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2008 • PG-13 • 2h 3m • Crime, Drama, Thriller • Sony Pictures Releasing

They proved the Vegas Blackjack System was beatable...by beating the hell out of it.

🍅 36% 66%

48

3.13

6.8

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$24.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$81.20M

Final

Worldwide total

$160.00M

$78.60M international

Domestic legs3.37x

Budget$35.0M

2008 rank#37

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Cast & crew

Full Luketic filmography

Robert Luketic

Robert Luketic Director

Jim Sturgess

Jim Sturgess Starring

Kevin Spacey

Kevin Spacey Starring

Kate Bosworth

Kate Bosworth Starring

Aaron Yoo

Aaron Yoo Starring

ScreenplayAllan Loeb, Peter Steinfeld Produced byKevin Spacey, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca CinematographyRussell Carpenter MusicDavid Sardy Prod. DesignMissy Stewart StudioSony Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 28-30 1 $24.1M — 2,648 $9,103 $24.1M

2 Apr 4-6 1 $15.3M −36.4% 2,653 $5,781 $46.8M

3 Apr 11-13 3 $10.5M −31.7% 2,736 $3,826 $61.7M

4 Apr 18-20 6 $5.5M −47.3% 2,903 $1,901 $70.0M

5 Apr 25-27 7 $4.0M −27.2% 2,952 $1,361 $75.8M

6 May 2-4 9 $2.0M −50.2% 2,242 $893 $79.0M

7 May 9-11 12 $851.4K −57.5% 978 $870 $80.4M

8 May 16-18 14 $413.6K −51.4% 462 $895 $81.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Mar 28 #1 $8.7M — $8.7M 2,648 $3,268 1

Sat Mar 29 #1 $9.6M +11% $18.2M 2,648 $3,613 2

Sun Mar 30 #1 $5.9M −39% $24.1M 2,648 $2,221 3

Mon Mar 31 #1 $2.0M −66% $26.1M 2,648 $752 4

Tue Apr 1 #1 $1.9M −4% $28.0M 2,648 $720 5

Wed Apr 2 #1 $1.7M −13% $29.7M 2,648 $625 6

Thu Apr 3 #1 $1.8M +7% $31.4M 2,648 $668 7

Fri Apr 4 #1 $5.2M +192% −40% $36.6M 2,653 $1,947 8

Sat Apr 5 #1 $6.3M +21% −35% $42.8M 2,653 $2,355 9

Sun Apr 6 #1 $3.9M −37% −33% $46.8M 2,653 $1,477 10

Mon Apr 7 #1 $1.1M −72% −45% $47.9M 2,653 $415 11

Tue Apr 8 #1 $1.2M +10% −37% $49.1M 2,653 $456 12

Wed Apr 9 #1 $1.1M −10% −34% $50.2M 2,653 $410 13

Thu Apr 10 #1 $1.1M +1% −38% $51.3M 2,653 $412 14

Fri Apr 11 #3 $3.3M +202% −36% $54.6M 2,736 $1,210 15

Sat Apr 12 #3 $4.7M +41% −25% $59.3M 2,736 $1,709 16

Sun Apr 13 #4 $2.5M −47% −37% $61.7M 2,736 $907 17

Mon Apr 14 #3 $713.9K −71% −35% $62.5M 2,736 $260 18

Tue Apr 15 #2 $710.2K −1% −41% $63.2M 2,736 $259 19

Wed Apr 16 #2 $660.4K −7% −39% $63.8M 2,736 $241 20

Thu Apr 17 #2 $661.2K n/c −40% $64.5M 2,736 $241 21

Fri Apr 18 #5 $1.8M +177% −45% $66.3M 2,903 $631 22

Sat Apr 19 #6 $2.4M +29% −49% $68.7M 2,903 $816 23

Sun Apr 20 #6 $1.3M −44% −47% $70.0M 2,903 $454 24

Mon Apr 21 #4 $451.0K −66% −37% $70.5M 2,903 $155 25

Tue Apr 22 #4 $444.5K −1% −37% $70.9M 2,903 $153 26

Wed Apr 23 #4 $437.7K −2% −34% $71.3M 2,903 $150 27

Thu Apr 24 #4 $436.9K n/c −34% $71.8M 2,903 $150 28

Fri Apr 25 #6 $1.3M +194% −30% $73.1M 2,903 $442 29

Sat Apr 26 #7 $1.8M +38% −25% $74.8M 2,903 $609 30

Sun Apr 27 #7 $963.8K −46% −27% $75.8M 2,903 $331 31

Mon Apr 28 #6 $309.7K −68% −31% $76.1M 2,903 $106 32

Tue Apr 29 #6 $314.7K +2% −29% $76.4M 2,903 $108 33

Wed Apr 30 #6 $280.5K −11% −36% $76.7M 2,903 $96 34

Thu May 1 #5 $259.3K −8% −41% $77.0M 2,903 $89 35

Fri May 2 #8 $647.6K +150% −50% $77.6M 2,242 $288 36

Sat May 3 #9 $906.4K +40% −49% $78.5M 2,242 $404 37

Sun May 4 #8 $448.5K −51% −53% $79.0M 2,242 $200 38

Mon May 5 #7 $131.4K −71% −58% $79.1M 2,242 $58 39

Tue May 6 #7 $156.9K +19% −50% $79.2M 2,242 $69 40

Wed May 7 #7 $164.9K +5% −41% $79.4M 2,242 $73 41

Thu May 8 #7 $170.2K +3% −34% $79.6M 2,242 $75 42

Fri May 9 #12 $259.3K +52% −60% $79.8M 978 $265 43

Sat May 10 #11 $360.4K +39% −60% $80.2M 978 $368 44

Sun May 11 #11 $231.7K −36% −48% $80.4M 978 $236 45

Mon May 12 #10 $77.9K −66% −41% $80.5M 978 $79 46

Tue May 13 #10 $79.5K +2% −49% $80.6M 978 $81 47

Wed May 14 #10 $78.1K −2% −53% $80.7M 978 $79 48

Thu May 15 #10 $76.2K −2% −55% $80.7M 978 $77 49

Fri May 16 $121.2K +59% −53% $80.9M 462 $262 50

Sat May 17 $176.1K +45% −51% $81.0M 462 $381 51

Sun May 18 $116.3K −34% −50% $81.2M 462 $251 52

Cumulative total$81.2M

Mar 28Apr 10Apr 23May 5May 18

Weekend grossWk 8 · $413.6K

$24.1M

$15.3M

$10.5M

$5.5M

$4.0M

$2.0M

$851.4K

$413.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8

Theater countPeak 2,903 → 462 −84.1%

2,648 open462 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · −51.4%

−36.4%

W1→2

−31.7%

W2→3

−47.3%

W3→4

−27.2%

W4→5

−50.2%

W5→6

−57.5%

W6→7

−51.4%

W7→8

Steepest −57.5%Best hold −27.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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