Flags of Our Fathers (2006)

Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $33,602,376Details
International Box Office $30,055,565
Worldwide Box Office $63,657,941
Domestic Physical Disc Sales
DVD Sales (estimated) $45,174,402
Total $45,174,402
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Synopsis

The story revolves around the World War II battle over Iwo Jima and the effect this historic battle had on those surviving.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$10,245,190 (30.5% of total gross)
Legs:3.28 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:52.8% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$53,000,000 (worldwide box office is 1.2 times production budget)
Theater counts:1,876 opening theaters/2,375 max. theaters, 4.3 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $61,356,403

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: October 20th, 2006 (Wide) by Paramount Pictures
Video Release: February 6th, 2007 by Paramount Home Video
MPA Rating: R for sequences of graphic war violence and carnage, and for language.
Running Time: 132 minutes
Plot point: Historical Battles, War
Social setting: World War II
Subgenre: War Drama
Source:Based on Fiction Book/Short Story
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Historical Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Malpaso Productions, DreamWorks Pictures, Amblin Entertainment
Production Countries: United States, Japan, Iceland
Languages: English

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Oct 20, 2006 3 $10,245,190   1,876 $5,461   $10,245,190 1
Oct 27, 2006 4 $6,346,856 -38% 2,190 $2,898   $19,923,069 2
Nov 3, 2006 7 $4,419,657 -30% 2,375 $1,861   $26,550,769 3
Nov 10, 2006 11 $2,811,575 -36% 1,963 $1,432   $30,950,950 4
Nov 17, 2006 16 $819,575 -71% 1,049 $781   $32,670,358 5
Nov 24, 2006 22 $309,265 -62% 362 $854   $33,306,143 6
Dec 1, 2006 32 $95,257 -69% 204 $467   $33,479,810 7
Dec 8, 2006 38 $53,757 -44% 142 $379   $33,574,332 8

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Oct 20, 2006 3 $3,529,984     1,876 $1,882   $3,529,984 1
Oct 21, 2006 3 $4,010,196 +14%   1,876 $2,138   $7,540,180 2
Oct 22, 2006 3 $2,705,010 -33%   1,876 $1,442   $10,245,190 3
Oct 23, 2006 3 $889,652 -67%   1,876 $474   $11,134,842 4
Oct 24, 2006 3 $876,663 -1%   1,876 $467   $12,011,505 5
Oct 25, 2006 3 $798,918 -9%   1,876 $426   $12,810,423 6
Oct 26, 2006 3 $763,230 -4%   1,876 $407   $13,576,213 7
Oct 27, 2006 4 $1,880,335 +146% -47% 2,190 $859   $15,456,548 8
Oct 28, 2006 4 $2,847,407 +51% -29% 2,190 $1,300   $18,303,955 9
Oct 29, 2006 5 $1,619,114 -43% -40% 2,190 $739   $19,923,069 10
Oct 30, 2006 4 $483,315 -70% -46% 2,190 $221   $20,406,384 11
Oct 31, 2006 4 $610,907 +26% -30% 2,190 $279   $21,017,291 12
Nov 1, 2006 4 $555,490 -9% -30% 2,190 $254   $21,572,781 13
Nov 2, 2006 4 $558,331 +1% -27% 2,190 $255   $22,131,112 14
Nov 3, 2006 7 $1,318,679 +136% -30% 2,375 $555   $23,449,791 15
Nov 4, 2006 7 $2,013,168 +53% -29% 2,375 $848   $25,462,959 16
Nov 5, 2006 7 $1,087,810 -46% -33% 2,375 $458   $26,550,769 17
Nov 6, 2006 7 $366,338 -66% -24% 2,375 $154   $26,917,107 18
Nov 7, 2006 7 $426,531 +16% -30% 2,375 $180   $27,343,638 19
Nov 8, 2006 7 $383,509 -10% -31% 2,375 $161   $27,727,147 20
Nov 9, 2006 7 $412,228 +7% -26% 2,375 $174   $28,139,375 21

