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John Carter

2012 • PG-13 • 2h 12m • Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Lost in our world, found in another.

🍅 52% 60%

51

2.77

6.6

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$30.2M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$73.1M

Final

Worldwide Total

$284M

$211M international

Domestic Legs2.42x

Budget$250M

2012 Rank#40

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Cast & Crew

Directed byAndrew Stanton ScreenplayAndrew Stanton, Michael Chabon, Mark Andrews Produced byJim Morris, Colin Wilson, Lindsey Collins CinematographyDan Mindel MusicMichael Giacchino Prod. DesignNathan Crowley StarringTaylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Samantha Morton, Mark Strong, Ciarán Hinds, Dominic West StudioWalt Disney Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 9-11 2 $30.2M — 3,749 $8,050 $30.2M

2 Mar 16-18 3 $13.6M −55.0% 3,749 $3,619 $53.2M

3 Mar 23-25 4 $5.1M −62.6% 3,212 $1,579 $62.4M

4 Mar 30-Apr 1 6 $2.0M −60.0% 2,397 $846 $66.2M

5 Apr 6-8 10 $830.3K −59.1% 1,015 $818 $68.0M

6 Apr 13-15 17 $346.9K −58.2% 446 $777 $68.7M

7 Apr 20-22 27 $168.4K −51.5% 244 $690 $69.0M

8 Apr 27-29 34 $112.9K −33.0% 180 $627 $69.2M

9 May 4-6 12 $1.5M +1223.8% 349 $4,281 $70.8M

10 May 11-13 15 $766.2K −48.7% 230 $3,331 $71.7M

11 May 18-20 20 $369.0K −51.8% 349 $1,057 $72.2M

12 May 25-27 21 $247.9K −32.8% 175 $1,416 $72.5M

13 Jun 1-3 30 $136.8K −44.8% 153 $894 $72.7M

14 Jun 8-10 33 $89.8K −34.3% 102 $880 $72.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Mar 8 $500.0K — $500.0K — — -1

Fri Mar 9 #1 $9.8M — $9.8M 3,749 $2,617 1

Sat Mar 10 #2 $12.3M +26% $22.1M 3,749 $3,288 2

Sun Mar 11 #2 $8.0M −35% $30.2M 3,749 $2,144 3

Mon Mar 12 #2 $2.5M −68% $32.7M 3,749 $675 4

Tue Mar 13 #2 $2.8M +11% $35.5M 3,749 $747 5

Wed Mar 14 #2 $2.0M −27% $37.6M 3,749 $543 6

Thu Mar 15 #2 $2.1M +3% $39.7M 3,749 $561 7

Fri Mar 16 #3 $4.0M +89% −60% $43.6M 3,749 $1,058 8

Sat Mar 17 #3 $5.7M +44% −54% $49.3M 3,749 $1,526 9

Sun Mar 18 #3 $3.9M −32% −52% $53.2M 3,749 $1,034 10

Mon Mar 19 #3 $1.1M −72% −57% $54.3M 3,749 $290 11

Tue Mar 20 #3 $1.2M +12% −56% $55.5M 3,749 $325 12

Wed Mar 21 #3 $932.2K −24% −54% $56.5M 3,749 $248 13

Thu Mar 22 #3 $862.0K −8% −59% $57.3M 3,749 $229 14

Fri Mar 23 #4 $1.4M +59% −66% $58.7M 3,212 $425 15

Sat Mar 24 #4 $2.2M +64% −61% $60.9M 3,212 $696 16

Sun Mar 25 #4 $1.5M −34% −62% $62.4M 3,212 $457 17

Mon Mar 26 #4 $424.5K −71% −61% $62.8M 3,212 $132 18

Tue Mar 27 #4 $512.3K +21% −58% $63.3M 3,212 $159 19

Wed Mar 28 #4 $423.7K −17% −55% $63.8M 3,212 $131 20

Thu Mar 29 #4 $436.7K +3% −49% $64.2M 3,212 $135 21

Fri Mar 30 #6 $544.8K +25% −60% $64.7M 2,397 $227 22

Sat Mar 31 #6 $891.8K +64% −60% $65.6M 2,397 $372 23

Sun Apr 1 #6 $592.8K −34% −60% $66.2M 2,397 $247 24

Mon Apr 2 #6 $205.3K −65% −52% $66.4M 2,397 $85 25

Tue Apr 3 #6 $274.2K +34% −46% $66.7M 2,397 $114 26

Wed Apr 4 #7 $193.6K −29% −54% $66.9M 2,397 $80 27

Thu Apr 5 #7 $246.4K +27% −44% $67.2M 2,397 $102 28

Fri Apr 6 #9 $292.7K +19% −46% $67.4M 1,015 $288 29

Sat Apr 7 #9 $327.4K +12% −63% $67.8M 1,015 $322 30

Sun Apr 8 #9 $210.1K −36% −65% $68.0M 1,015 $207 31

Mon Apr 9 #8 $121.3K −42% −41% $68.1M 1,015 $119 32

Tue Apr 10 #9 $102.9K −15% −62% $68.2M 1,015 $101 33

Wed Apr 11 #9 $95.7K −7% −51% $68.3M 1,015 $94 34

Thu Apr 12 #9 $97.5K +2% −60% $68.4M 1,015 $96 35

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

Cumulative total$68.4M

Mar 8Mar 17Mar 26Apr 3Apr 12

Weekend grossWk 10 · $766.2K

$30.2M

$13.6M

$5.1M

$2.0M

$830.3K

$346.9K

$168.4K

$112.9K

$1.5M

$766.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,749 → 1,015 −72.9%

3,749 open1,015 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −48.7%

−55.0% W1→2

−62.6% W2→3

−60.0% W3→4

−59.1% W4→5

−58.2% W5→6

−51.5% W6→7

−33.0% W7→8

+1223.8% W8→9

−48.7% W9→10

Steepest +1223.8%Best hold −33.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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