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The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.

Grosses

Domestic (45.7%)
$45,055,776
Summary Details
DistributorOpen Road Films (II)
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Opening$295,009
5 theaters
Release Date (Wide)Nov 6, 2015 (Nov 25, 2015) - May 5, 2016
MPAAR
Running Time2 hr 9 min
GenresBiography Crime Drama
In Release422 days/60 weeks
Widest Release1,227 theaters
DateDOW RankDaily %± YD %± LW TheatersAvgTo DateDay
Nov 6Friday21$87,350--5$17,470$87,3501
Nov 7Saturday22$118,272+35.4%-5$23,654$205,6222
Nov 8Sunday21$89,387-24.4%-5$17,877$295,0093
Nov 9Monday21$35,108-60.7%-5$7,021$330,1174
Nov 10Tuesday23$33,370-5%-5$6,674$363,4875
Nov 11Wednesday21$53,126+59.2%-5$10,625$416,6136
Nov 12Thursday23$30,157-43.2%-5$6,031$446,7707
Nov 13Friday12$390,951+1,196.4%+347.6%61$6,409$837,7218
Nov 14Saturday11$575,688+47.3%+386.7%61$9,437$1,413,4099
Nov 15Sunday11$386,991-32.8%+332.9%61$6,344$1,800,40010
Nov 16Monday9$120,839-68.8%+244.2%61$1,980$1,921,23911
Nov 17Tuesday14$125,187+3.6%+275.1%61$2,052$2,046,42612
Nov 18Wednesday8$121,068-3.3%+127.9%61$1,984$2,167,49413
Nov 19Thursday9$108,617-10.3%+260.2%61$1,780$2,276,11114
Nov 20Friday7$1,025,097+843.8%+162.2%598$1,714$3,301,20815
Nov 21Saturday8$1,517,144+48%+163.5%598$2,537$4,818,35216
Nov 22Sunday8$986,143-35%+154.8%598$1,649$5,804,49517
Nov 23Monday8$355,011-64%+193.8%598$593$6,159,50618
Nov 24Tuesday8$461,514+30%+268.7%598$771$6,621,02019
Nov 25Wednesday8$652,981+41.5%+439.4%897$727$7,274,00120
Nov 26
Thanksgiving
Thursday10$577,888-11.5%+432%897$644$7,851,88921
Nov 27Friday8$1,657,861+186.9%+61.7%897$1,848$9,509,75022
Nov 28Saturday8$1,740,754+5%+14.7%897$1,940$11,250,50423
Nov 29Sunday7$1,009,637-42%+2.4%897$1,125$12,260,14124
Nov 30Monday6$333,180-67%-6.1%897$371$12,593,32125
Dec 1Tuesday7$410,895+23.3%-11%897$458$13,004,21626
Dec 2Wednesday6$361,588-12%-44.6%897$403$13,365,80427
Dec 3Thursday6$339,893-6%-41.2%897$378$13,705,69728
Dec 4Friday7$830,428+144.3%-49.9%980$847$14,536,12529
Dec 5Saturday8$1,270,555+53%-27%980$1,296$15,806,68030
Dec 6Sunday8$699,025-45%-30.8%980$713$16,505,70531
Dec 7Monday7$286,600-59%-14%980$292$16,792,30532
Dec 8Tuesday7$372,580+30%-9.3%980$380$17,164,88533
Dec 9Wednesday7$312,967-16%-13.4%980$319$17,477,85234
Dec 10Thursday7$316,097+1%-7%980$322$17,793,94935
Dec 11Friday8$711,126+125%-14.4%1,089$653$18,505,07536
Dec 12Saturday9$1,123,579+58%-11.6%1,089$1,031$19,628,65437
Dec 13Sunday9$674,148-40%-3.6%1,089$619$20,302,80238
Dec 14Monday8$269,659-60%-5.9%1,089$247$20,572,46139
