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The Departed

2006 R 2h 31m Crime, Drama, Thriller Warner Bros.

Cops or criminals. When you’re facing a loaded gun, what’s the difference?

Box office summary
Domestic Total
$132M
Final
Opening Weekend
$26.9M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
4.92x
Opening → Total
Budget
$90.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$291M
$159M international
2006 Rank
#15
Domestic
Compare with other movies
Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Oct 6-8 1 $26.9M $26.9M 3,017 $9K 1
Oct 13-15 2 $19.0M -29.2% $57.0M 3,017 $6K 2
Oct 20-22 2 $13.5M -29.3% $76.9M 3,005 $4K 3
Oct 27-29 2 $9.8M -26.8% $91.1M 2,951 $3K 4
Nov 3-5 5 $7.7M -21.6% $102.0M 2,785 $3K 5
Nov 10-12 7 $5.2M -33.1% $109.7M 2,210 $2K 6
Nov 17-19 9 $2.6M -49.9% $113.8M 1,611 $2K 7
Nov 24-26 15 $1.7M -33.9% $116.7M 910 $2K 8
Dec 1-3 18 $825K -51.7% $118.0M 572 $1K 9
Dec 8-10 20 $438K -46.9% $118.7M 355 $1K 10
Dec 15-17 21 $341K -22.1% $119.3M 254 $1K 11
Dec 22-24 25 $219K -35.7% $119.7M 191 $1K 12
Dec 29-31 29 $343K +56.2% $120.4M 172 $2K 13
Jan 5-7 31 $297K -13.5% $120.9M 128 $2K 14
Jan 12-14 37 $255K -14.1% $121.3M 117 $2K 15
Jan 19-21 35 $302K +18.5% $121.7M 127 $2K 16
Jan 26-28 12 $3.4M +1014.6% $125.2M 1,453 $2K 17
Feb 2-4 12 $2.3M -32.0% $128.6M 1,453 $2K 18
Feb 9-11 17 $1.3M -41.3% $130.7M 766 $2K 19
Feb 16-18 29 $347K -74.1% $131.4M 320 $1K 20
Feb 23-25 33 $214K -38.3% $131.8M 274 $781 21
Mar 2-4 27 $238K +11.3% $132.1M 216 $1K 22
Mar 9-11 40 $102K -57.1% $132.3M 120 $852 23

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Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byMartin Scorsese
ScreenplayWilliam Monahan
Produced byBrad Pitt, Brad Grey, Graham King
CinematographyMichael Ballhaus
MusicHoward Shore
StarringLeonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen, Ray Winstone
StudioWarner Bros.