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2000 • R • 2h 11m • Biography, Drama • Universal Pictures

She brought a small town to its feet and a huge company to its knees.

🍅 87% 81%

73

3.90

7.5

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$28.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$126.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$137.00M

$11.90M international

Domestic legs4.46x

Budget$52.0M

2000 rank#13

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Cast & crew

Full Soderbergh filmography

Steven Soderbergh

Steven Soderbergh Director

Julia Roberts

Julia Roberts Starring

Albert Finney

Albert Finney Starring

Aaron Eckhart

Aaron Eckhart Starring

Marg Helgenberger

Marg Helgenberger Starring

Cherry Jones

Cherry Jones Starring

ScreenplaySusannah Grant Produced byDanny DeVito, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher CinematographyEd Lachman MusicThomas Newman Prod. DesignPhilip Messina StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 17-19 1 $28.1M — 2,848 $9,880 $28.1M

2 Mar 24-26 1 $18.5M −34.1% 2,851 $6,505 $55.9M

3 Mar 31-Apr 2 1 $13.8M −25.6% 2,908 $4,745 $75.8M

4 Apr 7-9 2 $9.8M −28.9% 3,004 $3,265 $89.6M

5 Apr 14-16 4 $7.0M −28.3% 3,070 $2,290 $99.3M

6 Apr 21-23 6 $5.5M −21.8% 3,056 $1,799 $107.4M

7 Apr 28-30 9 $3.6M −34.2% 2,498 $1,450 $112.9M

8 May 5-7 11 $2.2M −39.7% 1,942 $1,125 $116.0M

9 May 12-14 13 $1.7M −21.2% 1,491 $1,155 $118.5M

10 May 19-21 15 $1.1M −35.9% 952 $1,160 $120.2M

11 May 26-28 8 $861.8K −22.0% 798 $1,080 $121.3M

12 Jun 2-4 13 $615.9K −28.5% 737 $835 $122.4M

13 Jun 9-11 13 $527.3K −14.4% 643 $820 $123.2M

14 Jun 16-18 17 $332.2K −37.0% 485 $685 $123.8M

15 Jun 23-25 21 $269.2K −19.0% 411 $655 $124.3M

16 Jun 30-Jul 2 26 $186.2K −30.8% 291 $640 $124.6M

17 Jul 7-9 32 $146.4K −21.4% 242 $604 $124.9M

18 Jul 14-16 31 $131.3K −10.3% 202 $649 $125.1M

19 Jul 21-23 38 $91.2K −30.5% 172 $530 $125.3M

20 Jul 28-30 41 $78.3K −14.1% 145 $540 $125.4M

21 Aug 4-6 49 $55.3K −29.3% 119 $465 $125.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Mar 17 #1 $7.8M — $7.8M 2,847 $2,743 1