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Oct 20, 2006 3 $13,576,213   1,876 $7,237   $13,576,213 1
Oct 27, 2006 4 $8,554,899 -37% 2,190 $3,906   $22,131,112 2
Nov 3, 2006 7 $6,008,263 -30% 2,375 $2,530   $28,139,375 3
Nov 10, 2006 12 $3,711,408 -38% 1,963 $1,891   $31,850,783 4
Nov 17, 2006 21 $1,146,095 -69% 1,049 $1,093   $32,996,878 5
Nov 24, 2006 21 $387,675 -66% 362 $1,071   $33,384,553 6
Dec 1, 2006 32 $136,022 -65% 204 $667   $33,520,575 7
Dec 8, 2006 40 $81,801 -40% 142 $576   $33,602,376 8

Leading

Ryan Phillippe    John Bradley
Jesse Bradford    Rene Gagnon
Adam Beach    Ira Hayes

Supporting

John Benjamin Hickey    Keyes Beech
John Slattery    Bud Gurber
Barry Pepper    Mike Strank
Jamie Bell    Ralph "Iggy" Ignatowski
Paul Walker    Hank Hansen
Robert Patrick    Colonel Chandler Johnson
Neal McDonough    Captain Severance
Melanie Lynskey    Pauline Harnois
Tom McCarthy    James Bradley
Chris Bauer    Commandant Vandegrift
Judith Ivey    Belle Block
Myra Turley    Madeline Evelley
Joseph Cross    Franklin Sousley
Benjamin Walker    Harlon Block
Alessandro Mastrobuono    Lindberg
Scott Reeves    Lundsford
Stark Sands    Gust
George Grizzard    John Bradley
Harve Presnell    Dave Severance
George Hearn    Walter Gust
Len Cariou    Mr. Beech
Christopher Curry    Ed Block
Bubba Lewis    Belle's Young Son
Beth Grant    Mother Gagnon
Connie Ray    Mrs. Sousley
Ann Dowd    Mrs. Strank
Mary Beth Peil    Mrs. Bradley
David Patrick Kelly    President Truman
Jon Polito    Borough President
Ned Eisenberg    Joe Rosenthal
Gordon Clapp    General "Howlin' Mad" Smith
Michael Cumpsty    Secretary Forrestal
V.J. Foster    Major on Plane
Kirk B.R. Woller    Bill Genaust
Tom Verica    Lieutenant Pennel
Jason Gray-Stanford    Lieutenant Schrier
Matt Huffman    Lieutenant Bell
David Hornsby    Louis Lowery
Brian Kimmet    Sergeant Boots Thomas
David Rasche    Senator
Tom Mason    John Tennack
Patrick Dollaghan    Businessman
James Newman    Local Politician
Steven M. Porter    Tourist
Dale Waddington Horowitz    Tourist's Wife
Lennie Loftin    Justice of the Peace
David Clennon    White House Official
Mark Thomason    Military Censor
Oliver Davis    Young James Bradley
Sean Moran    Waiter
Lisa Dodson    Iggy's Mother
John Nielsen    Senator Boyd
Jon Kellam    Senator Haddigan
Ron Fassler    Senator Robson
John Henry Canavan    Jailer
Donn Emerson    Navy Lieutenant on Plane
Jayma Mays    Nurse in Hawaii
Yukari Black    Tokyo Rose
John Hoogenakker    Funeral Home Employee
Barry Sigismondi    Police Sergeant
William Charlton    Bartender
Beth Tapper    Bar Car Beauty
Shannon Gayle    Bar Car Beauty
Jim Cantafio    Reporter (in LA)
Mark Colson    Reporter (in LA)
Danny McCarthy    Reporter (in Chicago)
Patrick New    Reporter (in Chicago)
James Horan    Reporter (in NYC)
Michael Canavan    Reporter at Hansen's
Erica Grant    Secretary
Silas Weir-Mitchell    Lab Tech
George Cambio    Lab Tech
David S. Brooks    Sergeant A Company
Johann Johannson    Sergeant on Beach
Martin Delaney    Marine at Cave
Daniel Forcey    Marine on Beach
Bjorgvin Franz Gislason    Impaled Marine
Darri Ingolfsson    Wounded Marine
Hilmar Gudjonsson    Wounded Marine
Jeremy Merrill    Marine in Shellhole
Jeremiah Bitsui    Young Indian
John Maloney    Pilot
Dick Skip Evans    Pilot
Karl Gulledge    Pilot

