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Revolutionary Road

2008 • R • 1h 59m • Drama, Romance • Paramount Vantage

How do you break free without breaking apart?

🍅 67% 71%

69

3.58

7.3

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$190K

Limited · 3 theaters

Domestic Total

$23M

Final

Worldwide Total

$79.6M

$56.7M international

Domestic Legs4.4x

Budget$45M

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Cast & Crew

Full Mendes filmography

Sam Mendes Director

Leonardo DiCaprio

Leonardo DiCaprio Starring

Kate Winslet Starring

Michael Shannon

Michael Shannon Starring

Kathryn Hahn Starring

David Harbour Starring

ScreenplayJustin Haythe Produced byJohn N. Hart, Scott Rudin, Sam Mendes, Bobby Cohen CinematographyRoger Deakins Music byThomas Newman StudioParamount Vantage

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 26-28 29 $189.9K — 3 $63,304 $189.9K

2 Jan 2-4 21 $986.0K +419.2% 38 $25,946 $1.4M

3 Jan 9-11 16 $1.4M +44.6% 135 $10,558 $3.2M

4 Jan 16-18 17 $1.8M +25.1% 171 $10,427 $5.7M

5 Jan 23-25 12 $5.2M +190.8% 1,058 $4,901 $11.8M

6 Jan 30-Feb 1 13 $2.7M −48.4% 1,077 $2,483 $16.1M

7 Feb 6-8 17 $1.7M −37.5% 935 $1,787 $18.7M

8 Feb 13-15 20 $987.2K −40.9% 511 $1,932 $20.3M

9 Feb 20-22 25 $546.0K −44.7% 350 $1,560 $21.4M

10 Feb 27-Mar 1 28 $375.1K −31.3% 304 $1,234 $21.9M

11 Mar 6-8 33 $219.6K −41.5% 235 $934 $22.3M

12 Mar 13-15 35 $157.8K −28.2% 181 $872 $22.6M

13 Mar 20-22 39 $111.3K −29.4% 202 $551 $22.8M

14 Mar 27-29 38 $63.1K −43.3% 142 $444 $22.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 26 - $66.6K — $66.6K 3 $22,216 1

