Name: The Act of Killing
Director: Joshua Oppenheimer
Genre: Biography, Crime, Documentary
Released: 2012
Cast: Anwar Congo, Herman Koto, Syamsul Arifin, Ibrahim Sinik, Yapto Soerjosoemarno

Cast & crew

Directed byJoshua Oppenheimer Produced byAnne Köhncke, Christine Cynn, Joram ten Brink, Joshua Oppenheimer, Michael Uwemedimo CinematographyAnonymous, Carlos Arango De Montis, Lars Skree StarringAnwar Congo, Herman Koto, Syamsul Arifin, Ibrahim Sinik, Yapto Soerjosoemarno, Safit Pardede StudioDrafthouse Films

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 19-21 49 $27.4K — 1 $27,450 $27.4K

2 Jul 26-28 45 $41.7K +51.8% 3 $13,890 $84.0K

3 Aug 2-4 45 $50.2K +20.6% 17 $2,955 $159.6K

4 Aug 9-11 49 $38.5K −23.3% 26 $1,482 $239.3K

5 Aug 16-18 45 $44.3K +14.8% 29 $1,526 $312.2K

6 Aug 23-25 61 $12.8K −71.1% 15 $852 $354.2K

7 Aug 30-Sep 1 65 $9.7K −23.9% 15 $649 $375.9K

8 Sep 6-8 88 $4.9K −49.7% 13 $376 $391.5K

9 Sep 13-15 58 $22.5K +359.1% 19 $1,183 $419.9K

10 Sep 20-22 91 $2.2K −90.3% 11 $199 $431.8K

11 Sep 27-29 91 $2.2K +1.4% 10 $222 $438.1K

12 Oct 4-6 108 $443 −80.0% 4 $111 $441.2K

13 Oct 11-13 98 $441 −0.5% 4 $110 $443.2K

14 Oct 18-20 111 $517 +17.2% 2 $259 $445.1K

15 Oct 25-27 96 $64 −87.6% 1 $64 $446.2K

17 Nov 8-10 85 $1.3K — 2 $658 $447.5K

18 Nov 15-17 70 $2.3K +75.9% 2 $1,157 $449.9K

19 Nov 22-24 85 $637 −72.5% 2 $319 $450.8K

20 Nov 29-Dec 1 80 $324 −49.1% 1 $324 $451.2K

25 Jan 3-5 64 $1.9K — 4 $486 $461.8K

26 Jan 10-12 66 $893 −54.1% 4 $223 $464.5K

27 Jan 17-19 65 $945 +5.8% 2 $473 $465.7K

28 Jan 24-26 64 $575 −39.2% 1 $575 $469.2K

29 Jan 31-Feb 2 80 $971 +68.9% 3 $324 $473.5K

30 Feb 7-9 58 $3.6K +272.0% 20 $181 $479.6K

31 Feb 14-16 75 $1.7K −54.1% 2 $829 $482.7K

32 Feb 21-23 84 $867 −47.7% 3 $289 $483.9K

33 Feb 28-Mar 2 93 $57 −93.4% 1 $57 $484.2K

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

Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.2K

$27.4K

$41.7K

$50.2K

$38.5K

$44.3K

$12.8K

$9.7K

$4.9K

$22.5K

$2.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −90.3%

+51.8%

W1→2

+20.6%

W2→3

−23.3%

W3→4

+14.8%

W4→5

−71.1%

W5→6

−23.9%

W6→7

−49.7%

W7→8

+359.1%

W8→9

−90.3%

W9→10

Steepest −90.3%Biggest gain +359.1%

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Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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