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Brothers

2009 • R • 1h 45m • Drama, Thriller, War • Lionsgate

There are two sides to every family.

🍅 63% 62%

58

3.55

7.1

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$9.5M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$28.5M

Final

Worldwide Total

$45.0M

$16.5M international

Domestic Legs3.0x

Budget$26M

2009 Rank#98

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Cast & Crew

Full Sheridan filmography

Jim Sheridan Director

Tobey Maguire Starring

Jake Gyllenhaal

Jake Gyllenhaal Starring

Natalie Portman

Natalie Portman Starring

Sam Shepard Starring

Mare Winningham

Mare Winningham Starring

ScreenplayDavid Benioff Produced byMatt Battaglia, Michael De Luca, Ken Halsband, Ryan Kavanaugh CinematographyFrederick Elmes MusicThomas Newman StudioLionsgate

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 4-6 3 $9.5M — 2,088 $4,563 $9.5M

2 Dec 11-13 6 $5.0M −47.4% 2,088 $2,402 $17.4M

3 Dec 18-20 9 $2.9M −42.4% 2,009 $1,438 $22.3M

4 Dec 25-27 14 $1.2M −58.1% 858 $1,410 $25.3M

5 Jan 1-3 13 $1.2M −1.5% 858 $1,389 $27.4M

6 Jan 8-10 22 $364.6K −69.4% 428 $852 $28.2M

7 Jan 15-17 30 $127.5K −65.0% 174 $733 $28.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 4 #3 $3.6M — $3.6M 2,088 $1,712 1

Sat Dec 5 #3 $3.7M +2.8% $7.2M 2,088 $1,759 2

Sun Dec 6 #4 $2.3M −37.9% $9.5M 2,088 $1,092 3

Mon Dec 7 #3 $764.7K −66.5% $10.3M 2,088 $366 4

Tue Dec 8 #3 $817.6K +6.9% $11.1M 2,088 $392 5

Wed Dec 9 #3 $643.9K −21.2% $11.8M 2,088 $308 6

Thu Dec 10 #4 $647.8K +0.6% $12.4M 2,088 $310 7

Fri Dec 11 #6 $1.6M +153.8% −54.0% $14.0M 2,088 $788 8

Sat Dec 12 #6 $2.1M +25.6% −43.8% $16.1M 2,088 $989 9

Sun Dec 13 #6 $1.3M −36.8% −42.8% $17.4M 2,088 $625 10

Mon Dec 14 #6 $495.6K −62.0% −35.2% $17.9M 2,088 $237 11

Tue Dec 15 #6 $569.6K +14.9% −30.3% $18.5M 2,088 $273 12

Wed Dec 16 #6 $499.0K −12.4% −22.5% $19.0M 2,088 $239 13

Thu Dec 17 #6 $480.3K −3.7% −25.9% $19.5M 2,088 $230 14

Fri Dec 18 #9 $899.8K +87.3% −45.3% $20.4M 2,009 $448 15

Sat Dec 19 #9 $1.1M +17.1% −49.0% $21.4M 2,009 $524 16

Sun Dec 20 #9 $935.9K −11.2% −28.3% $22.3M 2,009 $466 17

Mon Dec 21 #8 $549.0K −41.3% +10.8% $22.9M 2,009 $273 18

Tue Dec 22 #8 $574.8K +4.7% +0.9% $23.5M 2,009 $286 19

Wed Dec 23 #10 $424.8K −26.1% −14.9% $23.9M 2,009 $211 20

Thu Dec 24 #11 $232.9K −45.2% −51.5% $24.1M 2,009 $116 21

Fri Dec 25 #14 $390.5K +67.7% −56.6% $24.5M 858 $455 22

Sat Dec 26 #14 $453.2K +16.1% −57.0% $25.0M 858 $528 23

Sun Dec 27 #13 $366.5K −19.1% −60.8% $25.3M 858 $427 24

Mon Dec 28 #14 $251.4K −31.4% −54.2% $25.6M 858 $293 25

Tue Dec 29 #14 $243.1K −3.3% −57.7% $25.8M 858 $283 26

Wed Dec 30 #14 $234.3K −3.6% −44.8% $26.1M 858 $273 27

Thu Dec 31 #16 $152.5K −34.9% −34.5% $26.2M 858 $178 28

Fri Jan 1 #13 $465.5K +205.3% +19.2% $26.7M 858 $542 29

Sat Jan 2 #13 $481.2K +3.4% +6.2% $27.2M 858 $561 30

Sun Jan 3 #13 $245.4K −49.0% −33.0% $27.4M 858 $286 31

Mon Jan 4 — $116.2K −52.7% −53.8% $27.5M 858 $135 32

Tue Jan 5 — $115.8K −0.3% −52.4% $27.6M 858 $135 33

Wed Jan 6 — $101.6K −12.3% −56.6% $27.7M 858 $118 34

Thu Jan 7 — $85.7K −15.7% −43.8% $27.8M 858 $100 35

Fri Jan 8 — $113.8K +32.8% −75.6% $27.9M 428 $266 36

Sat Jan 9 — $152.3K +33.9% −68.3% $28.1M 428 $356 37

Sun Jan 10 — $98.5K −35.4% −59.9% $28.2M 428 $230 38

Mon Jan 11 — $34.2K −65.3% −70.6% $28.2M 428 $80 39

Tue Jan 12 — $41.5K +21.5% −64.2% $28.3M 428 $97 40

Wed Jan 13 — $35.8K −13.7% −64.7% $28.3M 428 $84 41

Thu Jan 14 — $39.0K +8.8% −54.5% $28.3M 428 $91 42

Fri Jan 15 — $36.7K −6.0% −67.8% $28.4M 174 $211 43

Sat Jan 16 — $50.0K +36.4% −67.2% $28.4M 174 $287 44

Sun Jan 17 — $40.8K −18.3% −58.5% $28.5M 174 $235 45

Mon Jan 18 #37 $24.9K −39.1% −27.2% $28.5M 174 $143 46

Tue Jan 19 — $15.4K −38.0% −62.9% $28.5M 174 $89 47

Wed Jan 20 — $13.3K −13.5% −62.7% $28.5M 174 $77 48

Thu Jan 21 — $13.7K +2.9% −64.8% $28.5M 174 $79 49

Cumulative total$28.5M

Dec 4Dec 16Dec 28Jan 9Jan 21

Weekend grossWk 7 · $127.5K

$9.5M

$5.0M

$2.9M

$1.2M

$1.2M

$364.6K

$127.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7

Theater countPeak 2,088 → 174 −91.7%

2,088 open174 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 7 · −65.0%

−47.4%

W1→2

−42.4%

W2→3

−58.1%

W3→4

−1.5%

W4→5

−69.4%

W5→6

−65.0%

W6→7

Steepest −69.4%Best hold −1.5%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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