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Cloud Atlas

2012 • R • 2h 52m • Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi • Warner Bros.

Everything is connected.

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55

3.51

7.3

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$9.6M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$27.1M

Final

Worldwide Total

$130.7M

$103.6M international

Domestic Legs2.8x

Budget$102M

2012 Rank#108

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Cast & Crew

Full Wachowski filmography

Lana Wachowski Director

Tom Tykwer Director

Lilly Wachowski

Lilly Wachowski Director

Tom Hanks Starring

Halle Berry Starring

Jim Broadbent Starring

ScreenplayLana Wachowski, Tom Tykwer, Lilly Wachowski Produced byGrant Hill, Stefan Arndt, Lana Wachowski, Tom Tykwer, Lilly Wachowski CinematographyJohn Toll, Frank Griebe EditingAlexander Berner Music byTom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek, Reinhold Heil StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 26-28 2 $9.6M — 2,008 $4,787 $9.6M

2 Nov 2-4 6 $5.4M −44.0% 2,013 $2,672 $18.4M

3 Nov 9-11 6 $2.7M −50.6% 2,023 $1,314 $22.8M

4 Nov 16-18 12 $929.2K −65.0% 920 $1,010 $24.9M

5 Nov 23-25 17 $422.1K −54.6% 258 $1,636 $25.8M

6 Nov 30-Dec 2 19 $243.3K −42.3% 194 $1,254 $26.2M

7 Dec 7-9 21 $174.8K −28.2% 191 $915 $26.5M

8 Dec 14-16 27 $83.3K −52.4% 98 $850 $26.6M

9 Dec 21-23 37 $39.8K −52.2% 50 $797 $26.7M

10 Dec 28-30 44 $26.8K −32.7% 45 $596 $26.8M

11 Jan 4-6 34 $102.6K +282.4% 155 $662 $26.9M

12 Jan 11-13 37 $73.4K −28.4% 162 $453 $27.0M

13 Jan 18-20 48 $29.8K −59.4% 58 $514 $27.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 26 #3 $3.4M — $3.4M 2,008 $1,694 1

