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Thank You for Smoking

2005 • R • 1h 32m • Comedy, Drama • Fox Searchlight Pictures

Nick Naylor doesn't hide the truth...he filters it.

🍅 86% 87%

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3.65

7.5

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$263K

Limited · 5 theaters

Domestic Total

$24.8M

Final

Worldwide Total

$40M

$15.2M international

Domestic Legs5.5x

Budget$7.5M

2006 Rank#108

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Cast & Crew

Full Reitman filmography

Jason Reitman Director

Aaron Eckhart Starring

Maria Bello Starring

Cameron Bright Starring

Adam Brody Starring

Rob Lowe Starring

ScreenplayJason Reitman Produced byDavid O. Sacks CinematographyJames Whitaker Music byRolfe Kent StudioFox Searchlight Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 17-19 31 $262.9K — 5 $52,585 $262.9K

2 Mar 24-26 15 $1.0M +281.8% 54 $18,591 $1.4M

3 Mar 31-Apr 2 13 $1.6M +60.0% 126 $12,749 $3.3M

4 Apr 7-9 10 $2.3M +43.8% 299 $7,723 $6.2M

5 Apr 14-16 8 $4.5M +94.5% 1,015 $4,425 $11.5M

6 Apr 21-23 11 $2.8M −38.1% 1,020 $2,726 $15.8M

7 Apr 28-30 14 $1.8M −36.1% 734 $2,420 $18.4M

8 May 5-7 15 $1.1M −40.6% 560 $1,884 $20.0M

9 May 12-14 18 $915.4K −13.2% 428 $2,139 $21.4M

10 May 19-21 16 $506.6K −44.7% 315 $1,608 $22.2M

11 May 26-28 16 $469.3K −7.4% 269 $1,745 $22.9M

12 Jun 2-4 18 $331.1K −29.4% 264 $1,254 $23.5M

13 Jun 9-11 23 $207.7K −37.3% 193 $1,076 $23.8M

14 Jun 16-18 27 $102.7K −50.5% 117 $878 $24.0M

15 Jun 23-25 29 $108.3K +5.5% 110 $985 $24.2M

16 Jun 30-Jul 2 31 $66.9K −38.2% 77 $869 $24.3M

17 Jul 7-9 35 $52.4K −21.6% 62 $846 $24.4M

18 Jul 14-16 38 $55.9K +6.5% 51 $1,096 $24.5M

19 Jul 21-23 41 $46.7K −16.4% 39 $1,198 $24.6M

20 Jul 28-30 55 $22.6K −51.5% 27 $839 $24.7M

21 Aug 4-6 59 $20.6K −9.2% 31 $663 $24.7M

22 Aug 11-13 71 $13.5K −34.2% 19 $712 $24.7M

23 Aug 18-20 77 $9.6K −28.9% 12 $802 $24.8M

24 Aug 25-27 86 $5.9K −38.4% 9 $658 $24.8M

25 Sep 1-3 83 $3.9K −33.9% 3 $1,305 $24.8M

26 Sep 8-10 91 $3.7K −5.0% 3 $1,239 $24.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Apr 7 #11 $661.2K — $4.5M 299 $2,211 22

