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The Old Man & the GunFollow

2018 • PG-13 • 1h 33m • Biography, Comedy, Crime • Fox Searchlight Pictures

This story is mostly true.

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3.54

6.7

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$142K

Limited · 5 theaters

Domestic total

$11.30M

Final

Worldwide total

$17.00M

$5.70M international

Domestic legs5.3x from $2.1M first wide weekend

Budget$15.8M

Compare with other movies

Cast & crew

Robert Redford

Robert Redford Starring

Casey Affleck

Casey Affleck Starring

Sissy Spacek

Sissy Spacek Starring

Danny Glover

Danny Glover Starring

Tom Waits

Tom Waits Starring

Tika Sumpter

Tika Sumpter Starring

ScreenplayDavid Lowery Produced byRobert Redford, James M. Johnston, Toby Halbrooks, Bill Holderman CinematographyJoe Anderson MusicDaniel Hart Prod. DesignScott Kuzio StudioFox Searchlight Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 28-30 31 $142.1K — 5 $28,426 $142.1K

2 Oct 5-7 18 $403.9K +184.2% 49 $8,243 $594.4K

3 Oct 12-14 15 $917.7K +127.2% 228 $4,025 $1.7M

4 Oct 19-21 10 $2.1M +132.6% 802 $2,661 $4.3M

5 Oct 26-28 11 $1.8M −17.4% 1,042 $1,692 $7.2M

6 Nov 2-4 17 $1.0M −42.4% 765 $1,328 $9.2M

7 Nov 9-11 21 $457.2K −55.0% 395 $1,157 $10.2M

8 Nov 16-18 24 $163.8K −64.2% 171 $958 $10.6M

9 Nov 23-25 31 $103.4K −36.8% 91 $1,137 $10.8M

10 Nov 30-Dec 2 32 $80.4K −22.2% 114 $706 $10.9M

11 Dec 7-9 34 $86.5K +7.5% 136 $636 $11.1M

12 Dec 14-16 35 $36.3K −58.0% 100 $363 $11.1M

13 Dec 21-23 43 $11.1K −69.5% 32 $346 $11.2M

14 Dec 28-30 48 $13.5K +22.0% 25 $540 $11.2M

15 Jan 4-6 45 $21.4K +58.7% 26 $824 $11.2M

16 Jan 11-13 48 $12.0K −43.9% 21 $573 $11.3M

17 Jan 18-21 47 $8.5K −29.0% 18 $475 $11.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Sep 28 — $44.4K — $44.4K 5 $8,890 1

