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'''''Dallas Buyers Club''''' is a 2013 American [[Biographical film|biographical]] [[drama film]] written by [[Craig Borten]] and [[Melisa Wallack]], and directed by [[Jean-Marc Vallée]]. The film tells the story of [[Ron Woodroof]] ([[Matthew McConaughey]]), a cowboy diagnosed with [[AIDS]] in the mid-1990s1980s, a time when both the [[etiology]] and the treatment of [[HIV]]/AIDS are poorly understood and its sufferers subject to [[Social stigma|stigmatization]]. As part of an ongoing experimental AIDS treatment movement, Woodroof smuggles unapproved pharmaceutical drugs into Texas to treat his symptoms. Here, he distributes them to fellow people with AIDS by establishing the "Dallas Buyers Club", all the while facing opposition from the [[Food and Drug Administration]] (FDA). Two fictional supporting characters, Dr. Eve Saks ([[Jennifer Garner]]), and Rayon ([[Jared Leto]]), were composite roles created from interviews with transgender AIDS patients, activists, and doctors. Presidential biographer and PEN-USA winner [[Bill Minutaglio]] wrote the first magazine profile of the Dallas Buyers Club in 1992. The article, which featured interviews with Woodroof and also recreated his dramatic international exploits, attracted widespread attention from filmmakers and journalists.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/10612550/Dallas-Buyers-Club-The-not-so-straight-truth.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/10612550/Dallas-Buyers-Club-The-not-so-straight-truth.html |archive-date=January 11, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Dallas Buyers Club: The not-so-straight truth|first=Alex|last=Hannaford|date=February 7, 2014|work=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
Screenwriter Borten interviewed Woodroof in 19971992 and wrote the script, which he polished with writer Wallack in 2000, and then sold to producer [[Robbie Brenner]]. Several other actors, directors, and producers were attached at various times to the development of the film, but left the project. [[Universal Pictures]] also tried to make the film, but did not. A couple of screenwriters wrote drafts that were rejected. In 2009, producer Brenner involved Matthew McConaughey because of his Texas origins, the same as Woodroof's. Brenner selected the first draft, written by Borten and Wallack, for the film and then Vallée was set to direct. [[Principal photography]] began in November 2012 in [[New Orleans]], continuing for 25 days of filming, which also included shooting in [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge]]. Brenner and [[Rachel Winter]] co-produced the film. The official soundtrack album featured various artists, and was released digitally on October 29, 2013, by the [[Relativity Music Group]].
''Dallas Buyers Club'' premiered at the [[2013 Toronto International Film Festival]] and was released theatrically in the United States on November 1, 2013, by [[Focus Features]], entering wide release on November 22. The film grossed over $55 million worldwide against a budget of $5 million. The film received widespread critical acclaim, resulting in [[List of accolades received by Dallas Buyers Club|numerous accolades]]. Critics praised the performances of McConaughey and Leto, who respectively received the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]] and [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]], at the [[86th Academy Awards]], making this the first film since ''[[Mystic River (film)|Mystic River]]'' (2003), and only the fifth film ever to win both awards. The film won the award for [[Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling|Best Makeup and Hairstyling]] and garnered nominations for [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]], [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]], and [[Academy Award for Best Film Editing|Best Editing]].
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Woodroof bribes a hospital worker to get him AZT, which, exacerbated by his [[cocaine]] and alcohol abuse, causes his health to deteriorate. Recuperating in the hospital, he meets Rayon, a drug-addicted, HIV-positive [[trans woman]] he is initially hostile toward. As his health worsens, he drives to a makeshift Mexican hospital to get more AZT. The facility is run by an American, Dr. Vass, whose medical license was revoked because his work with people with AIDS had violated US regulations. Vass warns Woodroof against AZT, telling him it is "poisonous." Instead, he prescribes a cocktail of drugs and nutritional supplements centered on [[Zalcitabine|ddC]] and the protein [[peptide T]], which are not yet approved for use in the United States by the FDA. Three months later, Woodroof finds his health much improved and realizes he could make money by importing the drugs and selling them to other HIV-positive patients. He is able to get the drugs over the border by masquerading as a priest with cancer and claiming they are for personal use. Dr. Saks starts to notice the adverse effects of AZT, but her supervisor, Dr. Sevard, tells her the trials cannot be discontinued.
