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2017 • PG-13 • 1h 56m • Drama, History, Biography • 20th Century Fox

Truth be told

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3.49

7.2

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$526K

Limited · 9 theaters

Domestic total

$81.90M

Final

Worldwide total

$179.80M

$97.90M international

Domestic legs4.2x from $19.4M first wide weekend

Budget$50M

2018 rank#37

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Cast & crew

Full Spielberg filmography

Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg Director

Meryl Streep

Meryl Streep Starring

Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks Starring

Sarah Paulson

Sarah Paulson Starring

Bob Odenkirk

Bob Odenkirk Starring

Tracy Letts

Tracy Letts Starring

ScreenplayLiz Hannah, Josh Singer Produced bySteven Spielberg, Kristie Macosko Krieger, Amy Pascal CinematographyJanusz Kamiński MusicJohn Williams Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 22-Dec 24 — $526.0K — 9 $58,445 $526.0K

2 Dec 29-Dec 31 — $561.1K +6.7% 9 $62,342 $1.8M

3 Jan 05-Jan 07 — $1.7M +202.6% 36 $47,167 $3.8M

4 Jan 12-Jan 14 — $19.4M +1040.3% 2819 $6,868 $23.9M

5 Jan 19-Jan 21 — $11.7M −39.5% 2851 $4,109 $44.8M

6 Jan 26-Jan 28 — $9.1M −22.3% 2640 $3,449 $58.8M

7 Feb 02-Feb 04 — $5.2M −42.7% 2462 $2,119 $67.2M

8 Feb 09-Feb 11 — $3.6M −30.4% 1865 $1,947 $73.0M

9 Feb 16-Feb 18 — $2.0M −45.2% 1050 $1,893 $76.6M

10 Feb 23-Feb 25 — $1.2M −37.5% 795 $1,562 $78.9M

11 Mar 02-Mar 04 — $1.1M −13.9% 671 $1,593 $80.5M

12 Mar 09-Mar 11 — $328.6K −69.3% 278 $1,182 $81.2M

13 Mar 16-Mar 18 — $132.5K −59.7% 159 $833 $81.4M

14 Mar 23-Mar 25 — $91.3K −31.1% 102 $895 $81.6M

15 Mar 30-Apr 01 — $52.6K −42.4% 76 $691 $81.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 22 — $158.1K — $158.1K 9 $17,569 0

