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The Great GatsbyFollow

2013 • PG-13 • 2h 23m • Drama, Romance • Warner Bros.

Dream dangerously.

🍅 49% 67%

55

3.46

7.2

CS B

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$50.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$145.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$354.00M

$209.00M international

Domestic legs2.89x

Budget$105M

2013 rank#18

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Cast & crew

Full Luhrmann filmography

Baz Luhrmann

Baz Luhrmann Director

Leonardo DiCaprio

Leonardo DiCaprio Starring

Tobey Maguire

Tobey Maguire Starring

Carey Mulligan

Carey Mulligan Starring

Joel Edgerton

Joel Edgerton Starring

Elizabeth Debicki

Elizabeth Debicki Starring

ScreenplayBaz Luhrmann, Craig Pearce Produced byBaz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Douglas Wick, Lucy Fisher, Catherine Knapman CinematographySimon Duggan MusicCraig Armstrong StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 10-12 2 $50.1M — 3,535 $14,168 $50.1M

2 May 17-19 3 $23.9M −52.2% 3,550 $6,743 $90.7M

3 May 24-26 6 $13.5M −43.4% 3,090 $4,382 $114.3M

4 May 31-Jun 2 8 $6.5M −51.9% 2,635 $2,473 $128.5M

5 Jun 7-9 10 $4.2M −35.2% 2,160 $1,954 $136.2M

6 Jun 14-16 12 $1.7M −60.3% 1,175 $1,424 $140.0M

7 Jun 21-23 17 $602.4K −64.0% 362 $1,664 $141.6M

8 Jun 28-30 18 $387.4K −35.7% 255 $1,519 $142.4M

9 Jul 5-7 26 $284.3K −26.6% 185 $1,536 $142.9M

10 Jul 12-14 28 $168.3K −40.8% 125 $1,346 $143.2M

11 Jul 19-21 23 $334.1K +98.5% 302 $1,106 $143.7M

12 Jul 26-28 25 $267.0K −20.1% 271 $985 $144.2M

13 Aug 2-4 31 $178.7K −33.1% 228 $783 $144.5M

14 Aug 9-11 38 $84.5K −52.7% 135 $625 $144.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri May 10 #2 $19.4M — $19.4M 3,535 $5,492 1