Sat Sep 29 — $62.7K +41.1% $107.2K 5 $12,541 2

Sun Sep 30 — $35.0K −44.2% $142.1K 5 $6,995 3

Mon Oct 1 — $12.0K −65.8% $154.1K 5 $2,391 4

Tue Oct 2 — $13.4K +12.0% $167.5K 5 $2,679 5

Wed Oct 3 — $13.0K −3.0% $180.5K 5 $2,599 6

Thu Oct 4 — $10.0K −23.2% $190.5K 5 $1,996 7

Fri Oct 5 — $104.5K +946.7% +135.0% $294.9K 49 $2,132 8

Sat Oct 6 — $177.2K +69.7% +182.6% $472.1K 49 $3,617 9

Sun Oct 7 — $122.3K −31.0% +249.5% $594.4K 49 $2,495 10

Mon Oct 8 — $70.5K −42.3% +489.6% $664.9K 49 $1,439 11

Tue Oct 9 — $39.5K −43.9% +195.2% $704.4K 49 $807 12

Wed Oct 10 — $45.8K +15.9% +252.7% $750.2K 49 $935 13

Thu Oct 11 — $34.7K −24.3% +247.5% $784.9K 49 $708 14

Fri Oct 12 — $279.4K +705.7% +167.5% $1.1M 228 $1,225 15

Sat Oct 13 #15 $393.7K +40.9% +122.1% $1.5M 228 $1,727 16

Sun Oct 14 #15 $244.7K −37.8% +100.1% $1.7M 228 $1,073 17

Mon Oct 15 #15 $102.1K −58.3% +44.9% $1.8M 228 $448 18

Tue Oct 16 #14 $127.2K +24.6% +221.9% $1.9M 228 $558 19

Wed Oct 17 #15 $104.6K −17.8% +128.3% $2.0M 228 $459 20

Thu Oct 18 #11 $114.2K +9.1% +229.2% $2.2M 228 $501 21

Fri Oct 19 #10 $693.6K +507.6% +148.2% $2.8M 802 $865 22

Sat Oct 20 #10 $865.9K +24.8% +120.0% $3.7M 802 $1,080 23

Sun Oct 21 #10 $575.0K −33.6% +135.0% $4.3M 802 $717 24

Mon Oct 22 #10 $239.6K −58.3% +134.5% $4.5M 802 $299 25

Tue Oct 23 #10 $370.7K +54.7% +191.3% $4.9M 802 $462 26

Wed Oct 24 #10 $265.0K −28.5% +153.2% $5.2M 802 $330 27

Thu Oct 25 #10 $253.6K −4.3% +122.1% $5.4M 802 $316 28

Fri Oct 26 #12 $547.6K +115.9% −21.0% $6.0M 1,042 $526 29

Sat Oct 27 #11 $736.3K +34.5% −15.0% $6.7M 1,042 $707 30

Sun Oct 28 #11 $479.2K −34.9% −16.7% $7.2M 1,042 $460 31

Mon Oct 29 #11 $196.7K −59.0% −17.9% $7.4M 1,042 $189 32

Tue Oct 30 #10 $296.2K +50.6% −20.1% $7.7M 1,042 $284 33

Wed Oct 31 #8 $301.5K +1.8% +13.8% $8.0M 1,042 $289 34

Thu Nov 1 #10 $199.1K −34.0% −21.5% $8.2M 1,042 $191 35

Fri Nov 2 — $307.6K +54.5% −43.8% $8.5M 765 $402 36

Sat Nov 3 — $425.3K +38.3% −42.2% $8.9M 765 $556 37

Sun Nov 4 — $283.1K −33.4% −40.9% $9.2M 765 $370 38

Mon Nov 5 #14 $140.1K −50.5% −28.8% $9.3M 765 $183 39

Tue Nov 6 #15 $180.9K +29.1% −38.9% $9.5M 765 $236 40

Wed Nov 7 #14 $131.7K −27.2% −56.3% $9.6M 765 $172 41

Thu Nov 8 #14 $121.6K −7.7% −38.9% $9.8M 765 $159 42

Fri Nov 9 — $134.2K +10.4% −56.4% $9.9M 395 $340 43

Sat Nov 10 — $196.2K +46.2% −53.9% $10.1M 395 $497 44

Sun Nov 11 — $126.8K −35.3% −55.2% $10.2M 395 $321 45

Mon Nov 12 — $71.3K −43.8% −49.1% $10.3M 395 $181 46

Tue Nov 13 — $70.0K −1.9% −61.3% $10.4M 395 $177 47

Wed Nov 14 — $50.2K −28.3% −61.9% $10.4M 395 $127 48

Thu Nov 15 — $41.3K −17.7% −66.0% $10.5M 395 $105 49

Fri Nov 16 — $45.3K +9.7% −66.2% $10.5M 171 $265 50

Sat Nov 17 — $72.4K +59.8% −63.1% $10.6M 171 $424 51

Sun Nov 18 — $46.0K −36.5% −63.7% $10.6M 171 $269 52

Mon Nov 19 — $19.7K −57.1% −72.3% $10.6M 171 $115 53

Tue Nov 20 — $23.0K +16.5% −67.1% $10.7M 171 $135 54

Wed Nov 21 — $14.7K −36.0% −70.6% $10.7M 110 $134 55

Thu Nov 22 — $15.6K +5.9% −62.2% $10.7M 110 $142 56

Fri Nov 23 — $38.0K +143.5% −16.2% $10.7M 91 $418 57

Sat Nov 24 — $40.6K +6.9% −43.9% $10.8M 91 $446 58

Sun Nov 25 — $24.8K −38.9% −46.0% $10.8M 91 $273 59

Mon Nov 26 — $10.5K −57.5% −46.6% $10.8M 91 $116 60

Tue Nov 27 — $14.2K +34.7% −38.3% $10.8M 91 $156 61

Wed Nov 28 — $12.6K −11.6% −14.8% $10.8M 91 $138 62

Thu Nov 29 — $13.3K +6.4% −14.5% $10.8M 91 $147 63

Fri Nov 30 — $22.9K +71.5% −39.8% $10.9M 114 $201 64

Sat Dec 1 — $34.3K +49.7% −15.6% $10.9M 114 $301 65

Sun Dec 2 — $23.3K −32.1% −6.2% $10.9M 114 $204 66

Mon Dec 3 — $9.0K −61.3% −14.6% $10.9M 114 $79 67

Tue Dec 4 — $12.9K +43.7% −8.9% $10.9M 114 $113 68

Wed Dec 5 — $11.1K −14.5% −11.8% $11.0M 114 $97 69

Thu Dec 6 — $10.1K −8.7% −24.3% $11.0M 114 $89 70

Fri Dec 7 — $24.3K +140.9% +6.3% $11.0M 136 $179 71

Sat Dec 8 — $36.8K +51.2% +7.4% $11.0M 136 $271 72

Sun Dec 9 — $25.3K −31.1% +8.9% $11.1M 136 $186 73

Mon Dec 10 — $10.5K −58.7% +16.2% $11.1M 136 $77 74

Tue Dec 11 — $16.3K +55.6% +25.8% $11.1M 136 $120 75

Wed Dec 12 — $10.4K −36.4% −6.4% $11.1M 136 $76 76

Thu Dec 13 — $9.7K −6.5% −4.2% $11.1M 136 $71 77

Fri Dec 14 — $10.7K +11.0% −55.9% $11.1M 100 $107 78

Sat Dec 15 — $15.6K +44.7% −57.8% $11.1M 100 $156 79

Sun Dec 16 — $10.1K −35.4% −60.3% $11.1M 100 $101 80

Mon Dec 17 — $4.6K −54.0% −55.8% $11.1M 100 $46 81

Tue Dec 18 — $7.3K +57.2% −55.3% $11.1M 100 $73 82

Wed Dec 19 — $5.2K −29.1% −50.2% $11.2M 100 $52 83

Thu Dec 20 — $5.2K +0.0% −46.7% $11.2M 100 $52 84

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

Cumulative total$11.0M

Sep 28Oct 15Nov 2Nov 19Dec 6

Weekend grossWk 10 · $80.4K

$142.1K

$403.9K

$917.7K

$2.1M

$1.8M

$1.0M

$457.2K

$163.8K

$103.4K

$80.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,042 → 114 −89.1%

5 open114 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −22.2%

+184.2%

W1→2

+127.2%

W2→3

+132.6%

W3→4

−17.4%

W4→5

−42.4%

W5→6

−55.0%

W6→7

−64.2%

W7→8

−36.8%

W8→9

−22.2%

W9→10

Steepest −64.2%Biggest gain +184.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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