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Killer Elite

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

$9.4M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$25.1M

Final

Worldwide Total

$65.4M

$40.3M international

Domestic Legs2.7x

Budget$70M

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Cast & Crew

Jason Statham Starring

Clive Owen Starring

Robert De Niro Starring

Yvonne Strahovski

Yvonne Strahovski Starring

Ben Mendelsohn Starring

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Starring

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

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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