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The Giver

2014 • PG-13 • 1h 37m • Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi • The Weinstein Company

Search for truth. Find freedom.

🍅 34% 55%

47

2.73

6.4

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$12.3M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$45.1M

Final

Worldwide Total

$66.5M

$21.4M international

Domestic Legs3.7x

Budget$25M

2014 Rank#72

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Cast & Crew

Full Noyce filmography

Phillip Noyce Director

Jeff Bridges Starring

Meryl Streep Starring

Brenton Thwaites

Brenton Thwaites Starring

Alexander Skarsgård

Alexander Skarsgård Starring

Katie Holmes Starring

ScreenplayRobert B. Weide, Michael Mitnick Produced byJeff Bridges, Genevieve Hofmeyr, Neil Koenigsberg, Nikki Silver CinematographyRoss Emery MusicMarco Beltrami StudioThe Weinstein Company

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 15-17 5 $12.3M — 3,003 $4,098 $12.3M

2 Aug 22-24 7 $6.4M −47.7% 3,003 $2,143 $23.8M

3 Aug 29-31 8 $5.3M −18.3% 2,805 $1,873 $31.5M

4 Sep 5-7 7 $3.4M −34.9% 2,576 $1,328 $37.7M

5 Sep 12-14 9 $2.6M −24.8% 2,253 $1,142 $41.3M

6 Sep 19-21 13 $965.9K −62.5% 1,607 $601 $43.0M

7 Sep 26-28 18 $422.8K −56.2% 702 $602 $43.8M

8 Oct 3-5 20 $242.2K −42.7% 371 $653 $44.2M

9 Oct 10-12 37 $103.0K −57.5% 202 $510 $44.4M

10 Oct 17-19 45 $61.1K −40.7% 107 $571 $44.5M

11 Oct 24-26 33 $104.6K +71.3% 155 $675 $44.7M

12 Oct 31-Nov 2 34 $94.7K −9.5% 155 $611 $44.8M

13 Nov 7-9 35 $78.0K −17.6% 119 $656 $44.9M

14 Nov 14-16 36 $51.5K −34.0% 93 $554 $45.0M

15 Nov 21-23 45 $22.0K −57.3% 46 $477 $45.1M

16 Nov 28-30 56 $8.5K −61.1% 26 $328 $45.1M

17 Dec 5-7 67 $3.6K −58.0% 15 $239 $45.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Aug 14 — $750.0K — $750.0K — — -1

