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The Master

2012 R 2h 17m Drama The Weinstein Company

The Master Box Office

Opening Weekend
$736K
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$16.2M
Final
Worldwide Total
$29M
$12.8M international
Domestic Legs22.1x
Budget$37.5M
2012 Rank#132
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Sep 14-16 19 $736K $736K 5 $147.3K 1
Sep 21-23 7 $4.39M +496.4% $5.45M 788 $5.6K 2
Sep 28-30 9 $2.68M -39.0% $9.57M 856 $3.1K 3
Oct 5-7 9 $1.86M -30.5% $12.34M 864 $2.2K 4
Oct 12-14 15 $813K -56.3% $13.91M 682 $1.2K 5
Oct 19-21 16 $521K -36.0% $14.74M 412 $1.3K 6
Oct 26-28 21 $258K -50.4% $15.21M 201 $1.3K 7
Nov 2-4 25 $181K -30.1% $15.51M 138 $1.3K 8
Nov 9-11 32 $103K -42.7% $15.69M 88 $1.2K 9
Nov 16-18 40 $50K -51.6% $15.79M 52 $963 10
Nov 23-25 52 $30K -40.7% $15.84M 25 $1.2K 11
Nov 30-Dec 2 59 $17K -41.4% $15.87M 23 $757 12
Dec 7-9 66 $12K -30.6% $15.90M 23 $525 13
Dec 14-16 64 $9K -22.4% $15.91M 14 $669 14
Dec 21-23 54 $12K +23.6% $15.93M 13 $890 15
Jan 4-6 61 $10K -10.1% $15.98M 17 $612 17
Jan 11-13 50 $22K +113.0% $16.01M 16 $1.4K 18
Jan 25-27 41 $70K +218.1% $16.13M 37 $1.9K 20
Feb 1-3 47 $42K -40.3% $16.20M 28 $1.5K 21
Feb 8-10 58 $24K -43.5% $16.25M 29 $819 22

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

Cast & Crew

Directed byPaul Thomas Anderson
ScreenplayPaul Thomas Anderson
Produced byJoAnne Sellar, Daniel Lupi, Megan Ellison, Paul Thomas Anderson
CinematographyMihai Malaimare Jr.
Music byJonny Greenwood
StarringJoaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Laura Dern, Ambyr Childers, Jesse Plemons
StudioThe Weinstein Company

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