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2010 • PG-13 • 2h • Biography, Drama • Sony Pictures Releasing

You don't get to 500 million friends without making a few enemies.

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$22.40M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$97.00M
Final
Worldwide total
$225.00M
$128.00M international
Domestic legs4.32x
Budget$40.0M
2010 rank#32

Cast & crew

Full Fincher filmography
David Fincher David Fincher Director Jesse Eisenberg Jesse Eisenberg Starring Andrew Garfield Andrew Garfield Starring Armie Hammer Armie Hammer Starring Rooney Mara Rooney Mara Starring Justin Timberlake Justin Timberlake Starring
ScreenplayAaron Sorkin Produced byScott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca, Ceán Chaffin CinematographyJeff Cronenweth MusicTrent Reznor & Atticus Ross StudioSony Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Oct 1-3 1 $22.4M — 2,771 $8,100 $22.4M
2 Oct 8-10 1 $15.5M −31.2% 2,771 $5,576 $46.0M
3 Oct 15-17 3 $10.3M −33.2% 2,868 $3,597 $62.4M
4 Oct 22-24 5 $7.3M −29.5% 2,921 $2,491 $72.9M
5 Oct 29-31 7 $4.5M −38.0% 2,767 $1,631 $79.5M
6 Nov 5-7 10 $3.4M −24.1% 1,860 $1,841 $84.9M
7 Nov 12-14 12 $1.8M −48.3% 1,088 $1,626 $87.8M
8 Nov 19-21 13 $935.7K −47.1% 571 $1,638 $89.2M
9 Nov 26-28 16 $707.2K −24.4% 291 $2,430 $90.4M
10 Dec 3-5 18 $404.5K −42.8% 260 $1,555 $91.0M
11 Dec 10-12 20 $285.2K −29.5% 227 $1,256 $91.4M
12 Dec 17-19 19 $282.0K −1.1% 228 $1,236 $91.8M
13 Dec 24-26 19 $281.1K −0.3% 249 $1,128 $92.3M
14 Dec 31-Jan 2 16 $464.5K +65.3% 249 $1,865 $93.2M
15 Jan 7-9 17 $653.2K +40.6% 603 $1,083 $94.1M
16 Jan 14-16 22 $360.1K −44.9% 322 $1,118 $94.7M
17 Jan 21-23 22 $444.1K +23.3% 385 $1,153 $95.4M
18 Jan 28-30 26 $444.5K +0.1% 367 $1,211 $96.0M
19 Feb 4-6 28 $245.2K −44.8% 294 $834 $96.4M
20 Feb 11-13 37 $134.8K −45.0% 178 $757 $96.6M
21 Feb 18-20 40 $88.4K −34.4% 113 $782 $96.8M
22 Feb 25-27 41 $110.0K +24.3% 269 $408 $96.9M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Cumulative total$91.1M
Oct 1Oct 18Nov 5Nov 22Dec 9
Weekend grossWk 10 · $404.5K
$22.4M
$15.5M
$10.3M
$7.3M
$4.5M
$3.4M
$1.8M
$935.7K
$707.2K
$404.5K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Theater countPeak 2,921 → 260 −91.1%
2,771 open260 now
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −42.8%
−31.2%
W1→2
−33.2%
W2→3
−29.5%
W3→4
−38.0%
W4→5
−24.1%
W5→6
−48.3%
W6→7
−47.1%
W7→8
−24.4%
W8→9
−42.8%
W9→10
Steepest −48.3%Best hold −24.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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