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Date
TitleProduction
Budget
Opening
Weekend
Domestic
Box Office
Worldwide
Box Office
Dec, 2024Unstoppable: The Anthony Ro…
Nov 1, 2024Lost On A Mountain In Maine
Sep 27, 2024Lee $927,258
Sep 13, 2024Winner
Aug 30, 2024Reagan $25,000,000$7,650,720$24,860,676$24,860,676
Aug 16, 2024Rob Peace $256,810$383,520$421,667
May 31, 2024Young Woman and the Sea $1,511,797
Oct 27, 2023Priscilla $20,000,000$132,139$20,864,910$30,977,065
Oct 20, 2023Nyad $16,098
Sep 15, 2023Dumb Money $30,000,000$220,947$13,919,484$17,956,910
Aug 4, 2023Dreamin’ Wild $136,391$303,164$303,164
Jul 21, 2023Oppenheimer $100,000,000$82,455,420$329,862,540$976,968,205
Jun 2, 2023Shooting Stars
Jan 24, 2023Bezos
Dec 2, 2022Spoiler Alert $82,983$1,384,003$1,477,571
Nov 18, 2022Lamborghini: The Man Behind… $1,316,851
Sep 23, 2022Bandit $387,246
Dec 25, 2021A Journal for Jordan $25,000,000$1,211,089$6,545,174$6,682,685
Nov 12, 2021Julia $18,010$399,811$494,996
Sep 3, 2021Worth $174,857
Jun 4, 2021Grace and Grit
Apr 24, 2020True History Of The Kelly Gang $9,839$33,816$451,195
Dec 25, 2019Just Mercy $25,000,000$107,858$36,001,502$50,394,773
Dec 13, 2019Richard Jewell $45,000,000$4,705,265$22,345,542$43,092,210
Nov 22, 2019A Beautiful Day in the Neig… $45,000,000$13,251,238$61,696,436$68,590,003
Mar 29, 2019Unplanned $6,000,000$6,382,298$19,005,109$21,413,603
Oct 12, 2018First Man $60,000,000$16,006,065$44,936,545$105,523,737
Oct 12, 2018Beautiful Boy $25,000,000$218,888$7,634,767$17,326,032
Sep 28, 2018The Old Man and the Gun $15,800,000$142,131$11,277,120$16,955,673
Aug 17, 2018Blaze $44,050$704,955$747,793
Jan 5, 2018Django $11,722$56,556$3,847,465
Dec 25, 2017Molly’s Game $30,000,000$2,349,967$28,780,744$53,296,424
Nov 3, 2017My Friend Dahmer $35,545$1,361,611$1,481,211
Oct 27, 2017Thank You for Your Service $20,000,000$3,817,700$9,479,390$9,985,316
Sep 22, 2017Victoria and Abdul $21,000,000$158,845$22,245,070$68,271,146
Sep 22, 2017Stronger $30,000,000$1,611,040$4,211,129$8,786,287
Sep 8, 2017Rebel in the Rye $37,967$378,294$862,977
Aug 11, 2017The Glass Castle $4,678,548$17,273,059$22,081,049
Apr 14, 2017The Lost City of Z $30,000,000$110,175$8,574,339$19,358,084
Jan 5, 2017The Bronx Bull
Dec 25, 2016Hidden Figures $25,000,000$515,499$169,607,287$229,477,688
Nov 25, 2016Lion $12,000,000$123,360$51,739,495$149,117,900
Sep 30, 2016Denial $10,000,000$93,728$4,073,448$9,263,940
Sep 23, 2016Queen of Katwe $15,000,000$304,933$8,874,389$10,055,481
Sep 16, 2016Snowden $50,000,000$8,000,058$21,587,519$35,380,918
Sep 9, 2016Sully $60,000,000$35,028,301$125,070,033$238,524,556
Jun 10, 2016Genius $17,000,000$98,274$1,361,045$7,265,283
Apr 29, 2016The Man Who Knew Infinity $10,000,000$80,325$3,877,922$12,382,122
Mar 25, 2016I Saw the Light $45,471$1,646,788$1,767,963
Mar 4, 2016Whiskey Tango Foxtrot $35,000,000$7,450,275$23,083,334$25,350,747
Oct 16, 2015Truth $9,600,000$66,232$2,541,854$6,842,580
Oct 9, 2015Steve Jobs $30,000,000$521,522$17,766,658$35,579,007
Sep 18, 2015Black Mass $53,000,000$22,635,037$62,575,678$98,837,872
Jul 31, 2015The End of the Tour $123,238$3,002,883$3,114,343
Apr 17, 2015True Story $1,950,214$4,719,695$5,894,210
Dec 25, 2014American Sniper $58,000,000$633,456$350,126,372$547,326,372
Dec 3, 2014Wild $15,000,000$606,810$37,880,356$52,460,543
Nov 28, 2014The Imitation Game $15,000,000$479,352$91,125,143$227,328,585
Nov 14, 2014Rosewater $10,000,000$1,154,303$3,128,941$3,185,717
