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2014 • PG-13 • 2h 49m • Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi • Paramount Pictures

Mankind was born on Earth. It was never meant to die here.

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$47.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$204.48M

Final

Worldwide total

$642.50M

$438.00M international

Domestic legs4.30x

Budget$165.0M

2014 rank#50

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Cast & crew

Full Nolan filmography

Christopher Nolan

Christopher Nolan Director

Matthew McConaughey

Matthew McConaughey Starring

Anne Hathaway

Anne Hathaway Starring

Jessica Chastain

Jessica Chastain Starring

Michael Caine

Michael Caine Starring

Casey Affleck

Casey Affleck Starring

ScreenplayJonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan Produced byEmma Thomas, Christopher Nolan, Lynda Obst CinematographyHoyte van Hoytema MusicHans Zimmer Prod. DesignNathan Crowley StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 7-9 2 $47.5M — 3,561 $13,342 $49.7M

2 Nov 14-16 3 $28.3M −40.4% 3,561 $7,949 $96.9M

3 Nov 21-23 3 $15.3M −45.8% 3,415 $4,492 $120.9M

4 Nov 28-30 4 $15.7M +2.6% 3,066 $5,135 $147.0M

5 Dec 5-7 5 $7.8M −50.5% 3,028 $2,572 $158.4M

6 Dec 12-14 6 $5.5M −30% 2,692 $2,026 $166.8M

7 Dec 19-21 11 $2.7M −50.4% 1,550 $1,743 $171.5M

8 Dec 26-28 14 $3.0M +11.1% 1,253 $2,396 $177.4M

9 Jan 2-4 15 $2.5M −18.1% 1,048 $2,347 $182.8M

10 Jan 9-11 17 $1.2M −52.8% 703 $1,650 $184.8M

11 Jan 16-18 23 $545.3K −53% 328 $1,663 $185.8M

12 Jan 23-25 30 $335.1K −38.6% 214 $1,566 $186.4M

13 Jan 30-Feb 1 33 $191.6K −42.8% 158 $1,213 $186.7M

14 Feb 6-8 34 $161.6K −15.7% 119 $1,358 $186.9M

15 Feb 13-15 29 $234.9K +45.4% 196 $1,198 $187.2M

16 Feb 20-22 26 $261.1K +11.2% 185 $1,411 $187.6M

17 Feb 27-Mar 1 34 $120.7K −53.8% 115 $1,049 $187.8M

18 Mar 6-8 37 $81.3K −32.6% 102 $797 $187.9M

19 Mar 13-15 44 $63.0K −22.5% 77 $818 $188.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Nov 5 #1 $1.4M — $1.4M 249 $5,423 1

