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The Informant!Follow

2009 • R • 1h 48m • Comedy, Crime, Drama • Warner Bros.

Based on a tattle-tale

🍅 79% 44%

66

3.28

6.5

CS C-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$10.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$33.30M

Final

Worldwide total

$41.80M

$8.50M international

Domestic legs3.2x

Budget$22M

2009 rank#85

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Cast & crew

Full Soderbergh filmography

Steven Soderbergh

Steven Soderbergh Director

Matt Damon

Matt Damon Starring

Joel McHale

Joel McHale Starring

Melanie Lynskey

Melanie Lynskey Starring

Clancy Brown

Clancy Brown Starring

Tony Hale

Tony Hale Starring

ScreenplayScott Z. Burns Produced byGregory Jacobs, Jennifer Fox, Michael Jaffe, Howard Braunstein, Kurt Eichenwald CinematographyPeter Andrews Music byMarvin Hamlisch StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 18-20 2 $10.5M — 2,505 $4,177 $10.5M

2 Sep 25-27 4 $6.6M −36.7% 2,505 $2,644 $20.7M

3 Oct 2-4 9 $3.7M −44.3% 2,425 $1,521 $26.5M

4 Oct 9-11 11 $2.2M −40.3% 2,202 $1,001 $29.8M

5 Oct 16-18 13 $955.5K −56.7% 1,228 $778 $31.8M

6 Oct 23-25 21 $348.2K −63.6% 411 $847 $32.4M

7 Oct 30-Nov 1 25 $192.1K −44.8% 220 $873 $32.7M

8 Nov 6-8 33 $104.1K −45.8% 138 $754 $32.9M

9 Nov 13-15 28 $128.5K +23.5% 247 $520 $33.1M

10 Nov 20-22 37 $62.4K −51.4% 131 $476 $33.2M

11 Nov 27-29 49 $35.7K −42.8% 62 $575 $33.3M

12 Dec 4-6 60 $12.4K −65.3% 40 $309 $33.3M

13 Dec 11-13 66 $5.8K −53.3% 18 $321 $33.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Sep 18 #2 $3.7M — $3.7M 2,505 $1,467 1

