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Hope Springs

2012 • PG-13 • 1h 40m • Comedy, Drama, Romance • Sony Pictures Releasing

Sometimes to keep the magic, you need to learn a few tricks.

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Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$14.7M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$63.5M

Final

Worldwide Total

$133M

$69.6M international

Domestic Legs4.34x

Budget$30.0M

2012 Rank#50

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Cast & Crew

Directed byDavid Frankel ScreenplayVanessa Taylor Produced byGuymon Casady, Todd Black, Brian Bell CinematographyFlorian Ballhaus MusicTheodore Shapiro Prod. DesignStuart Wurtzel StarringMeryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones, Steve Carell, Jean Smart, Marin Ireland, Ben Rappaport StudioSony Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 10-12 4 $14.7M — 2,361 $6,205 $19.1M

2 Aug 17-19 8 $9.1M −37.8% 2,361 $3,859 $35.1M

3 Aug 24-26 9 $5.7M −37.2% 2,402 $2,383 $44.8M

4 Aug 31-Sep 2 10 $4.7M −18.0% 2,441 $1,924 $52.1M

5 Sep 7-9 11 $2.8M −40.4% 2,437 $1,149 $57.5M

6 Sep 14-16 14 $1.8M −34.8% 1,946 $937 $60.5M

7 Sep 21-23 18 $856.2K −53.1% 1,147 $746 $62.2M

8 Sep 28-30 22 $425.5K −50.3% 691 $615 $62.9M

9 Oct 5-7 24 $213.4K −49.9% 439 $486 $63.3M

10 Oct 12-14 37 $87.2K −59.1% 215 $405 $63.4M

11 Oct 19-21 42 $62.0K −28.8% 131 $473 $63.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Aug 8 #2 $2.3M — $2.3M 2,361 $959 1