Sat Dec 23 — $193.3K +22.2% $351.4K 9 $21,474 1

Sun Dec 24 — $174.6K −9.7% $526.0K 9 $19,402 2

Mon Dec 25 — $236.0K +35.2% $762.1K 9 $26,227 3

Tue Dec 26 — $156.6K −33.7% $918.7K 9 $17,401 4

Wed Dec 27 — $140.9K −10.0% $1.1M 9 $15,657 5

Thu Dec 28 — $139.5K −1.0% $1.2M 9 $15,495 6

Fri Dec 29 — $171.5K +23.0% +8.4% $1.4M 9 $19,052 7

Sat Dec 30 — $203.0K +18.4% +5.0% $1.6M 9 $22,552 8

Sun Dec 31 — $186.6K −8.0% +6.9% $1.8M 9 $20,737 9

Mon Jan 01 — $187.1K +0.3% −20.7% $1.9M 9 $20,789 10

Tue Jan 02 — $75.5K −59.7% −51.8% $2.0M 9 $8,383 11

Wed Jan 03 — $69.1K −8.4% −51.0% $2.1M 9 $7,675 12

Thu Jan 04 — $57.9K −16.2% −58.5% $2.1M 9 $6,432 13

Fri Jan 05 — $496.5K +757.6% +189.5% $2.6M 36 $13,791 14

Sat Jan 06 — $712.5K +43.5% +251.1% $3.4M 36 $19,792 15

Sun Jan 07 — $489.0K −31.4% +162.0% $3.8M 36 $13,583 16

Mon Jan 08 — $143.9K −70.6% −23.1% $4.0M 36 $3,996 17

Tue Jan 09 — $178.3K +23.9% +136.3% $4.2M 36 $4,952 18

Wed Jan 10 — $175.3K −1.7% +153.7% $4.3M 36 $4,868 19

Thu Jan 11 — $144.1K −17.8% +149.0% $4.5M 36 $4,003 20

Fri Jan 12 — $5.9M +4001.8% +1090.8% $10.4M 2819 $2,097 21

Sat Jan 13 — $7.4M +25.8% +944.0% $17.8M 2819 $2,638 22

Sun Jan 14 — $6.0M −19.2% +1129.2% $23.9M 2819 $2,132 23

Mon Jan 15 — $3.7M −38.5% +2467.4% $27.5M 2819 $1,310 24

Tue Jan 16 — $2.2M −41.3% +1116.2% $29.7M 2819 $769 25

Wed Jan 17 — $1.6M −25.3% +823.6% $31.3M 2819 $574 26

Thu Jan 18 — $1.7M +5.6% +1086.0% $33.0M 2819 $606 27

Fri Jan 19 — $3.5M +105.0% −40.7% $36.5M 2851 $1,229 28

Sat Jan 20 — $5.6M +59.7% −24.8% $42.1M 2851 $1,963 29

Sun Jan 21 — $2.6M −53.3% −56.5% $44.8M 2851 $917 30

Mon Jan 22 — $1.0M −61.6% −72.8% $45.8M 2851 $352 31

Tue Jan 23 — $1.6M +57.1% −27.2% $47.3M 2851 $553 32

Wed Jan 24 — $1.2M −23.9% −25.8% $48.5M 2851 $421 33

Thu Jan 25 — $1.1M −5.0% −33.2% $49.7M 2851 $400 34

Fri Jan 26 — $2.4M +110.9% −31.3% $52.1M 2640 $912 35

Sat Jan 27 — $4.1M +71.5% −26.2% $56.2M 2640 $1,563 36

Sun Jan 28 — $2.6M −37.7% −1.7% $58.8M 2640 $973 37

Mon Jan 29 — $709.2K −72.4% −29.4% $59.5M 2640 $268 38

Tue Jan 30 — $1.0M +43.4% −35.6% $60.5M 2640 $385 39

Wed Jan 31 — $744.2K −26.9% −38.1% $61.3M 2640 $281 40

Thu Feb 01 — $720.6K −3.2% −36.9% $62.0M 2640 $272 41

Fri Feb 02 — $1.6M +117.8% −34.8% $63.6M 2462 $637 42

Sat Feb 03 — $2.8M +76.6% −32.8% $66.3M 2462 $1,126 43

Sun Feb 04 — $875.5K −68.4% −65.9% $67.2M 2462 $355 44

Mon Feb 05 — $463.2K −47.1% −34.7% $67.7M 2462 $188 45

Tue Feb 06 — $687.5K +48.4% −32.4% $68.4M 2462 $279 46

Wed Feb 07 — $488.2K −29.0% −34.4% $68.8M 2462 $198 47

Thu Feb 08 — $495.0K +1.4% −31.3% $69.3M 2462 $201 48

Fri Feb 09 — $859.8K +73.7% −45.2% $70.2M 1865 $461 49

Sat Feb 10 — $1.7M +98.2% −38.6% $71.9M 1865 $913 50

Sun Feb 11 — $1.1M −37.3% +22.0% $73.0M 1865 $572 51

Mon Feb 12 — $325.2K −69.6% −29.8% $73.3M 1865 $174 52

Tue Feb 13 — $423.1K +30.1% −38.5% $73.7M 1865 $226 53

Wed Feb 14 — $603.4K +42.6% +23.6% $74.3M 1865 $323 54

Thu Feb 15 — $289.2K −52.1% −41.6% $74.6M 1865 $155 55

Fri Feb 16 — $465.6K +61.0% −45.9% $75.1M 1050 $443 56

Sat Feb 17 — $847.3K +82.0% −50.3% $75.9M 1050 $806 57

Sun Feb 18 — $675.8K −20.2% −36.7% $76.6M 1050 $643 58

