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2012 • PG • 2h 7m • Adventure, Drama, Fantasy • 20th Century Fox

Take the journey of a lifetime.

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3.75

7.9

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$22.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$125.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$609.00M

$484.00M international

Domestic legs5.57x

Budget$120M

2012 rank#27

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Cast & crew

Directed byAng Lee ScreenplayDavid Magee Produced byGil Netter, Ang Lee, David Womark CinematographyClaudio Miranda MusicMychael Danna Prod. DesignDavid Gropman, Marcelo Pont Vergés StarringSuraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Ayush Tandon, Gautam Belur, Adil Hussain, Ayaan Khan Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 23-25 5 $22.5M — 2,927 $7,670 $30.6M

2 Nov 30-Dec 2 5 $12.2M −45.9% 2,928 $4,150 $48.5M

3 Dec 7-9 5 $8.3M −31.4% 2,946 $2,827 $60.9M

4 Dec 14-16 5 $5.4M −35.0% 2,548 $2,124 $69.6M

5 Dec 21-23 9 $4.0M −25.8% 1,750 $2,295 $76.4M

6 Dec 28-30 13 $3.8M −5.9% 1,178 $3,209 $84.7M

7 Jan 4-6 14 $2.8M −25.6% 965 $2,915 $91.0M

8 Jan 11-13 13 $2.7M −3.9% 757 $3,572 $94.8M

9 Jan 18-20 13 $3.4M +23.9% 1,256 $2,668 $99.2M

10 Jan 25-27 14 $2.6M −22.8% 941 $2,749 $103.4M

11 Feb 1-3 13 $1.9M −27.6% 902 $2,076 $106.1M

12 Feb 8-10 14 $1.7M −6.8% 924 $1,889 $108.5M

13 Feb 15-17 14 $1.6M −10.0% 647 $2,427 $110.9M

14 Feb 22-24 14 $1.6M +2.2% 572 $2,806 $113.5M

15 Mar 1-3 12 $2.4M +48.0% 626 $3,794 $117.0M

16 Mar 8-10 12 $1.6M −33.5% 671 $2,353 $119.4M

17 Mar 15-17 13 $1.2M −22.5% 646 $1,895 $121.3M

18 Mar 22-24 14 $720.3K −41.2% 489 $1,472 $122.5M

19 Mar 29-31 15 $427.3K −40.7% 340 $1,256 $123.3M

20 Apr 5-7 18 $355.0K −16.9% 269 $1,319 $123.9M

21 Apr 12-14 21 $237.6K −33.1% 217 $1,095 $124.3M

22 Apr 19-21 27 $162.0K −31.8% 193 $839 $124.5M

23 Apr 26-28 35 $80.3K −50.4% 131 $612 $124.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Nov 21 #7 $3.6M — $3.6M 2,902 $1,256 1

