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2008 • R • 1h 49m • Drama, Sport • Fox Searchlight Pictures

Love. Pain. Glory.

🍅 99% 88%

80

4.09

7.9

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$203K

Limited · 4 theaters

Domestic total

$26.20M

Final

Worldwide total

$46.60M

$20.40M international

Domestic legs7.0x from $3.7M biggest weekend

Budget$6M

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Cast & crew

Full Aronofsky filmography

Darren Aronofsky

Darren Aronofsky Director

Mickey Rourke

Mickey Rourke Starring

Marisa Tomei

Marisa Tomei Starring

Evan Rachel Wood

Evan Rachel Wood Starring

ScreenplayRobert D. Siegel Produced byDarren Aronofsky, Scott Franklin CinematographyMaryse Alberti Music byClint Mansell StudioFox Searchlight Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 19-21 24 $202.7K — 4 $50,679 $288.2K

2 Dec 26-28 23 $387.5K +91.2% 18 $21,529 $907.6K

3 Jan 2-4 23 $437.8K +13.0% 18 $24,323 $1.8M

4 Jan 9-11 21 $848.4K +93.8% 60 $14,140 $2.8M

5 Jan 16-18 19 $1.7M +100.7% 144 $11,824 $5.0M

6 Jan 23-25 14 $3.7M +120.0% 571 $6,560 $9.6M

7 Jan 30-Feb 1 16 $2.3M −38.2% 721 $3,208 $13.1M

8 Feb 6-8 15 $2.2M −4.6% 754 $2,928 $16.2M

9 Feb 13-15 16 $1.8M −16.3% 667 $2,772 $18.8M

10 Feb 20-22 16 $1.9M +0.1% 620 $2,986 $21.6M

11 Feb 27-Mar 1 19 $1.4M −25.0% 776 $1,788 $23.5M

12 Mar 6-8 19 $744.2K −46.4% 677 $1,099 $24.7M

13 Mar 13-15 21 $449.1K −39.7% 456 $985 $25.5M

14 Mar 20-22 28 $167.0K −62.8% 456 $366 $25.8M

15 Mar 27-29 29 $93.9K −43.8% 456 $206 $26.0M

16 Apr 3-5 38 $57.1K −39.2% 143 $400 $26.1M

17 Apr 10-12 45 $44.4K −22.2% 78 $570 $26.1M

18 Apr 17-19 52 $27.7K −37.7% 56 $494 $26.2M

19 Apr 24-26 62 $12.2K −55.9% 33 $370 $26.2M

20 May 1-3 73 $7.2K −41.2% 21 $341 $26.2M

21 May 8-10 84 $3.7K −48.9% 8 $458 $26.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Dec 17 #- $46.9K — $46.9K 4 $11,732 1

