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We Need to Talk About Kevin

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

This conversation is long overdue.

🍅 74% 78% MC 68 LB 3.78 IMDb 7.4

We Need to Talk About Kevin Box Office

Opening Weekend
$25K
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$1.7M
Final
Worldwide Total
$10.8M
$9M international
Domestic Legs70.7x
Budget$7M
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Dec 9-11 53 $25K — $25K 1 $24.6K 1
Jan 13-15 45 $42K +71.8% $82K 2 $21.1K 6
Jan 20-22 41 $74K +74.5% $185K 7 $10.5K 7
Jan 27-29 41 $70K -4.7% $287K 10 $7.0K 8
Feb 3-5 40 $66K -6.7% $383K 13 $5.0K 9
Feb 10-12 44 $84K +27.9% $497K 16 $5.2K 10
Feb 17-19 48 $71K -15.0% $605K 16 $4.5K 11
Feb 24-26 61 $38K -47.3% $672K 16 $2.3K 12
Mar 2-4 34 $133K +253.2% $818K 40 $3.3K 13
Mar 9-11 32 $157K +18.3% $1.04M 60 $2.6K 14
Mar 16-18 38 $100K -36.2% $1.20M 65 $1.5K 15
Mar 23-25 40 $97K -3.6% $1.35M 80 $1.2K 16
Mar 30-Apr 1 44 $67K -30.2% $1.46M 67 $1.0K 17
Apr 6-8 40 $67K -0.7% $1.56M 65 $1.0K 18
Apr 13-15 50 $40K -39.5% $1.64M 55 $736 19
Apr 20-22 59 $26K -35.9% $1.68M 41 $633 20
Apr 27-29 75 $14K -47.7% $1.71M 29 $468 21
May 4-6 82 $6K -59.2% $1.72M 14 $396 22
May 11-13 81 $5K -4.3% $1.73M 10 $530 23
May 18-20 82 $3K -51.4% $1.74M 6 $429 24

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

Cast & Crew

Directed byLynne Ramsay
ScreenplayLynne Ramsay, Rory Stewart Kinnear
Produced byJennifer Fox, Luc Roeg, Robert Salerno
CinematographySeamus McGarvey
EditingJoe Bini
Music byJonny Greenwood
StarringTilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, Ezra Miller, Jasper Newell, Ashley Gerasimovich
StudioOscilloscope Laboratories

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