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Lincoln

2012 • PG-13 • 2h 30m • Biography, Drama, History • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

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87

3.59

7.3

CS A

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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Cast & Crew

Full Spielberg filmography

Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg Director

Daniel Day-Lewis

Daniel Day-Lewis Starring

Sally Field Starring

David Strathairn

David Strathairn Starring

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Joseph Gordon-Levitt Starring

ScreenplayTony Kushner Produced bySteven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy CinematographyJanusz Kamiński MusicJohn Williams Prod. DesignRick Carter StudioWalt Disney Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 16-18 3 $21.0M — 1,775 $11,858 $22.5M

2 Nov 23-25 3 $25.7M +22.0% 2,018 $12,723 $62.8M

3 Nov 30-Dec 2 4 $13.4M −47.9% 2,018 $6,628 $83.6M

4 Dec 7-9 4 $8.9M −33.3% 2,014 $4,427 $97.1M

5 Dec 14-16 3 $7.0M −21.1% 2,285 $3,077 $107.7M

6 Dec 21-23 5 $5.5M −21.4% 2,293 $2,409 $116.7M

7 Dec 28-30 7 $7.3M +32.8% 1,966 $3,732 $131.9M

8 Jan 4-6 8 $5.4M −26.2% 1,901 $2,847 $144.1M

9 Jan 11-13 7 $6.3M +17.0% 2,027 $3,125 $152.6M

10 Jan 18-20 11 $5.5M −13.6% 2,174 $2,518 $160.6M

11 Jan 25-27 11 $3.9M −29.4% 1,909 $2,023 $167.1M

12 Feb 1-3 10 $2.4M −37.8% 1,756 $1,368 $170.8M

13 Feb 8-10 12 $1.9M −22.0% 1,517 $1,235 $173.6M

14 Feb 15-17 13 $1.6M −12.7% 1,007 $1,623 $176.2M

15 Feb 22-24 15 $1.5M −9.4% 875 $1,692 $178.6M

16 Mar 1-3 17 $985.2K −33.5% 652 $1,511 $180.1M

17 Mar 8-10 21 $430.4K −56.3% 432 $996 $180.8M

18 Mar 15-17 22 $395.9K −8.0% 466 $849 $181.4M

19 Mar 22-24 25 $217.6K −45.0% 292 $745 $181.8M

20 Mar 29-31 39 $85.7K −60.6% 189 $453 $182.0M

21 Apr 5-7 52 $47.8K −44.2% 102 $469 $182.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 9 #15 $268.1K — $268.1K 11 $24,375 1

