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2012 • R • 2h 18m • Drama, Thriller • Paramount Pictures

Some miracles are not what they seem.

🍅 77% 75%

76

3.49

7.3

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$24.90M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$93.80M

Final

Worldwide total

$162.00M

$68.00M international

Domestic legs3.77x

Budget$31.0M

2012 rank#32

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Cast & crew

Full Zemeckis filmography

Robert Zemeckis

Robert Zemeckis Director

Denzel Washington

Denzel Washington Starring

Don Cheadle

Don Cheadle Starring

Kelly Reilly

Kelly Reilly Starring

John Goodman

John Goodman Starring

Bruce Greenwood

Bruce Greenwood Starring

ScreenplayJohn Gatins Produced byWalter F. Parkes, Laurie MacDonald, Steve Starkey, Robert Zemeckis, Jack Rapke CinematographyDon Burgess MusicAlan Silvestri Prod. DesignNelson Coates StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 2-4 2 $24.9M — 1,884 $13,216 $24.9M

2 Nov 9-11 3 $14.8M −40.6% 2,047 $7,222 $47.5M

3 Nov 16-18 5 $8.8M −40.5% 2,612 $3,370 $61.5M

4 Nov 23-25 8 $8.5M −4.0% 2,638 $3,203 $74.7M

5 Nov 30-Dec 2 9 $4.5M −47.0% 2,603 $1,720 $81.5M

6 Dec 7-9 9 $3.1M −30.1% 2,431 $1,287 $86.2M

7 Dec 14-16 11 $1.9M −39.0% 1,823 $1,048 $89.4M

8 Dec 21-23 17 $678.2K −64.5% 742 $913 $91.0M

9 Dec 28-30 20 $438.5K −35.3% 400 $1,096 $91.9M

10 Jan 4-6 27 $254.3K −42.0% 250 $1,017 $92.5M

11 Jan 11-13 30 $148.1K −41.8% 150 $987 $92.7M

12 Jan 18-20 29 $286.6K +93.6% 300 $955 $93.1M

13 Jan 25-27 32 $213.4K −25.5% 263 $811 $93.5M

14 Feb 1-3 38 $112.4K −47.3% 200 $561 $93.6M

15 Feb 8-10 46 $58.4K −48.0% 115 $508 $93.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 2 #2 $8.2M — $8.2M 1,884 $4,326 1