Sat May 11 #2 $17.7M −9% $37.1M 3,535 $4,995 2

Sun May 12 #2 $13.0M −26% $50.1M 3,535 $3,682 3

Mon May 13 #2 $4.4M −66% $54.4M 3,535 $1,234 4

Tue May 14 #2 $5.0M +14% $59.4M 3,535 $1,402 5

Wed May 15 #1 $3.9M −21% $63.3M 3,535 $1,106 6

Thu May 16 #2 $3.4M −12% $66.7M 3,535 $970 7

Fri May 17 #3 $7.6M +122% −61% $74.4M 3,550 $2,145 8

Sat May 18 #3 $9.5M +24% −46% $83.8M 3,550 $2,664 9

Sun May 19 #3 $6.9M −27% −47% $90.7M 3,550 $1,934 10

Mon May 20 #3 $2.7M −60% −38% $93.4M 3,550 $765 11

Tue May 21 #2 $2.9M +5% −42% $96.3M 3,550 $805 12

Wed May 22 #2 $2.3M −19% −41% $98.6M 3,550 $651 13

Thu May 23 #4 $2.2M −7% −37% $100.7M 3,550 $608 14

Fri May 24 #6 $3.9M +82% −48% $104.7M 3,090 $1,273 15

Sat May 25 #6 $5.1M +30% −46% $109.8M 3,090 $1,650 16

Sun May 26 #6 $4.5M −12% −34% $114.3M 3,090 $1,459 17

Mon May 27 #6 $3.5M −23% +28% $117.8M 3,090 $1,128 18

Tue May 28 #5 $1.6M −53% −43% $119.4M 3,090 $528 19

Wed May 29 #5 $1.4M −15% −40% $120.8M 3,090 $447 20

Thu May 30 #5 $1.2M −11% −43% $122.0M 3,090 $396 21

Fri May 31 #8 $2.0M +60% −50% $124.0M 2,635 $745 22

Sat Jun 1 #8 $2.6M +34% −48% $126.6M 2,635 $999 23

Sun Jun 2 #8 $1.9M −27% −57% $128.5M 2,635 $730 24

Mon Jun 3 #7 $807.4K −58% −77% $129.3M 2,635 $306 25

Tue Jun 4 #7 $947.4K +17% −42% $130.3M 2,635 $360 26

Wed Jun 5 #7 $838.1K −12% −39% $131.1M 2,635 $318 27

Thu Jun 6 #8 $844.0K +1% −31% $131.9M 2,635 $320 28

Fri Jun 7 #10 $1.4M +61% −31% $133.3M 2,160 $628 29

Sat Jun 8 #10 $1.7M +29% −34% $135.0M 2,160 $808 30

Sun Jun 9 #10 $1.1M −36% −42% $136.2M 2,160 $519 31

Mon Jun 10 #10 $603.2K −46% −25% $136.8M 2,160 $279 32

Tue Jun 11 #10 $603.3K — −36% $137.4M 2,160 $279 33

Wed Jun 12 #11 $474.5K −21% −43% $137.8M 2,160 $220 34

Thu Jun 13 #12 $455.1K −4% −46% $138.3M 2,160 $211 35

Fri Jun 14 #- $535.9K +18% −61% $138.8M 2,160 $248 36

Sat Jun 15 #- $661.7K +23% −62% $139.5M 2,160 $306 37

Sun Jun 16 #- $476.7K −28% −57% $140.0M 2,160 $221 38

Mon Jun 17 #- $251.2K −47% −58% $140.2M 2,160 $116 39

Tue Jun 18 #- $297.5K +18% −51% $140.5M 2,160 $138 40

Wed Jun 19 #- $259.4K −13% −45% $140.8M 2,160 $120 41

Thu Jun 20 #- $212.1K −18% −53% $141.0M 2,160 $98 42

Fri Jun 21 #- $163.9K −23% −69% $141.2M 362 $453 43

Sat Jun 22 #- $241.4K +47% −64% $141.4M 362 $667 44

Sun Jun 23 #- $197.2K −18% −59% $141.6M 362 $545 45

Mon Jun 24 #- $89.2K −55% −64% $141.7M 362 $247 46

Tue Jun 25 #- $106.5K +19% −64% $141.8M 362 $294 47

Wed Jun 26 #- $98.1K −8% −62% $141.9M 362 $271 48

Thu Jun 27 #- $94.3K −4% −56% $142.0M 362 $261 49

Fri Jun 28 #- $110.7K +17% −32% $142.1M 255 $434 50

Sat Jun 29 #- $153.1K +38% −37% $142.3M 255 $600 51

Sun Jun 30 #- $123.7K −19% −37% $142.4M 255 $485 52

Mon Jul 1 #- $67.3K −46% −25% $142.4M 255 $264 53

Tue Jul 2 #- $62.6K −7% −41% $142.5M 255 $245 54

Wed Jul 3 #- $51.5K −18% −47% $142.6M 185 $279 55

Thu Jul 4 #- $66.1K +28% −30% $142.6M 185 $358 56

Fri Jul 5 #- $92.7K +40% −16% $142.7M 185 $501 57

Sat Jul 6 #- $109.7K +18% −28% $142.8M 185 $593 58

Sun Jul 7 #- $81.9K −25% −34% $142.9M 185 $443 59

