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The Guard

2011 • R • 1h 36m • Comedy, Crime, Thriller • Sony Pictures Classics

The FBI are about to discover that things work a little differently around here.

🍅 94% 81% MC 78 LB 3.7 IMDb 7.3

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$77K
Limited · 4 theaters
Domestic Total
$5.4M
Final
Worldwide Total
$21.2M
$15.8M international
Domestic Legs12.9x
Budget$6M
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Cast & Crew

Brendan Gleeson Brendan Gleeson Starring Don Cheadle Don Cheadle Starring Liam Cunningham Liam Cunningham Starring Mark Strong Mark Strong Starring
ScreenplayJohn Michael McDonagh Produced byEd Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Chris Clark, Flora Fernandez Marengo CinematographyLarry Smith MusicJohn Convertino, Calexico Prod. DesignJohn Paul Kelly StudioSony Pictures Classics
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jul 29-31 40 $76.8K — 4 $19,208 $76.8K
2 Aug 5-7 26 $192.3K +150.3% 19 $10,123 $307.5K
3 Aug 12-14 26 $282.7K +47.0% 47 $6,014 $670.1K
4 Aug 19-21 21 $419.9K +48.6% 83 $5,059 $1.2M
5 Aug 26-28 22 $384.7K −8.4% 107 $3,595 $1.8M
6 Sep 2-5 30 $580.7K +50.9% 178 $3,262 $2.5M
7 Sep 9-11 25 $408.6K −29.6% 203 $2,013 $3.3M
8 Sep 16-18 28 $339.8K −16.8% 202 $1,682 $3.8M
9 Sep 23-25 29 $249.3K −26.6% 167 $1,493 $4.2M
10 Sep 30-Oct 2 29 $193.3K −22.5% 157 $1,231 $4.5M
11 Oct 7-9 30 $119.1K −38.4% 124 $961 $4.6M
12 Oct 14-16 35 $106.7K −10.4% 94 $1,135 $4.8M
13 Oct 21-23 35 $111.1K +4.1% 82 $1,354 $5.0M
14 Oct 28-30 41 $62.8K −43.4% 56 $1,122 $5.1M
15 Nov 4-6 46 $49.0K −22.1% 39 $1,256 $5.2M
16 Nov 11-13 52 $34.6K −29.3% 29 $1,194 $5.2M
17 Nov 18-20 51 $26.1K −24.6% 22 $1,187 $5.2M
18 Nov 25-27 53 $19.9K −23.7% 23 $867 $5.3M
19 Dec 2-4 57 $13.1K −34.4% 17 $769 $5.3M
20 Dec 9-11 66 $10.3K −21.2% 15 $687 $5.3M
21 Dec 16-18 65 $6.3K −38.4% 12 $528 $5.3M
22 Dec 23-25 63 $1.4K −78.2% 6 $230 $5.3M
23 Dec 30-Jan 1 67 $2.6K +86.3% 4 $643 $5.3M
24 Jan 6-8 72 $3.3K +29.0% 11 $301 $5.3M
25 Jan 13-16 68 $3.2K −3.5% 11 $291 $5.3M
26 Jan 20-22 75 $3.9K +21.1% 9 $431 $5.4M
27 Jan 27-29 79 $1.7K −56.6% 4 $420 $5.4M
28 Feb 3-5 83 $840 −50.0% 2 $420 $5.4M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $193.3K
$76.8K
$192.3K
$282.7K
$419.9K
$384.7K
$580.7K
$408.6K
$339.8K
$249.3K
$193.3K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −22.5%
+150.3%
W1→2
+47.0%
W2→3
+48.6%
W3→4
−8.4%
W4→5
+50.9%
W5→6
−29.6%
W6→7
−16.8%
W7→8
−26.6%
W8→9
−22.5%
W9→10
Steepest −29.6%Biggest gain +150.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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