Thu Jan 18 #9 $269.3K −10% −46% $55.6M 1,994 $135 28

Fri Jan 19 #12 $640.0K +138% −40% $56.2M 1,569 $407 29

Fri Jan 26 #22 $230.0K — −64% $58.5M 1,276 $180 36

Fri Feb 16 $11.2K — $59.8M 80 $140 57

Sat Feb 17 $20.0K +79% $59.8M 80 $250 58

Sun Feb 18 $14.0K −30% $59.8M 80 $174 59

Mon Feb 19 #48 $8.0K −43% $59.8M 80 $99 60

Tue Feb 20 $4.0K −50% $59.8M 80 $49 61

Cumulative total$59.8M

Dec 22Dec 30Jan 7Jan 17Feb 20

Weekend grossWk 8 · $171.9K

$9.9M

$11.0M

$6.4M

$3.7M

$2.1M

$725.6K

$277.9K

$171.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8

Theater countPeak 2,218 → 80 −96.4%

2,215 open80 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · −38.1%

+11.0%

W1→2

−41.4%

W2→3

−42.5%

W3→4

−44.7%

W4→5

−64.6%

W5→6

−61.7%

W6→7

−38.1%

W7→8

Steepest −64.6%Biggest gain +11.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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