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2011 • R • 1h 41m • Drama, Thriller • Sony Pictures

Ambition seduces. Power corrupts.

🍅 84% 73%

67

3.38

7.1

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$10.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$41.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$77.70M

$36.80M international

Domestic legs3.9x

Budget$23M

2011 rank#77

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Cast & crew

Full Clooney filmography

George Clooney

George Clooney Director

Ryan Gosling

Ryan Gosling Starring

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Philip Seymour Hoffman Starring

Paul Giamatti

Paul Giamatti Starring

Max Minghella

Max Minghella Starring

Evan Rachel Wood

Evan Rachel Wood Starring

ScreenplayGeorge Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon Produced byGeorge Clooney, Grant Heslov, Brian Oliver CinematographyPhedon Papamichael Music byAlexandre Desplat StudioSony Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 7-9 2 $10.5M — 2,199 $4,761 $10.5M

2 Oct 14-16 4 $7.1M −32.1% 2,199 $3,233 $21.8M

3 Oct 21-23 5 $4.9M −31.7% 2,042 $2,377 $29.1M

4 Oct 28-30 8 $2.8M −42.2% 1,572 $1,784 $33.6M

5 Nov 4-6 9 $1.9M −30.9% 1,391 $1,393 $36.7M

6 Nov 11-13 13 $944.3K −51.3% 696 $1,357 $38.4M

7 Nov 18-20 16 $460.3K −51.3% 298 $1,545 $39.1M

8 Nov 25-27 24 $254.6K −44.7% 159 $1,602 $39.5M

9 Dec 2-4 16 $515.9K +102.6% 1,016 $508 $40.1M

10 Dec 9-11 30 $118.7K −77.0% 187 $635 $40.5M

11 Dec 16-18 42 $45.6K −61.6% 72 $633 $40.6M

12 Dec 23-25 39 $44.1K −3.3% 145 $304 $40.6M

13 Dec 30-Jan 1 41 $83.7K +89.8% 143 $585 $40.8M

14 Jan 6-8 44 $71.2K −14.9% 114 $625 $41.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 7 #2 $3.4M — $3.4M 2,199 $1,558 1

