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An Inconvenient TruthFollow

2006 • PG • 1h 40m • Documentary • Paramount Vantage

By far the most terrifying film you will ever see.

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$281K
Limited · 4 theaters
Domestic total
$24.15M
Final
Worldwide total
$53.37M
$29.22M international
Domestic legs12.0x
Budget$1M

Cast & crew

Directed byDavis Guggenheim ScreenplayDavis Guggenheim Produced byLaurie Lennard, Lawrence Bender, Scott Z. Burns CinematographyDavis Guggenheim, Robert Richman StarringAl Gore StudioParamount Vantage

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 May 26-28 22 $281.3K — 4 $70,333 $404.9K
2 Jun 2-4 9 $1.4M +382.1% 77 $17,615 $1.9M
3 Jun 9-11 11 $1.5M +10.9% 122 $12,334 $4.0M
4 Jun 16-18 12 $1.9M +27.1% 403 $4,744 $6.6M
5 Jun 23-25 14 $2.0M +5.5% 514 $3,923 $9.6M
6 Jun 30-Jul 2 13 $1.7M −16.2% 587 $2,879 $12.5M
7 Jul 7-9 12 $1.2M −30.6% 562 $2,087 $15.1M
8 Jul 14-16 12 $1.2M −0.6% 570 $2,045 $17.0M
9 Jul 21-23 12 $1.0M −14.2% 440 $2,274 $18.8M
10 Jul 28-30 16 $742.2K −25.8% 346 $2,145 $20.1M
11 Aug 4-6 21 $555.4K −25.2% 302 $1,839 $21.2M
12 Aug 11-13 26 $370.4K −33.3% 275 $1,347 $21.9M
13 Aug 18-20 29 $258.8K −30.1% 221 $1,171 $22.4M
14 Aug 25-27 35 $194.5K −24.9% 170 $1,144 $22.8M
15 Sep 1-3 35 $221.6K +14.0% 265 $836 $23.1M
16 Sep 8-10 43 $108.1K −51.2% 145 $745 $23.4M
17 Sep 15-17 43 $69.1K −36.1% 110 $628 $23.5M
18 Sep 22-24 47 $59.2K −14.3% 105 $564 $23.6M
19 Sep 29-Oct 1 58 $31.8K −46.3% 48 $662 $23.7M
20 Oct 6-8 51 $34.1K +7.4% 86 $397 $23.7M
21 Oct 13-15 65 $20.8K −39.1% 38 $547 $23.8M
22 Oct 20-22 73 $10.3K −50.5% 29 $355 $23.8M
23 Oct 27-29 90 $5.9K −42.6% 29 $204 $23.8M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $742.2K
$281.3K
$1.4M
$1.5M
$1.9M
$2.0M
$1.7M
$1.2M
$1.2M
$1.0M
$742.2K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −25.8%
+382.1%
W1→2
+10.9%
W2→3
+27.1%
W3→4
+5.5%
W4→5
−16.2%
W5→6
−30.6%
W6→7
−0.6%
W7→8
−14.2%
W8→9
−25.8%
W9→10
Steepest −30.6%Biggest gain +382.1%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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