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The Adjustment Bureau

2011 • PG-13 • 1h 45m • Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi • Universal Pictures

Your future has been adjusted.

🍅 71% 67%

60

3.22

7.0

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$21.2M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$62.5M

Final

Worldwide Total

$126.9M

$64.4M international

Domestic Legs3.0x

Budget$50.2M

2011 Rank#51

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Cast & Crew

Matt Damon Starring

Emily Blunt Starring

Anthony Mackie Starring

John Slattery Starring

Terence Stamp Starring

ScreenplayGeorge Nolfi Produced byMichael Hackett, George Nolfi, Bill Carraro, Chris Moore CinematographyJohn Toll Music byThomas Newman StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 4-6 2 $21.2M — 2,840 $7,450 $21.2M

2 Mar 11-13 4 $11.6M −45.0% 2,847 $4,074 $38.6M

3 Mar 18-20 7 $5.8M −50.0% 2,660 $2,170 $48.6M

4 Mar 25-27 9 $4.3M −26.0% 2,282 $1,880 $54.9M

5 Apr 1-3 11 $2.1M −50.0% 1,525 $1,405 $58.5M

6 Apr 8-10 17 $877.0K −59.0% 783 $1,120 $60.1M

7 Apr 15-17 23 $356.6K −59.0% 348 $1,025 $60.7M

8 Apr 22-24 25 $247.2K −31.0% 263 $940 $61.1M

9 Apr 29-May 1 23 $459.8K +86.0% 277 $1,660 $61.7M

10 May 6-8 26 $281.4K −39.0% 215 $1,309 $62.1M

11 May 13-15 32 $168.9K −40.0% 164 $1,030 $62.3M

12 May 20-22 37 $109.0K −35.0% 116 $940 $62.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Mar 4 #2 $6.7M — $6.7M 2,840 $2,370 1

