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The Wolf of Wall StreetFollow

2013 • R • 3h • Biography, Comedy, Crime • Paramount Pictures

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$18.40M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$117.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$392.00M

$275.00M international

Domestic legs6.37x

Budget$100M

2013 rank#27

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Cast & crew

Full Scorsese filmography

Martin Scorsese

Martin Scorsese Director

Leonardo DiCaprio

Leonardo DiCaprio Starring

Jonah Hill

Jonah Hill Starring

Margot Robbie

Margot Robbie Starring

Matthew McConaughey

Matthew McConaughey Starring

Kyle Chandler

Kyle Chandler Starring

ScreenplayTerence Winter Produced byMartin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, Riza Aziz, Joey McFarland, Emma Tillinger Koskoff CinematographyRodrigo Prieto StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 27-29 5 $18.4M — 2,537 $7,237 $34.2M

2 Jan 3-5 4 $13.2M −27.9% 2,557 $5,174 $63.1M

3 Jan 10-12 4 $8.8M −33.2% 2,521 $3,506 $78.4M

4 Jan 17-19 9 $7.1M −20.0% 1,930 $3,662 $89.8M

5 Jan 24-26 8 $5.5M −22.5% 1,804 $3,036 $98.5M

6 Jan 31-Feb 2 10 $3.4M −37.9% 1,607 $2,116 $103.9M

7 Feb 7-9 12 $2.6M −24.1% 1,167 $2,213 $107.9M

8 Feb 14-16 13 $1.9M −25.3% 751 $2,569 $110.7M

9 Feb 21-23 14 $1.3M −32.5% 627 $2,077 $112.8M

10 Feb 28-Mar 2 15 $1.2M −6.3% 505 $2,418 $114.6M

11 Mar 7-9 18 $688.9K −43.6% 359 $1,919 $115.7M

12 Mar 14-16 23 $413.2K −40.0% 286 $1,444 $116.3M

13 Mar 21-23 27 $192.2K −53.5% 215 $894 $116.7M

14 Mar 28-30 39 $86.8K −54.9% 134 $647 $116.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Dec 25 $9.2M — $9.2M 2,537 $3,606 1

