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The Imitation GameFollow

2014 • PG-13 • 1h 54m • Biography, Drama, Thriller, War • The Weinstein Company

The true enigma was the man who cracked the code.

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$479K

Limited · 4 theaters

Domestic total

$91.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$227.30M

$136.20M international

Domestic legs11.5x from $7.9M first wide weekend

Budget$15.0M

2014 rank#35

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Cast & crew

Full Tyldum filmography

Morten Tyldum

Morten Tyldum Director

Benedict Cumberbatch

Benedict Cumberbatch Starring

Keira Knightley

Keira Knightley Starring

Matthew Goode

Matthew Goode Starring

Mark Strong

Mark Strong Starring

Charles Dance

Charles Dance Starring

ScreenplayGraham Moore Produced byNora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky, Teddy Schwarzman CinematographyÓscar Faura MusicAlexandre Desplat StudioThe Weinstein Company

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 28-30 16 $479.4K — 4 $119,838 $479.4K

2 Dec 5-7 18 $389.3K −18.8% 8 $48,658 $1.0M

3 Dec 12-14 13 $850.3K +118.4% 25 $34,010 $2.0M

4 Dec 19-21 16 $858.6K +1.0% 34 $25,253 $3.2M

5 Dec 26-28 8 $7.9M +823.8% 747 $10,619 $14.6M

6 Jan 2-4 7 $7.8M −2.0% 754 $10,308 $30.5M

7 Jan 9-11 6 $7.2M −7.2% 1,566 $4,607 $40.4M

8 Jan 16-18 6 $6.8M −5.7% 1,611 $4,222 $50.4M

9 Jan 23-25 6 $6.9M +2.1% 2,025 $3,430 $60.5M

10 Jan 30-32 7 $5.0M −27.9% 2,402 $2,086 $67.8M

11 Feb 6-8 8 $4.7M −6.5% 1,963 $2,388 $74.5M

12 Feb 13-15 8 $3.5M −25.6% 1,551 $2,248 $79.6M

13 Feb 20-22 9 $2.5M −27.5% 1,408 $1,795 $83.9M

14 Feb 27-29 13 $1.9M −25.9% 1,103 $1,697 $86.8M

15 Mar 6-8 14 $1.1M −40.2% 862 $1,298 $88.4M

16 Mar 13-15 16 $665.2K −40.6% 525 $1,267 $89.5M

17 Mar 20-22 18 $371.5K −44.1% 337 $1,102 $90.1M

18 Mar 27-29 22 $250.5K −32.6% 271 $924 $90.5M

19 Apr 3-5 29 $139.5K −44.3% 202 $691 $90.8M

20 Apr 10-12 32 $83.2K −40.4% 128 $650 $90.9M

21 Apr 17-19 36 $41.4K −50.3% 75 $552 $91.0M

22 Apr 24-26 45 $34.5K −16.6% 60 $575 $91.1M

23 May 1-3 53 $17.8K −48.4% 34 $524 $91.1M

24 May 8-10 64 $8.1K −54.5% 22 $369 $91.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 28 #- $181.1K — $181.1K 4 $45,282 1

