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The Brave One

2007 • R • 2h 2m • Crime, Drama, Thriller • Warner Bros.

How many wrongs to make it right?

🍅 43% 64%

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3.12

6.7

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$13.5M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$36.8M

Final

Worldwide Total

$69.8M

$33.0M international

Domestic Legs2.7x

Budget$70M

2007 Rank#72

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Cast & Crew

Full Jordan filmography

Neil Jordan Director

Jodie Foster Starring

Terrence Howard

Terrence Howard Starring

Naveen Andrews Starring

Mary Steenburgen

Mary Steenburgen Starring

ScreenplayBruce A. Taylor, Roderick Taylor, Cynthia Mort Produced bySusan Downey, Joel Silver CinematographyPhilippe Rousselot MusicDario Marianelli Prod. DesignKristi Zea StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 14-16 1 $13.5M — 2,755 $4,890 $13.5M

2 Sep 21-23 3 $7.3M −45.7% 2,755 $2,655 $25.0M

3 Sep 28-30 6 $3.7M −49.1% 2,837 $1,311 $30.8M

4 Oct 5-7 10 $2.3M −37.6% 2,358 $984 $34.4M

5 Oct 12-14 19 $686.3K −70.4% 1,255 $547 $36.0M

6 Oct 19-21 39 $154.0K −77.6% 367 $420 $36.4M

7 Oct 26-28 47 $59.3K −61.5% 145 $409 $36.5M

8 Nov 2-4 52 $27.5K −53.6% 59 $466 $36.6M

9 Nov 9-11 38 $108.4K +294.0% 264 $411 $36.7M

10 Nov 16-18 46 $34.4K −68.3% 134 $257 $36.8M

11 Nov 23-25 66 $11.4K −66.8% 40 $286 $36.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Sep 14 #1 $4.6M — $4.6M 2,755 $1,680 1

Sat Sep 15 #1 $5.7M +22.1% $10.3M 2,755 $2,052 2

Sun Sep 16 #1 $3.2M −43.6% $13.5M 2,755 $1,158 3

Mon Sep 17 #1 $1.1M −66.3% $14.5M 2,755 $391 4

Tue Sep 18 #1 $1.2M +7.3% $15.7M 2,755 $419 5

Wed Sep 19 #1 $1.0M −11.4% $16.7M 2,755 $371 6

Thu Sep 20 #1 $965.4K −5.6% $17.7M 2,755 $350 7

Fri Sep 21 #3 $2.2M +128.5% −52.4% $19.9M 2,755 $801 8

Sat Sep 22 #3 $3.3M +50.8% −41.1% $23.2M 2,755 $1,207 9

Sun Sep 23 #3 $1.8M −46.4% −44.2% $25.0M 2,755 $647 10

Mon Sep 24 #3 $511.3K −71.3% −52.5% $25.5M 2,755 $186 11

Tue Sep 25 #3 $562.1K +10.0% −51.3% $26.1M 2,755 $204 12

Wed Sep 26 #3 $530.3K −5.7% −48.1% $26.6M 2,755 $192 13

Thu Sep 27 #3 $530.3K +0.0% −45.1% $27.1M 2,755 $192 14

Fri Sep 28 #6 $1.1M +105.3% −50.6% $28.2M 2,837 $384 15

Sat Sep 29 #6 $1.7M +57.8% −48.3% $29.9M 2,837 $606 16

Sun Sep 30 #6 $912.2K −46.9% −48.8% $30.8M 2,837 $322 17

Mon Oct 1 #6 $288.4K −68.4% −43.6% $31.1M 2,837 $102 18

Tue Oct 2 #6 $342.3K +18.7% −39.1% $31.5M 2,837 $121 19

Wed Oct 3 #6 $298.2K −12.9% −43.8% $31.8M 2,837 $105 20

Thu Oct 4 #6 $295.4K −1.0% −44.3% $32.1M 2,837 $104 21

Fri Oct 5 #10 $649.2K +119.8% −40.4% $32.7M 2,358 $275 22

Sat Oct 6 #9 $1.0M +56.8% −40.7% $33.7M 2,358 $432 23

Sun Oct 7 #9 $654.0K −35.8% −28.3% $34.4M 2,358 $277 24

Mon Oct 8 #8 $322.3K −50.7% +11.8% $34.7M 2,358 $137 25

Tue Oct 9 #9 $208.5K −35.3% −39.1% $34.9M 2,358 $88 26

Wed Oct 10 #9 $203.2K −2.5% −31.8% $35.1M 2,358 $86 27

Thu Oct 11 #9 $196.3K −3.4% −33.5% $35.3M 2,358 $83 28

Fri Oct 19 — $47.3K — $36.3M 367 $129 36

Sat Oct 20 — $69.7K +47.5% $36.4M 367 $190 37

Sun Oct 21 — $37.0K −46.9% $36.4M 367 $101 38

Mon Oct 22 — $12.2K −67.2% $36.4M 367 $33 39

Tue Oct 23 — $14.4K +18.3% $36.4M 367 $39 40

Wed Oct 24 — $13.4K −6.7% $36.4M 367 $37 41

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

Cumulative total$36.4M

Sep 14Sep 22Oct 1Oct 9Oct 24

Weekend grossWk 10 · $34.4K

$13.5M

$7.3M

$3.7M

$2.3M

$686.3K

$154.0K

$59.3K

$27.5K

$108.4K

$34.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,837 → 367 −87.1%

2,755 open367 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −68.3%

−45.7%

W1→2

−49.1%

W2→3

−37.6%

W3→4

−70.4%

W4→5

−77.6%

W5→6

−61.5%

W6→7

−53.6%

W7→8

+294.0%

W8→9

−68.3%

W9→10

Steepest −77.6%Biggest gain +294.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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