Thu Dec 26 #4 $6.6M −27% $15.8M 2,537 $2,617 2

Fri Dec 27 #5 $6.3M −6% $22.0M 2,537 $2,466 3

Mon Dec 30 $4.0M — $38.2M 2,537 $1,574 6

Tue Dec 31 $3.3M −17% $41.5M 2,537 $1,301 7

Wed Jan 1 #3 $5.7M +72% −38% $47.2M 2,537 $2,235 8

Thu Jan 2 #3 $2.8M −51% −58% $49.9M 2,537 $1,093 9

Fri Jan 3 $4.3M +55% −31% $54.2M 2,557 $1,683 10

Sat Jan 4 $5.6M +29% $59.8M 2,557 $2,175 11

Sun Jan 5 $3.4M −40% $63.2M 2,557 $1,315 12

Mon Jan 6 #2 $1.4M −59% −65% $64.6M 2,557 $544 13

Tue Jan 7 #1 $2.0M +40% −41% $66.5M 2,557 $764 14

Wed Jan 8 #1 $1.6M −16% −71% $68.2M 2,557 $642 15

Thu Jan 9 #1 $1.5M −11% −47% $69.6M 2,557 $574 16

Fri Jan 10 #4 $2.7M +85% −37% $72.4M 2,521 $1,077 17

Sat Jan 11 #3 $3.8M +41% −31% $76.2M 2,521 $1,522 18

Sun Jan 12 #4 $2.3M −41% −32% $78.5M 2,521 $905 19

Mon Jan 13 #2 $1.0M −55% −27% $79.5M 2,521 $405 20

Tue Jan 14 #3 $1.3M +27% −34% $80.8M 2,521 $513 21

Wed Jan 15 #3 $1.0M −23% −39% $81.8M 2,521 $396 22

Thu Jan 16 #3 $1.0M +3% −30% $82.8M 2,521 $410 23

Fri Jan 17 #9 $2.0M +97% −25% $84.9M 1,930 $1,055 24

Sat Jan 18 #7 $3.2M +59% −16% $88.1M 1,930 $1,676 25

Sun Jan 19 #9 $1.8M −45% −21% $89.9M 1,930 $930 26

Mon Jan 20 #8 $1.3M −28% +27% $91.2M 1,930 $674 27

Tue Jan 21 #8 $673.7K −48% −48% $91.9M 1,930 $349 28

Wed Jan 22 #8 $602.1K −11% −40% $92.5M 1,930 $311 29

Thu Jan 23 #8 $607.6K +1% −41% $93.1M 1,930 $314 30

Fri Jan 24 #8 $1.5M +143% −28% $94.6M 1,804 $818 31

Sat Jan 25 #8 $2.5M +66% −24% $97.0M 1,804 $1,359 32

Sun Jan 26 #8 $1.5M −37% −14% $98.6M 1,804 $859 33

Mon Jan 27 #8 $461.7K −70% −65% $99.0M 1,804 $255 34

Tue Jan 28 #9 $575.8K +25% −15% $99.6M 1,804 $319 35

Wed Jan 29 #9 $474.8K −18% −21% $100.1M 1,804 $263 36

Thu Jan 30 #9 $505.6K +7% −17% $100.6M 1,804 $280 37

Fri Jan 31 #10 $1.1M +116% −26% $101.7M 1,607 $679 38

Sat Feb 1 #10 $1.8M +68% −25% $103.5M 1,607 $1,137 39

Sun Feb 2 #11 $481.2K −74% −69% $104.0M 1,607 $299 40

Mon Feb 3 #9 $322.4K −33% −30% $104.3M 1,607 $200 41

Tue Feb 4 #9 $393.5K +22% −32% $104.7M 1,607 $244 42

Wed Feb 5 #9 $334.7K −15% −29% $105.0M 1,607 $208 43

Thu Feb 6 #8 $335.6K n/c −34% $105.4M 1,607 $208 44

Fri Feb 7 #12 $636.7K +90% −42% $106.0M 1,167 $545 45

Sat Feb 8 #12 $1.2M +90% −34% $107.2M 1,167 $1,039 46

Sun Feb 9 #12 $733.4K −40% +52% $107.9M 1,167 $628 47

Mon Feb 10 #12 $215.1K −71% −33% $108.2M 1,167 $184 48

Tue Feb 11 #10 $244.2K +14% −38% $108.4M 1,167 $209 49

Wed Feb 12 #11 $182.1K −25% −46% $108.6M 1,167 $156 50

Thu Feb 13 #11 $208.1K +14% −38% $108.8M 1,167 $178 51

Fri Feb 14 #14 $556.2K +167% −13% $109.4M 751 $740 52

Sat Feb 15 #14 $737.1K +33% −39% $110.1M 751 $981 53

Sun Feb 16 #13 $636.1K −14% −13% $110.7M 751 $847 54

Mon Feb 17 #13 $359.3K −44% +67% $111.1M 751 $478 55

Tue Feb 18 #15 $170.7K −52% −30% $111.3M 751 $227 56

Wed Feb 19 #14 $158.0K −7% −13% $111.4M 751 $210 57

Thu Feb 20 #14 $155.2K −2% −25% $111.6M 751 $206 58

