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2011 • PG-13 • 2h 2m • Drama, Romance • 20th Century Fox

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$16.80M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$58.70M

Final

Worldwide total

$116.80M

$58.10M international

Domestic legs3.5x

Budget$38M

2011 rank#56

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Cast & crew

Full Lawrence filmography

Francis Lawrence

Francis Lawrence Director

Reese Witherspoon

Reese Witherspoon Starring

Robert Pattinson

Robert Pattinson Starring

Christoph Waltz

Christoph Waltz Starring

Hal Holbrook

Hal Holbrook Starring

ScreenplayRichard LaGravenese Produced byGil Netter, Erwin Stoff, Andrew R. Tennenbaum CinematographyRodrigo Prieto Music byJames Newton Howard Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Apr 22-24 3 $16.8M — 2,817 $5,979 $16.8M

2 Apr 29-May 1 4 $9.3M −44.5% 2,820 $3,313 $32.5M

3 May 6-8 6 $6.1M −35.0% 2,614 $2,322 $42.1M

4 May 13-15 8 $4.2M −30.8% 2,425 $1,733 $48.6M

5 May 20-22 9 $2.2M −48.2% 1,894 $1,150 $52.5M

6 May 27-29 12 $1.1M −50.1% 794 $1,370 $54.4M

7 Jun 3-5 12 $694.5K −36.1% 572 $1,214 $55.7M

8 Jun 10-12 13 $478.8K −31.1% 466 $1,028 $56.6M

9 Jun 17-19 18 $305.2K −36.3% 351 $869 $57.2M

10 Jun 24-26 20 $255.6K −16.2% 292 $875 $57.7M

11 Jul 1-3 23 $171.3K −33.0% 234 $732 $58.0M

12 Jul 8-10 28 $124.8K −27.2% 168 $743 $58.3M

13 Jul 15-17 37 $88.2K −29.3% 120 $735 $58.5M

14 Jul 22-24 42 $66.1K −25.1% 91 $727 $58.6M

15 Jul 29-31 57 $25.0K −62.3% 41 $609 $58.7M

16 Aug 5-7 68 $15.4K −38.2% 24 $643 $58.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Apr 22 #3 $6.9M — $6.9M 2,817 $2,458 1

