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2013 • PG-13 • 1h 54m • Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi • Summit Entertainment

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$27.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$61.70M

Final

Worldwide total

$128.00M

$66.20M international

Domestic legs2.3x

Budget$110M

2013 rank#59

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Cast & crew

Full Hood filmography

Gavin Hood

Gavin Hood Director

Asa Butterfield

Asa Butterfield Starring

Harrison Ford

Harrison Ford Starring

Hailee Steinfeld

Hailee Steinfeld Starring

Viola Davis

Viola Davis Starring

Ben Kingsley

Ben Kingsley Starring Summit Entertainment Studio

ScreenplayGavin Hood Produced byRoberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, Gigi Pritzker CinematographyDonald M. McAlpine Music bySteve Jablonsky StudioSummit Entertainment

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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 1-3 1 $27.0M — 3,407 $7,930 $27.0M

2 Nov 8-10 5 $10.3M −62.0% 3,407 $3,011 $44.0M

3 Nov 15-17 7 $6.0M −41.3% 3,236 $1,859 $53.6M

4 Nov 22-24 11 $2.0M −67.1% 2,035 $972 $57.2M

5 Nov 29-Dec 1 16 $1.2M −38.6% 843 $1,441 $59.4M

6 Dec 6-8 18 $484.0K −60.2% 843 $574 $60.1M

7 Dec 13-15 22 $214.2K −55.7% 331 $647 $60.5M

8 Dec 20-22 25 $106.1K −50.5% 138 $769 $60.7M

9 Dec 27-29 25 $270.5K +155.0% 249 $1,086 $61.2M

10 Jan 3-5 27 $220.5K −18.5% 242 $911 $61.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 1 #1 $9.8M — $9.8M 3,407 $2,884 1