Mon Feb 19 — $449.4K −33.5% +38.2% $77.0M 1050 $427 59

Tue Feb 20 — $232.9K −48.2% −44.9% $77.3M 1050 $221 60

Wed Feb 21 — $191.6K −17.8% −68.3% $77.5M 1050 $182 61

Thu Feb 22 — $176.1K −8.1% −39.1% $77.6M 1050 $167 62

Fri Feb 23 — $319.0K +81.1% −31.5% $78.0M 795 $401 63

Sat Feb 24 — $560.3K +75.6% −33.9% $78.5M 795 $704 64

Sun Feb 25 — $363.0K −35.2% −46.3% $78.9M 795 $456 65

Mon Feb 26 — $117.0K −67.8% −74.0% $79.0M 795 $147 66

Tue Feb 27 — $178.3K +52.4% −23.5% $79.2M 795 $224 67

Wed Feb 28 — $133.7K −25.0% −30.2% $79.3M 795 $168 68

Thu Mar 01 — $139.1K +4.1% −21.0% $79.5M 795 $174 69

Fri Mar 02 — $272.7K +96.0% −14.5% $79.7M 671 $406 70

Sat Mar 03 — $564.0K +106.8% +0.7% $80.3M 671 $840 71

Sun Mar 04 — $232.8K −58.7% −35.9% $80.5M 671 $346 72

Mon Mar 05 — $73.6K −68.4% −37.1% $80.6M 671 $109 73

Tue Mar 06 — $88.3K +20.0% −50.5% $80.7M 671 $131 74

Wed Mar 07 — $83.8K −5.1% −37.3% $80.8M 671 $124 75

Thu Mar 08 — $66.4K −20.7% −52.2% $80.8M 671 $98 76

Fri Mar 09 — $77.0K +16.0% −71.7% $80.9M 278 $277 77

Sat Mar 10 — $166.6K +116.2% −70.5% $81.1M 278 $599 78

Sun Mar 11 — $85.0K −49.0% −63.5% $81.2M 278 $305 79

Mon Mar 12 — $33.8K −60.2% −54.0% $81.2M 278 $121 80

Tue Mar 13 — $41.3K +22.1% −53.2% $81.2M 278 $148 81

Wed Mar 14 — $31.8K −22.9% −62.0% $81.3M 278 $114 82

Thu Mar 15 — $27.1K −14.8% −59.2% $81.3M 278 $97 83

Fri Mar 16 — $38.7K +42.6% −49.8% $81.3M 159 $243 84

Sat Mar 17 — $58.8K +52.1% −64.7% $81.4M 159 $370 85

Sun Mar 18 — $35.0K −40.6% −58.8% $81.4M 159 $220 86

Mon Mar 19 — $16.7K −52.3% −50.7% $81.5M 159 $104 87

Tue Mar 20 — $22.7K +36.2% −45.0% $81.5M 159 $142 88

Wed Mar 21 — $16.7K −26.5% −47.5% $81.5M 159 $105 89

Thu Mar 22 — $16.6K −0.3% −38.6% $81.5M 159 $104 90

Fri Mar 23 — $26.2K +57.6% −32.1% $81.5M 102 $257 91

Sat Mar 24 — $42.3K +61.3% −28.0% $81.6M 102 $415 92

Sun Mar 25 — $22.7K −46.4% −35.1% $81.6M 102 $222 93

Mon Mar 26 — $10.8K −52.3% −35.0% $81.6M 102 $106 94

Tue Mar 27 — $14.5K +33.5% −36.3% $81.6M 102 $141 95

Wed Mar 28 — $10.7K −25.9% −35.8% $81.6M 102 $105 96

Thu Mar 29 — $13.8K +29.0% −17.0% $81.6M 102 $135 97

Fri Mar 30 — $18.8K +35.8% −28.5% $81.7M 76 $247 98

Sat Mar 31 — $20.8K +10.7% −50.9% $81.7M 76 $273 99

Sun Apr 01 — $13.0K −37.4% −42.7% $81.7M 76 $171 100

Mon Apr 02 — $7.0K −46.1% −35.3% $81.7M 76 $92 101

Tue Apr 03 — $8.2K +17.5% −43.1% $81.7M 76 $108 102

Wed Apr 04 — $11.7K +42.5% +9.5% $81.7M 76 $154 103

Thu Apr 05 — $8.6K −26.3% −37.5% $81.7M 76 $113 104

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

Cumulative total$79.7M

Dec 22Jan 09Jan 26Feb 13Mar 02

Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.2M

$526.0K

$561.1K

$1.7M

$19.4M

$11.7M

$9.1M

$5.2M

$3.6M

$2.0M

$1.2M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,851 → 671 −76.5%

9 open671 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −37.5%

+6.7%

W1→2

+202.6%

W2→3

+1040.3%

W3→4

−39.5%

W4→5

−22.3%

W5→6

−42.7%

W6→7

−30.4%

W7→8

−45.2%

W8→9

−37.5%

W9→10

Steepest −45.2%Biggest gain +1040.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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