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2006 • PG-13 • 1h 50m • Drama, Fantasy, Mystery • Yari Film Group Releasing

Nothing is what it seems

🍅 74% 83%

68

3.45

7.5

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$928K

Limited · 51 theaters

Domestic total

$39.90M

Final

Worldwide total

$83.80M

$43.90M international

Domestic legs6.3x from $6.3M first wide weekend

Budget$16.5M

2006 rank#76

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Cast & crew

Full Burger filmography

Neil Burger

Neil Burger Director

Edward Norton

Edward Norton Starring

Paul Giamatti

Paul Giamatti Starring

Jessica Biel

Jessica Biel Starring

Rufus Sewell

Rufus Sewell Starring

Eddie Marsan

Eddie Marsan Starring

ScreenplayNeil Burger Produced byMichael London, Brian Koppelman, David Levien, Bob Yari, Cathy Schulman CinematographyDick Pope Music byPhilip Glass StudioYari Film Group Releasing

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 18-20 20 $928.0K — 51 $18,195 $928.0K

2 Aug 25-27 14 $1.8M +97.8% 144 $12,745 $3.2M

3 Sep 1-3 5 $6.3M +243.7% 971 $6,495 $10.4M

4 Sep 8-10 6 $4.5M −28.4% 1,234 $3,658 $18.0M

5 Sep 15-17 7 $3.6M −19.7% 1,438 $2,520 $23.1M

6 Sep 22-24 8 $3.3M −8.0% 1,432 $2,328 $27.6M

7 Sep 29-Oct 1 7 $2.7M −17.9% 1,319 $2,074 $31.4M

8 Oct 6-8 10 $1.9M −31.0% 1,149 $1,642 $34.1M

9 Oct 13-15 11 $1.4M −27.1% 825 $1,667 $36.2M

10 Oct 20-22 18 $744.2K −45.9% 592 $1,257 $37.5M

11 Oct 27-29 20 $503.8K −32.3% 410 $1,229 $38.2M

12 Nov 3-5 25 $363.0K −28.0% 286 $1,269 $38.8M

13 Nov 10-12 32 $169.3K −53.4% 176 $962 $39.1M

14 Nov 17-19 41 $77.0K −54.5% 176 $437 $39.2M

15 Nov 24-26 32 $142.9K +85.8% 175 $817 $39.4M

16 Dec 1-3 35 $76.9K −46.2% 175 $439 $39.5M

17 Dec 8-10 40 $49.9K −35.2% 121 $412 $39.6M

18 Dec 15-17 48 $33.0K −33.8% 82 $402 $39.7M

20 Dec 29-31 51 $24.9K — 53 $469 $39.8M

21 Jan 5-7 56 $19.1K −23.0% 33 $580 $39.8M

22 Jan 12-14 62 $12.6K −34.3% 22 $572 $39.8M

23 Jan 19-21 65 $8.1K −35.4% 22 $369 $39.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Sep 1 #5 $1.6M — $5.6M 971 $1,630 15

Sat Sep 2 #5 $2.4M +52% $8.1M 971 $2,484 16

Sun Sep 3 #5 $2.3M −4% $10.4M 889 $2,601 17

Mon Sep 4 #5 $1.8M −22% $12.2M 971 $1,867 18

Tue Sep 5 #5 $490.0K −73% $12.7M 971 $505 19

Wed Sep 6 #5 $470.0K −4% $13.1M 971 $484 20

Thu Sep 7 #5 $430.0K −9% $13.4M 971 $443 21

Fri Sep 8 #6 $1.3M +196% −19% $14.7M 1,234 $1,033 22

Sat Sep 9 #5 $2.0M +55% −18% $16.7M 1,234 $1,601 23

Sun Sep 10 #6 $1.3M −36% −45% $18.0M 1,234 $1,024 24

Mon Sep 11 #5 $370.0K −71% −80% $18.5M 1,362 $272 25

Tue Sep 12 #4 $415.0K +12% −15% $18.9M 1,362 $305 26

Wed Sep 13 #4 $420.0K +1% −11% $19.3M 1,362 $308 27

Thu Sep 14 #3 $440.0K +5% +2% $19.5M 1,362 $323 28

Fri Sep 15 #7 $1.1M +145% −15% $20.6M 1,438 $750 29

Sat Sep 16 #7 $1.6M +44% −21% $22.1M 1,438 $1,081 30

Sun Sep 17 #6 $989.8K −36% −22% $23.1M 1,438 $688 31

Mon Sep 18 #5 $275.0K −72% −26% $23.4M 1,438 $191 32

Tue Sep 19 #4 $320.0K +16% −23% $23.7M 1,438 $223 33

Wed Sep 20 #4 $296.9K −7% −29% $24.0M 1,438 $206 34

Thu Sep 21 #4 $267.5K −10% −39% $24.3M 1,438 $186 35

Fri Sep 22 #9 $976.6K +265% −9% $25.2M 1,432 $682 36

Sat Sep 23 #8 $1.4M +48% −7% $26.7M 1,432 $1,007 37

Sun Sep 24 #7 $914.2K −37% −8% $27.7M 1,432 $638 38

Mon Sep 25 #7 $235.0K −74% −15% $27.8M 1,432 $164 39

Tue Sep 26 #7 $270.0K +15% −16% $28.1M 1,432 $189 40

Wed Sep 27 #6 $260.0K −4% −12% $28.4M 1,432 $182 41

Thu Sep 28 #6 $260.0K — −3% $28.6M 1,432 $182 42

Fri Sep 29 #7 $780.0K +200% −20% $29.4M 1,319 $591 43

Sat Sep 30 #7 $1.2M +54% −17% $30.7M 1,319 $910 44

Sun Oct 1 #7 $717.5K −40% −22% $31.4M 1,319 $544 45

Mon Oct 2 #7 $225.0K −69% −4% $31.6M 1,319 $171 46

Tue Oct 3 #8 $210.0K −7% −22% $31.8M 1,319 $159 47

Wed Oct 4 #7 $210.0K — −19% $32.0M 1,319 $159 48

Thu Oct 5 #7 $219.0K +4% −16% $32.2M 1,319 $166 49

Fri Oct 6 #10 $532.9K +143% −32% $32.8M 1,149 $464 50

Sat Oct 7 #10 $822.5K +54% −31% $33.6M 1,149 $716 51

Sun Oct 8 #10 $530.7K −35% −26% $34.1M 1,149 $462 52

Mon Oct 9 #10 $250.0K −53% +11% $34.4M 1,149 $218 53

Tue Oct 10 #9 $155.0K −38% −26% $34.5M 1,149 $135 54

Wed Oct 11 #8 $170.0K +10% −19% $34.7M 1,149 $148 55

Thu Oct 12 #8 $185.0K +9% −16% $34.8M 1,153 $160 56

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

Cumulative total$34.8M

Sep 1Sep 11Sep 22Oct 2Oct 12

Weekend grossWk 10 · $744.2K

$928.0K

$1.8M

$6.3M

$4.5M

$3.6M

$3.3M

$2.7M

$1.9M

$1.4M

$744.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,438 → 1,153 −19.8%

971 open1,153 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −45.9%

+97.8%

W1→2

+243.7%

W2→3

−28.4%

W3→4

−19.7%

W4→5

−8.0%

W5→6

−17.9%

W6→7

−31.0%

W7→8

−27.1%

W8→9

−45.9%

W9→10

Steepest −45.9%Biggest gain +243.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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