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28 Days Later

2002 R 1h 52m Horror, Sci-Fi Fox Searchlight Pictures

The days are numbered.

28 Days Later Box Office

Opening Weekend
$10.1M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$45.1M
Final
Worldwide Total
$82.8M
$37.7M international
Domestic Legs4.5x
Budget$8M
2003 Rank#65
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jun 27-29 4 $10.06M $10.06M 1,260 $8.0K 1
Jul 4-6 7 $6.01M -40.3% $20.56M 1,318 $4.6K 2
Jul 11-13 8 $4.25M -29.3% $28.45M 1,396 $3.0K 3
Jul 18-20 10 $2.54M -40.2% $33.40M 1,310 $1.9K 4
Jul 25-27 11 $2.34M -7.9% $37.30M 915 $2.6K 5
Aug 1-3 13 $1.66M -28.9% $40.29M 842 $2.0K 6
Aug 8-10 15 $891K -46.5% $42.07M 647 $1.4K 7
Aug 15-17 22 $456K -48.8% $43.03M 336 $1.4K 8
Aug 22-24 31 $289K -36.6% $43.58M 247 $1.2K 9
Aug 29-31 29 $388K +34.3% $44.11M 220 $1.8K 10
Sep 5-7 32 $242K -37.8% $44.54M 248 $975 11
Sep 12-14 37 $145K -40.2% $44.78M 212 $682 12
Sep 19-21 51 $61K -57.7% $44.90M 136 $449 13
Sep 26-28 59 $44K -28.4% $44.97M 93 $471 14
Oct 3-5 71 $26K -40.4% $45.02M 51 $512 15
Oct 10-12 67 $15K -43.4% $45.04M 28 $528 16
Oct 17-19 82 $6K -57.7% $45.06M 16 $391 17
Oct 24-26 80 $3K -44.4% $45.06M 8 $435 18

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

Cast & Crew

Directed byDanny Boyle
Written byAlex Garland
Produced byAndrew Macdonald
CinematographyAnthony Dod Mantle
Music byJohn Murphy
StarringCillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Christopher Eccleston, Megan Burns, Brendan Gleeson
StudioFox Searchlight Pictures

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