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Into the Wild

2007 • R • 2h 29m • Adventure, Biography, Drama • Paramount Vantage

Into the heart. Into the soul.

🍅 83% 89%

73

3.84

8.0

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$212K

Limited · 4 theaters

Domestic Total

$18.4M

Final

Worldwide Total

$56.8M

$38.5M international

Domestic Legs8.6x

Budget$20M

2007 Rank#125

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Cast & Crew

Full Penn filmography

Sean Penn Director

Emile Hirsch Starring

Marcia Gay Harden

Marcia Gay Harden Starring

William Hurt Starring

Jena Malone Starring

Catherine Keener

Catherine Keener Starring

ScreenplaySean Penn Produced byBill Pohlad, Art Linson, Sean Penn CinematographyEric Gautier Music byMichael Brook, Kaki King, Eddie Vedder StudioParamount Vantage

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 21-23 33 $212.4K — 4 $53,110 $212.4K

2 Sep 28-30 20 $631.5K +197.2% 33 $19,135 $930.0K

3 Oct 5-7 16 $1.3M +102.6% 135 $9,476 $2.4M

4 Oct 12-14 16 $928.7K −27.4% 153 $6,070 $4.0M

5 Oct 19-21 14 $2.1M +130.3% 658 $3,250 $6.5M

6 Oct 26-28 16 $1.6M −25.4% 658 $2,426 $9.0M

7 Nov 2-4 14 $1.3M −19.2% 660 $1,955 $10.9M

8 Nov 9-11 16 $1.1M −14.3% 590 $1,873 $12.5M

9 Nov 16-18 15 $862.5K −21.9% 511 $1,688 $13.9M

10 Nov 23-25 18 $708.1K −17.9% 354 $2,000 $15.0M

11 Nov 30-Dec 2 16 $450.9K −36.3% 362 $1,246 $15.7M

12 Dec 7-9 19 $331.2K −26.6% 360 $920 $16.2M

13 Dec 14-16 24 $207.3K −37.4% 252 $822 $16.5M

14 Dec 21-23 30 $101.4K −51.1% 102 $994 $16.8M

15 Dec 28-30 34 $127.3K +25.5% 81 $1,571 $17.0M

16 Jan 4-6 32 $147.2K +15.6% 81 $1,817 $17.3M

17 Jan 11-13 35 $117.2K −20.3% 68 $1,724 $17.4M

18 Jan 18-20 34 $165.1K +40.8% 195 $847 $17.6M

19 Jan 25-27 40 $99.4K −39.8% 94 $1,057 $17.9M

20 Feb 1-3 46 $69.2K −30.4% 77 $898 $18.0M

21 Feb 8-10 50 $54.6K −21.0% 64 $853 $18.1M

22 Feb 15-17 51 $62.9K +15.2% 85 $740 $18.2M

23 Feb 22-24 56 $51.4K −18.4% 75 $685 $18.2M

24 Feb 29-Mar 2 62 $31.4K −38.8% 54 $582 $18.3M

25 Mar 7-9 72 $14.3K −54.6% 28 $510 $18.3M

26 Mar 14-16 85 $7.2K −49.9% 15 $477 $18.3M

27 Mar 21-23 96 $3.3K −53.5% 6 $555 $18.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Sep 21 — $59.0K — $59.0K 4 $14,752 1