Sat Nov 29 #- $177.0K −2.3% $358.2K 4 $44,256 2

Sun Nov 30 #15 $121.2K −31.5% $479.4K 4 $30,300 3

Mon Dec 1 #15 $34.9K −71.2% $514.2K 4 $8,722 4

Tue Dec 2 #- $33.4K −4.2% $547.7K 4 $8,360 5

Wed Dec 3 #- $31.6K −5.6% $579.2K 4 $7,892 6

Thu Dec 4 #- $31.9K +1.2% $611.2K 4 $7,988 7

Fri Dec 5 #- $108.3K +238.9% −40.2% $719.5K 8 $13,534 8

Sat Dec 6 #- $163.3K +50.8% −7.7% $882.8K 8 $20,414 9

Sun Dec 7 #- $117.7K −27.9% −2.9% $1.0M 8 $14,710 10

Mon Dec 8 #- $31.7K −73.1% −9.1% $1.0M 8 $3,964 11

Tue Dec 9 #- $27.2K −14.3% −18.7% $1.1M 8 $3,398 12

Wed Dec 10 #- $31.3K +15.2% −0.8% $1.1M 8 $3,913 13

Thu Dec 11 #- $33.7K +7.7% +5.6% $1.1M 8 $4,216 14

Fri Dec 12 #13 $247.9K +635.2% +129.0% $1.4M 25 $9,918 15

Sat Dec 13 #13 $357.3K +44.1% +118.8% $1.7M 25 $14,292 16

Sun Dec 14 #13 $245.0K −31.4% +108.2% $2.0M 25 $9,801 17

Mon Dec 15 #13 $79.4K −67.6% +150.3% $2.1M 25 $3,175 18

Tue Dec 16 #14 $81.8K +3.1% +201.1% $2.1M 25 $3,274 19

Wed Dec 17 #14 $80.0K −2.2% +155.7% $2.2M 25 $3,202 20

Thu Dec 18 #14 $81.0K +1.2% +140.3% $2.3M 25 $3,242 21

Fri Dec 19 #15 $221.7K +173.5% −10.6% $2.5M 34 $6,520 22

Sat Dec 20 #15 $363.8K +64.1% +1.8% $2.9M 34 $10,700 23

Sun Dec 21 #14 $273.1K −24.9% +11.5% $3.2M 34 $8,033 24

Mon Dec 22 #15 $143.1K −47.6% +80.3% $3.3M 34 $4,209 25

Tue Dec 23 #15 $155.8K +8.9% +90.4% $3.5M 34 $4,584 26

Wed Dec 24 #- $169.7K +8.9% +112.0% $3.6M 34 $4,992 27

Thu Dec 25 #- $3.1M +1713.2% +3697.2% $6.7M 34 $90,512 28

Fri Dec 26 #8 $2.9M −6.0% +1204.4% $9.6M 747 $3,871 29

Sat Dec 27 #8 $2.9M −0.5% +691.0% $12.5M 747 $3,852 30

Sun Dec 28 #- $2.2M −24.8% +692.0% $14.6M 747 $2,896 31

Mon Dec 29 #7 $1.6M −28.1% +987.1% $16.2M 747 $2,083 32

Tue Dec 30 #8 $1.6M +4.7% +945.0% $17.8M 747 $2,180 33

Wed Dec 31 #- $2.1M +30.1% +1148.1% $19.9M 747 $2,836 34

Thu Jan 1 #7 $2.8M +30.4% −10.2% $22.7M 747 $3,699 35

Fri Jan 2 #8 $3.0M +7.0% +2.2% $25.7M 754 $3,920 36

Sat Jan 3 #7 $3.0M +2.6% +5.4% $28.7M 754 $4,023 37

Sun Jan 4 #7 $1.8M −41.2% −17.5% $30.5M 754 $2,366 38

Mon Jan 5 #7 $632.5K −64.5% −59.3% $31.1M 754 $839 39

Tue Jan 6 #5 $793.1K +25.4% −51.3% $31.9M 754 $1,052 40

Wed Jan 7 #4 $645.5K −18.6% −69.5% $32.5M 754 $856 41

Thu Jan 8 #4 $673.2K +4.3% −75.6% $33.2M 754 $893 42

Fri Jan 9 #6 $2.1M +218.7% −27.4% $35.4M 1,566 $1,370 43

Sat Jan 10 #6 $3.3M +54.4% +9.2% $38.7M 1,566 $2,115 44

Sun Jan 11 #7 $1.8M −47.0% −1.5% $40.4M 1,566 $1,122 45

Mon Jan 12 #5 $606.5K −65.5% −4.1% $41.0M 1,566 $387 46