Thu Aug 9 #2 $2.2M −3% $4.5M 2,361 $926 2

Fri Aug 10 #4 $4.6M +112% $9.1M 2,361 $1,963 3

Sat Aug 11 #4 $6.1M +33% $15.2M 2,361 $2,601 4

Sun Aug 12 #4 $3.9M −37% $19.1M 2,361 $1,639 5

Mon Aug 13 #4 $1.6M −59% $20.7M 2,361 $665 6

Tue Aug 14 #4 $2.1M +33% $22.8M 2,361 $886 7

Wed Aug 15 #5 $1.6M −22% −28% $24.4M 2,361 $689 8

Thu Aug 16 #5 $1.6M −4% −29% $26.0M 2,361 $659 9

Fri Aug 17 #8 $2.8M +77% −40% $28.7M 2,361 $1,169 10

Sat Aug 18 #8 $3.9M +40% −37% $32.6M 2,361 $1,638 11

Sun Aug 19 #8 $2.5M −36% −36% $35.1M 2,361 $1,050 12

Mon Aug 20 #7 $915.4K −63% −42% $36.0M 2,361 $387 13

Tue Aug 21 #7 $1.2M +34% −41% $37.2M 2,361 $519 14

Wed Aug 22 #7 $948.4K −23% −42% $38.2M 2,361 $401 15

Thu Aug 23 #7 $927.0K −2% −40% $39.1M 2,361 $392 16

Fri Aug 24 #9 $1.7M +84% −38% $40.8M 2,402 $710 17

Sat Aug 25 #7 $2.5M +48% −35% $43.3M 2,402 $1,052 18

Sun Aug 26 #9 $1.5M −41% −40% $44.8M 2,402 $620 19

Mon Aug 27 #9 $601.9K −60% −34% $45.4M 2,402 $250 20

Tue Aug 28 #9 $783.2K +30% −36% $46.2M 2,402 $326 21

Wed Aug 29 #8 $593.5K −24% −37% $46.8M 2,402 $247 22

Thu Aug 30 #8 $571.3K −4% −38% $47.4M 2,402 $237 23

Fri Aug 31 $1.2M +106% −31% $48.5M 2,441 $481 24

Sat Sep 1 $1.8M +51% −30% $50.3M 2,441 $727 25

Sun Sep 2 $1.7M −2% +17% $52.1M 2,441 $715 26

Mon Sep 3 #10 $1.4M −17% +140% $53.5M 2,441 $592 27

Tue Sep 4 #8 $463.4K −68% −41% $54.0M 2,441 $189 28

Wed Sep 5 #5 $380.5K −18% −36% $54.3M 2,441 $155 29

Thu Sep 6 #7 $375.1K −1% −34% $54.7M 2,441 $153 30

Fri Sep 7 $836.2K +123% −29% $55.6M 2,437 $343 31

Sat Sep 8 #11 $1.3M +58% −26% $56.9M 2,437 $540 32

Sun Sep 9 #11 $646.7K −51% −63% $57.5M 2,437 $265 33

Mon Sep 10 #9 $231.3K −64% −84% $57.8M 2,437 $94 34

Tue Sep 11 #7 $347.9K +50% −25% $58.1M 2,437 $142 35

Wed Sep 12 #8 $273.4K −21% −28% $58.4M 2,437 $112 36

Thu Sep 13 #7 $277.8K +2% −26% $58.7M 2,437 $114 37

Fri Sep 14 $563.0K +103% −33% $59.2M 1,946 $289 38

Sat Sep 15 $833.6K +48% −37% $60.0M 1,946 $428 39

Sun Sep 16 $428.6K −49% −34% $60.5M 1,946 $220 40

Mon Sep 17 $176.3K −59% −24% $60.7M 1,946 $90 41

Tue Sep 18 #11 $268.9K +53% −23% $60.9M 1,946 $138 42

Wed Sep 19 #10 $189.8K −29% −31% $61.1M 1,946 $97 43

Thu Sep 20 #10 $187.9K −1% −32% $61.3M 1,946 $96 44

Fri Sep 21 #16 $257.3K +37% −54% $61.6M 1,147 $224 45

Sat Sep 22 #16 $403.6K +57% −52% $62.0M 1,147 $351 46

Sun Sep 23 #16 $195.3K −52% −54% $62.2M 1,147 $170 47

Mon Sep 24 $73.6K −62% −58% $62.2M 1,147 $64 48

Tue Sep 25 $104.9K +43% −61% $62.3M 1,147 $91 49

Wed Sep 26 $91.7K −13% −52% $62.4M 1,147 $79 50

Thu Sep 27 #16 $87.7K −4% −53% $62.5M 1,147 $76 51

Fri Sep 28 $126.1K +44% −51% $62.6M 691 $182 52

Sat Sep 29 $197.2K +56% −51% $62.8M 691 $285 53

Sun Sep 30 #22 $102.2K −48% −48% $62.9M 691 $147 54

Fri Oct 5 $62.9K — −50% $63.2M 439 $143 59

Sat Oct 6 $93.9K +49% −52% $63.3M 439 $213 60

Sun Oct 7 $56.6K −40% −45% $63.3M 439 $128 61

Fri Oct 12 $27.1K — −57% $63.4M 215 $125 66

Sat Oct 13 $38.4K +42% −59% $63.4M 215 $178 67

Sun Oct 14 $21.7K −43% −62% $63.4M 215 $100 68

Fri Oct 19 $19.8K — −27% $63.5M 131 $150 73

Sat Oct 20 $27.5K +39% −28% $63.5M 131 $209 74

Sun Oct 21 $14.8K −46% −32% $63.5M 131 $113 75

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

Cumulative total$63.4M

Aug 8Aug 23Sep 7Sep 21Oct 14

Weekend grossWk 10 · $87.2K

$14.7M

$9.1M

$5.7M

$4.7M

$2.8M

$1.8M

$856.2K

$425.5K

$213.4K

$87.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,441 → 215 −91.2%

2,361 open215 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −59.1%

−37.8% W1→2

−37.2% W2→3

−18.0% W3→4

−40.4% W4→5

−34.8% W5→6

−53.1% W6→7

−50.3% W7→8

−49.9% W8→9

−59.1% W9→10

Steepest −59.1%Best hold −18.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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