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) 3, 2011. It stayed until January 14 and then went down to behind "The Green Hornet" and "The Dilemma". On February 11, 2011, it went down to behind "Justin Bieber: Never Say Never", "Just Go With It", "Gnomeo and Juliet", "The Eagle", "The Roommate", "The King's Speech", "No Strings Attached", and "Sanctum". It closed in theaters on April 28, 2011. "True Grit" took in an additional $15 million in what is usually a slow month for movie attendance, reaching $110 million. According to Box Office Mojo, "True Grit" has grossed over $170 million domestically and $250 million worldwide as of