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The Counselor

2013 • R • 1h 51m • Action, Adventure, Crime • 20th Century Fox

Sin is a choice.

🍅 34% 24%

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2.7

5.4

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$7.8M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$17.0M

Final

Worldwide Total

$71.0M

$54.0M international

Domestic Legs2.2x

Budget$25M

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Cast & Crew

Full Scott filmography

Ridley Scott Director

Michael Fassbender

Michael Fassbender Starring

Penélope Cruz Starring

Cameron Diaz Starring

Javier Bardem Starring

Brad Pitt Starring

ScreenplayCormac McCarthy Produced byRidley Scott, Steve Schwartz, Nick Wechsler, Paula Mae Schwartz CinematographyDariusz Wolski MusicDaniel Pemberton Prod. DesignArthur Max Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 25-27 4 $7.8M — 3,044 $2,577 $7.8M

2 Nov 1-3 9 $3.4M −56.9% 3,044 $1,110 $13.8M

3 Nov 8-10 14 $815.8K −75.9% 1,022 $798 $15.9M

4 Nov 15-17 19 $352.4K −56.8% 481 $733 $16.6M

5 Nov 22-24 32 $63.1K −82.1% 129 $489 $16.8M

6 Nov 29-Dec 1 43 $30.3K −52.0% 78 $388 $16.9M

7 Dec 6-8 41 $23.3K −23.2% 71 $327 $16.9M

8 Dec 13-15 39 $16.4K −29.5% 60 $273 $16.9M

9 Dec 20-22 38 $6.2K −62.3% 24 $258 $16.9M

10 Dec 27-29 50 $6.1K −1.2% 24 $254 $16.9M

11 Jan 3-5 54 $4.1K −33.0% 21 $195 $17.0M

12 Jan 10-12 53 $5.1K +24.1% 17 $298 $17.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 25 #4 $3.1M — $3.1M 3,044 $1,028 1

