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Carol

2015 • R • 1h 58m • Drama, Romance • The Weinstein Company

Some people change your life forever.

🍅 94% 75%

94

4.03

7.3

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$254K

Limited · 4 theaters

Domestic Total

$12.7M

Final

Worldwide Total

$41.9M

$29.2M international

Domestic Legs8.6x

Budget$11.8M

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Cast & Crew

Full Haynes filmography

Todd Haynes Director

Cate Blanchett Starring

Rooney Mara Starring

Sarah Paulson Starring

Kyle Chandler Starring

John Magaro Starring

ScreenplayPhyllis Nagy Produced byChristine Vachon, Elizabeth Karlsen, Stephen Woolley CinematographyEd Lachman Music byCarter Burwell StudioThe Weinstein Company

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 20-22 22 $253.5K — 4 $63,378 $253.5K

2 Nov 27-29 25 $197.8K −22.0% 4 $49,443 $583.0K

3 Dec 4-6 25 $145.1K −26.6% 4 $36,281 $815.0K

4 Dec 11-13 18 $337.7K +132.7% 16 $21,105 $1.2M

5 Dec 18-20 23 $231.1K −31.6% 16 $14,446 $1.6M

6 Dec 25-27 16 $1.1M +373.1% 180 $6,075 $2.9M

7 Jan 1-3 16 $1.2M +8.0% 189 $6,250 $5.0M

8 Jan 8-10 15 $1.5M +25.8% 525 $2,831 $7.0M

9 Jan 15-17 15 $1.5M −1.9% 790 $1,846 $9.2M

10 Jan 22-24 20 $644.7K −55.8% 692 $932 $10.6M

11 Jan 29-31 26 $436.0K −32.4% 313 $1,393 $11.4M

12 Feb 5-7 27 $222.2K −49.0% 236 $941 $11.8M

13 Feb 12-14 30 $161.7K −27.2% 141 $1,147 $12.1M

14 Feb 19-21 38 $100.0K −38.2% 101 $990 $12.3M

15 Feb 26-28 39 $119.6K +19.6% 202 $592 $12.5M

16 Mar 4-6 46 $47.3K −60.4% 55 $860 $12.6M

17 Mar 11-13 57 $25.0K −47.1% 33 $757 $12.7M

18 Mar 18-20 61 $19.7K −21.3% 53 $371 $12.7M

19 Mar 25-27 71 $4.9K −74.9% 23 $214 $12.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 20 — $79.3K — $79.3K 4 $19,828 1