Fri Aug 15 #5 $4.8M +533.4% $4.8M 3,003 $1,582 1

Sat Aug 16 #5 $4.4M −6.4% $9.2M 3,003 $1,480 2

Sun Aug 17 #5 $3.1M −30.0% $12.3M 3,003 $1,035 3

Mon Aug 18 #5 $1.3M −57.8% $13.6M 3,003 $437 4

Tue Aug 19 #5 $1.6M +19.6% $15.2M 3,003 $523 5

Wed Aug 20 #4 $1.1M −28.5% $16.3M 3,003 $374 6

Thu Aug 21 #4 $1.1M −5.4% $17.4M 3,003 $353 7

Fri Aug 22 #7 $2.1M +94.0% −56.7% $19.4M 3,003 $685 8

Sat Aug 23 #6 $2.7M +33.5% −38.2% $22.2M 3,003 $915 9

Sun Aug 24 #7 $1.6M −40.7% −47.6% $23.8M 3,003 $542 10

Mon Aug 25 #6 $594.8K −63.5% −54.7% $24.4M 3,003 $198 11

Tue Aug 26 #5 $773.1K +30.0% −50.7% $25.2M 3,003 $257 12

Wed Aug 27 #6 $545.1K −29.5% −51.4% $25.7M 3,003 $182 13

Thu Aug 28 #6 $554.9K +1.8% −47.7% $26.3M 3,003 $185 14

Fri Aug 29 #8 $1.3M +135.1% −36.6% $27.6M 2,805 $465 15

Sat Aug 30 #8 $1.9M +47.8% −29.8% $29.5M 2,805 $688 16

Sun Aug 31 #8 $2.0M +4.8% +24.2% $31.5M 2,805 $721 17

Mon Sep 1 #7 $1.7M −15.8% +186.3% $33.2M 2,805 $607 18

Tue Sep 2 #8 $414.8K −75.6% −46.3% $33.6M 2,805 $148 19

Wed Sep 3 #8 $295.4K −28.8% −45.8% $33.9M 2,805 $105 20

Thu Sep 4 #8 $303.5K +2.7% −45.3% $34.2M 2,805 $108 21

Fri Sep 5 #7 $970.6K +219.8% −25.6% $35.2M 2,576 $377 22

Sat Sep 6 #8 $1.6M +68.8% −15.0% $36.9M 2,576 $636 23

Sun Sep 7 #7 $812.0K −50.4% −59.8% $37.7M 2,576 $315 24

Mon Sep 8 #8 $230.6K −71.6% −86.5% $37.9M 2,576 $90 25

Tue Sep 9 #8 $311.2K +34.9% −25.0% $38.2M 2,576 $121 26

Wed Sep 10 #8 $245.6K −21.1% −16.9% $38.5M 2,576 $95 27

Thu Sep 11 #8 $250.9K +2.2% −17.3% $38.7M 2,576 $97 28

Fri Sep 12 #9 $734.7K +192.8% −24.3% $39.4M 2,253 $326 29

Sat Sep 13 #9 $1.2M +66.4% −25.4% $40.7M 2,253 $543 30

Sun Sep 14 #9 $615.8K −49.6% −24.2% $41.3M 2,253 $273 31

Mon Sep 15 #11 $184.8K −70.0% −19.9% $41.5M 2,253 $82 32

Tue Sep 16 #10 $242.9K +31.5% −21.9% $41.7M 2,253 $108 33

Wed Sep 17 #10 $192.3K −20.8% −21.7% $41.9M 2,253 $85 34

Thu Sep 18 #10 $174.7K −9.2% −30.4% $42.1M 2,253 $78 35

Fri Sep 19 #14 $281.2K +61.0% −61.7% $42.4M 1,607 $175 36

Sat Sep 20 #13 $440.4K +56.6% −64.0% $42.8M 1,607 $274 37

Sun Sep 21 #13 $244.3K −44.5% −60.3% $43.0M 1,607 $152 38

Mon Sep 22 #12 $78.4K −67.9% −57.6% $43.1M 1,607 $49 39

Tue Sep 23 #12 $98.0K +25.1% −59.7% $43.2M 1,607 $61 40

Wed Sep 24 #12 $91.6K −6.5% −52.4% $43.3M 1,607 $57 41

Thu Sep 25 #13 $111.0K +21.1% −36.5% $43.4M 1,607 $69 42

Fri Sep 26 — $127.6K +15.0% −54.6% $43.5M 702 $182 43

Sat Sep 27 #15 $196.0K +53.5% −55.5% $43.7M 702 $279 44

Sun Sep 28 — $99.2K −49.4% −59.4% $43.8M 702 $141 45

Mon Sep 29 #15 $39.4K −60.3% −49.7% $43.9M 702 $56 46

Tue Sep 30 — $41.6K +5.4% −57.6% $43.9M 702 $59 47

Wed Oct 1 — $36.1K −13.2% −60.6% $44.0M 702 $51 48

Thu Oct 2 — $35.5K −1.6% −68.0% $44.0M 702 $51 49

Fri Oct 3 — $83.9K +136.3% −34.3% $44.1M 371 $226 50

Sat Oct 4 — $103.8K +23.7% −47.0% $44.2M 371 $280 51

Sun Oct 5 — $54.5K −47.5% −45.1% $44.2M 371 $147 52

Mon Oct 6 — $19.3K −64.6% −51.1% $44.3M 371 $52 53

Tue Oct 7 — $27.5K +42.6% −33.8% $44.3M 371 $74 54

Wed Oct 8 — $25.6K −7.0% −29.0% $44.3M 371 $69 55

Thu Oct 9 — $26.0K +1.6% −26.7% $44.3M 371 $70 56

Fri Oct 10 — $33.7K +29.4% −59.9% $44.4M 202 $167 57

Sat Oct 11 — $44.4K +31.7% −57.3% $44.4M 202 $220 58

Sun Oct 12 — $25.0K −43.6% −54.1% $44.4M 202 $124 59

Mon Oct 13 — $14.1K −43.8% −27.1% $44.4M 202 $70 60

Tue Oct 14 — $13.1K −7.2% −52.6% $44.5M 202 $65 61

Wed Oct 15 — $12.2K −6.5% −52.4% $44.5M 202 $60 62

Thu Oct 16 — $12.8K +4.5% −51.0% $44.5M 202 $63 63

Fri Oct 17 — $24.3K +90.9% −27.7% $44.5M 107 $227 64

