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Tinker Tailor Soldier SpyFollow

2011 • R • 2h 7m • Drama, Mystery, Thriller • Focus Features

How do you find an enemy who is hidden right before your eyes?

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3.69

7.0

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$311K

Limited · 4 theaters

Domestic total

$24.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$81.40M

$57.30M international

Domestic legs4.4x from $5.5M first wide weekend

Budget$21M

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Cast & crew

Full Alfredson filmography

Tomas Alfredson

Tomas Alfredson Director

Gary Oldman

Gary Oldman Starring

Colin Firth

Colin Firth Starring

Tom Hardy

Tom Hardy Starring

Toby Jones

Toby Jones Starring

Mark Strong

Mark Strong Starring

ScreenplayBridget O'Connor, Peter Straughan Produced byTim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Robyn Slovo CinematographyHoyte van Hoytema Music byAlberto Iglesias StudioFocus Features

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 9-11 17 $310.6K — 4 $77,640 $310.6K

2 Dec 16-18 18 $456.8K +47.1% 16 $28,549 $879.5K

3 Dec 23-25 19 $717.5K +57.1% 55 $13,045 $1.8M

4 Dec 30-Jan 1 17 $1.1M +51.3% 57 $19,043 $4.0M

5 Jan 6-8 9 $5.5M +404.7% 809 $6,772 $10.1M

6 Jan 13-15 13 $3.2M −41.7% 886 $3,605 $15.1M

7 Jan 20-22 19 $1.8M −44.8% 731 $2,412 $18.3M

8 Jan 27-29 22 $1.1M −37.6% 410 $2,683 $20.2M

9 Feb 3-5 25 $670.4K −39.0% 302 $2,220 $21.2M

10 Feb 10-12 22 $547.5K −18.3% 232 $2,360 $22.0M

11 Feb 17-19 23 $492.5K −10.0% 184 $2,677 $22.7M

12 Feb 24-26 25 $341.5K −30.6% 164 $2,083 $23.3M

13 Mar 2-4 25 $263.2K −22.9% 126 $2,089 $23.7M

14 Mar 9-11 30 $172.5K −34.5% 109 $1,583 $23.9M

15 Mar 16-18 37 $102.4K −40.7% 86 $1,190 $24.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 9 #- $90.7K — $90.7K 4 $22,671 1

