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2011 • R • 1h 52m • Drama, Mystery, Thriller • Oscilloscope Laboratories

This conversation is long overdue.

🍅 74% 78% MC 68 LB 3.78 IMDb 7.4

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$25K
Limited · 1 theater
Domestic total
$1.70M
Final
Worldwide total
$10.80M
$9.00M international
Domestic legs11.1x from $157K biggest weekend
Budget$7M
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Cast & crew

Full Ramsay filmography
Lynne Ramsay Lynne Ramsay Director Tilda Swinton Tilda Swinton Starring John C. Reilly John C. Reilly Starring Ezra Miller Ezra Miller Starring
ScreenplayLynne Ramsay, Rory Stewart Kinnear Produced byJennifer Fox, Luc Roeg, Robert Salerno CinematographySeamus McGarvey EditingJoe Bini Music byJonny Greenwood StudioOscilloscope Laboratories

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Dec 9-11 53 $24.6K — 1 $24,587 $24.6K
6 Jan 13-15 45 $42.2K +71.8% 2 $21,122 $81.5K
7 Jan 20-22 41 $73.7K +74.5% 7 $10,530 $184.7K
8 Jan 27-29 41 $70.3K −4.7% 10 $7,025 $287.2K
9 Feb 3-5 40 $65.5K −6.7% 13 $5,041 $382.6K
10 Feb 10-12 44 $83.8K +27.9% 16 $5,238 $496.7K
11 Feb 17-19 48 $71.2K −15.0% 16 $4,452 $604.8K
12 Feb 24-26 61 $37.5K −47.3% 16 $2,346 $671.9K
13 Mar 2-4 34 $132.6K +253.2% 40 $3,315 $818.3K
14 Mar 9-11 32 $156.8K +18.3% 60 $2,613 $1.0M
15 Mar 16-18 38 $100.1K −36.2% 65 $1,540 $1.2M
16 Mar 23-25 40 $96.5K −3.6% 80 $1,207 $1.3M
17 Mar 30-Apr 1 44 $67.4K −30.2% 67 $1,006 $1.5M
18 Apr 6-8 40 $66.9K −0.7% 65 $1,029 $1.6M
19 Apr 13-15 50 $40.5K −39.5% 55 $736 $1.6M
20 Apr 20-22 59 $25.9K −35.9% 41 $633 $1.7M
21 Apr 27-29 75 $13.6K −47.7% 29 $468 $1.7M
22 May 4-6 82 $5.5K −59.2% 14 $396 $1.7M
23 May 11-13 81 $5.3K −4.3% 10 $530 $1.7M
24 May 18-20 82 $2.6K −51.4% 6 $429 $1.7M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $83.8K
$24.6K
$42.2K
$73.7K
$70.3K
$65.5K
$83.8K
W1W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +27.9%
+71.8%
W1→6
+74.5%
W6→7
−4.7%
W7→8
−6.7%
W8→9
+27.9%
W9→10
Steepest −6.7%Biggest gain +74.5%

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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