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Short Term 12

2013 • R • 1h 36m • Drama • Cinedigm

Support them. Take care of them. But don't become their friend.

🍅 98% 92% MC 82 LB 4.17 IMDb 7.9

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$56.2K
Limited · 4 theaters
Domestic Total
$1.01M
Final
Worldwide Total
$2.3M
$1.3M international
Domestic Legs6.5x
Budget$400K
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Cast & Crew

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Destin Daniel Cretton Destin Daniel Cretton Director Brie Larson Brie Larson Starring John Gallagher Jr. John Gallagher Jr. Starring Kaitlyn Dever Kaitlyn Dever Starring Rami Malek Rami Malek Starring LaKeith Stanfield LaKeith Stanfield Starring
Written byDestin Daniel Cretton Produced byMaren Olson, Asher Goldstein, Joshua Astrachan, Ron Najor CinematographyBrett Pawlak StudioCinedigm
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Aug 23-25 43 $56.2K — 4 $14,052 $56.2K
2 Aug 30-Sep 1 46 $92.0K +63.6% 16 $5,748 $168.4K
3 Sep 6-8 45 $93.5K +1.7% 26 $3,597 $319.2K
4 Sep 13-15 37 $155.2K +65.9% 63 $2,464 $511.6K
5 Sep 20-22 41 $129.1K −16.8% 75 $1,721 $702.4K
6 Sep 27-29 47 $58.4K −54.8% 55 $1,062 $811.6K
7 Oct 4-6 53 $32.4K −44.5% 36 $901 $871.8K
8 Oct 11-13 57 $19.0K −41.4% 30 $633 $908.6K
9 Oct 18-20 68 $12.7K −33.1% 22 $578 $931.2K
10 Oct 25-27 58 $13.6K +7.1% 18 $756 $951.9K
11 Nov 1-3 59 $4.5K −66.6% 8 $568 $962.7K
12 Nov 8-10 76 $3.1K −31.1% 5 $626 $970.2K
13 Nov 15-17 58 $8.9K +185.3% 15 $595 $982.0K
14 Nov 22-24 56 $7.2K −19.8% 13 $551 $993.9K
15 Nov 29-Dec 1 59 $4.8K −32.3% 6 $808 $1.0M
16 Dec 6-8 61 $859 −82.3% 4 $215 $1.0M
23 Jan 24-26 67 $269 — 3 $90 $1.0M
24 Jan 31-Feb 2 86 $313 +16.4% 2 $156 $1.0M
25 Feb 7-9 71 $654 +108.9% 3 $218 $1.0M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $13.6K
$56.2K
$92.0K
$93.5K
$155.2K
$129.1K
$58.4K
$32.4K
$19.0K
$12.7K
$13.6K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +7.1%
+63.6%
W1→2
+1.7%
W2→3
+65.9%
W3→4
−16.8%
W4→5
−54.8%
W5→6
−44.5%
W6→7
−41.4%
W7→8
−33.1%
W8→9
+7.1%
W9→10
Steepest −54.8%Biggest gain +65.9%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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