Thu Nov 6 #2 $801.2K −40.7% $2.2M 249 $3,218 2

Fri Nov 7 #1 $16.9M +2,005.6% $19.0M 3,561 $4,738 3

Sat Nov 8 #2 $18.3M +8.4% $37.3M 3,561 $5,137 4

Sun Nov 9 #2 $12.3M −32.5% $49.7M 3,561 $3,467 5

Mon Nov 10 #1 $5.3M −57.3% $54.9M 3,561 $1,481 6

Tue Nov 11 #2 $6.9M +30.8% $61.8M 3,561 $1,938 7

Wed Nov 12 #1 $3.4M −50.5% +153% $65.3M 3,561 $959 8

Thu Nov 13 #1 $3.4M −1.4% +320.2% $68.6M 3,561 $945 9

Fri Nov 14 #2 $8.3M +146.6% −50.8% $76.9M 3,561 $2,332 10

Sat Nov 15 #3 $12.5M +50.7% −31.6% $89.4M 3,561 $3,513 11

Sun Nov 16 #3 $7.5M −40.1% −39.3% $96.9M 3,561 $2,104 12

Mon Nov 17 #1 $2.2M −71.1% −59% $99.1M 3,561 $608 13

Tue Nov 18 #1 $2.7M +23.2% −61.4% $101.8M 3,561 $749 14

Wed Nov 19 #1 $2.0M −24.1% −40.8% $103.8M 3,561 $568 15

Thu Nov 20 #1 $1.8M −10.4% −46.2% $105.6M 3,561 $509 16

Fri Nov 21 #4 $4.2M +132.9% −49.2% $109.8M 3,415 $1,236 17

Sat Nov 22 #3 $6.8M +61.2% −45.6% $116.6M 3,415 $1,993 18

Sun Nov 23 #3 $4.3M −36.6% −42.4% $120.9M 3,415 $1,264 19

Mon Nov 24 #3 $1.7M −60% −20.2% $122.7M 3,415 $506 20

Tue Nov 25 #3 $2.4M +40.2% −9.2% $125.1M 3,415 $709 21

Wed Nov 26 #5 $3.2M +31.1% +56.8% $128.3M 3,066 $1,035 22

Thu Nov 27 #4 $3.0M −4.2% +67.8% $131.3M 3,066 $992 23

Fri Nov 28 #4 $6.6M +117.3% +56.5% $137.9M 3,066 $2,154 24

Sat Nov 29 #5 $6.1M −7.5% −10.2% $144.0M 3,066 $1,993 25

Sun Nov 30 #5 $3.0M −50.5% −29.9% $147.0M 3,066 $987 26

Mon Dec 1 #3 $847.7K −72% −50.9% $147.9M 3,066 $276 27

Tue Dec 2 #3 $1.0M +23.5% −56.8% $148.9M 3,066 $341 28

Wed Dec 3 #3 $850.8K −18.7% −73.2% $149.8M 3,066 $278 29

Thu Dec 4 #3 $876.4K +3% −71.2% $150.7M 3,066 $286 30

Fri Dec 5 #4 $2.1M +143.6% −67.7% $152.8M 3,028 $705 31

Sat Dec 6 #5 $3.6M +67.7% −41.4% $156.4M 3,028 $1,183 32

Sun Dec 7 #4 $2.1M −42.1% −31.6% $158.4M 3,028 $684 33

Mon Dec 8 #3 $650.2K −68.6% −23.3% $159.1M 3,028 $215 34

Tue Dec 9 #3 $825.3K +26.9% −21.1% $159.9M 3,028 $273 35

Wed Dec 10 #3 $684.3K −17.1% −19.6% $160.6M 3,028 $226 36

Thu Dec 11 #2 $694.4K +1.5% −20.8% $161.3M 3,028 $229 37

Fri Dec 12 #5 $1.5M +116% −29.7% $162.8M 2,692 $557 38

Sat Dec 13 #6 $2.4M +62.7% −31.9% $165.2M 2,692 $907 39

Sun Dec 14 #5 $1.5M −38% −27% $166.8M 2,692 $562 40

Mon Dec 15 #3 $523.1K −65.4% −19.5% $167.3M 2,692 $194 41

Tue Dec 16 #3 $656.8K +25.5% −20.4% $167.9M 2,692 $244 42

Wed Dec 17 #7 $440.8K −32.9% −35.6% $168.4M 2,251 $196 43

Thu Dec 18 #5 $460.1K +4.4% −33.7% $168.8M 2,251 $204 44

Fri Dec 19 #11 $720.6K +56.6% −52% $169.6M 1,550 $465 45

Sat Dec 20 #11 $1.1M +48.6% −56.1% $170.6M 1,550 $691 46

Sun Dec 21 #11 $910.9K −14.9% −39.8% $171.5M 1,550 $588 47

Mon Dec 22 #9 $660.7K −27.5% +26.3% $172.2M 1,550 $426 48

Tue Dec 23 #9 $763.3K +15.5% +16.2% $173.0M 1,550 $492 49

Wed Dec 24 #10 $430.9K −43.5% −2.2% $173.4M 1,550 $278 50

Thu Dec 25 #16 $994.1K +130.7% +116.1% $174.4M 1,253 $793 51