Sat Dec 10 #- $119.3K +32% $210.0K 4 $29,829 2

Sun Dec 11 #- $100.6K −16% $310.6K 4 $25,140 3

Mon Dec 12 #- $34.4K −66% $345.0K 4 $8,604 4

Tue Dec 13 #- $28.4K −17% $373.4K 4 $7,111 5

Wed Dec 14 #- $26.2K −8% $399.6K 4 $6,542 6

Thu Dec 15 #- $23.2K −11% $422.8K 4 $5,796 7

Fri Dec 16 #- $123.2K +431% +36% $545.9K 16 $7,697 8

Sat Dec 17 #- $189.1K +54% +58% $735.0K 16 $11,819 9

Sun Dec 18 #- $144.5K −24% +44% $879.5K 16 $9,032 10

Mon Dec 19 #- $56.0K −61% +63% $935.6K 16 $3,502 11

Tue Dec 20 #- $56.7K +1% +99% $992.3K 16 $3,543 12

Wed Dec 21 #- $51.8K −9% +98% $1.0M 16 $3,236 13

Thu Dec 22 #- $57.5K +11% +148% $1.1M 16 $3,596 14

Fri Dec 23 #- $209.3K +264% +70% $1.3M 55 $3,806 15

Sat Dec 24 #- $194.3K −7% +3% $1.5M 55 $3,533 16

Sun Dec 25 #17 $313.8K +62% +117% $1.8M 55 $5,706 17

Mon Dec 26 #- $338.6K +8% +504% $2.2M 55 $6,157 18

Tue Dec 27 #- $236.9K −30% +318% $2.4M 55 $4,308 19

Wed Dec 28 #- $231.4K −2% +347% $2.6M 55 $4,207 20

Thu Dec 29 #- $244.3K +6% +325% $2.9M 55 $4,442 21

Fri Dec 30 #- $349.8K +43% +67% $3.2M 57 $6,137 22

Sat Dec 31 #- $346.5K −1% +78% $3.6M 57 $6,079 23

Sun Jan 1 #- $389.1K +12% +24% $4.0M 57 $6,827 24

Mon Jan 2 #- $324.5K −17% −4% $4.3M 57 $5,692 25

Tue Jan 3 #- $119.0K −63% −50% $4.4M 57 $2,088 26

Wed Jan 4 #- $121.6K +2% −47% $4.5M 57 $2,133 27

Thu Jan 5 #- $130.4K +7% −47% $4.7M 57 $2,287 28

Fri Jan 6 #9 $1.7M +1% +393% $6.4M 809 $2,133 29

Sat Jan 7 #9 $2.4M +41% +601% $8.8M 809 $3,003 30

Sun Jan 8 #9 $1.3M −46% +240% $10.1M 809 $1,635 31

Mon Jan 9 #7 $401.8K −70% +24% $10.5M 809 $497 32

Tue Jan 10 #8 $507.4K +26% +326% $11.0M 809 $627 33

Wed Jan 11 #7 $466.3K −8% +283% $11.5M 809 $576 34

Thu Jan 12 #7 $437.4K −6% +236% $11.9M 809 $541 35

Fri Jan 13 #12 $925.0K +111% −46% $12.9M 886 $1,044 36

Sat Jan 14 #13 $1.3M +42% −46% $14.2M 886 $1,487 37

Sun Jan 15 #13 $951.9K −28% −28% $15.1M 886 $1,074 38

Mon Jan 16 #14 $669.9K −30% +67% $15.8M 886 $756 39

Tue Jan 17 #13 $272.4K −59% −46% $16.1M 886 $307 40

Wed Jan 18 #12 $248.9K −9% −47% $16.3M 886 $281 41

Thu Jan 19 #13 $237.7K −4% −46% $16.6M 886 $268 42

Fri Jan 20 #- $483.5K +103% −48% $17.0M 731 $661 43

Sat Jan 21 #- $903.1K +87% −31% $18.0M 731 $1,235 44

Sun Jan 22 #- $376.8K −58% −60% $18.3M 731 $515 45

Mon Jan 23 #- $154.6K −59% −77% $18.5M 731 $211 46

Tue Jan 24 #- $211.5K +37% −22% $18.7M 731 $289 47

Wed Jan 25 #- $181.0K −14% −27% $18.9M 731 $248 48

Thu Jan 26 #- $189.0K +4% −20% $19.1M 731 $259 49

Fri Jan 27 #- $285.8K +51% −41% $19.4M 410 $697 50

Sat Jan 28 #- $516.3K +81% −43% $19.9M 410 $1,259 51

Sun Jan 29 #- $297.8K −42% −21% $20.2M 410 $726 52

Mon Jan 30 #- $78.2K −74% −49% $20.2M 410 $191 53

Tue Jan 31 #- $97.7K +25% −54% $20.3M 410 $238 54

Wed Feb 1 #- $83.9K −14% −54% $20.4M 410 $205 55

Thu Feb 2 #- $89.8K +7% −52% $20.5M 410 $219 56

Fri Feb 3 #- $188.2K +109% −34% $20.7M 302 $623 57

Sat Feb 4 #- $367.4K +95% −29% $21.1M 302 $1,217 58

Sun Feb 5 #- $114.8K −69% −61% $21.2M 302 $380 59

