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True GritFollow

2010 • PG-13 • 1h 50m • Drama, Western • Paramount Pictures

Punishment comes one way or another.

🍅 95% 85%

80

3.84

7.6

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$24.80M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$171.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$252.00M

$81.00M international

Domestic legs6.90x

Budget$38.0M

2010 rank#13

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Cast & crew

Full Coen filmography

Ethan Coen

Ethan Coen Director

Joel Coen

Joel Coen Director

Jeff Bridges

Jeff Bridges Starring

Hailee Steinfeld

Hailee Steinfeld Starring

Matt Damon

Matt Damon Starring

Josh Brolin

Josh Brolin Starring

ScreenplayEthan Coen, Joel Coen Produced byJoel Coen, Ethan Coen, Scott Rudin CinematographyRoger Deakins MusicCarter Burwell StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 24-26 2 $24.8M — 3,047 $8,149 $36.0M

2 Dec 31-Jan 2 2 $24.4M −1.7% 3,083 $7,919 $86.7M

3 Jan 7-9 1 $14.6M −40.2% 3,124 $4,675 $110.0M

4 Jan 14-16 3 $11.0M −24.7% 3,459 $3,181 $126.2M

5 Jan 21-23 5 $7.3M −33.4% 3,464 $2,116 $138.0M

6 Jan 28-30 6 $7.5M +2.6% 3,120 $2,409 $148.3M

7 Feb 4-6 8 $4.6M −38.3% 2,902 $1,598 $154.9M

8 Feb 11-13 9 $3.8M −18.4% 2,072 $1,826 $160.4M

9 Feb 18-20 11 $2.4M −36.3% 1,465 $1,645 $164.1M

10 Feb 25-27 10 $1.9M −19.2% 1,222 $1,593 $167.1M

11 Mar 4-6 16 $975.4K −49.9% 725 $1,345 $168.7M

12 Mar 11-13 21 $424.9K −56.4% 401 $1,059 $169.4M

13 Mar 18-20 24 $250.0K −41.2% 268 $932 $169.8M

14 Mar 25-27 30 $182.0K −27.2% 205 $888 $170.1M

15 Apr 1-3 22 $294.3K +61.7% 324 $908 $170.4M

16 Apr 8-10 29 $209.6K −28.8% 263 $796 $170.8M

17 Apr 15-17 33 $105.0K −49.9% 177 $592 $170.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Dec 22 #3 $5.5M — $5.5M 3,047 $1,817 1

