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2014 • R • 2h 21m • Crime, Drama, Mystery • Warner Bros.

Defend your Honor.

🍅 49% 72%

48

3.43

7.4

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$13.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$47.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$76.10M

$29.00M international

Domestic legs3.6x

Budget$50M

2014 rank#69

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Cast & crew

Robert Downey Jr.

Robert Downey Jr. Starring

Robert Duvall

Robert Duvall Starring

Vera Farmiga

Vera Farmiga Starring

Vincent D'Onofrio

Vincent D'Onofrio Starring

Jeremy Strong

Jeremy Strong Starring

Billy Bob Thornton

Billy Bob Thornton Starring

ScreenplayNick Schenk, Bill Dubuque Produced byDavid Dobkin, Susan Downey, David Gambino CinematographyJanusz Kaminski Music byThomas Newman StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 10-12 5 $13.1M — 3,003 $4,368 $13.1M

2 Oct 17-19 7 $7.9M −39.6% 3,003 $2,636 $26.8M

3 Oct 24-26 10 $4.4M −44.8% 2,610 $1,673 $34.4M

4 Oct 31-Nov 2 9 $3.4M −22.9% 1,942 $1,732 $39.5M

5 Nov 7-9 12 $1.8M −47.7% 1,215 $1,448 $42.6M

6 Nov 14-16 14 $1.1M −40.1% 803 $1,312 $44.4M

7 Nov 21-23 17 $551.3K −47.7% 505 $1,092 $45.3M

8 Nov 28-30 18 $439.7K −20.2% 415 $1,059 $46.1M

9 Dec 5-7 23 $261.1K −40.6% 398 $656 $46.5M

10 Dec 12-14 28 $161.6K −38.1% 303 $533 $46.8M

11 Dec 19-21 33 $61.4K −62.0% 135 $455 $46.9M

12 Dec 26-28 42 $44.7K −27.2% 76 $589 $47.0M

13 Jan 2-4 45 $44.4K −0.9% 61 $727 $47.1M

14 Jan 9-11 55 $24.9K −43.8% 60 $416 $47.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 10 #5 $4.4M — $4.4M 3,003 $1,474 1

