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Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Burn After Reading

The Numbers Rating: 5.82 (11 votes) Rate it - Rating Details
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 78% - Fresh
Theatrical Performance
Total US Gross $60,355,347
International Gross $100,800,000
Worldwide Gross $161,155,347
Home Market Performance
US DVD Sales: $19,074,422 Weekly Breakdown
For full financial breakdown, please contact our research team.
Released September 12, 2008
December 23, 2008 (DVD Sale)
Production Budget $37,000,000
MPAA Rating R for pervasive language, some sexual content and violence.
Budget Source:L.A. Times, 9/12/2008
Highest Combined Star Gross782 (see full chart)
Keywords Secret Agent
Distributed by Focus Features
Produced by Working Title, Relativity Media
Music Composed By Carter Burwell
Source Original Screenplay
Major Genre Black Comedy
Country United States
Production Method Live Action
Creative Type Contemporary Fiction
Screenwriter Coen Brothers
Director Joel Coen
Director Ethan Coen

Synopsis

At the headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency in Arlington, Va., analyst Osborne Cox arrives for a top-secret meeting. Unfortunately for Cox, the secret is soon out: he is being ousted. Cox does not take the news particularly well and returns to his Georgetown home to work on his memoirs and his drinking, not necessarily in that order. His wife Katie is dismayed, though not particularly surprised; she is already well into an illicit affair with Harry Pfarrer, a married federal marshal, and sets about making plans to leave Cox for Harry.

Elsewhere in the Washington, D.C. suburbs, and seemingly worlds apart, Hardbodies Fitness Centers employee Linda Litzke can barely concentrate on her work. She is consumed with her life plan for extensive cosmetic surgery, and confides her mission to can-do colleague Chad Feldheimer. Linda is all but oblivious to the fact that the gym’s manager Ted Treffon pines for her even as she arranges dates via the Internet with other men.

When a computer disc containing material for the CIA analyst’s memoirs accidentally falls into the hands of Linda and Chad, the duo are intent on exploiting their find. As Ted frets, “No good can come of this,” events spiral out of everyone’s and anyone’s control, in a cascading series of darkly hilarious encounters.

Cast

Brad Pitt    Chad Feldheimer
George Clooney    Harry Pfarrer
Tilda Swinton    Katie Cox
Frances McDormand    Linda Litzke
John Malkovich    Osbourne Cox
Richard Jenkins    Ted Treffon
J.K. Simmons    CIA Superior
David Rasche    CIA Officer

Weekend Chart Record

DateRank Gross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
9/12/2008 1 $19,128,001   2,651 $7,215 $19,128,001 3
9/19/2008 2 $11,028,257 -42.34% 2,657 $4,151 $36,135,221 10
9/26/2008 5 $6,196,269 -43.81% 2,649 $2,339 $45,567,391 17
10/3/2008 7 $4,120,129 -33.51% 2,397 $1,719 $51,678,103 24
10/10/2008 14 $2,095,647 -49.14% 1,406 $1,491 $55,177,399 31
10/17/2008 18 $1,097,546 -47.63% 708 $1,550 $57,118,919 38
10/24/2008 19 $744,475 -32.17% 422 $1,764 $58,273,819 45
10/31/2008 22 $456,578 -38.67% 327 $1,396 $58,976,060 52
11/7/2008 24 $363,846 -20.31% 270 $1,348 $59,501,512 59
11/14/2008 31 $195,748 -46.20% 207 $946 $59,850,794 66
11/21/2008 34 $112,607 -42.47% 134 $840 $60,029,592 73
11/28/2008 35 $86,900 -22.83% 97 $896 $60,169,788 80
12/5/2008 38 $45,414 -47.74% 78 $582 $60,244,987 87
12/12/2008 43 $32,481 -28.48% 57 $570 $60,301,580 94
12/19/2008 50 $16,314 -49.77% 44 $371 $60,338,891 101

