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Dark Skies

2013 • PG-13 • 1h 37m • Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller • The Weinstein Company

Once you have been chosen. You belong to them.

🍅 42% 49%

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2.8

6.3

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$8.2M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$17.4M

Final

Worldwide Total

$27.7M

$10.3M international

Domestic Legs2.1x

Budget$3.5M

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Cast & Crew

Directed byScott Stewart ScreenplayScott Stewart Produced byJason Blum CinematographyDavid Boyd MusicJoseph Bishara StarringKeri Russell, Josh Hamilton, Dakota Goyo, J.K. Simmons, Trevor St. John, Annie Thurman StudioThe Weinstein Company

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Feb 22-24 6 $8.2M — 2,313 $3,540 $8.2M

2 Mar 1-3 10 $3.5M −57.6% 2,313 $1,500 $13.4M

3 Mar 8-10 14 $1.3M −63.8% 1,505 $833 $15.6M

4 Mar 15-17 18 $544.6K −56.6% 703 $775 $16.6M

5 Mar 22-24 29 $186.0K −65.8% 205 $907 $17.0M

6 Mar 29-31 48 $56.6K −69.6% 101 $561 $17.1M

7 Apr 5-7 60 $18.9K −66.7% 28 $674 $17.2M

8 Apr 12-14 54 $34.9K +85.1% 25 $1,397 $17.2M

9 Apr 19-21 41 $68.0K +94.7% 91 $747 $17.3M

10 Apr 26-28 52 $27.7K −59.2% 63 $440 $17.3M

11 May 3-5 66 $14.3K −48.5% 29 $492 $17.4M

13 May 17-19 52 $17.3K — 32 $540 $17.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Feb 22 #4 $3.1M — $3.1M 2,313 $1,338 1