Dec 15Tuesday8$312,804+16%-16%1,089$287$20,885,26540
Dec 16Wednesday8$278,396-11%-11%1,089$255$21,163,66141
Dec 17Thursday8$214,365-23%-32.2%1,089$196$21,378,02642
Dec 18Friday12$355,889+66%-50%825$431$21,733,91543
Dec 19Saturday11$644,159+81%-42.7%825$780$22,378,07444
Dec 20Sunday12$425,145-34%-36.9%825$515$22,803,21945
Dec 21Monday11$238,081-44%-11.7%825$288$23,041,30046
Dec 22Tuesday13$276,174+16%-11.7%825$334$23,317,47447
Dec 23Wednesday13$251,318-9%-9.7%825$304$23,568,79248
Dec 24Thursday13$246,291-2%+14.9%825$298$23,815,08349
Dec 25
Christmas Day
Friday19$322,037+30.8%-9.5%480$670$24,137,12050
Dec 26Saturday17$418,648+30%-35%480$872$24,555,76851
Dec 27Sunday17$343,291-18%-19.3%480$715$24,899,05952
Dec 28Monday16$243,737-29%+2.4%480$507$25,142,79653
Dec 29Tuesday16$246,174+1%-10.9%480$512$25,388,97054
Dec 30Wednesday15$263,502+7%+4.8%480$548$25,652,47255
Dec 31
New Year's Eve
Thursday15$271,407+3%+10.2%480$565$25,923,87956
Jan 1
New Year's Day
Friday15$426,538+57.2%+32.4%385$1,107$26,350,41757
Jan 2Saturday15$486,253+14%+16.1%385$1,262$26,836,67058
Jan 3Sunday16$272,302-44%-20.7%385$707$27,108,97259
Jan 4Monday16$114,365-58%-53.1%385$297$27,223,33760
Jan 5Tuesday16$131,521+15%-46.6%385$341$27,354,85861
Jan 6Wednesday16$131,565<0.1%-50.1%385$341$27,486,42362
Jan 7Thursday16$131,583<0.1%-51.5%365$360$27,618,00663
Jan 8Friday17$246,724+87.5%-42.2%368$670$27,864,73064
Jan 9Saturday17$434,234+76%-10.7%368$1,179$28,298,96465
Jan 10Sunday17$247,513-43%-9.1%368$672$28,546,47766
Jan 11Monday17$89,105-64%-22.1%368$242$28,635,58267
Jan 12Tuesday17$103,362+16%-21.4%368$280$28,738,94468
Jan 13Wednesday17$106,463+3%-19.1%368$289$28,845,40769
Jan 14Thursday16$127,756+20%-2.9%368$347$28,973,16370
Jan 15Friday14$448,142+250.8%+81.6%985$454$29,421,30571
Jan 16Saturday14$667,773+49%+53.8%985$677$30,089,07872
Jan 17Sunday14$534,218-20%+115.8%985$542$30,623,29673
Jan 18
MLK Day
Monday14$422,032-21%+373.6%985$428$31,045,32874
Jan 19Tuesday14$217,236-48.5%+110.2%985$220$31,262,56475
Jan 20Wednesday13$182,478-16%+71.4%985$185$31,445,04276
Jan 21Thursday13$184,303+1%+44.3%985$187$31,629,34577
Jan 22Friday15$370,025+100.8%-17.4%1,030$359$31,999,37078
Jan 23Saturday15$610,541+65%-8.6%1,030$592$32,609,91179
Jan 24Sunday16$293,060-52%-45.1%1,030$284$32,902,97180
Jan 25Monday14$133,877-54.3%-68.3%1,030$129$33,036,84881
Jan 26Tuesday14$186,089+39%-14.3%1,030$180$33,222,93782
Jan 27Wednesday12$174,924-6%-4.1%1,030$169$33,397,86183
Jan 28Thursday12$167,927-4%-8.9%1,030$163$33,565,78884
Jan 29Friday14$280,641+67.1%-24.2%715$392$33,846,42985
Jan 30Saturday14$524,799+87%-14%715$733$34,371,22886
