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A Serious Man

2009 • R • 1h 46m • Comedy, Drama • Focus Features

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88

3.85

7.0

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$251.3K

Limited · 6 theaters

Domestic Total

$9.2M

Final

Worldwide Total

$30.4M

$21.1M international

Budget$7.0M

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Cast & Crew

Full Coen filmography

Joel Coen Director

Ethan Coen Director

Michael Stuhlbarg

Michael Stuhlbarg Starring

Richard Kind Starring

ScreenplayJoel Coen, Ethan Coen Produced byJoel Coen, Ethan Coen CinematographyRoger Deakins Music byCarter Burwell StudioFocus Features

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 2-4 31 $251.3K — 6 $41,890 $251.3K

2 Oct 9-11 24 $459.3K +82.7% 21 $21,872 $811.3K

3 Oct 16-18 15 $842.5K +83.4% 82 $10,275 $1.8M

4 Oct 23-25 12 $1.1M +29.8% 176 $6,211 $3.2M

5 Oct 30-Nov 1 13 $1.0M −5.2% 238 $4,355 $4.6M

6 Nov 6-8 18 $863.8K −16.7% 262 $3,297 $5.8M

7 Nov 13-15 18 $657.1K −23.9% 240 $2,738 $6.8M

8 Nov 20-22 18 $444.0K −32.4% 198 $2,242 $7.5M

9 Nov 27-29 22 $478.2K +7.7% 173 $2,764 $8.2M

10 Dec 4-6 23 $221.4K −53.7% 160 $1,384 $8.5M

11 Dec 11-13 27 $146.3K −33.9% 152 $963 $8.7M

12 Dec 18-20 27 $98.3K −32.8% 117 $840 $8.9M

13 Dec 25-27 36 $66.1K −32.7% 49 $1,349 $9.0M

14 Jan 1-3 36 $92.1K +39.2% 49 $1,879 $9.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 2 — $73.0K — $73.0K 6 $12,165 1

