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2008 • PG-13 • 1h 54m • Action, Crime, Drama • Overture Films

The truth is complicated.

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$7.90M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$23.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$27.90M

$4.40M international

Domestic legs3.0x

Budget$22M

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Cast & crew

Don Cheadle

Don Cheadle Starring

Guy Pearce

Guy Pearce Starring

Neal McDonough

Neal McDonough Starring

Jeff Daniels

Jeff Daniels Starring

ScreenplayJeffrey Nachmanoff Produced byDon Cheadle, David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman, Richard Schlesinger CinematographyJ. Michael Muro MusicMark Kilian Prod. DesignLaurence Bennett StudioOverture Films

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 29-31 5 $7.9M — 2,054 $3,831 $9.4M

2 Sep 5-7 5 $4.3M −45.7% 2,108 $2,028 $17.3M

3 Sep 12-14 9 $2.1M −50.1% 2,014 $1,058 $20.7M

4 Sep 19-21 15 $946.7K −55.6% 1,407 $673 $22.4M

5 Sep 26-28 23 $255.4K −73.0% 596 $429 $22.9M

6 Oct 3-5 40 $100.2K −60.8% 188 $533 $23.1M

7 Oct 10-12 51 $46.8K −53.3% 91 $515 $23.2M

8 Oct 17-19 58 $32.2K −31.3% 82 $392 $23.3M

9 Oct 24-26 69 $17.3K −46.2% 61 $284 $23.3M

10 Oct 31-Nov 2 77 $11.0K −36.5% 38 $289 $23.3M

11 Nov 7-9 41 $85.5K +678.2% 188 $455 $23.4M

12 Nov 14-16 48 $39.5K −53.8% 124 $319 $23.5M

13 Nov 21-23 65 $10.9K −72.5% 39 $279 $23.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Aug 27 #5 $792.2K — $792.2K 2,054 $386 -2

Thu Aug 28 #5 $709.1K −10.5% $1.5M 2,054 $345 -1

Fri Aug 29 #4 $2.2M +210.9% $3.7M 2,054 $1,073 1

Sat Aug 30 #5 $2.9M +32.7% $6.6M 2,054 $1,424 2

Sun Aug 31 #4 $2.7M −6.4% $9.4M 2,054 $1,333 3

Mon Sep 1 #3 $2.1M −21.9% $11.5M 2,054 $1,041 4

Tue Sep 2 #4 $577.4K −73.0% $12.1M 2,054 $281 5

Wed Sep 3 #5 $460.2K −20.3% $12.5M 2,054 $224 6

Thu Sep 4 #4 $446.4K −3.0% $13.0M 2,054 $217 7

Fri Sep 5 #5 $1.3M +192.1% −40.9% $14.3M 2,108 $618 8

Sat Sep 6 #5 $2.0M +51.1% −32.7% $16.3M 2,108 $935 9

Sun Sep 7 #7 $1.0M −49.2% −63.5% $17.3M 2,108 $475 10

Mon Sep 8 #5 $302.1K −69.8% −85.9% $17.6M 2,108 $143 11

Tue Sep 9 #4 $388.4K +28.6% −32.7% $18.0M 2,108 $184 12

Wed Sep 10 #4 $326.4K −16.0% −29.1% $18.3M 2,108 $155 13

Thu Sep 11 #4 $319.8K −2.0% −28.4% $18.6M 2,108 $152 14

Fri Sep 12 #9 $642.0K +100.8% −50.8% $19.2M 2,014 $319 15

Sat Sep 13 #9 $965.4K +50.4% −51.0% $20.2M 2,014 $479 16

Sun Sep 14 #11 $524.3K −45.7% −47.6% $20.7M 2,014 $260 17

Mon Sep 15 #9 $161.3K −69.2% −46.6% $20.9M 2,014 $80 18

Tue Sep 16 #10 $182.0K +12.8% −53.1% $21.1M 2,014 $90 19

Wed Sep 17 #10 $171.3K −5.9% −47.5% $21.2M 2,014 $85 20

Thu Sep 18 #10 $177.2K +3.5% −44.6% $21.4M 2,014 $88 21

Fri Sep 19 #13 $300.5K +69.6% −53.2% $21.7M 1,407 $214 22

Sat Sep 20 #15 $435.3K +44.8% −54.9% $22.2M 1,407 $309 23

Sun Sep 21 #18 $210.9K −51.6% −59.8% $22.4M 1,407 $150 24

Mon Sep 22 #15 $74.3K −64.8% −53.9% $22.4M 1,407 $53 25

Tue Sep 23 — $83.2K +12.0% −54.3% $22.5M 1,407 $59 26

Wed Sep 24 — $77.9K −6.4% −54.5% $22.6M 1,407 $55 27

Thu Sep 25 — $79.4K +1.9% −55.2% $22.7M 1,407 $56 28

Fri Sep 26 — $74.5K −6.2% −75.2% $22.8M 1,407 $53 29

Sat Sep 27 — $124.1K +66.7% −71.5% $22.9M 1,407 $88 30

Sun Sep 28 — $56.9K −54.2% −73.0% $22.9M 1,407 $40 31

Mon Sep 29 — $24.5K −56.9% −67.0% $23.0M 1,407 $17 32

Tue Sep 30 — $27.2K +10.8% −67.3% $23.0M 1,407 $19 33

Wed Oct 1 — $27.6K +1.4% −64.6% $23.0M 1,407 $20 34

Thu Oct 2 — $24.7K −10.2% −68.8% $23.0M 1,407 $18 35

Thu Nov 20 — $4.3K — $23.5M 124 $35 84

Fri Nov 21 — $3.6K −15.6% $23.5M 39 $93 85

Sat Nov 22 — $4.0K +10.4% $23.5M 39 $102 86

Sun Nov 23 — $3.2K −18.8% $23.5M 39 $83 87

Mon Nov 24 — $1.4K −56.4% $23.5M 39 $36 88

Tue Nov 25 — $1.7K +18.0% $23.5M 39 $43 89

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

Cumulative total$23.0M

Aug 27Sep 5Sep 14Sep 23Oct 2

Weekend grossWk 10 · $11.0K

$7.9M

$4.3M

$2.1M

$946.7K

$255.4K

$100.2K

$46.8K

$32.2K

$17.3K

$11.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,108 → 1,407 −33.3%

2,054 open1,407 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −36.5%

−45.7%

W1→2

−50.1%

W2→3

−55.6%

W3→4

−73.0%

W4→5

−60.8%

W5→6

−53.3%

W6→7

−31.3%

W7→8

−46.2%

W8→9

−36.5%

W9→10

Steepest −73.0%Best hold −31.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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