Woodroof starts selling the drugs in Dallas on the street, at [[gay nightclub]]s, and [[discotheque]] bars. He reluctantly partners with Rayon since she can bring in more customers. The pair establishes the Dallas Buyers Club, charging $400 per month for membership and giving away the drugs to members to circumvent the laws that made it illegal to sell the drugs. The club is extremely popular, and Woodroof gradually begins to respect Rayon as a friend. When WoofWoodroof is hospitalized for a [[Myocardial infarction|heart attack]] caused by an overdose of recently acquired [[interferon]] from Japan, Dr. Sevard learns of the club and its alternative drugs and is angry that the buyers club is interfering with his trial. The FDA confiscates the interferon and threatens to have Woodroof arrested. Dr. Saks agrees that there are benefits to [[buyers club|clubs]] for HIV drugs but feels powerless to change anything. The process the FDA uses to research, test, and [[Approved drug#United States|approve drugs]] is considered flawed and part of the problem for people suffering from AIDS. At that time, the United States and the FDA were particularly conservative by international standards in testing and approving anti-AIDS drugs. They were hostile to imported drugs to the point they were made contraband.<ref name="cma">{{Cite journal |last=Singer |first=Merrill |date=1994-10-01 |title=Aids and the health crisis of the U.S. urban poor; the perspective of critical medical anthropology |url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0277-9536%2894%2990205-4 |journal=Social Science & Medicine |language=en |volume=39 |issue=7 |pages=931–948 |doi=10.1016/0277-9536(94)90205-4 |pmid=7992126 |issn=0277-9536|citeseerx=10.1.1.454.7720 }}</ref> Dr. Saks and Woodroof begin a friendship.
nheThe FDA gets a warrant to raid the Buyers Club but can do nothing but fine Woodroof. The FDA changes its regulations in 1987, making any unapproved drug illegal. With the club strapped for cash, Rayon begs her father for money and tells Woodroof that she has sold her [[life insurance]] policy to raise money. Woodroof travels to Mexico to get more peptide T. Upon his return, he finds that Rayon has died in the hospital and is extremely upset by her death. Dr. Saks is asked to resign when the hospital discovers she has been sending patients to the buyers club, but she refuses and insists they will have to fire her instead.
ifterAfter Rayon's death, Woodroof begins to show more compassion toward LGBT members of the club, and making money becomes less of a concern; his priority becomes providing the drugs as peptide T gets increasingly challenging to acquire. Woodroof files a lawsuit against the FDA in late 1987, seeking the legal right to take the protein, which has been confirmed as nontoxic but is still not FDA-approved. The judge is sympathetic toward him and admonishes the FDA but lacks the power to do anything. The FDA later allows Woodroof to take peptide T for personal use. He dies of AIDS in 1992, seven years later than his doctors initially had predicted.
