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2009 • R • 1h 34m • Comedy, War • Overture Films

No goats. No glory.

🍅 51% 39%

54

3.07

6.2

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$12.70M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$32.40M

Final

Worldwide total

$67.30M

$34.90M international

Domestic legs2.6x

Budget$24M

2009 rank#87

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Cast & crew

Full Heslov filmography

Grant Heslov

Grant Heslov Director

George Clooney

George Clooney Starring

Ewan McGregor

Ewan McGregor Starring

Jeff Bridges

Jeff Bridges Starring

Kevin Spacey

Kevin Spacey Starring

Robert Patrick

Robert Patrick Starring

ScreenplayPeter Straughan Produced byGeorge Clooney, Grant Heslov, Paul Lister CinematographyRobert Elswit StudioOverture Films

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 6-8 3 $12.7M — 2,443 $5,201 $12.7M

2 Nov 13-15 4 $5.9M −53.9% 2,453 $2,390 $23.0M

3 Nov 20-22 7 $2.8M −51.7% 2,056 $1,376 $27.7M

4 Nov 27-29 11 $1.5M −46.9% 1,119 $1,342 $30.5M

5 Dec 4-6 18 $400.2K −73.4% 509 $786 $31.3M

6 Dec 11-13 22 $202.0K −49.5% 324 $624 $31.7M

7 Dec 18-20 30 $86.1K −57.4% 207 $416 $31.8M

8 Dec 25-27 42 $30.0K −65.2% 74 $405 $31.9M

9 Jan 1-3 46 $41.5K +38.5% 74 $561 $32.0M

10 Jan 8-10 32 $121.0K +191.6% 198 $611 $32.2M

11 Jan 15-17 42 $69.6K −42.5% 142 $490 $32.3M

12 Jan 22-24 45 $47.1K −32.4% 95 $496 $32.4M

13 Jan 29-31 52 $25.2K −46.6% 72 $349 $32.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 6 #3 $4.6M — $4.6M 2,443 $1,900 1

