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2012

2009 PG-13 2h 38m Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi Sony Pictures Releasing

We were warned.

2012 Box Office

Opening Weekend
$65.2M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$166M
Final
Worldwide Total
$770M
$604M international
Domestic Legs2.55x
Budget$200M
2009 Rank#15
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Nov 13-15 1 $65.24M $65.24M 3,404 $19.2K 1
Nov 20-22 3 $26.41M -59.5% $108.13M 3,408 $7.7K 2
Nov 27-29 3 $17.65M -33.2% $138.45M 3,444 $5.1K 3
Dec 4-6 6 $6.77M -61.6% $148.96M 3,220 $2.1K 4
Dec 11-13 8 $4.35M -35.7% $155.29M 2,838 $1.5K 5
Dec 18-20 11 $2.20M -49.3% $159.03M 2,242 $983 6
Dec 25-27 15 $994K -54.9% $161.49M 800 $1.2K 7
Jan 1-3 14 $1.09M +9.9% $163.44M 800 $1.4K 8
Jan 8-10 21 $367K -66.4% $164.11M 351 $1.0K 9
Jan 15-17 21 $447K +21.7% $164.67M 373 $1.2K 10
Jan 22-24 25 $336K -24.9% $165.22M 324 $1.0K 11
Jan 29-31 27 $233K -30.7% $165.55M 272 $854 12
Feb 5-7 31 $162K -30.3% $165.79M 245 $661 13
Feb 12-14 32 $127K -21.9% $165.98M 173 $731 14
Feb 19-21 38 $81K -35.9% $166.11M 131 $619 15

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

Daily Gross

Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

Week-over-Week Drop

Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byRoland Emmerich
ScreenplayRoland Emmerich, Harald Kloser
Produced byHarald Kloser, Mark Gordon, Larry Franco
CinematographyDean Semler
MusicHarald Kloser & Thomas Wander
Prod. DesignBarry Chusid
StarringJohn Cusack, Amanda Peet, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Thandiwe Newton, Oliver Platt, Tom McCarthy
StudioSony Pictures Releasing

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