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The SoloistFollow

2009 • PG-13 • 1h 57m • Biography, Drama, Music • Paramount Pictures

Life has a mind of its own

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61

3.14

6.7

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$9.70M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$31.90M

Final

Worldwide total

$38.50M

$6.70M international

Domestic legs3.3x

Budget$60M

2009 rank#90

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Cast & crew

Full Wright filmography

Joe Wright

Joe Wright Director

Robert Downey Jr.

Robert Downey Jr. Starring

Jamie Foxx

Jamie Foxx Starring

Catherine Keener

Catherine Keener Starring

Tom Hollander

Tom Hollander Starring

Rachael Harris

Rachael Harris Starring

ScreenplaySusannah Grant Produced byGary Foster, Russ Krasnoff CinematographySeamus McGarvey MusicDario Marianelli Prod. DesignSarah Greenwood StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Apr 24-26 4 $9.7M — 2,024 $4,801 $9.7M

2 May 1-3 6 $5.7M −41.8% 2,033 $2,781 $18.2M

3 May 8-10 7 $3.9M −30.2% 2,090 $1,890 $23.8M

4 May 15-17 8 $2.4M −39.2% 2,022 $1,188 $27.5M

5 May 22-24 11 $849.5K −64.6% 654 $1,299 $29.2M

6 May 29-31 12 $485.2K −42.9% 412 $1,178 $30.3M

7 Jun 5-7 16 $264.5K −45.5% 306 $864 $30.7M

8 Jun 12-14 23 $158.8K −40.0% 256 $620 $31.0M

9 Jun 19-21 24 $192.5K +21.3% 304 $633 $31.3M

10 Jun 26-28 29 $126.5K −34.3% 228 $555 $31.5M

11 Jul 3-5 38 $69.1K −45.4% 156 $443 $31.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Apr 24 #4 $3.2M — $3.2M 2,024 $1,583 1