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===Development===
gheThe film is based on the real life of [[Ron Woodroof]], a patient of HIV and AIDS, who was the subject of a lengthy 1992 article in ''[[The Dallas Morning News]]'' written by journalist and author Bill Minutaglio.<ref>{{cite news |first=Bill |last=Minutaglio |title=Buying Time: World traveler Ron Woodroof smuggles drugs—and hope—for people with AIDS |work=[[The Dallas Morning News|Dallas Life Magazine]] |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/news/1992/08/09/buying-time-world-traveler-ron-woodroof-smuggles-drugs-and-hope-for-people-with-aids/ |pages=8–12, 21, 25 |date=August 9, 1992}} (original article)</ref> A month before Woodroof died in September 1992, screenwriter [[Craig Borten]] was told about the story by his friend, so he went and interviewed him to create the screenplay; Borten recorded many hours of interviews with Woodroof and had access to his personal journals.<ref name="slate110113">{{cite news |last=Harris |first=Aisha |date=November 1, 2013 |title=How Accurate Is ''Dallas Buyers Club''? |url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2013/11/01/dallas_buyers_club_true_story_fact_and_fiction_in_the_matthew_mcconaughey.html |access-date=December 18, 2013 |work=Slate}}</ref><ref name="TIME"/> Borten wrote a script for what he believed would make a great movie and attempted to attract interest in making the film in mid 1996, with [[Dennis Hopper]] attached to direct.<ref name="Hopper-Harrelson">{{cite news |last1=Ulaby |first1=Neda |author-link=Neda Ulaby |date=February 18, 2014 |title=Getting 'Dallas Buyers Club' Made Took Tenacity And 'Will' |url=https://www.npr.org/2014/02/18/273099733/getting-dallas-buyers-club-made-took-tenacity-and-will |access-date=September 1, 2014 |work=[[NPR]]}}</ref> [[Columbia Pictures]] was set to buy the script but the film was unable to secure financial backing.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Zeitchik|first1=Steven|title='The Dallas Buyers Club,' the AIDS film no one wanted to make - Page 2|url=https://articles.latimes.com/2013/aug/16/entertainment/la-et-mn-ca-dallas-buyers-20130818/2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130914114913/http://articles.latimes.com/2013/aug/16/entertainment/la-et-mn-ca-dallas-buyers-20130818/2|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 14, 2013|access-date=September 1, 2014|work=Los Angeles Times|date=August 16, 2013}}</ref>
gnIn an interview, Borten revealed that he met [[Melisa Wallack]] in 2000 and asked her to help with the script, to which she said yes.<ref name="Right-Team">{{cite news |date=September 11, 2013 |title=The Right Team For Dallas Buyers Club |url=http://www.focusfeatures.com/article/the_right_team_for_dallas_buyers_club?film=dallas_buyers_club |access-date=September 2, 2014 |work=[[Focus Features]]}}</ref> In 2001, after one year of working on the script, they sold it to producer [[Robbie Brenner]], who then set [[Marc Forster]] to direct the film for [[Universal Pictures]], but left due to some personal delays.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Turitz |first1=Neil |date=February 24, 2014 |title=Awards Spotlight: Screenwriter Craig Borten Reflects On The 20-Year Journey To Bring 'Dallas Buyers Club' To Theaters |url=http://www.studiosystemnews.com/awards-spotlight-screenwriter-craig-borten-reflects-on-the-20-year-journey-to-bring-dallas-buyers-club-to-theaters/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140712124901/http://www.studiosystemnews.com/awards-spotlight-screenwriter-craig-borten-reflects-on-the-20-year-journey-to-bring-dallas-buyers-club-to-theaters/ |archive-date=July 12, 2014 |access-date=September 1, 2014 |work=studiosystemnews.com}}</ref> In June 2008, [[Craig Gillespie]] and [[Ryan Gosling]] were in talks to join the film, which was to be produced by David Bushell and [[Marc Abraham]] for Universal Pictures and [[Strike Entertainment]].<ref name="Gosling-Gillespie">{{cite news |last1=Fleming |first1=Michael |date=June 4, 2008 |title=Gosling buys into Gillespie's 'Club' |url=https://variety.com/2008/film/news/gosling-buys-into-gillespie-s-club-1117986885/ |access-date=September 1, 2014 |work=Variety}}</ref> Chase Palmer was writing the script that time around, and screenwriters [[Guillermo Arriaga]] and [[Stephen Belber]] had reportedly also written the subsequent drafts for the film.