Sat Oct 8 #2 $4.3M +24.5% $7.7M 2,199 $1,940 2

Sun Oct 9 #2 $2.8M −34.9% $10.5M 2,199 $1,263 3

Mon Oct 10 #3 $1.3M −52.2% $11.8M 2,199 $604 4

Tue Oct 11 #2 $1.0M −21.3% $12.8M 2,199 $475 5

Wed Oct 12 #2 $901.9K −13.7% $13.7M 2,199 $410 6

Thu Oct 13 #2 $910.2K +0.9% $14.7M 2,199 $414 7

Fri Oct 14 #4 $2.3M +149.1% −33.8% $16.9M 2,199 $1,031 8

Sat Oct 15 #4 $3.2M +42.4% −24.3% $20.2M 2,199 $1,468 9

Sun Oct 16 #5 $1.6M −50.0% −41.9% $21.8M 2,199 $734 10

Mon Oct 17 #4 $545.7K −66.2% −58.9% $22.3M 2,199 $248 11

Tue Oct 18 #4 $729.4K +33.7% −30.2% $23.0M 2,199 $332 12

Wed Oct 19 #3 $635.2K −12.9% −29.6% $23.7M 2,199 $289 13

Thu Oct 20 #3 $585.7K −7.8% −35.6% $24.3M 2,199 $266 14

Fri Oct 21 #5 $1.5M +161.0% −32.6% $25.8M 2,042 $749 15

Sat Oct 22 #5 $2.2M +45.9% −30.9% $28.0M 2,042 $1,092 16

Sun Oct 23 #6 $1.1M −50.9% −32.2% $29.1M 2,042 $536 17

Mon Oct 24 #5 $356.1K −67.5% −34.7% $29.5M 2,042 $174 18

Tue Oct 25 #5 $490.8K +37.8% −32.7% $30.0M 2,042 $240 19

Wed Oct 26 #5 $423.4K −13.7% −33.3% $30.4M 2,042 $207 20

Thu Oct 27 #5 $431.5K +1.9% −26.3% $30.8M 2,042 $211 21

Fri Oct 28 #8 $792.4K +83.6% −48.2% $31.6M 1,572 $504 22

Sat Oct 29 #8 $1.3M +62.0% −42.4% $32.9M 1,572 $817 23

Sun Oct 30 #8 $728.3K −43.3% −33.5% $33.6M 1,572 $463 24

Mon Oct 31 #8 $349.3K −52.0% −1.9% $34.0M 1,572 $222 25

Tue Nov 1 #8 $305.8K −12.4% −37.7% $34.3M 1,572 $195 26

Wed Nov 2 #8 $245.8K −19.6% −42.0% $34.5M 1,572 $156 27

Thu Nov 3 #8 $280.8K +14.2% −34.9% $34.8M 1,572 $179 28

Fri Nov 4 #9 $600.7K +114.0% −24.2% $35.4M 1,391 $432 29

Sat Nov 5 #9 $907.5K +51.1% −29.3% $36.3M 1,391 $652 30

Sun Nov 6 #10 $430.0K −52.6% −41.0% $36.7M 1,391 $309 31

Mon Nov 7 #9 $139.6K −67.5% −60.0% $36.9M 1,391 $100 32

Tue Nov 8 #9 $187.5K +34.3% −38.7% $37.1M 1,391 $135 33

Wed Nov 9 #9 $158.3K −15.6% −35.6% $37.2M 1,391 $114 34

Thu Nov 10 #9 $190.1K +20.1% −32.3% $37.4M 1,391 $137 35

Fri Nov 11 - $304.2K +60.0% −49.4% $37.7M 696 $437 36

Sat Nov 12 - $443.3K +45.7% −51.1% $38.2M 696 $637 37

Sun Nov 13 - $196.7K −55.6% −54.3% $38.4M 696 $283 38

Mon Nov 14 - $59.3K −69.9% −57.5% $38.4M 696 $85 39

Tue Nov 15 - $81.3K +37.1% −56.6% $38.5M 696 $117 40

Wed Nov 16 - $73.2K −9.9% −53.7% $38.6M 696 $105 41

Thu Nov 17 #12 $67.7K −7.5% −64.4% $38.6M 696 $97 42

Fri Nov 18 - $125.3K +85.0% −58.8% $38.8M 298 $421 43

Sat Nov 19 - $222.9K +77.9% −49.7% $39.0M 298 $748 44

Sun Nov 20 - $112.0K −49.8% −43.1% $39.1M 298 $376 45

Mon Nov 21 - $42.5K −62.1% −28.3% $39.1M 298 $143 46

Tue Nov 22 - $59.9K +40.9% −26.4% $39.2M 298 $201 47

Wed Nov 23 - $40.8K −31.8% −44.2% $39.2M 159 $257 48

Thu Nov 24 - $45.3K +10.9% −33.2% $39.3M 159 $285 49

Fri Nov 25 - $100.6K +122.1% −19.8% $39.4M 159 $632 50

Sat Nov 26 - $106.4K +5.8% −52.3% $39.5M 159 $669 51