Sat Oct 18 — $25.8K +5.9% −41.9% $44.5M 107 $241 65

Sun Oct 19 — $11.0K −57.5% −56.2% $44.5M 107 $102 66

Mon Oct 20 — $5.0K −54.1% −64.2% $44.6M 107 $47 67

Tue Oct 21 — $5.8K +14.9% −55.7% $44.6M 107 $54 68

Wed Oct 22 — $6.3K +8.4% −48.7% $44.6M 107 $59 69

Thu Oct 23 — $5.5K −12.9% −57.2% $44.6M 107 $51 70

Fri Oct 24 — $34.6K +534.5% +42.3% $44.6M 155 $223 71

Sat Oct 25 — $44.8K +29.4% +73.7% $44.6M 155 $289 72

Sun Oct 26 — $25.2K −43.7% +130.2% $44.7M 155 $163 73

Mon Oct 27 — $11.7K −53.7% +131.9% $44.7M 155 $75 74

Tue Oct 28 — $13.2K +13.5% +129.1% $44.7M 155 $85 75

Wed Oct 29 — $11.2K −15.7% +78.1% $44.7M 155 $72 76

Thu Oct 30 — $10.7K −4.1% +96.1% $44.7M 155 $69 77

Fri Oct 31 — $22.5K +109.9% −35.1% $44.7M 155 $145 78

Sat Nov 1 — $47.8K +112.7% +6.7% $44.8M 155 $308 79

Sun Nov 2 — $24.5K −48.8% −2.9% $44.8M 155 $158 80

Mon Nov 3 — $8.7K −64.5% −25.6% $44.8M 144 $60 81

Tue Nov 4 — $10.3K +18.8% −22.2% $44.8M 144 $72 82

Wed Nov 5 — $10.6K +2.7% −5.2% $44.8M 144 $73 83

Thu Nov 6 — $8.8K −16.5% −17.4% $44.9M 144 $61 84

Fri Nov 7 — $24.4K +176.6% +8.9% $44.9M 119 $205 85

Sat Nov 8 — $36.1K +47.8% −24.3% $44.9M 119 $304 86

Sun Nov 9 — $17.5K −51.7% −28.7% $44.9M 119 $147 87

Mon Nov 10 — $8.9K −48.9% +2.7% $44.9M 119 $75 88

Tue Nov 11 — $14.8K +66.5% +44.0% $45.0M 119 $125 89

Wed Nov 12 — $5.8K −60.8% −45.0% $45.0M 119 $49 90

Thu Nov 13 — $9.9K +69.8% +11.8% $45.0M 119 $83 91

Fri Nov 14 — $16.2K +64.2% −33.6% $45.0M 93 $175 92

Sat Nov 15 — $24.1K +48.7% −33.2% $45.0M 93 $260 93

Sun Nov 16 — $11.1K −54.0% −36.4% $45.0M 93 $119 94

Mon Nov 17 — $4.2K −61.8% −52.4% $45.0M 93 $46 95

Tue Nov 18 — $4.3K +0.6% −71.3% $45.0M 93 $46 96

Wed Nov 19 — $4.1K −2.8% −28.8% $45.0M 93 $45 97

Thu Nov 20 — $3.7K −11.5% −62.9% $45.0M 93 $39 98

Fri Nov 21 — $8.7K +136.4% −46.6% $45.0M 46 $189 99

Sat Nov 22 #31 $9.2K +6.3% −61.8% $45.1M 46 $200 100

Sun Nov 23 — $4.1K −56.0% −63.4% $45.1M 46 $88 101

Mon Nov 24 — $3.1K −23.1% −26.3% $45.1M 46 $68 102

Tue Nov 25 — $4.5K +45.5% +6.5% $45.1M 46 $99 103

Wed Nov 26 — $2.8K −38.8% −32.9% $45.1M 46 $60 104

Thu Nov 27 — $1.9K −30.2% −47.1% $45.1M 46 $42 105

Fri Nov 28 — $4.3K +119.4% −50.9% $45.1M 26 $164 106

Sat Nov 29 — $3.1K −26.5% −66.1% $45.1M 26 $120 107

Sun Nov 30 — $1.1K −63.5% −71.9% $45.1M 26 $44 108

Mon Dec 1 — $498 −56.4% −84.1% $45.1M 26 $19 109

Tue Dec 2 — $461 −7.4% −89.9% $45.1M 26 $18 110

Wed Dec 3 — $591 +28.2% −78.7% $45.1M 26 $23 111

Thu Dec 4 — $643 +8.8% −66.9% $45.1M 26 $25 112

Fri Dec 5 — $1.3K +95.6% −70.5% $45.1M 15 $84 113

Sat Dec 6 — $1.8K +43.9% −42.2% $45.1M 15 $121 114

Sun Dec 7 — $518 −71.4% −54.6% $45.1M 15 $35 115

Mon Dec 8 — $375 −27.6% −24.7% $45.1M 15 $25 116

Tue Dec 9 — $240 −36.0% −47.9% $45.1M 15 $16 117

Wed Dec 10 — $360 +50.0% −39.1% $45.1M 15 $24 118

Thu Dec 11 — $351 −2.5% −45.4% $45.1M 15 $23 119

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

Cumulative total$44.6M

Aug 14Sep 1Sep 18Oct 6Oct 23

Weekend grossWk 10 · $61.1K

$12.3M

$6.4M

$5.3M

$3.4M

$2.6M

$965.9K

$422.8K

$242.2K

$103.0K

$61.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,003 → 107 −96.4%

3,003 open107 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −40.7%

−47.7%

W1→2

−18.3%

W2→3

−34.9%

W3→4

−24.8%

W4→5

−62.5%

W5→6

−56.2%

W6→7

−42.7%

W7→8

−57.5%

W8→9

−40.7%

W9→10

Steepest −62.5%Best hold −18.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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