Sat Dec 27 - $66.0K −1.0% $132.7K 3 $22,004 2

Sun Dec 28 - $57.3K −13.3% $189.9K 3 $19,083 3

Mon Dec 29 - $43.1K −24.8% $233.0K 3 $14,359 4

Tue Dec 30 - $45.2K +4.9% $278.2K 3 $15,065 5

Wed Dec 31 - $35.3K −21.9% $313.5K 3 $11,762 6

Thu Jan 1 - $76.3K +116.3% $389.8K 3 $25,440 7

Fri Jan 2 - $349.9K +358.5% +425.0% $739.7K 38 $9,208 8

Sat Jan 3 - $381.3K +9.0% +477.6% $1.1M 38 $10,034 9

Sun Jan 4 - $254.8K −33.2% +345.0% $1.4M 38 $6,705 10

Mon Jan 5 - $82.2K −67.7% +90.9% $1.5M 38 $2,164 11

Tue Jan 6 - $92.0K +11.9% +103.5% $1.5M 38 $2,421 12

Wed Jan 7 - $92.2K +0.3% +161.4% $1.6M 38 $2,427 13

Thu Jan 8 - $88.1K −4.5% +15.5% $1.7M 38 $2,319 14

Fri Jan 9 - $418.1K +374.4% +19.5% $2.1M 135 $3,097 15

Sat Jan 10 - $619.3K +48.1% +62.4% $2.8M 135 $4,587 16

Sun Jan 11 - $388.0K −37.3% +52.3% $3.2M 135 $2,874 17

Mon Jan 12 #14 $187.2K −51.8% +127.6% $3.3M 135 $1,386 18

Tue Jan 13 #14 $204.9K +9.5% +122.8% $3.5M 135 $1,518 19

Wed Jan 14 #13 $207.2K +1.1% +124.6% $3.8M 135 $1,535 20

Thu Jan 15 #13 $195.3K −5.7% +121.6% $4.0M 135 $1,447 21

Fri Jan 16 #17 $484.5K +148.1% +15.9% $4.4M 171 $2,834 22

Sat Jan 17 - $748.3K +54.4% +20.8% $5.2M 171 $4,376 23

Sun Jan 18 #16 $550.3K −26.5% +41.8% $5.7M 171 $3,218 24

Mon Jan 19 #18 $375.9K −31.7% +100.8% $6.1M 171 $2,198 25

Tue Jan 20 - $133.7K −64.4% −34.7% $6.2M 171 $782 26

Wed Jan 21 #13 $169.6K +26.8% −18.1% $6.4M 171 $992 27

Thu Jan 22 #14 $186.5K +9.9% −4.5% $6.6M 171 $1,090 28

Fri Jan 23 #11 $1.5M +718.3% +214.9% $8.1M 1,058 $1,442 29

Sat Jan 24 #12 $2.2M +47.4% +200.6% $10.4M 1,058 $2,126 30

Sun Jan 25 #12 $1.4M −37.3% +156.2% $11.8M 1,058 $1,333 31

Mon Jan 26 #12 $381.1K −73.0% +1.4% $12.2M 1,058 $360 32

Tue Jan 27 #10 $434.6K +14.0% +225.1% $12.6M 1,058 $411 33

Wed Jan 28 #10 $370.4K −14.8% +118.4% $13.0M 1,058 $350 34

Thu Jan 29 #10 $409.6K +10.6% +119.7% $13.4M 1,058 $387 35

Fri Jan 30 #13 $840.3K +105.2% −44.9% $14.2M 1,077 $780 36

Sat Jan 31 #13 $1.3M +54.0% −42.5% $15.5M 1,077 $1,202 37

Sun Feb 1 #13 $539.9K −58.3% −61.7% $16.1M 1,077 $501 38

Mon Feb 2 #13 $231.1K −57.2% −39.4% $16.3M 1,077 $215 39

Tue Feb 3 #13 $257.0K +11.2% −40.9% $16.5M 1,077 $239 40

Wed Feb 4 #12 $262.3K +2.0% −29.2% $16.8M 1,077 $244 41

Thu Feb 5 #12 $263.6K +0.5% −35.6% $17.1M 1,077 $245 42

Fri Feb 6 - $471.0K +78.6% −43.9% $17.5M 935 $504 43

Sat Feb 7 - $743.0K +57.8% −42.6% $18.3M 935 $795 44

Sun Feb 8 - $456.6K −38.5% −15.4% $18.7M 935 $488 45

Mon Feb 9 #17 $134.3K −70.6% −41.9% $18.9M 935 $144 46

Tue Feb 10 #17 $156.6K +16.6% −39.1% $19.0M 935 $168 47

Wed Feb 11 #16 $150.7K −3.8% −42.5% $19.2M 935 $161 48

Thu Feb 12 #16 $152.0K +0.9% −42.3% $19.3M 935 $163 49

Fri Feb 13 - $215.1K +41.5% −54.3% $19.5M 511 $421 50

Sat Feb 14 - $441.3K +105.2% −40.6% $20.0M 511 $864 51

Sun Feb 15 - $330.9K −25.0% −27.5% $20.3M 511 $648 52

Mon Feb 16 #20 $202.7K −38.7% +50.9% $20.5M 511 $397 53

Tue Feb 17 #18 $107.7K −46.9% −31.2% $20.6M 511 $211 54