Tue Jan 13 #4 $987.4K +62.8% +24.5% $42.0M 1,566 $631 47

Wed Jan 14 #4 $752.6K −23.8% +16.6% $42.8M 1,566 $481 48

Thu Jan 15 #3 $829.6K +10.2% +23.2% $43.6M 1,566 $530 49

Fri Jan 16 #6 $1.9M +127.6% −12.0% $45.5M 1,611 $1,172 50

Sat Jan 17 #6 $3.2M +69.6% −3.3% $48.7M 1,611 $1,987 51

Sun Jan 18 #7 $1.7M −46.5% −2.6% $50.4M 1,611 $1,062 52

Mon Jan 19 #8 $1.2M −29.0% +100.3% $51.6M 1,611 $754 53

Tue Jan 20 #6 $721.5K −40.6% −26.9% $52.3M 1,611 $448 54

Wed Jan 21 #6 $536.7K −25.6% −28.7% $52.9M 1,611 $333 55

Thu Jan 22 #5 $625.6K +16.6% −24.6% $53.5M 1,611 $388 56

Fri Jan 23 #6 $1.9M +207.4% +1.9% $55.4M 2,025 $950 57

Sat Jan 24 #6 $3.3M +69.5% +1.8% $58.7M 2,025 $1,609 58

Sun Jan 25 #6 $1.8M −45.9% +3.0% $60.5M 2,025 $871 59

Mon Jan 26 #5 $485.4K −72.5% −60.0% $60.9M 2,025 $240 60

Tue Jan 27 #4 $749.1K +54.3% +3.8% $61.7M 2,025 $370 61

Wed Jan 28 #4 $552.7K −26.2% +3.0% $62.2M 2,025 $273 62

Thu Jan 29 #4 $542.1K −1.9% −13.4% $62.8M 2,025 $268 63

Fri Jan 30 #7 $1.6M +197.2% −16.2% $64.4M 2,402 $671 64

Sat Jan 31 #7 $2.6M +63.9% −19.0% $67.0M 2,402 $1,099 65

Sun Feb 1 #8 $760.1K −71.2% −56.9% $67.8M 2,402 $316 66

Mon Feb 2 #7 $444.3K −41.5% −8.5% $68.2M 2,402 $185 67

Tue Feb 3 #6 $616.3K +38.7% −17.7% $68.9M 2,402 $257 68

Wed Feb 4 #5 $464.7K −24.6% −15.9% $69.3M 2,402 $193 69

Thu Feb 5 #3 $540.9K +16.4% −0.2% $69.9M 2,402 $225 70

Fri Feb 6 #8 $1.3M +135.5% −20.9% $71.1M 1,963 $649 71

Sat Feb 7 #7 $2.3M +77.1% −14.5% $73.4M 1,963 $1,149 72

Sun Feb 8 #9 $1.2M −48.7% +52.4% $74.5M 1,963 $590 73

Mon Feb 9 #5 $393.5K −66.0% −11.4% $74.9M 1,963 $200 74

Tue Feb 10 #6 $478.9K +21.7% −22.3% $75.4M 1,963 $244 75

Wed Feb 11 #5 $359.8K −24.9% −22.6% $75.8M 1,963 $183 76

Thu Feb 12 #5 $354.0K −1.6% −34.5% $76.1M 1,963 $180 77

Fri Feb 13 #8 $805.3K +127.5% −36.8% $76.9M 1,551 $519 78

Sat Feb 14 #9 $1.7M +106.4% −26.3% $78.6M 1,551 $1,072 79

Sun Feb 15 #8 $1.0M −38.7% −12.0% $79.6M 1,551 $657 80

Mon Feb 16 #7 $692.3K −32.1% +75.9% $80.3M 1,551 $446 81

Tue Feb 17 #8 $377.3K −45.5% −21.2% $80.7M 1,551 $243 82

Wed Feb 18 #7 $319.2K −15.4% −11.3% $81.0M 1,551 $206 83

Thu Feb 19 #7 $347.6K +8.9% −1.8% $81.4M 1,551 $224 84

Fri Feb 20 #9 $751.2K +116.1% −6.7% $82.1M 1,408 $533 85

Sat Feb 21 #9 $1.2M +61.2% −27.2% $83.3M 1,408 $860 86

Sun Feb 22 #10 $565.8K −53.3% −44.5% $83.9M 1,408 $402 87

Mon Feb 23 #9 $235.3K −58.4% −66.0% $84.1M 1,408 $167 88

Tue Feb 24 #9 $294.6K +25.2% −21.9% $84.4M 1,408 $209 89

