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A Prophet

2009 R 2h 35m Crime, Drama Sony Pictures Classics

Escaping the prison of life.

A Prophet Box Office

Opening Weekend
$164K
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$2.1M
Final
Worldwide Total
$19.9M
$17.8M international
Domestic Legs12.7x
Budget$13M
2010 Rank#195
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Feb 26-28 34 $164K $164K 9 $18.2K 1
Mar 5-7 28 $223K +35.9% $475K 30 $7.4K 2
Mar 12-14 24 $227K +2.0% $795K 60 $3.8K 3
Mar 19-21 27 $207K -8.6% $1.09M 77 $2.7K 4
Mar 26-28 30 $145K -30.1% $1.33M 83 $1.7K 5
Apr 2-4 34 $115K -20.7% $1.52M 83 $1.4K 6
Apr 9-11 33 $105K -8.9% $1.68M 81 $1.3K 7
Apr 16-18 36 $82K -21.3% $1.80M 73 $1.1K 8
Apr 23-25 43 $56K -31.8% $1.90M 63 $891 9
Apr 30-May 2 53 $36K -36.0% $1.96M 52 $691 10
May 7-9 60 $19K -48.2% $2.00M 41 $454 11
May 14-16 59 $15K -17.1% $2.03M 33 $468 12
May 21-23 63 $10K -33.4% $2.05M 18 $571 13
May 28-30 64 $8K -26.6% $2.06M 14 $540 14
Jun 4-6 92 $3K -60.2% $2.07M 4 $752 15
Jun 11-13 98 $3K -7.3% $2.08M 4 $697 16
Jun 18-20 102 $1K -51.9% $2.08M 2 $671 17
Jun 25-27 84 $3K +138.6% $2.08M 2 $1.6K 18

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

Cast & Crew

Directed byJacques Audiard
ScreenplayJacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Abdel Raouf Dafri, Nicolas Peufaillit
Produced byLauranne Bourrachot, Martine Cassinelli, Pascal Caucheteux, Marco Cherqui
CinematographyStéphane Fontaine
Music byAlexandre Desplat
StarringTahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Adel Bencherif, Reda Kateb, Hichem Yacoubi
StudioSony Pictures Classics

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