Name: The Words
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Released: 2012
Cast: Bradley Cooper, Zoe Saldaña, Jeremy Irons, Dennis Quaid, Olivia Wilde

Cast & crew

Bradley Cooper Starring

Zoe Saldaña Starring

Jeremy Irons Starring

Dennis Quaid Starring

Olivia Wilde Starring

J.K. Simmons Starring

ScreenplayBrian Klugman, Lee Sternthal Produced byMichael Benaroya, Jim Young, Tatiana Kelly CinematographyAntonio Calvache MusicMarcelo Zarvos Prod. DesignMichele Laliberte StudioCBS Films

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 7-9 4 $4.8M — 2,801 $1,696 $4.8M

2 Sep 14-16 7 $2.9M −39.8% 2,801 $1,022 $9.1M

3 Sep 21-23 19 $755.6K −73.6% 1,247 $606 $11.0M

4 Sep 28-30 36 $148.0K −80.4% 278 $532 $11.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Sep 7 #3 $1.6M — $1.6M 2,801 $565 1

Sat Sep 8 #5 $2.1M +32.1% $3.7M 2,801 $746 2

Sun Sep 9 #5 $1.1M −48.4% $4.8M 2,801 $385 3

Mon Sep 10 #5 $336.7K −68.8% $5.1M 2,801 $120 4

Tue Sep 11 #5 $499.5K +48.4% $5.6M 2,801 $178 5

Wed Sep 12 #5 $357.8K −28.4% $5.9M 2,801 $128 6

Thu Sep 13 #5 $335.0K −6.4% $6.3M 2,801 $120 7

Fri Sep 14 #5 $928.6K +177.2% −41.3% $7.2M 2,801 $332 8

Sat Sep 15 #8 $1.3M +38.2% −38.6% $8.5M 2,801 $458 9

Sun Sep 16 #9 $649.8K −49.4% −39.7% $9.1M 2,801 $232 10

Mon Sep 17 #9 $249.3K −61.6% −25.9% $9.4M 2,801 $89 11

Tue Sep 18 #6 $358.9K +44.0% −28.1% $9.7M 2,801 $128 12

Wed Sep 19 #6 $253.3K −29.4% −29.2% $10.0M 2,801 $90 13

Thu Sep 20 #7 $241.8K −4.6% −27.8% $10.2M 2,801 $86 14

Fri Sep 21 #17 $228.9K −5.3% −75.4% $10.5M 1,247 $184 15

Sat Sep 22 #17 $355.9K +55.5% −72.3% $10.8M 1,247 $285 16

Sun Sep 23 #18 $170.9K −52.0% −73.7% $11.0M 1,247 $137 17

Mon Sep 24 — $57.8K −66.2% −76.8% $11.1M 1,247 $46 18

Tue Sep 25 — $88.9K +53.7% −75.2% $11.1M 1,247 $71 19

Wed Sep 26 — $76.2K −14.3% −69.9% $11.2M 1,247 $61 20

Thu Sep 27 #20 $63.7K −16.4% −73.6% $11.3M 1,247 $51 21

Fri Sep 28 — $42.7K −33.0% −81.4% $11.3M 278 $153 22

Sat Sep 29 — $67.6K +58.4% −81.0% $11.4M 278 $243 23

Sun Sep 30 — $37.7K −44.2% −77.9% $11.4M 278 $136 24

Mon Oct 1 — $11.2K −70.2% −80.6% $11.4M 278 $40 25

Tue Oct 2 — $21.4K +90.5% −75.9% $11.5M 278 $77 26

Wed Oct 3 — $11.7K −45.2% −84.6% $11.5M 278 $42 27

Thu Oct 4 — $15.6K +33.1% −75.5% $11.5M 278 $56 28

Cumulative total$11.5M

Sep 7Sep 14Sep 21Sep 27Oct 4

Weekend grossWk 4 · $148.0K

$4.8M

$2.9M

$755.6K

$148.0K

W1W2W3W4

Theater countPeak 2,801 → 278 −90.1%

2,801 open278 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 4 · −80.4%

−39.8%

W1→2

−73.6%

W2→3

−80.4%

W3→4

Steepest −80.4%Best hold −39.8%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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