Thu Nov 22 #4 $4.5M +23% $8.1M 2,902 $1,542 2

Fri Nov 23 #5 $8.9M +98% $17.0M 2,927 $3,030 3

Sat Nov 24 #5 $8.5M −5% $25.5M 2,927 $2,890 4

Sun Nov 25 #5 $5.1M −39% $30.6M 2,927 $1,749 5

Mon Nov 26 #4 $1.4M −73% $31.9M 2,927 $465 6

Tue Nov 27 #4 $1.8M +31% $33.7M 2,927 $608 7

Wed Nov 28 #4 $1.3M −26% −64% $35.0M 2,927 $451 8

Thu Nov 29 #4 $1.3M n/c −70% $36.4M 2,927 $452 9

Fri Nov 30 #4 $3.3M +151% −63% $39.7M 2,928 $1,134 10

Sat Dec 1 #5 $5.4M +61% −37% $45.0M 2,928 $1,827 11

Sun Dec 2 #4 $3.5M −35% −32% $48.5M 2,928 $1,187 12

Mon Dec 3 #4 $888.3K −74% −35% $49.4M 2,928 $303 13

Tue Dec 4 #3 $1.3M +50% −25% $50.7M 2,928 $454 14

Wed Dec 5 #4 $944.1K −29% −29% $51.7M 2,928 $322 15

Thu Dec 6 #4 $941.4K n/c −29% $52.6M 2,928 $321 16

Fri Dec 7 #5 $2.3M +139% −32% $54.9M 2,946 $765 17

Sat Dec 8 #5 $3.7M +63% −31% $58.6M 2,946 $1,249 18

Sun Dec 9 #3 $2.4M −35% −31% $60.9M 2,946 $813 19

Mon Dec 10 #4 $687.7K −71% −23% $61.6M 2,946 $233 20

Tue Dec 11 #2 $1.0M +46% −25% $62.6M 2,946 $340 21

Wed Dec 12 #3 $748.5K −25% −21% $63.4M 2,946 $254 22

Thu Dec 13 #3 $772.0K +3% −18% $64.2M 2,946 $262 23

Fri Dec 14 #6 $1.4M +80% −38% $65.5M 2,548 $545 24

Sat Dec 15 #6 $2.4M +71% −35% $67.9M 2,548 $934 25

Sun Dec 16 #5 $1.6M −31% −31% $69.6M 2,548 $644 26

Mon Dec 17 #4 $603.3K −63% −12% $70.2M 2,548 $236 27

Tue Dec 18 #4 $851.0K +41% −15% $71.0M 2,548 $333 28

Wed Dec 19 #6 $620.6K −27% −17% $71.6M 2,548 $243 29

Thu Dec 20 #6 $708.9K +14% −8% $72.4M 2,548 $278 30

Fri Dec 21 #9 $999.5K +41% −28% $73.4M 1,750 $571 31

Sat Dec 22 #9 $1.5M +53% −36% $74.9M 1,750 $872 32

Sun Dec 23 #9 $1.5M −2% −9% $76.4M 1,750 $851 33

Mon Dec 24 #8 $1.0M −31% +71% $77.4M 1,750 $590 34

Tue Dec 25 #11 $1.3M +27% +54% $78.7M 1,111 $1,176 35

Wed Dec 26 #12 $1.1M −15% +79% $79.8M 1,111 $1,001 36

Thu Dec 27 #12 $1.0M −6% +47% $80.9M 1,111 $939 37

Fri Dec 28 #13 $1.2M +13% +18% $82.1M 1,178 $1,004 38

Sat Dec 29 #13 $1.4M +18% −8% $83.5M 1,178 $1,187 39

Sun Dec 30 #13 $1.2M −14% −20% $84.7M 1,178 $1,016 40

Mon Dec 31 #13 $989.4K −17% −4% $85.6M 1,178 $839 41

Tue Jan 1 #13 $1.3M +33% n/c $87.0M 1,178 $1,113 42

Wed Jan 2 #12 $659.2K −50% −41% $87.6M 1,178 $559 43

Thu Jan 3 #12 $615.8K −7% −41% $88.2M 1,178 $522 44

Fri Jan 4 #14 $837.7K +36% −29% $89.1M 965 $868 45

Sat Jan 5 #15 $1.2M +42% −15% $90.3M 965 $1,236 46

Sun Jan 6 #14 $782.1K −34% −35% $91.0M 965 $810 47

Mon Jan 7 #14 $226.0K −71% −77% $91.3M 965 $234 48

Tue Jan 8 #12 $302.3K +34% −77% $91.6M 965 $313 49

Wed Jan 9 #14 $228.3K −24% −65% $91.8M 965 $236 50

Thu Jan 10 #11 $300.0K +31% −51% $92.1M 965 $310 51

Fri Jan 11 $670.4K +123% −20% $92.8M 757 $885 52

Sat Jan 12 $1.2M +80% +1% $94.0M 757 $1,595 53

Sun Jan 13 $826.3K −32% +6% $94.8M 757 $1,091 54

Mon Jan 14 #13 $232.1K −72% +3% $95.0M 757 $306 55

Tue Jan 15 #13 $330.0K +42% +9% $95.4M 757 $435 56

