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Southpaw

2015 • R • 2h 4m • Action, Drama, Sport • The Weinstein Company

Believe in hope.

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3.74

7.3

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$16.7M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$52.4M

Final

Worldwide Total

$94.1M

$41.7M international

Domestic Legs3.1x

Budget$30M

2015 Rank#57

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Cast & Crew

Full Fuqua filmography

Antoine Fuqua Director

Jake Gyllenhaal

Jake Gyllenhaal Starring

Forest Whitaker

Forest Whitaker Starring

Rachel McAdams Starring

50 Cent Starring

Naomie Harris Starring

ScreenplayKurt Sutter Produced byTodd Black, Jason Blumenthal, Steve Tisch, Alan Riche, Peter Riche, Antoine Fuqua CinematographyMauro Fiore Music byJames Horner StudioThe Weinstein Company

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 24-26 5 $16.7M — 2,772 $6,025 $16.7M

2 Jul 31-Aug 2 7 $7.6M −54.4% 2,772 $2,748 $31.7M

3 Aug 7-9 10 $4.8M −37.4% 2,274 $2,096 $40.7M

4 Aug 14-16 13 $2.4M −49.3% 1,727 $1,398 $45.6M

5 Aug 21-23 17 $1.2M −51.3% 1,058 $1,110 $48.1M

6 Aug 28-30 21 $877.9K −25.3% 606 $1,449 $49.5M

7 Sep 4-6 21 $1.0M +14.9% 1,444 $698 $51.0M

8 Sep 11-13 29 $294.9K −70.8% 503 $586 $51.8M

9 Sep 18-20 41 $119.7K −59.4% 232 $516 $52.1M

10 Sep 25-27 54 $37.3K −68.8% 82 $455 $52.2M

11 Oct 2-4 37 $78.8K +111.1% 303 $260 $52.3M

12 Oct 9-11 61 $16.9K −78.6% 42 $402 $52.3M

13 Oct 16-18 39 $60.6K +258.4% 93 $651 $52.4M

14 Oct 23-25 57 $14.5K −76.1% 37 $391 $52.4M

15 Oct 30-Nov 1 71 $4.8K −67.0% 18 $265 $52.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jul 24 #5 $6.2M — $6.2M 2,772 $2,238 1