Thu Dec 23 #3 $5.7M +2% $11.2M 3,047 $1,861 2

Fri Dec 24 #2 $4.8M −16% $16.0M 3,047 $1,559 3

Sat Dec 25 #2 $10.4M +118% $26.3M 3,047 $3,401 4

Sun Dec 26 #2 $9.7M −6% $36.0M 3,047 $3,188 5

Mon Dec 27 #2 $7.1M −26% $43.2M 3,047 $2,345 6

Tue Dec 28 #3 $6.2M −14% $49.3M 3,047 $2,019 7

Wed Dec 29 #2 $6.3M +2% +13% $55.6M 3,083 $2,035 8

Thu Dec 30 #2 $6.6M +6% +17% $62.3M 3,083 $2,152 9

Fri Dec 31 #1 $8.2M +23% +72% $70.4M 3,083 $2,648 10

Sat Jan 1 #2 $9.9M +21% −5% $80.3M 3,083 $3,201 11

Sun Jan 2 #2 $6.4M −35% −34% $86.7M 3,083 $2,069 12

Mon Jan 3 #1 $2.6M −59% −63% $89.3M 3,083 $850 13

Tue Jan 4 #1 $2.2M −17% −65% $91.5M 3,083 $702 14

Wed Jan 5 #1 $1.9M −10% −69% $93.4M 3,083 $629 15

Thu Jan 6 #1 $2.0M +5% −69% $95.4M 3,083 $659 16

Fri Jan 7 #1 $4.4M +118% −46% $99.9M 3,124 $1,417 17

Sat Jan 8 #1 $6.6M +49% −33% $106.4M 3,124 $2,106 18

Sun Jan 9 #1 $3.6M −45% −44% $110.0M 3,124 $1,151 19

Mon Jan 10 #1 $1.1M −69% −58% $111.1M 3,124 $355 20

Tue Jan 11 #1 $1.4M +25% −36% $112.5M 3,124 $444 21

Wed Jan 12 #1 $1.3M −6% −33% $113.8M 3,124 $417 22

Thu Jan 13 #1 $1.4M +5% −32% $115.2M 3,124 $439 23

Fri Jan 14 #3 $3.3M +137% −26% $118.5M 3,459 $940 24

Sat Jan 15 #3 $4.6M +42% −30% $123.1M 3,459 $1,331 25

Sun Jan 16 #3 $3.1M −32% −13% $126.2M 3,459 $909 26

Mon Jan 17 #3 $2.1M −33% +91% $128.3M 3,459 $613 27

Tue Jan 18 #5 $838.2K −61% −40% $129.2M 3,459 $242 28

Wed Jan 19 #5 $727.1K −13% −44% $129.9M 3,459 $210 29

Thu Jan 20 #5 $728.8K n/c −47% $130.6M 3,459 $210 30

Fri Jan 21 #5 $2.1M +190% −35% $132.7M 3,464 $610 31

Sat Jan 22 #5 $3.9M +83% −16% $136.6M 3,464 $1,114 32

Sun Jan 23 #5 $1.4M −65% −57% $138.0M 3,464 $391 33

Mon Jan 24 #5 $543.8K −60% −74% $138.5M 3,464 $156 34

Tue Jan 25 #4 $766.9K +41% −9% $139.3M 3,464 $221 35

Wed Jan 26 #4 $717.9K −6% −1% $140.0M 3,464 $207 36

Thu Jan 27 #4 $795.6K +11% +9% $140.8M 3,464 $229 37

Fri Jan 28 #6 $2.0M +146% −7% $142.7M 3,120 $627 38

Sat Jan 29 #6 $3.5M +80% −9% $146.3M 3,120 $1,127 39

Sun Jan 30 #6 $2.0M −42% +51% $148.3M 3,120 $655 40

Mon Jan 31 #6 $472.6K −77% −13% $148.8M 3,120 $151 41

Tue Feb 1 #6 $461.0K −2% −40% $149.2M 3,120 $147 42

Wed Feb 2 #6 $497.0K +8% −31% $149.7M 3,120 $159 43

Thu Feb 3 #6 $525.9K +6% −34% $150.3M 3,120 $168 44

Fri Feb 4 #8 $1.4M +175% −26% $151.7M 2,902 $497 45

Sat Feb 5 #8 $2.6M +78% −27% $154.3M 2,902 $884 46

Sun Feb 6 #8 $628.8K −76% −69% $154.9M 2,902 $216 47

Mon Feb 7 #8 $393.4K −37% −17% $155.3M 2,902 $135 48

Tue Feb 8 #8 $444.6K +13% −4% $155.7M 2,902 $153 49

Wed Feb 9 #8 $390.0K −12% −22% $156.1M 2,902 $134 50

Thu Feb 10 #7 $439.2K +13% −16% $156.6M 2,902 $151 51

Fri Feb 11 #9 $957.5K +118% −34% $157.5M 2,072 $462 52

Sat Feb 12 #9 $1.8M +91% −29% $159.4M 2,072 $881 53

Sun Feb 13 #10 $1.0M −45% +59% $160.4M 2,072 $483 54

Mon Feb 14 #12 $553.8K −45% +41% $160.9M 2,072 $267 55

Tue Feb 15 #10 $277.1K −50% −38% $161.2M 2,072 $133 56

Wed Feb 16 #10 $257.5K −7% −34% $161.4M 2,072 $124 57

Thu Feb 17 #9 $274.1K +6% −38% $161.7M 2,072 $132 58

Fri Feb 18 #11 $556.6K +103% −42% $162.3M 1,465 $379 59

Sat Feb 19 #11 $1.1M +94% −41% $163.4M 1,465 $735 60

Sun Feb 20 #11 $776.4K −28% −22% $164.1M 1,465 $529 61

Mon Feb 21 #11 $475.2K −39% −14% $164.6M 1,465 $324 62

Tue Feb 22 #11 $194.3K −59% −30% $164.8M 1,465 $132 63

Wed Feb 23 #11 $183.3K −6% −29% $165.0M 1,465 $125 64

Thu Feb 24 #11 $204.5K +12% −25% $165.2M 1,465 $139 65

Fri Feb 25 #11 $510.8K +150% −8% $165.7M 1,222 $417 66

Sat Feb 26 #10 $976.7K +91% −9% $166.7M 1,222 $799 67

Sun Feb 27 #10 $459.6K −53% −41% $167.1M 1,222 $376 68

Mon Feb 28 #10 $140.4K −69% −70% $167.3M 1,222 $114 69

