Synopsis
In the wake of Abraham Lincoln's assassination, seven men and one woman are arrested and charged with conspiring to kill the President, Vice President, and Secretary of State. The lone woman charged, Mary Surratt, 42, owns a boarding house where John Wilkes Booth, 26, and others met and planned the simultaneous attacks. Against the ominous back-drop of post-Civil War Washington, newly-minted lawyer, Frederick Aiken, a 28-year-old Union war-hero, reluctantly agrees to defend Surratt before a military tribunal. Aiken realizes his client may be innocent and that she is being used as bait and hostage in order to capture the only conspirator to have escaped a massive manhunt, her own son, John. As the nation turns against her, Surratt is forced to rely on Aiken to uncover the truth and save her life.
Metrics
Opening Weekend: | $3,506,602 (30.4% of total gross) |
Legs: | 3.29 (domestic box office/biggest weekend) |
Domestic Share: | 72.5% (domestic box office/worldwide) |
Production Budget: | $25,000,000 (worldwide box office is 0.6 times production budget) |
Theater counts: | 707 opening theaters/849 max. theaters, 4.5 weeks average run per theater |
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO | $15,684,965 |
Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists
Record | Rank | Amount |
---|---|---|
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 5,101-5,200) | 5,109 | $11,538,204 |
All Time International Box Office (Rank 6,901-7,000) | 6,943 | $4,369,207 |
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 6,201-6,300) | 6,230 | $15,907,411 |
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Movie Details
Domestic Releases: | April 15th, 2011 (Wide) by Roadside Attractions |
International Releases: | May 4th, 2012 (Wide) (Brazil)
May 11th, 2012 (Wide) (Colombia) June 21st, 2012 (Wide) (Peru) June 22nd, 2012 (Wide) (Uruguay) October 5th, 2012 (Wide) (Venezuela) ... Show all releases |
Video Release: | August 16th, 2011 by Lionsgate Home Entertainment |
MPAA Rating: | PG-13 for some violent content. (Rating bulletin 2142, 10/13/2010) |
Running Time: | 122 minutes |
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Keywords: | Political, Hitmen, War, Conspiracy Theory, Historical Drama, 1860s |
Source: | Based on Real Life Events |
Genre: | Drama |
Production Method: | Live Action |
Creative Type: | Dramatization |
Production/Financing Companies: | The American Film Co, Wildwood Enterprises |
Production Countries: | United States |
Languages: | English |