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Lincoln

2012 PG-13 2h 30m Biography, Drama, History Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Box office summary
Opening Weekend
$21.0M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$182M
Final
Worldwide Total
$275M
$93.1M international
Domestic Legs8.66x
Budget$65.0M
2012 Rank#13
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Nov 16-18 3 $21.0M $22.5M 1,775 $12K 1
Nov 23-25 3 $25.7M +22.0% $62.8M 2,018 $13K 2
Nov 30-Dec 2 4 $13.4M -47.9% $83.6M 2,018 $7K 3
Dec 7-9 4 $8.9M -33.3% $97.1M 2,014 $4K 4
Dec 14-16 3 $7.0M -21.1% $107.7M 2,285 $3K 5
Dec 21-23 5 $5.5M -21.4% $116.7M 2,293 $2K 6
Dec 28-30 7 $7.3M +32.8% $131.9M 1,966 $4K 7
Jan 4-6 8 $5.4M -26.2% $144.1M 1,901 $3K 8
Jan 11-13 7 $6.3M +17.0% $152.6M 2,027 $3K 9
Jan 18-20 11 $5.5M -13.6% $160.6M 2,174 $3K 10
Jan 25-27 11 $3.9M -29.4% $167.1M 1,909 $2K 11
Feb 1-3 10 $2.4M -37.8% $170.8M 1,756 $1K 12
Feb 8-10 12 $1.9M -22.0% $173.6M 1,517 $1K 13
Feb 15-17 13 $1.6M -12.7% $176.2M 1,007 $2K 14
Feb 22-24 15 $1.5M -9.4% $178.6M 875 $2K 15
Mar 1-3 17 $985K -33.5% $180.1M 652 $2K 16
Mar 8-10 21 $430K -56.3% $180.8M 432 $996 17
Mar 15-17 22 $396K -8.0% $181.4M 466 $849 18
Mar 22-24 25 $218K -45.0% $181.8M 292 $745 19
Mar 29-31 39 $86K -60.6% $182.0M 189 $453 20
Apr 5-7 52 $48K -44.2% $182.1M 102 $469 21

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

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

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Cast & Crew

Directed bySteven Spielberg
ScreenplayTony Kushner
Produced bySteven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy
CinematographyJanusz Kamiński
MusicJohn Williams
Prod. DesignRick Carter
StarringDaniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, James Spader, Hal Holbrook
StudioWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures