Name: Burn After Reading
Director: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Released: 2008
Cast: George Clooney, Frances McDormand, Brad Pitt, John Malkovich, Tilda Swinton

Box Office Performance

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Sep 12	#1	$6.5M		—	$6.5M	2,651	$2K	1
Sat Sep 13	#1	$7.9M	+23%	—	$14.4M	2,651	$3K	2
Sun Sep 14	#1	$4.7M	-40%	—	$19.1M	2,651	$2K	3
Mon Sep 15	#1	$1.5M	-68%	—	$20.6M	2,651	$563	4
Tue Sep 16	#1	$1.6M	+10%	—	$22.3M	2,651	$618	5
Wed Sep 17	#1	$1.4M	-12%	—	$23.7M	2,651	$542	6
Thu Sep 18	#1	$1.4M	-2%	—	$25.1M	2,651	$530	7
Fri Sep 19	#2	$3.5M	+147%	-46%	$28.6M	2,657	$1K	8
Sat Sep 20	#2	$5.0M	+44%	-37%	$33.6M	2,657	$2K	9
Sun Sep 21	#2	$2.5M	-49%	-46%	$36.1M	2,657	$958	10
Mon Sep 22	#2	$791K	-69%	-47%	$36.9M	2,657	$297	11
Tue Sep 23	#2	$908K	+15%	-45%	$37.8M	2,657	$341	12
Wed Sep 24	#2	$795K	-12%	-45%	$38.6M	2,657	$299	13
Thu Sep 25	#2	$743K	-7%	-47%	$39.4M	2,657	$279	14
Fri Sep 26	#5	$1.6M	+120%	-53%	$41.0M	2,649	$617	15
Sat Sep 27	#4	$3.1M	+88%	-39%	$44.1M	2,649	$1K	16
Sun Sep 28	#6	$1.5M	-51%	-41%	$45.6M	2,649	$563	17
Mon Sep 29	#4	$471K	-68%	-40%	$46.0M	2,649	$177	18
Tue Sep 30	#3	$601K	+28%	-34%	$46.6M	2,649	$227	19
Wed Oct 1	#3	$514K	-14%	-35%	$47.2M	2,649	$194	20
Thu Oct 2	#4	$404K	-22%	-46%	$47.6M	2,649	$152	21
Fri Oct 3	#7	$1.3M	+213%	-23%	$48.8M	2,397	$526	22
Sat Oct 4	#7	$1.9M	+51%	-38%	$50.7M	2,397	$794	23
Sun Oct 5	#8	$953K	-50%	-36%	$51.7M	2,397	$397	24
Mon Oct 6	#7	$316K	-67%	-33%	$52.0M	2,397	$132	25
Tue Oct 7	#6	$337K	+7%	-44%	$52.3M	2,397	$140	26
Wed Oct 8	#6	$383K	+13%	-26%	$52.7M	2,397	$159	27
Thu Oct 9	#7	$367K	-4%	-9%	$53.1M	2,397	$153	28
Fri Oct 10		$630K	+72%	-50%	$53.7M	1,406	$447	29
Sat Oct 11	#13	$943K	+50%	-50%	$54.7M	1,406	$670	30
Sun Oct 12	#13	$523K	-45%	-45%	$55.2M	1,406	$371	31
Mon Oct 13	#14	$299K	-43%	-6%	$55.5M	1,406	$212	32
Tue Oct 14	#14	$189K	-37%	-44%	$55.7M	1,406	$134	33
Wed Oct 15	#13	$162K	-14%	-58%	$55.8M	1,406	$115	34
Thu Oct 16	#14	$195K	+20%	-47%	$56.0M	1,406	$138	35
Fri Oct 17		$346K	+78%	-45%	$56.4M	708	$489	36
Sat Oct 18		$496K	+43%	-47%	$56.9M	708	$699	37
Sun Oct 19		$256K	-48%	-51%	$57.1M	708	$361	38
Mon Oct 20		$95K	-63%	-68%	$57.2M	708	$133	39
Tue Oct 21		$110K	+16%	-42%	$57.3M	708	$154	40
Wed Oct 22		$104K	-5%	-36%	$57.4M	708	$146	41
Thu Oct 23		$103K	-1%	-47%	$57.5M	708	$145	42
Fri Oct 24		$233K	+127%	-33%	$57.8M	422	$551	43
Sat Oct 25		$338K	+45%	-32%	$58.1M	422	$800	44
Sun Oct 26		$174K	-49%	-32%	$58.3M	422	$411	45
Mon Oct 27		$57K	-67%	-39%	$58.3M	422	$135	46
Tue Oct 28		$66K	+16%	-39%	$58.4M	422	$157	47
Wed Oct 29		$61K	-8%	-41%	$58.5M	422	$144	48
Thu Oct 30		$61K	n/c	-41%	$58.5M	422	$144	49
Fri Oct 31		$93K	+53%	-60%	$58.6M	327	$285	50
Sat Nov 1		$242K	+159%	-28%	$58.9M	327	$740	51
Sun Nov 2		$121K	-50%	-30%	$59.0M	327	$369	52