Fri Dec 26 #13 $1.1M +7% +47.7% $175.4M 1,253 $849 52

Sat Dec 27 #15 $1.1M +1.5% +0.9% $176.5M 1,253 $862 53

Sun Dec 28 #14 $858.4K −20.5% −5.8% $177.4M 1,253 $685 54

Mon Dec 29 #13 $693.3K −19.2% +4.9% $178.1M 1,253 $553 55

Tue Dec 30 #13 $727.6K +5% −4.7% $178.8M 1,253 $581 56

Wed Dec 31 #14 $579.8K −20.3% +34.5% $179.4M 1,253 $463 57

Thu Jan 1 #14 $954.1K +64.6% −4% $180.3M 1,253 $761 58

Fri Jan 2 #15 $952.0K −0.2% −10.5% $181.3M 1,048 $908 59

Sat Jan 3 #15 $936.4K −1.6% −13.3% $182.2M 1,048 $893 60

Sun Jan 4 #15 $571.7K −38.9% −33.4% $182.8M 1,048 $546 61

Mon Jan 5 #14 $225.9K −60.5% −67.4% $183.0M 1,048 $216 62

Tue Jan 6 #14 $230.0K +1.8% −68.4% $183.3M 1,048 $219 63

Wed Jan 7 #14 $205.8K −10.5% −64.5% $183.5M 1,048 $196 64

Thu Jan 8 #14 $185.1K −10.1% −80.6% $183.6M 1,048 $177 65

Fri Jan 9 #16 $332.1K +79.4% −65.1% $184.0M 703 $472 66

Sat Jan 10 #17 $526.5K +58.5% −43.8% $184.5M 703 $749 67

Sun Jan 11 #18 $301.5K −42.7% −47.3% $184.8M 703 $429 68

Mon Jan 12 #16 $94.7K −68.6% −58.1% $184.9M 703 $135 69

Tue Jan 13 #18 $123.7K +30.5% −46.2% $185.0M 703 $176 70

Wed Jan 14 #17 $109.5K −11.4% −46.8% $185.1M 703 $156 71

Thu Jan 15 #18 $91.6K −16.4% −50.5% $185.2M 703 $130 72

Fri Jan 16 #23 $139.1K +51.9% −58.1% $185.4M 328 $424 73

Sat Jan 17 #22 $251.1K +80.5% −52.3% $185.6M 328 $765 74

Sun Jan 18 #24 $155.2K −38.2% −48.5% $185.8M 328 $473 75

Mon Jan 19 #24 $108.0K −30.4% +14% $185.9M 328 $329 76

Tue Jan 20 #22 $46.1K −57.3% −62.7% $185.9M 328 $141 77

Wed Jan 21 #22 $40.3K −12.6% −63.2% $186.0M 328 $123 78

Thu Jan 22 #21 $47.3K +17.4% −48.4% $186.0M 328 $144 79

Fri Jan 23 #25 $86.0K +82% −38.1% $186.1M 214 $402 80

Sat Jan 24 #26 $156.6K +82% −37.6% $186.3M 214 $732 81

Sun Jan 25 #26 $92.5K −40.9% −40.4% $186.4M 214 $432 82

Mon Jan 26 #26 $25.8K −72.1% −76.1% $186.4M 214 $121 83

Tue Jan 27 #26 $32.9K +27.5% −28.6% $186.4M 214 $154 84

Wed Jan 28 #24 $28.1K −14.6% −30.2% $186.4M 214 $131 85

Thu Jan 29 #25 $28.1K +0.2% −40.5% $186.5M 214 $132 86

Fri Jan 30 #27 $55.5K +97.3% −35.5% $186.5M 158 $351 87

Sat Jan 31 #27 $102.4K +84.4% −34.6% $186.6M 158 $648 88

Sun Feb 1 #27 $33.7K −67.1% −63.6% $186.7M 158 $213 89

Mon Feb 2 #28 $17.9K −46.8% −30.6% $186.7M 158 $113 90

Tue Feb 3 #27 $21.2K +18.1% −35.6% $186.7M 158 $134 91

Wed Feb 4 #26 $17.5K −17.4% −37.7% $186.7M 158 $111 92

Thu Feb 5 #25 $19.4K +11% −31% $186.7M 158 $123 93

Fri Feb 6 #25 $42.2K +117.4% −23.9% $186.8M 119 $355 94

Sat Feb 7 #26 $74.4K +76.1% −27.4% $186.8M 119 $625 95

Sun Feb 8 #27 $44.9K −39.6% +33.4% $186.9M 119 $378 96

Mon Feb 9 #25 $16.0K −64.3% −10.5% $186.9M 119 $135 97

Tue Feb 10 #26 $16.8K +4.7% −20.7% $186.9M 119 $141 98

Wed Feb 11 #24 $16.4K −2.5% −6.4% $186.9M 119 $138 99

Thu Feb 12 #25 $15.8K −3.7% −18.8% $187.0M 119 $133 100