Sat Nov 21 — $96.2K +21.3% $175.5K 4 $24,050 2

Sun Nov 22 — $78.0K −18.9% $253.5K 4 $19,498 3

Mon Nov 23 — $28.7K −63.2% $282.2K 4 $7,166 4

Tue Nov 24 — $30.1K −29.8% $312.3K 4 $5,028 5

Wed Nov 25 — $39.8K +97.7% $352.1K 4 $9,942 6

Thu Nov 26 — $33.2K −16.5% $385.2K 4 $8,299 7

Fri Nov 27 — $67.7K +103.8% −14.7% $452.9K 4 $16,916 8

Sat Nov 28 — $77.4K +14.4% −19.6% $530.3K 4 $19,344 9

Sun Nov 29 — $52.7K −31.9% −32.4% $583.0K 4 $13,182 10

Mon Nov 30 — $20.0K −62.1% −30.2% $603.0K 4 $5,002 11

Tue Dec 1 — $20.2K +1.0% +0.5% $623.3K 4 $5,055 12

Wed Dec 2 — $23.0K +13.5% −42.3% $646.2K 4 $5,739 13

Thu Dec 3 — $23.7K +3.1% −28.7% $669.9K 4 $5,918 14

Fri Dec 4 — $39.8K +68.0% −41.2% $709.6K 4 $9,940 15

Sat Dec 5 — $61.4K +54.5% −20.6% $771.1K 4 $15,354 16

Sun Dec 6 — $43.9K −28.4% −16.7% $815.0K 4 $10,986 17

Mon Dec 7 — $16.2K −63.2% −19.1% $831.2K 4 $4,045 18

Tue Dec 8 — $15.3K −5.3% −24.2% $846.5K 4 $3,830 19

Wed Dec 9 — $16.3K +6.1% −29.2% $862.8K 4 $4,063 20

Thu Dec 10 — $21.1K +29.6% −11.0% $883.8K 4 $5,265 21

Fri Dec 11 — $101.5K +381.9% +155.3% $985.3K 16 $6,343 22

Sat Dec 12 — $134.5K +32.5% +119.0% $1.1M 16 $8,407 23

Sun Dec 13 — $101.7K −24.4% +131.3% $1.2M 16 $6,354 24

Mon Dec 14 — $43.9K −56.8% +171.3% $1.3M 16 $2,743 25

Tue Dec 15 — $47.9K +9.1% +212.7% $1.3M 16 $2,994 26

Wed Dec 16 — $43.0K −10.3% +164.5% $1.4M 16 $2,687 27

Thu Dec 17 — $40.6K −5.7% +92.6% $1.4M 16 $2,535 28

Fri Dec 18 — $60.2K +48.5% −40.7% $1.5M 16 $3,763 29

Sat Dec 19 — $94.3K +56.6% −29.9% $1.6M 16 $5,892 30

Sun Dec 20 — $76.7K −18.7% −24.6% $1.6M 16 $4,791 31

Mon Dec 21 — $36.9K −51.9% −16.0% $1.7M 16 $2,305 32

Tue Dec 22 — $44.7K +21.3% −6.6% $1.7M 16 $2,795 33

Wed Dec 23 — $36.8K −17.7% −14.4% $1.7M 16 $2,300 34

Thu Dec 24 — $37.9K +3.1% −6.5% $1.8M 16 $2,371 35

Fri Dec 25 — $357.1K +841.3% +493.1% $2.1M 180 $1,984 36

Sat Dec 26 — $407.0K +14.0% +331.7% $2.5M 180 $2,261 37

Sun Dec 27 — $329.5K −19.0% +329.8% $2.9M 180 $1,830 38

Mon Dec 28 — $217.4K −34.0% +489.4% $3.1M 180 $1,208 39

Tue Dec 29 — $227.2K +4.5% +408.1% $3.3M 180 $1,262 40

Wed Dec 30 — $241.3K +6.2% +555.5% $3.6M 180 $1,340 41

Thu Dec 31 — $237.4K −1.6% +525.7% $3.8M 180 $1,319 42

Fri Jan 1 — $420.6K +77.2% +17.8% $4.2M 189 $2,225 43

Sat Jan 2 — $480.9K +14.3% +18.2% $4.7M 189 $2,544 44

Sun Jan 3 #15 $279.9K −41.8% −15.0% $5.0M 189 $1,481 45

Mon Jan 4 #14 $116.3K −58.5% −46.5% $5.1M 189 $615 46

Tue Jan 5 #15 $139.0K +19.5% −38.8% $5.2M 189 $735 47

Wed Jan 6 #15 $138.3K −0.5% −42.7% $5.4M 189 $732 48

Thu Jan 7 #15 $142.2K +2.8% −40.1% $5.5M 189 $753 49

