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Whatever Works

2009 • PG-13 • 1h 32m • Comedy, Romance • Sony Pictures Classics

A new comedy!

🍅 50% 61% MC 45 LB 3.24 IMDb 7.1

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$266K
Limited · 9 theaters
Domestic Total
$5.3M
Final
Worldwide Total
$35.1M
$29.8M international
Domestic Legs5.5x
Budget$15M
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Cast & Crew

Full Allen filmography
Woody Allen Woody Allen Director Evan Rachel Wood Evan Rachel Wood Starring Michael McKean Michael McKean Starring Patricia Clarkson Patricia Clarkson Starring Ed Begley Jr. Ed Begley Jr. Starring Henry Cavill Henry Cavill Starring
ScreenplayWoody Allen Produced byLetty Aronson, Stephen Tenenbaum CinematographyHarris Savides StudioSony Pictures Classics
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jun 19-21 20 $266.2K — 9 $29,574 $266.2K
2 Jun 26-28 19 $359.8K +35.2% 35 $10,280 $739.0K
3 Jul 3-5 13 $960.1K +166.8% 353 $2,720 $1.9M
4 Jul 10-12 15 $678.1K −29.4% 320 $2,119 $3.1M
5 Jul 17-19 18 $471.3K −30.5% 228 $2,067 $3.9M
6 Jul 24-26 21 $303.9K −35.5% 176 $1,727 $4.4M
7 Jul 31-Aug 2 29 $202.2K −33.5% 146 $1,385 $4.8M
8 Aug 7-9 38 $94.6K −53.2% 84 $1,127 $5.0M
9 Aug 14-16 46 $51.6K −45.5% 56 $922 $5.1M
10 Aug 21-23 50 $31.5K −39.0% 34 $926 $5.2M
11 Aug 28-30 60 $18.8K −40.4% 21 $894 $5.2M
12 Sep 4-7 63 $20.9K +11.4% 26 $804 $5.3M
13 Sep 11-13 80 $8.1K −61.4% 9 $897 $5.3M
14 Sep 18-20 90 $5.9K −27.5% 6 $976 $5.3M
15 Sep 25-27 105 $2.6K −54.8% 7 $378 $5.3M
16 Oct 2-4 84 $7.7K +192.0% 31 $249 $5.3M
17 Oct 9-11 116 $1.5K −80.0% 6 $257 $5.3M
18 Oct 16-18 120 $852 −44.7% 3 $284 $5.3M
19 Oct 23-25 120 $1.0K +17.8% 3 $335 $5.3M
20 Oct 30-Nov 1 122 $626 −37.6% 3 $209 $5.3M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $31.5K
$266.2K
$359.8K
$960.1K
$678.1K
$471.3K
$303.9K
$202.2K
$94.6K
$51.6K
$31.5K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −39.0%
+35.2%
W1→2
+166.8%
W2→3
−29.4%
W3→4
−30.5%
W4→5
−35.5%
W5→6
−33.5%
W6→7
−53.2%
W7→8
−45.5%
W8→9
−39.0%
W9→10
Steepest −53.2%Biggest gain +166.8%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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