Thu Dec 18 #- $38.6K −18% $85.5K 4 $9,644 2

Fri Dec 19 #- $57.5K +49% $143.0K 4 $14,374 3

Sat Dec 20 #- $80.0K +39% $223.0K 4 $19,994 4

Sun Dec 21 #- $65.2K −18% $288.2K 4 $16,310 5

Mon Dec 22 #- $33.8K −48% $322.0K 4 $8,454 6

Tue Dec 23 #- $32.9K −3% $354.9K 4 $8,228 7

Wed Dec 24 #- $30.5K −7% −35% $385.5K 4 $7,632 8

Thu Dec 25 #- $134.6K +341% +249% $520.1K 18 $7,479 9

Fri Dec 26 #- $128.4K −5% +123% $648.5K 18 $7,134 10

Sat Dec 27 #- $138.7K +8% +73% $787.2K 18 $7,703 11

Sun Dec 28 #- $120.5K −13% +85% $907.6K 18 $6,692 12

Mon Dec 29 #- $97.9K −19% +189% $1.0M 18 $5,437 13

Tue Dec 30 #- $98.3K — +199% $1.1M 18 $5,459 14

Wed Dec 31 #- $65.6K −33% +115% $1.2M 18 $3,646 15

Thu Jan 1 #- $154.8K +136% +15% $1.3M 18 $8,603 16

Fri Jan 2 #- $156.1K +1% +22% $1.5M 18 $8,672 17

Sat Jan 3 #- $159.8K +2% +15% $1.6M 18 $8,878 18

Sun Jan 4 #- $121.9K −24% +1% $1.8M 18 $6,774 19

Mon Jan 5 #- $50.2K −59% −49% $1.8M 18 $2,790 20

Tue Jan 6 #- $56.0K +11% −43% $1.9M 18 $3,110 21

Wed Jan 7 #- $54.5K −3% −17% $1.9M 18 $3,027 22

Thu Jan 8 #- $51.3K −6% −67% $2.0M 18 $2,850 23

Fri Jan 9 #- $254.6K +396% +63% $2.2M 60 $4,243 24

Sat Jan 10 #- $362.8K +43% +127% $2.6M 60 $6,046 25

Sun Jan 11 #- $231.1K −36% +89% $2.8M 60 $3,851 26

Mon Jan 12 #16 $128.4K −44% +156% $3.0M 60 $2,140 27

Tue Jan 13 #- $126.1K −2% +125% $3.1M 60 $2,102 28

Wed Jan 14 #- $116.2K −8% +113% $3.2M 60 $1,937 29

Thu Jan 15 #- $118.8K +2% +132% $3.3M 60 $1,980 30

Fri Jan 16 #18 $465.0K +291% +83% $3.8M 144 $3,229 31

Sat Jan 17 #16 $758.9K +63% +109% $4.5M 144 $5,270 32

Sun Jan 18 #18 $478.8K −37% +107% $5.0M 144 $3,325 33

Mon Jan 19 #19 $341.6K −29% +166% $5.4M 144 $2,372 34

Tue Jan 20 #- $132.6K −61% +5% $5.5M 144 $921 35

Wed Jan 21 #- $150.1K +13% +29% $5.6M 144 $1,042 36

Thu Jan 22 #- $173.0K +15% +46% $5.8M 144 $1,202 37

Fri Jan 23 #- $997.8K +477% +115% $6.8M 571 $1,747 38

Sat Jan 24 #14 $1.6M +65% +117% $8.5M 571 $2,883 39

Sun Jan 25 #13 $1.1M −33% +130% $9.6M 571 $1,929 40

Mon Jan 26 #13 $301.2K −73% −12% $9.9M 571 $527 41

Tue Jan 27 #13 $318.2K +6% +140% $10.2M 571 $557 42

Wed Jan 28 #13 $271.1K −15% +81% $10.4M 571 $475 43

Thu Jan 29 #13 $290.6K +7% +68% $10.7M 571 $509 44

Fri Jan 30 #15 $721.0K +148% −28% $11.5M 721 $1,000 45

Sat Jan 31 #15 $1.2M +67% −27% $12.7M 721 $1,671 46

Sun Feb 1 #15 $387.3K −68% −65% $13.1M 721 $537 47

Mon Feb 2 #14 $221.3K −43% −27% $13.3M 721 $307 48

Tue Feb 3 #14 $230.1K +4% −28% $13.5M 722 $319 49

Wed Feb 4 #14 $225.0K −2% −17% $13.7M 722 $312 50

Thu Feb 5 #14 $234.9K +4% −19% $14.0M 722 $325 51

Fri Feb 6 #15 $579.5K +147% −20% $14.5M 756 $767 52