Production and Technical Credits

Clint Eastwood    Director
Clint Eastwood    Producer
Steven Spielberg    Producer
Robert Lorenz    Producer
William Broyles Jr.    Screenwriter
Paul Haggis    Screenwriter
James Bradley    Based on the book "Flags of our Fathers"
Ron Powers    Based on the book "Flags of our Fathers"
Tom Stern    Director of Photography
Henry Bumstead    Production Designer
Joel Cox    Editor
Deborah Hopper    Costume Designer
Tim Moore    Co-Producer
Donald Murphy    Assistant Director
Michael Owens    Second Unit Director
Tim Moore    Unit Production Manager
Leifur B. Dagfinnsson    Production Manager (Iceland)
Jack G. Taylor, Jr    Art Director
Adrian Gorton    Art Director (Iceland)
Richard Goddard    Set Decorator
Alan Hicks    Set Decorator (Chicago)
Richard Bowen    Second Unit Photography
Mitchell Kenney    Costume Supervisor
Nancy McArdle    Costume Supervisor
Jennifer Jobst    Costume Supervisor (Chicago)
Walt Martin    Production Sound Mixer
John Reitz    Re-recording Mixer
Dave Campbell    Re-recording Mixer
Gregg Rudloff    Re-recording Mixer
Steve Pederson    Re-recording Mixer
Alan Robert Murray    Supervising Sound Editor
Bub Asman    Co-Supervising Sound Editor
Jay Jennings    Sound Effects Editor
Jason King    Sound Effects Editor
Charles Maynes    Sound Effects Editor
Steven Ticknor    Sound Designer
Dave Arnold    Supervising Dialogue Editor
Lucy Coldsnow    Dialogue Editor
Gloria D'Alessandro    Dialogue Editor
Ulrika Akander    Dialogue Editor
Jim Matheny    Dialogue Editor
Don Harris    Music Editor
Tania McComas    Department Head Makeup
Carol A. O'Connell    Department Head Hairstylist
Christien Tinsley    Special Make-up Effects
Stefan Jorgen Agustsson    Special Effects Makeup (Iceland)
Clint Eastwood    Composer
Phyllis Huffman    Casting Director
Jane Alderman    Casting (Chicago)
Buddy Van Horn    Stunt Coordinator

Cast and crew with above-the-line roles are marked in bold. The line marks the division between above-the-line and below-the-line roles.

Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue are available through our research services. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.


Synopsis

The story revolves around the World War II battle over Iwo Jima and the effect this historic battle had on those surviving.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$10,245,190 (30.5% of total gross)
Legs:3.28 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:52.8% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$53,000,000 (worldwide box office is 1.2 times production budget)
Theater counts:1,876 opening theaters/2,375 max. theaters, 4.3 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $61,356,403

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: October 20th, 2006 (Wide) by Paramount Pictures
Video Release: February 6th, 2007 by Paramount Home Video
MPA Rating: R for sequences of graphic war violence and carnage, and for language.
Running Time: 132 minutes
Plot point: Historical Battles, War
Social setting: World War II
Subgenre: War Drama
Source:Based on Fiction Book/Short Story
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Historical Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Malpaso Productions, DreamWorks Pictures, Amblin Entertainment
Production Countries: United States, Japan, Iceland
Languages: English

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Oct 20, 2006 3 $10,245,190   1,876 $5,461   $10,245,190 1
Oct 27, 2006 4 $6,346,856 -38% 2,190 $2,898   $19,923,069 2
Nov 3, 2006 7 $4,419,657 -30% 2,375 $1,861   $26,550,769 3
Nov 10, 2006 11 $2,811,575 -36% 1,963 $1,432   $30,950,950 4
Nov 17, 2006 16 $819,575 -71% 1,049 $781   $32,670,358 5
Nov 24, 2006 22 $309,265 -62% 362 $854   $33,306,143 6
Dec 1, 2006 32 $95,257 -69% 204 $467   $33,479,810 7
Dec 8, 2006 38 $53,757 -44% 142 $379   $33,574,332 8