Mon Feb 6 #- $55.6K −52% −29% $21.2M 302 $184 60

Tue Feb 7 #- $78.3K +41% −20% $21.3M 302 $259 61

Wed Feb 8 #- $61.6K −21% −27% $21.4M 302 $204 62

Thu Feb 9 #19 $66.9K +9% −26% $21.4M 302 $222 63

Fri Feb 10 #- $135.7K +103% −28% $21.6M 232 $585 64

Sat Feb 11 #- $264.5K +95% −28% $21.8M 232 $1,140 65

Sun Feb 12 #- $147.3K −44% +28% $22.0M 232 $635 66

Mon Feb 13 #- $40.6K −72% −27% $22.0M 232 $175 67

Tue Feb 14 #- $71.9K +77% −8% $22.1M 232 $310 68

Wed Feb 15 #- $46.0K −36% −25% $22.2M 232 $198 69

Thu Feb 16 #- $49.3K +7% −26% $22.2M 232 $212 70

Fri Feb 17 #- $103.3K +110% −24% $22.3M 184 $562 71

Sat Feb 18 #- $220.0K +113% −17% $22.5M 184 $1,196 72

Sun Feb 19 #- $169.2K −23% +15% $22.7M 184 $919 73

Mon Feb 20 #- $106.2K −37% +161% $22.8M 184 $577 74

Tue Feb 21 #- $46.6K −56% −35% $22.8M 184 $254 75

Wed Feb 22 #- $39.4K −15% −14% $22.9M 184 $214 76

Thu Feb 23 #- $47.0K +19% −5% $22.9M 184 $255 77

Fri Feb 24 #- $89.4K +90% −14% $23.0M 164 $545 78

Sat Feb 25 #- $182.9K +105% −17% $23.2M 164 $1,115 79

Sun Feb 26 #- $69.3K −62% −59% $23.3M 164 $423 80

Mon Feb 27 #- $29.4K −58% −72% $23.3M 164 $179 81

Tue Feb 28 #- $35.8K +22% −23% $23.3M 164 $218 82

Wed Feb 29 #- $31.0K −13% −21% $23.4M 164 $189 83

Thu Mar 1 #- $30.0K −3% −36% $23.4M 164 $183 84

Fri Mar 2 #- $62.7K +109% −30% $23.5M 126 $498 85

Sat Mar 3 #- $134.2K +114% −27% $23.6M 126 $1,065 86

Sun Mar 4 #- $66.3K −51% −4% $23.7M 126 $526 87

Mon Mar 5 #- $18.4K −72% −37% $23.7M 126 $146 88

Tue Mar 6 #- $23.6K +28% −34% $23.7M 126 $187 89

Wed Mar 7 #- $20.5K −13% −34% $23.7M 126 $163 90

Thu Mar 8 #- $21.7K +6% −28% $23.7M 126 $172 91

Fri Mar 9 #- $42.8K +97% −32% $23.8M 109 $393 92

Sat Mar 10 #- $88.5K +107% −34% $23.9M 109 $812 93

Sun Mar 11 #- $41.2K −53% −38% $23.9M 109 $378 94

Mon Mar 12 #- $16.1K −61% −13% $23.9M 109 $147 95

Tue Mar 13 #- $21.5K +34% −9% $24.0M 109 $197 96

Wed Mar 14 #- $22.4K +4% +9% $24.0M 109 $205 97

Thu Mar 15 #- $19.7K −12% −9% $24.0M 109 $181 98

Fri Mar 16 #- $29.3K +49% −32% $24.0M 86 $341 99

Sat Mar 17 #- $45.3K +55% −49% $24.1M 86 $527 100

Sun Mar 18 #- $27.8K −39% −33% $24.1M 86 $323 101

Mon Mar 19 #- $9.7K −65% −40% $24.1M 86 $113 102

Tue Mar 20 #- $12.6K +30% −41% $24.1M 86 $147 103

Wed Mar 21 #- $10.9K −14% −51% $24.1M 86 $127 104

Thu Mar 22 #- $12.0K +10% −39% $24.1M 86 $140 105

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

Cumulative total$22.2M

Dec 9Dec 26Jan 13Jan 30Feb 16

Weekend grossWk 10 · $547.5K

$310.6K

$456.8K

$717.5K

$1.1M

$5.5M

$3.2M

$1.8M

$1.1M

$670.4K

$547.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 886 → 232 −73.8%

4 open232 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −18.3%

+47.1%

W1→2

+57.1%

W2→3

+51.3%

W3→4

+404.7%

W4→5

−41.7%

W5→6

−44.8%

W6→7

−37.6%

W7→8

−39.0%

W8→9

−18.3%

W9→10

Steepest −44.8%Biggest gain +404.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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