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2005 • PG-13 • 2h 16m • Biography, Drama, Music • 20th Century Fox

Love is a burning thing.

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3.82

7.8

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$22.30M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$120.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$187.00M

$67.30M international

Domestic legs5.35x

Budget$28.0M

2005 rank#16

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Cast & crew

Full Mangold filmography

James Mangold

James Mangold Director

Joaquin Phoenix

Joaquin Phoenix Starring

Reese Witherspoon

Reese Witherspoon Starring

Ginnifer Goodwin

Ginnifer Goodwin Starring

Robert Patrick

Robert Patrick Starring

Dallas Roberts

Dallas Roberts Starring

ScreenplayJames Mangold, Gill Dennis Produced byJames Keach, Cathy Konrad CinematographyPhedon Papamichael MusicT Bone Burnett Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 18-20 2 $22.3M — 2,961 $7,547 $22.3M

2 Nov 25-27 2 $19.2M −14.0% 3,138 $6,122 $54.0M

3 Dec 2-4 3 $9.5M −50.4% 3,160 $3,016 $68.3M

4 Dec 9-11 4 $5.7M −39.8% 3,034 $1,891 $77.0M

5 Dec 16-18 6 $3.7M −35.7% 2,664 $1,384 $82.6M

6 Dec 23-25 15 $1.6M −56.7% 1,183 $1,349 $86.3M

7 Dec 30-Jan 1 15 $2.7M +66.7% 1,160 $2,295 $91.7M

8 Jan 6-8 17 $2.1M −20.7% 1,028 $2,053 $95.4M

9 Jan 13-15 18 $1.8M −16.2% 864 $2,046 $97.9M

10 Jan 20-22 13 $3.1M +73.4% 1,125 $2,725 $102.1M

11 Jan 27-29 12 $3.0M −1.1% 1,201 $2,525 $106.1M

12 Feb 3-5 9 $3.3M +8.4% 1,577 $2,084 $110.6M

13 Feb 10-12 13 $2.0M −39.7% 1,248 $1,588 $113.6M

14 Feb 17-19 12 $1.5M −22.3% 883 $1,745 $116.1M

15 Feb 24-26 20 $725.8K −52.9% 492 $1,475 $117.5M

16 Mar 3-5 26 $489.2K −32.6% 375 $1,304 $118.2M

17 Mar 10-12 26 $342.7K −30.0% 321 $1,067 $118.8M

18 Mar 17-19 34 $203.4K −40.6% 260 $782 $119.1M

19 Mar 24-26 41 $97.8K −51.9% 148 $661 $119.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 18 #2 $7.6M — $7.6M 2,961 $2,570 1

