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Letters from Iwo Jima

2006 • R • 2h 21m • Action, Drama, War • Warner Bros.

The battle of Iwo Jima seen through the eyes of the Japanese soldiers.

🍅 91% 86% MC 89 LB 3.95 IMDb 7.8

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$1.7M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$13.8M
Final
Worldwide Total
$67.9M
$54.1M international
Domestic Legs7.4x
Budget$13.0M
2007 Rank#145
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Cast & Crew

Directed byClint Eastwood ScreenplayIris Yamashita Produced byClint Eastwood, Steven Spielberg, Robert Lorenz CinematographyTom Stern Music byKyle Eastwood, Michael Stevens StarringKen Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Ryo Kase, Shido Nakamura StudioWarner Bros.
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Dec 22-24 30 $89.1K — 5 $17,819 $128.8K
2 Dec 29-31 38 $87.9K −1.3% 5 $17,586 $316.4K
3 Jan 5-7 41 $79.3K −9.8% 5 $15,859 $472.4K
4 Jan 12-14 30 $366.2K +361.9% 35 $10,464 $875.2K
5 Jan 19-21 21 $1.4M +270.1% 360 $3,765 $2.4M
6 Jan 26-28 17 $1.9M +37.8% 415 $4,500 $5.1M
7 Feb 2-4 16 $1.7M −9.2% 720 $2,356 $7.5M
8 Feb 9-11 14 $1.7M +2.0% 781 $2,214 $9.9M
9 Feb 16-18 16 $1.0M −40.9% 651 $1,571 $11.6M
10 Feb 23-25 20 $707.3K −30.8% 530 $1,335 $12.8M
11 Mar 2-4 25 $252.3K −64.3% 285 $885 $13.3M
12 Mar 9-11 41 $100.2K −60.3% 175 $572 $13.5M
13 Mar 16-18 55 $34.6K −65.4% 86 $403 $13.6M
14 Mar 23-25 61 $19.3K −44.3% 37 $521 $13.6M
15 Mar 30-Apr 1 74 $7.5K −61.3% 23 $324 $13.7M
16 Apr 6-8 50 $37.5K +402.6% 120 $312 $13.7M
17 Apr 13-15 68 $15.7K −58.1% 46 $342 $13.7M
18 Apr 20-22 85 $5.3K −66.6% 17 $309 $13.8M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $707.3K
$89.1K
$87.9K
$79.3K
$366.2K
$1.4M
$1.9M
$1.7M
$1.7M
$1.0M
$707.3K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −30.8%
−1.3%
W1→2
−9.8%
W2→3
+361.9%
W3→4
+270.1%
W4→5
+37.8%
W5→6
−9.2%
W6→7
+2.0%
W7→8
−40.9%
W8→9
−30.8%
W9→10
Steepest −40.9%Biggest gain +361.9%

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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