Sat Nov 2 #1 $10.8M +9% $20.6M 3,407 $3,155 2

Sun Nov 3 #1 $6.4M −40% $27.0M 3,407 $1,891 3

Mon Nov 4 #1 $1.9M −71% $28.9M 3,407 $548 4

Tue Nov 5 #1 $2.1M +13% $31.0M 3,407 $620 5

Wed Nov 6 #1 $1.5M −29% $32.5M 3,407 $441 6

Thu Nov 7 #3 $1.2M −17% $33.8M 3,407 $367 7

Fri Nov 8 #4 $2.9M +133% −70% $36.7M 3,407 $853 8

Sat Nov 9 #5 $4.4M +53% −59% $41.1M 3,407 $1,302 9

Sun Nov 10 #5 $2.9M −34% −55% $44.0M 3,407 $856 10

Mon Nov 11 #3 $1.6M −46% −16% $45.6M 3,407 $463 11

Tue Nov 12 #4 $740.6K −53% −65% $46.3M 3,407 $217 12

Wed Nov 13 #4 $602.8K −19% −60% $46.9M 3,407 $177 13

Thu Nov 14 #4 $646.8K +7% −48% $47.6M 3,407 $190 14

Fri Nov 15 #6 $1.7M +168% −40% $49.3M 3,236 $535 15

Sat Nov 16 #7 $2.8M +61% −37% $52.1M 3,236 $859 16

Sun Nov 17 #6 $1.5M −46% −48% $53.6M 3,236 $465 17

Mon Nov 18 #7 $407.3K −73% −74% $54.0M 3,236 $126 18

Tue Nov 19 #7 $506.7K +24% −32% $54.5M 3,236 $157 19

Wed Nov 20 #7 $414.1K −18% −31% $54.9M 3,236 $128 20

Thu Nov 21 #8 $296.5K −28% −54% $55.2M 3,236 $92 21

Fri Nov 22 #11 $556.5K +88% −68% $55.8M 2,035 $273 22

Sat Nov 23 #11 $881.2K +58% −68% $56.7M 2,035 $433 23

Sun Nov 24 #11 $539.5K −39% −64% $57.2M 2,035 $265 24

Mon Nov 25 #11 $235.8K −56% −42% $57.4M 2,035 $116 25

Tue Nov 26 #11 $307.5K +30% −39% $57.7M 2,035 $151 26

Wed Nov 27 #16 $221.3K −28% −47% $58.0M 2,035 $109 27

Thu Nov 28 #17 $206.3K −7% −30% $58.2M 2,035 $101 28

Fri Nov 29 #16 $515.8K +150% −7% $58.7M 843 $612 29

Sat Nov 30 #16 $478.4K −7% −46% $59.2M 843 $567 30

Sun Dec 1 #17 $220.6K −54% −59% $59.4M 843 $262 31

Mon Dec 2 #17 $61.6K −72% −74% $59.4M 843 $73 32

Tue Dec 3 #18 $68.2K +11% −78% $59.5M 843 $81 33

Wed Dec 4 #17 $60.2K −12% −73% $59.6M 843 $71 34

Thu Dec 5 #17 $64.6K +7% −69% $59.6M 843 $77 35

Fri Dec 6 - $133.9K +107% −74% $59.8M 608 $220 36

Sat Dec 7 - $224.6K +68% −53% $60.0M 608 $369 37

Sun Dec 8 - $125.5K −44% −43% $60.1M 608 $206 38

Mon Dec 9 #18 $44.9K −64% −27% $60.2M 608 $74 39

Tue Dec 10 #18 $52.7K +17% −23% $60.2M 608 $87 40

Wed Dec 11 #18 $46.7K −11% −22% $60.3M 608 $77 41

Thu Dec 12 #18 $42.5K −9% −34% $60.3M 608 $70 42

Fri Dec 13 - $59.4K +40% −56% $60.4M 331 $180 43

Sat Dec 14 - $93.9K +58% −58% $60.5M 331 $284 44

Sun Dec 15 - $60.9K −35% −51% $60.5M 331 $184 45

Mon Dec 16 - $26.8K −56% −40% $60.5M 331 $81 46

Tue Dec 17 - $26.6K −1% −49% $60.6M 331 $81 47

Wed Dec 18 - $21.0K −21% −55% $60.6M 331 $63 48

Thu Dec 19 - $23.3K +11% −45% $60.6M 331 $70 49

Fri Dec 20 - $29.2K +26% −51% $60.6M 187 $156 50

Sat Dec 21 - $44.0K +51% −53% $60.7M 138 $319 51

Sun Dec 22 - $32.8K −26% −46% $60.7M 138 $238 52

Mon Dec 23 - $30.2K −8% +12% $60.8M 187 $161 53

Tue Dec 24 - $18.7K −38% −30% $60.8M 187 $100 54

Wed Dec 25 - $51.0K +173% +143% $60.8M 187 $273 55

Thu Dec 26 - $75.4K +48% +224% $60.9M 187 $403 56

Fri Dec 27 - $91.9K +22% +214% $61.0M 249 $369 57

Sat Dec 28 - $107.0K +16% +143% $61.1M 249 $430 58

Sun Dec 29 - $71.6K −33% +118% $61.2M 249 $288 59

Mon Dec 30 - $64.9K −9% +115% $61.2M 249 $261 60

Tue Dec 31 - $48.0K −26% +157% $61.3M 249 $193 61

Wed Jan 1 - $97.1K +102% +90% $61.4M 249 $390 62

Thu Jan 2 - $55.8K −43% −26% $61.4M 249 $224 63

Fri Jan 3 - $77.1K +38% −16% $61.5M 242 $319 64

Sat Jan 4 - $94.2K +22% −12% $61.6M 242 $389 65

Sun Jan 5 - $49.2K −48% −31% $61.7M 242 $203 66

Mon Jan 6 - $19.6K −60% −70% $61.7M 242 $81 67

Tue Jan 7 - $21.4K +9% −55% $61.7M 242 $88 68

Wed Jan 8 - $19.1K −11% −80% $61.7M 242 $79 69

Thu Jan 9 - $20.3K +6% −64% $61.7M 242 $84 70

Cumulative total$61.7M

Nov 1Nov 18Dec 6Dec 23Jan 9

Weekend grossWk 10 · $220.5K

$27.0M

$10.3M

$6.0M

$2.0M

$1.2M

$484.0K

$214.2K

$106.1K

$270.5K

$220.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,407 → 242 −92.9%

3,407 open242 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −18.5%

−62.0%

W1→2

−41.3%

W2→3

−67.1%

W3→4

−38.6%

W4→5

−60.2%

W5→6

−55.7%

W6→7

−50.5%

W7→8

+155.0%

W8→9

−18.5%

W9→10

Steepest −67.1%Biggest gain +155.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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