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The Rum Diary

2011 • R • 2h 2m • Comedy, Drama, Romance • FilmDistrict

One part outrage. One part justice. Three parts rum. Mix well.

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2.79

6.1

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$5.1M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$13.1M

Final

Worldwide Total

$21.5M

$8.4M international

Domestic Legs2.6x

Budget$45M

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Cast & Crew

Full Robinson filmography

Bruce Robinson Director

Johnny Depp Starring

Amber Heard Starring

Aaron Eckhart Starring

Michael Rispoli

Michael Rispoli Starring

Giovanni Ribisi

Giovanni Ribisi Starring

ScreenplayBruce Robinson Produced byJohnny Depp, Graham King, Tim Headington, Christi Dembrowski CinematographyDariusz Wolski MusicChristopher Young Prod. DesignChris Seagers StudioFilmDistrict

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 28-30 5 $5.1M — 2,272 $2,260 $5.1M

2 Nov 4-6 8 $2.9M −43.1% 2,292 $1,274 $10.4M

3 Nov 11-13 14 $803.5K −72.5% 947 $848 $12.4M

4 Nov 18-20 32 $148.1K −81.6% 152 $974 $12.8M

5 Nov 25-27 45 $54.2K −63.4% 54 $1,004 $13.0M

6 Dec 2-4 47 $38.1K −29.7% 63 $605 $13.0M

7 Dec 9-11 51 $29.5K −22.7% 63 $468 $13.1M

8 Dec 16-18 53 $12.4K −57.8% 30 $414 $13.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 28 #4 $1.8M — $1.8M 2,272 $810 1

Sat Oct 29 #6 $1.9M +2.8% $3.7M 2,272 $833 2

Sun Oct 30 #4 $1.4M −26.0% $5.1M 2,272 $617 3

Mon Oct 31 #4 $544.2K −61.1% $5.7M 2,272 $240 4

Tue Nov 1 #4 $680.4K +25.0% $6.4M 2,272 $299 5

Wed Nov 2 #4 $542.1K −20.3% $6.9M 2,272 $239 6

Thu Nov 3 #4 $533.6K −1.6% $7.4M 2,272 $235 7

Fri Nov 4 #7 $986.7K +84.9% −46.4% $8.4M 2,292 $431 8

Sat Nov 5 #8 $1.2M +21.7% −36.6% $9.6M 2,292 $524 9

Sun Nov 6 #8 $732.4K −39.0% −47.7% $10.4M 2,292 $320 10

Mon Nov 7 #6 $272.9K −62.7% −49.8% $10.6M 2,292 $119 11

Tue Nov 8 #6 $346.5K +26.9% −49.1% $11.0M 2,292 $151 12

Wed Nov 9 #6 $282.3K −18.5% −47.9% $11.3M 2,292 $123 13

Thu Nov 10 #7 $310.0K +9.8% −41.9% $11.6M 2,292 $135 14

Fri Nov 11 — $285.6K −7.9% −71.1% $11.9M 947 $302 15

Sat Nov 12 — $322.2K +12.8% −73.2% $12.2M 947 $340 16

Sun Nov 13 — $195.6K −39.3% −73.3% $12.4M 947 $207 17

Mon Nov 14 — $78.2K −60.0% −71.3% $12.4M 947 $83 18

Tue Nov 15 — $95.7K +22.4% −72.4% $12.5M 947 $101 19

Wed Nov 16 #11 $82.0K −14.3% −71.0% $12.6M 947 $87 20

Thu Nov 17 — $63.8K −22.2% −79.4% $12.7M 947 $67 21

Fri Nov 18 — $42.3K −33.7% −85.2% $12.7M 152 $278 22

Sat Nov 19 — $59.9K +41.5% −81.4% $12.8M 152 $394 23

Sun Nov 20 — $45.9K −23.3% −76.5% $12.8M 152 $302 24

Mon Nov 21 — $20.0K −56.4% −74.4% $12.9M 152 $132 25

Tue Nov 22 — $23.3K +16.3% −75.7% $12.9M 152 $153 26

Wed Nov 23 — $9.7K −58.4% −88.2% $12.9M 152 $64 27

Thu Nov 24 — $10.6K +9.0% −83.5% $12.9M 152 $69 28

Fri Nov 25 — $20.3K +92.4% −52.0% $12.9M 54 $376 29

Sat Nov 26 — $20.5K +1.2% −65.7% $12.9M 54 $380 30

Sun Nov 27 — $13.4K −34.7% −70.8% $13.0M 54 $248 31

Mon Nov 28 — $6.3K −53.0% −68.5% $13.0M 54 $117 32

Tue Nov 29 — $6.7K +7.0% −71.0% $13.0M 54 $125 33

Wed Nov 30 — $5.4K −19.2% −43.7% $13.0M 54 $101 34

Thu Dec 1 — $5.3K −2.9% −49.8% $13.0M 54 $98 35

Fri Dec 2 — $12.0K +127.3% −40.8% $13.0M 63 $191 36

Sat Dec 3 — $14.6K +21.6% −28.8% $13.0M 63 $232 37

Sun Dec 4 — $11.5K −21.6% −14.5% $13.0M 63 $182 38

Mon Dec 5 — $4.9K −57.5% −22.6% $13.0M 63 $77 39

Tue Dec 6 — $6.1K +26.1% −8.8% $13.0M 63 $98 40

Wed Dec 7 — $5.6K −9.5% +2.0% $13.0M 63 $88 41

Thu Dec 8 — $5.5K −0.7% +4.3% $13.0M 63 $88 42

Fri Dec 9 — $9.3K +69.3% −22.3% $13.1M 63 $148 43

Sat Dec 10 — $11.0K +17.5% −24.9% $13.1M 63 $174 44

Sun Dec 11 — $9.2K −16.6% −20.1% $13.1M 63 $145 45

Mon Dec 12 — $3.7K −60.0% −24.9% $13.1M 63 $58 46

Tue Dec 13 — $4.6K +25.9% −25.0% $13.1M 63 $73 47

Wed Dec 14 — $4.3K −7.0% −22.9% $13.1M 63 $68 48

Thu Dec 15 — $4.6K +7.3% −16.6% $13.1M 63 $73 49

Fri Dec 16 — $3.7K −19.8% −60.5% $13.1M 30 $123 50

Sat Dec 17 — $5.0K +36.3% −54.2% $13.1M 30 $168 51

Sun Dec 18 — $3.7K −26.3% −59.5% $13.1M 30 $124 52

Mon Dec 19 — $2.7K −26.2% −25.2% $13.1M 30 $91 53

Tue Dec 20 — $2.6K −5.4% −43.8% $13.1M 30 $86 54

Wed Dec 21 — $1.9K −25.1% −54.8% $13.1M 30 $65 55

Thu Dec 22 — $2.5K +29.5% −45.4% $13.1M 30 $84 56

Cumulative total$13.1M

Oct 28Nov 11Nov 25Dec 8Dec 22

Weekend grossWk 8 · $12.4K

$5.1M

$2.9M

$803.5K

$148.1K

$54.2K

$38.1K

$29.5K

$12.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8

Theater countPeak 2,292 → 30 −98.7%

2,272 open30 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · −57.8%

−43.1%

W1→2

−72.5%

W2→3

−81.6%

W3→4

−63.4%

W4→5

−29.7%

W5→6

−22.7%

W6→7

−57.8%

W7→8

Steepest −81.6%Best hold −22.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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