Mon Nov 3		$38K	-69%	-34%	$59.0M	327	$114	53
Tue Nov 4		$35K	-8%	-48%	$59.0M	327	$105	54
Wed Nov 5		$42K	+22%	-31%	$59.1M	327	$128	55
Thu Nov 6		$47K	+13%	-22%	$59.1M	327	$145	56
Fri Nov 7		$108K	+127%	+15%	$59.2M	270	$398	57
Sat Nov 8		$167K	+55%	-31%	$59.4M	270	$617	58
Sun Nov 9		$89K	-46%	-26%	$59.5M	270	$331	59
Mon Nov 10		$39K	-56%	+5%	$59.5M	270	$145	60
Tue Nov 11		$56K	+42%	+62%	$59.6M	270	$207	61
Wed Nov 12		$30K	-47%	-29%	$59.6M	270	$110	62
Thu Nov 13		$28K	-6%	-41%	$59.7M	270	$104	63
Fri Nov 14		$61K	+116%	-43%	$59.7M	207	$294	64
Sat Nov 15		$91K	+49%	-45%	$59.8M	207	$439	65
Sun Nov 16		$44K	-52%	-51%	$59.9M	207	$211	66
Mon Nov 17		$15K	-67%	-63%	$59.9M	207	$70	67
Tue Nov 18		$17K	+20%	-69%	$59.9M	207	$84	68
Wed Nov 19		$17K	-6%	-45%	$59.9M	207	$79	69
Thu Nov 20		$18K	+6%	-38%	$59.9M	207	$84	70
Fri Nov 21		$34K	+94%	-44%	$60.0M	134	$254	71
Sat Nov 22		$53K	+56%	-42%	$60.0M	134	$396	72
Sun Nov 23		$25K	-52%	-42%	$60.0M	134	$189	73
Mon Nov 24		$12K	-52%	-17%	$60.0M	134	$90	74
Wed Nov 26		$12K		-27%	$60.1M	97	$125	76
Thu Nov 27		$14K	+12%	-23%	$60.1M	97	$140	77
Fri Nov 28		$34K	+152%	n/c	$60.1M	97	$352	78
Sat Nov 29		$36K	+4%	-33%	$60.2M	97	$367	79
Sun Nov 30		$17K	-52%	-33%	$60.2M	97	$175	80
Mon Dec 1		$7K	-57%	-40%	$60.2M	97	$75	81
Tue Dec 2		$8K	+13%		$60.2M	97	$85	82
Fri Dec 5		$15K		-57%	$60.2M	78	$187	85
Sat Dec 6		$20K	+36%	-44%	$60.2M	78	$254	86
Sun Dec 7		$11K	-44%	-35%	$60.2M	78	$141	87
Mon Dec 8		$6K	-42%	-13%	$60.3M	78	$82	88
Tue Dec 9		$6K	-5%	-27%	$60.3M	78	$78	89
Wed Dec 10		$6K	-6%		$60.3M	78	$73	90
Thu Dec 11		$6K	+4%		$60.3M	78	$75	91
Fri Dec 12		$10K	+75%	-29%	$60.3M	57	$181	92
Sat Dec 13		$14K	+36%	-29%	$60.3M	57	$247	93
Sun Dec 14		$8K	-43%	-27%	$60.3M	57	$140	94
Mon Dec 15		$5K	-33%	-16%	$60.3M	57	$94	95
Tue Dec 16		$5K	-11%	-21%	$60.3M	57	$83	96
Wed Dec 17		$6K	+16%	-2%	$60.3M	57	$97	97
Thu Dec 18		$5K	-5%	-11%	$60.3M	57	$92	98
Fri Dec 19		$5K	-3%	-51%	$60.3M	44	$115	99
Sat Dec 20		$6K	+21%	-56%	$60.3M	44	$139	100
Sun Dec 21		$5K	-17%	-37%	$60.3M	44	$115	101
Mon Dec 22		$4K	-21%	-26%	$60.3M	44	$90	102
Tue Dec 23		$4K	+5%	-12%	$60.3M	44	$95	103
Wed Dec 24		$3K	-19%	-39%	$60.4M	44	$76	104
Thu Dec 25		$5K	+45%	-7%	$60.4M	44	$111	105

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Sep 12-14	1	$19.1M	—	$19.1M	2,651	$7K	1
Sep 19-21	2	$11.0M	-42.3%	$36.1M	2,657	$4K	2
Sep 26-28	5	$6.2M	-43.8%	$45.6M	2,649	$2K	3
Oct 3-5	7	$4.1M	-33.5%	$51.7M	2,397	$2K	4
Oct 10-12	14	$2.1M	-49.1%	$55.2M	1,406	$1K	5
Oct 17-19	18	$1.1M	-47.6%	$57.1M	708	$2K	6
Oct 24-26	19	$744K	-32.2%	$58.3M	422	$2K	7
Oct 31-Nov 2	22	$457K	-38.7%	$59.0M	327	$1K	8
Nov 7-9	23	$364K	-20.3%	$59.5M	270	$1K	9
Nov 14-16	30	$196K	-46.2%	$59.9M	207	$945	10
Nov 21-23	34	$113K	-42.5%	$60.0M	134	$840	11

Burn After Reading

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