<ref name="Gosling-Gillespie" /> In 2009, producer Robbie Brenner got involved again and rejected all the rewrites of the script, and the original version by Borten and Wallack was sent to actor Matthew McConaughey to see if the Texas native would be interested in playing the role.<ref name="Hopper-Harrelson" /><ref name="Right-Team" /> On March 9, 2011, [[Jean-Marc Vallée]] was confirmed to direct the film based on the script by Borten and Wallack.<ref name="casting1" /><ref name="TIME"/> [[Rachel Winter]] also attached to produce the film.<ref name="casting3" />
enOn November 14, 2012, it was announced that [[Remstar|Remstar Films]] had acquired the Canadian rights while [[Entertainment One]] would handle the United Kingdom rights for the film.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Vlessing|first1=Etan|title=Remstar Films Takes Canadian Rights to Jean-Marc Vallée's 'Dallas Buyers Club'|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/remstar-films-canadian-rights-dallas-buyers-club-390399|access-date=September 1, 2014|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=November 14, 2012}}</ref> On April 23, 2013, [[Focus Features]] acquired the United States and Latin American distribution rights for the theatrical release of the film.<ref>{{cite news |date=April 23, 2013 |title=Focus Features Acquires HIV/AIDS Drama 'Dallas Buyers Club' Starring Matthew McConaughey |url=https://deadline.com/2013/04/dallas-buyers-club-matthew-mcconaughey-acquired-focus-features-481727/ |access-date=September 1, 2014 |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> In May 2013, [[Voltage Pictures]] and Truth Entertainment closed a deal to produce the film.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kay |first1=Jeremy |date=May 17, 2013 |title=Dallas Buyers Club sells for Voltage |url=http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/cannes/dallas-buyers-club-sells-for-voltage/5056212.article |access-date=September 1, 2014 |work=[[Screen Daily]]}}</ref>
===Casting===
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In 1996, [[Woody Harrelson]] was attached to the film to play Ron Woodroof, but left the film because of financing issues.<ref name="Hopper-Harrelson" /> In 2002, [[Brad Pitt]] was attached to play the lead role.<ref name="Gosling-Gillespie" /> In June 2008, [[Ryan Gosling]] was in talks to join the film for the lead role to play Woodroof, but couldn't take the role.<ref name="Gosling-Gillespie" /> In 2009, producer Brenner sent the script to actor [[Matthew McConaughey]] and got him involved to star in the film.<ref name="Hopper-Harrelson" /> Wondering whether the Uvalde, Texas native was interested in playing another Texas native, Brenner says that he asked himself: {{"'}}Who is Ron Woodroof?' And in my mind, it was Matthew. Like Ron, he's from Dallas, he's handsome, and he has a twinkle in the eye. Matthew also has intensity and intelligence like Ron did, mixed with that cowboy charisma and fighter's spirit. He was beyond perfect for the role." Writer Borten said: "Ron was a very charismatic, funny and persuasive, a real salesman. Even if he was making fun of you, you wanted him to continue because he was so charming. Matthew possesses a lot of those same qualities."<ref name="Right-Team" /> On March 9, 2011, ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' confirmed that McConaughey would star in the film as Woodroof and quoted McConaughey as saying: "It's a great script and a great story. And I think it can be a great movie."<ref name=casting1>{{cite news|last1=Zeitchik|first1=Steven|title=New shopper at 'Dallas Buyer's Club'? Mathew McConaughey|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/movies/2011/03/dallas-buyers-club-matthew-mcconaughey-brad-pitt.html|access-date=September 1, 2014|work=Los Angeles Times|date=March 9, 2011}}</ref>