Wed Jan 16 #13 $236.1K −28% +3% $95.6M 757 $311 57

Thu Jan 17 #13 $238.4K +1% −21% $95.8M 757 $314 58

Fri Jan 18 #13 $789.2K +231% +18% $96.6M 1,256 $628 59

Sat Jan 19 #13 $1.5M +91% +25% $98.1M 1,256 $1,203 60

Sun Jan 20 #13 $1.1M −30% +27% $99.2M 1,256 $837 61

Mon Jan 21 #13 $855.6K −19% +269% $100.0M 1,256 $681 62

Tue Jan 22 #12 $318.2K −63% −4% $100.4M 1,256 $253 63

Wed Jan 23 #12 $230.8K −27% −2% $100.6M 1,256 $183 64

Thu Jan 24 #12 $246.9K +7% +4% $100.8M 1,256 $196 65

Fri Jan 25 #14 $560.4K +127% −29% $101.4M 941 $595 66

Sat Jan 26 #15 $1.2M +122% −18% $102.6M 941 $1,321 67

Sun Jan 27 #14 $783.7K −37% −25% $103.4M 941 $832 68

Mon Jan 28 #14 $185.7K −76% −78% $103.6M 941 $197 69

Tue Jan 29 #13 $242.5K +31% −24% $103.9M 941 $257 70

Wed Jan 30 #14 $185.5K −24% −20% $104.0M 941 $197 71

Thu Jan 31 #13 $192.5K +4% −22% $104.2M 941 $204 72

Fri Feb 1 #16 $497.1K +158% −11% $104.7M 902 $551 73

Sat Feb 2 #13 $987.5K +99% −21% $105.7M 902 $1,094 74

Sun Feb 3 #12 $388.1K −61% −50% $106.1M 902 $430 75

Mon Feb 4 #17 $143.7K −63% −23% $106.3M 902 $159 76

Tue Feb 5 #14 $200.3K +39% −17% $106.5M 902 $222 77

Wed Feb 6 #13 $163.0K −19% −12% $106.6M 902 $180 78

Thu Feb 7 #13 $171.1K +5% −11% $106.8M 902 $189 79

Fri Feb 8 #15 $374.3K +119% −25% $107.2M 924 $405 80

Sat Feb 9 #13 $816.3K +118% −17% $108.0M 924 $883 81

Sun Feb 10 #13 $555.1K −32% +43% $108.5M 924 $600 82

Mon Feb 11 #13 $190.1K −66% +32% $108.7M 924 $205 83

Tue Feb 12 #14 $180.0K −5% −10% $108.9M 924 $194 84

Wed Feb 13 #15 $133.2K −26% −18% $109.0M 924 $144 85

Thu Feb 14 #14 $268.3K +101% +57% $109.3M 713 $376 86

Fri Feb 15 #15 $332.3K +24% −11% $109.6M 647 $513 87

Sat Feb 16 #14 $644.1K +94% −21% $110.3M 647 $995 88

Sun Feb 17 #13 $594.0K −8% +7% $110.9M 647 $918 89

Mon Feb 18 #11 $504.2K −15% +165% $111.4M 647 $779 90

Tue Feb 19 #11 $197.0K −61% +9% $111.6M 647 $304 91

Wed Feb 20 #11 $171.5K −13% +29% $111.7M 647 $265 92

Thu Feb 21 #11 $174.7K +2% −35% $111.9M 647 $270 93

Fri Feb 22 #14 $362.4K +107% +9% $112.3M 572 $633 94

Sat Feb 23 #13 $841.8K +132% +31% $113.1M 572 $1,471 95

Sun Feb 24 #13 $401.1K −52% −32% $113.5M 572 $701 96

Mon Feb 25 #8 $275.7K −31% −45% $113.8M 572 $481 97

Tue Feb 26 #9 $331.5K +20% +68% $114.1M 572 $579 98

Wed Feb 27 #10 $259.4K −22% +51% $114.4M 572 $453 99

Thu Feb 28 #10 $251.3K −3% +44% $114.6M 572 $439 100

Fri Mar 1 #12 $560.0K +123% +55% $115.2M 626 $894 101

Sat Mar 2 #12 $1.1M +101% +34% $116.3M 626 $1,796 102

Sun Mar 3 #11 $690.7K −39% +72% $117.0M 626 $1,103 103

Mon Mar 4 #11 $169.7K −75% −38% $117.2M 626 $271 104

Tue Mar 5 #11 $243.0K +43% −27% $117.4M 626 $388 105

Wed Mar 6 #11 $182.5K −25% −30% $117.6M 626 $291 106

Thu Mar 7 #11 $174.4K −4% −31% $117.8M 626 $278 107

Fri Mar 8 #12 $397.2K +128% −29% $118.2M 671 $591 108

Sat Mar 9 #12 $738.2K +86% −34% $118.9M 671 $1,100 109