Sat Sep 19 #3 $4.4M +18.7% $8.0M 2,505 $1,741 2

Sun Sep 20 #2 $2.4M −44.3% $10.5M 2,505 $969 3

Mon Sep 21 #2 $862.1K −64.5% $11.3M 2,505 $344 4

Tue Sep 22 #2 $1.1M +23.4% $12.4M 2,505 $425 5

Wed Sep 23 #2 $883.2K −17.0% $13.3M 2,505 $353 6

Thu Sep 24 #2 $803.1K −9.1% $14.1M 2,505 $321 7

Fri Sep 25 #4 $2.1M +156.3% −44.0% $16.1M 2,505 $822 8

Sat Sep 26 #4 $3.0M +48.0% −30.2% $19.2M 2,505 $1,216 9

Sun Sep 27 #4 $1.5M −50.1% −37.4% $20.7M 2,505 $606 10

Mon Sep 28 #4 $509.3K −66.5% −40.9% $21.2M 2,505 $203 11

Tue Sep 29 #3 $588.2K +15.5% −44.7% $21.8M 2,505 $235 12

Wed Sep 30 #4 $507.4K −13.7% −42.5% $22.3M 2,505 $203 13

Thu Oct 1 #3 $474.2K −6.5% −41.0% $22.8M 2,505 $189 14

Fri Oct 2 #9 $1.1M +140.2% −44.7% $23.9M 2,425 $470 15

Sat Oct 3 #9 $1.8M +56.0% −41.7% $25.7M 2,425 $733 16

Sun Oct 4 #9 $773.6K −56.5% −49.1% $26.5M 2,425 $319 17

Mon Oct 5 #8 $258.1K −66.6% −49.3% $26.7M 2,425 $106 18

Tue Oct 6 #8 $328.1K +27.1% −44.2% $27.1M 2,425 $135 19

Wed Oct 7 #8 $298.5K −9.0% −41.2% $27.4M 2,425 $123 20

Thu Oct 8 #8 $289.2K −3.1% −39.0% $27.6M 2,425 $119 21

Fri Oct 9 #11 $660.2K +128.3% −42.0% $28.3M 2,202 $300 22

Sat Oct 10 #11 $1.0M +51.6% −43.7% $29.3M 2,202 $454 23

Sun Oct 11 #11 $543.3K −45.7% −29.8% $29.8M 2,202 $247 24

Mon Oct 12 #11 $314.3K −42.2% +21.7% $30.2M 2,202 $143 25

Tue Oct 13 #10 $227.1K −27.7% −30.8% $30.4M 2,202 $103 26

Wed Oct 14 #10 $216.4K −4.7% −27.5% $30.6M 2,202 $98 27

Thu Oct 15 #10 $206.3K −4.7% −28.7% $30.8M 2,202 $94 28

Fri Oct 16 #13 $283.6K +37.5% −57.0% $31.1M 1,228 $231 29

Sat Oct 17 #13 $467.7K +64.9% −53.3% $31.6M 1,228 $381 30

Sun Oct 18 #15 $204.2K −56.3% −62.4% $31.8M 1,228 $166 31

Mon Oct 19 — $69.4K −66.0% −77.9% $31.8M 1,228 $56 32

Tue Oct 20 — $84.5K +21.8% −62.8% $31.9M 1,228 $69 33

Wed Oct 21 — $82.2K −2.7% −62.0% $32.0M 1,228 $67 34

Thu Oct 22 — $83.0K +1.0% −59.7% $32.1M 1,228 $68 35

Fri Oct 23 — $109.5K +31.9% −61.4% $32.2M 411 $266 36

Sat Oct 24 — $165.9K +51.5% −64.5% $32.4M 411 $404 37

Sun Oct 25 — $72.8K −56.1% −64.4% $32.4M 411 $177 38

Mon Oct 26 — $29.1K −60.0% −58.0% $32.5M 411 $71 39

Tue Oct 27 — $34.4K +18.0% −59.3% $32.5M 411 $84 40

Wed Oct 28 — $23.7K −31.1% −71.2% $32.5M 287 $82 41

Thu Oct 29 — $23.8K +0.5% −71.3% $32.5M 287 $83 42

Fri Oct 30 — $61.4K +158.1% −43.9% $32.6M 220 $279 43

Sat Oct 31 — $82.5K +34.2% −50.3% $32.7M 220 $375 44

Sun Nov 1 — $48.3K −41.5% −33.7% $32.7M 220 $219 45

Mon Nov 2 — $16.9K −65.0% −42.0% $32.8M 220 $77 46

Tue Nov 3 — $23.2K +37.6% −32.4% $32.8M 220 $106 47

Wed Nov 4 — $19.4K −16.7% −18.2% $32.8M 220 $88 48

Thu Nov 5 — $22.1K +14.0% −7.2% $32.8M 220 $100 49

Fri Nov 6 — $31.8K +43.8% −48.3% $32.9M 138 $230 50

Sat Nov 7 — $50.6K +59.4% −38.6% $32.9M 138 $367 51