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Oct 20, 2006 3 $3,529,984     1,876 $1,882   $3,529,984 1
Oct 21, 2006 3 $4,010,196 +14%   1,876 $2,138   $7,540,180 2
Oct 22, 2006 3 $2,705,010 -33%   1,876 $1,442   $10,245,190 3
Oct 23, 2006 3 $889,652 -67%   1,876 $474   $11,134,842 4
Oct 24, 2006 3 $876,663 -1%   1,876 $467   $12,011,505 5
Oct 25, 2006 3 $798,918 -9%   1,876 $426   $12,810,423 6
Oct 26, 2006 3 $763,230 -4%   1,876 $407   $13,576,213 7
Oct 27, 2006 4 $1,880,335 +146% -47% 2,190 $859   $15,456,548 8
Oct 28, 2006 4 $2,847,407 +51% -29% 2,190 $1,300   $18,303,955 9
Oct 29, 2006 5 $1,619,114 -43% -40% 2,190 $739   $19,923,069 10
Oct 30, 2006 4 $483,315 -70% -46% 2,190 $221   $20,406,384 11
Oct 31, 2006 4 $610,907 +26% -30% 2,190 $279   $21,017,291 12
Nov 1, 2006 4 $555,490 -9% -30% 2,190 $254   $21,572,781 13
Nov 2, 2006 4 $558,331 +1% -27% 2,190 $255   $22,131,112 14
Nov 3, 2006 7 $1,318,679 +136% -30% 2,375 $555   $23,449,791 15
Nov 4, 2006 7 $2,013,168 +53% -29% 2,375 $848   $25,462,959 16
Nov 5, 2006 7 $1,087,810 -46% -33% 2,375 $458   $26,550,769 17
Nov 6, 2006 7 $366,338 -66% -24% 2,375 $154   $26,917,107 18
Nov 7, 2006 7 $426,531 +16% -30% 2,375 $180   $27,343,638 19
Nov 8, 2006 7 $383,509 -10% -31% 2,375 $161   $27,727,147 20
Nov 9, 2006 7 $412,228 +7% -26% 2,375 $174   $28,139,375 21

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Oct 20, 2006 3 $13,576,213   1,876 $7,237   $13,576,213 1
Oct 27, 2006 4 $8,554,899 -37% 2,190 $3,906   $22,131,112 2
Nov 3, 2006 7 $6,008,263 -30% 2,375 $2,530   $28,139,375 3
Nov 10, 2006 12 $3,711,408 -38% 1,963 $1,891   $31,850,783 4
Nov 17, 2006 21 $1,146,095 -69% 1,049 $1,093   $32,996,878 5
Nov 24, 2006 21 $387,675 -66% 362 $1,071   $33,384,553 6
Dec 1, 2006 32 $136,022 -65% 204 $667   $33,520,575 7
Dec 8, 2006 40 $81,801 -40% 142 $576   $33,602,376 8

Leading

Ryan Phillippe    John Bradley
Jesse Bradford    Rene Gagnon
Adam Beach    Ira Hayes