Sun Mar 10 #12 $444.1K −40% −36% $119.4M 671 $661 110

Mon Mar 11 #12 $160.3K −64% −6% $119.5M 671 $238 111

Tue Mar 12 #12 $239.4K +49% −1% $119.8M 671 $356 112

Wed Mar 13 #12 $170.3K −29% −7% $119.9M 671 $253 113

Thu Mar 14 #12 $182.5K +7% +5% $120.1M 671 $271 114

Fri Mar 15 #14 $328.8K +80% −17% $120.4M 646 $508 115

Sat Mar 16 #13 $560.8K +71% −24% $121.0M 646 $868 116

Sun Mar 17 #12 $335.1K −40% −25% $121.3M 646 $518 117

Mon Mar 18 #12 $106.0K −68% −34% $121.5M 646 $164 118

Tue Mar 19 #12 $146.0K +38% −39% $121.6M 646 $225 119

Wed Mar 20 #12 $123.7K −15% −27% $121.7M 646 $191 120

Thu Mar 21 #14 $106.1K −14% −42% $121.8M 646 $164 121

Fri Mar 22 #14 $183.0K +72% −44% $122.0M 489 $374 122

Sat Mar 23 #14 $327.0K +79% −42% $122.3M 489 $668 123

Sun Mar 24 #14 $210.3K −36% −37% $122.5M 489 $430 124

Mon Mar 25 #14 $79.9K −62% −25% $122.6M 489 $163 125

Tue Mar 26 #14 $104.2K +30% −29% $122.7M 489 $213 126

Wed Mar 27 #14 $82.9K −20% −33% $122.8M 489 $169 127

Thu Mar 28 #16 $80.1K −3% −24% $122.9M 489 $163 128

Fri Mar 29 #16 $146.0K +82% −20% $123.0M 340 $429 129

Sat Mar 30 #16 $165.0K +13% −50% $123.2M 340 $485 130

Sun Mar 31 #14 $116.3K −30% −45% $123.3M 340 $342 131

Mon Apr 1 #15 $68.3K −41% −15% $123.4M 340 $200 132

Tue Apr 2 #16 $61.1K −10% −41% $123.5M 340 $179 133

Wed Apr 3 #17 $52.6K −14% −37% $123.5M 340 $154 134

Thu Apr 4 #16 $62.5K +19% −22% $123.6M 340 $183 135

Fri Apr 5 #17 $106.1K +70% −27% $123.7M 269 $394 136

Sat Apr 6 #18 $150.8K +42% −9% $123.8M 269 $560 137

Sun Apr 7 #18 $98.1K −35% −16% $123.9M 269 $364 138

Mon Apr 8 #18 $27.0K −72% −60% $123.9M 269 $100 139

Tue Apr 9 #18 $37.8K +40% −38% $124.0M 269 $140 140

Wed Apr 10 #18 $28.9K −24% −45% $124.0M 269 $107 141

Thu Apr 11 #18 $27.8K −4% −55% $124.0M 269 $103 142

Fri Apr 12 $64.3K +131% −39% $124.1M 217 $296 143

Sat Apr 13 $109.8K +71% −27% $124.2M 217 $505 144

Sun Apr 14 $63.6K −42% −35% $124.3M 217 $292 145

Mon Apr 15 $18.3K −71% −32% $124.3M 217 $84 146

Tue Apr 16 $24.5K +34% −35% $124.3M 217 $112 147

Wed Apr 17 $19.1K −22% −34% $124.3M 217 $88 148

Thu Apr 18 $21.5K +12% −23% $124.4M 217 $98 149

Fri Apr 19 $42.2K +97% −34% $124.4M 193 $218 150

Sat Apr 20 $75.7K +79% −31% $124.5M 193 $392 151

Sun Apr 21 $44.0K −42% −31% $124.5M 193 $228 152

Mon Apr 22 $12.8K −71% −30% $124.5M 193 $66 153

Tue Apr 23 $17.7K +38% −28% $124.6M 193 $91 154

Wed Apr 24 $15.4K −13% −19% $124.6M 193 $79 155

Thu Apr 25 $15.1K −2% −29% $124.6M 193 $78 156

Fri Apr 26 $21.5K +42% −49% $124.6M 131 $163 157

Sat Apr 27 $35.0K +63% −54% $124.6M 131 $267 158

Sun Apr 28 $23.8K −32% −46% $124.7M 131 $181 159

Mon Apr 29 $7.3K −69% −43% $124.7M 131 $56 160

Tue Apr 30 $9.7K +32% −45% $124.7M 131 $74 161

Wed May 1 $7.6K −21% −50% $124.7M 131 $58 162

Thu May 2 $7.6K n/c −50% $124.7M 131 $58 163

Fri May 3 $15.6K +104% −27% $124.7M 99 $157 164

Sat May 4 $27.7K +78% −21% $124.7M 99 $279 165