Sat Oct 11 #5 $5.4M +21.7% $9.8M 3,003 $1,794 2

Sun Oct 12 #5 $3.3M −38.7% $13.1M 3,003 $1,099 3

Mon Oct 13 #4 $1.8M −44.5% $14.9M 3,003 $610 4

Tue Oct 14 #3 $1.6M −13.1% $16.5M 3,003 $531 5

Wed Oct 15 #3 $1.2M −23.0% $17.8M 3,003 $408 6

Thu Oct 16 #3 $1.1M −7.5% $18.9M 3,003 $378 7

Fri Oct 17 #8 $2.5M +117.3% −44.3% $21.4M 3,003 $821 8

Sat Oct 18 #8 $3.5M +42.9% −34.6% $24.9M 3,003 $1,173 9

Sun Oct 19 #7 $1.9M −45.2% −41.6% $26.8M 3,003 $642 10

Mon Oct 20 #5 $686.4K −64.4% −62.6% $27.5M 3,003 $229 11

Tue Oct 21 #3 $994.5K +44.9% −37.6% $28.5M 3,003 $331 12

Wed Oct 22 #3 $788.2K −20.7% −35.7% $29.3M 3,003 $262 13

Thu Oct 23 #3 $743.2K −5.7% −34.5% $30.0M 3,003 $247 14

Fri Oct 24 #9 $1.3M +78.0% −46.3% $31.4M 2,610 $507 15

Sat Oct 25 #9 $1.9M +46.5% −45.0% $33.3M 2,610 $743 16

Sun Oct 26 #9 $1.1M −43.0% −42.8% $34.4M 2,610 $423 17

Mon Oct 27 #7 $374.5K −66.1% −45.4% $34.8M 2,610 $143 18

Tue Oct 28 #7 $541.3K +44.5% −45.6% $35.3M 2,610 $207 19

Wed Oct 29 #7 $422.4K −22.0% −46.4% $35.7M 2,610 $162 20

Thu Oct 30 #7 $413.4K −2.1% −44.4% $36.1M 2,610 $158 21

Fri Oct 31 #9 $861.3K +108.3% −34.9% $37.0M 1,942 $443 22

Sat Nov 1 #9 $1.6M +89.9% −15.7% $38.6M 1,942 $842 23

Sun Nov 2 #9 $867.8K −46.9% −21.4% $39.5M 1,942 $447 24

Mon Nov 3 #10 $274.0K −68.4% −26.8% $39.8M 1,942 $141 25

Tue Nov 4 #9 $401.5K +46.5% −25.8% $40.2M 1,942 $207 26

Wed Nov 5 #9 $312.7K −22.1% −26.0% $40.5M 1,942 $161 27

Thu Nov 6 #10 $307.1K −1.8% −25.7% $40.8M 1,942 $158 28

Fri Nov 7 #12 $511.6K +66.6% −40.6% $41.3M 1,215 $421 29

Sat Nov 8 #12 $794.6K +55.3% −51.4% $42.1M 1,215 $654 30

Sun Nov 9 #12 $452.9K −43.0% −47.8% $42.6M 1,215 $373 31

Mon Nov 10 #12 $176.6K −61.0% −35.5% $42.7M 1,215 $145 32

Tue Nov 11 #12 $273.3K +54.7% −31.9% $43.0M 1,215 $225 33

Wed Nov 12 #10 $153.1K −44.0% −51.1% $43.2M 1,215 $126 34

Thu Nov 13 #10 $153.4K +0.2% −50.0% $43.3M 1,215 $126 35

Fri Nov 14 - $302.3K +97.0% −40.9% $43.6M 803 $376 36

Sat Nov 15 - $490.3K +62.2% −38.3% $44.1M 803 $611 37

Sun Nov 16 - $260.7K −46.8% −42.4% $44.4M 803 $325 38

Mon Nov 17 #12 $90.8K −65.2% −48.6% $44.5M 803 $113 39

Tue Nov 18 #12 $134.1K +47.7% −50.9% $44.6M 803 $167 40

Wed Nov 19 #12 $104.0K −22.5% −32.1% $44.7M 803 $130 41

Thu Nov 20 #13 $80.6K −22.5% −47.5% $44.8M 803 $100 42

Fri Nov 21 #14 $150.9K +87.2% −50.1% $44.9M 505 $299 43

Sat Nov 22 #16 $254.6K +68.7% −48.1% $45.2M 505 $504 44

Sun Nov 23 - $145.8K −42.8% −44.1% $45.3M 505 $289 45

Mon Nov 24 - $53.1K −63.5% −41.5% $45.4M 505 $105 46

Tue Nov 25 - $72.8K +37.0% −45.7% $45.5M 505 $144 47

Wed Nov 26 - $72.3K −0.7% −30.5% $45.5M 415 $174 48

Thu Nov 27 - $78.1K +8.1% −3.1% $45.6M 415 $188 49

Fri Nov 28 - $176.2K +125.5% +16.7% $45.8M 415 $425 50

Sat Nov 29 - $174.3K −1.0% −31.5% $46.0M 415 $420 51

Sun Nov 30 - $89.2K −48.9% −38.8% $46.1M 415 $215 52

Mon Dec 1 - $32.1K −64.0% −39.6% $46.1M 415 $77 53

Tue Dec 2 #15 $45.9K +43.0% −36.9% $46.1M 415 $111 54