Wed Feb 25 #9 $235.8K −20.0% −26.1% $84.6M 1,408 $167 90

Thu Feb 26 #9 $253.2K +7.4% −27.2% $84.9M 1,408 $180 91

Fri Feb 27 #13 $498.4K +96.8% −33.7% $85.4M 1,103 $452 92

Sat Feb 28 #12 $919.5K +84.5% −24.0% $86.3M 1,103 $834 93

Sun Mar 1 #13 $453.9K −50.6% −19.8% $86.8M 1,103 $412 94

Mon Mar 2 #12 $132.8K −70.7% −43.5% $86.9M 1,103 $120 95

Tue Mar 3 #13 $152.4K +14.7% −48.3% $87.1M 1,103 $138 96

Wed Mar 4 #12 $127.8K −16.1% −45.8% $87.2M 1,103 $116 97

Thu Mar 5 #12 $135.5K +6.0% −46.5% $87.3M 1,103 $123 98

Fri Mar 6 #12 $313.0K +131.0% −37.2% $87.6M 862 $363 99

Sat Mar 7 #13 $550.8K +76.0% −40.1% $88.2M 862 $639 100

Sun Mar 8 #15 $255.4K −53.6% −43.7% $88.4M 862 $296 101

Mon Mar 9 #14 $90.0K −64.8% −32.3% $88.5M 862 $104 102

Tue Mar 10 #14 $118.2K +31.4% −22.4% $88.7M 862 $137 103

Wed Mar 11 #14 $104.6K −11.5% −18.2% $88.8M 862 $121 104

Thu Mar 12 #14 $94.9K −9.2% −29.9% $88.8M 862 $110 105

Fri Mar 13 #14 $182.2K +91.9% −41.8% $89.0M 525 $347 106

Sat Mar 14 #15 $321.0K +76.1% −41.7% $89.4M 525 $611 107

Sun Mar 15 #15 $162.0K −49.5% −36.6% $89.5M 525 $309 108

Mon Mar 16 #15 $57.6K −64.5% −36.0% $89.6M 525 $110 109

Tue Mar 17 #- $69.9K +21.5% −40.9% $89.6M 525 $133 110

Wed Mar 18 #15 $69.5K −0.6% −33.5% $89.7M 525 $132 111

Thu Mar 19 #15 $63.9K −8.1% −32.7% $89.8M 525 $122 112

Fri Mar 20 #- $102.8K +61.0% −43.6% $89.9M 337 $305 113

Sat Mar 21 #- $181.0K +76.1% −43.6% $90.1M 337 $537 114

Sun Mar 22 #- $87.7K −51.5% −45.8% $90.1M 337 $260 115

Mon Mar 23 #- $36.0K −58.9% −37.4% $90.2M 337 $107 116

Tue Mar 24 #- $40.6K +12.5% −42.0% $90.2M 337 $120 117

Wed Mar 25 #- $36.7K −9.5% −47.2% $90.3M 337 $109 118

Thu Mar 26 #- $33.8K −7.9% −47.1% $90.3M 337 $100 119

Fri Mar 27 #- $75.6K +123.6% −26.5% $90.4M 271 $279 120

Sat Mar 28 #- $117.3K +55.2% −35.2% $90.5M 271 $433 121

Sun Mar 29 #- $57.6K −50.9% −34.3% $90.5M 271 $213 122

Mon Mar 30 #- $24.1K −58.2% −33.1% $90.6M 271 $89 123

Tue Mar 31 #- $29.1K +20.7% −28.2% $90.6M 271 $107 124

Wed Apr 1 #- $24.9K −14.5% −32.2% $90.6M 271 $92 125

Thu Apr 2 #- $28.1K +13.1% −16.7% $90.7M 271 $104 126

Fri Apr 3 #- $53.0K +88.2% −29.9% $90.7M 202 $262 127

Sat Apr 4 #- $52.7K −0.4% −55.0% $90.8M 202 $261 128

Sun Apr 5 #- $33.8K −35.9% −41.3% $90.8M 202 $167 129

Mon Apr 6 #- $17.4K −48.4% −27.7% $90.8M 202 $86 130

Tue Apr 7 #- $18.7K +7.1% −35.8% $90.8M 202 $92 131

Wed Apr 8 #- $17.4K −7.0% −30.2% $90.8M 202 $86 132

Thu Apr 9 #- $16.9K −2.9% −40.1% $90.9M 202 $83 133