Sat Apr 8 #10 $1.1M +71% $5.7M 299 $3,778 23

Sun Apr 9 #10 $518.1K −54% $6.2M 299 $1,733 24

Wed Apr 12 #10 $203.2K — $6.8M 300 $677 27

Thu Apr 13 #11 $270.1K +33% $7.0M 300 $900 28

Fri Apr 14 #8 $1.6M +484% +138% $8.6M 1,015 $1,554 29

Sat Apr 15 #7 $1.9M +19% +65% $10.5M 1,015 $1,842 30

Sun Apr 16 #8 $1.0M −44% +102% $11.5M 1,015 $1,029 31

Mon Apr 17 #8 $420.4K −60% $12.0M 1,015 $414 32

Tue Apr 18 #8 $355.2K −16% $12.3M 1,015 $350 33

Wed Apr 19 #8 $345.1K −3% +70% $12.7M 1,015 $340 34

Thu Apr 20 #8 $340.1K −1% +26% $13.0M 1,015 $335 35

Fri Apr 21 #10 $900.0K +165% −43% $13.9M 1,020 $882 36

Mon May 8 #- $105.7K — $20.1M 560 $189 53

Tue May 9 #- $105.8K — $20.2M 560 $189 54

Wed May 10 #- $109.8K +4% $20.3M 560 $196 55

Thu May 11 #- $125.0K +14% $20.5M 560 $223 56

Fri May 12 #- $260.9K +109% $20.7M 428 $610 57

Sat May 13 #- $407.9K +56% $21.1M 428 $953 58

Sun May 14 #- $246.6K −40% $21.4M 428 $576 59

Mon May 15 #- $83.6K −66% −21% $21.4M 428 $195 60

Tue May 16 #- $92.1K +10% −13% $21.5M 428 $215 61

Wed May 17 #- $81.9K −11% −25% $21.6M 428 $191 62

Thu May 18 #- $82.5K +1% −34% $21.7M 428 $193 63

Fri May 19 #- $144.8K +76% −44% $21.9M 315 $460 64

Sat May 20 #- $227.4K +57% −44% $22.1M 315 $722 65

Sun May 21 #- $134.4K −41% −45% $22.2M 315 $427 66

Mon May 22 #- $58.0K −57% −31% $22.3M 315 $184 67

Tue May 23 #- $50.3K −13% −45% $22.3M 315 $160 68

Wed May 24 #- $50.1K — −39% $22.4M 315 $159 69

Thu May 25 #- $52.2K +4% −37% $22.4M 315 $166 70

Fri May 26 #- $122.1K +134% −16% $22.5M 315 $388 71

Sat May 27 #- $184.0K +51% −19% $22.7M 315 $584 72

Sun May 28 #- $163.2K −11% +21% $22.9M 315 $518 73

Mon May 29 #15 $125.4K −23% +116% $23.0M 315 $398 74

Tue May 30 #- $44.1K −65% −12% $23.1M 315 $140 75

Wed May 31 #- $46.9K +6% −6% $23.1M 315 $149 76

Thu Jun 1 #- $45.8K −2% −12% $23.2M 315 $146 77

Fri Jun 2 #- $90.4K +97% −26% $23.2M 264 $342 78

Sat Jun 3 #- $150.7K +67% −18% $23.4M 264 $571 79

Sun Jun 4 #- $90.0K −40% −45% $23.5M 264 $341 80

Mon Jun 5 #- $35.1K −61% −72% $23.5M 264 $133 81

Tue Jun 6 #- $34.4K −2% −22% $23.6M 248 $139 82

Wed Jun 7 #- $39.4K +14% −16% $23.6M 248 $159 83

Thu Jun 8 #- $38.9K −1% −15% $23.6M 248 $157 84

Fri Jun 9 #- $61.0K +57% −32% $23.7M 193 $316 85

Sat Jun 10 #- $93.9K +54% −38% $23.8M 193 $487 86

Sun Jun 11 #- $52.7K −44% −41% $23.8M 193 $273 87

Mon Jun 12 #- $26.2K −50% −25% $23.9M 193 $136 88

Tue Jun 13 #- $25.3K −3% −26% $23.9M 193 $131 89

Wed Jun 14 #- $26.3K +4% −33% $23.9M 193 $136 90

Thu Jun 15 #- $25.6K −3% −34% $23.9M 193 $132 91

Fri Jun 16 #- $27.5K +8% −55% $24.0M 117 $235 92

Sat Jun 17 #- $42.3K +54% −55% $24.0M 117 $361 93

Sun Jun 18 #- $32.9K −22% −38% $24.0M 117 $282 94

Mon Jun 19 #- $14.9K −55% −43% $24.1M 117 $128 95

Tue Jun 20 #- $15.9K +7% −37% $24.1M 117 $136 96

Wed Jun 21 #- $15.5K −3% −41% $24.1M 117 $133 97

Thu Jun 22 #- $16.9K +9% −34% $24.1M 117 $144 98

Fri Jun 23 #- $31.4K +86% +14% $24.1M 110 $286 99

Sat Jun 24 #- $45.0K +43% +6% $24.2M 110 $409 100

Sun Jun 25 #- $31.9K −29% −3% $24.2M 110 $290 101

Mon Jun 26 #- $17.7K −45% +19% $24.2M 110 $161 102

Tue Jun 27 #- $15.6K −12% −2% $24.3M 110 $142 103

Wed Jun 28 #- $14.7K −6% −5% $24.3M 110 $134 104

Thu Jun 29 #- $14.4K −2% −15% $24.3M 110 $131 105

Fri Jun 30 #- $18.4K +28% −42% $24.3M 77 $238 106

Sat Jul 1 #- $24.9K +36% −45% $24.3M 77 $323 107