Fri Feb 21 #14 $341.4K +120% −39% $111.9M 627 $544 59

Sat Feb 22 #14 $603.1K +77% −18% $112.5M 627 $961 60

Sun Feb 23 #15 $358.4K −41% −44% $112.9M 627 $571 61

Mon Feb 24 #14 $112.4K −69% −69% $113.0M 627 $179 62

Tue Feb 25 #15 $142.6K +27% −16% $113.1M 627 $227 63

Wed Feb 26 #14 $132.7K −7% −16% $113.3M 627 $211 64

Thu Feb 27 $139.8K +5% −10% $113.4M 627 $223 65

Fri Feb 28 #16 $328.1K +135% −4% $113.7M 505 $649 66

Sat Mar 1 #15 $610.8K +86% +1% $114.3M 505 $1,209 67

Sun Mar 2 #14 $282.4K −54% −21% $114.6M 505 $559 68

Mon Mar 3 #18 $111.6K −60% −1% $114.7M 505 $220 69

Tue Mar 4 #17 $120.6K +8% −15% $114.9M 505 $238 70

Wed Mar 5 #17 $99.2K −18% −25% $115.0M 505 $196 71

Thu Mar 6 #17 $101.2K +2% −28% $115.1M 505 $200 72

Fri Mar 7 #18 $196.5K +94% −40% $115.2M 359 $547 73

Sat Mar 8 #17 $327.1K +66% −46% $115.6M 359 $911 74

Sun Mar 9 $165.3K −49% −41% $115.7M 359 $460 75

Mon Mar 10 $58.3K −65% −48% $115.8M 359 $162 76

Tue Mar 11 $66.7K +14% −45% $115.9M 359 $185 77

Wed Mar 12 $57.1K −15% −42% $115.9M 359 $158 78

Thu Mar 13 $58.0K +2% −43% $116.0M 359 $161 79

Fri Mar 14 #21 $116.2K +100% −41% $116.1M 286 $406 80

Sat Mar 15 #21 $193.2K +66% −41% $116.3M 286 $675 81

Sun Mar 16 #23 $103.7K −46% −37% $116.4M 286 $362 82

Mon Mar 17 #23 $36.8K −64% −37% $116.4M 286 $128 83

Tue Mar 18 #23 $44.7K +21% −33% $116.5M 286 $156 84

Wed Mar 19 #23 $39.1K −13% −31% $116.5M 286 $136 85

Thu Mar 20 #23 $31.0K −21% −47% $116.5M 286 $108 86

Fri Mar 21 $52.3K +69% −55% $116.6M 215 $243 87

Sat Mar 22 $88.7K +70% −54% $116.7M 215 $412 88

Sun Mar 23 $51.2K −42% −51% $116.7M 215 $238 89

Mon Mar 24 $22.8K −55% −38% $116.8M 215 $106 90

Tue Mar 25 $25.2K +11% −44% $116.8M 215 $117 91

Wed Mar 26 $22.8K −10% −42% $116.8M 215 $106 92

Thu Mar 27 $20.2K −12% −35% $116.8M 215 $93 93

Fri Mar 28 $25.9K +28% −51% $116.9M 134 $192 94

Sat Mar 29 $41.1K +59% −54% $116.9M 134 $306 95

Sun Mar 30 $19.8K −52% −61% $116.9M 134 $147 96

Mon Mar 31 $7.6K −62% −67% $116.9M 134 $56 97

Tue Apr 1 $9.2K +22% −63% $116.9M 134 $68 98

Wed Apr 2 $9.2K −1% −60% $116.9M 134 $68 99

Thu Apr 3 $8.0K −13% −60% $116.9M 134 $59 100

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

Cumulative total$114.9M

Dec 25Jan 13Jan 30Feb 15Mar 4

Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.2M

$18.4M

$13.2M

$8.8M

$7.1M

$5.5M

$3.4M

$2.6M

$1.9M

$1.3M

$1.2M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,557 → 505 −80.3%

2,537 open505 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −6.3%

−27.9%

W1→2

−33.2%

W2→3

−20.0%

W3→4

−22.5%

W4→5

−37.9%

W5→6

−24.1%

W6→7

−25.3%

W7→8

−32.5%

W8→9

−6.3%

W9→10

Steepest −37.9%Best hold −6.3%

Run milestones

$100M in 36 days

$100M

Day 36

Jan 29

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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