True Grit (novel) John Wayne as U.S. Marshal Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn, along with Robert Duvall and Strother Martin. Six years later, in 1975, Wayne reprised his Academy Award-winning role as the tough hard drinking one-eyed lawman in the sequel film "Rooster Cogburn" with co-star Katharine Hepburn, Richard Jordan, Anthony Zerbe, Strother Martin and John McIntire. In 2010, Joel and Ethan Coen wrote and directed another film adaption of the same name, which starred Hailee Steinfeld as Mattie Ross, Matt Damon as LaBoeuf and Jeff Bridges as Rooster Cogburn. In November 2010, The Overlook Press published a movie tie-in edition of the second
True Grit (2010 film) million. "True Grit" was the only mainstream movie of the 2010 holiday season to exceed the revenue expectations of its producers. Based on that performance, "The Los Angeles Times" predicted that the film would likely become the second-highest grossing western of all time when inflation is discounted, exceeded only by "Dances with Wolves". On Thursday, December 23, 2010, it opened to behind "Little Fockers" and "Tron: Legacy". On Friday, December 24, 2010, it went up to behind "Little Fockers". On Friday, December 31, 2010, it went up to and then on January 1, 2011, it went back to until January