Sat Oct 3 — $105.6K +44.7% $178.6K 6 $17,598 2

Sun Oct 4 — $72.8K −31.1% $251.3K 6 $12,128 3

Mon Oct 5 — $25.4K −65.1% $276.7K 6 $4,233 4

Tue Oct 6 — $26.1K +2.7% $302.8K 6 $4,349 5

Wed Oct 7 — $24.4K −6.5% $327.2K 6 $4,069 6

Thu Oct 8 — $24.7K +1.4% $352.0K 6 $4,124 7

Fri Oct 9 — $122.4K +394.7% +67.7% $474.4K 21 $5,828 8

Sat Oct 10 — $203.2K +66.0% +92.5% $677.6K 21 $9,678 9

Sun Oct 11 — $133.7K −34.2% +83.7% $811.3K 21 $6,366 10

Mon Oct 12 — $68.7K −48.6% +170.3% $880.0K 21 $3,270 11

Tue Oct 13 — $43.2K −37.1% +65.5% $923.1K 21 $2,056 12

Wed Oct 14 — $41.4K −4.1% +69.6% $964.5K 21 $1,971 13

Thu Oct 15 — $36.3K −12.4% +46.5% $1.0M 21 $1,726 14

Fri Oct 16 #15 $218.5K +502.8% +78.5% $1.2M 82 $2,665 15

Sat Oct 17 #15 $405.2K +85.4% +99.4% $1.6M 82 $4,942 16

Sun Oct 18 #13 $218.7K −46.0% +63.6% $1.8M 82 $2,668 17

Mon Oct 19 — $58.9K −73.1% −14.2% $1.9M 82 $718 18

Tue Oct 20 — $67.6K +14.8% +56.6% $2.0M 82 $825 19

Wed Oct 21 — $68.6K +1.4% +65.6% $2.0M 82 $836 20

Thu Oct 22 — $64.9K −5.4% +79.0% $2.1M 82 $791 21

Fri Oct 23 #13 $300.4K +363.0% +37.5% $2.4M 176 $1,707 22

Sat Oct 24 #12 $534.5K +77.9% +31.9% $2.9M 176 $3,037 23

Sun Oct 25 — $258.2K −51.7% +18.1% $3.2M 176 $1,467 24

Mon Oct 26 — $85.2K −67.0% +44.6% $3.3M 176 $484 25

Tue Oct 27 #12 $104.8K +23.0% +55.0% $3.4M 176 $595 26

Wed Oct 28 — $89.5K −14.6% +30.5% $3.5M 176 $508 27

Thu Oct 29 — $83.3K −6.9% +28.3% $3.6M 176 $473 28

Fri Oct 30 #13 $305.2K +266.4% +1.6% $3.9M 238 $1,282 29

Sat Oct 31 #13 $439.6K +44.1% −17.8% $4.3M 238 $1,847 30

Sun Nov 1 #13 $291.6K −33.7% +12.9% $4.6M 238 $1,225 31

Mon Nov 2 — $85.3K −70.8% +0.1% $4.7M 238 $358 32

Tue Nov 3 — $109.1K +27.9% +4.1% $4.8M 238 $458 33

Wed Nov 4 — $84.5K −22.6% −5.6% $4.9M 238 $355 34

Thu Nov 5 — $94.9K +12.3% +13.9% $5.0M 238 $399 35

Fri Nov 6 — $230.9K +143.3% −24.3% $5.2M 262 $881 36

Sat Nov 7 — $432.3K +87.2% −1.7% $5.6M 262 $1,650 37

Sun Nov 8 — $200.6K −53.6% −31.2% $5.8M 262 $765 38

Mon Nov 9 — $63.1K −68.5% −26.0% $5.9M 262 $241 39

Tue Nov 10 — $87.8K +39.1% −19.5% $6.0M 262 $335 40

Wed Nov 11 #16 $122.2K +39.2% +44.7% $6.1M 262 $467 41

Thu Nov 12 — $71.4K −41.6% −24.8% $6.2M 262 $272 42

Fri Nov 13 — $165.1K +131.3% −28.5% $6.3M 240 $688 43

Sat Nov 14 — $333.1K +101.8% −23.0% $6.7M 240 $1,388 44

Sun Nov 15 — $159.0K −52.3% −20.7% $6.8M 240 $662 45

Mon Nov 16 — $44.0K −72.3% −30.3% $6.9M 240 $183 46

Tue Nov 17 — $55.4K +25.8% −36.9% $6.9M 240 $231 47

Wed Nov 18 — $48.8K −11.8% −60.0% $7.0M 240 $203 48

Thu Nov 19 — $49.0K +0.4% −31.3% $7.0M 240 $204 49

Fri Nov 20 #18 $113.0K +130.4% −31.6% $7.1M 198 $570 50

Sat Nov 21 #16 $218.6K +93.5% −34.4% $7.4M 198 $1,104 51

Sun Nov 22 #17 $112.5K −48.5% −29.2% $7.5M 198 $568 52

Mon Nov 23 — $37.1K −67.0% −15.7% $7.5M 198 $187 53

Tue Nov 24 — $49.7K +33.9% −10.3% $7.6M 198 $251 54

Wed Nov 25 — $59.9K +20.6% +22.7% $7.6M 169 $354 55