Sat Apr 23 #3 $6.5M −6.3% $13.4M 2,817 $2,304 2

Sun Apr 24 #3 $3.4M −47.2% $16.8M 2,817 $1,216 3

Mon Apr 25 #3 $1.8M −47.9% $18.6M 2,817 $633 4

Tue Apr 26 #2 $1.7M −4.0% $20.3M 2,817 $608 5

Wed Apr 27 #2 $1.4M −16.7% $21.8M 2,817 $506 6

Thu Apr 28 #2 $1.4M −3.8% $23.1M 2,817 $487 7

Fri Apr 29 #4 $2.9M +112.7% −57.8% $26.1M 2,820 $1,035 8

Sat Apr 30 #4 $4.0M +37.7% −38.1% $30.1M 2,820 $1,425 9

Sun May 1 #3 $2.4M −40.2% −29.8% $32.5M 2,820 $853 10

Mon May 2 #2 $784.1K −67.4% −56.1% $33.3M 2,820 $278 11

Tue May 3 #2 $1.1M +34.7% −38.3% $34.3M 2,820 $375 12

Wed May 4 #2 $902.5K −14.6% −36.7% $35.2M 2,820 $320 13

Thu May 5 #2 $790.5K −12.4% −42.4% $36.0M 2,820 $280 14

Fri May 6 #6 $1.7M +109.6% −43.2% $37.7M 2,614 $634 15

Sat May 7 #6 $2.2M +35.3% −44.2% $39.9M 2,614 $858 16

Sun May 8 #6 $2.2M −3.2% −9.7% $42.1M 2,614 $830 17

Mon May 9 #5 $518.0K −76.1% −33.9% $42.6M 2,614 $198 18

Tue May 10 #5 $641.0K +23.7% −39.3% $43.2M 2,614 $245 19

Wed May 11 #5 $572.1K −10.7% −36.6% $43.8M 2,614 $219 20

Thu May 12 #5 $561.5K −1.9% −29.0% $44.4M 2,614 $215 21

Fri May 13 #8 $1.2M +107.9% −29.6% $45.5M 2,425 $481 22

Sat May 14 #8 $1.8M +56.2% −18.7% $47.4M 2,425 $752 23

Sun May 15 #8 $1.2M −33.5% −44.1% $48.6M 2,425 $500 24

Mon May 16 #8 $400.5K −67.0% −22.7% $49.0M 2,425 $165 25

Tue May 17 #8 $503.7K +25.8% −21.4% $49.5M 2,425 $208 26

Wed May 18 #7 $412.6K −18.1% −27.9% $49.9M 2,425 $170 27

Thu May 19 #8 $381.9K −7.4% −32.0% $50.3M 2,425 $157 28

Fri May 20 #9 $663.2K +73.7% −43.2% $50.9M 1,894 $350 29

Sat May 21 #9 $904.6K +36.4% −50.4% $51.8M 1,894 $478 30

Sun May 22 #9 $611.3K −32.4% −49.6% $52.5M 1,894 $323 31

Mon May 23 #9 $264.1K −56.8% −34.1% $52.7M 1,894 $139 32

Tue May 24 #9 $248.7K −5.8% −50.6% $53.0M 1,894 $131 33

Wed May 25 #8 $232.3K −6.6% −43.7% $53.2M 1,894 $123 34

Thu May 26 #11 $127.8K −45.0% −66.5% $53.3M 794 $161 35

Fri May 27 #12 $292.1K +128.6% −56.0% $53.6M 794 $368 36

Sat May 28 #12 $420.1K +43.8% −53.6% $54.0M 794 $529 37

Sun May 29 #12 $375.4K −10.7% −38.6% $54.4M 794 $473 38

Mon May 30 #12 $287.5K −23.4% +8.9% $54.7M 794 $362 39

Tue May 31 #12 $112.2K −61.0% −54.9% $54.8M 794 $141 40

Wed Jun 1 #12 $103.9K −7.4% −55.3% $54.9M 794 $131 41

Thu Jun 2 #12 $118.0K +13.6% −7.6% $55.0M 794 $149 42

Fri Jun 3 #11 $212.6K +80.1% −27.2% $55.3M 572 $372 43

Sat Jun 4 #12 $303.5K +42.8% −27.7% $55.6M 572 $531 44

Sun Jun 5 #13 $178.4K −41.2% −52.5% $55.7M 572 $312 45

Mon Jun 6 #11 $85.9K −51.8% −70.1% $55.8M 572 $150 46

Tue Jun 7 #10 $105.7K +23.0% −5.8% $55.9M 572 $185 47

Wed Jun 8 #11 $95.4K −9.7% −8.2% $56.0M 572 $167 48

Thu Jun 9 #12 $100.7K +5.6% −14.7% $56.1M 572 $176 49

Fri Jun 10 #14 $150.7K +49.6% −29.1% $56.3M 466 $323 50

Sat Jun 11 #14 $199.7K +32.5% −34.2% $56.5M 466 $428 51

Sun Jun 12 #13 $128.5K −35.6% −28.0% $56.6M 466 $276 52

Mon Jun 13 #13 $60.7K −52.8% −29.4% $56.7M 466 $130 53

Tue Jun 14 #14 $76.4K +26.0% −27.7% $56.7M 466 $164 54

Wed Jun 15 #13 $74.6K −2.4% −21.8% $56.8M 466 $160 55

Thu Jun 16 #13 $75.5K +1.2% −25.0% $56.9M 466 $162 56

Fri Jun 17 — $99.2K +31.3% −34.2% $57.0M 351 $283 57

Sat Jun 18 — $127.5K +28.6% −36.2% $57.1M 351 $363 58