Jan 31Sunday14$394,599-24.8%+34.6%715$551$34,765,82787
Feb 1Monday14$118,379-70%-11.6%715$165$34,884,20688
Feb 2Tuesday14$144,422+22%-22.4%715$201$35,028,62889
Feb 3Wednesday14$121,315-16%-30.6%715$169$35,149,94390
Feb 4Thursday14$118,891-2%-29.2%715$166$35,268,83491
Feb 5Friday17$229,797+93.3%-18.1%668$344$35,498,63192
Feb 6Saturday17$438,912+91%-16.4%668$657$35,937,54393
Feb 7Sunday17$166,805-62%-57.7%668$249$36,104,34894
Feb 8Monday17$93,410-44%-21.1%668$139$36,197,75895
Feb 9Tuesday17$117,697+26%-18.5%668$176$36,315,45596
Feb 10Wednesday16$102,396-13%-15.6%668$153$36,417,85197
Feb 11Thursday16$88,061-14%-25.9%668$131$36,505,91298
Feb 12Friday19$147,333+67.3%-35.9%455$323$36,653,24599
Feb 13Saturday19$287,301+95%-34.5%455$631$36,940,546100
Feb 14Sunday20$264,317-8%+58.5%455$580$37,204,863101
Feb 15
Presidents' Day
Monday19$153,304-42%+64.1%455$336$37,358,167102
Feb 16Tuesday19$78,185-49%-33.6%455$171$37,436,352103
Feb 17Wednesday18$71,148-9%-30.5%455$156$37,507,500104
Feb 18Thursday18$72,571+2%-17.6%455$159$37,580,071105
Feb 19Friday24$122,641+69%-16.8%401$305$37,702,712106
Feb 20Saturday24$237,924+94%-17.2%401$593$37,940,636107
Feb 21Sunday23$161,788-32%-38.8%401$403$38,102,424108
Feb 22Monday19$59,603-63.2%-61.1%401$148$38,162,027109
Feb 23Tuesday20$74,503+25%-4.7%401$185$38,236,530110
Feb 24Wednesday17$73,758-1%+3.7%401$183$38,310,288111
Feb 25Thursday17$75,233+2%+3.7%401$187$38,385,521112
Feb 26Friday21$192,781+156.2%+57.2%685$281$38,578,302113
Feb 27Saturday19$372,067+93%+56.4%685$543$38,950,369114
Feb 28Sunday21$171,151-54%+5.8%685$249$39,121,520115
Feb 29Monday12$167,729-2%+181.4%685$244$39,289,249116
Mar 1Tuesday13$189,534+13%+154.4%685$276$39,478,783117
Mar 2Wednesday12$174,371-8%+136.4%685$254$39,653,154118
Mar 3Thursday12$142,985-18%+90.1%685$208$39,796,139119
Mar 4Friday13$477,303+233.8%+147.6%1,227$389$40,273,442120
Mar 5Saturday14$820,961+72%+120.6%1,227$669$41,094,403121
Mar 6Sunday14$467,948-43%+173.4%1,227$381$41,562,351122
Mar 7Monday13$172,461-63.1%+2.8%1,227$140$41,734,812123
Mar 8Tuesday13$210,402+22%+11%1,227$171$41,945,214124
Mar 9Wednesday13$162,010-23%-7.1%1,227$132$42,107,224125
Mar 10Thursday14$149,050-8%+4.2%1,227$121$42,256,274126
Mar 11Friday17$248,330+66.6%-48%847$293$42,504,604127
Mar 12Saturday15$429,611+73%-47.7%847$507$42,934,215128
Mar 13Sunday16$253,471-41%-45.8%847$299$43,187,686129
Mar 14Monday16$100,319-60.4%-41.8%847$118$43,288,005130
Mar 15Tuesday16$122,389+22%-41.8%847$144$43,410,394131
Mar 16Wednesday17$91,792-25%-43.3%847$108$43,502,186132
Mar 17Thursday18$74,352-19%-50.1%847$87$43,576,538133