Sat Nov 3 #2 $10.6M +31% $18.8M 1,884 $5,647 2

Sun Nov 4 #2 $6.1M −43% $24.9M 1,884 $3,242 3

Mon Nov 5 #2 $2.0M −68% $26.9M 1,884 $1,035 4

Tue Nov 6 #2 $2.2M +14% $29.1M 1,884 $1,184 5

Wed Nov 7 #2 $1.8M −22% $30.8M 1,884 $928 6

Thu Nov 8 #3 $1.8M +5% $32.7M 1,884 $975 7

Fri Nov 9 #3 $4.2M +131% −48% $36.9M 2,047 $2,073 8

Sat Nov 10 #3 $6.5M +54% −39% $43.4M 2,047 $3,185 9

Sun Nov 11 #3 $4.0M −38% −34% $47.5M 2,047 $1,963 10

Mon Nov 12 #3 $2.0M −51% +1% $49.4M 2,047 $960 11

Tue Nov 13 #3 $1.3M −33% −41% $50.7M 2,047 $639 12

Wed Nov 14 #3 $1.0M −22% −42% $51.7M 2,047 $495 13

Thu Nov 15 #3 $974.4K −4% −47% $52.7M 2,047 $476 14

Fri Nov 16 #5 $2.5M +159% −41% $55.2M 2,612 $965 15

Sat Nov 17 #5 $3.9M +56% −40% $59.2M 2,612 $1,509 16

Sun Nov 18 #5 $2.3M −41% −42% $61.5M 2,612 $894 17

Mon Nov 19 #5 $843.2K −64% −57% $62.4M 2,612 $322 18

Tue Nov 20 #5 $1.2M +37% −12% $63.5M 2,612 $442 19

Wed Nov 21 #8 $1.3M +10% +25% $64.8M 2,638 $481 20

Thu Nov 22 #8 $1.5M +16% +52% $66.3M 2,638 $559 21

Fri Nov 23 #8 $3.3M +127% +33% $69.6M 2,638 $1,268 22

Sat Nov 24 #8 $3.4M +2% −14% $73.0M 2,638 $1,288 23

Sun Nov 25 #8 $1.7M −50% −27% $74.7M 2,638 $646 24

Mon Nov 26 #8 $538.0K −68% −36% $75.3M 2,638 $203 25

Tue Nov 27 #7 $650.8K +21% −44% $75.9M 2,638 $246 26

Wed Nov 28 #7 $533.3K −18% −58% $76.4M 2,638 $202 27

Thu Nov 29 #7 $545.7K +2% −63% $77.0M 2,638 $206 28

Fri Nov 30 #9 $1.3M +140% −61% $78.3M 2,603 $503 29

Sat Dec 1 #9 $2.0M +56% −40% $80.3M 2,603 $786 30

Sun Dec 2 #9 $1.1M −45% −34% $81.5M 2,603 $430 31

Mon Dec 3 #8 $362.0K −68% −33% $81.8M 2,603 $139 32

Tue Dec 4 #8 $473.3K +31% −27% $82.3M 2,603 $181 33

Wed Dec 5 #8 $386.5K −18% −28% $82.7M 2,603 $148 34

Thu Dec 6 #8 $384.5K −1% −30% $83.1M 2,603 $147 35

Fri Dec 7 #9 $908.0K +136% −31% $84.0M 2,431 $373 36

Sat Dec 8 #9 $1.4M +57% −31% $85.4M 2,431 $584 37

Sun Dec 9 #9 $800.4K −44% −29% $86.2M 2,431 $329 38

Mon Dec 10 #9 $292.0K −64% −19% $86.5M 2,431 $120 39

Tue Dec 11 #8 $378.3K +30% −20% $86.9M 2,431 $155 40

Wed Dec 12 #7 $316.1K −16% −18% $87.2M 2,431 $130 41

Thu Dec 13 #7 $319.2K +1% −17% $87.5M 2,431 $131 42

Fri Dec 14 #11 $527.4K +65% −42% $88.0M 1,823 $289 43

Sat Dec 15 #12 $872.8K +66% −39% $88.9M 1,823 $478 44

Sun Dec 16 #11 $510.4K −42% −36% $89.4M 1,823 $280 45

Mon Dec 17 #10 $232.1K −55% −21% $89.7M 1,823 $127 46

Tue Dec 18 #11 $269.9K +16% −29% $89.9M 1,823 $148 47

Wed Dec 19 #13 $175.4K −35% −45% $90.1M 1,823 $96 48

Thu Dec 20 #13 $183.6K +5% −42% $90.3M 1,823 $100 49

Fri Dec 21 $181.8K −1% −66% $90.5M 742 $245 50

Sat Dec 22 $275.3K +51% −68% $90.7M 742 $371 51

Sun Dec 23 $221.0K −20% −57% $91.0M 742 $297 52

Mon Dec 24 $142.5K −36% −39% $91.1M 742 $192 53

Tue Dec 25 $130.4K −9% −52% $91.2M 400 $325 54

Wed Dec 26 $100.6K −23% −43% $91.3M 400 $251 55

Thu Dec 27 $103.3K +3% −44% $91.4M 400 $258 56

Fri Dec 28 $135.7K +31% −25% $91.6M 400 $339 57