Sun Jun 19 — $78.5K −38.4% −38.9% $57.2M 351 $224 59

Mon Jun 20 — $50.7K −35.5% −16.5% $57.2M 351 $144 60

Tue Jun 21 — $62.9K +24.2% −17.7% $57.3M 351 $179 61

Wed Jun 22 — $63.2K +0.4% −15.3% $57.4M 351 $180 62

Thu Jun 23 — $64.7K +2.4% −14.3% $57.4M 351 $184 63

Fri Jun 24 — $81.5K +26.0% −17.8% $57.5M 292 $279 64

Sat Jun 25 — $105.1K +29.0% −17.5% $57.6M 292 $360 65

Sun Jun 26 — $69.0K −34.4% −12.2% $57.7M 292 $236 66

Mon Jun 27 — $36.7K −46.8% −27.6% $57.7M 292 $126 67

Tue Jun 28 — $46.2K +25.8% −26.6% $57.8M 292 $158 68

Wed Jun 29 — $40.0K −13.3% −36.6% $57.8M 292 $137 69

Thu Jun 30 — $42.8K +7.0% −33.8% $57.9M 292 $147 70

Fri Jul 1 — $51.2K +19.5% −37.2% $57.9M 234 $219 71

Sat Jul 2 — $65.6K +28.3% −37.6% $58.0M 234 $281 72

Sun Jul 3 — $54.5K −17.0% −21.0% $58.0M 234 $233 73

Mon Jul 4 #25 $35.2K −35.3% −3.9% $58.1M 234 $151 74

Tue Jul 5 — $32.8K −7.1% −29.0% $58.1M 234 $140 75

Wed Jul 6 — $34.4K +5.0% −14.1% $58.1M 234 $147 76

Thu Jul 7 — $36.9K +7.4% −13.7% $58.2M 234 $158 77

Fri Jul 8 — $39.6K +7.1% −22.7% $58.2M 168 $236 78

Sat Jul 9 — $50.4K +27.4% −23.2% $58.3M 168 $300 79

Sun Jul 10 — $34.8K −31.1% −36.2% $58.3M 168 $207 80

Mon Jul 11 — $19.7K −43.2% −44.0% $58.3M 168 $117 81

Tue Jul 12 — $22.4K +13.5% −31.6% $58.3M 168 $133 82

Wed Jul 13 — $20.9K −6.6% −39.1% $58.4M 168 $125 83

Thu Jul 14 — $19.8K −5.4% −46.4% $58.4M 168 $118 84

Fri Jul 15 — $28.8K +45.2% −27.3% $58.4M 120 $240 85

Sat Jul 16 — $34.6K +20.4% −31.4% $58.4M 120 $288 86

Sun Jul 17 — $24.9K −28.2% −28.5% $58.5M 120 $207 87

Mon Jul 18 — $13.7K −44.8% −30.5% $58.5M 120 $114 88

Tue Jul 19 — $17.3K +26.3% −22.7% $58.5M 120 $144 89

Wed Jul 20 — $17.8K +2.9% −14.9% $58.5M 120 $149 90

Thu Jul 21 — $17.5K −1.6% −11.4% $58.5M 120 $146 91

Fri Jul 22 — $22.0K +25.3% −23.6% $58.5M 120 $183 92

Sat Jul 23 — $26.9K +22.2% −22.4% $58.6M 120 $224 93

Sun Jul 24 — $17.3K −35.7% −30.5% $58.6M 120 $144 94

Mon Jul 25 — $9.4K −45.7% −31.7% $58.6M 120 $78 95

Tue Jul 26 — $12.3K +30.8% −29.2% $58.6M 120 $102 96

Wed Jul 27 — $11.6K −5.4% −35.0% $58.6M 120 $97 97

Thu Jul 28 — $11.9K +2.6% −32.2% $58.6M 120 $99 98

Fri Jul 29 — $8.5K −28.1% −61.1% $58.6M 41 $209 99

Sat Jul 30 — $9.7K +13.5% −63.9% $58.7M 41 $237 100

Sun Jul 31 — $6.7K −30.9% −61.2% $58.7M 41 $163 101

Mon Aug 1 — $4.3K −36.5% −54.6% $58.7M 41 $104 102

Tue Aug 2 — $5.5K +30.2% −54.8% $58.7M 41 $135 103

Wed Aug 3 — $5.4K −2.7% −53.5% $58.7M 41 $132 104

Thu Aug 4 — $5.5K +2.4% −53.5% $58.7M 41 $135 105

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

Cumulative total$57.9M

Apr 22May 9May 27Jun 13Jun 30

Weekend grossWk 10 · $255.6K

$16.8M

$9.3M

$6.1M

$4.2M

$2.2M

$1.1M

$694.5K

$478.8K

$305.2K

$255.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,820 → 292 −89.6%

2,817 open292 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −16.2%

−44.5%

W1→2

−35.0%

W2→3

−30.8%

W3→4

−48.2%

W4→5

−50.1%

W5→6

−36.1%

W6→7

−31.1%

W7→8

−36.3%

W8→9

−16.2%

W9→10

Steepest −50.1%Best hold −16.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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