Sun Jul 2 #- $23.7K −5% −26% $24.3M 77 $307 108

Mon Jul 3 #- $17.4K −26% −2% $24.4M 77 $226 109

Tue Jul 4 #- $13.8K −20% −11% $24.4M 77 $180 110

Wed Jul 5 #- $8.7K −37% −41% $24.4M 77 $113 111

Thu Jul 6 #- $8.5K −2% −41% $24.4M 77 $110 112

Fri Jul 7 #- $14.6K +73% −20% $24.4M 77 $190 113

Sat Jul 8 #- $23.1K +58% −7% $24.4M 77 $301 114

Sun Jul 9 #- $14.7K −37% −38% $24.4M 62 $237 115

Mon Jul 10 #- $7.9K −46% −55% $24.5M 62 $127 116

Tue Jul 11 #- $8.3K +5% −40% $24.5M 62 $133 117

Wed Jul 12 #- $9.2K +12% +6% $24.5M 62 $149 118

Thu Jul 13 #- $8.9K −3% +6% $24.5M 62 $144 119

Fri Jul 14 #- $15.0K +68% +2% $24.5M 51 $294 120

Sat Jul 15 #- $25.2K +68% +9% $24.5M 51 $495 121

Sun Jul 16 #- $15.7K −38% +7% $24.5M 51 $307 122

Mon Jul 17 #- $10.5K −33% +34% $24.6M 51 $207 123

Tue Jul 18 #- $11.2K +6% +36% $24.6M 51 $220 124

Wed Jul 19 #- $9.5K −16% +3% $24.6M 51 $186 125

Thu Jul 20 #- $10.2K +8% +14% $24.6M 51 $200 126

Fri Jul 21 #- $11.5K +13% −23% $24.6M 51 $225 127

Sat Jul 22 #- $21.1K +84% −16% $24.6M 51 $414 128

Sun Jul 23 #- $14.1K −33% −10% $24.6M 51 $277 129

Mon Jul 24 #- $6.6K −53% −37% $24.6M 51 $130 130

Tue Jul 25 #- $6.3K −5% −44% $24.6M 51 $123 131

Wed Jul 26 #- $5.8K −9% −39% $24.6M 51 $113 132

Thu Jul 27 #- $5.9K +3% −42% $24.7M 51 $117 133

Fri Jul 28 #- $6.7K +13% −41% $24.7M 51 $132 134

Sat Jul 29 #- $9.4K +40% −55% $24.7M 51 $185 135

Sun Jul 30 #- $6.5K −31% −54% $24.7M 51 $127 136

Mon Jul 31 #- $3.9K −40% −41% $24.7M 51 $77 137

Tue Aug 1 #- $4.8K +22% −24% $24.7M 51 $94 138

Wed Aug 2 #- $4.7K −2% −19% $24.7M 51 $92 139

Thu Aug 3 #- $4.4K −5% −25% $24.7M 51 $87 140

Fri Aug 4 #- $5.7K +28% −16% $24.7M 31 $183 141

Sat Aug 5 #- $9.0K +58% −5% $24.7M 31 $290 142

Sun Aug 6 #- $5.9K −35% −9% $24.7M 31 $189 143

Mon Aug 7 #- $4.1K −31% +4% $24.7M 31 $131 144

Tue Aug 8 #- $4.7K +16% −1% $24.7M 31 $152 145

Wed Aug 9 #- $4.6K −2% −1% $24.7M 31 $149 146

Thu Aug 10 #- $4.6K −1% +3% $24.7M 31 $147 147

Fri Aug 11 #- $4.5K −2% −22% $24.7M 19 $234 148

Sat Aug 12 #- $5.2K +17% −42% $24.7M 19 $275 149

Sun Aug 13 #- $3.8K −27% −35% $24.7M 19 $202 150

Mon Aug 14 #- $2.8K −28% −32% $24.7M 19 $146 151

Tue Aug 15 #- $3.0K +8% −36% $24.8M 19 $158 152

Wed Aug 16 #- $2.8K −7% −39% $24.8M 19 $148 153

Thu Aug 17 #- $2.9K +3% −37% $24.8M 19 $152 154

Fri Aug 18 #- $3.1K +7% −31% $24.8M 12 $257 155

Sat Aug 19 #- $3.5K +15% −32% $24.8M 12 $295 156

Sun Aug 20 #- $3.0K −15% −22% $24.8M 12 $250 157

Mon Aug 21 #- $1.7K −44% −39% $24.8M 12 $141 158

Tue Aug 22 #- $1.7K — −44% $24.8M 12 $140 159

Wed Aug 23 #- $1.5K −14% −48% $24.8M 12 $121 160

Thu Aug 24 #- $1.8K +21% −39% $24.8M 12 $147 161

Mon Sep 4 #81 $1.3K — $24.8M 3 $447 172

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

Cumulative total$22.4M

Apr 7Apr 17May 10May 18May 25

Weekend grossWk 10 · $506.6K

$262.9K

$1.0M

$1.6M

$2.3M

$4.5M

$2.8M

$1.8M

$1.1M

$915.4K

$506.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,020 → 315 −69.1%

299 open315 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −44.7%

+281.8%

W1→2

+60.0%

W2→3

+43.8%

W3→4

+94.5%

W4→5

−38.1%

W5→6

−36.1%

W6→7

−40.6%

W7→8

−13.2%

W8→9

−44.7%

W9→10

Steepest −44.7%Biggest gain +281.8%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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