Sat Feb 23 #6 $3.5M +12.9% $6.6M 2,313 $1,510 2

Sun Feb 24 #6 $1.6M −54.2% $8.2M 2,313 $692 3

Mon Feb 25 #6 $450.5K −71.9% $8.6M 2,313 $195 4

Tue Feb 26 #6 $510.8K +13.4% $9.2M 2,313 $221 5

Wed Feb 27 #7 $385.1K −24.6% $9.5M 2,313 $166 6

Thu Feb 28 #7 $361.2K −6.2% $9.9M 2,313 $156 7

Fri Mar 1 #10 $1.1M +203.0% −64.6% $11.0M 2,313 $473 8

Sat Mar 2 #10 $1.6M +46.3% −54.2% $12.6M 2,313 $692 9

Sun Mar 3 #10 $773.2K −51.7% −51.7% $13.4M 2,313 $334 10

Mon Mar 4 #10 $232.0K −70.0% −48.5% $13.6M 2,313 $100 11

Tue Mar 5 #10 $283.0K +21.9% −44.6% $13.9M 2,313 $122 12

Wed Mar 6 #10 $222.3K −21.4% −42.3% $14.1M 2,313 $96 13

Thu Mar 7 #10 $207.6K −6.6% −42.5% $14.3M 2,313 $90 14

Fri Mar 8 — $391.6K +88.7% −64.2% $14.7M 1,505 $260 15

Sat Mar 9 — $585.8K +49.6% −63.4% $15.3M 1,505 $389 16

Sun Mar 10 — $276.8K −52.7% −64.2% $15.6M 1,505 $184 17

Mon Mar 11 — $130.8K −52.8% −43.6% $15.7M 1,505 $87 18

Tue Mar 12 — $150.2K +14.9% −46.9% $15.8M 1,505 $100 19

Wed Mar 13 — $126.7K −15.6% −43.0% $16.0M 1,505 $84 20

Thu Mar 14 — $130.5K +3.0% −37.2% $16.1M 1,505 $87 21

Fri Mar 15 — $188.5K +44.5% −51.9% $16.3M 703 $268 22

Sat Mar 16 — $241.8K +28.3% −58.7% $16.5M 703 $344 23

Sun Mar 17 — $114.3K −52.7% −58.7% $16.6M 703 $163 24

Mon Mar 18 — $45.5K −60.2% −65.2% $16.7M 703 $65 25

Fri Mar 22 — $58.5K — −69.0% $16.9M 205 $285 29

Sat Mar 23 — $87.3K +49.3% −63.9% $17.0M 205 $426 30

Sun Mar 24 — $40.2K −54.0% −64.9% $17.0M 205 $196 31

Mon Mar 25 — $15.8K −60.6% −65.2% $17.0M 205 $77 32

Tue Mar 26 — $17.0K +7.4% $17.0M 205 $83 33

Wed Mar 27 — $12.5K −26.6% $17.1M 205 $61 34

Thu Mar 28 — $13.3K +6.3% $17.1M 205 $65 35

Fri Mar 29 — $23.1K +73.9% −60.5% $17.1M 101 $228 36

Sat Mar 30 — $23.6K +2.5% −72.9% $17.1M 101 $234 37

Sun Mar 31 — $9.9K −58.1% −75.3% $17.1M 101 $98 38

Tue Apr 2 — $7.2K — −57.6% $17.1M 101 $71 40

Wed Apr 3 — $6.6K −9.1% −47.4% $17.2M 101 $65 41

Thu Apr 4 — $7.4K +13.4% −43.9% $17.2M 101 $74 42

Fri Apr 5 — $6.4K −13.4% −72.1% $17.2M 28 $230 43

Sat Apr 6 — $8.4K +30.9% −64.3% $17.2M 28 $302 44

Sun Apr 7 — $4.0K −52.9% −59.9% $17.2M 28 $142 45

Mon Apr 8 — $1.2K −70.5% $17.2M 28 $42 46

Tue Apr 9 — $1.1K −2.9% −84.2% $17.2M 28 $41 47

Wed Apr 10 — $1.3K +13.5% −80.3% $17.2M 28 $46 48

Thu Apr 11 — $1.2K −9.8% −84.3% $17.2M 28 $42 49

Fri Apr 12 — $12.1K +936.7% +87.5% $17.2M 25 $484 50

Sat Apr 13 — $16.4K +35.7% +94.3% $17.2M 25 $656 51

Sun Apr 14 — $6.4K −60.8% +61.9% $17.2M 25 $257 52

Mon Apr 15 — $2.0K −68.6% +72.2% $17.2M 25 $81 53

Tue Apr 16 — $1.7K −16.8% +47.5% $17.2M 25 $67 54

Wed Apr 17 — $1.8K +7.1% +39.1% $17.2M 25 $72 55

Thu Apr 18 — $1.7K −4.3% +47.4% $17.2M 25 $69 56

Fri Apr 19 — $20.6K +1100.9% +70.8% $17.2M 91 $227 57

Sat Apr 20 — $30.8K +49.1% +87.7% $17.3M 91 $338 58

Sun Apr 21 — $16.6K −46.2% +157.4% $17.3M 91 $182 59

Mon Apr 22 — $6.1K −63.0% +204.0% $17.3M 91 $67 60

Tue Apr 23 — $6.0K −1.6% +259.7% $17.3M 91 $66 61

Wed Apr 24 — $5.8K −3.9% +222.6% $17.3M 91 $64 62

Thu Apr 25 — $5.0K −13.5% +191.6% $17.3M 91 $55 63

Fri Apr 26 — $7.1K +41.6% −65.6% $17.3M 63 $113 64

Sat Apr 27 — $12.3K +73.5% −60.0% $17.3M 63 $196 65

Sun Apr 28 — $8.3K −32.5% −49.8% $17.3M 63 $132 66

Mon Apr 29 — $2.5K −70.5% −60.0% $17.3M 63 $39 67

Tue Apr 30 — $2.7K +10.6% −55.0% $17.3M 63 $43 68

Wed May 1 — $2.1K −24.0% −64.4% $17.4M 63 $33 69

Thu May 2 — $2.2K +5.0% −56.8% $17.4M 63 $34 70

Fri May 3 — $3.7K +71.4% −47.7% $17.4M 29 $128 71

Sat May 4 — $5.9K +58.9% −52.1% $17.4M 29 $204 72

Sun May 5 — $4.7K −21.0% −43.9% $17.4M 29 $161 73

Mon May 6 — $1.2K −73.4% −49.6% $17.4M 29 $43 74

Tue May 7 — $1.3K +3.5% −52.8% $17.4M 29 $44 75

Wed May 8 — $1.1K −11.5% −45.0% $17.4M 29 $39 76

Thu May 9 — $1.2K +5.8% −44.6% $17.4M 29 $41 77

Mon May 13 — $1.9K — +52.6% $17.4M 29 $65 81

Tue May 14 — $1.9K +2.6% +51.4% $17.4M 29 $67 82

Wed May 15 — $1.4K −30.1% +19.6% $17.4M 29 $47 83

Thu May 16 — $1.7K +28.8% +45.5% $17.4M 29 $60 84

Fri May 17 — $4.4K +149.1% $17.4M 32 $136 85

Sat May 18 — $7.4K +69.7% $17.4M 32 $231 86

Sun May 19 — $5.5K −25.1% $17.4M 32 $173 87

Mon May 20 — $1.6K −70.6% −14.0% $17.4M 32 $51 88

Tue May 21 — $1.8K +8.5% −9.1% $17.4M 32 $55 89

Wed May 22 — $1.8K −0.7% +29.1% $17.4M 32 $55 90

Thu May 23 — $1.6K −9.1% −8.9% $17.4M 32 $50 91

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

Cumulative total$17.4M

Feb 22Mar 10Mar 30Apr 16May 2

Weekend grossWk 10 · $27.7K

$8.2M

$3.5M

$1.3M

$544.6K

$186.0K

$56.6K

$18.9K

$34.9K

$68.0K

$27.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,313 → 63 −97.3%

2,313 open63 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −59.2%

−57.6%

W1→2

−63.8%

W2→3

−56.6%

W3→4

−65.8%

W4→5

−69.6%

W5→6

−66.7%

W6→7

+85.1%

W7→8

+94.7%

W8→9

−59.2%

W9→10

Steepest −69.6%Biggest gain +94.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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