Sat Dec 29 $176.3K +30% −36% $91.7M 400 $440 58

Sun Dec 30 $126.5K −28% −43% $91.9M 400 $316 59

Mon Dec 31 $105.3K −17% −26% $92.0M 400 $263 60

Tue Jan 1 $133.3K +27% +2% $92.1M 400 $333 61

Wed Jan 2 $62.2K −53% −38% $92.2M 400 $155 62

Thu Jan 3 $60.0K −4% −42% $92.2M 400 $149 63

Fri Jan 4 $77.6K +29% −43% $92.3M 250 $310 64

Sat Jan 5 $115.6K +49% −34% $92.4M 250 $462 65

Sun Jan 6 $61.1K −47% −52% $92.5M 250 $244 66

Mon Jan 7 $21.0K −66% −80% $92.5M 250 $83 67

Tue Jan 8 $29.0K +38% −78% $92.5M 250 $115 68

Wed Jan 9 $26.3K −9% −58% $92.6M 250 $105 69

Thu Jan 10 $29.0K +10% −52% $92.6M 250 $116 70

Fri Jan 11 $44.4K +53% −43% $92.6M 150 $295 71

Sat Jan 12 $67.8K +53% −41% $92.7M 150 $451 72

Sun Jan 13 $35.9K −47% −41% $92.7M 150 $239 73

Mon Jan 14 $14.2K −61% −32% $92.8M 150 $94 74

Tue Jan 15 $18.3K +29% −37% $92.8M 150 $122 75

Wed Jan 16 $14.7K −20% −44% $92.8M 150 $98 76

Thu Jan 17 $15.5K +5% −47% $92.8M 150 $103 77

Fri Jan 18 $79.7K +414% +80% $92.9M 300 $265 78

Sat Jan 19 $127.5K +60% +88% $93.0M 300 $424 79

Sun Jan 20 $79.5K −38% +121% $93.1M 300 $264 80

Mon Jan 21 $55.1K −31% +288% $93.1M 300 $183 81

Tue Jan 22 $32.2K −42% +75% $93.2M 300 $107 82

Wed Jan 23 $27.9K −13% +90% $93.2M 300 $93 83

Thu Jan 24 $31.5K +13% +103% $93.2M 300 $104 84

Fri Jan 25 $53.5K +70% −33% $93.3M 263 $203 85

Sat Jan 26 $101.4K +89% −20% $93.4M 263 $385 86

Sun Jan 27 $58.4K −42% −27% $93.5M 263 $222 87

Mon Jan 28 $18.8K −68% −66% $93.5M 263 $71 88

Tue Jan 29 $20.9K +11% −35% $93.5M 263 $79 89

Wed Jan 30 $18.4K −12% −34% $93.5M 263 $70 90

Thu Jan 31 $19.2K +4% −39% $93.5M 263 $73 91

Fri Feb 1 $34.6K +80% −35% $93.6M 200 $173 92

Sat Feb 2 $58.9K +70% −42% $93.6M 200 $294 93

Sun Feb 3 $18.8K −68% −68% $93.6M 200 $94 94

Mon Feb 4 $11.5K −39% −39% $93.7M 200 $57 95

Tue Feb 5 $13.6K +18% −35% $93.7M 200 $67 96

Wed Feb 6 $12.4K −9% −33% $93.7M 200 $61 97

Thu Feb 7 $12.5K +1% −35% $93.7M 200 $62 98

Fri Feb 8 $16.3K +30% −53% $93.7M 115 $141 99

Sat Feb 9 $27.6K +70% −53% $93.7M 115 $239 100

Sun Feb 10 $14.6K −47% −22% $93.7M 115 $127 101

Mon Feb 11 $5.3K −64% −54% $93.8M 115 $46 102

Tue Feb 12 $5.6K +6% −58% $93.8M 115 $48 103

Wed Feb 13 $4.8K −15% −61% $93.8M 115 $41 104

Thu Feb 14 $7.4K +54% −41% $93.8M 100 $74 105

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

Cumulative total$92.6M

Nov 2Nov 19Dec 7Dec 24Jan 10

Weekend grossWk 10 · $254.3K

$24.9M

$14.8M

$8.8M

$8.5M

$4.5M

$3.1M

$1.9M

$678.2K

$438.5K

$254.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,638 → 250 −90.5%

1,884 open250 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −42.0%

−40.6%

W1→2

−40.5%

W2→3

−4.0%

W3→4

−47.0%

W4→5

−30.1%

W5→6

−39.0%

W6→7

−64.5%

W7→8

−35.3%

W8→9

−42.0%

W9→10

Steepest −64.5%Best hold −4.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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