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Charlie Wilson's War

2007 R 1h 42m Biography, Comedy, Drama Universal Pictures

A stiff drink. A little mascara. A lot of nerve. Who said they couldn't bring down the Soviet empire.

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$66.7M
Final
Opening Weekend
$9.7M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
6.90x
Opening → Total
Budget
$75.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$119M
$52.8M international
2007 Rank
#39
Domestic

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Dec 21-23 4 $9.7M $9.7M 2,575 $4K 1
Dec 28-30 4 $12.0M +24.4% $34.8M 2,575 $5K 2
Jan 4-6 6 $8.1M -32.5% $52.6M 2,594 $3K 3
Jan 11-13 11 $4.1M -49.1% $59.4M 2,408 $2K 4
Jan 18-20 15 $2.0M -52.4% $62.8M 1,352 $1K 5
Jan 25-27 21 $932K -52.6% $64.7M 605 $2K 6
Feb 1-3 25 $486K -47.8% $65.4M 412 $1K 7
Feb 8-10 31 $359K -26.1% $66.0M 318 $1K 8
Feb 15-17 34 $214K -40.4% $66.3M 180 $1K 9
Feb 22-24 40 $112K -47.7% $66.5M 135 $829 10

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Profitability

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

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Cast & Crew

Directed byMike Nichols
ScreenplayAaron Sorkin
StarringTom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Emily Blunt, Om Puri
StudioUniversal Pictures