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August: Osage County

2013 • R • 1h 59m • Comedy, Drama • The Weinstein Company

Misery loves family

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$179.3K
Limited · 5 theaters
Domestic Total
$37.7M
Final
Worldwide Total
$50.7M
$13.0M international
Domestic Legs5.3x
Budget$25M
2013 Rank#78
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Cast & Crew

Meryl Streep Meryl Streep Starring Julia Roberts Julia Roberts Starring Ewan McGregor Ewan McGregor Starring Chris Cooper Chris Cooper Starring Abigail Breslin Abigail Breslin Starring Benedict Cumberbatch Benedict Cumberbatch Starring
ScreenplayTracy Letts Produced byGeorge Clooney, Grant Heslov, Jean Doumanian, Steve Traxler CinematographyAdriano Goldman Music byGustavo Santaolalla StudioThe Weinstein Company
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Dec 27-29 30 $179.3K — 5 $35,860 $179.3K
2 Jan 3-5 31 $139.9K −22.0% 5 $27,983 $481.7K
3 Jan 10-12 7 $7.2M +5016.2% 905 $7,910 $7.7M
4 Jan 17-19 8 $7.4M +2.9% 2,051 $3,591 $18.0M
5 Jan 24-26 9 $5.0M −31.7% 2,411 $2,086 $26.5M
6 Jan 31-Feb 2 11 $3.0M −41.3% 2,319 $1,273 $31.6M
7 Feb 7-9 14 $1.5M −49.7% 1,327 $1,119 $34.3M
8 Feb 14-16 19 $883.3K −40.5% 1,010 $875 $35.8M
9 Feb 21-23 22 $399.9K −54.7% 525 $762 $36.6M
10 Feb 28-Mar 2 29 $239.4K −40.2% 346 $692 $37.1M
11 Mar 7-9 32 $125.4K −47.6% 196 $640 $37.3M
12 Mar 14-16 35 $105.1K −16.2% 203 $518 $37.5M
13 Mar 21-23 44 $62.2K −40.8% 141 $441 $37.6M
14 Mar 28-30 50 $32.8K −47.3% 81 $405 $37.7M
15 Apr 4-6 65 $11.9K −63.6% 42 $284 $37.7M
16 Apr 11-13 85 $2.1K −82.3% 42 $50 $37.7M
17 Apr 18-20 78 $3.3K +53.8% 16 $203 $37.7M
18 Apr 25-27 77 $5.4K +67.3% 7 $777 $37.7M
19 May 2-4 81 $1.1K −80.7% 3 $350 $37.7M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Cumulative total$37.2M
Dec 27Jan 13Jan 31Feb 17Mar 6
Weekend grossWk 10 · $239.4K
$179.3K
$139.9K
$7.2M
$7.4M
$5.0M
$3.0M
$1.5M
$883.3K
$399.9K
$239.4K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Theater countPeak 2,411 → 346 −85.6%
5 open346 now
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −40.2%
−22.0%
W1→2
+5016.2%
W2→3
+2.9%
W3→4
−31.7%
W4→5
−41.3%
W5→6
−49.7%
W6→7
−40.5%
W7→8
−54.7%
W8→9
−40.2%
W9→10
Steepest −54.7%Biggest gain +5016.2%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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