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Arbitrage

2012 • R • 1h 40m • Drama, Thriller • Roadside Attractions

Power is the best alibi.

🍅 87% 62%

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3.2

6.6

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$2.0M

Limited · 197 theaters

Domestic Total

$7.9M

Final

Worldwide Total

$35.8M

$27.9M international

Domestic Legs4.0x

Budget$12M

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Cast & Crew

Directed byNicholas Jarecki ScreenplayNicholas Jarecki Produced byKevin Turen, Robert Salerno, Laura Bickford, Justin Nappi CinematographyYorick Le Saux Prod. DesignBeth Mickle StarringRichard Gere, Susan Sarandon, Tim Roth, Brit Marling, Laetitia Casta, Nate Parker StudioRoadside Attractions

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 14-16 12 $2.0M — 197 $10,163 $2.0M

2 Sep 21-23 16 $1.2M −40.6% 244 $4,876 $3.9M

3 Sep 28-30 14 $869.4K −26.9% 255 $3,409 $5.1M

4 Oct 5-7 17 $644.0K −25.9% 244 $2,639 $6.1M

5 Oct 12-14 19 $343.3K −46.7% 194 $1,769 $6.7M

6 Oct 19-21 21 $287.1K −16.3% 169 $1,699 $7.1M

7 Oct 26-28 25 $168.0K −41.5% 125 $1,344 $7.3M

8 Nov 2-4 30 $123.0K −26.8% 116 $1,060 $7.5M

9 Nov 9-11 35 $84.3K −31.4% 87 $969 $7.7M

10 Nov 16-18 38 $53.9K −36.1% 80 $674 $7.8M

11 Nov 23-25 48 $33.6K −37.7% 48 $700 $7.8M

12 Nov 30-Dec 2 57 $20.1K −40.2% 35 $574 $7.9M

13 Dec 7-9 64 $15.6K −22.5% 25 $623 $7.9M

14 Dec 14-16 67 $6.5K −58.2% 10 $651 $7.9M

15 Dec 21-23 65 $3.6K −45.0% 5 $716 $7.9M

16 Dec 28-30 56 $6.2K +72.1% 7 $880 $7.9M

17 Jan 4-6 74 $2.4K −61.3% 4 $596 $7.9M

18 Jan 11-13 83 $1.4K −41.8% 4 $347 $7.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Sep 14 — $600.6K — $600.6K 197 $3,049 1

