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2014 • PG-13 • 1h 55m • Biography, Drama, History • Bleecker Street

On the board he fought the Cold War. In his mind he fought his madness.

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7.0

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$202K

Limited · 33 theaters

Domestic total

$2.44M

Final

Domestic legs2.4x from $1.0M first wide weekend

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Cast & crew

Full Zwick filmography

Edward Zwick

Edward Zwick Director

Tobey Maguire

Tobey Maguire Starring

Peter Sarsgaard

Peter Sarsgaard Starring

Liev Schreiber

Liev Schreiber Starring

Michael Stuhlbarg

Michael Stuhlbarg Starring

ScreenplaySteven Knight Produced byEdward Zwick, Gail Katz, Tobey Maguire CinematographyBradford Young MusicJames Newton Howard Prod. DesignIsabelle Guay StudioBleecker Street

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 18-20 34 $202.1K — 33 $6,123 $218.0K

2 Sep 25-27 12 $1.0M +397.4% 781 $1,287 $1.3M

3 Oct 2-4 17 $370.0K −63.2% 671 $551 $2.1M

4 Oct 9-11 33 $101.5K −72.6% 125 $812 $2.3M

5 Oct 16-18 54 $23.4K −76.9% 48 $488 $2.4M

6 Oct 23-25 60 $12.5K −46.8% 23 $542 $2.4M

7 Oct 30-Nov 1 73 $3.6K −71.1% 14 $258 $2.4M

8 Nov 6-8 87 $1.9K −46.1% 22 $88 $2.4M

9 Nov 13-15 80 $2.7K +40.2% 10 $273 $2.4M

10 Nov 20-22 92 $703 −74.2% 3 $234 $2.4M

11 Nov 27-29 79 $269 −61.7% 1 $269 $2.4M

12 Dec 4-6 65 $4.4K +1545.7% 28 $158 $2.4M

13 Dec 11-13 80 $849 −80.8% 11 $77 $2.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Sep 16 $8.3K — $8.3K 4 $2,063 -2

