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The Book ThiefFollow

2013 • PG-13 • 2h 7m • Drama, War • 20th Century Fox

Courage beyond words.

🍅 50% 73%

53

3.58

7.5

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$105K

Limited · 4 theaters

Domestic total

$21.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$76.10M

$54.60M international

Domestic legs4.4x from $4.9M first wide weekend

Budget$19M

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Cast & crew

Geoffrey Rush

Geoffrey Rush Starring

Emily Watson

Emily Watson Starring

Ben Schnetzer

Ben Schnetzer Starring

ScreenplayMichael Petroni Produced byKaren Rosenfelt, Ken Blancato CinematographyFlorian Ballhaus MusicJohn Williams Studio20th Century Fox

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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 8-10 29 $105.0K — 4 $26,251 $105.0K

2 Nov 15-17 17 $420.5K +300.5% 29 $14,501 $564.0K

3 Nov 22-24 16 $609.7K +45.0% 70 $8,709 $1.3M

4 Nov 29-Dec 1 7 $4.9M +698.0% 1,234 $3,942 $7.9M

5 Dec 6-8 7 $2.6M −46.0% 1,316 $1,995 $12.0M

6 Dec 13-15 9 $1.7M −33.9% 1,158 $1,498 $14.9M

7 Dec 20-22 12 $753.4K −56.6% 680 $1,108 $16.6M

8 Dec 27-29 20 $614.1K −18.5% 481 $1,277 $17.9M

9 Jan 3-5 20 $529.2K −13.8% 329 $1,609 $19.1M

10 Jan 10-12 22 $393.1K −25.7% 303 $1,297 $19.7M

11 Jan 17-19 29 $226.9K −42.3% 190 $1,194 $20.2M

12 Jan 24-26 30 $210.7K −7.2% 197 $1,069 $20.5M

13 Jan 31-Feb 2 34 $146.4K −30.5% 178 $822 $20.8M

14 Feb 7-9 38 $102.8K −29.8% 135 $762 $20.9M

15 Feb 14-16 39 $82.0K −20.2% 94 $873 $21.1M

16 Feb 21-23 46 $64.6K −21.2% 84 $769 $21.2M

17 Feb 28-Mar 2 46 $52.1K −19.4% 73 $713 $21.3M

18 Mar 7-9 50 $36.6K −29.6% 49 $747 $21.3M

19 Mar 14-16 55 $29.5K −19.4% 47 $628 $21.4M

20 Mar 21-23 60 $16.5K −44.2% 31 $531 $21.4M

21 Mar 28-30 52 $20.7K +25.9% 31 $669 $21.5M

22 Apr 4-6 70 $10.0K −51.9% 23 $433 $21.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 8 — $25.7K — $25.7K 4 $6,416 1