Sat Oct 27 #3 $3.7M +9.0% $7.1M 2,008 $1,847 2

Sun Oct 28 #3 $2.5M −32.6% $9.6M 2,008 $1,246 3

Mon Oct 29 #2 $715.5K −71.4% $10.3M 2,008 $356 4

Tue Oct 30 #2 $1.0M +43.7% $11.4M 2,008 $512 5

Wed Oct 31 #6 $812.1K −21.0% $12.2M 2,008 $404 6

Thu Nov 1 #2 $844.4K +4.0% $13.0M 2,008 $421 7

Fri Nov 2 #6 $1.5M +78.9% −55.6% $14.5M 2,013 $751 8

Sat Nov 3 #6 $2.4M +58.8% −35.3% $16.9M 2,013 $1,192 9

Sun Nov 4 #5 $1.5M −38.8% −41.3% $18.4M 2,013 $729 10

Mon Nov 5 #5 $454.9K −69.0% −36.4% $18.8M 2,013 $226 11

Tue Nov 6 #5 $518.6K +14.0% −49.6% $19.4M 2,013 $258 12

Wed Nov 7 #5 $419.2K −19.2% −48.4% $19.8M 2,013 $208 13

Thu Nov 8 #6 $402.3K −4.0% −52.4% $20.2M 2,013 $200 14

Fri Nov 9 #8 $712.8K +77.2% −52.8% $20.9M 2,023 $352 15

Sat Nov 10 #7 $1.1M +59.3% −52.7% $22.0M 2,023 $561 16

Sun Nov 11 #6 $809.9K −28.7% −44.8% $22.8M 2,023 $400 17

Mon Nov 12 #7 $406.5K −49.8% −10.7% $23.3M 2,023 $201 18

Tue Nov 13 #6 $293.1K −27.9% −43.5% $23.5M 2,023 $145 19

Wed Nov 14 #6 $238.2K −18.7% −43.2% $23.8M 2,023 $118 20

Thu Nov 15 #6 $211.2K −11.3% −47.5% $24.0M 2,023 $104 21

Fri Nov 16 #11 $236.1K +11.8% −66.9% $24.2M 920 $257 22

Sat Nov 17 #12 $399.0K +69.0% −64.9% $24.6M 920 $434 23

Sun Nov 18 #11 $294.1K −26.3% −63.7% $24.9M 920 $320 24

Mon Nov 19 #10 $124.0K −57.8% −69.5% $25.0M 920 $135 25

Tue Nov 20 #10 $166.9K +34.6% −43.0% $25.2M 920 $181 26

Wed Nov 21 — $73.2K −56.2% −69.3% $25.3M 258 $284 27

Thu Nov 22 — $79.5K +8.7% −62.3% $25.4M 258 $308 28

Fri Nov 23 — $150.0K +88.5% −36.5% $25.5M 258 $581 29

Sat Nov 24 — $164.5K +9.7% −58.8% $25.7M 258 $637 30

Sun Nov 25 — $107.7K −34.5% −63.4% $25.8M 258 $417 31

Mon Nov 26 — $36.2K −66.4% −70.8% $25.8M 258 $140 32

Tue Nov 27 — $41.4K +14.2% −75.2% $25.9M 258 $160 33

Wed Nov 28 — $34.5K −16.7% −52.9% $25.9M 258 $134 34

Thu Nov 29 — $37.2K +8.0% −53.2% $25.9M 258 $144 35

Fri Nov 30 — $67.4K +81.0% −55.1% $26.0M 194 $347 36

Sat Dec 1 — $102.1K +51.5% −37.9% $26.1M 194 $526 37

Sun Dec 2 — $73.9K −27.6% −31.4% $26.2M 194 $381 38

Mon Dec 3 — $21.9K −70.4% −39.6% $26.2M 194 $113 39

Tue Dec 4 — $27.7K +26.7% −33.0% $26.2M 194 $143 40

Wed Dec 5 — $24.9K −10.4% −27.8% $26.3M 194 $128 41

Thu Dec 6 — $22.2K −10.6% −40.3% $26.3M 194 $115 42

Fri Dec 7 — $47.7K +114.7% −29.2% $26.3M 191 $250 43

Sat Dec 8 — $68.2K +43.0% −33.1% $26.4M 191 $357 44

Sun Dec 9 — $58.8K −13.8% −20.4% $26.5M 191 $308 45

Mon Dec 10 — $21.6K −63.3% −1.3% $26.5M 191 $113 46

Tue Dec 11 — $26.1K +20.9% −5.9% $26.5M 191 $137 47

Wed Dec 12 — $18.7K −28.3% −24.8% $26.5M 191 $98 48

Thu Dec 13 — $20.6K +9.9% −7.5% $26.5M 191 $108 49

Fri Dec 14 — $21.8K +6.2% −54.2% $26.6M 98 $223 50

Sat Dec 15 — $34.1K +56.2% −50.0% $26.6M 98 $348 51

Sun Dec 16 — $27.4K −19.8% −53.5% $26.6M 98 $279 52

Mon Dec 17 — $13.9K −49.0% −35.4% $26.6M 98 $142 53

Tue Dec 18 — $17.1K +22.6% −34.5% $26.7M 98 $174 54

Wed Dec 19 — $13.3K −22.4% −29.1% $26.7M 98 $135 55

Thu Dec 20 — $14.5K +9.7% −29.2% $26.7M 98 $148 56

Fri Dec 21 — $9.8K −32.5% −55.0% $26.7M 50 $196 57

Sat Dec 22 — $15.5K +57.7% −54.6% $26.7M 50 $310 58

Sun Dec 23 — $14.5K −6.2% −46.9% $26.7M 50 $290 59

Mon Dec 24 — $9.3K −35.7% −33.0% $26.7M 50 $187 60

Tue Dec 25 — $6.8K −27.3% −60.3% $26.7M 45 $151 61

Wed Dec 26 — $8.8K +29.5% −33.6% $26.7M 45 $196 62

Thu Dec 27 — $8.2K −7.3% −44.0% $26.8M 45 $181 63

Fri Dec 28 — $6.6K −18.6% −32.4% $26.8M 45 $148 64

Sat Dec 29 — $10.7K +60.8% −31.1% $26.8M 45 $237 65

Sun Dec 30 — $9.5K −11.0% −34.5% $26.8M 45 $211 66

Mon Dec 31 — $3.9K −59.3% −58.6% $26.8M 45 $86 67

Tue Jan 1 — $7.4K +90.4% +8.4% $26.8M 45 $164 68

Wed Jan 2 — $4.2K −42.4% −51.8% $26.8M 45 $94 69

Thu Jan 3 — $3.4K −19.6% −58.2% $26.8M 45 $76 70

Fri Jan 4 — $30.5K +794.2% +359.5% $26.8M 155 $197 71

Sat Jan 5 — $43.0K +41.1% +303.2% $26.9M 155 $278 72

Sun Jan 6 — $29.0K −32.6% +205.0% $26.9M 155 $187 73

Mon Jan 7 — $11.7K −59.7% +202.2% $26.9M 155 $75 74

Tue Jan 8 — $14.2K +21.3% +92.6% $26.9M 155 $91 75

Wed Jan 9 — $11.7K −17.6% +175.2% $26.9M 155 $75 76

Thu Jan 10 — $13.3K +13.6% +288.7% $27.0M 155 $86 77

Fri Jan 11 — $21.6K +63.0% −29.1% $27.0M 162 $133 78

Sat Jan 12 — $30.8K +42.4% −28.5% $27.0M 162 $190 79

Sun Jan 13 — $21.0K −31.8% −27.6% $27.0M 162 $130 80

Mon Jan 14 — $8.8K −57.9% −24.4% $27.0M 162 $55 81

Tue Jan 15 — $9.7K +10.2% −31.3% $27.0M 162 $60 82

Wed Jan 16 — $8.6K −12.0% −26.6% $27.1M 162 $53 83

Thu Jan 17 — $9.3K +8.0% −30.2% $27.1M 162 $57 84

Fri Jan 18 — $7.7K −16.9% −64.4% $27.1M 58 $133 85

Sat Jan 19 — $12.8K +67.0% −58.3% $27.1M 58 $221 86

Sun Jan 20 — $9.3K −27.5% −55.7% $27.1M 58 $160 87

Mon Jan 21 — $4.9K −47.5% −44.7% $27.1M 58 $84 88

Tue Jan 22 — $2.9K −40.0% −69.9% $27.1M 58 $51 89

Wed Jan 23 — $3.0K +4.0% −64.4% $27.1M 58 $53 90

Thu Jan 24 — $3.7K +21.8% −59.9% $27.1M 58 $64 91

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$26.8M

Oct 26Nov 12Nov 30Dec 17Jan 3

Weekend grossWk 10 · $26.8K

$9.6M

$5.4M

$2.7M

$929.2K

$422.1K

$243.3K

$174.8K

$83.3K

$39.8K

$26.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,023 → 45 −97.8%

2,008 open45 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −32.7%

−44.0%

W1→2

−50.6%

W2→3

−65.0%

W3→4

−54.6%

W4→5

−42.3%

W5→6

−28.2%

W6→7

−52.4%

W7→8

−52.2%

W8→9

−32.7%

W9→10

Steepest −65.0%Best hold −28.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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