Fri Jan 8 #14 $416.1K +192.5% −1.1% $5.9M 525 $793 50

Sat Jan 9 #15 $663.4K +59.4% +37.9% $6.6M 525 $1,264 51

Sun Jan 10 #14 $406.6K −38.7% +45.3% $7.0M 525 $775 52

Mon Jan 11 #12 $149.4K −63.3% +28.5% $7.2M 525 $285 53

Tue Jan 12 #12 $178.6K +19.5% +28.5% $7.3M 525 $340 54

Wed Jan 13 #12 $172.5K −3.4% +24.7% $7.5M 525 $329 55

Thu Jan 14 #11 $191.0K +10.7% +34.3% $7.7M 525 $364 56

Fri Jan 15 #15 $411.1K +115.2% −1.2% $8.1M 790 $520 57

Sat Jan 16 #15 $589.0K +43.3% −11.2% $8.7M 790 $746 58

Sun Jan 17 #15 $458.0K −22.2% +12.6% $9.2M 790 $580 59

Mon Jan 18 #15 $300.4K −34.4% +101.1% $9.5M 790 $380 60

Tue Jan 19 #14 $175.8K −41.5% −1.5% $9.6M 790 $223 61

Wed Jan 20 #14 $152.2K −13.4% −11.8% $9.8M 790 $193 62

Thu Jan 21 #14 $152.6K +0.2% −20.1% $9.9M 790 $193 63

Fri Jan 22 — $192.3K +26.1% −53.2% $10.1M 692 $278 64

Sat Jan 23 — $274.3K +42.6% −53.4% $10.4M 692 $396 65

Sun Jan 24 — $178.1K −35.1% −61.1% $10.6M 692 $257 66

Mon Jan 25 — $79.5K −55.4% −73.6% $10.7M 692 $115 67

Tue Jan 26 — $104.6K +31.7% −40.5% $10.8M 692 $151 68

Wed Jan 27 — $100.6K −3.9% −33.9% $10.9M 692 $145 69

Thu Jan 28 — $102.8K +2.1% −32.7% $11.0M 692 $149 70

Fri Jan 29 — $107.1K +4.2% −44.3% $11.1M 313 $342 71

Sat Jan 30 — $191.6K +78.9% −30.2% $11.3M 313 $612 72

Sun Jan 31 — $137.3K −28.3% −22.9% $11.4M 313 $439 73

Mon Feb 1 — $43.2K −68.6% −45.7% $11.4M 313 $138 74

Tue Feb 2 — $51.5K +19.3% −50.8% $11.5M 313 $165 75

Wed Feb 3 — $45.4K −11.8% −54.8% $11.5M 313 $145 76

Thu Feb 4 — $50.5K +11.3% −50.8% $11.6M 313 $162 77

Fri Feb 5 — $59.5K +17.7% −44.4% $11.7M 236 $252 78

Sat Feb 6 — $109.0K +83.2% −43.1% $11.8M 236 $462 79

Sun Feb 7 — $53.7K −50.7% −60.9% $11.8M 236 $228 80

Mon Feb 8 — $27.0K −49.7% −37.4% $11.8M 236 $114 81

Tue Feb 9 — $31.2K +15.6% −39.4% $11.9M 236 $132 82

Wed Feb 10 — $32.5K +4.0% −28.5% $11.9M 236 $138 83

Thu Feb 11 — $29.3K −9.8% −42.1% $11.9M 236 $124 84

Fri Feb 12 — $37.4K +27.6% −37.2% $12.0M 141 $265 85

Sat Feb 13 — $62.1K +66.3% −43.0% $12.0M 141 $441 86

Sun Feb 14 — $62.2K +0.1% +15.8% $12.1M 141 $441 87

Mon Feb 15 — $35.3K −43.2% +30.8% $12.1M 141 $250 88

Tue Feb 16 — $21.0K −40.7% −32.9% $12.2M 141 $149 89

Wed Feb 17 — $23.6K +12.5% −27.4% $12.2M 141 $167 90

Thu Feb 18 — $22.6K −4.1% −22.8% $12.2M 141 $160 91

Fri Feb 19 — $26.0K +15.1% −30.4% $12.2M 101 $258 92

Sat Feb 20 — $45.4K +74.5% −26.9% $12.3M 101 $449 93

Sun Feb 21 — $34.6K −23.8% −44.3% $12.3M 101 $343 94

Mon Feb 22 — $18.9K −45.5% −46.6% $12.3M 101 $187 95

Tue Feb 23 — $19.0K +0.5% −9.5% $12.3M 101 $188 96

