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12 Years a Slave

2013 R 2h 14m Biography, Drama, History Fox Searchlight Pictures

The extraordinary true story of Solomon Northup.

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$56.7M
Final
Opening Weekend
$6.7M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
8.49x
Opening → Total
Budget
$20.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$188M
$131M international

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Oct 25-27 8 $2.1M $3.4M 123 $17K 1
Nov 1-3 7 $4.8M +124.5% $9.0M 410 $12K 2
Nov 8-10 7 $6.7M +39.3% $17.4M 1,144 $6K 3
Nov 15-17 8 $4.6M -31.0% $24.9M 1,411 $3K 4
Nov 22-24 9 $2.8M -38.5% $29.4M 1,474 $2K 5
Nov 29-Dec 1 13 $2.3M -18.7% $33.2M 1,165 $2K 6
Dec 6-8 13 $1.1M -50.2% $35.0M 1,082 $1K 7
Dec 13-15 16 $733K -36.1% $36.4M 497 $1K 8
Dec 20-22 20 $370K -49.5% $37.1M 301 $1K 9
Dec 27-29 24 $373K +0.8% $37.8M 154 $2K 10
Jan 3-5 24 $329K -11.9% $38.5M 151 $2K 11
Jan 10-12 26 $271K -17.6% $38.9M 114 $2K 12
Jan 17-19 17 $1.5M +468.7% $40.6M 761 $2K 13
Jan 24-26 14 $2.0M +31.9% $43.6M 1,231 $2K 14
Jan 31-Feb 2 13 $1.4M -29.0% $45.9M 1,172 $1K 15
Feb 7-9 Sochi Olympics 16 $817K -43.4% $47.3M 678 $1K 16
Feb 14-16 Sochi Olympics 21 $563K -31.1% $48.2M 386 $1K 17
Feb 21-23 Sochi Olympics 19 $522K -7.2% $49.1M 349 $1K 18
Feb 28-Mar 2 18 $976K +86.8% $50.3M 411 $2K 19
Mar 7-9 9 $2.1M +116.3% $53.0M 1,065 $2K 20
Mar 14-16 14 $1.2M -42.1% $55.1M 925 $1K 21
Mar 21-23 18 $440K -64.0% $56.0M 522 $842 22
Mar 28-30 25 $134K -69.5% $56.4M 228 $588 23
Apr 4-6 40 $66K -50.8% $56.5M 128 $515 24

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Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed bySteve McQueen
ScreenplayJohn Ridley
StarringChiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Lupita Nyong'o, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Dano, Sarah Paulson
StudioFox Searchlight Pictures