Nov 7, 2014The Theory of Everything $15,000,000$208,763$35,893,537$123,327,692
Apr 11, 2014The Railway Man $18,000,000$18,078$4,438,438$23,910,210
Oct 18, 201312 Years a Slave $20,000,000$923,715$56,671,993$180,765,061
Sep 6, 2013Winnie Mandela $15,000,000$61,847$61,847$61,847
Nov 23, 2012Hitchcock $287,715$6,008,677$24,742,844
Nov 9, 2012Lincoln $65,000,000$944,308$182,207,973$273,346,281
Oct 19, 2012The Sessions $1,000,000$113,467$6,002,451$11,495,204
Jan 13, 2012Lula, o Filho do Brasil
Dec 28, 2011El Sicario Room 164
Jun 3, 2011Mr. Nice $13,302
May 6, 2011The Bang Bang Club $21,945$124,791$138,056
Apr 8, 2011Soul Surfer $18,000,000$10,601,862$43,853,424$47,135,489
Mar 18, 2011Desert Flower $7,657$44,348$18,405,284
Mar 11, 2011Kill the Irishman $12,000,000$145,430$1,188,194$1,188,194
Feb 3, 2011Der Räuber $83,259$83,259
Oct 23, 2009Amelia $40,000,000$3,904,047$14,279,575$19,756,077
Oct 9, 2009An Education $7,500,000$159,017$12,574,914$29,652,736
Sep 18, 2009The Informant! $22,000,000$10,464,314$33,316,821$41,771,168
Oct 10, 2008The Express $37,500,000$4,562,675$9,793,406$9,813,309
Dec 21, 2007Charlie Wilson’s War $75,000,000$9,656,250$66,661,095$119,512,771
Oct 10, 2007Control $6,400,000$27,674$871,577$8,902,141
Aug 1, 2007El Cantante $3,202,035$7,556,004$7,556,004
Jun 22, 2007A Mighty Heart $15,000,000$3,948,863$9,176,787$19,153,568
Oct 20, 2006Running With Scissors $12,000,000$226,108$6,860,000$8,706,701
Sep 30, 2005The Greatest Game Ever Played $25,000,000$3,657,322$15,331,289$15,468,266
Jun 25, 2004De-Lovely $15,000,000$13,337,299$18,524,496
Feb 21, 2003Gods and Generals $55,000,000$4,675,246$12,882,934$12,923,936
Dec 27, 2002The Pianist $35,000,000$111,261$32,539,222$111,874,038
Dec 25, 2002Catch Me if You Can $52,000,000$30,082,000$164,606,800$355,612,291
Dec 21, 2001A Beautiful Mind $78,000,000$367,151$170,708,996$317,668,058
Dec 14, 2001Iris $5,500,000$23,144$5,580,479$5,692,941
Jul 27, 2001China: The Panda Adventure $28,268$3,708,478$6,601,743
Jan 28, 2000Isn't She Great $36,000,000$1,368,705$2,954,405$2,954,405
Nov 5, 1999The Insider $68,000,000$6,712,361$28,965,197$60,265,197
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Jun 6, 1997Buddy $3,504,671$10,067,104$10,067,104
Aug 11, 1993Searching for Bobby Fischer $1,121,354$7,266,393$7,266,393
Apr 9, 1993This Boy's Life $4,104,962$4,104,962
Dec 25, 1992Chaplin $9,289,349$9,289,349
Jun 28, 1991Europa Europa $5,575,738$5,575,738
May 24, 1991Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken $2,710,416$7,300,000$7,300,000
Jan 11, 1991Not Without My Daughter $3,804,055$14,789,113$14,789,113
Sep 20, 1990An Angel at My Table $1,054,638$1,055,098
Feb 23, 1990Mountains of the Moon $4,011,793$4,011,793
Dec 20, 1989Born on the Fourth of July $14,000,000$172,021$70,001,698$70,001,698
Nov 11, 1988A Cry in the Dark $1,561,793$6,908,797$6,908,797
Jan 25, 1985The Falcon and the Snowman $2,358,846$17,130,087$17,130,087
Nov 10, 1983Star 80 $233,312$6,472,990$6,472,990
Jun 20, 1980Brubaker $2,748,079$37,121,708$37,121,708
May 18, 1978The Buddy Holly Story $14,363,400$14,363,400
Nov 21, 1975The Other Side of the Mountain $34,673,100$34,673,100
Dec 5, 1973Serpico $3,000,000$27,274,150$27,301,609
Oct 20, 1972Lady Sings the Blues $19,726,490$19,726,490
Aug 7, 1962The Wonderful World of the … $8,920,615$8,920,615
Dec 25, 1943The Song of Bernadette $12,500,000$12,500,000


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