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Labor Day

2014 • PG-13 • 1h 51m • Crime, Drama, Romance • Paramount Pictures

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3.08

6.9

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$5.2M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$13.4M

Final

Worldwide Total

$14.2M

$818K international

Domestic Legs2.6x

Budget$18M

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Cast & Crew

Full Reitman filmography

Jason Reitman Director

Kate Winslet Starring

Josh Brolin Starring

Tobey Maguire Starring

Maika Monroe Starring

ScreenplayJason Reitman Produced byJason Reitman, Russell Smith, Lianne Halfon, Helen Estabrook CinematographyEric Steelberg MusicRolfe Kent Prod. DesignSteve Saklad StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jan 31-Feb 2 7 $5.2M — 2,584 $2,003 $5.2M

2 Feb 7-9 10 $3.2M −38.5% 2,584 $1,233 $10.1M

3 Feb 14-16 17 $1.3M −60.7% 1,664 $752 $12.4M

4 Feb 21-23 33 $226.9K −81.9% 418 $543 $13.1M

5 Feb 28-Mar 2 48 $47.8K −78.9% 107 $447 $13.3M

6 Mar 7-9 46 $44.4K −7.0% 84 $529 $13.3M

7 Mar 14-16 62 $15.0K −66.3% 42 $356 $13.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jan 31 #5 $1.9M — $1.9M 2,584 $743 1

Sat Feb 1 #7 $2.4M +24.8% $4.3M 2,584 $928 2

Sun Feb 2 #6 $856.1K −64.3% $5.2M 2,584 $331 3

Mon Feb 3 #6 $400.1K −53.3% $5.6M 2,584 $155 4

Tue Feb 4 #5 $570.3K +42.5% $6.1M 2,584 $221 5

Wed Feb 5 #6 $389.5K −31.7% $6.5M 2,584 $151 6

Thu Feb 6 #6 $407.2K +4.5% $6.9M 2,584 $158 7

Fri Feb 7 #9 $904.8K +122.2% −52.9% $7.8M 2,584 $350 8

Sat Feb 8 #11 $1.5M +64.0% −38.1% $9.3M 2,584 $574 9

Sun Feb 9 #10 $796.3K −46.3% −7.0% $10.1M 2,584 $308 10

Mon Feb 10 #9 $238.6K −70.0% −40.4% $10.4M 2,584 $92 11

Tue Feb 11 #7 $342.6K +43.6% −39.9% $10.7M 2,584 $133 12

Wed Feb 12 #8 $240.2K −29.9% −38.3% $10.9M 2,584 $93 13

Thu Feb 13 #9 $245.9K +2.4% −39.6% $11.2M 2,584 $95 14

Fri Feb 14 #15 $494.4K +101.1% −45.4% $11.7M 1,664 $297 15

Sat Feb 15 #17 $454.4K −8.1% −69.4% $12.1M 1,664 $273 16

Sun Feb 16 #18 $301.9K −33.5% −62.1% $12.4M 1,664 $181 17

Mon Feb 17 — $160.0K −47.0% −33.0% $12.6M 1,664 $96 18

Tue Feb 18 #17 $106.3K −33.6% −69.0% $12.7M 1,664 $64 19

Wed Feb 19 — $83.2K −21.7% −65.4% $12.8M 1,664 $50 20

Thu Feb 20 — $84.9K +2.0% −65.5% $12.9M 1,664 $51 21

Fri Feb 21 — $69.3K −18.4% −86.0% $12.9M 418 $166 22

Sat Feb 22 — $104.0K +50.1% −77.1% $13.1M 418 $249 23

Sun Feb 23 — $53.5K −48.5% −82.3% $13.1M 418 $128 24

Mon Feb 24 — $19.0K −64.6% −88.1% $13.1M 418 $45 25

Tue Feb 25 — $29.5K +55.4% −72.3% $13.2M 418 $71 26

Wed Feb 26 — $24.5K −17.0% −70.6% $13.2M 418 $59 27

Thu Feb 27 — $23.3K −4.9% −72.6% $13.2M 418 $56 28

Fri Feb 28 — $15.5K −33.3% −77.6% $13.2M 107 $145 29

Sat Mar 1 — $21.4K +37.7% −79.4% $13.2M 107 $200 30

Sun Mar 2 — $10.9K −49.2% −79.7% $13.3M 107 $101 31

Mon Mar 3 — $4.5K −58.2% −76.1% $13.3M 107 $42 32

Tue Mar 4 — $7.1K +56.3% −76.0% $13.3M 107 $66 33

Wed Mar 5 — $6.0K −15.3% −75.5% $13.3M 107 $56 34

Thu Mar 6 — $7.4K +24.0% −68.0% $13.3M 107 $70 35

Fri Mar 7 — $13.8K +84.8% −11.4% $13.3M 84 $164 36

Sat Mar 8 — $18.6K +35.0% −13.1% $13.3M 84 $221 37

Sun Mar 9 — $12.1K −35.0% +11.2% $13.3M 84 $144 38

Mon Mar 10 — $5.9K −50.8% +31.0% $13.3M 84 $71 39

Tue Mar 11 — $7.3K +23.8% +3.7% $13.3M 84 $88 40

Wed Mar 12 — $7.1K −3.2% +18.4% $13.3M 84 $85 41

Thu Mar 13 — $6.9K −2.7% −7.1% $13.3M 84 $82 42

Fri Mar 14 — $4.6K −33.8% −66.7% $13.4M 42 $109 43

Sat Mar 15 — $6.3K +37.0% −66.2% $13.4M 42 $149 44

Sun Mar 16 — $4.1K −34.5% −65.9% $13.4M 42 $98 45

Mon Mar 17 — $2.3K −44.6% −61.7% $13.4M 42 $54 46

Tue Mar 18 — $2.5K +11.5% −65.5% $13.4M 42 $60 47

Wed Mar 19 — $1.7K −32.1% −75.7% $13.4M 42 $41 48

Thu Mar 20 — $2.7K +55.3% −61.3% $13.4M 42 $64 49

Cumulative total$13.4M

Jan 31Feb 12Feb 24Mar 8Mar 20

Weekend grossWk 7 · $15.0K

$5.2M

$3.2M

$1.3M

$226.9K

$47.8K

$44.4K

$15.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7

Theater countPeak 2,584 → 42 −98.4%

2,584 open42 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 7 · −66.3%

−38.5%

W1→2

−60.7%

W2→3

−81.9%

W3→4

−78.9%

W4→5

−7.0%

W5→6

−66.3%

W6→7

Steepest −81.9%Best hold −7.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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