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2015 • R • 2h 4m • Biography, Drama • Bleecker Street

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🍅 74% 79%

60

3.46

7.4

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$74K

Limited · 5 theaters

Domestic total

$7.90M

Final

Worldwide total

$13.30M

$5.40M international

Domestic legs4.9x from $1.6M first wide weekend

Budget$15M

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Cast & crew

Full Roach filmography

Jay Roach

Jay Roach Director

Bryan Cranston

Bryan Cranston Starring

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Starring

Louis C.K.

Louis C.K. Starring

Elle Fanning

Elle Fanning Starring

John Goodman

John Goodman Starring

ScreenplayJohn McNamara Produced byJay Roach, Michael London, John McNamara, Janice Williams CinematographyJim Denault MusicTheodore Shapiro Prod. DesignMark Ricker StudioBleecker Street

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 6-8 36 $74.2K — 5 $14,835 $74.2K

2 Nov 13-15 31 $156.6K +111.2% 20 $7,832 $262.6K

3 Nov 20-22 21 $258.8K +65.2% 47 $5,507 $587.6K

4 Nov 27-29 13 $1.6M +523.4% 617 $2,615 $2.7M

5 Dec 4-6 14 $951.1K −41.1% 660 $1,441 $4.2M

6 Dec 11-13 14 $835.5K −12.1% 554 $1,508 $5.5M

7 Dec 18-20 18 $411.9K −50.7% 273 $1,509 $6.3M

8 Dec 25-27 30 $178.0K −56.8% 119 $1,496 $6.7M

9 Jan 1-3 29 $172.3K −3.2% 90 $1,914 $7.0M

10 Jan 8-10 33 $114.6K −33.5% 90 $1,273 $7.2M

11 Jan 15-17 37 $86.1K −24.9% 66 $1,305 $7.3M

12 Jan 22-24 36 $94.5K +9.8% 136 $695 $7.5M

13 Jan 29-31 42 $79.5K −15.9% 78 $1,019 $7.6M

14 Feb 5-7 46 $38.9K −51.1% 61 $638 $7.7M

15 Feb 12-14 47 $42.5K +9.2% 57 $745 $7.8M

16 Feb 19-21 62 $19.8K −53.5% 57 $347 $7.8M

17 Feb 26-28 62 $16.9K −14.6% 31 $544 $7.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 6 — $22.7K — $22.7K 5 $4,539 1