Sat Nov 10 #16 $347.1K +29% $615.2K 11 $31,553 2

Sun Nov 11 #14 $329.1K −5% $944.3K 11 $29,916 3

Mon Nov 12 #12 $195.6K −41% $1.1M 11 $17,784 4

Tue Nov 13 #14 $94.9K −51% $1.2M 11 $8,628 5

Wed Nov 14 #13 $94.7K n/c $1.3M 11 $8,609 6

Thu Nov 15 #11 $89.3K −6% $1.4M 11 $8,116 7

Fri Nov 16 #3 $6.4M +7,080% +2,291% $7.8M 1,775 $3,611 8

Sat Nov 17 #4 $8.6M +34% +2,380% $16.4M 1,775 $4,848 9

Sun Nov 18 #3 $6.0M −30% +1,733% $22.5M 1,775 $3,398 10

Mon Nov 19 #3 $2.5M −59% +1,156% $24.9M 1,775 $1,384 11

Tue Nov 20 #3 $3.2M +28% +3,225% $28.1M 1,775 $1,778 12

Wed Nov 21 #4 $4.2M +34% +4,349% $32.3M 2,018 $2,087 13

Thu Nov 22 #3 $4.9M +16% +5,355% $37.2M 2,018 $2,413 14

Fri Nov 23 #3 $10.0M +105% +56% $47.1M 2,018 $4,940 15

Sat Nov 24 #3 $9.8M −2% +14% $56.9M 2,018 $4,864 16

Sun Nov 25 #3 $5.9M −40% −2% $62.8M 2,018 $2,919 17

Mon Nov 26 #3 $1.8M −70% −28% $64.6M 2,018 $873 18

Tue Nov 27 #3 $2.0M +13% −37% $66.6M 2,018 $985 19

Wed Nov 28 #3 $1.8M −11% −58% $68.4M 2,018 $878 20

Thu Nov 29 #3 $1.8M +3% −63% $70.2M 2,018 $903 21

Fri Nov 30 #3 $4.0M +121% −59% $74.2M 2,018 $2,002 22

Sat Dec 1 #4 $5.9M +46% −40% $80.1M 2,018 $2,914 23

Sun Dec 2 #5 $3.5M −41% −41% $83.6M 2,018 $1,711 24

Mon Dec 3 #3 $1.1M −70% −40% $84.6M 2,018 $521 25

Tue Dec 4 #4 $1.3M +25% −34% $85.9M 2,018 $652 26

Wed Dec 5 #2 $1.2M −12% −35% $87.1M 2,018 $571 27

Thu Dec 6 #3 $1.1M −2% −38% $88.2M 2,018 $560 28

Fri Dec 7 #3 $2.6M +126% −37% $90.8M 2,014 $1,269 29

Sat Dec 8 #3 $4.1M +59% −31% $94.8M 2,014 $2,016 30

Sun Dec 9 #5 $2.3M −43% −33% $97.1M 2,014 $1,141 31

Mon Dec 10 #2 $785.4K −66% −25% $97.9M 2,014 $389 32

Tue Dec 11 #3 $941.1K +20% −29% $98.9M 2,014 $467 33

Wed Dec 12 #2 $844.4K −10% −27% $99.7M 2,014 $419 34

Thu Dec 13 #2 $945.8K +12% −16% $100.7M 2,014 $469 35

Fri Dec 14 #2 $1.9M +105% −24% $102.6M 2,285 $847 36

Sat Dec 15 #3 $3.2M +66% −21% $105.8M 2,285 $1,405 37

Sun Dec 16 #3 $1.9M −41% −18% $107.7M 2,285 $824 38

Mon Dec 17 #2 $805.9K −57% +3% $108.5M 2,285 $352 39

Tue Dec 18 #2 $934.9K +16% −1% $109.4M 2,285 $409 40

Wed Dec 19 #3 $825.9K −12% −2% $110.3M 2,285 $361 41

Thu Dec 20 #3 $893.9K +8% −5% $111.1M 2,285 $391 42

Fri Dec 21 #6 $1.4M +56% −28% $112.5M 2,293 $607 43

Sat Dec 22 #4 $2.2M +60% −30% $114.8M 2,293 $973 44

Sun Dec 23 #5 $1.9M −15% +1% $116.7M 2,293 $828 45

Mon Dec 24 #5 $1.3M −33% +58% $117.9M 2,293 $556 46

Tue Dec 25 #8 $2.3M +82% +148% $120.3M 1,966 $1,180 47

Wed Dec 26 #7 $2.1M −7% +160% $122.4M 1,966 $1,092 48

Thu Dec 27 #7 $2.1M −2% +136% $124.5M 1,966 $1,074 49

Fri Dec 28 #7 $2.4M +13% +72% $126.9M 1,966 $1,214 50

Sat Dec 29 #7 $2.8M +15% +23% $129.7M 1,966 $1,400 51

Sun Dec 30 #7 $2.2M −20% +16% $131.9M 1,966 $1,116 52

Mon Dec 31 #7 $2.3M +6% +82% $134.2M 1,966 $1,181 53

Tue Jan 1 #7 $2.5M +6% +6% $136.7M 1,966 $1,252 54

Wed Jan 2 #8 $1.0M −58% −51% $137.7M 1,966 $532 55

Thu Jan 3 #7 $976.3K −7% −54% $138.7M 1,966 $496 56

Fri Jan 4 #8 $1.6M +64% −33% $140.3M 1,901 $844 57

Sat Jan 5 #8 $2.4M +49% −13% $142.7M 1,901 $1,258 58

Sun Jan 6 #8 $1.4M −41% −35% $144.1M 1,901 $745 59

Mon Jan 7 #8 $411.4K −71% −82% $144.5M 1,901 $216 60

Tue Jan 8 #8 $539.9K +31% −78% $145.0M 1,901 $283 61

Wed Jan 9 #7 $502.6K −7% −52% $145.5M 1,901 $264 62

Thu Jan 10 #4 $722.2K +44% −26% $146.3M 1,901 $379 63

Fri Jan 11 #7 $1.9M +156% +15% $148.1M 2,027 $912 64

Sat Jan 12 #8 $2.8M +49% +16% $150.9M 2,027 $1,363 65

Sun Jan 13 #7 $1.7M −38% +21% $152.6M 2,027 $848 66

Mon Jan 14 #7 $619.7K −64% +51% $153.2M 2,027 $305 67