Fri Apr 10 #- $27.3K +62.1% −48.4% $90.9M 128 $214 134

Sat Apr 11 #- $39.7K +45.1% −24.8% $90.9M 128 $310 135

Sun Apr 12 #- $16.2K −59.1% −52.0% $90.9M 128 $127 136

Mon Apr 13 #- $7.1K −56.3% −59.3% $91.0M 128 $55 137

Tue Apr 14 #- $9.6K +35.5% −48.6% $91.0M 128 $75 138

Wed Apr 15 #- $8.4K −12.2% −51.5% $91.0M 128 $66 139

Thu Apr 16 #- $9.1K +8.3% −45.8% $91.0M 128 $71 140

Fri Apr 17 #- $12.2K +33.1% −55.5% $91.0M 75 $162 141

Sat Apr 18 #- $19.9K +64.1% −49.7% $91.0M 75 $266 142

Sun Apr 19 #- $9.3K −53.5% −42.9% $91.0M 75 $124 143

Mon Apr 20 #- $4.5K −51.3% −36.4% $91.0M 75 $60 144

Tue Apr 21 #- $4.8K +7.3% −49.6% $91.0M 75 $65 145

Wed Apr 22 #- $5.6K +16.0% −33.4% $91.0M 75 $75 146

Thu Apr 23 #- $4.7K −17.1% −49.0% $91.0M 75 $62 147

Fri Apr 24 #- $10.5K +125.6% −13.6% $91.0M 60 $175 148

Sat Apr 25 #- $16.4K +55.8% −17.9% $91.1M 60 $273 149

Sun Apr 26 #- $7.6K −53.4% −17.8% $91.1M 60 $127 150

Mon Apr 27 #- $2.7K −64.4% −39.8% $91.1M 60 $45 151

Tue Apr 28 #- $3.9K +43.8% −19.4% $91.1M 60 $65 152

Wed Apr 29 #- $3.3K −15.2% −41.1% $91.1M 60 $55 153

Thu Apr 30 #- $3.0K −8.8% −35.2% $91.1M 60 $50 154

Fri May 1 #- $6.0K +97.2% −43.3% $91.1M 34 $175 155

Sat May 2 #- $8.8K +48.2% −46.1% $91.1M 34 $260 156

Sun May 3 #- $3.0K −65.6% −60.1% $91.1M 34 $89 157

Mon May 4 #- $1.6K −46.1% −39.7% $91.1M 34 $48 158

Tue May 5 #- $2.7K +64.3% −31.0% $91.1M 34 $79 159

Wed May 6 #- $1.9K −27.7% −41.2% $91.1M 34 $57 160

Thu May 7 #- $1.8K −6.2% −39.5% $91.1M 34 $54 161

Fri May 8 #- $2.4K +33.2% −59.2% $91.1M 22 $110 162

Sat May 9 #- $3.3K +35.9% −62.6% $91.1M 22 $150 163

Sun May 10 #- $2.4K −27.9% −21.7% $91.1M 22 $108 164

Mon May 11 #- $948 −60.2% −42.1% $91.1M 22 $43 165

Tue May 12 #- $1.3K +36.7% −51.8% $91.1M 22 $59 166

Wed May 13 #- $990 −23.6% −49.1% $91.1M 22 $45 167

Thu May 14 #- $997 +0.7% −45.4% $91.1M 22 $45 168

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

Cumulative total$69.9M

Nov 28Dec 15Jan 2Jan 19Feb 5

Weekend grossWk 10 · $5.0M

$479.4K

$389.3K

$850.3K

$858.6K

$7.9M

$7.8M

$7.2M

$6.8M

$6.9M

$5.0M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,402 → 2,402 +0.0%

4 open2,402 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −27.9%

−18.8%

W1→2

+118.4%

W2→3

+1.0%

W3→4

+823.8%

W4→5

−2.0%

W5→6

−7.2%

W6→7

−5.7%

W7→8

+2.1%

W8→9

−27.9%

W9→10

Steepest −27.9%Biggest gain +823.8%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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