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The PastFollow

2013 • PG-13 • 2h 10m • Drama, Mystery • Sony Pictures Classics

Box office summary

Domestic total
$1.34M
Final
Worldwide total
$15.75M
$14.42M international
Budget$8M

Cast & crew

Directed byAsghar Farhadi ScreenplayAsghar Farhadi Produced byAlexandre Mallet-Guy CinematographyMahmoud Kalari MusicEvgueni Galperine, Youli Galperine Prod. DesignClaude Lenoir StarringBérénice Bejo, Ali Mosaffa, Tahar Rahim, Pauline Burlet, Elyes Aguis, Jeanne Jestin StudioSony Pictures Classics

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
2 Dec 27-29 - $39.2K — 5 $7,848 $93.2K
3 Jan 3-5 41 $40.2K +2.3% 5 $8,032 $160.2K
4 Jan 10-12 33 $86.6K +115.7% 17 $5,095 $257.1K
5 Jan 17-19 - $110.0K +27.1% 30 $3,668 $389.4K
6 Jan 24-26 33 $111.0K +0.8% 33 $3,362 $500.4K
7 Jan 31-Feb 2 38 $109.3K −1.5% 49 $2,231 $674.5K
8 Feb 7-9 37 $105.3K −3.6% 67 $1,572 $843.5K
9 Feb 14-16 35 $120.9K +14.7% 77 $1,570 $1.0M
10 Feb 21-23 43 $81.6K −32.5% 75 $1,088 $1.1M
11 Feb 28-Mar 2 47 $47.8K −41.5% 66 $724 $1.2M
12 Mar 7-9 61 $21.4K −55.3% 32 $667 $1.3M
14 Mar 21-23 68 $6.5K — 20 $327 $1.3M
15 Mar 28-30 67 $7.0K +7.7% 23 $306 $1.3M
16 Apr 4-6 85 $1.8K −75.1% 4 $439 $1.3M
17 Apr 11-13 83 $2.6K +47.7% 3 $865 —
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $81.6K
$39.2K
$40.2K
$86.6K
$110.0K
$111.0K
$109.3K
$105.3K
$120.9K
$81.6K
W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −32.5%
+2.3%
W2→3
+115.7%
W3→4
+27.1%
W4→5
+0.8%
W5→6
−1.5%
W6→7
−3.6%
W7→8
+14.7%
W8→9
−32.5%
W9→10
Steepest −32.5%Biggest gain +115.7%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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