Sat Nov 9 — $46.1K +79.6% $71.8K 4 $11,526 2

Sun Nov 10 — $33.2K −27.9% $105.0K 4 $8,309 3

Mon Nov 11 — $14.8K −55.5% $119.8K 4 $3,699 4

Tue Nov 12 — $7.2K −51.5% $127.0K 4 $1,796 5

Wed Nov 13 — $8.0K +11.1% $135.0K 4 $1,994 6

Thu Nov 14 — $8.6K +7.2% $143.5K 4 $2,139 7

Fri Nov 15 — $101.5K +1085.9% +295.3% $245.0K 29 $3,499 8

Sat Nov 16 — $194.6K +91.8% +322.1% $439.6K 29 $6,710 9

Sun Nov 17 — $124.5K −36.0% +274.5% $564.0K 29 $4,292 10

Mon Nov 18 — $29.8K −76.0% +101.5% $593.9K 29 $1,028 11

Tue Nov 19 — $39.2K +31.3% +445.2% $633.0K 29 $1,350 12

Wed Nov 20 — $35.1K −10.4% +340.0% $668.1K 29 $1,211 13

Thu Nov 21 — $29.7K −15.3% +247.5% $697.9K 29 $1,025 14

Fri Nov 22 #14 $150.5K +406.2% +48.3% $848.4K 70 $2,150 15

Sat Nov 23 #15 $278.7K +85.2% +43.2% $1.1M 70 $3,981 16

Sun Nov 24 #15 $180.5K −35.2% +45.0% $1.3M 70 $2,579 17

Mon Nov 25 #15 $65.7K −63.6% +120.5% $1.4M 70 $939 18

Tue Nov 26 #15 $82.9K +26.1% +111.8% $1.5M 70 $1,185 19

Wed Nov 27 #8 $725.8K +775.2% +1967.4% $2.2M 70 $10,368 20

Thu Nov 28 #7 $818.1K +12.7% +2651.8% $3.0M 70 $11,687 21

Fri Nov 29 #7 $1.9M +132.4% +1163.2% $4.9M 1,234 $1,541 22

Sat Nov 30 #7 $1.9M −0.7% +577.8% $6.8M 1,234 $1,531 23

Sun Dec 1 #7 $1.1M −43.1% +495.6% $7.9M 1,234 $871 24

Mon Dec 2 #7 $350.3K −67.4% +432.8% $8.2M 1,234 $284 25

Tue Dec 3 #6 $460.4K +31.4% +455.2% $8.7M 1,234 $373 26

Wed Dec 4 #6 $353.2K −23.3% −51.3% $9.0M 1,234 $286 27

Thu Dec 5 #6 $346.3K −2.0% −57.7% $9.4M 1,234 $281 28

Fri Dec 6 #8 $761.6K +119.9% −59.9% $10.1M 1,316 $579 29

Sat Dec 7 #8 $1.2M +55.6% −37.2% $11.3M 1,316 $901 30

Sun Dec 8 #7 $678.8K −42.7% −36.9% $12.0M 1,316 $516 31

Mon Dec 9 #7 $271.1K −60.1% −22.6% $12.3M 1,316 $206 32

Tue Dec 10 #7 $359.5K +32.6% −21.9% $12.6M 1,316 $273 33

Wed Dec 11 #7 $290.6K −19.2% −17.7% $12.9M 1,316 $221 34

Thu Dec 12 #8 $279.8K −3.7% −19.2% $13.2M 1,316 $213 35

Fri Dec 13 — $539.1K +92.7% −29.2% $13.7M 1,158 $466 36

Sat Dec 14 — $691.0K +28.2% −41.7% $14.4M 1,158 $597 37

Sun Dec 15 — $504.6K −27.0% −25.7% $14.9M 1,158 $436 38

Mon Dec 16 #8 $221.8K −56.1% −18.2% $15.2M 1,158 $191 39

Tue Dec 17 #8 $266.7K +20.3% −25.8% $15.4M 1,158 $230 40

Wed Dec 18 #9 $202.7K −24.0% −30.3% $15.6M 1,158 $175 41

Thu Dec 19 #8 $216.1K +6.6% −22.8% $15.8M 1,158 $187 42

Fri Dec 20 #12 $211.8K −2.0% −60.7% $16.1M 680 $311 43

Sat Dec 21 #12 $295.4K +39.5% −57.3% $16.4M 680 $434 44

Sun Dec 22 #13 $246.3K −16.6% −51.2% $16.6M 680 $362 45

Mon Dec 23 — $200.6K −18.5% −9.5% $16.8M 680 $295 46

Tue Dec 24 — $140.1K −30.2% −47.5% $16.9M 680 $206 47