Sat Nov 7 — $32.1K +41.6% $54.8K 5 $6,427 2

Sun Nov 8 — $19.3K −39.8% $74.2K 5 $3,869 3

Mon Nov 9 — $7.0K −64.0% $81.1K 5 $1,393 4

Tue Nov 10 — $7.1K +1.9% $88.2K 5 $1,419 5

Wed Nov 11 — $10.7K +50.4% $98.9K 5 $2,134 6

Thu Nov 12 — $7.0K −34.0% $106.0K 5 $1,409 7

Fri Nov 13 — $40.4K +472.9% +77.8% $146.3K 20 $2,018 8

Sat Nov 14 — $64.7K +60.2% +101.2% $211.0K 20 $3,233 9

Sun Nov 15 — $51.6K −20.2% +166.8% $262.6K 20 $2,580 10

Mon Nov 16 — $16.7K −67.6% +139.8% $279.3K 20 $835 11

Tue Nov 17 — $16.1K −3.5% +127.2% $295.4K 20 $806 12

Wed Nov 18 — $17.3K +7.5% +62.4% $312.8K 20 $867 13

Thu Nov 19 — $16.0K −7.7% +127.0% $328.8K 20 $800 14

Fri Nov 20 — $69.6K +335.2% +72.4% $398.4K 47 $1,481 15

Sat Nov 21 — $111.9K +60.8% +73.1% $510.3K 47 $2,382 16

Sun Nov 22 — $77.3K −31.0% +49.7% $587.6K 47 $1,644 17

Mon Nov 23 — $31.4K −59.3% +88.2% $619.0K 47 $669 18

Tue Nov 24 — $33.3K +5.8% +106.4% $652.3K 47 $708 19

Wed Nov 25 #14 $188.7K +467.3% +988.6% $841.0K 47 $4,015 20

Thu Nov 26 #15 $200.7K +6.3% +1154.8% $1.0M 47 $4,270 21

Fri Nov 27 #13 $572.1K +185.0% +721.8% $1.6M 617 $927 22

Sat Nov 28 #13 $646.6K +13.0% +477.6% $2.3M 617 $1,048 23

Sun Nov 29 #13 $394.8K −38.9% +410.9% $2.7M 1,187 $333 24

Mon Nov 30 #13 $136.1K −65.5% +333.0% $2.8M 617 $221 25

Tue Dec 1 #13 $163.3K +20.0% +390.8% $3.0M 617 $265 26

Wed Dec 2 #13 $134.5K −17.6% −28.7% $3.1M 617 $218 27

Thu Dec 3 #13 $124.5K −7.4% −38.0% $3.2M 617 $202 28

Fri Dec 4 #14 $274.6K +120.6% −52.0% $3.5M 660 $416 29

Sat Dec 5 #14 $433.4K +57.8% −33.0% $3.9M 660 $657 30

Sun Dec 6 #14 $243.1K −43.9% −38.4% $4.2M 660 $368 31

Mon Dec 7 #13 $100.9K −58.5% −25.9% $4.3M 660 $153 32

Tue Dec 8 #13 $134.1K +32.9% −17.9% $4.4M 660 $203 33

Wed Dec 9 #13 $116.2K −13.4% −13.6% $4.5M 660 $176 34

Thu Dec 10 #13 $122.2K +5.2% −1.8% $4.6M 660 $185 35

Fri Dec 11 #14 $232.2K +90.0% −15.4% $4.9M 554 $419 36

Sat Dec 12 #14 $378.9K +63.2% −12.6% $5.2M 554 $684 37

Sun Dec 13 #14 $224.4K −40.8% −7.7% $5.5M 554 $405 38

Mon Dec 14 #14 $92.8K −58.7% −8.1% $5.6M 554 $167 39

Tue Dec 15 #14 $109.5K +18.0% −18.4% $5.7M 554 $198 40

Wed Dec 16 #14 $100.4K −8.3% −13.6% $5.8M 554 $181 41

Thu Dec 17 #14 $82.2K −18.1% −32.7% $5.9M 554 $148 42

Fri Dec 18 — $102.2K +24.3% −56.0% $6.0M 273 $374 43

Sat Dec 19 — $187.6K +83.5% −50.5% $6.1M 273 $687 44

Sun Dec 20 — $122.1K −34.9% −45.6% $6.3M 273 $447 45

Mon Dec 21 — $58.9K −51.8% −36.5% $6.3M 273 $216 46

Tue Dec 22 — $69.8K +18.6% −36.2% $6.4M 273 $256 47

Wed Dec 23 — $56.9K −18.5% −43.3% $6.5M 273 $209 48

Thu Dec 24 — $68.3K +20.0% −16.9% $6.5M 273 $250 49

Fri Dec 25 — $54.5K −20.2% −46.6% $6.6M 119 $458 50

Sat Dec 26 — $69.5K +27.4% −63.0% $6.6M 119 $584 51

Sun Dec 27 — $54.0K −22.3% −55.8% $6.7M 119 $454 52

Mon Dec 28 — $32.3K −40.2% −45.1% $6.7M 119 $271 53

Tue Dec 29 — $33.0K +2.3% −52.7% $6.8M 119 $278 54

Wed Dec 30 — $33.8K +2.3% −40.7% $6.8M 119 $284 55

Thu Dec 31 — $41.7K +23.5% −38.9% $6.8M 119 $351 56

Fri Jan 1 — $60.0K +43.9% +10.1% $6.9M 90 $667 57

Sat Jan 2 — $74.2K +23.7% +6.9% $7.0M 90 $825 58

Sun Jan 3 — $38.0K −48.8% −29.6% $7.0M 90 $422 59

Mon Jan 4 — $15.9K −58.3% −50.9% $7.0M 90 $176 60

Tue Jan 5 — $19.2K +21.1% −41.9% $7.1M 90 $213 61

Wed Jan 6 — $19.1K −0.6% −43.5% $7.1M 90 $212 62

Thu Jan 7 — $19.7K +3.0% −52.9% $7.1M 90 $218 63

Fri Jan 8 — $27.1K +37.8% −54.8% $7.1M 90 $301 64

