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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.

🍅 78% 89%

69

3.96

7.7

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$195K

Limited · 5 theaters

Domestic Total

$45.5M

Final

Worldwide Total

$75.8M

$30.3M international

Domestic Legs12.5x

Budget$26M

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Cast & Crew

Full Coen filmography

Joel Coen Director

George Clooney Starring

John Turturro Starring

Tim Blake Nelson

Tim Blake Nelson Starring

John Goodman Starring

Holly Hunter Starring

ScreenplayJoel Coen, Ethan Coen Produced byEthan Coen CinematographyRoger Deakins Music byT-Bone Burnett, Carter Burwell StudioTouchstone Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 22-24 26 $195.1K — 5 $39,021 $195.1K

2 Dec 29-31 18 $1.2M +495.4% 96 $12,100 $1.9M

3 Jan 5-7 16 $1.4M +19.9% 165 $8,442 $3.8M

4 Jan 12-14 13 $3.1M +119.6% 431 $7,096 $7.3M

5 Jan 19-21 17 $1.6M −46.6% 419 $3,899 $9.5M

6 Jan 26-28 16 $2.3M +38.7% 547 $4,142 $12.5M

7 Feb 2-4 11 $3.6M +61.0% 809 $4,508 $17.0M

8 Feb 9-11 9 $3.1M −15.1% 835 $3,708 $21.1M

9 Feb 16-18 12 $3.3M +6.9% 847 $3,906 $25.4M

10 Feb 23-25 13 $2.3M −31.4% 830 $2,735 $28.2M

11 Mar 2-4 13 $1.9M −14.5% 833 $2,329 $30.8M

12 Mar 9-11 11 $1.7M −12.1% 826 $2,065 $33.1M

13 Mar 16-18 13 $1.5M −12.7% 826 $1,803 $35.2M

14 Mar 23-25 15 $1.3M −12.0% 816 $1,606 $37.1M

15 Mar 30-Apr 1 16 $1.1M −13.0% 743 $1,534 $38.8M

16 Apr 6-8 18 $796.6K −30.1% 685 $1,163 $39.9M

17 Apr 13-15 22 $608.3K −23.6% 564 $1,079 $40.8M

18 Apr 20-22 22 $538.6K −11.5% 514 $1,048 $41.6M

19 Apr 27-29 25 $369.6K −31.4% 384 $962 $42.1M

20 May 4-6 23 $329.9K −10.7% 347 $951 $42.6M

21 May 11-13 22 $312.3K −5.3% 352 $887 $43.0M

22 May 18-20 20 $256.2K −18.0% 291 $880 $43.4M

23 May 25-27 21 $234.9K −8.3% 242 $971 $43.8M

24 Jun 1-3 15 $314.3K +33.8% 372 $845 $44.2M

25 Jun 8-10 15 $240.1K −23.6% 336 $715 $44.6M

26 Jun 15-17 19 $166.8K −30.5% 274 $609 $44.9M

27 Jun 22-24 24 $107.4K −35.6% 186 $578 $45.2M

28 Jun 29-Jul 1 34 $66.1K −38.4% 114 $580 $45.3M

29 Jul 6-8 44 $40.9K −38.2% 74 $552 $45.4M

30 Jul 13-15 57 $26.9K −34.2% 62 $433 $45.4M

31 Jul 20-22 61 $19.9K −25.9% 46 $432 $45.5M

32 Jul 27-29 73 $13.6K −31.4% 29 $471 $45.5M

33 Aug 3-5 75 $9.5K −30.2% 18 $529 $45.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Mon Jan 1 #18 $442.9K — $1.9M 96 $4,613 11