Mon Jul 8 #- $33.5K −59% −50% $142.9M 185 $181 60

Tue Jul 9 #- $39.5K +18% −37% $143.0M 185 $214 61

Wed Jul 10 #- $34.4K −13% −33% $143.0M 185 $186 62

Thu Jul 11 #- $35.2K +2% −47% $143.1M 185 $190 63

Fri Jul 12 #- $48.3K +37% −48% $143.1M 125 $386 64

Sat Jul 13 #- $65.8K +36% −40% $143.2M 125 $527 65

Sun Jul 14 #- $54.2K −18% −34% $143.2M 125 $433 66

Mon Jul 15 #- $24.9K −54% −26% $143.2M 125 $200 67

Tue Jul 16 #- $33.0K +32% −17% $143.3M 125 $264 68

Wed Jul 17 #- $26.4K −20% −23% $143.3M 125 $211 69

Thu Jul 18 #- $26.9K +2% −24% $143.3M 125 $215 70

Fri Jul 19 #- $101.4K +277% +110% $143.4M 302 $336 71

Sat Jul 20 #- $130.6K +29% +98% $143.6M 302 $432 72

Sun Jul 21 #- $102.0K −22% +88% $143.7M 302 $338 73

Mon Jul 22 #- $51.0K −50% +105% $143.7M 302 $169 74

Tue Jul 23 #- $63.0K +23% +91% $143.8M 302 $208 75

Wed Jul 24 #- $56.0K −11% +113% $143.8M 302 $186 76

Thu Jul 25 #- $54.4K −3% +102% $143.9M 302 $180 77

Fri Jul 26 #- $84.2K +55% −17% $144.0M 271 $311 78

Sat Jul 27 #- $105.2K +25% −19% $144.1M 271 $388 79

Sun Jul 28 #- $77.7K −26% −24% $144.2M 271 $287 80

Mon Jul 29 #- $42.7K −45% −16% $144.2M 271 $158 81

Tue Jul 30 #- $46.7K +9% −26% $144.2M 271 $172 82

Wed Jul 31 #- $44.3K −5% −21% $144.3M 271 $164 83

Thu Aug 1 #- $44.4K — −18% $144.3M 271 $164 84

Fri Aug 2 #- $55.2K +25% −34% $144.4M 228 $242 85

Sat Aug 3 #- $71.1K +29% −32% $144.5M 228 $312 86

Sun Aug 4 #- $52.3K −26% −33% $144.5M 228 $230 87

Mon Aug 5 #- $28.3K −46% −34% $144.5M 228 $124 88

Tue Aug 6 #- $28.8K +2% −38% $144.6M 228 $127 89

Wed Aug 7 #- $27.6K −4% −38% $144.6M 228 $121 90

Thu Aug 8 #- $28.8K +4% −35% $144.6M 228 $126 91

Fri Aug 9 #- $25.3K −12% −54% $144.7M 135 $187 92

Sat Aug 10 #- $34.7K +37% −51% $144.7M 135 $257 93

Sun Aug 11 #- $24.5K −30% −53% $144.7M 135 $181 94

Mon Aug 12 #- $14.0K −43% −51% $144.7M 135 $104 95

Tue Aug 13 #- $13.3K −5% −54% $144.7M 135 $98 96

Wed Aug 14 #- $14.2K +7% −49% $144.8M 135 $105 97

Thu Aug 15 #- $14.3K +1% −50% $144.8M 135 $106 98

Fri Aug 16 #- $14.7K +3% −42% $144.8M 88 $167 99

Sat Aug 17 #- $18.3K +24% −47% $144.8M 88 $208 100

Sun Aug 18 #- $13.8K −25% −44% $144.8M 88 $157 101

Mon Aug 19 #- $6.6K −52% −53% $144.8M 88 $75 102

Tue Aug 20 #- $6.5K −1% −51% $144.8M 88 $74 103

Wed Aug 21 #- $6.8K +4% −52% $144.8M 88 $78 104

Thu Aug 22 #- $7.7K +12% −47% $144.8M 88 $87 105

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

Cumulative total$143.3M

May 10May 27Jun 14Jul 1Jul 18

Weekend grossWk 10 · $168.3K

$50.1M

$23.9M

$13.5M

$6.5M

$4.2M

$1.7M

$602.4K

$387.4K

$284.3K

$168.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,550 → 125 −96.5%

3,535 open125 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −40.8%

−52.2%

W1→2

−43.4%

W2→3

−51.9%

W3→4

−35.2%

W4→5

−60.3%

W5→6

−64.0%

W6→7

−35.7%

W7→8

−26.6%

W8→9

−40.8%

W9→10

Steepest −64.0%Best hold −26.6%

Run milestones

$100M in 14 days

$100M

Day 14

May 23

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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