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Burn After Reading

2008 R 1h 36m Comedy, Crime, Drama Focus Features

Intelligence is relative.

Box office summary
Domestic Total
$60.4M
Final
Opening Weekend
$19.1M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
3.16x
Opening → Total
Budget
$37.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$164M
$103M international
Compare with other movies
Box office performance
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

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

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Cast & Crew

Directed byEthan Coen, Joel Coen
ScreenplayEthan Coen, Joel Coen
Produced byJoel Coen, Ethan Coen
CinematographyEmmanuel Lubezki
MusicCarter Burwell
Prod. DesignJess Gonchor
StarringGeorge Clooney, Frances McDormand, Brad Pitt, John Malkovich, Tilda Swinton, Richard Jenkins
StudioFocus Features