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In Bruges

2008 • R • 1h 47m • Comedy, Crime, Drama • Focus Features

Shoot first. Sightsee later.

🍅 84% 87%

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4.12

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Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$457K

Limited · 28 theaters

Domestic Total

$7.8M

Final

Worldwide Total

$34.5M

$26.7M international

Domestic Legs8.0x

Budget$15M

2008 Rank#169

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Cast & Crew

Full McDonagh filmography

Martin McDonagh

Martin McDonagh Director

Colin Farrell Starring

Brendan Gleeson

Brendan Gleeson Starring

Ralph Fiennes Starring

Written byMartin McDonagh Produced byGraham Broadbent, Pete Czernin CinematographyEigil Bryld Music byCarter Burwell StudioFocus Features

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Feb 8-10 25 $457.2K — 28 $16,330 $457.2K

2 Feb 15-17 22 $970.2K +112.2% 112 $8,663 $1.6M

3 Feb 22-24 21 $738.3K −23.9% 163 $4,530 $2.7M

4 Feb 29-Mar 2 21 $775.3K +5.0% 232 $3,342 $3.8M

5 Mar 7-9 21 $518.9K −33.1% 225 $2,306 $4.5M

6 Mar 14-16 23 $487.9K −6.0% 211 $2,312 $5.2M

7 Mar 21-23 22 $472.8K −3.1% 216 $2,189 $5.9M

8 Mar 28-30 26 $335.3K −29.1% 210 $1,597 $6.5M

9 Apr 4-6 25 $249.0K −25.7% 189 $1,318 $6.8M

10 Apr 11-13 33 $178.4K −28.4% 163 $1,094 $7.1M

11 Apr 18-20 43 $103.4K −42.0% 123 $841 $7.3M

12 Apr 25-27 42 $77.2K −25.3% 87 $888 $7.4M

13 May 2-4 45 $55.3K −28.5% 71 $778 $7.5M

14 May 9-11 49 $39.8K −28.0% 57 $698 $7.6M

15 May 16-18 56 $28.6K −28.2% 44 $650 $7.6M

16 May 23-25 56 $25.1K −12.3% 35 $717 $7.6M

17 May 30-Jun 1 62 $18.2K −27.5% 23 $791 $7.7M

18 Jun 6-8 43 $34.5K +89.5% 30 $1,148 $7.7M

19 Jun 13-15 53 $24.1K −30.0% 30 $804 $7.8M

20 Jun 20-22 57 $15.2K −37.0% 21 $724 $7.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Feb 8 #- $125.5K — $125.5K 28 $4,484 1

Sat Feb 9 #- $204.9K +63% $330.4K 28 $7,317 2

Sun Feb 10 #- $129.2K −37% $459.6K 28 $4,613 3

Mon Feb 11 #- $35.7K −72% $495.3K 28 $1,274 4

Tue Feb 12 #- $35.1K −1% $530.4K 28 $1,255 5

Wed Feb 13 #- $34.2K −3% $564.6K 28 $1,223 6

Thu Feb 14 #- $46.9K +37% $611.5K 28 $1,675 7

Fri Feb 15 #19 $238.0K +407% +90% $849.5K 112 $2,125 8

Sat Feb 16 #21 $414.2K +74% +102% $1.3M 112 $3,698 9

Sun Feb 17 #21 $318.1K −23% +146% $1.6M 112 $2,840 10

Mon Feb 18 #22 $196.8K −38% +452% $1.8M 112 $1,757 11

Tue Feb 19 #- $80.7K −59% +130% $1.9M 112 $721 12

Wed Feb 20 #- $74.0K −8% +116% $1.9M 112 $661 13

Thu Feb 21 #- $73.3K −1% +56% $2.0M 112 $654 14

Fri Feb 22 #- $201.2K +174% −15% $2.2M 163 $1,234 15

Sat Feb 23 #- $367.2K +83% −11% $2.6M 163 $2,253 16

Sun Feb 24 #- $170.0K −54% −47% $2.7M 163 $1,043 17

Mon Feb 25 #20 $55.7K −67% −72% $2.8M 163 $342 18

Tue Feb 26 #19 $61.1K +10% −24% $2.9M 163 $375 19

Wed Feb 27 #19 $64.1K +5% −13% $2.9M 163 $393 20

Thu Feb 28 #19 $62.8K −2% −14% $3.0M 163 $385 21

Fri Feb 29 #20 $196.2K +212% −2% $3.2M 232 $846 22

Sat Mar 1 #21 $357.7K +82% −3% $3.5M 232 $1,542 23

Sun Mar 2 #19 $221.3K −38% +30% $3.8M 232 $954 24

Mon Mar 3 #18 $63.4K −71% +14% $3.8M 232 $273 25

Tue Mar 4 #17 $65.9K +4% +8% $3.9M 232 $284 26

Wed Mar 5 #17 $68.0K +3% +6% $4.0M 232 $293 27

Thu Mar 6 #17 $68.6K +1% +9% $4.0M 232 $296 28

Fri Mar 7 #- $142.0K +107% −28% $4.2M 225 $631 29

Sat Mar 8 #- $236.7K +67% −34% $4.4M 225 $1,052 30

Sun Mar 9 #- $140.2K −41% −37% $4.5M 225 $623 31

Mon Mar 10 #- $50.3K −64% −21% $4.6M 225 $224 32

Tue Mar 11 #- $52.7K +5% −20% $4.7M 225 $234 33

Wed Mar 12 #19 $53.3K +1% −22% $4.7M 225 $237 34

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

Cumulative total$4.7M

Feb 8Feb 16Feb 25Mar 4Mar 12

Weekend grossWk 10 · $178.4K

$457.2K

$970.2K

$738.3K

$775.3K

$518.9K

$487.9K

$472.8K

$335.3K

$249.0K

$178.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 232 → 225 −3.0%

28 open225 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −28.4%

+112.2%

W1→2

−23.9%

W2→3

+5.0%

W3→4

−33.1%

W4→5

−6.0%

W5→6

−3.1%

W6→7

−29.1%

W7→8

−25.7%

W8→9

−28.4%

W9→10

Steepest −33.1%Biggest gain +112.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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