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Killer EliteFollow

2011 • R • 1h 45m • Action, Crime, Thriller • Open Road Films

May the best man live.

🍅 26% 42%

44

2.76

6.4

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$9.40M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$25.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$65.40M

$40.30M international

Domestic legs2.7x

Budget$70M

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Cast & crew

Jason Statham

Jason Statham Starring

Clive Owen

Clive Owen Starring

Robert De Niro

Robert De Niro Starring

Dominic Purcell

Dominic Purcell Starring

Yvonne Strahovski

Yvonne Strahovski Starring

Ben Mendelsohn

Ben Mendelsohn Starring

ScreenplayRanulph Fiennes, Gary McKendry Produced bySigurjón Sighvatsson, Tony Winley, Steven Chasman, Michael Boughen CinematographySimon Duggan MusicJohnny Klimek, Reinhold Heil StudioOpen Road Films

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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 23-25 5 $9.4M — 2,986 $3,132 $9.4M

2 Sep 30-Oct 2 9 $4.9M −47.4% 2,986 $1,647 $17.5M

3 Oct 7-9 12 $2.2M −55.2% 2,411 $913 $21.6M

4 Oct 14-16 17 $1.0M −53.2% 1,431 $721 $23.8M

5 Oct 21-23 22 $410.0K −60.2% 751 $546 $24.6M

6 Oct 28-30 36 $108.4K −73.6% 257 $422 $24.9M

7 Nov 4-6 47 $42.5K −60.8% 119 $357 $25.0M

8 Nov 11-13 42 $65.7K +54.5% 160 $411 $25.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Sep 23 #5 $3.4M — $3.4M 2,986 $1,141 1

Sat Sep 24 #6 $3.7M +8.6% $7.1M 2,986 $1,239 2

Sun Sep 25 #5 $2.2M −39.3% $9.4M 2,986 $752 3

Mon Sep 26 #3 $775.0K −65.5% $10.1M 2,986 $260 4

Tue Sep 27 #3 $979.7K +26.4% $11.1M 2,986 $328 5

Wed Sep 28 #4 $725.5K −25.9% $11.8M 2,986 $243 6

Thu Sep 29 #4 $752.3K +3.7% $12.6M 2,986 $252 7

Fri Sep 30 #9 $1.5M +101.2% −55.6% $14.1M 2,986 $507 8

Sat Oct 1 #10 $2.1M +40.2% −42.6% $16.2M 2,986 $711 9

Sun Oct 2 #8 $1.3M −39.7% −43.0% $17.5M 2,986 $429 10

Mon Oct 3 #7 $453.9K −64.6% −41.4% $18.0M 2,986 $152 11

Tue Oct 4 #5 $601.1K +32.4% −38.6% $18.6M 2,986 $201 12

Wed Oct 5 #6 $452.1K −24.8% −37.7% $19.0M 2,986 $151 13

Thu Oct 6 #6 $437.2K −3.3% −41.9% $19.4M 2,986 $146 14

Fri Oct 7 #12 $643.2K +47.1% −57.5% $20.1M 2,411 $267 15

Sat Oct 8 #12 $909.1K +41.3% −57.2% $21.0M 2,411 $377 16

Sun Oct 9 #12 $649.1K −28.6% −49.3% $21.6M 2,411 $269 17

Mon Oct 10 #12 $336.2K −48.2% −25.9% $22.0M 2,411 $139 18

Tue Oct 11 #10 $275.5K −18.0% −54.2% $22.3M 2,411 $114 19

Wed Oct 12 #11 $235.8K −14.4% −47.9% $22.5M 2,411 $98 20

Thu Oct 13 #12 $238.2K +1.0% −45.5% $22.7M 2,411 $99 21

Fri Oct 14 — $303.6K +27.5% −52.8% $23.0M 1,431 $212 22

Sat Oct 15 — $451.5K +48.7% −50.3% $23.5M 1,431 $316 23

Sun Oct 16 — $276.1K −38.9% −57.5% $23.8M 1,431 $193 24

Mon Oct 17 — $105.4K −61.8% −68.6% $23.9M 1,431 $74 25

Tue Oct 18 — $133.1K +26.3% −51.7% $24.0M 1,431 $93 26

Wed Oct 19 — $112.0K −15.9% −52.5% $24.1M 1,431 $78 27

Thu Oct 20 #15 $102.3K −8.6% −57.0% $24.2M 1,431 $72 28

Fri Oct 21 — $121.0K +18.2% −60.1% $24.3M 751 $161 29

Sat Oct 22 — $177.0K +46.3% −60.8% $24.5M 751 $236 30

Sun Oct 23 — $106.0K −40.1% −61.6% $24.6M 751 $141 31

Mon Oct 24 — $40.1K −62.2% −62.0% $24.7M 751 $53 32

Tue Oct 25 — $53.4K +33.2% −59.9% $24.7M 751 $71 33

Wed Oct 26 — $43.6K −18.4% −61.1% $24.8M 751 $58 34

Thu Oct 27 — $43.4K −0.4% −57.6% $24.8M 751 $58 35

Fri Oct 28 — $31.9K −26.5% −73.6% $24.8M 257 $124 36

Sat Oct 29 — $46.7K +46.3% −73.6% $24.9M 257 $182 37

Sun Oct 30 — $29.8K −36.2% −71.9% $24.9M 257 $116 38

Mon Oct 31 — $13.6K −54.3% −66.0% $24.9M 257 $53 39

Tue Nov 1 — $14.2K +3.9% −73.5% $24.9M 257 $55 40

Wed Nov 2 — $13.0K −8.2% −70.2% $25.0M 257 $51 41

Thu Nov 3 — $13.6K +4.8% −68.6% $25.0M 257 $53 42

Fri Nov 4 — $13.0K −4.6% −59.3% $25.0M 119 $109 43

Sat Nov 5 — $18.2K +39.8% −61.1% $25.0M 119 $153 44

Sun Nov 6 — $11.4K −37.5% −61.9% $25.0M 119 $95 45

Mon Nov 7 — $5.0K −56.3% −63.6% $25.0M 119 $42 46

Tue Nov 8 — $5.3K +5.9% −62.9% $25.0M 119 $44 47

Wed Nov 9 — $5.2K −0.5% −59.7% $25.0M 119 $44 48

Thu Nov 10 — $5.8K +11.7% −57.1% $25.0M 119 $49 49

Fri Nov 11 — $21.9K +274.5% +68.5% $25.0M 160 $137 50

Sat Nov 12 — $25.4K +16.1% +40.0% $25.1M 160 $159 51

Sun Nov 13 — $18.4K −27.7% +61.8% $25.1M 160 $115 52

Mon Nov 14 — $7.4K −59.8% +48.7% $25.1M 160 $46 53

Tue Nov 15 — $9.0K +21.5% +70.6% $25.1M 160 $56 54

Wed Nov 16 — $7.5K −16.8% +42.6% $25.1M 160 $47 55

Thu Nov 17 — $7.6K +1.2% +29.2% $25.1M 160 $47 56

Cumulative total$25.1M

Sep 23Oct 7Oct 21Nov 3Nov 17

Weekend grossWk 8 · $65.7K

$9.4M

$4.9M

$2.2M

$1.0M

$410.0K

$108.4K

$42.5K

$65.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8

Theater countPeak 2,986 → 160 −94.6%

2,986 open160 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · +54.5%

−47.4%

W1→2

−55.2%

W2→3

−53.2%

W3→4

−60.2%

W4→5

−73.6%

W5→6

−60.8%

W6→7

+54.5%

W7→8

Steepest −73.6%Biggest gain +54.5%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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