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Inception

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

Your mind is the scene of the crime.

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$293M
Final
Opening Weekend
$62.8M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
4.66x
Opening → Total
Budget
$160M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$828M
$536M international
2010 Rank
#6
Domestic

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jul 16-18 1 $62.8M $62.8M 3,792 $17K 1
Jul 23-25 1 $42.7M -32.0% $142.9M 3,792 $11K 2
Jul 30-Aug 1 1 $27.5M -35.7% $193.3M 3,545 $8K 3
Aug 6-8 2 $18.5M -32.7% $227.6M 3,418 $5K 4
Aug 13-15 4 $11.3M -39.0% $248.5M 3,120 $4K 5
Aug 20-22 9 $7.8M -30.5% $262.0M 2,401 $3K 6
Aug 27-29 7 $4.9M -37.8% $270.5M 2,070 $2K 7
Sep 3-5 9 $4.6M -6.2% $277.1M 1,704 $3K 8
Sep 10-12 10 $2.8M -38.7% $282.2M 1,583 $2K 9
Sep 17-19 9 $2.0M -29.8% $285.1M 1,305 $2K 10
Sep 24-26 10 $1.2M -36.6% $287.1M 907 $1K 11
Oct 1-3 12 $904K -27.5% $288.4M 625 $1K 12
Oct 8-10 18 $492K -45.6% $289.2M 403 $1K 13
Oct 15-17 20 $348K -29.2% $289.8M 297 $1K 14
Oct 22-24 19 $500K +43.6% $290.4M 452 $1K 15
Oct 29-31 20 $363K -27.5% $290.9M 401 $904 16
Nov 5-7 22 $317K -12.5% $291.4M 291 $1K 17
Nov 12-14 23 $235K -26.1% $291.8M 262 $895 18
Nov 19-21 26 $154K -34.5% $292.1M 198 $776 19
Nov 26-28 33 $119K -22.2% $292.3M 144 $829 20
Dec 3-5 35 $67K -43.6% $292.4M 117 $576 21
Dec 10-12 36 $50K -25.9% $292.5M 108 $462 22

Performance Charts

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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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Cast & Crew

Directed byChristopher Nolan
ScreenplayChristopher Nolan
StarringLeonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tom Hardy, Elliot Page, Dileep Rao, Cillian Murphy
StudioWarner Bros.