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The Gambler

2014 • R • 1h 51m • Crime, Drama, Thriller • Paramount Pictures

The only way out is all in

🍅 43% 31%

55

2.87

6.0

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$9.1M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$33.7M

Final

Worldwide Total

$38.7M

$5.0M international

Domestic Legs3.7x

Budget$25M

2014 Rank#86

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Cast & Crew

Full Wyatt filmography

Rupert Wyatt Director

Mark Wahlberg Starring

John Goodman Starring

Brie Larson Starring

Michael Kenneth Williams

Michael Kenneth Williams Starring

George Kennedy Starring

ScreenplayWilliam Monahan Produced byMark Wahlberg, Irwin Winkler, Stephen Levinson, David Winkler CinematographyGreig Fraser MusicJon Brion StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

3 Dec 26-28 7 $9.1M — 2,478 $3,683 $14.1M

4 Jan 2-4 9 $6.3M −30.6% 2,494 $2,541 $27.6M

5 Jan 9-11 14 $2.3M −63.6% 2,121 $1,087 $32.3M

6 Jan 16-18 29 $223.7K −90.3% 415 $539 $33.4M

7 Jan 23-25 52 $29.4K −86.8% 69 $426 $33.5M

8 Jan 30-Feb 1 62 $12.9K −56.0% 34 $380 $33.6M

9 Feb 6-8 51 $55.4K +328.5% 103 $538 $33.6M

10 Feb 13-15 66 $14.6K −73.6% 46 $318 $33.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Dec 25 — $5.0M — $5.0M 2,478 $2,019 -1

Fri Dec 26 #7 $3.4M −31.6% $8.4M 2,478 $1,381 1

Sat Dec 27 #7 $3.4M −1.8% $11.8M 2,478 $1,356 2

Sun Dec 28 — $2.3M −30.2% $14.1M 2,478 $946 3

Mon Dec 29 #8 $1.5M −34.5% $15.7M 2,478 $620 4

Tue Dec 30 — $1.6M +5.5% $17.3M 2,478 $654 5

Wed Dec 31 — $1.6M −2.0% $18.9M 2,478 $642 6

Thu Jan 1 #8 $2.4M +50.2% $21.3M 2,478 $964 7

Fri Jan 2 #9 $2.6M +7.8% −24.7% $23.8M 2,494 $1,033 8

Sat Jan 3 #9 $2.4M −8.5% −29.9% $26.2M 2,494 $945 9

Sun Jan 4 #9 $1.4M −40.4% −40.1% $27.6M 2,494 $563 10

Mon Jan 5 #8 $604.9K −56.9% −60.6% $28.2M 2,494 $243 11

Tue Jan 6 #7 $706.4K +16.8% −56.4% $28.9M 2,494 $283 12

Wed Jan 7 #6 $558.5K −20.9% −64.9% $29.5M 2,494 $224 13

Thu Jan 8 #6 $481.3K −13.8% −79.8% $30.0M 2,494 $193 14

Fri Jan 9 #13 $750.2K +55.9% −70.9% $30.7M 2,121 $354 15

Sat Jan 10 #14 $1.0M +33.4% −57.5% $31.7M 2,121 $472 16

Sun Jan 11 #14 $554.8K −44.6% −60.5% $32.3M 2,121 $262 17

Mon Jan 12 #12 $213.5K −61.5% −64.7% $32.5M 2,121 $101 18

Tue Jan 13 #11 $313.6K +46.9% −55.6% $32.8M 2,121 $148 19

Wed Jan 14 #10 $249.6K −20.4% −55.3% $33.0M 2,121 $118 20

Thu Jan 15 #14 $150.8K −39.6% −68.7% $33.2M 2,121 $71 21

Fri Jan 16 — $68.8K −54.4% −90.8% $33.3M 415 $166 22

Sat Jan 17 — $102.3K +48.7% −89.8% $33.4M 415 $247 23

Sun Jan 18 — $52.6K −48.6% −90.5% $33.4M 415 $127 24

Mon Jan 19 — $32.3K −38.5% −84.9% $33.4M 415 $78 25

Tue Jan 20 — $26.6K −17.6% −91.5% $33.5M 415 $64 26

Wed Jan 21 — $20.3K −23.7% −91.9% $33.5M 415 $49 27

Thu Jan 22 — $19.3K −5.0% −87.2% $33.5M 415 $47 28

Fri Jan 23 — $8.7K −54.9% −87.4% $33.5M 69 $126 29

Sat Jan 24 — $14.5K +66.2% −85.9% $33.5M 69 $210 30

Sun Jan 25 — $6.3K −56.7% −88.1% $33.5M 69 $91 31

Mon Jan 26 — $3.0K −52.5% −90.8% $33.5M 69 $43 32

Tue Jan 27 — $3.9K +30.2% −85.5% $33.5M 69 $56 33

Wed Jan 28 — $3.5K −10.9% −83.0% $33.6M 69 $50 34

Thu Jan 29 — $3.4K −1.7% −82.4% $33.6M 69 $49 35

Fri Jan 30 — $4.7K +39.7% −45.5% $33.6M 34 $139 36

Sat Jan 31 — $6.7K +41.1% −53.8% $33.6M 34 $197 37

Sun Feb 1 — $1.5K −77.4% −75.9% $33.6M 34 $44 38

Mon Feb 2 — $1.6K +6.5% −46.0% $33.6M 34 $47 39

Tue Feb 3 — $1.8K +10.6% −54.1% $33.6M 34 $52 40

Wed Feb 4 — $1.8K +2.7% −47.1% $33.6M 34 $54 41

Thu Feb 5 — $1.9K +3.0% −44.6% $33.6M 34 $55 42

Fri Feb 6 — $16.7K +789.7% +253.0% $33.6M 103 $162 43

Sat Feb 7 — $23.6K +40.9% +252.6% $33.6M 103 $229 44

Sun Feb 8 — $15.1K −35.9% +901.7% $33.6M 103 $147 45

Mon Feb 9 — $6.4K −57.6% +298.5% $33.6M 103 $62 46

Tue Feb 10 — $7.8K +21.4% +337.6% $33.6M 103 $76 47

Wed Feb 11 — $6.4K −17.2% +252.8% $33.7M 103 $63 48

Thu Feb 12 — $6.3K −2.5% +233.7% $33.7M 103 $61 49

Fri Feb 13 — $3.7K −41.8% −78.2% $33.7M 46 $79 50

Sat Feb 14 — $6.5K +76.9% −72.6% $33.7M 46 $140 51

Sun Feb 15 — $4.5K −29.8% −70.0% $33.7M 46 $99 52

Mon Feb 16 — $2.5K −45.6% −61.5% $33.7M 46 $54 53

Tue Feb 17 — $2.1K −14.8% −73.0% $33.7M 46 $46 54

Wed Feb 18 — $1.8K −13.9% −71.9% $33.7M 46 $39 55

Thu Feb 19 — $1.9K +2.5% −70.4% $33.7M 46 $40 56

Cumulative total$33.7M

Dec 25Jan 8Jan 22Feb 5Feb 19

Weekend grossWk 10 · $14.6K

$9.1M

$6.3M

$2.3M

$223.7K

$29.4K

$12.9K

$55.4K

$14.6K

W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,494 → 46 −98.2%

2,478 open46 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −73.6%

−30.6%

W3→4

−63.6%

W4→5

−90.3%

W5→6

−86.8%

W6→7

−56.0%

W7→8

+328.5%

W8→9

−73.6%

W9→10

Steepest −90.3%Biggest gain +328.5%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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