Fri Feb 13 #24 $53.8K +240.9% +27.3% $187.0M 196 $274 101

Sat Feb 14 #23 $108.8K +102.4% +46.3% $187.1M 196 $555 102

Sun Feb 15 #23 $72.3K −33.5% +60.9% $187.2M 196 $369 103

Mon Feb 16 #27 $38.7K −46.5% +141.2% $187.2M 196 $197 104

Tue Feb 17 #23 $22.3K −42.5% +32.5% $187.3M 196 $114 105

Wed Feb 18 #24 $18.9K −14.9% +15.6% $187.3M 196 $97 106

Thu Feb 19 #24 $21.6K +13.9% +36.7% $187.3M 196 $110 107

Fri Feb 20 #25 $50.5K +134% −6.2% $187.3M 185 $273 108

Sat Feb 21 #21 $161.6K +220.4% +48.6% $187.5M 185 $874 109

Sun Feb 22 #25 $49.0K −69.7% −32.2% $187.6M 185 $265 110

Mon Feb 23 #23 $20.6K −58.1% −46.8% $187.6M 185 $111 111

Tue Feb 24 #24 $22.4K +8.8% +0.5% $187.6M 185 $121 112

Wed Feb 25 #23 $20.2K −9.8% +6.5% $187.6M 185 $109 113

Thu Feb 26 #23 $22.5K +11.4% +4.3% $187.6M 185 $121 114

Fri Feb 27 #30 $29.8K +32.7% −40.9% $187.7M 115 $259 115

Sat Feb 28 #28 $57.9K +94% −64.2% $187.7M 115 $503 116

Sun Mar 1 #30 $33.0K −43% −32.7% $187.8M 115 $287 117

Mon Mar 2 #29 $10.6K −67.8% −48.3% $187.8M 115 $92 118

Tue Mar 3 #30 $11.4K +7% −49.2% $187.8M 115 $99 119

Wed Mar 4 #33 $9.2K −18.8% −54.2% $187.8M 115 $80 120

Thu Mar 5 #29 $12.2K +32.6% −45.5% $187.8M 115 $106 121

Fri Mar 6 #30 $21.9K +78.9% −26.6% $187.8M 102 $215 122

Sat Mar 7 #30 $38.4K +75.4% −33.6% $187.9M 102 $377 123

Sun Mar 8 #31 $21.0K −45.3% −36.3% $187.9M 102 $206 124

Mon Mar 9 #28 $9.4K −55.4% −11.7% $187.9M 102 $92 125

Tue Mar 10 #29 $11.3K +20.6% −0.5% $187.9M 102 $111 126

Wed Mar 11 #29 $10.2K −10% +10.2% $187.9M 102 $100 127

Thu Mar 12 #28 $11.6K +14% −5.2% $187.9M 102 $114 128

Fri Mar 13 #32 $17.5K +50.6% −20.2% $187.9M 77 $227 129

Sat Mar 14 #33 $29.1K +66.6% −24.2% $188.0M 77 $378 130

Sun Mar 15 #33 $16.4K −43.6% −21.8% $188.0M 77 $213 131

Mon Mar 16 #36 $5.3K −67.5% −43.1% $188.0M 77 $69 132

Tue Mar 17 #36 $6.1K +14.8% −45.8% $188.0M 77 $80 133

Wed Mar 18 #34 $7.4K +21.4% −26.9% $188.0M 77 $97 134

Thu Mar 19 #34 $7.6K +1.6% −34.9% $188.0M 77 $98 135

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

Cumulative total$185.0M

Nov 5Nov 22Dec 10Dec 27Jan 13

Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.2M

$47.5M

$28.3M

$15.3M

$15.7M

$7.8M

$5.5M

$2.7M

$3.0M

$2.5M

$1.2M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,561 → 703 −80.3%

249 open703 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −52.8%

−40.4%

W1→2

−45.8%

W2→3

+2.6%

W3→4

−50.5%

W4→5

−30%

W5→6

−50.4%

W6→7

+11.1%

W7→8

−18.1%

W8→9

−52.8%

W9→10

Steepest −52.8%Biggest gain +11.1%

Run milestones

$100M in 14 days

$100M

Day 14

Nov 18

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

#10 Biggest grossers never #1All-time $204.5M #19 Biggest openings not at #1All-time $47.5M

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