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The SalesmanFollow

2016 • PG-13 • 2h 5m • Drama, Thriller • Cohen Media Group
🍅 96% 84% MC 85 IMDb 7.7

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$71K
Limited · 3 theaters
Domestic total
$2.40M
Final
Worldwide total
$9.79M
$7.39M international
Domestic legs9.9x from $242K biggest weekend
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Cast & crew

Directed byAsghar Farhadi ScreenplayAsghar Farhadi Produced byAlexandre Mallet-Guy, Asghar Farhadi CinematographyHossein Jafarian MusicSattar Oraki StarringShahab Hosseini, Taraneh Alidoosti, Babak Karimi, Mina Sadati, Mehdi Koushki, Farid Sajjadi Hosseini StudioCohen Media Group

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jan 27-29 45 $71.1K — 3 $23,693 $71.1K
3 Feb 10-12 28 $242.3K — 65 $3,727 $705.2K
7 Mar 10-12 27 $170.2K — 105 $1,621 $2.1M
8 Mar 17-19 32 $96.8K −43.1% 75 $1,290 $2.2M
9 Mar 24-26 43 $46.9K −51.5% 35 $1,340 $2.3M
10 Mar 31-Apr 2 45 $30.2K −35.6% 37 $817 $2.3M
12 Apr 14-16 57 $11.1K — 16 $692 $2.4M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $30.2K
$71.1K
$242.3K
$170.2K
$96.8K
$46.9K
$30.2K
W1W3W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −35.6%
−43.1%
W7→8
−51.5%
W8→9
−35.6%
W9→10
Steepest −51.5%Best hold −35.6%

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