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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.

Short Term 12 Box Office

Opening Weekend
$56.2K
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$1.01M
Final
Worldwide Total
$2.3M
$1.3M international
Domestic Legs18.0x
Budget$400K
Compare with other movies
Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Aug 23-25 43 $56K $56K 4 $14.1K 1
Aug 30-Sep 1 46 $92K +63.6% $168K 16 $5.7K 2
Sep 6-8 45 $94K +1.7% $319K 26 $3.6K 3
Sep 13-15 37 $155K +65.9% $512K 63 $2.5K 4
Sep 20-22 41 $129K -16.8% $702K 75 $1.7K 5
Sep 27-29 47 $58K -54.8% $812K 55 $1.1K 6
Oct 4-6 53 $32K -44.5% $872K 36 $901 7
Oct 11-13 57 $19K -41.4% $909K 30 $633 8
Oct 18-20 68 $13K -33.1% $931K 22 $578 9
Oct 25-27 58 $14K +7.1% $952K 18 $756 10
Nov 1-3 59 $5K -66.6% $963K 8 $568 11
Nov 8-10 76 $3K -31.1% $970K 5 $626 12
Nov 15-17 58 $9K +185.3% $982K 15 $595 13
Nov 22-24 56 $7K -19.8% $994K 13 $551 14
Nov 29-Dec 1 59 $5K -32.3% $1.00M 6 $808 15
Dec 6-8 61 $859 -82.3% $1.01M 4 $215 16
Jan 24-26 67 $269 $1.01M 3 $90 23
Jan 31-Feb 2 86 $313 +16.4% $1.01M 2 $156 24
Feb 7-9 71 $654 +108.9% $1.01M 3 $218 25

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

Cast & Crew

Directed byDestin Daniel Cretton
Written byDestin Daniel Cretton
Produced byMaren Olson, Asher Goldstein, Joshua Astrachan, Ron Najor
CinematographyBrett Pawlak
StarringBrie Larson, John Gallagher Jr., Kaitlyn Dever, Rami Malek, LaKeith Stanfield
StudioCinedigm

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