rnOn May 11, 2011, [[Hilary Swank]] was reportedly in talks to join the film with McConaughey's role confirmed.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fleming Jr. |first1=Mike |date=May 11, 2011 |title=Cannes: 'Dallas Buyers Club' Takes Shape With Matthew McConaughey, Hilary Swank |url=https://deadline.com/2011/05/cannes-dallas-buyers-club-takes-shape-with-matthew-mcconaughey-hilary-swank-130708/ |access-date=September 1, 2014 |work=Deadline Hollywood}}</ref> On October 3, 2012, it was announced that Swank had dropped out of the film and that [[Gael García Bernal]] was in talks to play an HIV patient who meets Woodroof in the hospital and helps him in the club.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Siegel|first1=Tatiana|last2=Kit|first2=Borys|title=Gael Garcia Bernal to Join Matthew McConaughey in 'The Dallas Buyer's Club'|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/gael-garcia-bernal-dallas-buyers-club-376003|access-date=September 1, 2014|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=October 3, 2012}}</ref> On November 6, ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' confirmed that [[Jared Leto]] would be returning to acting to play the role which Bernal was previously in talks to play.<ref name=casting3>{{cite news|last1=Kit|first1=Borys|title=Jared Leto Returning to Acting with 'Dallas Buyer's Club'|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jared-leto-returning-acting-dallas-386911|access-date=September 1, 2014|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=November 6, 2012}}</ref> In January 2014, Jared Leto admitted that he was sent a script 15 years ago but never read it.<ref>{{cite news |last=Feinberg |first=Scott |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/jared-leto-reveals-he-was-670036 |title=Jared Leto Reveals He Was First Sent 'Dallas Buyers Club' 15 Years Ago (Exclusive) |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=January 11, 2013 |access-date=January 12, 2014}}</ref> When Leto was asked about his role, he said: "This was a really special movie. I think it was the role of a lifetime. It's one of the best things I've ever done." He also said that he tried to stay focused on the role because he knew it was an incredible opportunity.<ref>{{cite web |last=Noir |first=Nadia |title=Jared Leto Talks About His Oscar Buzzworthy Role In 'Dallas Buyers Club' In Kevin & Bean Interview |url=http://kroq.cbslocal.com/jared-leto-talks-about-his-oscar-buzzworthy-role-in-dallas-buyers-club-in-kevin-bean-interview/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141003094201/http://kroq.cbslocal.com/jared-leto-talks-about-his-oscar-buzzworthy-role-in-dallas-buyers-club-in-kevin-bean-interview/ |archive-date=October 3, 2014 |access-date=September 7, 2014 |website=[[KROQ]]}}</ref> On November 14, [[Dallas Roberts]] and [[Steve Zahn]] joined the film; Roberts would play David Wayne, Ron's defense attorney, while Zahn would play a Dallas police officer who is sympathetic to Ron.<ref name="casting4">{{cite news |last1=Sneider |first1=Jeff |date=November 14, 2012 |title=Dallas Roberts joins 'Dallas Buyers Club' |url=https://variety.com/2012/film/news/dallas-roberts-joins-dallas-buyers-club-1118062225/ |access-date=September 1, 2014 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> On November 26, [[Griffin Dunne]], [[Denis O'Hare]], and [[Bradford Cox]] joined the cast when the shooting was underway in New Orleans.<ref name=casting5>{{cite news|last1=Kit|first1=Borys|title=Griffin Dunne, Denis O'Hare and Deerhunter's Bradford Cox Join 'Dallas Buyers Club'|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/dallas-buyers-club-denis-ohare-394230|access-date=September 1, 2014|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=November 26, 2012}}</ref>
McConaughey lost {{convert|47|lb}} for the role, going from {{convert|183|lb}} to {{convert|136|lb}}.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2014-02-05 |title=Matthew McConaughey on Dallas Buyers Club: 'I became almost hyper' |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-25979138 |access-date=2024-03-02 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref> Leto lost over {{convert|30|lb}} for the role and said that he had stopped eating to lose weight quicker; his lowest record weight was {{convert|114|lb}}.<ref>{{cite web |last=Johnson |first=Zach |date=December 31, 2013 |title=Jared Leto Debuts Buff Beach Body After Losing 30 Pounds for Dallas Buyers Club Role |url=http://uk.eonline.com/news/494769/jared-leto-debuts-buff-beach-body-after-losing-30-pounds-for-dallas-buyers-club-role |access-date=January 12, 2014 |website=E! Online}}</ref>
===Filming===