Wed Dec 3 #15 $37.2K −19.0% −48.5% $46.2M 415 $90 55

Thu Dec 4 #15 $41.9K +12.6% −46.4% $46.2M 415 $101 56

Fri Dec 5 - $76.8K +83.3% −56.4% $46.3M 398 $193 57

Sat Dec 6 - $119.2K +55.2% −31.6% $46.4M 398 $299 58

Sun Dec 7 - $65.1K −45.4% −27.0% $46.5M 398 $164 59

Mon Dec 8 - $27.2K −58.2% −15.3% $46.5M 398 $68 60

Tue Dec 9 - $34.1K +25.4% −25.7% $46.5M 398 $86 61

Wed Dec 10 - $29.3K −14.0% −21.1% $46.6M 398 $74 62

Thu Dec 11 - $27.2K −7.4% −35.2% $46.6M 398 $68 63

Fri Dec 12 - $46.8K +72.4% −39.0% $46.6M 303 $154 64

Sat Dec 13 - $77.5K +65.6% −35.0% $46.7M 303 $256 65

Sun Dec 14 - $37.3K −51.8% −42.6% $46.8M 303 $123 66

Mon Dec 15 - $16.9K −54.7% −37.8% $46.8M 303 $56 67

Tue Dec 16 - $20.5K +21.0% −40.0% $46.8M 303 $68 68

Wed Dec 17 - $17.3K −15.5% −41.0% $46.8M 236 $73 69

Thu Dec 18 - $15.4K −10.9% −43.3% $46.8M 236 $65 70

Fri Dec 19 - $16.7K +8.1% −64.4% $46.8M 135 $123 71

Sat Dec 20 - $28.4K +70.3% −63.4% $46.9M 135 $210 72

Sun Dec 21 - $16.4K −42.3% −56.1% $46.9M 135 $121 73

Mon Dec 22 - $10.5K −35.9% −37.9% $46.9M 135 $78 74

Tue Dec 23 - $13.4K +28.0% −34.3% $46.9M 135 $100 75

Wed Dec 24 - $8.2K −38.8% −52.4% $46.9M 135 $61 76

Thu Dec 25 - $11.8K +43.0% −23.6% $46.9M 76 $155 77

Fri Dec 26 - $15.0K +27.0% −10.3% $46.9M 76 $197 78

Sat Dec 27 - $18.3K +22.4% −35.5% $47.0M 76 $241 79

Sun Dec 28 - $11.5K −37.2% −29.9% $47.0M 76 $151 80

Mon Dec 29 - $7.9K −31.4% −25.0% $47.0M 76 $104 81

Tue Dec 30 - $8.9K +13.1% −33.7% $47.0M 76 $117 82

Wed Dec 31 - $13.7K +54.1% +66.9% $47.0M 76 $181 83

Thu Jan 1 - $15.5K +12.9% +31.8% $47.0M 76 $204 84

Fri Jan 2 - $16.6K +7.0% +11.0% $47.0M 61 $272 85

Sat Jan 3 - $19.0K +14.6% +3.9% $47.1M 61 $312 86

Sun Jan 4 - $8.7K −54.1% −24.0% $47.1M 61 $143 87

Mon Jan 5 - $3.3K −62.6% −58.5% $47.1M 61 $54 88

Tue Jan 6 - $4.4K +35.0% −50.5% $47.1M 61 $72 89

Wed Jan 7 - $4.1K −7.1% −70.2% $47.1M 61 $67 90

Thu Jan 8 - $5.3K +28.8% −66.0% $47.1M 61 $86 91

Fri Jan 9 - $8.0K +51.0% −52.0% $47.1M 60 $133 92

Sat Jan 10 - $11.8K +47.9% −38.1% $47.1M 60 $196 93

Sun Jan 11 - $5.2K −56.0% −40.6% $47.1M 60 $86 94

Mon Jan 12 - $2.5K −51.3% −22.7% $47.1M 60 $42 95

Tue Jan 13 - $3.5K +40.0% −19.9% $47.1M 60 $59 96

Wed Jan 14 - $3.7K +5.5% −9.0% $47.1M 60 $62 97

Thu Jan 15 - $4.5K +21.2% −14.3% $47.1M 60 $75 98

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

Cumulative total$46.8M

Oct 10Oct 27Nov 14Dec 1Dec 18

Weekend grossWk 10 · $161.6K

$13.1M

$7.9M

$4.4M

$3.4M

$1.8M

$1.1M

$551.3K

$439.7K

$261.1K

$161.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,003 → 236 −92.1%

3,003 open236 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −38.1%

−39.6%

W1→2

−44.8%

W2→3

−22.9%

W3→4

−47.7%

W4→5

−40.1%

W5→6

−47.7%

W6→7

−20.2%

W7→8

−40.6%

W8→9

−38.1%

W9→10

Steepest −47.7%Best hold −20.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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