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2012 • R • 2h 17m • Drama • The Weinstein Company

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3.98

7.1

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$736K

Limited · 5 theaters

Domestic total

$16.20M

Final

Worldwide total

$29.00M

$12.80M international

Domestic legs3.7x from $4.4M first wide weekend

Budget$37.5M

2012 rank#132

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Cast & crew

Full Anderson filmography

Paul Thomas Anderson

Paul Thomas Anderson Director

Joaquin Phoenix

Joaquin Phoenix Starring

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Philip Seymour Hoffman Starring

Amy Adams

Amy Adams Starring

Rami Malek

Rami Malek Starring

Laura Dern

Laura Dern Starring

ScreenplayPaul Thomas Anderson Produced byJoAnne Sellar, Daniel Lupi, Megan Ellison, Paul Thomas Anderson CinematographyMihai Malaimare Jr. Music byJonny Greenwood StudioThe Weinstein Company

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 14-16 19 $736.3K — 5 $147,262 $736.3K

2 Sep 21-23 7 $4.4M +496.4% 788 $5,572 $5.4M

3 Sep 28-30 9 $2.7M −39.0% 856 $3,131 $9.6M

4 Oct 5-7 9 $1.9M −30.5% 864 $2,155 $12.3M

5 Oct 12-14 15 $813.4K −56.3% 682 $1,193 $13.9M

6 Oct 19-21 16 $520.7K −36.0% 412 $1,264 $14.7M

7 Oct 26-28 21 $258.3K −50.4% 201 $1,285 $15.2M

8 Nov 2-4 25 $180.6K −30.1% 138 $1,309 $15.5M

9 Nov 9-11 32 $103.4K −42.7% 88 $1,175 $15.7M

10 Nov 16-18 40 $50.1K −51.6% 52 $963 $15.8M

11 Nov 23-25 52 $29.7K −40.7% 25 $1,187 $15.8M

12 Nov 30-Dec 2 59 $17.4K −41.4% 23 $757 $15.9M

13 Dec 7-9 66 $12.1K −30.6% 23 $525 $15.9M

14 Dec 14-16 64 $9.4K −22.4% 14 $669 $15.9M

15 Dec 21-23 54 $11.6K +23.6% 13 $890 $15.9M

17 Jan 4-6 61 $10.4K −10.1% 17 $612 $16.0M

18 Jan 11-13 50 $22.1K +113.0% 16 $1,384 $16.0M

20 Jan 25-27 41 $70.4K +218.1% 37 $1,903 $16.1M

21 Feb 1-3 47 $42.0K −40.3% 28 $1,500 $16.2M

22 Feb 8-10 58 $23.8K −43.5% 29 $819 $16.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Sep 14 #- $242.1K — $242.1K 5 $48,425 1

Sat Sep 15 #- $263.6K +9% $505.7K 5 $52,715 2

Sun Sep 16 #- $230.6K −13% $736.3K 5 $46,121 3

Mon Sep 17 #- $103.7K −55% $840.0K 5 $20,730 4

Tue Sep 18 #- $85.0K −18% $924.9K 5 $16,995 5

Wed Sep 19 #- $68.9K −19% $993.9K 5 $13,787 6

Thu Sep 20 #- $62.0K −10% $1.1M 5 $12,402 7

Fri Sep 21 #7 $1.4M +2% +477% $2.5M 788 $1,773 8

Sat Sep 22 #7 $1.9M +39% +639% $4.4M 788 $2,471 9

Sun Sep 23 #7 $1.0M −46% +354% $5.4M 788 $1,328 10

Mon Sep 24 #7 $351.1K −66% +239% $5.8M 788 $446 11

Tue Sep 25 #7 $385.6K +10% +354% $6.2M 788 $489 12

Wed Sep 26 #7 $383.7K −1% +457% $6.6M 788 $487 13

Thu Sep 27 #7 $320.7K −16% +417% $6.9M 788 $407 14

Fri Sep 28 #10 $789.3K +146% −44% $7.7M 856 $922 15

Sat Sep 29 #9 $1.3M +60% −35% $8.9M 856 $1,472 16

Sun Sep 30 #10 $631.0K −50% −40% $9.6M 856 $737 17

Mon Oct 1 #10 $211.7K −66% −40% $9.8M 856 $247 18

Tue Oct 2 #9 $283.9K +34% −26% $10.1M 856 $332 19

Wed Oct 3 #11 $181.4K −36% −53% $10.2M 856 $212 20

Thu Oct 4 #10 $229.7K +27% −28% $10.5M 856 $268 21

Fri Oct 5 #9 $498.4K +117% −37% $11.0M 864 $577 22

Sat Oct 6 #9 $839.3K +68% −33% $11.8M 864 $971 23

Sun Oct 7 #10 $524.0K −38% −17% $12.3M 864 $606 24

Mon Oct 8 #10 $270.6K −48% +28% $12.6M 864 $313 25

Tue Oct 9 #9 $189.3K −30% −33% $12.8M 864 $219 26

Wed Oct 10 #9 $166.9K −12% −8% $13.0M 864 $193 27

Thu Oct 11 #10 $133.0K −20% −42% $13.1M 864 $154 28

Fri Oct 12 #15 $221.7K +67% −56% $13.3M 682 $325 29

Sat Oct 13 #15 $377.3K +70% −55% $13.7M 682 $553 30

Sun Oct 14 #15 $214.4K −43% −59% $13.9M 682 $314 31

Mon Oct 15 #14 $78.4K −63% −71% $14.0M 682 $115 32

Tue Oct 16 #15 $75.3K −4% −60% $14.1M 682 $110 33

Wed Oct 17 #15 $76.0K +1% −54% $14.1M 682 $111 34

Thu Oct 18 #15 $77.6K +2% −42% $14.2M 682 $114 35

Fri Oct 19 #17 $150.8K +94% −32% $14.4M 412 $366 36

Sat Oct 20 #16 $240.2K +59% −36% $14.6M 412 $583 37

Sun Oct 21 #16 $129.6K −46% −40% $14.7M 412 $315 38

Mon Oct 22 #- $39.7K −69% −49% $14.8M 412 $96 39

Tue Oct 23 #- $65.8K +66% −13% $14.8M 412 $160 40

Wed Oct 24 #- $52.8K −20% −31% $14.9M 412 $128 41

Thu Oct 25 #- $53.8K +2% −31% $15.0M 412 $131 42

Fri Oct 26 #- $75.8K +41% −50% $15.0M 201 $377 43

Sat Oct 27 #- $118.5K +56% −51% $15.1M 201 $590 44

Sun Oct 28 #- $64.0K −46% −51% $15.2M 201 $318 45

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

Cumulative total$15.2M

Sep 14Sep 25Oct 6Oct 17Oct 28

Weekend grossWk 10 · $50.1K

$736.3K

$4.4M

$2.7M

$1.9M

$813.4K

$520.7K

$258.3K

$180.6K

$103.4K

$50.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 864 → 201 −76.7%

5 open201 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −51.6%

+496.4%

W1→2

−39.0%

W2→3

−30.5%

W3→4

−56.3%

W4→5

−36.0%

W5→6

−50.4%

W6→7

−30.1%

W7→8

−42.7%

W8→9

−51.6%

W9→10

Steepest −56.3%Biggest gain +496.4%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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