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Inception

2010 PG-13 2h 28m Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi Warner Bros.

Your mind is the scene of the crime.

Inception Box Office

Opening Weekend
$62.8M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$293M
Final
Worldwide Total
$828M
$536M international
Domestic Legs4.66x
Budget$160M
2010 Rank#6
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jul 16-18 1 $62.79M $62.79M 3,792 $16.6K 1
Jul 23-25 1 $42.73M -32.0% $142.88M 3,792 $11.3K 2
Jul 30-Aug 1 1 $27.49M -35.7% $193.31M 3,545 $7.8K 3
Aug 6-8 2 $18.51M -32.7% $227.64M 3,418 $5.4K 4
Aug 13-15 4 $11.29M -39.0% $248.47M 3,120 $3.6K 5
Aug 20-22 9 $7.84M -30.5% $262.03M 2,401 $3.3K 6
Aug 27-29 7 $4.88M -37.8% $270.52M 2,070 $2.4K 7
Sep 3-5 9 $4.57M -6.2% $277.15M 1,704 $2.7K 8
Sep 10-12 10 $2.80M -38.7% $282.21M 1,583 $1.8K 9
Sep 17-19 9 $1.97M -29.8% $285.13M 1,305 $1.5K 10
Sep 24-26 10 $1.25M -36.6% $287.05M 907 $1.4K 11
Oct 1-3 12 $904K -27.5% $288.41M 625 $1.4K 12
Oct 8-10 18 $492K -45.6% $289.18M 403 $1.2K 13
Oct 15-17 20 $348K -29.2% $289.75M 297 $1.2K 14
Oct 22-24 19 $500K +43.6% $290.38M 452 $1.1K 15
Oct 29-31 20 $363K -27.5% $290.95M 401 $904 16
Nov 5-7 22 $317K -12.5% $291.45M 291 $1.1K 17
Nov 12-14 23 $235K -26.1% $291.83M 262 $895 18
Nov 19-21 26 $154K -34.5% $292.07M 198 $776 19
Nov 26-28 33 $119K -22.2% $292.28M 144 $829 20
Dec 3-5 35 $67K -43.6% $292.38M 117 $576 21
Dec 10-12 36 $50K -25.9% $292.46M 108 $462 22

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

Daily Gross

Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byChristopher Nolan
ScreenplayChristopher Nolan
Produced byEmma Thomas, Christopher Nolan
CinematographyWally Pfister
MusicHans Zimmer
Prod. DesignGuy Hendrix Dyas
StarringLeonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tom Hardy, Elliot Page, Dileep Rao, Cillian Murphy
StudioWarner Bros.

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