Wed Feb 24 — $19.3K +2.0% −18.0% $12.4M 101 $191 97

Thu Feb 25 — $18.5K −4.1% −18.0% $12.4M 101 $184 98

Fri Feb 26 — $35.3K +90.3% +35.6% $12.4M 202 $175 99

Sat Feb 27 — $57.2K +62.0% +25.9% $12.5M 202 $283 100

Sun Feb 28 — $27.1K −52.5% −21.6% $12.5M 202 $134 101

Mon Feb 29 — $17.9K −34.1% −5.2% $12.5M 202 $89 102

Tue Mar 1 — $13.2K −26.4% −30.6% $12.5M 202 $65 103

Wed Mar 2 — $14.2K +7.8% −26.7% $12.5M 202 $70 104

Thu Mar 3 — $15.6K +9.8% −16.1% $12.6M 202 $77 105

Fri Mar 4 — $12.8K −18.0% −63.9% $12.6M 55 $232 106

Sat Mar 5 — $20.4K +59.7% −64.4% $12.6M 55 $370 107

Sun Mar 6 — $14.2K −30.4% −47.8% $12.6M 55 $258 108

Mon Mar 7 — $5.5K −61.3% −69.3% $12.6M 55 $100 109

Tue Mar 8 — $4.9K −11.3% −63.0% $12.6M 55 $88 110

Wed Mar 9 — $6.3K +29.7% −55.5% $12.6M 55 $115 111

Thu Mar 10 — $7.0K +10.9% −55.0% $12.6M 55 $127 112

Fri Mar 11 — $5.5K −21.0% −56.7% $12.6M 33 $168 113

Sat Mar 12 — $11.0K +98.4% −46.1% $12.6M 33 $332 114

Sun Mar 13 — $8.5K −22.6% −40.0% $12.7M 33 $257 115

Mon Mar 14 — $3.8K −55.4% −30.9% $12.7M 33 $115 116

Tue Mar 15 — $3.9K +1.8% −20.7% $12.7M 33 $117 117

Wed Mar 16 — $3.8K −0.5% −39.1% $12.7M 33 $116 118

Thu Mar 17 — $3.4K −10.9% −51.1% $12.7M 33 $104 119

Fri Mar 18 — $5.3K +53.9% −4.7% $12.7M 53 $99 120

Sat Mar 19 — $8.4K +58.8% −23.7% $12.7M 53 $158 121

Sun Mar 20 — $6.0K −28.0% −29.1% $12.7M 53 $114 122

Mon Mar 21 — $2.2K −63.5% −42.0% $12.7M 53 $42 123

Tue Mar 22 — $2.0K −9.7% −48.5% $12.7M 53 $37 124

Wed Mar 23 — $1.8K −9.5% −53.2% $12.7M 53 $34 125

Thu Mar 24 — $2.6K +47.1% −22.8% $12.7M 53 $50 126

Fri Mar 25 — $1.6K −40.4% −70.1% $12.7M 23 $69 127

Sat Mar 26 — $2.1K +31.2% −75.3% $12.7M 23 $90 128

Sun Mar 27 — $1.3K −37.8% −78.6% $12.7M 23 $56 129

Mon Mar 28 — $1.5K +17.8% −31.1% $12.7M 23 $66 130

Tue Mar 29 — $783 −48.4% −60.6% $12.7M 23 $34 131

Wed Mar 30 — $1.2K +58.7% −30.9% $12.7M 23 $54 132

Thu Mar 31 — $1.6K +25.2% −41.1% $12.7M 23 $68 133

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$11.0M

Nov 20Dec 7Dec 25Jan 11Jan 28

Weekend grossWk 10 · $644.7K

$253.5K

$197.8K

$145.1K

$337.7K

$231.1K

$1.1M

$1.2M

$1.5M

$1.5M

$644.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 790 → 692 −12.4%

4 open692 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −55.8%

−22.0%

W1→2

−26.6%

W2→3

+132.7%

W3→4

−31.6%

W4→5

+373.1%

W5→6

+8.0%

W6→7

+25.8%

W7→8

−1.9%

W8→9

−55.8%

W9→10

Steepest −55.8%Biggest gain +373.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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