Sat Nov 19 #2 $9.0M +18% $16.6M 2,961 $3,023 2

Sun Nov 20 #2 $5.8M −35% $22.3M 2,961 $1,952 3

Mon Nov 21 #2 $2.2M −62% $24.6M 2,961 $750 4

Tue Nov 22 #2 $2.6M +15% $27.1M 2,961 $861 5

Wed Nov 23 #3 $3.2M +26% $30.3M 3,116 $1,030 6

Thu Nov 24 #2 $4.5M +39% $34.8M 3,116 $1,432 7

Fri Nov 25 #2 $7.6M +70% n/c $42.4M 3,138 $2,421 8

Sat Nov 26 #2 $7.6M n/c −15% $50.0M 3,138 $2,426 9

Sun Nov 27 #2 $4.0M −47% −31% $54.0M 3,138 $1,274 10

Mon Nov 28 #2 $1.2M −70% −46% $55.2M 3,138 $384 11

Tue Nov 29 #2 $1.3M +7% −49% $56.5M 3,138 $411 12

Wed Nov 30 #2 $1.1M −11% −64% $57.7M 3,138 $365 13

Thu Dec 1 #2 $1.1M −3% −75% $58.8M 3,138 $354 14

Fri Dec 2 #3 $3.1M +174% −60% $61.8M 3,160 $966 15

Sat Dec 3 #3 $4.2M +38% −45% $66.0M 3,160 $1,333 16

Sun Dec 4 #3 $2.3M −46% −43% $68.3M 3,160 $716 17

Mon Dec 5 #3 $721.0K −68% −40% $69.0M 3,160 $228 18

Tue Dec 6 #2 $795.6K +10% −38% $69.8M 3,160 $251 19

Wed Dec 7 #2 $719.3K −10% −37% $70.5M 3,160 $227 20

Thu Dec 8 #2 $718.6K n/c −35% $71.3M 3,160 $227 21

Fri Dec 9 #4 $1.7M +139% −44% $73.0M 3,034 $566 22

Sat Dec 10 #4 $2.6M +53% −38% $75.6M 3,034 $866 23

Sun Dec 11 #4 $1.4M −47% −39% $77.0M 3,034 $458 24

Mon Dec 12 #4 $501.8K −64% −30% $77.5M 3,034 $165 25

Tue Dec 13 #4 $544.1K +8% −32% $78.0M 3,034 $179 26

Wed Dec 14 #5 $443.6K −18% −38% $78.5M 3,034 $146 27

Thu Dec 15 #5 $438.7K −1% −39% $78.9M 3,034 $144 28

Fri Dec 16 #6 $1.0M +138% −39% $80.0M 2,664 $392 29

Sat Dec 17 #6 $1.6M +51% −40% $81.5M 2,664 $592 30

Sun Dec 18 #6 $1.1M −33% −24% $82.6M 2,664 $399 31

Mon Dec 19 #7 $525.2K −51% +5% $83.1M 2,664 $197 32

Tue Dec 20 #7 $567.7K +8% +4% $83.7M 2,664 $213 33

Wed Dec 21 #8 $435.3K −23% −2% $84.1M 2,664 $163 34

Thu Dec 22 #8 $518.0K +19% +18% $84.7M 2,664 $194 35

Mon Dec 26 #15 $877.3K — +67% $87.1M 1,534 $571 39

Mon Jan 2 #15 $693.8K — −21% $92.4M 1,160 $598 46

Mon Jan 16 #19 $308.1K — $98.3M 864 $356 60

Fri Feb 3 #9 $1.0M — $108.3M 1,577 $634 78

Sat Feb 4 #8 $1.7M +74% $110.1M 1,577 $1,105 79

Sun Feb 5 #9 $543.3K −69% $110.6M 1,577 $344 80

Mon Feb 6 #8 $246.3K −55% $110.9M 1,577 $156 81

Tue Feb 7 #7 $275.8K +12% $111.1M 1,577 $174 82

Wed Feb 8 #6 $253.9K −8% $111.4M 1,577 $161 83

Thu Feb 9 #6 $263.1K +4% $111.7M 1,577 $166 84

Mon Feb 13 #11 $175.4K — −29% $113.8M 1,248 $140 88

Tue Feb 14 #10 $377.5K +115% +37% $114.2M 1,248 $302 89

Wed Feb 15 #10 $172.9K −54% −32% $114.4M 1,248 $138 90

Mon Feb 20 #14 $273.5K — +56% $116.3M 883 $309 95

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

Cumulative total$98.3M

Nov 18Nov 27Dec 7Dec 16Jan 16

Weekend grossWk 10 · $3.1M

$22.3M

$19.2M

$9.5M

$5.7M

$3.7M

$1.6M

$2.7M

$2.1M

$1.8M

$3.1M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,160 → 864 −72.7%

2,961 open864 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +73.4%

−14.0%

W1→2

−50.4%

W2→3

−39.8%

W3→4

−35.7%

W4→5

−56.7%

W5→6

+66.7%

W6→7

−20.7%

W7→8

−16.2%

W8→9

+73.4%

W9→10

Steepest −56.7%Biggest gain +73.4%

Run milestones

$100M in 78 days

$100M

Day 78

Feb 3

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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