Sat Nov 7 #3 $5.3M +14.0% $9.9M 2,443 $2,166 2

Sun Nov 8 #3 $2.8M −47.6% $12.7M 2,443 $1,135 3

Mon Nov 9 #3 $915.2K −67.0% $13.6M 2,443 $375 4

Tue Nov 10 #3 $1.2M +33.0% $14.8M 2,443 $498 5

Wed Nov 11 #3 $1.5M +24.5% $16.4M 2,443 $621 6

Thu Nov 12 #2 $820.8K −45.9% $17.2M 2,443 $336 7

Fri Nov 13 #3 $1.9M +136.6% −58.2% $19.1M 2,453 $792 8

Sat Nov 14 #3 $2.6M +34.3% −50.7% $21.7M 2,453 $1,063 9

Sun Nov 15 #5 $1.3M −49.7% −52.7% $23.0M 2,453 $535 10

Mon Nov 16 #4 $431.3K −67.1% −52.9% $23.5M 2,453 $176 11

Tue Nov 17 #3 $520.0K +20.6% −57.3% $24.0M 2,453 $212 12

Wed Nov 18 #3 $448.1K −13.8% −70.4% $24.4M 2,453 $183 13

Thu Nov 19 #4 $413.5K −7.7% −49.6% $24.9M 2,453 $169 14

Fri Nov 20 #7 $862.0K +108.4% −55.6% $25.7M 2,056 $419 15

Sat Nov 21 #7 $1.3M +46.8% −51.5% $27.0M 2,056 $615 16

Sun Nov 22 #7 $701.8K −44.5% −46.5% $27.7M 2,056 $341 17

Mon Nov 23 #7 $303.9K −56.7% −29.5% $28.0M 2,056 $148 18

Tue Nov 24 #7 $380.4K +25.2% −26.9% $28.4M 2,056 $185 19

Wed Nov 25 — $285.7K −24.9% −36.2% $28.7M 1,119 $255 20

Thu Nov 26 — $370.1K +29.5% −10.5% $29.0M 1,119 $331 21

Fri Nov 27 #10 $632.6K +71.0% −26.6% $29.7M 1,119 $565 22

Sat Nov 28 #10 $600.6K −5.1% −52.5% $30.3M 1,119 $537 23

Sun Nov 29 #12 $268.6K −55.3% −61.7% $30.5M 1,119 $240 24

Mon Nov 30 #13 $88.8K −66.9% −70.8% $30.6M 1,119 $79 25

Tue Dec 1 #13 $92.4K +4.1% −75.7% $30.7M 1,119 $83 26

Wed Dec 2 #13 $94.8K +2.6% −66.8% $30.8M 1,119 $85 27

Thu Dec 3 #13 $91.1K −3.9% −75.4% $30.9M 1,119 $81 28

Fri Dec 4 — $124.3K +36.4% −80.4% $31.0M 509 $244 29

Sat Dec 5 — $175.6K +41.3% −70.8% $31.2M 509 $345 30

Sun Dec 6 — $100.3K −42.9% −62.7% $31.3M 509 $197 31

Mon Dec 7 — $39.1K −61.0% −55.9% $31.3M 509 $77 32

Tue Dec 8 — $41.5K +5.9% −55.1% $31.4M 509 $81 33

Wed Dec 9 — $40.3K −2.7% −57.4% $31.4M 509 $79 34

Thu Dec 10 — $43.0K +6.7% −52.8% $31.5M 509 $85 35

Fri Dec 11 — $59.2K +37.6% −52.3% $31.5M 324 $183 36

Sat Dec 12 — $89.8K +51.5% −48.9% $31.6M 324 $277 37

Sun Dec 13 — $53.0K −41.0% −47.1% $31.7M 324 $164 38

Mon Dec 14 — $23.8K −55.1% −39.2% $31.7M 324 $73 39

Tue Dec 15 — $27.9K +17.1% −32.8% $31.7M 324 $86 40

Wed Dec 16 — $26.8K −3.8% −33.5% $31.7M 324 $83 41

Thu Dec 17 — $27.8K +3.6% −35.5% $31.8M 324 $86 42

Fri Dec 18 — $25.0K −9.9% −57.8% $31.8M 207 $121 43

Sat Dec 19 — $33.3K +33.2% −62.9% $31.8M 207 $161 44

Sun Dec 20 — $27.8K −16.7% −47.6% $31.8M 207 $134 45

Mon Dec 21 — $18.3K −34.0% −23.1% $31.9M 207 $88 46

Tue Dec 22 — $20.6K +12.5% −26.1% $31.9M 207 $100 47

Wed Dec 23 — $17.7K −14.3% −34.1% $31.9M 207 $85 48

Thu Dec 24 — $10.2K −42.5% −63.4% $31.9M 207 $49 49

Fri Dec 25 — $6.7K −33.8% −73.1% $31.9M 74 $91 50

Sat Dec 26 — $13.5K +100.9% −59.5% $31.9M 74 $183 51

Sun Dec 27 — $9.7K −27.9% −64.9% $31.9M 74 $132 52

Mon Dec 28 — $8.3K −14.7% −54.7% $32.0M 74 $112 53

Tue Dec 29 — $8.7K +4.6% −57.9% $32.0M 74 $117 54

Wed Dec 30 — $9.0K +3.8% −49.0% $32.0M 74 $122 55

Thu Dec 31 — $6.6K −26.6% −34.9% $32.0M 74 $89 56

Fri Jan 1 — $15.6K +136.6% +132.7% $32.0M 74 $211 57

Sat Jan 2 — $16.7K +6.9% +23.8% $32.0M 74 $226 58

Sun Jan 3 — $9.1K −45.4% −6.3% $32.0M 74 $123 59

Mon Jan 4 — $4.4K −51.7% −46.9% $32.0M 74 $60 60

Tue Jan 5 — $4.9K +11.6% −43.3% $32.0M 74 $66 61

Wed Jan 6 — $5.4K +10.7% −39.6% $32.0M 74 $74 62

Thu Jan 7 — $4.3K −20.1% −34.3% $32.0M 74 $59 63

Fri Jan 8 — $36.2K +733.2% +131.6% $32.1M 198 $183 64

Sat Jan 9 — $51.9K +43.4% +210.6% $32.1M 198 $262 65

Sun Jan 10 — $32.8K −36.8% +259.6% $32.2M 198 $166 66

Mon Jan 11 — $14.8K −54.7% +236.9% $32.2M 198 $75 67

Tue Jan 12 — $17.0K +14.7% +246.1% $32.2M 198 $86 68

Wed Jan 13 — $14.5K −14.6% +167.1% $32.2M 198 $73 69

Thu Jan 14 — $15.9K +9.3% +265.6% $32.2M 198 $80 70

Fri Jan 15 — $20.6K +29.4% −43.2% $32.2M 142 $145 71

Sat Jan 16 — $27.4K +33.2% −47.2% $32.3M 142 $193 72

Sun Jan 17 — $21.6K −21.2% −34.2% $32.3M 142 $152 73

Mon Jan 18 #40 $13.5K −37.5% −9.1% $32.3M 142 $95 74

Tue Jan 19 — $7.7K −43.1% −54.9% $32.3M 142 $54 75

Wed Jan 20 — $7.4K −3.6% −49.1% $32.3M 142 $52 76

Thu Jan 21 — $7.9K +7.4% −50.0% $32.3M 142 $56 77

Fri Jan 22 — $14.8K +85.7% −28.3% $32.3M 95 $155 78

Sat Jan 23 — $22.0K +49.0% −19.8% $32.4M 95 $231 79

Sun Jan 24 — $10.3K −53.0% −52.1% $32.4M 95 $109 80

Mon Jan 25 — $4.0K −61.6% −70.6% $32.4M 95 $42 81

Tue Jan 26 — $4.6K +16.2% −39.9% $32.4M 95 $49 82

Wed Jan 27 — $4.0K −13.7% −46.2% $32.4M 95 $42 83

Thu Jan 28 — $4.3K +9.0% −45.3% $32.4M 95 $46 84

Fri Jan 29 — $6.5K +50.6% −55.7% $32.4M 72 $91 85

Sat Jan 30 — $11.4K +74.6% −48.0% $32.4M 72 $159 86

Sun Jan 31 — $7.2K −37.0% −30.4% $32.4M 72 $100 87

Mon Feb 1 — $2.5K −65.2% −37.0% $32.4M 72 $35 88

Tue Feb 2 — $3.3K +33.7% −27.5% $32.4M 72 $46 89

Wed Feb 3 — $3.0K −9.7% −24.1% $32.4M 72 $42 90

Thu Feb 4 — $3.2K +6.2% −26.1% $32.4M 72 $45 91

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

Cumulative total$32.2M

Nov 6Nov 23Dec 11Dec 28Jan 14

Weekend grossWk 10 · $121.0K

$12.7M

$5.9M

$2.8M

$1.5M

$400.2K

$202.0K

$86.1K

$30.0K

$41.5K

$121.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,453 → 198 −91.9%

2,443 open198 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +191.6%

−53.9%

W1→2

−51.7%

W2→3

−46.9%

W3→4

−73.4%

W4→5

−49.5%

W5→6

−57.4%

W6→7

−65.2%

W7→8

+38.5%

W8→9

+191.6%

W9→10

Steepest −73.4%Biggest gain +191.6%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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