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2013 PG-13 2h 8m Biography, Drama, Sport Warner Bros.

In a game divided by color, he made us see greatness.

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$95.0M
Final
Opening Weekend
$27.5M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
3.46x
Opening → Total
Budget
$40.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$97.5M
$2.5M international
2013 Rank
#37
Domestic

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Apr 12-14 1 $27.5M $27.5M 3,003 $9K 1
Apr 19-21 2 $17.7M -35.5% $53.8M 3,250 $5K 2
Apr 26-28 3 $10.7M -39.9% $69.0M 3,405 $3K 3
May 3-5 3 $6.1M -43.2% $78.2M 3,345 $2K 4
May 10-12 5 $4.6M -24.2% $84.7M 2,930 $2K 5
May 17-19 6 $2.8M -38.7% $88.8M 2,380 $1K 6
May 24-26 8 $1.3M -55.2% $91.1M 915 $1K 7
May 31-Jun 2 13 $512K -59.3% $92.3M 501 $1K 8
Jun 7-9 17 $364K -28.9% $92.9M 370 $984 9
Jun 14-16 14 $606K +66.4% $93.7M 444 $1K 10
Jun 21-23 22 $259K -57.2% $94.2M 325 $797 11
Jun 28-30 25 $185K -28.5% $94.6M 252 $735 12
Jul 5-7 33 $119K -35.5% $94.8M 182 $656 13
Jul 12-14 43 $61K -49.1% $94.9M 105 $579 14

Performance Charts

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Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byBrian Helgeland
ScreenplayBrian Helgeland
StarringChadwick Boseman, Harrison Ford, Nicole Beharie, Christopher Meloni, Ryan Merriman, Lucas Black
StudioWarner Bros.