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Law Abiding CitizenFollow

2009 • R • 1h 49m • Action, Crime, Drama • Overture Films

Justice at any cost.

🍅 26% 75%

34

3.41

7.4

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$21.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$73.40M

Final

Worldwide total

$128.00M

$54.60M international

Domestic legs3.49x

Budget$50.0M

2009 rank#44

Compare with other movies

Cast & crew

Full Gray filmography

F. Gary Gray

F. Gary Gray Director

Jamie Foxx

Jamie Foxx Starring

Gerard Butler

Gerard Butler Starring

Colm Meaney

Colm Meaney Starring

Bruce McGill

Bruce McGill Starring

Leslie Bibb

Leslie Bibb Starring

ScreenplayKurt Wimmer Produced byLucas Foster, Gerard Butler, Alan Siegel, Mark Gill, Kurt Wimmer CinematographyJonathan Sela MusicBrian Tyler Prod. DesignAlex Hajdu StudioOverture Films

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 16-18 2 $21.0M — 2,890 $7,280 $21.0M

2 Oct 23-25 4 $12.4M −41.0% 2,890 $4,292 $40.0M

3 Oct 30-Nov 1 3 $7.4M −40.3% 2,764 $2,678 $51.5M

4 Nov 6-8 8 $6.0M −18.9% 2,474 $2,426 $60.7M

5 Nov 13-15 9 $3.8M −36.8% 2,071 $1,833 $67.2M

6 Nov 20-22 11 $1.6M −57.7% 1,327 $1,210 $70.0M

7 Nov 27-29 17 $786.5K −51.0% 584 $1,346 $71.5M

8 Dec 4-6 22 $253.1K −67.8% 316 $801 $72.0M

9 Dec 11-13 24 $165.9K −34.5% 225 $737 $72.3M

10 Dec 18-20 30 $87.0K −47.5% 151 $576 $72.4M

11 Dec 25-27 31 $137.8K +58.3% 205 $672 $72.6M

12 Jan 1-3 31 $164.6K +19.5% 205 $802 $72.9M

13 Jan 8-10 32 $110.6K −32.8% 194 $570 $73.1M

14 Jan 15-17 42 $60.9K −44.9% 125 $487 $73.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 16 #2 $7.7M — $7.7M 2,890 $2,674 1