Sat Sep 22 — $84.3K +42.9% $143.3K 4 $21,084 2

Sun Sep 23 — $69.1K −18.1% $212.4K 4 $17,274 3

Mon Sep 24 — $23.0K −66.7% $235.5K 4 $5,757 4

Tue Sep 25 — $21.5K −6.6% $257.0K 4 $5,378 5

Wed Sep 26 — $21.9K +2.0% $278.9K 4 $5,487 6

Thu Sep 27 — $19.6K −10.5% $298.6K 4 $4,910 7

Fri Sep 28 — $189.8K +866.4% +221.7% $488.4K 33 $5,752 8

Sat Sep 29 — $264.0K +39.1% +213.1% $752.4K 33 $8,001 9

Sun Sep 30 — $177.6K −32.7% +157.1% $930.0K 33 $5,382 10

Mon Oct 1 — $60.4K −66.0% +162.4% $990.4K 33 $1,831 11

Tue Oct 2 — $60.5K +0.1% +181.2% $1.1M 33 $1,833 12

Wed Oct 3 — $60.4K −0.2% +175.1% $1.1M 33 $1,830 13

Thu Oct 4 — $56.9K −5.7% +190.0% $1.2M 33 $1,726 14

Fri Oct 5 — $352.8K +519.6% +85.9% $1.5M 135 $2,614 15

Sat Oct 6 — $541.2K +53.4% +105.0% $2.1M 135 $4,009 16

Sun Oct 7 — $385.1K −28.8% +116.8% $2.4M 135 $2,853 17

Mon Oct 8 #12 $197.7K −48.7% +227.2% $2.6M 135 $1,465 18

Tue Oct 9 #11 $126.2K −36.2% +108.7% $2.8M 135 $935 19

Wed Oct 10 #12 $133.3K +5.6% +120.8% $2.9M 135 $987 20

Thu Oct 11 #12 $126.0K −5.5% +121.3% $3.0M 135 $934 21

Fri Oct 12 — $256.6K +103.6% −27.3% $3.3M 153 $1,677 22

Sat Oct 13 — $406.1K +58.3% −25.0% $3.7M 153 $2,654 23

Sun Oct 14 — $266.0K −34.5% −30.9% $4.0M 153 $1,739 24

Mon Oct 15 — $93.5K −64.8% −52.7% $4.1M 153 $611 25

Tue Oct 16 — $98.1K +4.9% −22.2% $4.2M 153 $641 26

Wed Oct 17 — $105.5K +7.5% −20.9% $4.3M 153 $690 27

Thu Oct 18 — $95.5K −9.4% −24.2% $4.4M 153 $624 28

Fri Oct 19 — $682.0K +613.9% +165.8% $5.0M 658 $1,036 29

Sat Oct 20 — $880.6K +29.1% +116.8% $5.9M 658 $1,338 30

Sun Oct 21 — $575.9K −34.6% +116.5% $6.5M 658 $875 31

Mon Oct 22 #12 $214.4K −62.8% +129.3% $6.7M 658 $326 32

Tue Oct 23 #12 $238.1K +11.1% +142.7% $6.9M 658 $362 33

Wed Oct 24 #13 $217.6K −8.6% +106.3% $7.2M 658 $331 34

Thu Oct 25 #13 $207.4K −4.7% +117.1% $7.4M 658 $315 35

Fri Oct 26 — $485.6K +134.2% −28.8% $7.9M 658 $738 36

Sat Oct 27 — $666.5K +37.3% −24.3% $8.5M 658 $1,013 37

Sun Oct 28 — $443.9K −33.4% −22.9% $9.0M 658 $675 38

Mon Oct 29 #12 $156.4K −64.8% −27.1% $9.1M 658 $238 39

Tue Oct 30 #13 $159.8K +2.2% −32.9% $9.3M 658 $243 40

Wed Oct 31 #12 $162.6K +1.7% −25.3% $9.4M 658 $247 41

Thu Nov 1 #12 $173.6K +6.8% −16.3% $9.6M 658 $264 42

Fri Nov 2 — $373.3K +115.1% −23.1% $10.0M 660 $566 43

Sat Nov 3 — $577.6K +54.7% −13.3% $10.6M 660 $875 44

Sun Nov 4 — $339.1K −41.3% −23.6% $10.9M 660 $514 45

Mon Nov 5 #11 $120.9K −64.3% −22.7% $11.0M 660 $183 46

Tue Nov 6 #12 $140.1K +15.9% −12.3% $11.2M 660 $212 47

Wed Nov 7 #11 $137.0K −2.2% −15.7% $11.3M 660 $208 48

Thu Nov 8 #11 $138.7K +1.2% −20.1% $11.4M 660 $210 49

Fri Nov 9 — $291.1K +109.9% −22.0% $11.7M 590 $493 50