Sat Sep 15 — $909.6K +51.5% $1.5M 197 $4,617 2

Sun Sep 16 — $492.0K −45.9% $2.0M 197 $2,498 3

Mon Sep 17 — $174.0K −64.6% $2.2M 197 $883 4

Tue Sep 18 — $198.2K +13.9% $2.4M 197 $1,006 5

Wed Sep 19 #12 $160.0K −19.3% $2.5M 197 $812 6

Thu Sep 20 — $134.1K −16.2% $2.7M 197 $681 7

Fri Sep 21 #15 $326.8K +143.7% −45.6% $3.0M 244 $1,339 8

Sat Sep 22 #14 $578.4K +77.0% −36.4% $3.6M 244 $2,371 9

Sun Sep 23 #14 $284.4K −50.8% −42.2% $3.9M 244 $1,166 10

Mon Sep 24 — $82.6K −71.0% −52.5% $3.9M 244 $338 11

Tue Sep 25 — $107.6K +30.3% −45.7% $4.0M 244 $441 12

Wed Sep 26 — $105.7K −1.8% −34.0% $4.2M 244 $433 13

Thu Sep 27 #17 $86.7K −18.0% −35.4% $4.2M 244 $355 14

Fri Sep 28 #15 $236.1K +172.4% −27.8% $4.5M 256 $922 15

Sat Sep 29 #14 $426.4K +80.6% −26.3% $4.9M 256 $1,666 16

Sun Sep 30 #15 $211.4K −50.4% −25.7% $5.1M 256 $826 17

Mon Oct 1 #16 $64.8K −69.3% −21.5% $5.2M 256 $253 18

Tue Oct 2 #13 $102.2K +57.7% −5.0% $5.3M 256 $399 19

Wed Oct 3 #16 $61.4K −40.0% −41.9% $5.3M 256 $240 20

Thu Oct 4 — $69.1K +12.6% −20.3% $5.4M 256 $270 21

Fri Oct 5 #17 $152.8K +121.1% −35.3% $5.6M 244 $626 22

Sat Oct 6 #14 $307.6K +101.3% −27.9% $5.9M 244 $1,261 23

Sun Oct 7 #16 $183.6K −40.3% −13.2% $6.1M 244 $752 24

Mon Oct 8 — $82.7K −55.0% +27.6% $6.1M 244 $339 25

Tue Oct 9 — $71.5K −13.6% −30.1% $6.2M 244 $293 26

Wed Oct 10 — $57.1K −20.1% −6.9% $6.3M 244 $234 27

Thu Oct 11 — $42.6K −25.4% −38.4% $6.3M 244 $175 28

Fri Oct 12 — $88.4K +107.6% −42.1% $6.4M 194 $456 29

Sat Oct 13 — $169.0K +91.0% −45.1% $6.6M 194 $871 30

Sun Oct 14 — $85.8K −49.2% −53.2% $6.7M 194 $442 31

Mon Oct 15 — $26.6K −69.0% −67.8% $6.7M 194 $137 32

Tue Oct 16 — $33.7K +26.7% −52.8% $6.7M 194 $174 33

Wed Oct 17 — $29.8K −11.5% −47.8% $6.7M 194 $154 34

Thu Oct 18 — $30.8K +3.1% −27.8% $6.8M 194 $159 35

Fri Oct 19 — $74.9K +143.4% −15.3% $6.8M 169 $443 36

Sat Oct 20 — $142.7K +90.5% −15.5% $7.0M 169 $844 37

Sun Oct 21 — $69.5K −51.3% −19.0% $7.1M 169 $411 38

Mon Oct 22 — $17.6K −74.7% −34.0% $7.1M 169 $104 39

Tue Oct 23 — $37.9K +115.8% +12.4% $7.1M 169 $224 40

Wed Oct 24 — $28.5K −24.8% −4.4% $7.1M 169 $169 41

Thu Oct 25 — $28.0K −2.0% −9.1% $7.2M 169 $165 42

Fri Oct 26 — $47.6K +70.2% −36.5% $7.2M 125 $381 43

Sat Oct 27 — $80.8K +69.8% −43.4% $7.3M 125 $646 44

Sun Oct 28 — $39.6K −51.0% −43.0% $7.3M 125 $317 45

Mon Oct 29 — $11.0K −72.1% −37.2% $7.4M 125 $88 46

Tue Oct 30 — $17.8K +61.1% −53.1% $7.4M 125 $142 47

Wed Oct 31 — $25.1K +40.9% −12.2% $7.4M 125 $200 48

Thu Nov 1 — $19.1K −23.6% −31.6% $7.4M 125 $153 49

Fri Nov 2 — $32.4K +69.5% −31.9% $7.4M 116 $280 50

Sat Nov 3 — $61.4K +89.3% −24.1% $7.5M 116 $529 51

Sun Nov 4 — $29.2K −52.4% −26.2% $7.5M 116 $252 52

Mon Nov 5 — $8.2K −72.1% −26.0% $7.5M 116 $70 53

Tue Nov 6 — $13.7K +68.2% −22.8% $7.6M 116 $118 54

Wed Nov 7 — $10.9K −20.8% −56.6% $7.6M 116 $94 55

Thu Nov 8 — $14.8K +36.4% −22.4% $7.6M 118 $126 56

Fri Nov 9 — $21.9K +47.8% −32.4% $7.6M 87 $252 57

Sat Nov 10 — $37.4K +70.7% −39.0% $7.6M 87 $430 58

Sun Nov 11 — $25.0K −33.3% −14.5% $7.7M 87 $287 59

Mon Nov 12 — $11.8K −52.6% +45.1% $7.7M 87 $136 60

Tue Nov 13 — $10.8K −9.0% −21.5% $7.7M 87 $124 61

Wed Nov 14 — $8.3K −22.6% −23.4% $7.7M 87 $96 62

Thu Nov 15 — $7.6K −8.8% −48.8% $7.7M 87 $87 63

Fri Nov 16 — $14.5K +90.8% −33.8% $7.7M 80 $181 64

Sat Nov 17 — $23.2K +59.9% −38.0% $7.7M 80 $290 65

Sun Nov 18 — $16.2K −30.1% −35.1% $7.8M 80 $203 66

Mon Nov 19 — $6.0K −62.7% −49.0% $7.8M 80 $76 67

Tue Nov 20 — $7.0K +16.0% −34.9% $7.8M 80 $88 68