Sat Oct 17 #2 $8.2M +7% $16.0M 2,890 $2,854 2

Sun Oct 18 #3 $5.1M −39% $21.0M 2,890 $1,751 3

Mon Oct 19 #3 $1.7M −66% $22.7M 2,890 $589 4

Tue Oct 20 #1 $1.8M +6% $24.5M 2,890 $623 5

Wed Oct 21 #3 $1.5M −15% $26.1M 2,890 $530 6

Thu Oct 22 #3 $1.5M n/c $27.6M 2,890 $528 7

Fri Oct 23 #4 $4.1M +170% −47% $31.7M 2,890 $1,426 8

Sat Oct 24 #3 $5.3M +28% −36% $37.0M 2,890 $1,824 9

Sun Oct 25 #3 $3.0M −43% −41% $40.0M 2,890 $1,040 10

Mon Oct 26 #2 $1.1M −65% −38% $41.1M 2,890 $367 11

Tue Oct 27 #2 $1.2M +11% −35% $42.2M 2,890 $406 12

Wed Oct 28 #3 $908.9K −23% −41% $43.2M 2,890 $314 13

Thu Oct 29 #3 $925.9K +2% −39% $44.1M 2,890 $320 14

Fri Oct 30 #3 $2.4M +161% −42% $46.5M 2,764 $872 15

Sat Oct 31 #3 $2.8M +14% −48% $49.2M 2,764 $995 16

Sun Nov 1 #4 $2.2M −19% −26% $51.5M 2,764 $810 17

Mon Nov 2 #3 $775.2K −65% −27% $52.3M 2,764 $280 18

Tue Nov 3 #3 $902.6K +16% −23% $53.2M 2,764 $326 19

Wed Nov 4 #3 $733.3K −19% −19% $53.9M 2,764 $265 20

Thu Nov 5 #3 $804.3K +10% −13% $54.7M 2,764 $290 21

Fri Nov 6 #8 $1.9M +134% −22% $56.6M 2,474 $762 22

Sat Nov 7 #8 $2.7M +43% −2% $59.3M 2,474 $1,090 23

Sun Nov 8 #7 $1.4M −47% −37% $60.7M 2,474 $574 24

Mon Nov 9 #6 $501.0K −65% −35% $61.2M 2,474 $202 25

Tue Nov 10 #6 $705.2K +41% −22% $61.9M 2,474 $285 26

Wed Nov 11 #5 $955.8K +36% +30% $62.9M 2,474 $386 27

Thu Nov 12 #5 $527.7K −45% −34% $63.4M 2,474 $213 28

Fri Nov 13 #9 $1.3M +139% −33% $64.7M 2,071 $607 29

Sat Nov 14 #9 $1.7M +33% −38% $66.3M 2,071 $805 30

Sun Nov 15 #7 $869.5K −48% −39% $67.2M 2,071 $419 31

Mon Nov 16 #7 $304.2K −65% −39% $67.5M 2,071 $146 32

Tue Nov 17 #6 $339.3K +12% −52% $67.8M 2,071 $163 33

Wed Nov 18 #6 $308.3K −9% −68% $68.1M 2,071 $148 34

Thu Nov 19 #7 $269.9K −12% −49% $68.4M 2,071 $130 35

Fri Nov 20 #11 $499.4K +85% −60% $68.9M 1,327 $376 36

Sat Nov 21 #10 $711.6K +42% −57% $69.6M 1,327 $536 37

Sun Nov 22 #10 $395.1K −44% −55% $70.0M 1,327 $297 38

Mon Nov 23 #10 $169.2K −57% −44% $70.2M 1,327 $127 39

Tue Nov 24 #10 $225.7K +33% −33% $70.4M 1,327 $170 40

Wed Nov 25 $127.4K −44% −59% $70.5M 584 $218 41

Thu Nov 26 $178.5K +40% −34% $70.7M 584 $305 42

Fri Nov 27 #16 $298.0K +67% −40% $71.0M 584 $510 43

Sat Nov 28 #15 $335.7K +13% −53% $71.4M 584 $574 44

Sun Nov 29 $152.9K −54% −61% $71.5M 584 $261 45

Mon Nov 30 #16 $51.4K −66% −70% $71.6M 584 $87 46

Tue Dec 1 #14 $65.1K +27% −71% $71.6M 584 $111 47

Wed Dec 2 #15 $59.1K −9% −54% $71.7M 584 $101 48

Thu Dec 3 #15 $57.2K −3% −68% $71.7M 584 $97 49

Fri Dec 4 $83.8K +46% −72% $71.8M 316 $265 50

Sat Dec 5 $106.7K +27% −68% $71.9M 316 $337 51

Sun Dec 6 $62.7K −41% −59% $72.0M 316 $198 52

Mon Dec 7 $24.3K −61% −53% $72.0M 316 $76 53

Tue Dec 8 $30.6K +26% −53% $72.0M 316 $96 54

Wed Dec 9 $26.5K −13% −55% $72.1M 316 $84 55

Thu Dec 10 $27.5K +4% −52% $72.1M 316 $87 56

Fri Dec 11 $51.8K +88% −38% $72.2M 225 $230 57

Sat Dec 12 $70.1K +35% −34% $72.2M 225 $311 58

Sun Dec 13 $43.0K −39% −31% $72.3M 225 $191 59

Mon Dec 14 $19.8K −54% −18% $72.3M 225 $88 60

Tue Dec 15 $25.6K +29% −17% $72.3M 225 $113 61