Wed Dec 25 — $156.1K +11.4% −23.0% $17.1M 680 $230 48

Thu Dec 26 #14 $176.6K +13.1% −18.2% $17.3M 680 $260 49

Fri Dec 27 — $204.2K +15.6% −3.6% $17.5M 481 $425 50

Sat Dec 28 #15 $236.4K +15.8% −20.0% $17.7M 481 $492 51

Sun Dec 29 #15 $173.4K −26.7% −29.6% $17.9M 481 $361 52

Mon Dec 30 — $156.6K −9.7% −22.0% $18.0M 481 $325 53

Tue Dec 31 — $173.6K +10.9% +23.9% $18.2M 481 $361 54

Wed Jan 1 — $216.1K +24.5% +38.4% $18.4M 481 $449 55

Thu Jan 2 #18 $131.8K −39.0% −25.4% $18.6M 481 $274 56

Fri Jan 3 — $177.9K +35.0% −12.9% $18.7M 329 $541 57

Sat Jan 4 — $234.9K +32.1% −0.7% $19.0M 329 $714 58

Sun Jan 5 — $116.4K −50.4% −32.9% $19.1M 329 $354 59

Mon Jan 6 — $52.9K −54.6% −66.2% $19.1M 329 $161 60

Tue Jan 7 — $66.9K +26.5% −61.5% $19.2M 329 $203 61

Wed Jan 8 — $66.6K −0.5% −69.2% $19.3M 329 $202 62

Thu Jan 9 — $71.5K +7.4% −45.7% $19.3M 329 $217 63

Fri Jan 10 — $117.6K +64.4% −33.9% $19.5M 303 $388 64

Sat Jan 11 — $178.9K +52.1% −23.8% $19.6M 303 $590 65

Sun Jan 12 — $96.6K −46.0% −17.0% $19.7M 303 $319 66

Mon Jan 13 — $38.8K −59.9% −26.7% $19.8M 303 $128 67

Tue Jan 14 — $52.1K +34.4% −22.2% $19.8M 303 $172 68

Wed Jan 15 — $46.3K −11.2% −30.5% $19.9M 303 $153 69

Thu Jan 16 — $50.5K +9.1% −29.4% $19.9M 303 $167 70

Fri Jan 17 — $66.6K +31.9% −43.4% $20.0M 190 $350 71

Sat Jan 18 — $101.4K +52.3% −43.3% $20.1M 190 $534 72

Sun Jan 19 — $58.9K −41.9% −39.0% $20.2M 190 $310 73

Mon Jan 20 — $60.6K +2.8% +56.3% $20.2M 190 $319 74

Tue Jan 21 — $30.0K −50.6% −42.5% $20.2M 190 $158 75

Wed Jan 22 — $27.2K −9.1% −41.1% $20.3M 190 $143 76

Thu Jan 23 — $28.0K +2.9% −44.4% $20.3M 190 $148 77

Fri Jan 24 — $61.7K +120.0% −7.3% $20.4M 197 $313 78

Sat Jan 25 — $92.5K +50.0% −8.8% $20.5M 197 $470 79

Sun Jan 26 — $56.5K −39.0% −4.2% $20.5M 197 $287 80

Mon Jan 27 — $21.7K −61.6% −64.2% $20.5M 197 $110 81

Tue Jan 28 — $26.3K +21.1% −12.3% $20.6M 197 $133 82

Wed Jan 29 — $24.6K −6.4% −9.7% $20.6M 197 $125 83

Thu Jan 30 — $29.5K +20.1% +5.3% $20.6M 197 $150 84

Fri Jan 31 — $50.2K +69.9% −18.6% $20.7M 178 $282 85

Sat Feb 1 — $71.2K +42.0% −23.0% $20.7M 178 $400 86

Sun Feb 2 — $25.0K −64.9% −55.7% $20.8M 178 $140 87

Mon Feb 3 — $19.2K −23.0% −11.4% $20.8M 178 $108 88

Tue Feb 4 — $19.4K +1.0% −26.1% $20.8M 178 $109 89

Wed Feb 5 — $20.2K +4.0% −17.8% $20.8M 178 $113 90

Thu Feb 6 — $26.0K +28.5% −12.1% $20.8M 178 $146 91

Fri Feb 7 — $30.1K +15.8% −40.1% $20.9M 135 $223 92

Sat Feb 8 — $47.1K +56.7% −33.9% $20.9M 135 $349 93

Sun Feb 9 — $25.7K −45.5% +2.8% $20.9M 135 $190 94

Mon Feb 10 — $10.2K −60.2% −46.8% $21.0M 135 $76 95

Tue Feb 11 — $12.7K +24.3% −34.5% $21.0M 135 $94 96

