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Lawless

2012 • R • 1h 55m • Biography, Crime, Drama • The Weinstein Company

When the law became corrupt, outlaws became heroes.

🍅 67% 74%

58

3.42

7.2

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$10M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$37.4M

Final

Worldwide Total

$54.4M

$17M international

Domestic Legs3.7x

Budget$26M

2012 Rank#82

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Cast & Crew

Full Hillcoat filmography

John Hillcoat Director

Shia LaBeouf Starring

Tom Hardy Starring

Gary Oldman Starring

Jason Clarke Starring

Mia Wasikowska Starring

ScreenplayNick Cave Produced byDouglas Wick, Lucy Fisher, Megan Ellison, Michael Benaroya StudioThe Weinstein Company

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 31-Sep 2 2 $10.0M — 2,888 $3,463 $12.1M

2 Sep 7-9 2 $6.0M −39.9% 3,138 $1,914 $23.5M

3 Sep 14-16 4 $4.3M −27.6% 3,063 $1,420 $30.3M

4 Sep 21-23 10 $2.3M −47.4% 2,614 $875 $34.5M

5 Sep 28-30 15 $867.8K −62.0% 1,503 $577 $36.3M

6 Oct 5-7 20 $326.7K −62.4% 611 $535 $37.0M

7 Oct 12-14 38 $59.7K −81.7% 287 $208 $37.2M

8 Oct 19-21 35 $86.1K +44.1% 184 $468 $37.3M

9 Oct 26-28 50 $28.9K −66.4% 96 $302 $37.3M

10 Nov 2-4 65 $12.9K −55.4% 35 $369 $37.4M

11 Nov 9-11 67 $7.5K −42.1% 20 $373 $37.4M

12 Nov 16-18 62 $5.5K −26.5% 19 $289 $37.4M

13 Nov 23-25 69 $5.5K +0.9% 11 $503 $37.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Aug 29 #1 $1.1M — $1.1M 2,565 $443 1

Thu Aug 30 #2 $1.0M −11% $2.1M 2,565 $392 2

Fri Aug 31 #2 $2.8M +175% $4.9M 2,888 $958 3

Sat Sep 1 #2 $3.5M +26% $8.4M 2,888 $1,205 4

Sun Sep 2 #2 $3.8M +8% $12.1M 2,888 $1,300 5

Mon Sep 3 #2 $2.9M −24% $15.0M 2,888 $994 6

Tue Sep 4 #2 $1.1M −62% $16.1M 2,888 $373 7

Wed Sep 5 #2 $685.3K −36% −40% $16.8M 2,888 $237 8

Thu Sep 6 #2 $740.5K +8% −26% $17.5M 2,888 $256 9

Fri Sep 7 #2 $1.8M +143% −35% $19.3M 3,138 $573 10

Sat Sep 8 #2 $2.7M +49% −23% $22.0M 3,138 $851 11

Sun Sep 9 #2 $1.5M −42% −59% $23.5M 3,138 $491 12

Mon Sep 10 #1 $558.5K −64% −81% $24.1M 3,138 $178 13

Tue Sep 11 #1 $758.4K +36% −30% $24.8M 3,138 $242 14

Wed Sep 12 #1 $564.3K −26% −18% $25.4M 3,138 $180 15

Thu Sep 13 #1 $515.0K −9% −30% $25.9M 3,138 $164 16

Fri Sep 14 #4 $1.4M +164% −24% $27.3M 3,063 $444 17

Sat Sep 15 #4 $1.8M +36% −31% $29.1M 3,063 $604 18

Sun Sep 16 #4 $1.1M −38% −26% $30.3M 3,063 $372 19

Mon Sep 17 #3 $442.0K −61% −21% $30.7M 3,063 $144 20

Tue Sep 18 #3 $630.2K +43% −17% $31.3M 3,063 $206 21

Wed Sep 19 #3 $439.2K −30% −22% $31.8M 3,063 $143 22

Thu Sep 20 #3 $409.3K −7% −21% $32.2M 3,063 $134 23

Fri Sep 21 #9 $711.9K +74% −48% $32.9M 2,614 $272 24

Sat Sep 22 #10 $1.0M +42% −45% $33.9M 2,614 $386 25

Sun Sep 23 #10 $566.1K −44% −50% $34.5M 2,614 $217 26

Mon Sep 24 #8 $204.7K −64% −54% $34.7M 2,614 $78 27

Tue Sep 25 #8 $274.2K +34% −56% $35.0M 2,614 $105 28

Wed Sep 26 #8 $236.0K −14% −46% $35.2M 2,614 $90 29

Thu Sep 27 #8 $217.5K −8% −47% $35.4M 2,614 $83 30

Fri Sep 28 #14 $269.7K +24% −62% $35.7M 1,503 $179 31

Sat Sep 29 #15 $392.0K +45% −61% $36.1M 1,503 $261 32

Sun Sep 30 #16 $206.1K −47% −64% $36.3M 1,503 $137 33

Mon Oct 1 #12 $92.2K −55% −55% $36.4M 1,503 $61 34

Tue Oct 2 #12 $117.3K +27% −57% $36.5M 1,503 $78 35

Wed Oct 3 #12 $91.4K −22% −61% $36.6M 1,503 $61 36

Mon Oct 22 #- $9.5K — $37.3M 184 $52 55

Tue Oct 23 #- $13.4K +41% $37.3M 184 $73 56

Wed Oct 24 #- $11.0K −18% $37.3M 184 $60 57

Thu Oct 25 #- $11.1K +1% $37.3M 184 $60 58

Fri Oct 26 #- $9.6K −13% $37.3M 96 $100 59

Sat Oct 27 #- $11.9K +24% $37.3M 96 $124 60

Sun Oct 28 #- $7.4K −38% $37.3M 96 $77 61

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

Cumulative total$37.3M

Aug 29Sep 9Sep 19Sep 30Oct 28

Weekend grossWk 10 · $12.9K

$10.0M

$6.0M

$4.3M

$2.3M

$867.8K

$326.7K

$59.7K

$86.1K

$28.9K

$12.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,138 → 96 −96.9%

2,565 open96 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −55.4%

−39.9%

W1→2

−27.6%

W2→3

−47.4%

W3→4

−62.0%

W4→5

−62.4%

W5→6

−81.7%

W6→7

+44.1%

W7→8

−66.4%

W8→9

−55.4%

W9→10

Steepest −81.7%Biggest gain +44.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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