Sat Jul 25 #5 $5.7M −8.0% $11.9M 2,772 $2,058 2

Sun Jul 26 #5 $4.8M −16.0% $16.7M 2,772 $1,729 3

Mon Jul 27 #5 $2.0M −58.2% $18.7M 2,772 $722 4

Tue Jul 28 #5 $2.2M +11.7% $20.9M 2,772 $807 5

Wed Jul 29 #6 $1.6M −27.7% $22.6M 2,772 $583 6

Thu Jul 30 #6 $1.5M −7.1% $24.1M 2,772 $542 7

Fri Jul 31 #7 $2.3M +53.3% −62.9% $26.4M 2,772 $830 8

Sat Aug 1 #7 $2.8M +22.5% −50.6% $29.2M 2,772 $1,018 9

Sun Aug 2 #7 $2.5M −11.5% −47.9% $31.7M 2,772 $900 10

Mon Aug 3 #7 $1.1M −54.5% −43.3% $32.8M 2,772 $410 11

Tue Aug 4 #8 $1.3M +14.1% −42.1% $34.1M 2,772 $467 12

Wed Aug 5 #8 $990.8K −23.5% −38.7% $35.1M 2,772 $357 13

Thu Aug 6 #7 $865.5K −12.6% −42.3% $36.0M 2,772 $312 14

Fri Aug 7 #10 $1.3M +54.9% −41.8% $37.3M 2,774 $483 15

Sat Aug 8 #10 $1.9M +38.4% −34.2% $39.2M 2,774 $669 16

Sun Aug 9 #10 $1.5M −18.8% −39.6% $40.7M 2,774 $543 17

Mon Aug 10 #10 $664.7K −55.9% −41.5% $41.3M 2,774 $240 18

Tue Aug 11 #12 $851.7K +28.1% −34.2% $42.2M 2,274 $375 19

Wed Aug 12 #10 $582.3K −31.6% −41.2% $42.8M 2,274 $256 20

Thu Aug 13 #11 $445.7K −23.4% −48.5% $43.2M 2,274 $196 21

Fri Aug 14 #13 $704.6K +58.1% −47.4% $43.9M 1,727 $408 22

Sat Aug 15 #13 $951.3K +35.0% −48.7% $44.9M 1,727 $551 23

Sun Aug 16 #13 $758.5K −20.3% −49.6% $45.6M 1,727 $439 24

Mon Aug 17 #14 $315.1K −58.4% −52.6% $45.9M 1,727 $182 25

Tue Aug 18 #14 $402.9K +27.8% −52.7% $46.3M 1,727 $233 26

Wed Aug 19 #14 $298.5K −25.9% −48.7% $46.6M 1,727 $173 27

Thu Aug 20 #14 $249.1K −16.5% −44.1% $46.9M 1,727 $144 28

Fri Aug 21 — $350.3K +40.6% −50.3% $47.2M 1,058 $331 29

Sat Aug 22 — $490.7K +40.1% −48.4% $47.7M 1,058 $464 30

Sun Aug 23 — $333.7K −32.0% −56.0% $48.1M 1,058 $315 31

Mon Aug 24 — $132.7K −60.2% −57.9% $48.2M 1,058 $125 32

Tue Aug 25 — $163.8K +23.5% −59.3% $48.4M 1,058 $155 33

Wed Aug 26 — $123.5K −24.6% −58.6% $48.5M 1,058 $117 34

Thu Aug 27 — $117.8K −4.6% −52.7% $48.6M 1,058 $111 35

Fri Aug 28 — $245.4K +108.3% −29.9% $48.8M 606 $405 36

Sat Aug 29 — $377.5K +53.8% −23.1% $49.2M 606 $623 37

Sun Aug 30 — $254.9K −32.5% −23.6% $49.5M 606 $421 38

Mon Aug 31 — $125.1K −50.9% −5.7% $49.6M 606 $207 39

Tue Sep 1 — $162.4K +29.8% −0.9% $49.8M 606 $268 40

Wed Sep 2 — $128.2K −21.0% +3.8% $49.9M 606 $212 41

Thu Sep 3 — $125.0K −2.5% +6.1% $50.0M 606 $206 42

Fri Sep 4 — $241.0K +92.8% −1.8% $50.3M 1,444 $167 43

Sat Sep 5 — $365.7K +51.7% −3.1% $50.6M 1,444 $253 44

Sun Sep 6 — $401.8K +9.9% +57.6% $51.0M 1,444 $278 45

Mon Sep 7 — $262.4K −34.7% +109.7% $51.3M 1,444 $182 46

Tue Sep 8 — $97.8K −62.7% −39.8% $51.4M 1,444 $68 47

Wed Sep 9 — $84.8K −13.2% −33.9% $51.5M 1,444 $59 48

Thu Sep 10 — $75.1K −11.5% −39.9% $51.5M 1,444 $52 49

Fri Sep 11 — $88.9K +18.3% −63.1% $51.6M 503 $177 50

Sat Sep 12 — $133.6K +50.3% −63.5% $51.8M 503 $266 51

Sun Sep 13 — $72.5K −45.7% −82.0% $51.8M 503 $144 52

Mon Sep 14 — $28.6K −60.5% −89.1% $51.9M 503 $57 53

Tue Sep 15 — $38.7K +35.3% −60.4% $51.9M 503 $77 54

Wed Sep 16 — $28.6K −26.1% −66.3% $51.9M 503 $57 55

Thu Sep 17 — $22.3K −21.9% −70.3% $52.0M 503 $44 56

Fri Sep 18 — $40.6K +82.0% −54.3% $52.0M 232 $175 57