Supporting

John Benjamin Hickey    Keyes Beech
John Slattery    Bud Gurber
Barry Pepper    Mike Strank
Jamie Bell    Ralph "Iggy" Ignatowski
Paul Walker    Hank Hansen
Robert Patrick    Colonel Chandler Johnson
Neal McDonough    Captain Severance
Melanie Lynskey    Pauline Harnois
Tom McCarthy    James Bradley
Chris Bauer    Commandant Vandegrift
Judith Ivey    Belle Block
Myra Turley    Madeline Evelley
Joseph Cross    Franklin Sousley
Benjamin Walker    Harlon Block
Alessandro Mastrobuono    Lindberg
Scott Reeves    Lundsford
Stark Sands    Gust
George Grizzard    John Bradley
Harve Presnell    Dave Severance
George Hearn    Walter Gust
Len Cariou    Mr. Beech
Christopher Curry    Ed Block
Bubba Lewis    Belle's Young Son
Beth Grant    Mother Gagnon
Connie Ray    Mrs. Sousley
Ann Dowd    Mrs. Strank
Mary Beth Peil    Mrs. Bradley
David Patrick Kelly    President Truman
Jon Polito    Borough President
Ned Eisenberg    Joe Rosenthal
Gordon Clapp    General "Howlin' Mad" Smith
Michael Cumpsty    Secretary Forrestal
V.J. Foster    Major on Plane
Kirk B.R. Woller    Bill Genaust
Tom Verica    Lieutenant Pennel
Jason Gray-Stanford    Lieutenant Schrier
Matt Huffman    Lieutenant Bell
David Hornsby    Louis Lowery
Brian Kimmet    Sergeant Boots Thomas
David Rasche    Senator
Tom Mason    John Tennack
Patrick Dollaghan    Businessman
James Newman    Local Politician
Steven M. Porter    Tourist
Dale Waddington Horowitz    Tourist's Wife
Lennie Loftin    Justice of the Peace
David Clennon    White House Official
Mark Thomason    Military Censor
Oliver Davis    Young James Bradley
Sean Moran    Waiter
Lisa Dodson    Iggy's Mother
John Nielsen    Senator Boyd
Jon Kellam    Senator Haddigan
Ron Fassler    Senator Robson
John Henry Canavan    Jailer
Donn Emerson    Navy Lieutenant on Plane
Jayma Mays    Nurse in Hawaii
Yukari Black    Tokyo Rose
John Hoogenakker    Funeral Home Employee
Barry Sigismondi    Police Sergeant
William Charlton    Bartender
Beth Tapper    Bar Car Beauty
Shannon Gayle    Bar Car Beauty
Jim Cantafio    Reporter (in LA)
Mark Colson    Reporter (in LA)
Danny McCarthy    Reporter (in Chicago)
Patrick New    Reporter (in Chicago)
James Horan    Reporter (in NYC)
Michael Canavan    Reporter at Hansen's
Erica Grant    Secretary
Silas Weir-Mitchell    Lab Tech
George Cambio    Lab Tech
David S. Brooks    Sergeant A Company
Johann Johannson    Sergeant on Beach
Martin Delaney    Marine at Cave
Daniel Forcey    Marine on Beach
Bjorgvin Franz Gislason    Impaled Marine
Darri Ingolfsson    Wounded Marine
Hilmar Gudjonsson    Wounded Marine
Jeremy Merrill    Marine in Shellhole
Jeremiah Bitsui    Young Indian
John Maloney    Pilot
Dick Skip Evans    Pilot
Karl Gulledge    Pilot

Production and Technical Credits

Clint Eastwood    Director
Clint Eastwood    Producer
Steven Spielberg    Producer
Robert Lorenz    Producer
William Broyles Jr.    Screenwriter
Paul Haggis    Screenwriter
James Bradley    Based on the book "Flags of our Fathers"
Ron Powers    Based on the book "Flags of our Fathers"
Tom Stern    Director of Photography
Henry Bumstead    Production Designer
Joel Cox    Editor
Deborah Hopper    Costume Designer
Tim Moore    Co-Producer
Donald Murphy    Assistant Director
Michael Owens    Second Unit Director
Tim Moore    Unit Production Manager
Leifur B. Dagfinnsson    Production Manager (Iceland)
Jack G. Taylor, Jr    Art Director
Adrian Gorton    Art Director (Iceland)
Richard Goddard    Set Decorator
Alan Hicks    Set Decorator (Chicago)
Richard Bowen    Second Unit Photography
Mitchell Kenney    Costume Supervisor
Nancy McArdle    Costume Supervisor
Jennifer Jobst    Costume Supervisor (Chicago)
Walt Martin    Production Sound Mixer
John Reitz    Re-recording Mixer
Dave Campbell    Re-recording Mixer
Gregg Rudloff    Re-recording Mixer
Steve Pederson    Re-recording Mixer
Alan Robert Murray    Supervising Sound Editor
Bub Asman    Co-Supervising Sound Editor
Jay Jennings    Sound Effects Editor
Jason King    Sound Effects Editor
Charles Maynes    Sound Effects Editor
Steven Ticknor    Sound Designer
Dave Arnold    Supervising Dialogue Editor
Lucy Coldsnow    Dialogue Editor
Gloria D'Alessandro    Dialogue Editor
Ulrika Akander    Dialogue Editor
Jim Matheny    Dialogue Editor
Don Harris    Music Editor
Tania McComas    Department Head Makeup
Carol A. O'Connell    Department Head Hairstylist
Christien Tinsley    Special Make-up Effects
Stefan Jorgen Agustsson    Special Effects Makeup (Iceland)
Clint Eastwood    Composer
Phyllis Huffman    Casting Director
Jane Alderman    Casting (Chicago)
Buddy Van Horn    Stunt Coordinator

Cast and crew with above-the-line roles are marked in bold. The line marks the division between above-the-line and below-the-line roles.

Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue are available through our research services. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.