Wed Feb 18 #18 $96.5K −10.4% −36.0% $20.7M 511 $189 55

Thu Feb 19 #20 $104.5K +8.3% −31.3% $20.8M 511 $204 56

Fri Feb 20 - $156.0K +49.4% −27.5% $21.0M 350 $446 57

Sat Feb 21 - $269.9K +73.0% −38.8% $21.3M 350 $771 58

Sun Feb 22 - $120.1K −55.5% −63.7% $21.4M 350 $343 59

Mon Feb 23 - $43.9K −63.5% −78.4% $21.4M 350 $125 60

Tue Feb 24 #22 $53.2K +21.3% −50.6% $21.5M 350 $152 61

Wed Feb 25 - $47.7K −10.4% −50.6% $21.5M 350 $136 62

Thu Feb 26 #25 $49.2K +3.2% −52.9% $21.6M 350 $141 63

Fri Feb 27 - $97.6K +98.3% −37.5% $21.7M 304 $321 64

Sat Feb 28 - $171.9K +76.2% −36.3% $21.8M 304 $565 65

Sun Mar 1 - $105.7K −38.5% −12.0% $21.9M 304 $348 66

Mon Mar 2 - $37.3K −64.7% −14.9% $22.0M 304 $123 67

Tue Mar 3 - $40.8K +9.2% −23.4% $22.0M 304 $134 68

Wed Mar 4 - $39.7K −2.6% −16.7% $22.1M 304 $131 69

Thu Mar 5 - $39.0K −1.9% −20.8% $22.1M 304 $128 70

Fri Mar 6 - $59.0K +51.4% −39.5% $22.2M 235 $251 71

Sat Mar 7 - $102.3K +73.5% −40.5% $22.3M 235 $435 72

Sun Mar 8 - $58.3K −43.0% −44.8% $22.3M 235 $248 73

Mon Mar 9 - $20.6K −64.7% −44.9% $22.3M 235 $88 74

Tue Mar 10 - $25.4K +23.5% −37.7% $22.4M 235 $108 75

Wed Mar 11 - $24.1K −5.0% −39.3% $22.4M 235 $103 76

Thu Mar 12 - $25.1K +3.9% −35.6% $22.4M 235 $107 77

Fri Mar 13 - $41.1K +63.9% −30.3% $22.5M 181 $227 78

Sat Mar 14 - $72.8K +77.2% −28.8% $22.5M 181 $402 79

Sun Mar 15 - $43.8K −39.8% −24.8% $22.6M 181 $242 80

Mon Mar 16 - $15.1K −65.5% −26.5% $22.6M 181 $83 81

Tue Mar 17 - $16.5K +9.3% −35.0% $22.6M 181 $91 82

Wed Mar 18 - $17.1K +3.6% −29.1% $22.6M 181 $94 83

Thu Mar 19 - $19.1K +11.9% −23.6% $22.6M 181 $106 84

Fri Mar 20 - $32.2K +68.1% −21.7% $22.7M 202 $159 85

Sat Mar 21 - $49.2K +52.9% −32.4% $22.7M 202 $244 86

Sun Mar 22 - $29.9K −39.2% −31.8% $22.8M 202 $148 87

Mon Mar 23 - $12.2K −59.1% −19.0% $22.8M 202 $61 88

Tue Mar 24 - $17.4K +42.5% +5.7% $22.8M 202 $86 89

Wed Mar 25 - $14.6K −16.2% −14.5% $22.8M 202 $72 90

Thu Mar 26 - $15.9K +9.0% −16.7% $22.8M 202 $79 91

Fri Mar 27 - $17.7K +11.1% −45.0% $22.8M 142 $125 92

Sat Mar 28 - $28.4K +60.6% −42.2% $22.9M 142 $200 93

Sun Mar 29 - $17.0K −40.4% −43.3% $22.9M 142 $119 94

Mon Mar 30 - $6.7K −60.4% −45.2% $22.9M 142 $47 95

Tue Mar 31 - $10.7K +59.4% −38.6% $22.9M 142 $75 96

Wed Apr 1 - $8.2K −23.1% −43.7% $22.9M 142 $58 97

Thu Apr 2 - $8.0K −2.7% −49.7% $22.9M 142 $56 98

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

Cumulative total$22.1M

Dec 26Jan 12Jan 30Feb 16Mar 5

Weekend grossWk 10 · $375.1K

$189.9K

$986.0K

$1.4M

$1.8M

$5.2M

$2.7M

$1.7M

$987.2K

$546.0K

$375.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,077 → 304 −71.8%

3 open304 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −31.3%

+419.2%

W1→2

+44.6%

W2→3

+25.1%

W3→4

+190.8%

W4→5

−48.4%

W5→6

−37.5%

W6→7

−40.9%

W7→8

−44.7%

W8→9

−31.3%

W9→10

Steepest −48.4%Biggest gain +419.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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