[[Principal photography]] began on November 11, 2012, in [[New Orleans]].<ref>{{cite news |last1= |date=October 27, 2012 |title=Extras needed in for 'Dallas Buyer's Club', starring Matthew McConaughey, in New Orleans |url=http://www.onlocationvacations.com/2012/10/27/extras-needed-in-for-dallas-buyers-club-starring-matthew-mcconaughey-in-new-orleans/#more-39198 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814164818/http://www.onlocationvacations.com/2012/10/27/extras-needed-in-for-dallas-buyers-club-starring-matthew-mcconaughey-in-new-orleans/#more-39198 |archive-date=August 14, 2014 |access-date=July 29, 2014 |work=onlocationvacations.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jared-leto-returning-acting-dallas-386911 |title=Jared Leto Returning to Acting with 'Dallas Buyer's Club' |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |last=Kit |first=Borys |date=November 6, 2012 |access-date=November 27, 2012}}</ref> Filming also took place in [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Matthew McConaughey Wants A Cheeseburger After 'Dallas Buyers Club' Wraps|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/18/matthew-mcconaughey-wants-a-cheeseburger-after-dallas-buyers-club_n_2154662.html|access-date=July 29, 2014|work=Huffington Post|date=November 18, 2012}}</ref> [[Jennifer Garner]] has stated that the film was shot very quickly over just 25 days and has remarked that McConaughey "gave an even wilder performance in takes that didn't appear onscreen".<ref name="HR811">{{cite news |first=Tim |last=Appelo |title='Dallas Buyers Club' Director Wasn't Sold on Matthew McConaughey |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=November 8, 2013 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/dallas-buyers-club-director-wasnt-653354 |access-date=January 12, 2014}}</ref> McConaughey stated that "I was riding a new way of making a film. There were no lights, one camera, 15-minute takes."<ref name="HR811"/> Half of the shots were lit with artificial light and the other half were not. Vallée said: "I now had a perfect opportunity to try to shoot an entire movie without artificial lights, using the [[Arri Alexa|Alexa digital camera]]. Like the [[Red Digital Cinema Camera Company|RED]], the Alexa offers a broad spectrum of colors and shadows in even the darkest natural lighting conditions. I felt that the approach was right for this project. The look and feel became that we were capturing reality; even though ''Dallas Buyers Club'' is not a documentary in content or structure, it could have that subtle quality. We shot the movie 100% handheld with two lenses, a 35-millimeter and a 50-millimeter. These get close to the actors and don't skew the images. (Director of Photography) Yves Belanger adjusted for every shot at 400 or 1600 ASA (light sensitivity), displaying different color balance."<ref>{{cite web |title=Dallas Buyers Club - Movie Production Notes |url=http://www.cinemareview.com/production.asp?prodid=16894 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140813203423/http://www.cinemareview.com/production.asp?prodid=16894 |archive-date=August 13, 2014 |access-date=August 13, 2014 |website=CinemaReview.com}}</ref>
Jared Leto, who played Rayon, an AIDS patient and trans woman with a drug problem, refused to break character for the whole 25 days of shooting. Interviews of cast and crew who were involved in the film revealed that, in a sense, they never really met Leto until months after the shoot was over. Leto said about his character, "That phrase ''staying in character'' to me really means commitment, focus, and for a role like this that's so intense and challenging and extreme in a lot of ways, it demanded my full attention."<ref name=":0">{{cite news|last1=McElroy|first1=Steven|title=For 25 Days, Transsexual to the Core|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/27/movies/jared-leto-stayed-in-character-on-dallas-buyers-club-set.html|access-date=September 8, 2014|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=October 25, 2013}}</ref>