Wed Feb 12 — $10.6K −16.6% −47.5% $21.0M 135 $79 97

Thu Feb 13 — $12.8K +21.0% −50.6% $21.0M 135 $95 98

Fri Feb 14 — $25.4K +97.7% −15.6% $21.0M 94 $270 99

Sat Feb 15 — $33.3K +31.3% −29.3% $21.1M 94 $354 100

Sun Feb 16 — $23.3K −29.9% −9.1% $21.1M 94 $248 101

Mon Feb 17 — $21.1K −9.6% +106.4% $21.1M 94 $225 102

Tue Feb 18 — $10.5K −50.5% −17.8% $21.1M 94 $111 103

Wed Feb 19 — $8.8K −16.3% −17.5% $21.1M 94 $93 104

Thu Feb 20 — $9.2K +4.6% −28.7% $21.1M 94 $97 105

Fri Feb 21 — $18.3K +99.5% −28.0% $21.1M 84 $217 106

Sat Feb 22 — $29.4K +61.0% −11.7% $21.2M 84 $350 107

Sun Feb 23 — $17.0K −42.3% −27.3% $21.2M 84 $202 108

Mon Feb 24 — $7.3K −56.8% −65.3% $21.2M 84 $87 109

Tue Feb 25 — $7.8K +6.3% −25.6% $21.2M 84 $93 110

Wed Feb 26 — $8.8K +12.8% +0.4% $21.2M 84 $105 111

Thu Feb 27 — $9.1K +3.1% −1.0% $21.2M 84 $108 112

Fri Feb 28 — $16.6K +82.9% −9.3% $21.2M 73 $227 113

Sat Mar 1 — $25.5K +53.8% −13.4% $21.3M 73 $349 114

Sun Mar 2 — $10.0K −60.7% −41.0% $21.3M 73 $137 115

Mon Mar 3 — $8.1K −18.9% +10.9% $21.3M 73 $111 116

Tue Mar 4 — $6.3K −22.5% −19.1% $21.3M 73 $86 117

Wed Mar 5 — $7.4K +16.9% −16.2% $21.3M 73 $101 118

Thu Mar 6 — $9.7K +31.8% +7.1% $21.3M 73 $133 119

Fri Mar 7 — $12.5K +29.1% −24.4% $21.3M 49 $256 120

Sat Mar 8 — $17.0K +35.5% −33.4% $21.3M 49 $346 121

Sun Mar 9 — $7.1K −58.0% −28.9% $21.3M 49 $145 122

Mon Mar 10 — $4.3K −39.5% −46.9% $21.3M 49 $88 123

Tue Mar 11 — $5.8K +34.3% −8.1% $21.4M 49 $118 124

Wed Mar 12 — $7.3K +27.0% −0.1% $21.4M 49 $150 125

Thu Mar 13 — $8.9K +21.0% −8.3% $21.4M 49 $182 126

Fri Mar 14 — $9.7K +8.7% −22.8% $21.4M 47 $206 127

Sat Mar 15 — $12.4K +28.2% −27.0% $21.4M 47 $264 128

Sun Mar 16 — $7.4K −40.0% +4.5% $21.4M 47 $158 129

Mon Mar 17 — $4.0K −46.5% −7.6% $21.4M 47 $85 130

Tue Mar 18 — $3.2K −19.9% −44.9% $21.4M 47 $68 131

Wed Mar 19 — $3.2K +1.2% −56.1% $21.4M 47 $69 132

Thu Mar 20 — $3.6K +12.8% −59.1% $21.4M 47 $77 133

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

Cumulative total$19.9M

Nov 8Nov 25Dec 13Dec 30Jan 16

Weekend grossWk 10 · $393.1K

$105.0K

$420.5K

$609.7K

$4.9M

$2.6M

$1.7M

$753.4K

$614.1K

$529.2K

$393.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,316 → 303 −77.0%

4 open303 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −25.7%

+300.5%

W1→2

+45.0%

W2→3

+698.0%

W3→4

−46.0%

W4→5

−33.9%

W5→6

−56.6%

W6→7

−18.5%

W7→8

−13.8%

W8→9

−25.7%

W9→10

Steepest −56.6%Biggest gain +698.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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