Sat Nov 10 — $467.0K +60.4% −19.1% $12.2M 590 $792 51

Sun Nov 11 — $346.9K −25.7% +2.3% $12.5M 590 $588 52

Mon Nov 12 — $169.8K −51.1% +40.4% $12.7M 590 $288 53

Tue Nov 13 #13 $107.3K −36.8% −23.5% $12.8M 590 $182 54

Wed Nov 14 #12 $104.5K −2.6% −23.8% $12.9M 590 $177 55

Thu Nov 15 #11 $108.6K +3.9% −21.7% $13.0M 590 $184 56

Fri Nov 16 — $240.2K +121.3% −17.5% $13.3M 511 $470 57

Sat Nov 17 — $377.8K +57.2% −19.1% $13.7M 511 $739 58

Sun Nov 18 — $244.5K −35.3% −29.5% $13.9M 511 $479 59

Mon Nov 19 — $89.3K −63.5% −47.4% $14.0M 511 $175 60

Tue Nov 20 — $109.9K +23.1% +2.5% $14.1M 511 $215 61

Wed Nov 21 — $92.5K −15.8% −11.5% $14.2M 354 $261 62

Thu Nov 22 — $101.3K +9.5% −6.7% $14.3M 354 $286 63

Fri Nov 23 — $267.5K +164.1% +11.3% $14.6M 354 $756 64

Sat Nov 24 — $276.0K +3.2% −26.9% $14.8M 354 $780 65

Sun Nov 25 — $164.6K −40.3% −32.7% $15.0M 354 $465 66

Mon Nov 26 — $47.2K −71.3% −47.1% $15.0M 354 $133 67

Tue Nov 27 — $50.7K +7.4% −53.8% $15.1M 354 $143 68

Wed Nov 28 — $52.8K +4.1% −42.9% $15.2M 354 $149 69

Thu Nov 29 — $51.1K −3.3% −49.6% $15.2M 354 $144 70

Fri Nov 30 — $138.2K +170.7% −48.3% $15.3M 362 $382 71

Sat Dec 1 — $186.9K +35.2% −32.3% $15.5M 362 $516 72

Sun Dec 2 — $125.8K −32.7% −23.6% $15.7M 362 $347 73

Mon Dec 3 — $41.0K −67.4% −13.2% $15.7M 362 $113 74

Tue Dec 4 — $46.7K +14.0% −7.9% $15.7M 362 $129 75

Wed Dec 5 — $45.9K −1.8% −13.1% $15.8M 362 $127 76

Thu Dec 6 — $49.5K +7.8% −3.1% $15.8M 362 $137 77

Fri Dec 7 — $94.7K +91.3% −31.5% $15.9M 360 $263 78

Sat Dec 8 — $146.3K +54.5% −21.7% $16.1M 360 $406 79

Sun Dec 9 — $90.3K −38.3% −28.2% $16.2M 360 $251 80

Mon Dec 10 — $34.9K −61.4% −14.9% $16.2M 360 $97 81

Tue Dec 11 — $36.5K +4.6% −21.9% $16.2M 360 $101 82

Wed Dec 12 — $45.2K +23.8% −1.5% $16.3M 360 $125 83

Thu Dec 13 — $41.3K −8.5% −16.4% $16.3M 360 $115 84

Fri Dec 14 — $57.9K +40.0% −38.9% $16.4M 252 $230 85

Sat Dec 15 — $86.4K +49.2% −41.0% $16.5M 252 $343 86

Sun Dec 16 — $63.0K −27.0% −30.2% $16.5M 252 $250 87

Mon Dec 17 — $30.0K −52.4% −14.0% $16.6M 252 $119 88

Tue Dec 18 — $32.6K +8.7% −10.6% $16.6M 252 $129 89

Wed Dec 19 — $35.0K +7.2% −22.6% $16.6M 252 $139 90

Thu Dec 20 — $40.7K +16.5% −1.5% $16.7M 252 $162 91

Fri Dec 21 — $24.8K −39.1% −57.1% $16.7M 102 $243 92

Sat Dec 22 — $39.2K +58.1% −54.6% $16.7M 102 $384 93

Sun Dec 23 — $37.4K −4.7% −40.7% $16.8M 102 $366 94

Mon Dec 24 — $16.6K −55.6% −44.7% $16.8M 102 $163 95

Tue Dec 25 — $22.6K +36.4% −30.6% $16.8M 102 $222 96

Wed Dec 26 — $28.0K +23.7% −19.9% $16.8M 102 $274 97

Thu Dec 27 — $23.3K −16.7% −42.7% $16.9M 102 $229 98

Fri Dec 28 — $34.9K +49.6% +40.7% $16.9M 81 $431 99

Sat Dec 29 — $46.5K +33.3% +18.6% $16.9M 81 $574 100