Sat Feb 7 #15 $1.0M +73% −17% $15.5M 756 $1,325 53

Sun Feb 8 #14 $626.2K −37% +62% $16.2M 756 $828 54

Mon Feb 9 #15 $178.0K −72% −20% $16.3M 756 $235 55

Tue Feb 10 #14 $196.9K +11% −14% $16.5M 754 $261 56

Wed Feb 11 #13 $174.3K −12% −23% $16.7M 754 $231 57

Thu Feb 12 #15 $182.8K +5% −22% $16.9M 754 $242 58

Fri Feb 13 #- $392.6K +115% −32% $17.3M 667 $589 59

Sat Feb 14 #- $822.6K +110% −18% $18.1M 667 $1,233 60

Sun Feb 15 #- $633.5K −23% +1% $18.8M 667 $950 61

Mon Feb 16 #15 $399.5K −37% +124% $19.2M 667 $599 62

Tue Feb 17 #14 $185.5K −54% −6% $19.3M 667 $278 63

Wed Feb 18 #14 $184.0K −1% +6% $19.5M 667 $276 64

Thu Feb 19 #14 $206.6K +12% +13% $19.7M 667 $310 65

Fri Feb 20 #16 $490.0K +137% +25% $20.2M 620 $790 66

Sat Feb 21 #16 $880.7K +80% +7% $21.1M 620 $1,420 67

Sun Feb 22 #16 $480.7K −45% −24% $21.6M 620 $775 68

Mon Feb 23 #15 $144.9K −70% −64% $21.7M 620 $234 69

Tue Feb 24 #15 $145.5K — −22% $21.9M 620 $235 70

Wed Feb 25 #15 $125.8K −13% −32% $22.0M 620 $203 71

Thu Feb 26 #15 $129.9K +3% −37% $22.1M 620 $209 72

Fri Feb 27 #18 $357.2K +175% −27% $22.5M 776 $460 73

Sat Feb 28 #19 $641.5K +80% −27% $23.1M 776 $827 74

Sun Mar 1 #19 $389.0K −39% −19% $23.5M 776 $501 75

Mon Mar 2 #19 $118.0K −70% −19% $23.6M 776 $152 76

Tue Mar 3 #19 $122.5K +4% −16% $23.8M 776 $158 77

Wed Mar 4 #19 $112.8K −8% −10% $23.9M 776 $145 78

Thu Mar 5 #19 $102.5K −9% −21% $24.0M 776 $132 79

Fri Mar 6 #19 $200.8K +96% −44% $24.2M 677 $297 80

Sat Mar 7 #19 $350.2K +74% −45% $24.5M 677 $517 81

Sun Mar 8 #19 $193.2K −45% −50% $24.7M 677 $285 82

Mon Mar 9 #18 $64.1K −67% −46% $24.8M 677 $95 83

Tue Mar 10 #17 $80.3K +25% −34% $24.9M 677 $119 84

Wed Mar 11 #17 $73.3K −9% −35% $24.9M 677 $108 85

Thu Mar 12 #18 $71.9K −2% −30% $25.0M 677 $106 86

Fri Mar 13 #- $118.9K +65% −41% $25.1M 456 $261 87

Sat Mar 14 #- $210.1K +77% −40% $25.3M 456 $461 88

Sun Mar 15 #- $120.1K −43% −38% $25.5M 456 $263 89

Mon Mar 16 #- $41.7K −65% −35% $25.5M 456 $91 90

Tue Mar 17 #- $45.9K +10% −43% $25.5M 456 $101 91

Wed Mar 18 #- $45.2K −1% −38% $25.6M 456 $99 92

Thu Mar 19 #- $42.4K −6% −41% $25.6M 456 $93 93

Fri Mar 20 #- $45.3K +7% −62% $25.7M 456 $99 94

Sat Mar 21 #- $78.9K +74% −62% $25.8M 456 $173 95

Sun Mar 22 #- $42.7K −46% −64% $25.8M 456 $94 96

Mon Mar 23 #- $16.2K −62% −61% $25.8M 456 $35 97

Tue Mar 24 #- $24.8K +53% −46% $25.8M 456 $54 98

Wed Mar 25 #- $19.3K −22% −57% $25.9M 456 $42 99

Thu Mar 26 #- $17.9K −7% −58% $25.9M 456 $39 100

Fri Mar 27 #- $24.2K +35% −47% $25.9M 143 $169 101

Sat Mar 28 #- $44.9K +85% −43% $25.9M 143 $314 102