Tue Jan 2 #18 $177.3K −60% $2.1M 96 $1,846 12

Wed Jan 3 #18 $144.4K −19% $2.3M 96 $1,504 13

Thu Jan 4 #18 $154.0K +7% $2.4M 96 $1,604 14

Sun Jan 7 #17 $367.0K — $3.8M 165 $2,224 17

Mon Jan 8 #15 $118.2K −68% −73% $3.9M 165 $717 18

Tue Jan 9 #15 $125.8K +6% −29% $4.0M 165 $763 19

Wed Jan 10 #14 $114.7K −9% −21% $4.2M 165 $695 20

Thu Jan 11 #14 $126.1K +10% −18% $4.3M 165 $764 21

Mon Jan 15 #13 $444.8K — +276% $7.3M 431 $1,032 25

Tue Jan 16 #14 $197.8K −56% +57% $7.5M 431 $459 26

Wed Jan 17 #14 $182.1K −8% +59% $7.7M 431 $423 27

Thu Jan 18 #14 $182.0K — +44% $7.9M 431 $422 28

Sun Jan 21 #17 $457.0K — $9.5M 419 $1,091 31

Mon Jan 22 #16 $174.1K −62% −61% $9.7M 419 $416 32

Tue Jan 23 #15 $187.5K +8% −5% $9.9M 419 $448 33

Wed Jan 24 #15 $174.4K −7% −4% $10.1M 419 $416 34

Thu Jan 25 #15 $195.4K +12% +7% $10.3M 419 $466 35

Sun Jan 28 #16 $449.0K — −2% $12.5M 547 $821 38

Mon Jan 29 #15 $192.4K −57% +11% $12.7M 547 $352 39

Tue Jan 30 #14 $214.3K +11% +14% $12.9M 547 $392 40

Sun Feb 4 #11 $969.0K — +116% $17.0M 809 $1,198 45

Mon Feb 5 #9 $229.6K −76% +19% $17.3M 809 $284 46

Tue Feb 6 #10 $264.4K +15% +23% $17.5M 809 $327 47

Wed Feb 7 #10 $232.9K −12% $17.7M 809 $288 48

Thu Feb 8 #10 $240.3K +3% $18.0M 809 $297 49

Fri Feb 9 #10 $772.0K +221% $18.8M 809 $954 50

Sat Feb 10 #9 $1.4M +84% $20.2M 835 $1,701 51

Sun Feb 11 #10 $819.0K −42% −15% $21.1M 835 $981 52

Mon Feb 12 #10 $211.0K −74% −8% $21.3M 835 $253 53

Tue Feb 13 #10 $215.6K +2% −18% $21.5M 835 $258 54

Wed Feb 14 #10 $337.5K +57% +45% $21.9M 835 $404 55

Thu Feb 15 #10 $217.9K −35% −9% $22.1M 835 $261 56

Mon Feb 19 #12 $445.6K — +111% $25.4M 847 $526 60

Tue Feb 20 #12 $212.6K −52% −1% $25.6M 847 $251 61

Wed Feb 21 #12 $184.9K −13% −45% $25.8M 847 $218 62

Thu Feb 22 #12 $200.8K +9% −8% $26.0M 847 $237 63

Sun Feb 25 #12 $582.0K — $28.2M 830 $701 66

Mon Feb 26 #11 $150.0K −74% −66% $28.4M 830 $181 67

Tue Feb 27 #11 $161.9K +8% −24% $28.6M 830 $195 68

Wed Feb 28 #11 $153.6K −5% −17% $28.7M 830 $185 69

Thu Mar 1 #11 $172.6K +12% −14% $28.9M 830 $208 70

Sun Mar 4 #13 $470.0K — −19% $30.8M 833 $564 73

Mon Mar 5 #11 $137.1K −71% −9% $31.0M 833 $165 74

Tue Mar 6 #13 $150.8K +10% −7% $31.1M 833 $181 75

Wed Mar 7 #11 $143.3K −5% −7% $31.3M 833 $172 76

Thu Mar 8 #12 $143.6K — −17% $31.4M 833 $172 77

Fri Mar 9 #10 $461.0K +221% $31.9M 827 $557 78

Sun Mar 11 #11 $432.0K — −8% $33.1M 826 $523 80

Mon Mar 12 #11 $154.4K −64% +13% $33.3M 826 $187 81

Tue Mar 13 #11 $166.3K +8% +10% $33.4M 826 $201 82

Wed Mar 14 #11 $155.5K −6% +9% $33.6M 826 $188 83

Thu Mar 15 #11 $177.2K +14% +23% $33.8M 826 $214 84

Sun Mar 18 #13 $380.0K — −12% $35.2M 826 $460 87

Mon Mar 19 #13 $133.5K −65% −14% $35.4M 826 $162 88

Tue Mar 20 #12 $133.5K — −20% $35.5M 826 $162 89

Wed Mar 21 #12 $130.8K −2% −16% $35.6M 826 $158 90

Thu Mar 22 #12 $137.3K +5% −22% $35.8M 826 $166 91

Sun Mar 25 #16 $282.0K — −26% $37.1M 816 $346 94

Mon Mar 26 #14 $125.3K −56% −6% $37.2M 816 $154 95

Tue Mar 27 #14 $139.2K +11% +4% $37.4M 816 $171 96

Wed Mar 28 #14 $134.7K −3% +3% $37.5M 816 $165 97

Thu Mar 29 #14 $150.1K +11% +9% $37.6M 816 $184 98

Fri Mar 30 #15 $356.0K +137% $38.0M 743 $479 99

Mon Apr 2 #16 $72.0K — −43% $38.9M 743 $97 102

Tue Apr 3 #16 $94.2K +31% −32% $38.9M 743 $127 103

Wed Apr 4 #16 $84.8K −10% −37% $39.0M 743 $114 104

Thu Apr 5 #13 $96.0K +13% −36% $39.1M 743 $129 105

Sun Apr 8 #18 $171.0K — $39.9M 685 $250 108

Tue Apr 10 #18 $73.7K — −22% $40.1M 685 $108 110

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

Cumulative total$28.9M

Jan 1Jan 16Feb 4Feb 14Mar 1

Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.3M

$195.1K

$1.2M

$1.4M

$3.1M

$1.6M

$2.3M

$3.6M

$3.1M

$3.3M

$2.3M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 847 → 830 −2.0%

96 open830 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −31.4%

+495.4%

W1→2

+19.9%

W2→3

+119.6%

W3→4

−46.6%

W4→5

+38.7%

W5→6

+61.0%

W6→7

−15.1%

W7→8

+6.9%

W8→9

−31.4%

W9→10

Steepest −46.6%Biggest gain +495.4%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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