Thu Sep 17 $7.7K −7% $15.9K 4 $1,920 -1

Fri Sep 18 $61.0K — $77.0K 33 $1,850 1

Sat Sep 19 $87.9K +44% $164.9K 33 $2,664 2

Sun Sep 20 $53.1K −40% $218.0K 33 $1,609 3

Mon Sep 21 $17.8K −66% $235.8K 33 $540 4

Tue Sep 22 $19.2K +8% $255.0K 33 $583 5

Wed Sep 23 $21.6K +12% $276.7K 33 $655 6

Thu Sep 24 $18.5K −15% $295.1K 33 $559 7

Fri Sep 25 #12 $327.1K +1672% +436% $622.3K 781 $419 8

Sat Sep 26 #12 $441.5K +35% +402% $1.1M 781 $565 9

Sun Sep 27 #12 $236.4K −46% +345% $1.3M 781 $303 10

Mon Sep 28 #12 $94.2K −60% +429% $1.4M 781 $121 11

Tue Sep 29 #12 $119.1K +26% +519% $1.5M 781 $152 12

Wed Sep 30 #14 $100.7K −15% +366% $1.6M 781 $129 13

Thu Oct 1 #13 $78.3K −22% +324% $1.7M 781 $100 14

Fri Oct 2 #15 $97.7K +25% −70% $1.8M 671 $146 15

Sat Oct 3 #14 $172.6K +77% −61% $2.0M 671 $257 16

Sun Oct 4 #14 $99.8K −42% −58% $2.1M 671 $149 17

Mon Oct 5 #13 $36.7K −63% −61% $2.1M 671 $55 18

Tue Oct 6 #13 $45.2K +23% −62% $2.1M 671 $67 19

Wed Oct 7 #13 $37.3K −17% −63% $2.2M 671 $56 20

Thu Oct 8 #13 $36.3K −3% −54% $2.2M 671 $54 21

Fri Oct 9 $26.1K −28% −73% $2.2M 125 $209 22

Sat Oct 10 $45.9K +76% −73% $2.3M 125 $368 23

Sun Oct 11 $29.4K −36% −70% $2.3M 125 $236 24

Mon Oct 12 $13.4K −54% −63% $2.3M 125 $107 25

Tue Oct 13 $9.8K −27% −78% $2.3M 125 $78 26

Wed Oct 14 $10.4K +6% −72% $2.4M 125 $83 27

Thu Oct 15 $9.1K −12% −75% $2.4M 125 $73 28

Fri Oct 16 $5.9K −36% −77% $2.4M 48 $122 29

Sat Oct 17 $10.2K +74% −78% $2.4M 48 $213 30

Sun Oct 18 $7.4K −28% −75% $2.4M 48 $153 31

Mon Oct 19 $2.3K −68% −83% $2.4M 48 $49 32

Tue Oct 20 $2.3K −3% −77% $2.4M 48 $47 33

Wed Oct 21 $2.8K +22% −73% $2.4M 48 $58 34

Thu Oct 22 $2.3K −17% −75% $2.4M 48 $48 35

Fri Oct 23 $2.9K +27% −50% $2.4M 23 $128 36

Sat Oct 24 $5.8K +99% −43% $2.4M 23 $254 37

Sun Oct 25 $3.7K −37% −50% $2.4M 23 $160 38

Mon Oct 26 $1.4K −63% −42% $2.4M 23 $59 39

Tue Oct 27 $1.0K −25% −55% $2.4M 23 $44 40

Wed Oct 28 $1.1K +11% −59% $2.4M 23 $50 41

Thu Oct 29 $1.7K +51% −25% $2.4M 23 $75 42

Fri Oct 30 $704 −59% −76% $2.4M 14 $50 43

Sat Oct 31 $1.4K +98% −76% $2.4M 14 $100 44

Sun Nov 1 $1.5K +9% −59% $2.4M 14 $108 45

Mon Nov 2 $619 −59% −55% $2.4M 14 $44 46

Tue Nov 3 $563 −9% −45% $2.4M 14 $40 47

Wed Nov 4 $1.0K +78% −12% $2.4M 14 $72 48

Thu Nov 5 $788 −21% −54% $2.4M 14 $56 49

Fri Nov 6 $551 −30% −22% $2.4M 11 $50 50

Sat Nov 7 $894 +62% −36% $2.4M 11 $81 51

Sun Nov 8 $499 −44% −67% $2.4M 11 $45 52

Mon Nov 9 $188 −62% −70% $2.4M 11 $17 53

Tue Nov 10 $464 +147% −18% $2.4M 11 $42 54

Wed Nov 11 $409 −12% −59% $2.4M 11 $37 55

Thu Nov 12 $384 −6% −51% $2.4M 11 $35 56

Fri Nov 13 $896 +133% +63% $2.4M 10 $90 57

Sat Nov 14 $1.2K +28% +29% $2.4M 10 $115 58

Sun Nov 15 $679 −41% +36% $2.4M 10 $68 59

Mon Nov 16 $564 −17% +200% $2.4M 10 $56 60

Tue Nov 17 $221 −61% −52% $2.4M 10 $22 61

Wed Nov 18 $257 +16% −37% $2.4M 10 $26 62

Thu Nov 19 $607 +136% +58% $2.4M 10 $61 63

Fri Nov 20 $127 −79% −86% $2.4M 3 $42 64

Sat Nov 21 $351 +176% −70% $2.4M 3 $117 65

Sun Nov 22 $225 −36% −67% $2.4M 3 $75 66

Mon Nov 23 $22 −90% −96% $2.4M 3 $7 67

Tue Nov 24 $18 −18% −92% $2.4M 3 $6 68

Wed Nov 25 $19 +6% −93% $2.4M 3 $6 69

Thu Nov 26 $9 −53% −99% $2.4M 3 $3 70

Sat Nov 28 $94 — −73% $2.4M 1 $94 72

Sun Nov 29 $175 +86% −22% $2.4M 1 $175 73

Fri Dec 4 $1.3K — $2.4M 28 $46 78

Sat Dec 5 $1.8K +39% +1805% $2.4M 28 $64 79

Sun Dec 6 $1.4K −25% +671% $2.4M 28 $48 80

Mon Dec 7 $557 −59% $2.4M 28 $20 81

Tue Dec 8 $665 +19% $2.4M 28 $24 82

Wed Dec 9 $524 −21% $2.4M 28 $19 83

Thu Dec 10 $628 +20% $2.4M 28 $22 84

Fri Dec 11 $244 −61% −81% $2.4M 11 $22 85

Sat Dec 12 $393 +61% −78% $2.4M 11 $36 86

Sun Dec 13 $212 −46% −84% $2.4M 11 $19 87

Mon Dec 14 $113 −47% −80% $2.4M 11 $10 88

Tue Dec 15 $133 +18% −80% $2.4M 11 $12 89

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

Cumulative total$2.4M

Sep 16Oct 4Oct 22Nov 8Nov 26

Weekend grossWk 10 · $703

$202.1K

$1.0M

$370.0K

$101.5K

$23.4K

$12.5K

$3.6K

$1.9K

$2.7K

$703

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 781 → 3 −99.6%

4 open3 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −74.2%

+397.4%

W1→2

−63.2%

W2→3

−72.6%

W3→4

−76.9%

W4→5

−46.8%

W5→6

−71.1%

W6→7

−46.1%

W7→8

+40.2%

W8→9

−74.2%

W9→10

Steepest −76.9%Biggest gain +397.4%

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