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Over its opening weekend from November 1–3 of limited release in [[Los Angeles]], [[New York City|New York]], [[Toronto]] and [[Montreal]],<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kaufman|first1=Amy|title='Dallas Buyers Club' off to solid start in limited release|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-dallas-buyers-club-box-office-20131103-story.html|access-date=September 7, 2014|work=Los Angeles Times|date=November 3, 2013}}</ref> the film grossed $260,865 from 9 theaters with an average of $28,985 per theater,<ref name="mojo">{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=dallasbuyersclub.htm |title=Dallas Buyers Club |work=Box Office Mojo |access-date=September 5, 2014}}</ref> In second weekend from November 8–10, film grossed $638,704, making total of $993,088 with an average amount of $18,249 from 35 theaters.<ref name="mojo"/> And it was expanded to 184 locations in its third week of release and it grossed $1,751,359 from Nov 15–17, with an average of $9,518, making total of $3,012,295.<ref name="Numbers-BO" /> It opened wide on November 22 (the weekend before Thanksgiving) in 666 theaters and grossed $2,687,157 from November 22–24, with a total of $6,374,058 and average of $4,035 per location.<ref name="mojo"/><ref name="release" /> The wide release coincided with the Screen Actors Guild Awards ballots deadline, and was before the Golden Globe Awards ballots. The [[Screen Actors Guild]] mailed [[Screen Actors Guild Award]] nomination ballots to its voters on November 20,<ref>{{cite web |title=Key Dates for 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® Announced |url=http://www.sagawards.org/media-pr/press-releases/key-dates-20th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards%C2%AE-announced |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131229073541/http://sagawards.org/media-pr/press-releases/key-dates-20th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards%C2%AE-announced |archive-date=December 29, 2013 |access-date=September 8, 2014 |website=SAG Awards}}</ref> and the nomination ballots for the [[Golden Globe Awards]] were mailed to the [[Hollywood Foreign Press Association]] members on or before November 27.<ref>{{cite web |title=Timetable - Golden Globe Awards Official Website |url=http://www.hfpa.org/timetable71/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140111050927/http://www.hfpa.org/timetable71/ |archive-date=January 11, 2014 |access-date=September 8, 2014 |website=hfpa.org}}</ref>
[[71st Golden Globe Awards]] were announced on January 12, 2014, with Dallas Buyers Club winning both of its nominations,<ref>{{cite news |date=January 12, 2014 |title=Golden Globes Winners: The Complete List |url=https://deadline.com/2014/01/golden-globes-winners-2014-golden-globe-awards-full-list-662717/ |access-date=September 6, 2014 |work=Deadline Hollywood}}</ref> and the film earned six 86th Academy Awards nominations that were announced on January 16.<ref>{{cite news |date=January 16, 2014 |title=86th Academy Awards Nominations: Complete List and Scorecard |url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/86th-academy-awards-nominations-complete-list-and-scorecard-1201060676/#networktype-1/page-1 |access-date=September 6, 2014 |work=Variety}}</ref> The twelfth weekend after limited release, the film's theater run jumped from 125 screens to a total of 419 and the film grossed $17,813,220 with an average of $2,246 per theater from January 17–19.<ref name="mojo"/><ref>{{cite news |last1=Brooks |first1=Brian |date=January 19, 2014 |title=Specialty Box Office: Oscar Nominees '12 Years A Slave,' 'Dallas Buyers Club' Expand; Newcomers Open Flat |url=https://deadline.com/2014/01/indie-box-office-oscar-nominees-expand-12-years-a-slave-dallas-buyers-club-august-osage-county-667584/ |access-date=September 7, 2014 |work=Deadline Hollywood}}</ref> After the [[20th Screen Actors Guild Awards]] were announced on January 18 with Dallas Buyers Club winning two of its three nominations,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rosen |first1=Christopher |date=January 18, 2014 |title=SAG Awards 2014 Winners List: 'American Hustle,' Matthew McConaughey & More |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/18/sag-awards-2014-winners_n_4624709.html |access-date=September 8, 2014 |work=Huff Post}}</ref> during the thirteenth weekend from January 24–26, 2014, the film expanded to 1,110 locations (highest playing of the film) and grossed $2,028,570 more in that weekend with an average of $1,828.<ref name="mojo"/><ref name="Numbers-BO" /> Until that weekend the top grossing markets were Los Angeles, New York, [[San Francisco]], [[Chicago]] and [[Dallas]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Brooks |first1=Brian |date=January 26, 2014 |title=Specialty Box Office: 'Gloria' Gets Her Number; 'Gimme Shelter' Opens Limited; 'Dallas' & '12 Years' Ride Oscar Wave |url=https://deadline.com/2014/01/specialty-box-office-gloria-gimme-shelter-dallas-buyers-club-12-years-a-slave-oscars-671561/ |access-date=September 7, 2014 |work=Deadline Hollywood}}</ref>