Tue Mar 1 #11 $151.7K +8% −22% $167.4M 1,222 $124 70

Wed Mar 2 #10 $138.3K −9% −25% $167.6M 1,222 $113 71

Thu Mar 3 #10 $142.8K +3% −30% $167.7M 1,222 $116 72

Fri Mar 4 #16 $256.9K +80% −50% $168.0M 725 $354 73

Sat Mar 5 #15 $463.6K +80% −53% $168.4M 725 $639 74

Sun Mar 6 #16 $254.9K −45% −45% $168.7M 725 $351 75

Mon Mar 7 $68.6K −73% −51% $168.7M 725 $94 76

Tue Mar 8 $66.8K −3% −56% $168.8M 725 $92 77

Wed Mar 9 $63.6K −5% −54% $168.9M 725 $87 78

Thu Mar 10 $76.4K +20% −47% $169.0M 725 $105 79

Fri Mar 11 $112.1K +47% −56% $169.1M 401 $279 80

Sat Mar 12 $210.9K +88% −55% $169.3M 401 $525 81

Sun Mar 13 $101.9K −52% −60% $169.4M 401 $254 82

Mon Mar 14 $36.7K −64% −46% $169.4M 401 $91 83

Tue Mar 15 $41.7K +13% −38% $169.5M 401 $103 84

Wed Mar 16 $38.2K −8% −40% $169.5M 401 $95 85

Thu Mar 17 $32.6K −14% −57% $169.5M 401 $81 86

Fri Mar 18 $76.2K +133% −32% $169.6M 268 $284 87

Sat Mar 19 $116.2K +52% −45% $169.7M 268 $433 88

Sun Mar 20 $57.7K −50% −43% $169.8M 268 $215 89

Mon Mar 21 $23.1K −60% −37% $169.8M 268 $86 90

Tue Mar 22 $25.3K +9% −39% $169.8M 268 $94 91

Wed Mar 23 $22.9K −9% −40% $169.9M 268 $85 92

Thu Mar 24 $24.7K +8% −24% $169.9M 268 $92 93

Fri Mar 25 $54.4K +120% −29% $169.9M 205 $265 94

Sat Mar 26 $83.3K +53% −28% $170.0M 205 $406 95

Sun Mar 27 $44.4K −47% −23% $170.1M 205 $216 96

Mon Mar 28 $15.8K −65% −32% $170.1M 205 $76 97

Tue Mar 29 $18.6K +18% −27% $170.1M 205 $90 98

Wed Mar 30 $17.7K −5% −23% $170.1M 205 $86 99

Thu Mar 31 $17.3K −3% −30% $170.1M 205 $84 100

Fri Apr 1 $93.8K +443% +72% $170.2M 324 $289 101

Sat Apr 2 $128.7K +37% +55% $170.4M 324 $397 102

Sun Apr 3 $71.8K −44% +62% $170.4M 324 $221 103

Mon Apr 4 $26.7K −63% +70% $170.4M 324 $82 104

Tue Apr 5 $38.8K +45% +109% $170.5M 324 $119 105

Wed Apr 6 $32.3K −17% +82% $170.5M 324 $99 106

Thu Apr 7 $31.3K −3% +81% $170.6M 324 $96 107

Fri Apr 8 $66.4K +112% −29% $170.6M 263 $252 108

Sat Apr 9 $97.7K +47% −24% $170.7M 263 $371 109

Sun Apr 10 $45.5K −53% −37% $170.8M 263 $172 110

Mon Apr 11 $16.3K −64% −39% $170.8M 263 $62 111

Tue Apr 12 $19.5K +19% −50% $170.8M 263 $74 112

Wed Apr 13 $16.9K −13% −48% $170.8M 263 $64 113

Thu Apr 14 $20.1K +19% −36% $170.8M 263 $76 114

Fri Apr 15 $32.0K +59% −52% $170.9M 177 $180 115

Sat Apr 16 $50.8K +59% −48% $170.9M 177 $286 116

Sun Apr 17 $22.2K −56% −51% $170.9M 177 $125 117

Mon Apr 18 $9.3K −58% −43% $170.9M 177 $52 118

Tue Apr 19 $11.0K +19% −43% $171.0M 177 $62 119

Wed Apr 20 $11.0K −1% −35% $171.0M 177 $61 120

Thu Apr 21 $12.6K +14% −38% $171.0M 177 $70 121

Fri Apr 22 $17.7K +41% −45% $171.0M 80 $220 122

Sat Apr 23 $20.4K +15% −60% $171.0M 80 $254 123

Sun Apr 24 $10.9K −47% −51% $171.0M 80 $136 124

Mon Apr 25 $5.0K −54% −46% $171.0M 80 $62 125

Tue Apr 26 $5.0K −1% −55% $171.0M 80 $62 126

Wed Apr 27 $4.6K −7% −58% $171.0M 80 $57 127

Thu Apr 28 $4.4K −5% −65% $171.1M 80 $54 128

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

Cumulative total$167.4M

Dec 22Jan 8Jan 26Feb 12Mar 1

Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.9M

$24.8M

$24.4M

$14.6M

$11.0M

$7.3M

$7.5M

$4.6M

$3.8M

$2.4M

$1.9M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,464 → 1,222 −64.7%

3,047 open1,222 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −19.2%

−1.7%

W1→2

−40.2%

W2→3

−24.7%

W3→4

−33.4%

W4→5

+2.6%

W5→6

−38.3%

W6→7

−18.4%

W7→8

−36.3%

W8→9

−19.2%

W9→10

Steepest −40.2%Biggest gain +2.6%

Run milestones

$100M in 18 days

$100M

Day 18

Jan 8

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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