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Lions for Lambs

2007 • R • 1h 28m • Crime, Drama, Mystery • United Artists

If you don't STAND for something, you might FALL for anything.

🍅 28% 47%

47

2.74

6.2

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$6.7M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$15.0M

Final

Worldwide Total

$63.2M

$48.2M international

Domestic Legs2.2x

Budget$35M

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Cast & Crew

Full Redford filmography

Robert Redford Director

Meryl Streep Starring

Tom Cruise Starring

Andrew Garfield

Andrew Garfield Starring

Michael Peña Starring

Derek Luke Starring

ScreenplayMatthew Michael Carnahan Produced byRobert Redford, Matthew Michael Carnahan, Tracy Falco, Andrew Hauptman CinematographyPhilippe Rousselot MusicMark Isham StudioUnited Artists

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 9-11 4 $6.7M — 2,215 $3,026 $6.7M

2 Nov 16-18 8 $2.9M −56.8% 2,216 $1,307 $11.6M

3 Nov 23-25 13 $1.2M −59.8% 1,527 $762 $13.8M

4 Nov 30-Dec 2 18 $401.0K −65.5% 825 $486 $14.5M

5 Dec 7-9 33 $136.7K −65.9% 350 $391 $14.8M

6 Dec 14-16 42 $32.7K −76.1% 116 $282 $14.9M

7 Dec 21-23 48 $11.4K −65.2% 18 $632 $14.9M

8 Dec 28-30 57 $2.8K −75.0% 12 $237 $14.9M

9 Jan 4-6 65 $2.2K −23.7% 7 $310 $14.9M

10 Jan 11-13 87 $526 −75.8% 4 $132 $14.9M

11 Jan 18-21 48 $26.9K +5010.8% 95 $283 $15.0M

12 Jan 25-27 69 $9.2K −65.8% 43 $214 $15.0M

13 Feb 1-3 89 $2.9K −68.4% 4 $726 $15.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 9 #4 $2.2M — $2.2M 2,215 $995 1

Sat Nov 10 #4 $2.7M +24.7% $5.0M 2,215 $1,241 2

Sun Nov 11 #4 $1.7M −36.4% $6.7M 2,215 $790 3

Mon Nov 12 #5 $747.8K −57.2% $7.5M 2,215 $338 4

Tue Nov 13 #4 $463.8K −38.0% $7.9M 2,215 $209 5

Wed Nov 14 #4 $407.3K −12.2% $8.3M 2,215 $184 6

Thu Nov 15 #4 $365.0K −10.4% $8.7M 2,215 $165 7

Fri Nov 16 #8 $862.5K +136.3% −60.9% $9.6M 2,216 $389 8

Sat Nov 17 #7 $1.3M +49.9% −53.0% $10.8M 2,216 $583 9

Sun Nov 18 #8 $741.5K −42.6% −57.6% $11.6M 2,216 $335 10

Mon Nov 19 #8 $249.5K −66.4% −66.6% $11.8M 2,216 $113 11

Tue Nov 20 #8 $289.3K +16.0% −37.6% $12.1M 2,216 $131 12

Wed Nov 21 #13 $236.0K −18.4% −42.1% $12.4M 1,527 $155 13

Thu Nov 22 — $273.4K +15.8% −25.1% $12.6M 1,527 $179 14

Fri Nov 23 #13 $447.0K +63.5% −48.2% $13.1M 1,527 $293 15

Sat Nov 24 #13 $461.7K +3.3% −64.3% $13.5M 1,527 $302 16

Sun Nov 25 — $254.3K −44.9% −65.7% $13.8M 1,527 $167 17

Mon Nov 26 — $82.8K −67.4% −66.8% $13.9M 1,527 $54 18

Tue Nov 27 — $80.6K −2.7% −72.1% $14.0M 1,527 $53 19

Wed Nov 28 — $78.9K −2.1% −66.6% $14.0M 1,527 $52 20

Thu Nov 29 — $71.3K −9.6% −73.9% $14.1M 1,527 $47 21

Fri Nov 30 — $125.7K +76.3% −71.9% $14.2M 825 $152 22

Sat Dec 1 — $170.4K +35.6% −63.1% $14.4M 825 $207 23

Sun Dec 2 — $105.0K −38.4% −58.7% $14.5M 825 $127 24

Tue Jan 1 — $422 — $14.9M 12 $35 54

Mon Jan 21 #47 $4.7K — $15.0M 95 $49 74

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

Cumulative total$14.9M

Nov 9Nov 15Nov 21Nov 27Jan 1

Weekend grossWk 10 · $526

$6.7M

$2.9M

$1.2M

$401.0K

$136.7K

$32.7K

$11.4K

$2.8K

$2.2K

$526

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,216 → 12 −99.5%

2,215 open12 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −75.8%

−56.8%

W1→2

−59.8%

W2→3

−65.5%

W3→4

−65.9%

W4→5

−76.1%

W5→6

−65.2%

W6→7

−75.0%

W7→8

−23.7%

W8→9

−75.8%

W9→10

Steepest −76.1%Best hold −23.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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