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Argo

2012 R 2h Biography, Drama, History Warner Bros.

The movie was fake. The mission was real.

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$136M
Final
Opening Weekend
$19.5M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
6.99x
Opening → Total
Budget
$44.5M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$232M
$96.3M international
2012 Rank
#22
Domestic

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Oct 12-14 2 $19.5M $19.5M 3,232 $6K 1
Oct 19-21 2 $16.4M -15.5% $43.0M 3,247 $5K 2
Oct 26-28 1 $12.1M -26.5% $60.5M 2,855 $4K 3
Nov 2-4 3 $10.2M -15.5% $75.9M 2,774 $4K 4
Nov 9-11 4 $6.6M -35.2% $85.6M 2,763 $2K 5
Nov 16-18 6 $4.0M -38.9% $92.0M 2,210 $2K 6
Nov 23-25 10 $3.9M -4.5% $98.1M 1,255 $3K 7
Nov 30-Dec 2 13 $2.0M -48.0% $101.0M 1,043 $2K 8
Dec 7-9 14 $1.5M -26.3% $103.2M 944 $2K 9
Dec 14-16 12 $1.2M -21.1% $105.0M 667 $2K 10
Dec 21-23 15 $900K -23.1% $106.4M 450 $2K 11
Dec 28-30 17 $1.0M +11.6% $108.4M 345 $3K 12
Jan 4-6 22 $789K -21.4% $110.1M 302 $3K 13
Jan 11-13 19 $1.3M +59.1% $111.7M 621 $2K 14
Jan 18-20 15 $2.3M +80.3% $114.8M 756 $3K 15
Jan 25-27 18 $1.8M -19.9% $117.6M 635 $3K 16
Feb 1-3 11 $2.0M +12.0% $120.4M 935 $2K 17
Feb 8-10 8 $2.4M +17.1% $123.6M 1,405 $2K 18
Feb 15-17 12 $2.2M -8.1% $126.8M 903 $2K 19
Feb 22-24 12 $1.8M -16.3% $129.7M 802 $2K 20
Mar 1-3 13 $2.1M +15.1% $132.7M 985 $2K 21
Mar 8-10 17 $1.0M -52.0% $134.3M 741 $1K 22
Mar 15-17 20 $509K -49.6% $135.2M 540 $942 23
Mar 22-24 33 $142K -72.1% $135.5M 185 $769 24
Mar 29-31 30 $141K -0.6% $135.7M 260 $543 25
Apr 5-7 39 $86K -39.2% $135.9M 172 $499 26
Apr 12-14 43 $57K -33.4% $136.0M 172 $333 27

Performance Charts

Daily Gross

Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

Week-over-Week Drop

Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byBen Affleck
ScreenplayChris Terrio
StarringBen Affleck, Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin, John Goodman, Victor Garber, Tate Donovan
StudioWarner Bros.