Sat Jan 9 — $55.5K +104.6% −25.3% $7.2M 90 $616 65

Sun Jan 10 — $32.0K −42.2% −15.7% $7.2M 90 $356 66

Mon Jan 11 — $10.3K −67.7% −34.8% $7.2M 90 $115 67

Tue Jan 12 — $13.4K +29.4% −30.3% $7.2M 90 $149 68

Wed Jan 13 — $12.6K −5.6% −33.9% $7.2M 90 $140 69

Thu Jan 14 — $15.5K +22.9% −21.1% $7.3M 90 $172 70

Fri Jan 15 — $20.8K +34.0% −23.3% $7.3M 66 $315 71

Sat Jan 16 — $38.3K +84.2% −30.9% $7.3M 66 $580 72

Sun Jan 17 — $27.0K −29.5% −15.7% $7.3M 66 $409 73

Mon Jan 18 — $20.1K −25.4% +94.9% $7.4M 66 $305 74

Tue Jan 19 — $10.5K −47.7% −21.2% $7.4M 66 $160 75

Wed Jan 20 — $9.5K −10.2% −25.1% $7.4M 66 $143 76

Thu Jan 21 — $12.8K +34.8% −17.8% $7.4M 66 $193 77

Fri Jan 22 — $25.3K +98.0% +21.5% $7.4M 136 $186 78

Sat Jan 23 — $42.7K +69.1% +11.5% $7.5M 136 $314 79

Sun Jan 24 — $26.5K −37.9% −1.7% $7.5M 136 $195 80

Mon Jan 25 — $12.6K −52.4% −37.2% $7.5M 136 $93 81

Tue Jan 26 — $16.3K +29.2% +54.9% $7.5M 136 $120 82

Wed Jan 27 — $16.2K −1.1% +70.7% $7.5M 136 $119 83

Thu Jan 28 — $17.1K +6.0% +34.2% $7.6M 136 $126 84

Fri Jan 29 — $17.6K +2.7% −30.4% $7.6M 78 $226 85

Sat Jan 30 — $32.8K +86.6% −23.2% $7.6M 78 $421 86

Sun Jan 31 — $29.1K −11.4% +9.6% $7.6M 78 $373 87

Mon Feb 1 — $8.7K −70.1% −31.2% $7.6M 78 $112 88

Tue Feb 2 — $10.8K +23.8% −34.0% $7.7M 78 $138 89

Wed Feb 3 — $9.9K −8.2% −38.8% $7.7M 78 $127 90

Thu Feb 4 — $8.3K −16.6% −51.8% $7.7M 78 $106 91

Fri Feb 5 — $8.6K +4.2% −51.1% $7.7M 61 $141 92

Sat Feb 6 — $19.9K +131.5% −39.3% $7.7M 61 $326 93

Sun Feb 7 — $10.4K −47.8% −64.3% $7.7M 61 $170 94

Mon Feb 8 — $6.7K −35.7% −23.1% $7.7M 61 $110 95

Tue Feb 9 — $6.0K −10.3% −44.3% $7.7M 61 $98 96

Wed Feb 10 — $5.6K −7.2% −43.7% $7.7M 61 $91 97

Thu Feb 11 — $5.8K +4.7% −29.3% $7.7M 61 $96 98

Fri Feb 12 — $8.8K +51.6% +2.8% $7.7M 57 $155 99

Sat Feb 13 — $17.7K +100.1% −11.2% $7.8M 57 $310 100

Sun Feb 14 — $15.9K −9.9% +53.4% $7.8M 57 $280 101

Mon Feb 15 — $7.4K −53.5% +10.9% $7.8M 57 $130 102

Tue Feb 16 — $5.1K −30.9% −14.6% $7.8M 57 $90 103

Wed Feb 17 — $5.2K +1.3% −6.7% $7.8M 57 $91 104

Thu Feb 18 — $6.2K +19.9% +6.7% $7.8M 57 $109 105

Fri Feb 19 — $5.2K −17.0% −41.6% $7.8M 31 $167 106

Sat Feb 20 — $8.8K +69.9% −50.4% $7.8M 31 $283 107

Sun Feb 21 — $5.8K −33.7% −63.5% $7.8M 31 $188 108

Mon Feb 22 — $2.8K −51.5% −61.9% $7.8M 5 $564 109

Tue Feb 23 — $2.9K +3.9% −42.8% $7.8M 31 $95 110

Wed Feb 24 — $3.6K +21.6% −31.3% $7.8M 31 $115 111

Thu Feb 25 — $6.5K +81.5% +4.0% $7.8M 31 $209 112

Fri Feb 26 — $5.5K −15.2% +6.2% $7.8M 31 $177 113

Sat Feb 27 — $7.8K +42.5% −10.9% $7.8M 31 $252 114

Sun Feb 28 — $3.6K −54.4% −38.7% $7.9M 31 $115 115

Tue Mar 1 — $1.6K — −47.0% $7.9M 31 $50 117

Wed Mar 2 — $2.4K +51.9% −33.8% $7.9M 31 $76 118

Thu Mar 3 — $2.5K +6.0% −61.3% $7.9M 31 $81 119

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

Cumulative total$7.3M

Nov 6Nov 23Dec 11Dec 28Jan 14

Weekend grossWk 10 · $114.6K

$74.2K

$156.6K

$258.8K

$1.6M

$951.1K

$835.5K

$411.9K

$178.0K

$172.3K

$114.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,187 → 90 −92.4%

5 open90 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −33.5%

+111.2%

W1→2

+65.2%

W2→3

+523.4%

W3→4

−41.1%

W4→5

−12.1%

W5→6

−50.7%

W6→7

−56.8%

W7→8

−3.2%

W8→9

−33.5%

W9→10

Steepest −56.8%Biggest gain +523.4%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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