Daily Chart Record

DateRank Gross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
9/12/2008 1 $6,454,564   2,651 $2,435 $6,454,564 1
9/13/2008 1 $7,937,585 +22.98% 2,651 $2,994 $14,392,149 2
9/14/2008 1 $4,735,852 -40.34% 2,651 $1,786 $19,128,001 3
9/15/2008 1 $1,493,389 -68.47% 2,651 $563 $20,621,390 4
9/16/2008 1 $1,640,625 +9.86% 2,651 $619 $22,262,015 5
9/17/2008 1 $1,437,723 -12.37% 2,651 $542 $23,699,738 6
9/18/2008 1 $1,407,226 -2.12% 2,651 $531 $25,106,964 7
9/19/2008 2 $3,478,005 +147.15% 2,657 $1,309 $28,584,969 8
9/20/2008 2 $5,004,740 +43.90% 2,657 $1,884 $33,589,709 9
9/21/2008 2 $2,545,512 -49.14% 2,657 $958 $36,135,221 10
9/22/2008 2 $790,649 -68.94% 2,657 $298 $36,925,870 11
9/23/2008 2 $907,846 +14.82% 2,657 $342 $37,833,716 12
9/24/2008 2 $794,863 -12.45% 2,657 $299 $38,628,579 13
9/25/2008 2 $742,543 -6.58% 2,657 $279 $39,371,122 14
9/26/2008 5 $1,635,096 +120.20% 2,649 $617 $41,006,218 15
9/27/2008 4 $3,069,438 +87.72% 2,649 $1,159 $44,075,656 16
9/28/2008 6 $1,491,735 -51.40% 2,649 $563 $45,567,391 17
9/29/2008 4 $471,328 -68.40% 2,649 $178 $46,038,719 18
9/30/2008 3 $601,342 +27.58% 2,649 $227 $46,640,061 19
10/1/2008 3 $514,309 -14.47% 2,649 $194 $47,154,370 20
10/2/2008 4 $403,604 -21.52% 2,649 $152 $47,557,974 21
10/3/2008 7 $1,262,603 +212.83% 2,397 $527 $48,820,577 22
10/4/2008 7 $1,904,812 +50.86% 2,397 $795 $50,725,389 23
10/5/2008 8 $952,714 -49.98% 2,397 $397 $51,678,103 24
10/6/2008 7 $316,479 -66.78% 2,397 $132 $51,994,582 25
10/7/2008 6 $337,402 +6.61% 2,397 $141 $52,331,984 26
10/8/2008 6 $382,693 +13.42% 2,397 $160 $52,714,677 27
10/9/2008 7 $367,075 -4.08% 2,397 $153 $53,081,752 28
10/10/2008 -  $629,772 +71.56% 1,406 $448 $53,711,524 29
10/11/2008 13 $943,054 +49.75% 1,406 $671 $54,654,578 30
10/12/2008 13 $522,821 -44.56% 1,406 $372 $55,177,399 31
10/13/2008 14 $298,595 -42.89% 1,406 $212 $55,475,994 32
10/14/2008 14 $188,907 -36.73% 1,406 $134 $55,664,901 33
10/15/2008 13 $161,732 -14.39% 1,406 $115 $55,826,633 34
10/16/2008 14 $194,740 +20.41% 1,406 $139 $56,021,373 35
10/17/2008 -  $346,452 +77.90% 708 $489 $56,367,825 36
10/18/2008 -  $495,504 +43.02% 708 $700 $56,863,329 37
10/19/2008 -  $255,590 -48.42% 708 $361 $57,118,919 38
10/20/2008 -  $94,574 -63.00% 708 $134 $57,213,493 39
10/21/2008 -  $109,565 +15.85% 708 $155 $57,323,058 40
10/22/2008 -  $103,606 -5.44% 708 $146 $57,426,664 41
10/23/2008 -  $102,680 -0.89% 708 $145 $57,529,344 42
10/24/2008 -  $232,770 +126.69% 422 $552 $57,762,114 43
10/25/2008 -  $337,858 +45.15% 422 $801 $58,099,972 44
10/26/2008 -  $173,847 -48.54% 422 $412 $58,273,819 45
10/27/2008 -  $57,227 -67.08% 422 $136 $58,331,046 46
10/28/2008 -  $66,373 +15.98% 422 $157 $58,397,419 47
10/29/2008 -  $61,145 -7.88% 422 $145 $58,458,564 48
10/30/2008 -  $60,918 -0.37% 422 $144 $58,519,482 49