Sat Apr 25 #4 $4.0M +24.8% $7.2M 2,024 $1,975 2

Sun Apr 26 #5 $2.5M −37.1% $9.7M 2,024 $1,242 3

Mon Apr 27 #3 $676.2K −73.1% $10.4M 2,024 $334 4

Tue Apr 28 #3 $776.7K +14.9% $11.2M 2,024 $384 5

Wed Apr 29 #3 $673.7K −13.3% $11.8M 2,024 $333 6

Thu Apr 30 #3 $665.1K −1.3% $12.5M 2,024 $329 7

Fri May 1 #5 $1.7M +151.7% −47.8% $14.2M 2,033 $823 8

Sat May 2 #6 $2.4M +44.8% −39.4% $16.6M 2,033 $1,192 9

Sun May 3 #6 $1.6M −35.8% −38.1% $18.2M 2,033 $766 10

Mon May 4 #4 $423.2K −72.8% −37.4% $18.6M 2,033 $208 11

Tue May 5 #4 $461.3K +9.0% −40.6% $19.0M 2,033 $227 12

Wed May 6 #4 $442.3K −4.1% −34.3% $19.5M 2,033 $218 13

Thu May 7 #5 $406.2K −8.2% −38.9% $19.9M 2,033 $200 14

Fri May 8 #7 $998.5K +145.8% −40.3% $20.9M 2,090 $478 15

Sat May 9 #6 $1.6M +56.9% −35.4% $22.5M 2,090 $749 16

Sun May 10 #5 $1.4M −11.6% −11.1% $23.8M 2,090 $662 17

Mon May 11 #6 $301.7K −78.2% −28.7% $24.1M 2,090 $144 18

Tue May 12 #5 $322.7K +7.0% −30.0% $24.5M 2,090 $154 19

Wed May 13 #5 $308.4K −4.4% −30.3% $24.8M 2,090 $148 20

Thu May 14 #6 $324.4K +5.2% −20.2% $25.1M 2,090 $155 21

Fri May 15 #8 $661.6K +104.0% −33.7% $25.8M 2,022 $327 22

Sat May 16 #8 $1.1M +64.6% −30.5% $26.9M 2,022 $539 23

Sun May 17 #8 $651.8K −40.2% −52.9% $27.5M 2,022 $322 24

Mon May 18 #9 $246.6K −62.2% −18.3% $27.8M 2,022 $122 25

Tue May 19 #6 $233.1K −5.5% −27.8% $28.0M 2,022 $115 26

Wed May 20 #6 $213.7K −8.3% −30.7% $28.2M 2,022 $106 27

Thu May 21 #7 $197.4K −7.6% −39.2% $28.4M 2,022 $98 28

Fri May 22 #11 $205.4K +4.1% −69.0% $28.6M 654 $314 29

Sat May 23 #11 $332.9K +62.0% −69.4% $28.9M 654 $509 30

Sun May 24 #11 $311.2K −6.5% −52.3% $29.2M 654 $476 31

Mon May 25 #11 $262.6K −15.6% +6.5% $29.5M 654 $402 32

Tue May 26 #11 $88.5K −66.3% −62.0% $29.6M 654 $135 33

Wed May 27 #11 $82.7K −6.6% −61.3% $29.7M 654 $126 34

Thu May 28 — $87.4K +5.7% −55.7% $29.8M 654 $134 35

Fri May 29 #12 $138.5K +58.6% −32.6% $29.9M 412 $336 36

Sat May 30 #12 $215.4K +55.5% −35.3% $30.1M 412 $523 37

Sun May 31 #12 $131.3K −39.1% −57.8% $30.3M 412 $319 38

Mon Jun 1 #13 $47.1K −64.2% −82.1% $30.3M 412 $114 39

Tue Jun 2 #13 $59.7K +26.8% −32.6% $30.4M 412 $145 40

Wed Jun 3 #13 $53.2K −10.8% −35.6% $30.4M 412 $129 41

Thu Jun 4 #13 $50.0K −6.0% −42.7% $30.5M 412 $121 42

Fri Jun 5 #17 $79.5K +59.0% −42.6% $30.5M 306 $260 43

Sat Jun 6 #16 $117.3K +47.5% −45.5% $30.7M 306 $383 44

Sun Jun 7 #15 $67.7K −42.3% −48.4% $30.7M 306 $221 45

Mon Jun 8 — $29.3K −56.7% −37.7% $30.8M 306 $96 46

Tue Jun 9 — $31.1K +5.9% −48.0% $30.8M 306 $101 47

Wed Jun 10 — $32.5K +4.7% −38.9% $30.8M 306 $106 48

Thu Jun 11 — $33.9K +4.4% −32.2% $30.9M 306 $111 49

Fri Jun 12 — $45.5K +34.3% −42.7% $30.9M 256 $178 50

Sat Jun 13 — $70.4K +54.5% −40.0% $31.0M 256 $275 51

Sun Jun 14 — $42.8K −39.1% −36.7% $31.0M 256 $167 52

Mon Jun 15 — $19.8K −53.7% −32.4% $31.0M 256 $77 53

Tue Jun 16 — $24.3K +22.7% −21.7% $31.1M 256 $95 54

Wed Jun 17 — $22.7K −6.8% −30.3% $31.1M 256 $88 55

Thu Jun 18 — $24.4K +7.8% −28.0% $31.1M 256 $95 56

Fri Jun 19 — $57.7K +136.2% +26.7% $31.2M 304 $190 57

Sat Jun 20 — $76.1K +31.9% +8.1% $31.2M 304 $250 58

Sun Jun 21 — $58.7K −22.8% +37.1% $31.3M 304 $193 59

Mon Jun 22 — $25.4K −56.8% +28.0% $31.3M 304 $83 60

Tue Jun 23 — $29.8K +17.5% +22.5% $31.4M 304 $98 61

Wed Jun 24 — $25.9K −13.0% +14.4% $31.4M 304 $85 62

Thu Jun 25 — $25.0K −3.7% +2.1% $31.4M 304 $82 63

Fri Jun 26 — $40.0K +60.1% −30.7% $31.4M 228 $175 64

Sat Jun 27 — $54.7K +36.8% −28.2% $31.5M 228 $240 65

Sun Jun 28 — $31.9K −41.7% −45.7% $31.5M 228 $140 66

Mon Jun 29 — $16.2K −49.2% −36.2% $31.5M 228 $71 67

Tue Jun 30 — $21.2K +30.9% −28.9% $31.6M 228 $93 68

Wed Jul 1 — $16.6K −21.6% −36.0% $31.6M 156 $106 69

Thu Jul 2 — $20.0K +20.6% −19.9% $31.6M 156 $128 70

Fri Jul 3 — $27.2K +35.9% −32.0% $31.6M 156 $174 71

Sat Jul 4 — $20.8K −23.4% −61.9% $31.6M 156 $133 72

Sun Jul 5 — $21.1K +1.6% −33.6% $31.7M 156 $136 73

Mon Jul 6 — $11.1K −47.4% −31.2% $31.7M 156 $71 74

Tue Jul 7 — $13.1K +17.8% −38.1% $31.7M 156 $84 75

Wed Jul 8 — $12.5K −4.7% −24.7% $31.7M 156 $80 76

Thu Jul 9 — $12.5K +0.4% −37.3% $31.7M 156 $80 77

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

Cumulative total$31.6M

Apr 24May 11May 29Jun 15Jul 2

Weekend grossWk 10 · $126.5K

$9.7M

$5.7M

$3.9M

$2.4M

$849.5K

$485.2K

$264.5K

$158.8K

$192.5K

$126.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,090 → 156 −92.5%

2,024 open156 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −34.3%

−41.8%

W1→2

−30.2%

W2→3

−39.2%

W3→4

−64.6%

W4→5

−42.9%

W5→6

−45.5%

W6→7

−40.0%

W7→8

+21.3%

W8→9

−34.3%

W9→10

Steepest −64.6%Biggest gain +21.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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