Sat Mar 5 #2 $9.1M +35% $15.8M 2,840 $3,200 2

Sun Mar 6 #2 $5.3M −41% $21.2M 2,840 $1,880 3

Mon Mar 7 #2 $1.5M −72% $22.6M 2,840 $525 4

Tue Mar 8 #2 $1.7M +13% $24.3M 2,840 $595 5

Wed Mar 9 #2 $1.3M −24% $25.6M 2,840 $450 6

Thu Mar 10 #2 $1.4M +8% $27.0M 2,840 $484 7

Fri Mar 11 #4 $3.4M +148% −49% $30.4M 2,847 $1,200 8

Sat Mar 12 #4 $5.2M +53% −42% $35.6M 2,847 $1,840 9

Sun Mar 13 #4 $2.9M −44% −45% $38.6M 2,846 $1,035 10

Mon Mar 14 #4 $1.0M −65% −31% $39.6M 2,846 $360 11

Tue Mar 15 #4 $1.3M +25% −24% $40.9M 2,846 $450 12

Wed Mar 16 #4 $1.1M −18% −18% $41.9M 2,846 $370 13

Thu Mar 17 #4 $898.0K −15% −35% $42.8M 2,846 $316 14

Fri Mar 18 #7 $1.8M +101% −47% $44.7M 2,655 $681 15

Sat Mar 19 #7 $2.6M +43% −50% $47.2M 2,655 $977 16

Sun Mar 20 #8 $1.4M −47% −53% $48.6M 2,655 $516 17

Mon Mar 21 #7 $492.1K −64% −52% $49.1M 2,655 $185 18

Tue Mar 22 #7 $571.4K +16% −55% $49.7M 2,655 $215 19

Wed Mar 23 #7 $465.5K −19% −56% $50.1M 2,655 $175 20

Thu Mar 24 #7 $477.5K +3% −47% $50.6M 2,655 $180 21

Fri Mar 25 #9 $1.3M +168% −29% $51.9M 2,279 $561 22

Sat Mar 26 #8 $2.0M +55% −23% $53.9M 2,279 $871 23

Sun Mar 27 #9 $1.0M −48% −25% $54.9M 2,279 $451 24

Mon Mar 28 #8 $353.7K −66% −28% $55.3M 2,279 $155 25

Tue Mar 29 #8 $399.6K +13% −30% $55.7M 2,279 $175 26

Wed Mar 30 #8 $341.4K −15% −27% $56.0M 2,279 $150 27

Thu Mar 31 #8 $376.4K +10% −21% $56.4M 2,279 $165 28

Fri Apr 1 #11 $678.6K +80% −47% $57.1M 1,525 $445 29

Sat Apr 2 #11 $976.0K +44% −51% $58.0M 1,525 $640 30

Sun Apr 3 #11 $488.0K −50% −52% $58.5M 1,525 $320 31

Mon Apr 4 #11 $160.1K −67% −55% $58.7M 1,525 $105 32

Tue Apr 5 #11 $205.2K +28% −49% $58.9M 1,525 $135 33

Wed Apr 6 #11 $160.1K −22% −53% $59.1M 1,525 $105 34

Thu Apr 7 #11 $175.7K +10% −53% $59.2M 1,525 $115 35

Fri Apr 8 #- $270.1K +54% −60% $59.5M 783 $345 36

Sat Apr 9 #- $418.9K +55% −57% $59.9M 783 $535 37

Sun Apr 10 #- $187.9K −55% −61% $60.1M 783 $240 38

Mon Apr 11 #- $62.4K −67% −61% $60.2M 783 $80 39

Tue Apr 12 #- $70.5K +13% −66% $60.2M 783 $90 40

Wed Apr 13 #- $66.6K −6% −58% $60.3M 783 $85 41

Thu Apr 14 #- $70.5K +6% −60% $60.4M 783 $90 42

Fri Apr 15 #- $104.4K +48% −61% $60.5M 348 $300 43

Sat Apr 16 #- $173.9K +67% −58% $60.7M 348 $500 44

Sun Apr 17 #- $78.3K −55% −58% $60.7M 348 $225 45

Mon Apr 18 #- $33.1K −58% −47% $60.8M 348 $95 46

Tue Apr 19 #- $38.3K +16% −46% $60.8M 348 $110 47

Wed Apr 20 #- $34.8K −9% −48% $60.8M 348 $100 48

Thu Apr 21 #- $45.2K +30% −36% $60.9M 348 $130 49

Fri Apr 22 #- $92.0K +103% −12% $61.0M 263 $350 50

Sat Apr 23 #- $101.3K +10% −42% $61.1M 263 $385 51

Sun Apr 24 #- $53.9K −47% −31% $61.1M 263 $205 52

Mon Apr 25 #- $26.2K −51% −21% $61.2M 263 $100 53

Tue Apr 26 #- $22.4K −15% −42% $61.2M 263 $85 54

Wed Apr 27 #- $21.0K −6% −40% $61.2M 263 $80 55

Thu Apr 28 #- $19.7K −6% −56% $61.2M 263 $75 56

Fri Apr 29 #20 $166.2K +743% +81% $61.4M 277 $600 57

Sat Apr 30 #- $228.5K +38% +126% $61.6M 277 $825 58

Sun May 1 #- $65.1K −72% +21% $61.7M 277 $235 59

Mon May 2 #- $20.8K −68% −21% $61.7M 277 $75 60

Tue May 3 #- $26.3K +27% +18% $61.7M 277 $95 61

Wed May 4 #- $22.2K −16% +5% $61.8M 277 $80 62

Thu May 5 #- $23.5K +6% +19% $61.8M 277 $85 63

Fri May 6 #- $89.2K +279% −46% $61.9M 215 $415 64

Sat May 7 #- $147.3K +65% −36% $62.0M 215 $685 65

Sun May 8 #- $44.9K −70% −31% $62.1M 215 $209 66

Mon May 9 #- $15.1K −66% −28% $62.1M 215 $70 67

Tue May 10 #- $20.4K +36% −22% $62.1M 215 $95 68

Wed May 11 #- $16.1K −21% −27% $62.1M 215 $75 69

Thu May 12 #- $18.3K +13% −22% $62.1M 215 $85 70

Fri May 13 #- $59.9K +228% −33% $62.2M 164 $365 71

Sat May 14 #- $77.9K +30% −47% $62.3M 164 $475 72

Sun May 15 #- $31.2K −60% −31% $62.3M 164 $190 73

Mon May 16 #- $11.5K −63% −24% $62.3M 164 $70 74

Tue May 17 #- $13.9K +21% −32% $62.3M 164 $85 75

Wed May 18 #- $12.3K −12% −24% $62.3M 164 $75 76

Thu May 19 #- $10.7K −13% −42% $62.3M 164 $65 77

Fri May 20 #- $36.0K +237% −40% $62.4M 116 $310 78

Sat May 21 #- $47.6K +32% −39% $62.4M 116 $410 79

Sun May 22 #- $25.5K −46% −18% $62.5M 116 $220 80

Mon May 23 #- $11.0K −57% −4% $62.5M 116 $95 81

Tue May 24 #- $11.0K — −21% $62.5M 116 $95 82

Wed May 25 #- $11.0K — −11% $62.5M 116 $95 83

Thu May 26 #- $9.3K −15% −13% $62.5M 98 $95 84

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

Cumulative total$62.1M

Mar 4Mar 21Apr 8Apr 25May 12

Weekend grossWk 10 · $281.4K

$21.2M

$11.6M

$5.8M

$4.3M

$2.1M

$877.0K

$356.6K

$247.2K

$459.8K

$281.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,847 → 215 −92.4%

2,840 open215 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −39.0%

−45.0%

W1→2

−50.0%

W2→3

−26.0%

W3→4

−50.0%

W4→5

−59.0%

W5→6

−59.0%

W6→7

−31.0%

W7→8

+86.0%

W8→9

−39.0%

W9→10

Steepest −59.0%Biggest gain +86.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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