Wed Nov 21 — $4.6K −34.5% −44.9% $7.8M 80 $57 69

Thu Nov 22 — $3.9K −14.1% −48.2% $7.8M 80 $49 70

Fri Nov 23 — $9.9K +151.6% −31.6% $7.8M 48 $207 71

Sat Nov 24 — $14.1K +42.1% −39.2% $7.8M 48 $294 72

Sun Nov 25 — $9.6K −31.9% −40.8% $7.8M 48 $200 73

Mon Nov 26 — $2.5K −74.3% −59.3% $7.8M 48 $51 74

Tue Nov 27 — $4.0K +60.9% −43.5% $7.8M 48 $83 75

Wed Nov 28 — $4.2K +6.2% −8.3% $7.8M 48 $88 76

Thu Nov 29 — $3.4K −19.0% −13.6% $7.8M 48 $71 77

Fri Nov 30 — $5.5K +60.3% −44.9% $7.8M 35 $156 78

Sat Dec 1 — $7.5K +36.9% −47.0% $7.8M 35 $214 79

Sun Dec 2 — $7.2K −4.2% −25.3% $7.9M 35 $205 80

Mon Dec 3 — $3.0K −57.6% +23.3% $7.9M 35 $87 81

Tue Dec 4 — $2.6K −14.8% −34.7% $7.9M 35 $74 82

Wed Dec 5 — $2.6K +1.0% −37.9% $7.9M 35 $75 83

Thu Dec 6 — $2.6K −1.4% −24.3% $7.9M 35 $74 84

Fri Dec 7 — $5.0K +94.7% −8.1% $7.9M 25 $201 85

Sat Dec 8 — $6.6K +32.2% −11.2% $7.9M 25 $265 86

Sun Dec 9 — $3.9K −40.8% −45.2% $7.9M 25 $157 87

Mon Dec 10 — $1.3K −66.0% −56.1% $7.9M 25 $53 88

Tue Dec 11 — $2.0K +47.3% −24.1% $7.9M 25 $79 89

Wed Dec 12 — $1.7K −14.3% −35.6% $7.9M 25 $67 90

Thu Dec 13 — $1.8K +5.3% −31.2% $7.9M 25 $71 91

Fri Dec 14 — $1.8K +3.5% −63.4% $7.9M 10 $184 92

Sat Dec 15 — $2.3K +23.3% −65.9% $7.9M 10 $226 93

Sun Dec 16 — $2.4K +6.5% −38.6% $7.9M 10 $241 94

Mon Dec 17 — $584 −75.8% −56.2% $7.9M 7 $83 95

Tue Dec 18 — $951 +62.8% −51.6% $7.9M 7 $136 96

Wed Dec 19 — $883 −7.2% −47.5% $7.9M 7 $126 97

Thu Dec 20 — $1.1K +24.9% −37.8% $7.9M 7 $158 98

Fri Dec 21 — $791 −28.3% −56.9% $7.9M 5 $158 99

Sat Dec 22 — $1.5K +89.9% −33.6% $7.9M 5 $300 100

Sun Dec 23 — $1.3K −14.3% −46.6% $7.9M 5 $257 101

Mon Dec 24 — $411 −68.1% −29.6% $7.9M 5 $82 102

Tue Dec 25 — $1.2K +195.6% +27.8% $7.9M 5 $243 103

Wed Dec 26 — $779 −35.9% −11.8% $7.9M 6 $130 104

Thu Dec 27 — $1.0K +28.6% −9.2% $7.9M 6 $167 105

Fri Dec 28 — $1.4K +38.4% +75.3% $7.9M 7 $198 106

Sat Dec 29 — $2.4K +73.3% +60.0% $7.9M 7 $343 107

Sun Dec 30 — $2.4K −1.4% +84.1% $7.9M 7 $339 108

Mon Dec 31 — $880 −62.9% +114.1% $7.9M 7 $126 109

Tue Jan 1 — $1.9K +118.4% +58.2% $7.9M 7 $275 110

Wed Jan 2 — $1.0K −45.4% +34.7% $7.9M 7 $150 111

Thu Jan 3 — $853 −18.7% −14.9% $7.9M 7 $122 112

Fri Jan 4 — $720 −15.6% −48.1% $7.9M 4 $180 113

Sat Jan 5 — $1.1K +51.7% −54.6% $7.9M 4 $273 114

Sun Jan 6 — $573 −47.5% −75.8% $7.9M 4 $143 115

Mon Jan 7 — $350 −38.9% −60.2% $7.9M 4 $88 116

Tue Jan 8 — $345 −1.4% −82.0% $7.9M 4 $86 117

Wed Jan 9 — $218 −36.8% −79.2% $7.9M 4 $54 118

Thu Jan 10 — $159 −27.1% −81.4% $7.9M 4 $40 119

Fri Jan 11 — $386 +142.8% −46.4% $7.9M 4 $96 120

Sat Jan 12 — $590 +52.8% −46.0% $7.9M 4 $148 121

Sun Jan 13 — $413 −30.0% −27.9% $7.9M 4 $103 122

Mon Jan 14 — $250 −39.5% −28.6% $7.9M 4 $62 123

Tue Jan 15 — $405 +62.0% +17.4% $7.9M 4 $101 124

Wed Jan 16 — $238 −41.2% +9.2% $7.9M 4 $60 125

Thu Jan 17 — $398 +67.2% +150.3% $7.9M 4 $100 126

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

Cumulative total$7.8M

Sep 14Oct 1Oct 19Nov 5Nov 22

Weekend grossWk 10 · $53.9K

$2.0M

$1.2M

$869.4K

$644.0K

$343.3K

$287.1K

$168.0K

$123.0K

$84.3K

$53.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 256 → 80 −68.8%

197 open80 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −36.1%

−40.6%

W1→2

−26.9%

W2→3

−25.9%

W3→4

−46.7%

W4→5

−16.3%

W5→6

−41.5%

W6→7

−26.8%

W7→8

−31.4%

W8→9

−36.1%

W9→10

Steepest −46.7%Best hold −16.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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