Tue Jan 15 #8 $721.9K +16% +34% $153.9M 2,027 $356 68

Wed Jan 16 #8 $590.4K −18% +17% $154.5M 2,027 $291 69

Thu Jan 17 #8 $603.8K +2% −16% $155.1M 2,027 $297 70

Fri Jan 18 #11 $1.4M +138% −22% $156.6M 2,174 $661 71

Sat Jan 19 #11 $2.5M +77% −8% $159.1M 2,174 $1,167 72

Sun Jan 20 #11 $1.5M −41% −13% $160.6M 2,174 $689 73

Mon Jan 21 #10 $1.2M −20% +94% $161.8M 2,174 $553 74

Tue Jan 22 #9 $510.7K −58% −29% $162.3M 2,174 $234 75

Wed Jan 23 #8 $421.8K −17% −29% $162.7M 2,174 $194 76

Thu Jan 24 #8 $441.0K +5% −27% $163.2M 2,174 $202 77

Fri Jan 25 #11 $865.1K +96% −40% $164.1M 1,909 $453 78

Sat Jan 26 #10 $1.9M +121% −25% $166.0M 1,909 $1,003 79

Sun Jan 27 #9 $1.1M −43% −28% $167.1M 1,909 $567 80

Mon Jan 28 #11 $291.5K −73% −76% $167.3M 1,909 $152 81

Tue Jan 29 #10 $381.8K +31% −25% $167.7M 1,909 $200 82

Wed Jan 30 #10 $310.8K −19% −26% $168.0M 1,909 $162 83

Thu Jan 31 #9 $338.9K +9% −23% $168.4M 1,909 $177 84

Fri Feb 1 #10 $687.5K +103% −21% $169.1M 1,756 $391 85

Sat Feb 2 #9 $1.3M +90% −32% $170.4M 1,756 $745 86

Sun Feb 3 #10 $405.5K −69% −63% $170.8M 1,756 $230 87

Mon Feb 4 #9 $206.6K −49% −29% $171.0M 1,756 $117 88

Tue Feb 5 #9 $276.1K +34% −28% $171.3M 1,756 $157 89

Wed Feb 6 #9 $244.6K −11% −21% $171.5M 1,756 $139 90

Thu Feb 7 #9 $243.4K n/c −28% $171.7M 1,756 $138 91

Fri Feb 8 #13 $427.4K +76% −38% $172.2M 1,517 $281 92

Sat Feb 9 #11 $904.4K +112% −31% $173.1M 1,517 $596 93

Sun Feb 10 #14 $541.8K −40% +34% $173.6M 1,517 $357 94

Mon Feb 11 #12 $206.8K −62% n/c $173.8M 1,517 $136 95

Tue Feb 12 #11 $247.6K +20% −10% $174.1M 1,517 $163 96

Wed Feb 13 #10 $193.4K −22% −21% $174.3M 1,517 $127 97

Thu Feb 14 #13 $319.2K +65% +31% $174.6M 1,158 $275 98

Fri Feb 15 #14 $358.6K +12% −16% $174.9M 1,007 $356 99

Sat Feb 16 #13 $705.1K +97% −22% $175.7M 1,007 $700 100

Sun Feb 17 #14 $571.5K −19% +5% $176.2M 1,007 $567 101

Mon Feb 18 #13 $427.9K −25% +107% $176.7M 1,007 $424 102

Tue Feb 19 #14 $160.6K −62% −35% $176.8M 1,007 $159 103

Wed Feb 20 #14 $150.9K −6% −22% $177.0M 1,007 $149 104

Thu Feb 21 #13 $159.9K +6% −50% $177.1M 1,007 $158 105

Fri Feb 22 #15 $354.0K +121% −1% $177.5M 875 $404 106

Sat Feb 23 #15 $762.8K +116% +8% $178.2M 875 $871 107

Sun Feb 24 #15 $364.3K −52% −36% $178.6M 875 $416 108

Mon Feb 25 #16 $118.1K −68% −72% $178.7M 875 $135 109

Tue Feb 26 #16 $130.1K +10% −19% $178.9M 875 $148 110

Wed Feb 27 #16 $109.7K −16% −27% $179.0M 875 $125 111

Thu Feb 28 #15 $124.6K +14% −22% $179.1M 875 $142 112

Fri Mar 1 #18 $236.8K +90% −33% $179.3M 652 $363 113

Sat Mar 2 #16 $487.3K +106% −36% $179.8M 652 $747 114

Sun Mar 3 #16 $261.1K −46% −28% $180.1M 652 $400 115

Mon Mar 4 #17 $76.4K −71% −35% $180.1M 652 $117 116

Tue Mar 5 #17 $90.0K +18% −31% $180.2M 652 $138 117

Wed Mar 6 #17 $85.4K −5% −22% $180.3M 652 $130 118

Thu Mar 7 #18 $80.8K −5% −35% $180.4M 652 $123 119

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

Cumulative total$155.1M

Nov 9Nov 26Dec 14Dec 31Jan 17

Weekend grossWk 10 · $5.5M

$21.0M

$25.7M

$13.4M

$8.9M

$7.0M

$5.5M

$7.3M

$5.4M

$6.3M

$5.5M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,293 → 2,027 −11.6%

11 open2,027 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −13.6%

+22.0% W1→2

−47.9% W2→3

−33.3% W3→4

−21.1% W4→5

−21.4% W5→6

+32.8% W6→7

−26.2% W7→8

+17.0% W8→9

−13.6% W9→10

Steepest −47.9%Best hold −13.6%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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