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2008 • PG-13 • 2h 9m • Biography, Drama • Lionsgate

A life misunderestimated.

🍅 58% 42%

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3.01

6.3

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$10.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$25.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$28.60M

$3.00M international

Domestic legs2.4x

Budget$25.1M

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Cast & crew

Full Stone filmography

Oliver Stone

Oliver Stone Director

Josh Brolin

Josh Brolin Starring

Elizabeth Banks

Elizabeth Banks Starring

Colin Hanks

Colin Hanks Starring

Ellen Burstyn

Ellen Burstyn Starring

James Cromwell

James Cromwell Starring

ScreenplayStanley Weiser Produced byBill Block, Eric Kopeloff, Paul Hanson, Moritz Borman CinematographyPhedon Papamichael Music byPaul Cantelon StudioLionsgate

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 17-19 4 $10.5M — 2,030 $5,175 $10.5M

2 Oct 24-26 7 $5.1M −51.6% 2,050 $2,482 $18.5M

3 Oct 31-Nov 2 11 $2.4M −53.1% 1,803 $1,322 $22.3M

4 Nov 7-9 17 $1.1M −53.0% 839 $1,336 $24.2M

5 Nov 14-16 21 $444.2K −60.4% 505 $880 $25.1M

6 Nov 21-23 30 $131.5K −70.4% 191 $689 $25.4M

7 Nov 28-30 41 $56.7K −56.9% 55 $1,031 $25.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 17 #2 $3.8M — $3.8M 2,030 $1,868 1

Sat Oct 18 #4 $4.1M +8.0% $7.9M 2,030 $2,019 2

Sun Oct 19 #3 $2.6M −36.2% $10.5M 2,030 $1,288 3

Mon Oct 20 #2 $814.1K −68.9% $11.3M 2,030 $401 4

Tue Oct 21 #2 $804.3K −1.2% $12.1M 2,030 $396 5

Wed Oct 22 #2 $683.8K −15.0% $12.8M 2,030 $337 6

Thu Oct 23 #3 $610.6K −10.7% $13.4M 2,030 $301 7

Fri Oct 24 #8 $1.6M +157.6% −58.5% $15.0M 2,050 $767 8

Sat Oct 25 #8 $2.2M +41.9% −45.5% $17.2M 2,050 $1,089 9

Sun Oct 26 #7 $1.3M −42.5% −50.9% $18.5M 2,050 $626 10

Mon Oct 27 #6 $366.6K −71.4% −55.0% $18.9M 2,050 $179 11

Tue Oct 28 #6 $408.7K +11.5% −49.2% $19.3M 2,050 $199 12

Wed Oct 29 #6 $337.7K −17.4% −50.6% $19.6M 2,050 $165 13

Thu Oct 30 #7 $328.0K −2.9% −46.3% $19.9M 2,050 $160 14

Fri Oct 31 #12 $518.2K +58.0% −67.1% $20.5M 1,803 $287 15

Sat Nov 1 #11 $1.2M +129.4% −46.7% $21.7M 1,803 $659 16

Sun Nov 2 #11 $677.6K −43.0% −47.2% $22.3M 1,803 $376 17

Mon Nov 3 #12 $208.1K −69.3% −43.2% $22.5M 1,803 $115 18

Tue Nov 4 #13 $177.5K −14.7% −56.6% $22.7M 1,803 $98 19

Wed Nov 5 #13 $190.6K +7.4% −43.5% $22.9M 1,803 $106 20

Thu Nov 6 #12 $202.6K +6.3% −38.2% $23.1M 1,803 $112 21

Fri Nov 7 #- $300.3K +48.2% −42.0% $23.4M 839 $358 22

Sat Nov 8 #- $525.2K +74.9% −55.8% $23.9M 839 $626 23

Sun Nov 9 #- $295.1K −43.8% −56.4% $24.2M 839 $352 24

Mon Nov 10 #17 $120.3K −59.3% −42.2% $24.4M 839 $143 25

Tue Nov 11 #17 $167.9K +39.7% −5.4% $24.5M 839 $200 26

Wed Nov 12 #17 $88.1K −47.5% −53.8% $24.6M 839 $105 27

Thu Nov 13 #17 $82.1K −6.8% −59.5% $24.7M 839 $98 28

Cumulative total$24.7M

Oct 17Oct 24Oct 31Nov 6Nov 13

Weekend grossWk 7 · $56.7K

$10.5M

$5.1M

$2.4M

$1.1M

$444.2K

$131.5K

$56.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7

Theater countPeak 2,050 → 839 −59.1%

2,030 open839 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 7 · −56.9%

−51.6%

W1→2

−53.1%

W2→3

−53.0%

W3→4

−60.4%

W4→5

−70.4%

W5→6

−56.9%

W6→7

Steepest −70.4%Best hold −51.6%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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