Sun Nov 8 — $21.7K −57.2% −55.1% $32.9M 138 $157 52

Mon Nov 9 — $7.3K −66.3% −56.7% $32.9M 138 $53 53

Tue Nov 10 — $12.1K +66.0% −47.8% $32.9M 138 $88 54

Wed Nov 11 — $14.9K +22.8% −23.1% $33.0M 138 $108 55

Thu Nov 12 — $8.6K −42.0% −60.9% $33.0M 138 $63 56

Fri Nov 13 — $42.1K +387.1% +32.5% $33.0M 247 $170 57

Sat Nov 14 — $57.0K +35.6% +12.7% $33.1M 247 $231 58

Sun Nov 15 — $29.3K −48.6% +35.3% $33.1M 247 $119 59

Mon Nov 16 — $12.7K −56.7% +74.0% $33.1M 247 $51 60

Tue Nov 17 — $16.8K +32.1% +38.4% $33.1M 247 $68 61

Wed Nov 18 — $13.6K −18.8% −8.5% $33.1M 247 $55 62

Thu Nov 19 — $14.0K +2.6% +62.0% $33.2M 247 $57 63

Fri Nov 20 — $20.1K +43.5% −52.3% $33.2M 131 $153 64

Sat Nov 21 — $28.3K +40.8% −50.5% $33.2M 131 $216 65

Sun Nov 22 — $14.1K −50.2% −52.1% $33.2M 131 $107 66

Mon Nov 23 — $6.0K −57.0% −52.4% $33.2M 131 $46 67

Tue Nov 24 — $8.3K +36.8% −50.7% $33.2M 131 $63 68

Wed Nov 25 — $8.1K −2.1% −40.6% $33.2M 92 $88 69

Thu Nov 26 — $6.8K −15.6% −51.2% $33.2M 92 $74 70

Fri Nov 27 — $13.7K +100.1% −31.9% $33.3M 62 $220 71

Sat Nov 28 — $15.0K +10.0% −46.8% $33.3M 62 $243 72

Sun Nov 29 — $7.0K −53.7% −50.5% $33.3M 62 $112 73

Mon Nov 30 — $3.1K −55.0% −48.2% $33.3M 62 $51 74

Tue Dec 1 — $3.4K +9.6% −58.5% $33.3M 62 $55 75

Wed Dec 2 — $3.7K +9.0% −53.8% $33.3M 62 $60 76

Thu Dec 3 — $2.1K −44.0% −69.3% $33.3M 62 $34 77

Fri Dec 4 — $4.5K +114.5% −67.1% $33.3M 40 $112 78

Sat Dec 5 — $5.4K +20.3% −64.0% $33.3M 40 $135 79

Sun Dec 6 — $2.5K −54.5% −64.7% $33.3M 40 $61 80

Mon Dec 7 — $1.2K −51.0% −61.5% $33.3M 40 $30 81

Tue Dec 8 — $949 −21.3% −72.4% $33.3M 40 $24 82

Wed Dec 9 — $1.0K +8.2% −72.6% $33.3M 40 $26 83

Thu Dec 10 — $1.1K +9.6% −46.3% $33.3M 40 $28 84

Fri Dec 11 — $1.6K +39.2% −65.1% $33.3M 18 $87 85

Sat Dec 12 — $2.3K +46.6% −57.5% $33.3M 18 $128 86

Sun Dec 13 — $1.9K −17.0% −22.4% $33.3M 18 $106 87

Mon Dec 14 — $646 −66.1% −46.4% $33.3M 18 $36 88

Tue Dec 15 — $790 +22.3% −16.8% $33.3M 18 $44 89

Wed Dec 16 — $752 −4.8% −26.8% $33.3M 18 $42 90

Thu Dec 17 — $1.1K +39.8% −6.7% $33.3M 18 $58 91

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

Cumulative total$33.2M

Sep 18Oct 5Oct 23Nov 9Nov 26

Weekend grossWk 10 · $62.4K

$10.5M

$6.6M

$3.7M

$2.2M

$955.5K

$348.2K

$192.1K

$104.1K

$128.5K

$62.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,505 → 92 −96.3%

2,505 open92 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −51.4%

−36.7%

W1→2

−44.3%

W2→3

−40.3%

W3→4

−56.7%

W4→5

−63.6%

W5→6

−44.8%

W6→7

−45.8%

W7→8

+23.5%

W8→9

−51.4%

W9→10

Steepest −63.6%Biggest gain +23.5%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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