Sun Mar 29 #- $24.8K −45% −42% $26.0M 143 $173 103

Mon Mar 30 #- $9.8K −60% −39% $26.0M 143 $69 104

Tue Mar 31 #- $10.6K +8% −57% $26.0M 143 $74 105

Wed Apr 1 #- $10.4K −2% −46% $26.0M 143 $73 106

Thu Apr 2 #- $10.7K +3% −40% $26.0M 143 $75 107

Fri Apr 3 #- $17.1K +60% −29% $26.0M 107 $160 108

Sat Apr 4 #- $24.3K +42% −46% $26.0M 107 $227 109

Sun Apr 5 #- $15.7K −35% −37% $26.1M 107 $147 110

Mon Apr 6 #- $6.1K −61% −38% $26.1M 107 $57 111

Tue Apr 7 #- $6.5K +5% −39% $26.1M 107 $60 112

Wed Apr 8 #- $8.7K +34% −17% $26.1M 107 $81 113

Thu Apr 9 #- $7.0K −19% −34% $26.1M 107 $66 114

Fri Apr 10 #- $15.2K +116% −11% $26.1M 78 $195 115

Sat Apr 11 #- $20.2K +33% −17% $26.1M 78 $259 116

Sun Apr 12 #- $9.0K −55% −43% $26.1M 78 $116 117

Mon Apr 13 #- $5.9K −34% −3% $26.1M 78 $76 118

Tue Apr 14 #- $5.8K −3% −11% $26.1M 78 $74 119

Wed Apr 15 #- $5.7K −1% −34% $26.2M 78 $74 120

Thu Apr 16 #- $6.2K +7% −12% $26.2M 78 $79 121

Fri Apr 17 #- $8.1K +31% −47% $26.2M 56 $145 122

Sat Apr 18 #- $11.7K +44% −42% $26.2M 56 $208 123

Sun Apr 19 #- $7.9K −32% −12% $26.2M 56 $142 124

Mon Apr 20 #- $3.1K −61% −48% $26.2M 56 $55 125

Tue Apr 21 #- $3.5K +14% −39% $26.2M 56 $63 126

Wed Apr 22 #- $3.0K −15% −48% $26.2M 56 $54 127

Thu Apr 23 #- $2.9K −4% −53% $26.2M 56 $52 128

Fri Apr 24 #- $3.4K +19% −58% $26.2M 33 $104 129

Sat Apr 25 #- $5.5K +60% −53% $26.2M 33 $167 130

Sun Apr 26 #- $3.3K −41% −59% $26.2M 33 $99 131

Mon Apr 27 #- $2.5K −25% −21% $26.2M 33 $74 132

Tue Apr 28 #- $2.2K −12% −39% $26.2M 33 $65 133

Wed Apr 29 #- $2.1K −5% −32% $26.2M 33 $62 134

Thu Apr 30 #- $2.1K +2% −27% $26.2M 33 $64 135

Fri May 1 #- $2.4K +15% −30% $26.2M 33 $73 136

Sat May 2 #34 $3.0K +24% −45% $26.2M 33 $91 137

Sun May 3 #- $1.7K −42% −46% $26.2M 33 $53 138

Mon May 4 #- $1.1K −38% −55% $26.2M 33 $33 139

Tue May 5 #- $1.2K +6% −46% $26.2M 33 $35 140

Wed May 6 #- $1.2K +1% −43% $26.2M 33 $35 141

Thu May 7 #- $1.1K −3% −46% $26.2M 33 $34 142

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

Cumulative total$21.9M

Dec 17Jan 3Jan 21Feb 7Feb 24

Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.9M

$202.7K

$387.5K

$437.8K

$848.4K

$1.7M

$3.7M

$2.3M

$2.2M

$1.8M

$1.9M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 756 → 620 −18.0%

4 open620 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +0.1%

+91.2%

W1→2

+13.0%

W2→3

+93.8%

W3→4

+100.7%

W4→5

+120.0%

W5→6

−38.2%

W6→7

−4.6%

W7→8

−16.3%

W8→9

+0.1%

W9→10

Steepest −38.2%Biggest gain +120.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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