Name: The Master
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Genre: Drama
Released: 2012
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Laura Dern, Ambyr Childers

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Sep 14	#-	$242K		—	$242K	5	$48.4K	1
Sat Sep 15	#-	$264K	+9%	—	$506K	5	$52.7K	2
Sun Sep 16	#-	$231K	-13%	—	$736K	5	$46.1K	3
Mon Sep 17	#-	$104K	-55%	—	$840K	5	$20.7K	4
Tue Sep 18	#-	$85K	-18%	—	$925K	5	$17.0K	5
Wed Sep 19	#-	$69K	-19%	—	$994K	5	$13.8K	6
Thu Sep 20	#-	$62K	-10%	—	$1.06M	5	$12.4K	7
Fri Sep 21	#7	$1.40M	+2%	+477%	$2.45M	788	$1.8K	8
Sat Sep 22	#7	$1.95M	+39%	+639%	$4.40M	788	$2.5K	9
Sun Sep 23	#7	$1.05M	-46%	+354%	$5.45M	788	$1.3K	10
Mon Sep 24	#7	$351K	-66%	+239%	$5.80M	788	$446	11
Tue Sep 25	#7	$386K	+10%	+354%	$6.18M	788	$489	12
Wed Sep 26	#7	$384K	-1%	+457%	$6.57M	788	$487	13
Thu Sep 27	#7	$321K	-16%	+417%	$6.89M	788	$407	14
Fri Sep 28	#10	$789K	+146%	-44%	$7.68M	856	$922	15
Sat Sep 29	#9	$1.26M	+60%	-35%	$8.94M	856	$1.5K	16
Sun Sep 30	#10	$631K	-50%	-40%	$9.57M	856	$737	17
Mon Oct 1	#10	$212K	-66%	-40%	$9.78M	856	$247	18
Tue Oct 2	#9	$284K	+34%	-26%	$10.06M	856	$332	19
Wed Oct 3	#11	$181K	-36%	-53%	$10.25M	856	$212	20
Thu Oct 4	#10	$230K	+27%	-28%	$10.48M	856	$268	21
Fri Oct 5	#9	$498K	+117%	-37%	$10.97M	864	$577	22
Sat Oct 6	#9	$839K	+68%	-33%	$11.81M	864	$971	23
Sun Oct 7	#10	$524K	-38%	-17%	$12.34M	864	$606	24
Mon Oct 8	#10	$271K	-48%	+28%	$12.61M	864	$313	25
Tue Oct 9	#9	$189K	-30%	-33%	$12.80M	864	$219	26
Wed Oct 10	#9	$167K	-12%	-8%	$12.96M	864	$193	27
Thu Oct 11	#10	$133K	-20%	-42%	$13.10M	864	$154	28
Fri Oct 12	#15	$222K	+67%	-56%	$13.32M	682	$325	29
Sat Oct 13	#15	$377K	+70%	-55%	$13.70M	682	$553	30
Sun Oct 14	#15	$214K	-43%	-59%	$13.91M	682	$314	31
Mon Oct 15	#14	$78K	-63%	-71%	$13.99M	682	$115	32
Tue Oct 16	#15	$75K	-4%	-60%	$14.06M	682	$110	33
Wed Oct 17	#15	$76K	+1%	-54%	$14.14M	682	$111	34
Thu Oct 18	#15	$78K	+2%	-42%	$14.22M	682	$114	35
Fri Oct 19	#17	$151K	+94%	-32%	$14.37M	412	$366	36
Sat Oct 20	#16	$240K	+59%	-36%	$14.61M	412	$583	37
Sun Oct 21	#16	$130K	-46%	-40%	$14.74M	412	$315	38
Mon Oct 22	#-	$40K	-69%	-49%	$14.78M	412	$96	39
Tue Oct 23	#-	$66K	+66%	-13%	$14.84M	412	$160	40
Wed Oct 24	#-	$53K	-20%	-31%	$14.90M	412	$128	41
Thu Oct 25	#-	$54K	+2%	-31%	$14.95M	412	$131	42
Fri Oct 26	#-	$76K	+41%	-50%	$15.03M	201	$377	43
Sat Oct 27	#-	$119K	+56%	-51%	$15.14M	201	$590	44
Sun Oct 28	#-	$64K	-46%	-51%	$15.21M	201	$318	45

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Sep 14-16	19	$736K	—	$736K	5	$147.3K	1
Sep 21-23	7	$4.39M	+496.4%	$5.45M	788	$5.6K	2
Sep 28-30	9	$2.68M	-39.0%	$9.57M	856	$3.1K	3
Oct 5-7	9	$1.86M	-30.5%	$12.34M	864	$2.2K	4
Oct 12-14	15	$813K	-56.3%	$13.91M	682	$1.2K	5
Oct 19-21	16	$521K	-36.0%	$14.74M	412	$1.3K	6
Oct 26-28	21	$258K	-50.4%	$15.21M	201	$1.3K	7
Nov 2-4	25	$181K	-30.1%	$15.51M	138	$1.3K	8
Nov 9-11	32	$103K	-42.7%	$15.69M	88	$1.2K	9
Nov 16-18	40	$50K	-51.6%	$15.79M	52	$963	10
Nov 23-25	52	$30K	-40.7%	$15.84M	25	$1.2K	11
Nov 30-Dec 2	59	$17K	-41.4%	$15.87M	23	$757	12
Dec 7-9	66	$12K	-30.6%	$15.90M	23	$525	13
Dec 14-16	64	$9K	-22.4%	$15.91M	14	$669	14
Dec 21-23	54	$12K	+23.6%	$15.93M	13	$890	15
Jan 4-6	61	$10K	-10.1%	$15.98M	17	$612	17
Jan 11-13	50	$22K	+113.0%	$16.01M	16	$1.4K	18
Jan 25-27	41	$70K	+218.1%	$16.13M	37	$1.9K	20
Feb 1-3	47	$42K	-40.3%	$16.20M	28	$1.5K	21
Feb 8-10	58	$24K	-43.5%	$16.25M	29	$819	22

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

Daily Gross

Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Week-over-Week Drop

Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byPaul Thomas Anderson

ScreenplayPaul Thomas Anderson

Produced byJoAnne Sellar, Daniel Lupi, Megan Ellison, Paul Thomas Anderson

CinematographyMihai Malaimare Jr.

Music byJonny Greenwood

StarringJoaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Laura Dern, Ambyr Childers, Jesse Plemons

StudioThe Weinstein Company

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