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Syriana

2005 • R • 2h 8m • Drama, Thriller • Warner Bros.

Everything is connected.

🍅 73% 67%

76

3.35

6.8

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$11.7M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$50.8M

Final

Worldwide Total

$92.7M

$41.9M international

Domestic Legs4.3x

Budget$50.0M

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Cast & Crew

Full Gaghan filmography

Stephen Gaghan Director

George Clooney Starring

Matt Damon Starring

Jeffrey Wright Starring

Chris Cooper Starring

Amanda Peet Starring

ScreenplayStephen Gaghan Based on the book byRobert Baer Produced byJennifer Fox, Michael Nozik, Georgia Kacandes CinematographyRobert Elswit Music byAlexandre Desplat StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 25-27 22 $374.5K — 5 $74,900 $553.5K

2 Dec 2-4 19 $521.4K +39.2% 9 $57,936 $1.3M

3 Dec 9-11 2 $11.7M +2151.0% 1,752 $6,699 $13.2M

4 Dec 16-18 5 $5.6M −52.2% 1,775 $3,158 $22.5M

5 Dec 23-25 11 $3.2M −43.1% 1,725 $1,849 $28.8M

6 Dec 30-Jan 1 11 $4.1M +28.1% 1,725 $2,370 $37.7M

7 Jan 6-8 18 $2.1M −49.5% 1,202 $1,718 $42.1M

8 Jan 13-15 22 $1.2M −41.3% 706 $1,716 $44.0M

9 Jan 20-22 24 $785.4K −35.2% 502 $1,565 $45.4M

10 Jan 27-29 20 $1.3M +70.9% 1,685 $797 $47.0M

11 Feb 3-5 24 $662.4K −50.7% 705 $940 $48.2M

12 Feb 10-12 32 $275.8K −58.4% 226 $1,220 $48.7M

13 Feb 17-19 35 $223.9K −18.8% 124 $1,806 $49.1M

14 Feb 24-26 40 $192.1K −14.2% 87 $2,208 $49.4M

15 Mar 3-5 36 $168.0K −12.6% 81 $2,074 $49.6M

16 Mar 10-12 28 $284.0K +69.1% 211 $1,346 $50.0M

17 Mar 17-19 35 $167.2K −41.1% 112 $1,493 $50.2M

18 Mar 24-26 32 $190.5K +13.9% 175 $1,088 $50.5M

19 Mar 31-Apr 2 33 $94.5K −50.4% 153 $618 $50.7M

20 Apr 7-9 47 $47.3K −50.0% 81 $584 $50.8M

21 Apr 14-16 67 $27.1K −42.7% 52 $521 $50.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 9 #2 $3.8M — $5.3M 1,752 $2,193 17

Sat Dec 10 #2 $5.0M +29% $10.3M 1,752 $2,832 18

Sun Dec 11 #3 $2.9M −41% $13.2M 1,752 $1,674 19

Mon Dec 12 #2 $1.1M −64% $14.3M 1,752 $603 20

Tue Dec 13 #2 $1.0M −5% $15.3M 1,752 $572 21

Wed Dec 14 #3 $812.4K −19% $16.1M 1,752 $464 22

Thu Dec 15 #3 $745.0K −8% $16.9M 1,752 $425 23

Fri Dec 16 #4 $1.6M +118% −58% $18.5M 1,775 $913 24

Sat Dec 17 #5 $2.3M +44% −53% $20.8M 1,775 $1,317 25

Sun Dec 18 #5 $1.6M −30% −44% $22.5M 1,775 $928 26

Mon Dec 19 #5 $757.3K −54% −28% $23.2M 1,775 $427 27

Tue Dec 20 #5 $803.3K +6% −20% $24.0M 1,775 $453 28

Wed Dec 21 #7 $745.5K −7% −8% $24.8M 1,775 $420 29

Thu Dec 22 #7 $871.2K +17% +17% $25.6M 1,775 $491 30

Fri Dec 23 #10 $1.1M +26% −32% $26.7M 1,725 $638 31

Sat Dec 24 #9 $700.0K −36% −70% $27.4M 1,725 $406 32

Sun Dec 25 #12 $1.4M +100% −15% $28.8M 1,725 $812 33

Mon Dec 26 #12 $1.7M +23% +127% $30.6M 1,725 $997 34

Mon Jan 2 #12 $1.2M — −31% $38.9M 1,725 $689 41

Mon Jan 16 #21 $221.8K — $44.3M 706 $314 55

Mon Feb 20 #33 $53.6K — $49.1M 124 $432 90

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

Cumulative total$44.3M

Dec 9Dec 14Dec 19Dec 23Jan 16

Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.3M

$374.5K

$521.4K

$11.7M

$5.6M

$3.2M

$4.1M

$2.1M

$1.2M

$785.4K

$1.3M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,775 → 706 −60.2%

1,752 open706 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +70.9%

+39.2%

W1→2

+2151.0%

W2→3

−52.2%

W3→4

−43.1%

W4→5

+28.1%

W5→6

−49.5%

W6→7

−41.3%

W7→8

−35.2%

W8→9

+70.9%

W9→10

Steepest −52.2%Biggest gain +2151.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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