Sun Dec 30 — $45.9K −1.4% +22.8% $17.0M 81 $566 101

Mon Dec 31 — $25.1K −45.4% +51.0% $17.0M 81 $309 102

Tue Jan 1 — $42.8K +70.7% +89.0% $17.1M 81 $528 103

Wed Jan 2 — $22.6K −47.2% −19.4% $17.1M 81 $279 104

Thu Jan 3 — $23.2K +2.6% −0.7% $17.1M 81 $286 105

Fri Jan 4 — $41.0K +77.0% +17.4% $17.1M 81 $506 106

Sat Jan 5 — $62.5K +52.6% +34.4% $17.2M 81 $772 107

Sun Jan 6 — $43.7K −30.2% −4.8% $17.3M 81 $539 108

Mon Jan 7 — $13.6K −68.8% −45.7% $17.3M 81 $168 109

Tue Jan 8 — $16.3K +19.4% −62.0% $17.3M 81 $201 110

Wed Jan 9 — $19.0K +16.8% −15.9% $17.3M 81 $234 111

Thu Jan 10 — $17.9K −5.8% −22.8% $17.3M 81 $221 112

Fri Jan 11 — $34.4K +92.7% −16.0% $17.4M 68 $506 113

Sat Jan 12 — $47.9K +39.0% −23.5% $17.4M 68 $704 114

Sun Jan 13 — $34.9K −27.0% −20.0% $17.4M 68 $514 115

Mon Jan 14 — $11.7K −66.6% −14.2% $17.4M 68 $172 116

Tue Jan 15 — $11.9K +2.3% −26.5% $17.5M 68 $176 117

Wed Jan 16 — $11.2K −6.5% −41.1% $17.5M 68 $164 118

Thu Jan 17 — $12.5K +11.6% −30.2% $17.5M 68 $183 119

Fri Jan 18 — $42.8K +243.2% +24.2% $17.5M 195 $219 120

Sat Jan 19 — $72.9K +70.4% +52.3% $17.6M 195 $374 121

Sun Jan 20 — $49.4K −32.3% +41.3% $17.6M 195 $253 122

Mon Jan 21 #32 $42.2K −14.6% +261.2% $17.7M 195 $216 123

Tue Jan 22 — $21.4K −49.2% +79.3% $17.7M 195 $110 124

Wed Jan 23 — $21.9K +2.2% +96.0% $17.7M 195 $112 125

Thu Jan 24 — $26.5K +21.1% +112.6% $17.8M 195 $136 126

Fri Jan 25 — $23.4K −11.5% −45.2% $17.8M 94 $249 127

Sat Jan 26 — $42.4K +80.9% −41.8% $17.8M 94 $451 128

Sun Jan 27 — $33.5K −20.9% −32.1% $17.9M 94 $357 129

Mon Jan 28 — $11.5K −65.6% −72.7% $17.9M 94 $123 130

Tue Jan 29 — $12.3K +6.3% −42.8% $17.9M 94 $130 131

Wed Jan 30 — $12.2K −0.3% −44.2% $17.9M 94 $130 132

Thu Jan 31 — $12.3K +1.0% −53.4% $17.9M 94 $131 133

Fri Feb 1 — $18.9K +53.0% −19.5% $17.9M 77 $245 134

Sat Feb 2 — $34.8K +84.5% −17.8% $18.0M 77 $452 135

Sun Feb 3 — $15.4K −55.7% −54.0% $18.0M 77 $201 136

Mon Feb 4 — $8.6K −44.3% −25.4% $18.0M 77 $112 137

Tue Feb 5 — $10.4K +21.0% −15.2% $18.0M 77 $135 138

Wed Feb 6 — $11.4K +10.1% −6.4% $18.0M 77 $149 139

Thu Feb 7 — $10.2K −11.0% −17.5% $18.0M 77 $132 140

Fri Feb 8 — $13.5K +32.5% −28.5% $18.0M 64 $211 141

Sat Feb 9 — $24.6K +81.9% −29.5% $18.1M 64 $384 142

Sun Feb 10 — $16.6K −32.6% +7.2% $18.1M 64 $259 143

Mon Feb 11 — $5.5K −67.0% −36.4% $18.1M 64 $85 144

Tue Feb 12 — $6.1K +11.4% −41.4% $18.1M 64 $95 145

Wed Feb 13 — $6.2K +1.6% −45.9% $18.1M 64 $97 146

Thu Feb 14 — $8.1K +31.0% −20.4% $18.1M 85 $95 147

Fri Feb 15 — $14.6K +79.8% +8.1% $18.1M 85 $172 148

Sat Feb 16 — $26.5K +81.8% +8.0% $18.1M 85 $312 149

Sun Feb 17 — $21.8K −17.7% +31.8% $18.2M 85 $257 150