Sat Oct 26 #4 $2.9M −6.1% $6.1M 3,044 $966 2

Sun Oct 27 #4 $1.8M −39.7% $7.8M 3,044 $582 3

Mon Oct 28 #4 $648.0K −63.4% $8.5M 3,044 $213 4

Tue Oct 29 #4 $796.9K +23.0% $9.3M 3,044 $262 5

Wed Oct 30 #4 $556.2K −30.2% $9.8M 3,044 $183 6

Thu Oct 31 #5 $543.5K −2.3% $10.4M 3,044 $179 7

Fri Nov 1 #8 $1.0M +91.8% −66.7% $11.4M 3,044 $342 8

Sat Nov 2 #10 $1.5M +42.8% −49.4% $12.9M 3,044 $489 9

Sun Nov 3 #9 $849.3K −42.9% −52.1% $13.8M 3,044 $279 10

Mon Nov 4 #8 $310.3K −63.5% −52.1% $14.1M 3,044 $102 11

Tue Nov 5 #9 $409.4K +31.9% −48.6% $14.5M 3,044 $134 12

Wed Nov 6 #8 $311.5K −23.9% −44.0% $14.8M 3,044 $102 13

Thu Nov 7 #8 $246.5K −20.9% −54.6% $15.0M 3,044 $81 14

Fri Nov 8 — $234.8K −4.8% −77.5% $15.3M 1,022 $230 15

Sat Nov 9 — $342.9K +46.1% −77.0% $15.6M 1,022 $335 16

Sun Nov 10 — $238.1K −30.6% −72.0% $15.9M 1,022 $233 17

Mon Nov 11 — $127.2K −46.6% −59.0% $16.0M 1,022 $124 18

Tue Nov 12 — $94.5K −25.8% −76.9% $16.1M 1,022 $92 19

Wed Nov 13 — $77.7K −17.7% −75.1% $16.2M 1,022 $76 20

Thu Nov 14 — $72.0K −7.3% −70.8% $16.2M 1,022 $70 21

Fri Nov 15 — $106.1K +47.3% −54.8% $16.3M 481 $221 22

Sat Nov 16 — $156.5K +47.4% −54.4% $16.5M 481 $325 23

Sun Nov 17 — $89.8K −42.6% −62.3% $16.6M 481 $187 24

Mon Nov 18 — $37.0K −58.8% −71.0% $16.6M 481 $77 25

Tue Nov 19 — $48.6K +31.6% −48.5% $16.7M 481 $101 26

Wed Nov 20 — $37.5K −22.9% −51.7% $16.7M 481 $78 27

Thu Nov 21 — $27.1K −27.8% −62.4% $16.7M 481 $56 28

Fri Nov 22 — $18.3K −32.3% −82.7% $16.8M 129 $142 29

Sat Nov 23 — $27.9K +52.4% −82.2% $16.8M 129 $216 30

Sun Nov 24 — $16.8K −39.7% −81.2% $16.8M 129 $131 31

Mon Nov 25 — $7.3K −56.4% −80.2% $16.8M 129 $57 32

Tue Nov 26 — $11.1K +52.0% −77.1% $16.8M 129 $86 33

Wed Nov 27 — $5.3K −52.4% −85.8% $16.8M 129 $41 34

Thu Nov 28 — $4.9K −7.1% −81.8% $16.8M 129 $38 35

Fri Nov 29 — $11.0K +123.0% −40.0% $16.8M 78 $141 36

Sat Nov 30 — $12.1K +9.7% −56.8% $16.8M 78 $155 37

Sun Dec 1 — $7.2K −40.2% −57.2% $16.9M 78 $92 38

Mon Dec 2 — $2.6K −64.0% −64.6% $16.9M 78 $33 39

Tue Dec 3 — $4.2K +61.6% −62.4% $16.9M 78 $54 40

Wed Dec 4 — $3.4K −19.8% −36.6% $16.9M 78 $43 41

Thu Dec 5 — $3.8K +13.4% −22.5% $16.9M 78 $49 42

Fri Dec 6 — $7.0K +84.3% −36.0% $16.9M 71 $99 43

Sat Dec 7 — $9.4K +33.7% −21.9% $16.9M 71 $133 44

Sun Dec 8 — $6.8K −27.7% −5.7% $16.9M 71 $96 45

Mon Dec 9 — $2.6K −62.0% −0.5% $16.9M 71 $36 46

Tue Dec 10 — $3.6K +40.7% −13.4% $16.9M 71 $51 47

Wed Dec 11 — $3.3K −9.5% −2.3% $16.9M 71 $46 48

Thu Dec 12 — $3.0K −8.0% −20.8% $16.9M 71 $43 49

Fri Dec 13 — $4.8K +58.5% −31.8% $16.9M 60 $80 50

Sat Dec 14 — $6.7K +39.4% −29.0% $16.9M 60 $111 51

Sun Dec 15 — $4.9K −26.7% −28.0% $16.9M 60 $82 52

Mon Dec 16 — $2.2K −54.2% −13.2% $16.9M 60 $37 53

Tue Dec 17 — $3.1K +36.5% −15.7% $16.9M 60 $51 54

Wed Dec 18 — $2.5K −17.1% −22.9% $16.9M 60 $42 55

Thu Dec 19 — $3.0K +18.5% −0.6% $16.9M 60 $50 56

Mon Dec 30 — $1.7K — $17.0M 24 $72 67

Tue Dec 31 — $1.2K −28.8% $17.0M 24 $51 68

Wed Jan 1 — $2.0K +66.2% $17.0M 24 $85 69

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

Cumulative total$17.0M

Oct 25Nov 9Nov 23Dec 8Jan 1

Weekend grossWk 10 · $6.1K

$7.8M

$3.4M

$815.8K

$352.4K

$63.1K

$30.3K

$23.3K

$16.4K

$6.2K

$6.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,044 → 24 −99.2%

3,044 open24 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −1.2%

−56.9%

W1→2

−75.9%

W2→3

−56.8%

W3→4

−82.1%

W4→5

−52.0%

W5→6

−23.2%

W6→7

−29.5%

W7→8

−62.3%

W8→9

−1.2%

W9→10

Steepest −82.1%Best hold −1.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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