Sun Nov 27 - $47.7K −55.2% −57.5% $39.5M 159 $300 52

Mon Nov 28 - $14.8K −68.9% −65.1% $39.6M 159 $93 53

Tue Nov 29 - $18.7K +26.0% −68.8% $39.6M 159 $117 54

Wed Nov 30 - $15.0K −19.9% −63.3% $39.6M 159 $94 55

Thu Dec 1 - $16.0K +6.7% −64.7% $39.6M 159 $100 56

Fri Dec 2 #16 $157.4K +885.5% +56.5% $39.8M 1,016 $155 57

Sat Dec 3 #16 $236.8K +50.5% +122.5% $40.0M 1,016 $233 58

Sun Dec 4 #16 $121.6K −48.6% +155.2% $40.1M 1,016 $120 59

Mon Dec 5 - $50.3K −58.7% +239.0% $40.2M 1,016 $49 60

Tue Dec 6 - $62.8K +25.1% +236.4% $40.2M 1,016 $62 61

Wed Dec 7 - $55.1K −12.3% +268.1% $40.3M 1,016 $54 62

Thu Dec 8 - $57.4K +4.2% +259.5% $40.3M 1,016 $57 63

Fri Dec 9 - $35.2K −38.7% −77.6% $40.4M 187 $188 64

Sat Dec 10 - $56.0K +59.2% −76.3% $40.4M 187 $300 65

Sun Dec 11 - $27.4K −51.1% −77.5% $40.5M 187 $147 66

Mon Dec 12 - $12.4K −54.8% −75.3% $40.5M 187 $66 67

Tue Dec 13 - $14.2K +14.3% −77.5% $40.5M 187 $76 68

Wed Dec 14 - $12.3K −13.0% −77.6% $40.5M 187 $66 69

Thu Dec 15 - $15.5K +25.6% −73.0% $40.5M 187 $83 70

Fri Dec 16 - $11.9K −23.0% −66.1% $40.5M 72 $166 71

Sat Dec 17 - $20.9K +75.2% −62.7% $40.6M 72 $290 72

Sun Dec 18 - $12.8K −38.8% −53.4% $40.6M 72 $178 73

Mon Dec 19 - $7.5K −41.2% −39.3% $40.6M 72 $104 74

Tue Dec 20 - $7.8K +3.6% −45.0% $40.6M 72 $108 75

Wed Dec 21 - $9.2K +17.6% −25.7% $40.6M 141 $65 76

Thu Dec 22 - $10.8K +18.4% −29.9% $40.6M 141 $77 77

Fri Dec 23 - $17.8K +64.5% +49.7% $40.6M 145 $123 78

Sat Dec 24 - $10.2K −43.1% −51.4% $40.6M 145 $70 79

Sun Dec 25 - $16.1K +58.6% +26.0% $40.6M 145 $111 80

Mon Dec 26 - $28.1K +74.7% +274.2% $40.7M 145 $194 81

Tue Dec 27 - $22.6K −19.7% +190.2% $40.7M 145 $156 82

Wed Dec 28 - $21.2K −6.2% +131.5% $40.7M 145 $146 83

Thu Dec 29 - $22.7K +7.2% +109.6% $40.7M 145 $157 84

Fri Dec 30 - $30.9K +36.0% +73.2% $40.8M 143 $216 85

Sat Dec 31 - $23.3K −24.6% +129.5% $40.8M 143 $163 86

Sun Jan 1 - $29.5K +26.6% +83.2% $40.8M 143 $206 87

Mon Jan 2 - $25.2K −14.7% −10.5% $40.9M 143 $176 88

Fri Jan 6 - $63.2K +151.1% +179.7% $40.9M 114 $555 92

Sat Jan 7 - $31.8K −49.7% +49.9% $40.9M 114 $279 93

Sun Jan 8 - $16.7K −47.4% −26.4% $41.0M 114 $147 94

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

Cumulative total$40.5M

Oct 7Oct 24Nov 11Nov 28Dec 15

Weekend grossWk 10 · $118.7K

$10.5M

$7.1M

$4.9M

$2.8M

$1.9M

$944.3K

$460.3K

$254.6K

$515.9K

$118.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,199 → 187 −91.5%

2,199 open187 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −77.0%

−32.1%

W1→2

−31.7%

W2→3

−42.2%

W3→4

−30.9%

W4→5

−51.3%

W5→6

−51.3%

W6→7

−44.7%

W7→8

+102.6%

W8→9

−77.0%

W9→10

Steepest −77.0%Biggest gain +102.6%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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