Mon Feb 18 #51 $12.2K −43.9% +123.8% $18.2M 85 $144 151

Tue Feb 19 — $7.3K −40.4% +19.8% $18.2M 85 $86 152

Wed Feb 20 — $8.7K +18.7% +39.9% $18.2M 85 $102 153

Thu Feb 21 — $7.1K −17.8% −12.2% $18.2M 85 $84 154

Fri Feb 22 — $14.9K +109.6% +2.3% $18.2M 75 $199 155

Sat Feb 23 — $23.1K +54.6% −13.0% $18.2M 75 $308 156

Sun Feb 24 — $13.4K −42.1% −38.7% $18.2M 75 $178 157

Mon Feb 25 — $6.1K −54.6% −50.5% $18.3M 75 $81 158

Tue Feb 26 — $6.3K +4.0% −13.6% $18.3M 75 $84 159

Wed Feb 27 — $6.1K −3.5% −29.7% $18.3M 75 $81 160

Thu Feb 28 — $6.6K +8.1% −7.7% $18.3M 75 $88 161

Fri Feb 29 — $8.5K +30.0% −42.7% $18.3M 54 $158 162

Sat Mar 1 — $14.4K +68.7% −37.5% $18.3M 54 $267 163

Sun Mar 2 — $8.5K −41.3% −36.6% $18.3M 54 $157 164

Mon Mar 3 — $3.2K −61.9% −46.8% $18.3M 54 $60 165

Tue Mar 4 — $2.9K −10.1% −54.1% $18.3M 54 $54 166

Wed Mar 5 — $2.8K −2.4% −53.6% $18.3M 54 $52 167

Thu Mar 6 — $3.2K +12.8% −51.5% $18.3M 54 $59 168

Fri Mar 7 — $3.8K +18.5% −55.8% $18.3M 28 $135 169

Sat Mar 8 — $6.5K +73.0% −54.7% $18.3M 28 $233 170

Sun Mar 9 — $4.0K −39.2% −53.1% $18.3M 28 $142 171

Mon Mar 10 — $2.0K −50.5% −39.0% $18.3M 28 $70 172

Tue Mar 11 — $2.5K +29.3% −12.2% $18.3M 28 $91 173

Wed Mar 12 — $2.3K −8.9% −18.0% $18.3M 28 $83 174

Thu Mar 13 — $1.4K −38.9% −55.6% $18.3M 28 $51 175

Fri Mar 14 — $2.0K +40.5% −47.3% $18.3M 15 $133 176

Sat Mar 15 — $2.9K +43.4% −56.3% $18.3M 15 $190 177

Sun Mar 16 — $2.3K −18.9% −41.7% $18.3M 15 $154 178

Mon Mar 17 — $596 −74.3% −69.7% $18.3M 15 $40 179

Tue Mar 18 — $953 +59.9% −62.5% $18.3M 15 $64 180

Wed Mar 19 — $729 −23.5% −68.5% $18.3M 15 $49 181

Thu Mar 20 — $762 +4.5% −46.2% $18.3M 15 $51 182

Fri Mar 21 — $1.1K +45.7% −44.2% $18.4M 6 $185 183

Sat Mar 22 — $1.3K +19.5% −53.5% $18.4M 6 $221 184

Sun Mar 23 — $894 −32.6% −61.4% $18.4M 6 $149 185

Mon Mar 24 — $705 −21.1% +18.3% $18.4M 6 $118 186

Tue Mar 25 — $337 −52.2% −64.6% $18.4M 6 $56 187

Wed Mar 26 — $493 +46.3% −32.4% $18.4M 6 $82 188

Thu Mar 27 — $367 −25.6% −51.8% $18.4M 6 $61 189

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

Cumulative total$15.2M

Sep 21Oct 8Oct 26Nov 12Nov 29

Weekend grossWk 10 · $708.1K

$212.4K

$631.5K

$1.3M

$928.7K

$2.1M

$1.6M

$1.3M

$1.1M

$862.5K

$708.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 660 → 354 −46.4%

4 open354 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −17.9%

+197.2%

W1→2

+102.6%

W2→3

−27.4%

W3→4

+130.3%

W4→5

−25.4%

W5→6

−19.2%

W6→7

−14.3%

W7→8

−21.9%

W8→9

−17.9%

W9→10

Steepest −27.4%Biggest gain +197.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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