Sat Sep 19 — $54.7K +34.5% −59.1% $52.1M 232 $236 58

Sun Sep 20 — $24.4K −55.4% −66.4% $52.1M 232 $105 59

Mon Sep 21 — $12.5K −48.5% −56.2% $52.1M 232 $54 60

Tue Sep 22 — $16.1K +28.6% −58.3% $52.1M 232 $70 61

Wed Sep 23 — $12.7K −21.1% −55.5% $52.1M 232 $55 62

Thu Sep 24 — $10.6K −16.9% −52.6% $52.1M 232 $46 63

Fri Sep 25 — $10.7K +0.7% −73.8% $52.1M 82 $130 64

Sat Sep 26 — $16.6K +55.5% −69.7% $52.2M 82 $202 65

Sun Sep 27 — $10.1K −39.0% −58.5% $52.2M 82 $123 66

Mon Sep 28 — $4.1K −59.0% −67.0% $52.2M 82 $51 67

Tue Sep 29 — $5.6K +34.1% −65.6% $52.2M 82 $68 68

Wed Sep 30 — $4.9K −11.5% −61.4% $52.2M 82 $60 69

Thu Oct 1 — $4.4K −11.2% −58.7% $52.2M 82 $53 70

Fri Oct 2 — $22.1K +405.7% +107.2% $52.2M 303 $73 71

Sat Oct 3 — $35.3K +60.0% +113.2% $52.2M 303 $117 72

Sun Oct 4 — $21.4K −39.4% +111.8% $52.3M 303 $71 73

Mon Oct 5 — $8.7K −59.3% +110.6% $52.3M 303 $29 74

Tue Oct 6 — $8.9K +1.5% +59.4% $52.3M 303 $29 75

Wed Oct 7 — $8.5K −4.4% +72.3% $52.3M 303 $28 76

Thu Oct 8 — $6.5K −23.6% +48.2% $52.3M 303 $21 77

Fri Oct 9 — $5.1K −20.8% −76.8% $52.3M 42 $122 78

Sat Oct 10 — $7.4K +44.9% −79.0% $52.3M 42 $177 79

Sun Oct 11 — $4.3K −41.6% −79.7% $52.3M 42 $103 80

Mon Oct 12 — $1.5K −64.4% −82.3% $52.3M 42 $37 81

Tue Oct 13 — $1.5K −4.7% −83.4% $52.3M 42 $35 82

Wed Oct 14 — $1.3K −11.6% −84.6% $52.3M 42 $31 83

Thu Oct 15 — $1.0K −22.0% −84.3% $52.3M 42 $24 84

Fri Oct 16 — $14.0K +1,275.3% +172.5% $52.3M 93 $150 85

Sat Oct 17 — $20.9K +49.7% +181.4% $52.4M 93 $225 86

Sun Oct 18 — $15.1K −27.6% +249.0% $52.4M 93 $163 87

Mon Oct 19 — $4.6K −69.5% +199.2% $52.4M 93 $50 88

Tue Oct 20 — $6.3K +35.8% +326.0% $52.4M 93 $68 89

Wed Oct 21 — $5.5K −12.5% +321.9% $52.4M 93 $59 90

Thu Oct 22 — $5.4K −1.6% +432.3% $52.4M 93 $58 91

Fri Oct 23 — $4.1K −25.0% −71.0% $52.4M 37 $110 92

Sat Oct 24 — $6.4K +56.7% −69.6% $52.4M 37 $172 93

Sun Oct 25 — $4.0K −36.5% −73.3% $52.4M 37 $109 94

Mon Oct 26 — $1.5K −63.1% −67.8% $52.4M 37 $40 95

Tue Oct 27 — $1.5K +1.3% −76.0% $52.4M 37 $41 96

Wed Oct 28 — $1.4K −7.2% −74.5% $52.4M 37 $38 97

Thu Oct 29 — $1.5K +10.5% −71.4% $52.4M 37 $42 98

Fri Oct 30 — $1.4K −9.9% −65.6% $52.4M 18 $78 99

Sat Oct 31 — $1.6K +16.8% −74.4% $52.4M 18 $91 100

Sun Nov 1 — $1.7K +6.9% −56.8% $52.4M 18 $97 101

Mon Nov 2 — $712 −59.2% −52.2% $52.4M 18 $40 102

Tue Nov 3 — $882 +23.9% −41.6% $52.4M 18 $49 103

Wed Nov 4 — $672 −23.8% −52.0% $52.4M 18 $37 104

Thu Nov 5 — $785 +16.8% −49.3% $52.4M 18 $44 105

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

Cumulative total$52.2M

Jul 24Aug 10Aug 28Sep 14Oct 1

Weekend grossWk 10 · $37.3K

$16.7M

$7.6M

$4.8M

$2.4M

$1.2M

$877.9K

$1.0M

$294.9K

$119.7K

$37.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,774 → 82 −97.0%

2,772 open82 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −68.8%

−54.4%

W1→2

−37.4%

W2→3

−49.3%

W3→4

−51.3%

W4→5

−25.3%

W5→6

+14.9%

W6→7

−70.8%

W7→8

−59.4%

W8→9

−68.8%

W9→10

Steepest −70.8%Biggest gain +14.9%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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