Sat Mar 18 #1 $12.5M +60% $20.3M 2,847 $4,390 2

Sun Mar 19 #1 $7.6M −39% $28.1M 2,848 $2,669 3

Mon Mar 20 #1 $2.3M −69% $30.5M 2,848 $815 4

Tue Mar 21 #1 $2.6M +10% $33.0M 2,848 $899 5

Wed Mar 22 #2 $2.2M −13% $35.3M 2,848 $785 6

Thu Mar 23 #2 $2.0M −8% $37.3M 2,848 $719 7

Fri Mar 24 #1 $6.4M +212% −18% $43.7M 2,875 $2,222 8

Sat Mar 25 #1 $9.9M +56% −20% $53.6M 2,875 $3,459 9

Sun Mar 26 #2 $3.8M −62% −50% $55.9M 2,851 $1,339 10

Mon Mar 27 #1 $1.4M −62% −38% $57.3M 2,851 $505 11

Tue Mar 28 #1 $1.7M +18% −34% $59.0M 2,851 $595 12

Wed Mar 29 #1 $1.5M −10% −32% $60.5M 2,851 $535 13

Thu Mar 30 #1 $1.5M −2% −27% $62.0M 2,851 $525 14

Fri Mar 31 #1 $4.6M +204% −29% $66.6M 2,905 $1,568 15

Sat Apr 1 #1 $6.7M +47% −32% $73.3M 2,905 $2,312 16

Sun Apr 2 #2 $3.4M −50% −11% $75.8M 2,903 $1,167 17

Mon Apr 3 #2 $828.8K −76% −42% $76.6M 2,903 $285 18

Tue Apr 4 #1 $1.2M +44% −30% $77.8M 2,903 $410 19

Wed Apr 5 #1 $1.0M −13% −32% $78.9M 2,903 $355 20

Thu Apr 6 #1 $959.6K −7% −36% $79.8M 2,903 $330 21

Fri Apr 7 #2 $3.0M +212% −34% $82.8M 2,903 $1,032 22

Sat Apr 8 #2 $5.1M +71% −24% $87.9M 2,802 $1,826 23

Sun Apr 9 #3 $2.2M −56% −34% $89.6M 3,004 $745 24

Mon Apr 10 #2 $553.7K −75% −33% $90.2M 3,004 $184 25

Tue Apr 11 #2 $736.0K +33% −38% $90.9M 3,004 $245 26

Wed Apr 12 #2 $675.9K −8% −35% $91.6M 3,004 $225 27

Thu Apr 13 #2 $690.9K +2% −28% $92.3M 3,004 $230 28

Fri Apr 14 #4 $2.2M +213% −28% $94.5M 3,004 $719 29

Sat Apr 15 #4 $3.6M +65% −30% $98.0M 2,800 $1,277 30

Sun Apr 16 #5 $1.7M −54% −26% $99.3M 3,070 $540 31

Mon Apr 17 #5 $583.2K −65% +5% $99.9M 3,070 $189 32

Tue Apr 18 #5 $661.0K +13% −10% $100.6M 3,070 $215 33

Wed Apr 19 #5 $583.4K −12% −14% $101.1M 3,070 $190 34

Thu Apr 20 #6 $600.0K +3% −13% $101.7M 3,070 $195 35

Fri Apr 21 #7 $1.8M +205% −15% $103.6M 3,002 $610 36

Sat Apr 22 #4 $2.7M +47% −25% $106.3M 3,002 $895 37

Sun Apr 23 #6 $1.2M −55% −26% $107.4M 3,070 $398 38

Mon Apr 24 #7 $489.0K −60% −16% $107.9M 3,070 $159 39

Tue Apr 25 #7 $488.6K n/c −26% $108.4M 3,070 $159 40

Wed Apr 26 #7 $443.1K −9% −24% $108.8M 3,070 $144 41

Thu Apr 27 #7 $444.0K n/c −26% $109.3M 3,070 $144 42

Fri Apr 28 #9 $1.1M +140% −42% $110.3M 2,490 $428 43

Sat Apr 29 #9 $1.7M +60% −37% $112.0M 2,490 $683 44

Sun Apr 30 #9 $737.0K −57% −40% $112.9M 2,504 $294 45

Mon May 1 #9 $224.8K −69% −54% $113.1M 2,504 $89 46

Tue May 2 #8 $274.8K +22% −44% $113.4M 2,504 $109 47

Wed May 3 #9 $225.0K −18% −49% $113.6M 2,504 $89 48

Thu May 4 #9 $249.8K +11% −44% $113.8M 2,504 $99 49

Fri May 5 #10 $541.4K +117% −49% $114.4M 2,504 $216 50

Sat May 6 #10 $998.9K +85% −41% $115.4M 1,583 $631 51

Sun May 7 #11 $505.0K −49% −31% $116.0M 1,942 $260 52

Mon May 8 #11 $165.1K −67% −27% $116.2M 1,942 $85 53

Tue May 9 #10 $213.6K +29% −22% $116.4M 1,942 $110 54

Wed May 10 #10 $184.5K −14% −18% $116.6M 1,942 $95 55

Thu May 11 #11 $184.5K n/c −26% $116.8M 1,942 $94 56

Sun May 14 #13 $477.0K — −6% $118.5M 1,491 $319 59

Mon May 15 #14 $126.7K −73% −23% $118.6M 1,491 $85 60

Tue May 16 #13 $141.6K +12% −34% $118.8M 1,191 $118 61

Wed May 17 #12 $134.2K −5% −27% $118.9M 1,191 $112 62

Thu May 18 #11 $141.6K +5% −23% $119.0M 1,191 $118 63

Mon May 22 #12 $114.2K — −10% $120.3M 952 $120 67

Tue May 23 #13 $95.2K −17% −33% $120.4M 952 $99 68

Wed May 24 #16 $55.8K −41% −58% $120.4M 952 $58 69

Thu May 25 #15 $55.8K n/c −61% $120.5M 620 $89 70

Tue May 30 #12 $80.2K — −16% $121.6M 798 $100 75

Wed May 31 #12 $75.0K −7% +34% $121.7M 798 $93 76

Thu Jun 1 #13 $79.8K +6% +43% $121.8M 798 $99 77

Sun Jun 4 #13 $166.0K — $122.4M 737 $225 80

Mon Jun 5 #13 $73.7K −56% $122.5M 737 $100 81

Tue Jun 6 #13 $88.4K +20% +10% $122.5M 737 $120 82

Wed Jun 7 #13 $77.4K −13% +3% $122.6M 737 $105 83

Thu Jun 8 #13 $84.8K +10% +6% $122.7M 737 $115 84

Sun Jun 11 #14 $148.0K — −11% $123.2M 643 $230 87

Mon Jun 12 #14 $70.7K −52% −4% $123.3M 643 $110 88

Tue Jun 13 #14 $73.9K +5% −16% $123.4M 643 $115 89

Wed Jun 14 #14 $64.3K −13% −17% $123.4M 643 $100 90

Thu Jun 15 #14 $67.5K +5% −20% $123.5M 643 $105 91

Sun Jun 18 #16 $87.0K — −41% $123.8M 485 $179 94

Mon Jun 19 #16 $41.2K −53% −42% $123.9M 485 $85 95

Tue Jun 20 #16 $53.4K +29% −28% $123.9M 485 $110 96

Wed Jun 21 #16 $50.9K −5% −21% $124.0M 485 $105 97

Thu Jun 22 #16 $50.9K n/c −25% $124.0M 485 $104 98

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

Cumulative total$120.5M

Mar 17Apr 2Apr 18May 4May 25

Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.1M

$28.1M

$18.5M

$13.8M

$9.8M

$7.0M

$5.5M

$3.6M

$2.2M

$1.7M

$1.1M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,070 → 620 −79.8%

2,847 open620 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −35.9%

−34.1%

W1→2

−25.6%

W2→3

−28.9%

W3→4

−28.3%

W4→5

−21.8%

W5→6

−34.2%

W6→7

−39.7%

W7→8

−21.2%

W8→9

−35.9%

W9→10

Steepest −39.7%Best hold −21.2%

Run milestones

$100M in 33 days

$100M

Day 33

Apr 18

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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