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O Brother, Where Art Thou?

2000 PG-13 1h 46m Adventure, Comedy, Crime Touchstone Pictures

They have a plan, but not a clue.

O Brother, Where Art Thou? Box Office

Opening Weekend
$195K
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$45.5M
Final
Worldwide Total
$75.8M
$30.3M international
Domestic Legs233.2x
Budget$26M
Compare with other movies
Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Dec 22-24 26 $195K $195K 5 $39.0K 1
Dec 29-31 18 $1.16M +495.4% $1.94M 96 $12.1K 2
Jan 5-7 16 $1.39M +19.9% $3.81M 165 $8.4K 3
Jan 12-14 13 $3.06M +119.6% $7.35M 431 $7.1K 4
Jan 19-21 17 $1.63M -46.6% $9.54M 419 $3.9K 5
Jan 26-28 16 $2.27M +38.7% $12.54M 547 $4.1K 6
Feb 2-4 11 $3.65M +61.0% $17.02M 809 $4.5K 7
Feb 9-11 9 $3.10M -15.1% $21.09M 835 $3.7K 8
Feb 16-18 12 $3.31M +6.9% $25.38M 847 $3.9K 9
Feb 23-25 13 $2.27M -31.4% $28.24M 830 $2.7K 10
Mar 2-4 13 $1.94M -14.5% $30.82M 833 $2.3K 11
Mar 9-11 11 $1.71M -12.1% $33.10M 826 $2.1K 12
Mar 16-18 13 $1.49M -12.7% $35.25M 826 $1.8K 13
Mar 23-25 15 $1.31M -12.0% $37.09M 816 $1.6K 14
Mar 30-Apr 1 16 $1.14M -13.0% $38.78M 743 $1.5K 15
Apr 6-8 18 $797K -30.1% $39.92M 685 $1.2K 16
Apr 13-15 22 $608K -23.6% $40.82M 564 $1.1K 17
Apr 20-22 22 $539K -11.5% $41.61M 514 $1.0K 18
Apr 27-29 25 $370K -31.4% $42.15M 384 $962 19
May 4-6 23 $330K -10.7% $42.60M 347 $951 20
May 11-13 22 $312K -5.3% $43.02M 352 $887 21
May 18-20 20 $256K -18.0% $43.41M 291 $880 22
May 25-27 21 $235K -8.3% $43.75M 242 $971 23
Jun 1-3 15 $314K +33.8% $44.21M 372 $845 24
Jun 8-10 15 $240K -23.6% $44.64M 336 $715 25
Jun 15-17 19 $167K -30.5% $44.94M 274 $609 26
Jun 22-24 24 $107K -35.6% $45.15M 186 $578 27
Jun 29-Jul 1 34 $66K -38.4% $45.28M 114 $580 28
Jul 6-8 44 $41K -38.2% $45.37M 74 $552 29
Jul 13-15 57 $27K -34.2% $45.42M 62 $433 30
Jul 20-22 61 $20K -25.9% $45.46M 46 $432 31
Jul 27-29 73 $14K -31.4% $45.49M 29 $471 32
Aug 3-5 75 $10K -30.2% $45.51M 18 $529 33

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

Cast & Crew

Directed byJoel Coen
ScreenplayJoel Coen, Ethan Coen
Produced byEthan Coen
CinematographyRoger Deakins
Music byT-Bone Burnett, Carter Burwell
StarringGeorge Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, John Goodman, Holly Hunter
StudioTouchstone Pictures

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