After a total of 182 days, the film ended its American theatrical run on May 1, 2014, with a gross of $27,298,285 in North America.<ref name="Numbers-BO">{{cite web |title=Dallas Buyers Club - Box Office |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Dallas-Buyers-Club#tab=box-office |access-date=September 1, 2014 |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]}}</ref> It grossed $27,900,000 in foreign countries including $8,755,794 of the United Kingdom, $2,761,258 of Australia, making a worldwide total gross of $55,198,285.<ref name="mojo"/>
===Critical response===
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Leto's portrayal of Rayon, a drug-addicted [[trans woman]] with [[HIV/AIDS|AIDS]] who befriends McConaughey's character Ron Woodroof, received critical acclaim.<ref name=":0" /> The writers created Rayon, to show "Woodroof's gradual acceptance of a subculture he had dismissed."<ref name=":0" /> ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''{{'}}s Richard Corliss noted, "Leto captures the sweet intensity and almost saintly good humor of a glamorous, poignant and downright divoon creature — a blithe Camille who may surrender her health but never her panache."<ref name="TIME" /><ref name=":0" /> Leto was awarded an [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Academy Award]], [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture|Golden Globe]], a [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role|Screen Actors Guild Award]], and a variety of film critics' circle awards.
After the [[86th Academy Awards]] ceremony, the casting of a non-[[transgender]] actor was critiqued as a missed opportunity, with some [[LGBTLGBTQ]] activists criticizing the choice as [[Transmisogyny|transmisogynistic]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Hawkins |first=Chelsea |date=November 13, 2013 |title="Dallas Buyers Club" fails trans actors |url=http://www.salon.com/2013/11/13/dallas_buyers_club_may_get_jared_leto_an_oscar_but_it_fails_transgender_actors_partner/ |access-date=March 2, 2014 |work=[[Salon (website)|Salon]]}}</ref><ref name="Los Angeles Times">{{cite news |last1=Rohwer |first1=Susan |date=November 1, 2013 |title=Jared Leto a 'revelation' in 'Dallas Buyer's Club.' But the role should've gone to a trans actor. |url=https://www.latimes.com/opinion/opinion-la/la-ol-dallas-buyers-club-jared-leto-transgender-actors-20131101-story.html |access-date=March 2, 2014 |work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jared-leto-heckled-accused-trans-677290 |title=Jared Leto Heckled, Accused of 'Trans-Misogyny' at Santa Barbara Event (Audio) |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=February 4, 2014 |access-date=March 2, 2014}}</ref> A guest blogger published on the ''L.A. Times'' website compared the issue to white actors [[Cultural appropriation|appropriating]], and exploiting, the roles of [[Yellowface|East Asians]] and [[Blackface|Africans]] in the past;<ref name="Los Angeles Times"/> and guest contributors noted in ''The Guardian'' and ''The Independent'' that transgender actors are often relegated to roles such as prostitutes, corpses and "freaks."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/jan/14/trans-characters-actors |title=Should trans screen roles be played by trans actors? |first=Juliet |last=Jacques |work=The Guardian |date=February 3, 2014 |access-date=March 2, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Lees |first=Paris |date=February 2, 2014 |title=Jared Leto in Dallas Buyers Club: Why can't we cast trans people in trans roles? |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/jared-leto-in-dallas-buyers-club-why-cant-we-cast-trans-people-in-trans-roles-9099704.html |access-date=March 2, 2014 |work=The Independent |location=London}}</ref>
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