Wed Dec 16 $22.1K −14% −17% $72.3M 225 $98 62

Thu Dec 17 $22.7K +3% −18% $72.4M 225 $100 63

Fri Dec 18 $25.5K +12% −51% $72.4M 151 $168 64

Sat Dec 19 $33.9K +33% −52% $72.4M 151 $224 65

Sun Dec 20 $27.7K −18% −36% $72.4M 151 $183 66

Mon Dec 21 $18.0K −35% −9% $72.5M 151 $119 67

Tue Dec 22 $21.2K +17% −17% $72.5M 151 $140 68

Wed Dec 23 $16.0K −24% −27% $72.5M 151 $106 69

Thu Dec 24 $9.4K −41% −58% $72.5M 151 $62 70

Fri Dec 25 $35.9K +282% +41% $72.5M 205 $175 71

Sat Dec 26 $57.3K +59% +69% $72.6M 205 $279 72

Sun Dec 27 $44.6K −22% +61% $72.6M 205 $217 73

Mon Dec 28 $31.3K −30% +74% $72.7M 205 $152 74

Tue Dec 29 $32.3K +3% +52% $72.7M 205 $157 75

Wed Dec 30 $33.3K +3% +108% $72.7M 205 $162 76

Thu Dec 31 $21.4K −36% +128% $72.8M 205 $104 77

Fri Jan 1 $64.1K +199% +78% $72.8M 205 $312 78

Sat Jan 2 $66.1K +3% +15% $72.9M 205 $322 79

Sun Jan 3 $34.4K −48% −23% $72.9M 205 $167 80

Mon Jan 4 $18.4K −46% −41% $72.9M 205 $89 81

Tue Jan 5 $18.0K −2% −44% $73.0M 205 $87 82

Wed Jan 6 $17.1K −5% −49% $73.0M 205 $83 83

Thu Jan 7 $13.9K −19% −35% $73.0M 205 $67 84

Fri Jan 8 $33.6K +143% −48% $73.0M 194 $173 85

Sat Jan 9 $47.1K +40% −29% $73.1M 194 $242 86

Sun Jan 10 $29.9K −37% −13% $73.1M 194 $153 87

Mon Jan 11 $12.1K −59% −34% $73.1M 194 $62 88

Tue Jan 12 $13.0K +7% −28% $73.1M 194 $66 89

Wed Jan 13 $11.8K −9% −31% $73.1M 194 $60 90

Thu Jan 14 $13.2K +12% −5% $73.2M 194 $67 91

Fri Jan 15 $18.1K +38% −46% $73.2M 125 $145 92

Sat Jan 16 $24.4K +34% −48% $73.2M 125 $194 93

Sun Jan 17 $18.4K −24% −38% $73.2M 125 $147 94

Mon Jan 18 #42 $10.7K −42% −12% $73.2M 125 $85 95

Tue Jan 19 $6.5K −39% −50% $73.2M 125 $52 96

Wed Jan 20 $6.1K −7% −48% $73.2M 125 $48 97

Thu Jan 21 $6.2K +2% −53% $73.2M 125 $49 98

Fri Jan 22 $15.0K +142% −17% $73.3M 98 $152 99

Sat Jan 23 $22.1K +48% −9% $73.3M 98 $226 100

Sun Jan 24 $9.3K −58% −50% $73.3M 98 $94 101

Mon Jan 25 $4.3K −53% −59% $73.3M 98 $44 102

Tue Jan 26 $4.7K +10% −27% $73.3M 98 $48 103

Wed Jan 27 $4.6K −2% −24% $73.3M 98 $47 104

Thu Jan 28 $4.7K +2% −24% $73.3M 98 $48 105

Fri Jan 29 $9.4K +100% −37% $73.3M 78 $120 106

Sat Jan 30 $13.7K +46% −38% $73.3M 78 $176 107

Sun Jan 31 $8.1K −41% −13% $73.3M 78 $103 108

Mon Feb 1 $3.0K −63% −32% $73.3M 78 $37 109

Tue Feb 2 $3.7K +25% −22% $73.4M 78 $47 110

Wed Feb 3 $3.8K +3% −17% $73.4M 78 $49 111

Thu Feb 4 $3.8K n/c −19% $73.4M 78 $48 112

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

Cumulative total$72.5M

Oct 16Nov 2Nov 20Dec 7Dec 24

Weekend grossWk 10 · $87.0K

$21.0M

$12.4M

$7.4M

$6.0M

$3.8M

$1.6M

$786.5K

$253.1K

$165.9K

$87.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,890 → 151 −94.8%

2,890 open151 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −47.5%

−41.0%

W1→2

−40.3%

W2→3

−18.9%

W3→4

−36.8%

W4→5

−57.7%

W5→6

−51.0%

W6→7

−67.8%

W7→8

−34.5%

W8→9

−47.5%

W9→10

Steepest −67.8%Best hold −18.9%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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