10/31/2008 -  $93,450 +53.40% 327 $286 $58,612,932 50
11/1/2008 -  $242,254 +159.23% 327 $741 $58,855,186 51
11/2/2008 -  $120,874 -50.10% 327 $370 $58,976,060 52
11/3/2008 -  $37,582 -68.91% 327 $115 $59,013,642 53
11/4/2008 -  $34,544 -8.08% 327 $106 $59,048,186 54
11/5/2008 -  $41,996 +21.57% 327 $128 $59,090,182 55
11/6/2008 -  $47,484 +13.07% 327 $145 $59,137,666 56
11/7/2008 -  $107,717 +126.85% 270 $399 $59,245,383 57
11/8/2008 -  $166,642 +54.70% 270 $617 $59,412,025 58
11/9/2008 -  $89,487 -46.30% 270 $331 $59,501,512 59
11/10/2008 -  $39,360 -56.02% 270 $146 $59,540,872 60
11/11/2008 -  $56,009 +42.30% 270 $207 $59,596,881 61
11/12/2008 -  $29,952 -46.52% 270 $111 $59,626,833 62
11/13/2008 -  $28,213 -5.81% 270 $104 $59,655,046 63
11/14/2008 -  $61,058 +116.42% 207 $295 $59,716,104 64
11/15/2008 -  $90,974 +49.00% 207 $439 $59,807,078 65
11/16/2008 -  $43,716 -51.95% 207 $211 $59,850,794 66
11/17/2008 -  $14,622 -66.55% 207 $71 $59,865,416 67
11/18/2008 -  $17,486 +19.59% 207 $84 $59,882,902 68
11/19/2008 -  $16,518 -5.54% 207 $80 $59,899,420 69
11/20/2008 -  $17,565 +6.34% 207 $85 $59,916,985 70
11/21/2008 -  $34,138 +94.35% 134 $255 $59,951,123 71
11/22/2008 -  $53,090 +55.52% 134 $396 $60,004,213 72
11/23/2008 -  $25,379 -52.20% 134 $189 $60,029,592 73
11/24/2008 -  $12,156 -52.10% 134 $91 $60,041,748 74
11/26/2008 -  $12,138   97 $125 $60,069,293 76
11/27/2008 -  $13,595 +12.00% 97 $140 $60,082,888 77
11/28/2008 -  $34,240 +151.86% 97 $353 $60,117,128 78
11/29/2008 -  $35,633 +4.07% 97 $367 $60,152,761 79
11/30/2008 -  $17,027 -52.22% 97 $176 $60,169,788 80
12/1/2008 -  $7,345 -56.86% 97 $76 $60,177,133 81
12/2/2008 -  $8,290 +12.87% 97 $85 $60,185,423 82
12/5/2008 -  $14,598   78 $187 $60,214,171 85
12/6/2008 -  $19,815 +35.74% 78 $254 $60,233,986 86
12/7/2008 -  $11,001 -44.48% 78 $141 $60,244,987 87
12/8/2008 -  $6,412 -41.71% 78 $82 $60,251,399 88
12/9/2008 -  $6,084 -5.12% 78 $78 $60,257,483 89
12/10/2008 -  $5,702 -6.28% 78 $73 $60,263,185 90
12/11/2008 -  $5,914 +3.72% 78 $76 $60,269,099 91
12/12/2008 -  $10,348 +74.97% 57 $182 $60,279,447 92
12/13/2008 -  $14,116 +36.41% 57 $248 $60,293,563 93
12/14/2008 -  $8,017 -43.21% 57 $141 $60,301,580 94
12/15/2008 -  $5,389 -32.78% 57 $95 $60,306,969 95
12/16/2008 -  $4,783 -11.25% 57 $84 $60,311,752 96
12/17/2008 -  $5,563 +16.31% 57 $98 $60,317,315 97
12/18/2008 -  $5,262 -5.41% 57 $92 $60,322,577 98
12/19/2008 -  $5,081 -3.44% 44 $115 $60,327,658 99
12/20/2008 -  $6,152 +21.08% 44 $140 $60,333,810 100
12/21/2008 -  $5,081 -17.41% 44 $115 $60,338,891 101
12/22/2008 -  $4,001 -21.26% 44 $91 $60,342,892 102
12/23/2008 -  $4,186 +4.62% 44 $95 $60,347,078 103
12/24/2008 -  $3,380 -19.25% 44 $77 $60,350,458 104
12/25/2008 -  $4,889 +44.64% 44 $111 $60,355,347 105

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