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2010 • R • 1h 34m • Drama, Mystery, Thriller • Lionsgate

170,000 sq miles of desert. 90 minutes of oxygen. No way out.

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$100K

Limited · 11 theaters

Domestic total

$1.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$21.30M

$20.20M international

Domestic legs4.7x from $222K biggest weekend

Budget$2M

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Cast & crew

Ryan Reynolds

Ryan Reynolds Starring

Stephen Tobolowsky

Stephen Tobolowsky Starring

Samantha Mathis

Samantha Mathis Starring Lionsgate Studio

ScreenplayChris Sparling Produced byGabriel Paré, Àlex Villagrassa StudioLionsgate

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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 24-26 41 $100.3K — 11 $9,115 $100.3K

2 Oct 1-3 42 $97.4K −2.9% 33 $2,950 $236.4K

3 Oct 8-10 25 $221.7K +127.7% 92 $2,410 $511.0K

4 Oct 15-17 36 $130.3K −41.2% 103 $1,265 $765.0K

5 Oct 22-24 40 $57.5K −55.9% 88 $653 $885.5K

6 Oct 29-31 40 $54.2K −5.8% 107 $506 $970.1K

7 Nov 5-7 50 $26.6K −50.9% 46 $578 $1.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Sep 24 #- $37.0K — $37.0K 11 $3,362 1

Sat Sep 25 #- $36.5K −1% $73.5K 11 $3,319 2

Sun Sep 26 #- $26.8K −27% $100.3K 11 $2,435 3

Mon Sep 27 #- $11.1K −59% $111.3K 11 $1,005 4

Tue Sep 28 #- $10.1K −9% $121.4K 11 $916 5

Wed Sep 29 #- $9.5K −5% $130.9K 11 $866 6

Thu Sep 30 #- $8.2K −14% $139.1K 11 $742 7

Fri Oct 1 #- $31.0K +280% −16% $170.1K 33 $939 8

Sat Oct 2 #- $40.2K +30% +10% $210.3K 33 $1,219 9

Sun Oct 3 #- $26.2K −35% −2% $236.4K 33 $792 10

Mon Oct 4 #- $12.3K −53% +11% $248.7K 33 $371 11

Tue Oct 5 #- $13.3K +9% +32% $262.0K 33 $403 12

Wed Oct 6 #- $12.6K −5% +33% $274.6K 33 $383 13

Thu Oct 7 #- $14.7K +16% +80% $289.3K 33 $445 14

Fri Oct 8 #- $76.5K +420% +147% $365.8K 92 $831 15

Sat Oct 9 #- $84.2K +10% +109% $450.1K 92 $916 16

Sun Oct 10 #- $61.0K −28% +133% $511.0K 92 $663 17

Mon Oct 11 #- $42.5K −30% +247% $553.5K 92 $462 18

Tue Oct 12 #- $30.4K −28% +128% $583.9K 92 $330 19

Wed Oct 13 #- $26.2K −14% +107% $610.1K 92 $285 20

Thu Oct 14 #- $24.6K −6% +67% $634.8K 92 $267 21

Fri Oct 15 #- $42.1K +71% −45% $676.9K 103 $409 22

Sat Oct 16 #- $53.3K +27% −37% $730.2K 103 $518 23

Sun Oct 17 #- $34.8K −35% −43% $765.0K 103 $338 24

Mon Oct 18 #- $14.8K −58% −65% $779.8K 103 $144 25

Tue Oct 19 #- $19.4K +31% −36% $799.2K 103 $188 26

Wed Oct 20 #- $15.2K −21% −42% $814.4K 103 $148 27

Thu Oct 21 #- $13.5K −11% −45% $828.0K 103 $131 28

Fri Oct 22 #- $17.2K +27% −59% $845.2K 88 $196 29

Sat Oct 23 #- $22.3K +30% −58% $867.5K 88 $253 30

Sun Oct 24 #- $18.0K −19% −48% $885.5K 88 $204 31

Mon Oct 25 #- $7.4K −59% −50% $892.9K 88 $84 32

Tue Oct 26 #- $8.6K +16% −56% $901.5K 88 $98 33

Wed Oct 27 #- $7.3K −15% −52% $908.8K 88 $83 34

Thu Oct 28 #- $7.2K −1% −47% $915.9K 88 $82 35

Fri Oct 29 #- $17.1K +137% −1% $933.0K 107 $160 36

Sat Oct 30 #- $20.8K +22% −7% $953.8K 107 $194 37

Sun Oct 31 #- $16.3K −21% −9% $970.1K 107 $153 38

Mon Nov 1 #- $7.3K −55% −1% $977.4K 107 $69 39

Tue Nov 2 #- $9.2K +25% +7% $986.6K 107 $86 40

Wed Nov 3 #- $7.2K −21% −1% $993.8K 107 $68 41

Thu Nov 4 #- $8.2K +14% +14% $1.0M 107 $77 42

Fri Nov 5 #- $8.6K +5% −50% $1.0M 46 $187 43

Sat Nov 6 #- $10.6K +23% −49% $1.0M 46 $231 44

Sun Nov 7 #- $7.4K −31% −55% $1.0M 46 $160 45

Mon Nov 8 #- $3.0K −59% −59% $1.0M 46 $66 46

Tue Nov 9 #- $4.0K +31% −57% $1.0M 46 $87 47

Wed Nov 10 #- $3.8K −5% −48% $1.0M 46 $82 48

Thu Nov 11 #- $4.7K +23% −43% $1.0M 46 $102 49

Cumulative total$1.0M

Sep 24Oct 6Oct 18Oct 30Nov 11

Weekend grossWk 7 · $26.6K

$100.3K

$97.4K

$221.7K

$130.3K

$57.5K

$54.2K

$26.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7

Theater countPeak 107 → 46 −57.0%

11 open46 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 7 · −50.9%

−2.9%

W1→2

+127.7%

W2→3

−41.2%

W3→4

−55.9%

W4→5

−5.8%

W5→6

−50.9%

W6→7

Steepest −55.9%Biggest gain +127.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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