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Knowing

2009 PG-13 2h 1m Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller Summit Entertainment

What happens when the numbers run out?

Box office summary
Domestic Total
$80.0M
Final
Opening Weekend
$24.6M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
3.25x
Opening → Total
Budget
$50.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$186M
$106M international
2009 Rank
#39
Domestic
Compare with other movies
Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Mar 20-22 1 $24.6M $24.6M 3,332 $7K 1
Mar 27-29 3 $14.7M -40.2% $46.2M 3,337 $4K 2
Apr 3-5 4 $8.1M -44.6% $58.2M 3,323 $2K 3
Apr 10-12 5 $6.4M -21.0% $67.8M 2,925 $2K 4
Apr 17-19 8 $3.6M -44.4% $73.8M 2,405 $1K 5
Apr 24-26 12 $1.9M -45.6% $76.8M 1,860 $1K 6
May 1-3 15 $568K -70.8% $77.9M 822 $691 7
May 8-10 16 $303K -46.6% $78.4M 373 $813 8
May 15-17 18 $337K +11.1% $78.8M 421 $800 9
May 22-24 22 $195K -42.0% $79.2M 264 $739 10
May 29-31 28 $128K -34.5% $79.4M 195 $656 11
Jun 5-7 29 $93K -27.3% $79.5M 152 $612 12
Jun 12-14 34 $74K -20.9% $79.7M 122 $602 13
Jun 19-21 30 $99K +34.8% $79.8M 115 $862 14

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

Daily Gross

Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byAlex Proyas
ScreenplayRyne Douglas Pearson, Juliet Snowden, Stiles White
Produced byAlex Proyas, Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, Steve Tisch
CinematographySimon Duggan
MusicMarco Beltrami
Prod. DesignSteven Jones-Evans
StarringNicolas Cage, Rose Byrne, Chandler Canterbury, Ben Mendelsohn, Nadia Townsend, Terry Camilleri
StudioSummit Entertainment