Thu Nov 26 — $62.6K +4.5% +27.6% $7.7M 169 $370 56

Fri Nov 27 — $183.7K +193.6% +62.6% $7.9M 173 $1,062 57

Sat Nov 28 — $201.1K +9.5% −8.0% $8.1M 173 $1,163 58

Sun Nov 29 — $93.4K −53.6% −17.0% $8.2M 173 $540 59

Mon Nov 30 — $23.6K −74.7% −36.3% $8.2M 173 $137 60

Tue Dec 1 — $27.7K +17.3% −44.2% $8.2M 173 $160 61

Wed Dec 2 — $26.1K −5.8% −56.4% $8.2M 173 $151 62

Thu Dec 3 — $26.3K +0.8% −57.9% $8.3M 173 $152 63

Fri Dec 4 — $59.7K +126.9% −67.5% $8.3M 160 $373 64

Sat Dec 5 — $103.3K +72.9% −48.6% $8.4M 160 $646 65

Sun Dec 6 — $58.4K −43.5% −37.5% $8.5M 160 $365 66

Mon Dec 7 — $19.3K −67.0% −18.4% $8.5M 160 $121 67

Tue Dec 8 — $21.8K +12.9% −21.5% $8.5M 160 $136 68

Wed Dec 9 — $20.0K −8.2% −23.5% $8.5M 160 $125 69

Thu Dec 10 — $21.4K +7.0% −18.8% $8.6M 160 $134 70

Fri Dec 11 — $36.2K +69.5% −39.3% $8.6M 152 $238 71

Sat Dec 12 — $69.8K +92.7% −32.4% $8.7M 152 $460 72

Sun Dec 13 — $40.3K −42.4% −31.1% $8.7M 152 $265 73

Mon Dec 14 — $16.2K −59.9% −16.2% $8.7M 152 $106 74

Tue Dec 15 — $21.5K +33.1% −1.3% $8.8M 152 $141 75

Wed Dec 16 — $20.7K −3.8% +3.5% $8.8M 152 $136 76

Thu Dec 17 — $20.7K +0.2% −3.1% $8.8M 152 $136 77

Fri Dec 18 — $25.2K +21.7% −30.4% $8.8M 117 $216 78

Sat Dec 19 — $41.8K +65.8% −40.1% $8.9M 117 $357 79

Sun Dec 20 — $31.3K −25.2% −22.3% $8.9M 117 $267 80

Mon Dec 21 — $17.1K −45.3% +5.9% $8.9M 117 $146 81

Tue Dec 22 — $21.7K +26.9% +1.0% $8.9M 117 $186 82

Wed Dec 23 — $20.0K −7.9% −3.3% $9.0M 117 $171 83

Thu Dec 24 — $22.9K +14.6% +10.6% $9.0M 117 $196 84

Fri Dec 25 — $21.4K −6.8% −15.3% $9.0M 49 $436 85

Sat Dec 26 — $24.5K +14.7% −41.4% $9.0M 49 $500 86

Sun Dec 27 — $20.2K −17.5% −35.3% $9.0M 49 $413 87

Mon Dec 28 — $14.9K −26.1% −12.7% $9.1M 49 $305 88

Tue Dec 29 — $14.0K −6.4% −35.6% $9.1M 49 $286 89

Wed Dec 30 — $15.1K +7.9% −24.5% $9.1M 49 $308 90

Thu Dec 31 — $11.6K −23.1% −49.3% $9.1M 49 $237 91

Fri Jan 1 — $31.5K +170.8% +47.3% $9.1M 49 $642 92

Sat Jan 2 — $38.7K +22.8% +57.7% $9.2M 49 $789 93

Sun Jan 3 — $21.9K −43.3% +8.4% $9.2M 49 $448 94

Mon Jan 4 — $9.8K −55.4% −34.5% $9.2M 49 $200 95

Tue Jan 5 — $9.7K −0.6% −30.5% $9.2M 49 $199 96

Wed Jan 6 — $9.6K −1.1% −36.3% $9.2M 49 $196 97

Thu Jan 7 — $9.1K −5.3% −21.6% $9.2M 49 $186 98

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

Cumulative total$8.6M

Oct 2Oct 19Nov 6Nov 23Dec 10

Weekend grossWk 10 · $221.4K

$251.3K

$459.3K

$842.5K

$1.1M

$1.0M

$863.8K

$657.1K

$444.0K

$478.2K

$221.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 262 → 160 −38.9%

6 open160 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −53.7%

+82.7%

W1→2

+83.4%

W2→3

+29.8%

W3→4

−5.2%

W4→5

−16.7%

W5→6

−23.9%

W6→7

−32.4%

W7→8

+7.7%

W8→9

−53.7%

W9→10

Steepest −53.7%Biggest gain +83.4%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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