Mar 18Friday23$106,040+42.6%-57.3%443$239$43,682,578134
Mar 19Saturday20$200,415+89%-53.3%443$452$43,882,993135
Mar 20Sunday21$117,010-41.6%-53.8%443$264$44,000,003136
Mar 21Monday20$49,144-58%-51%443$110$44,049,147137
Mar 22Tuesday22$51,601+5%-57.8%443$116$44,100,748138
Mar 23Wednesday22$42,829-17%-53.3%443$96$44,143,577139
Mar 24Thursday22$37,261-13%-49.9%443$84$44,180,838140
Mar 25Friday23$51,706+38.8%-51.2%206$251$44,232,544141
Mar 26Saturday23$65,667+27%-67.2%206$318$44,298,211142
Mar 27
Easter Sunday
Sunday23$40,714-38%-65.2%206$197$44,338,925143
Mar 28Monday23$22,393-45%-54.4%206$108$44,361,318144
Mar 29Tuesday23$22,169-1%-57%206$107$44,383,487145
Mar 30Wednesday24$18,400-17%-57%206$89$44,401,887146
Mar 31Thursday24$18,768+2%-49.6%206$91$44,420,655147
Apr 1Friday24$44,188+135.4%-14.5%202$218$44,464,843148
Apr 2Saturday23$68,491+55%+4.3%202$339$44,533,334149
Apr 3Sunday23$38,355-44%-5.8%202$189$44,571,689150
Apr 4Monday22$16,109-58%-28.1%202$79$44,587,798151
Apr 5Tuesday23$23,358+45%+5.4%202$115$44,611,156152
Apr 6Wednesday21$18,219-22%-1%202$90$44,629,375153
Apr 7Thursday21$18,037-1%-3.9%202$89$44,647,412154
Apr 8Friday29$22,400+24.2%-49.3%112$200$44,669,812155
Apr 9Saturday28$38,304+71%-44.1%112$342$44,708,116156
Apr 10Sunday28$18,769-51%-51.1%112$167$44,726,885157
Apr 11Monday25$8,070-57%-49.9%112$72$44,734,955158
Apr 12Tuesday25$10,814+34%-53.7%112$96$44,745,769159
Apr 13Wednesday25$7,462-31%-59%112$66$44,753,231160
Apr 14Thursday23$10,001+34%-44.6%112$89$44,763,232161
Apr 15Friday29$14,211+42.1%-36.6%103$137$44,777,443162
Apr 16Saturday30$18,474+30%-51.8%103$179$44,795,917163
Apr 17Sunday28$12,562-32%-33.1%103$121$44,808,479164
Apr 18Monday27$5,527-56%-31.5%103$53$44,814,006165
Apr 19Tuesday27$8,070+46%-25.4%103$78$44,822,076166
Apr 20Wednesday26$6,940-14%-7%103$67$44,829,016167
Apr 21Thursday26$7,634+10%-23.7%103$74$44,836,650168
Apr 22Friday32$9,464+24%-33.4%91$104$44,846,114169
Apr 23Saturday32$15,237+61%-17.5%91$167$44,861,351170
Apr 24Sunday34$6,552-57%-47.8%91$72$44,867,903171
Apr 25Monday31$3,538-46%-36%91$38$44,871,441172
Apr 26Tuesday30$7,925+124%-1.8%91$87$44,879,366173
Apr 27Wednesday29$5,865-26%-15.5%91$64$44,885,231174
Apr 28Thursday29$7,273+24%-4.7%91$79$44,892,504175
Apr 29Friday29$22,575+210.4%+138.5%224$100$44,915,079176
Apr 30Saturday29$39,729+76%+160.7%224$177$44,954,808177
May 1Sunday29$33,372-16%+409.3%224$148$44,988,180178
May 2Monday27$15,685-53%+343.3%224$70$45,003,865179
May 3Tuesday28$17,881+14%+125.6%224$79$45,021,746180
May 4Wednesday26$18,596+4%+217.1%224$83$45,040,342181
May 5Thursday25$15,434-17%+112.2%224$68$45,055,776182