Sun May 5 $15.2K −45% −36% $124.8M 99 $153 166

Mon May 6 $4.2K −72% −43% $124.8M 99 $42 167

Tue May 7 $6.0K +43% −38% $124.8M 99 $61 168

Wed May 8 $5.3K −13% −31% $124.8M 99 $53 169

Thu May 9 $5.7K +7% −26% $124.8M 99 $57 170

Fri May 10 $8.4K +48% −46% $124.8M 70 $119 171

Sat May 11 $16.0K +91% −42% $124.8M 70 $227 172

Sun May 12 $14.6K −8% −4% $124.8M 70 $208 173

Mon May 13 $3.4K −77% −19% $124.8M 70 $48 174

Tue May 14 $5.4K +59% −10% $124.8M 70 $77 175

Wed May 15 $3.4K −36% −35% $124.8M 70 $49 176

Thu May 16 $3.7K +6% −35% $124.8M 70 $52 177

Fri May 17 $8.3K +127% −1% $124.8M 51 $162 178

Sat May 18 $13.0K +57% −18% $124.9M 51 $255 179

Sun May 19 $8.8K −32% −40% $124.9M 51 $172 180

Mon May 20 $3.0K −66% −11% $124.9M 51 $59 181

Tue May 21 $3.0K −1% −45% $124.9M 51 $58 182

Wed May 22 $2.4K −19% −30% $124.9M 51 $47 183

Thu May 23 $3.3K +38% −9% $124.9M 51 $65 184

Fri May 24 $2.8K −16% −66% $124.9M 26 $107 185

Sat May 25 $4.0K +43% −69% $124.9M 26 $154 186

Sun May 26 $3.3K −17% −62% $124.9M 26 $128 187

Mon May 27 $3.1K −7% +3% $124.9M 26 $119 188

Tue May 28 $1.2K −60% −59% $124.9M 26 $47 189

Wed May 29 $1.1K −15% −57% $124.9M 26 $40 190

Thu May 30 $1.3K +27% −60% $124.9M 26 $51 191

Fri May 31 $9.3K +598% +232% $124.9M 17 $546 192

Sat Jun 1 $7.7K −17% +93% $124.9M 17 $454 193

Sun Jun 2 $5.0K −35% +49% $124.9M 17 $293 194

Mon Jun 3 $645 −87% −79% $124.9M 17 $37 195

Tue Jun 4 $1.1K +64% −14% $124.9M 17 $62 196

Wed Jun 5 $930 −12% −12% $124.9M 17 $54 197

Thu Jun 6 $1.3K +38% −4% $124.9M 17 $75 198

Fri Jun 7 $3.0K +134% −68% $124.9M 25 $120 199

Sat Jun 8 $4.7K +56% −39% $124.9M 25 $188 200

Sun Jun 9 $3.5K −25% −29% $124.9M 25 $141 201

Mon Jun 10 $2.1K −41% +222% $124.9M 25 $83 202

Tue Jun 11 $4.2K +100% +292% $124.9M 25 $166 203

Wed Jun 12 $3.1K −26% +232% $124.9M 25 $123 204

Thu Jun 13 $2.6K −16% +102% $124.9M 25 $104 205

Fri Jun 14 $2.1K −21% −32% $124.9M 25 $82 206

Sat Jun 15 $5.5K +167% +16% $124.9M 25 $219 207

Sun Jun 16 $5.0K −8% +43% $125.0M 25 $201 208

Mon Jun 17 $2.1K −58% +1% $125.0M 25 $84 209

Tue Jun 18 $4.1K +95% −1% $125.0M 25 $164 210

Wed Jun 19 $3.1K −25% n/c $125.0M 25 $123 211

Thu Jun 20 $2.6K −15% +1% $125.0M 25 $105 212

Fri Jun 21 $1.1K −59% −48% $125.0M 16 $66 213

Sat Jun 22 $1.3K +26% −75% $125.0M 16 $84 214

Sun Jun 23 $971 −28% −81% $125.0M 16 $60 215

Mon Jun 24 $564 −42% −73% $125.0M 16 $35 216

Tue Jun 25 $665 +18% −84% $125.0M 16 $41 217

Wed Jun 26 $737 +11% −76% $125.0M 16 $46 218

Thu Jun 27 $467 −37% −82% $125.0M 16 $29 219

Fri Jun 28 $1.2K +157% +12% $125.0M 10 $120 220

Sat Jun 29 $1.2K +2% −9% $125.0M 10 $122 221

Sun Jun 30 $1.0K −17% +5% $125.0M 10 $102 222

Mon Jul 1 $350 −66% −38% $125.0M 10 $35 223

Tue Jul 2 $470 +34% −29% $125.0M 10 $47 224

Wed Jul 3 $435 −7% −41% $125.0M 10 $43 225

Thu Jul 4 $350 −20% −25% $125.0M 10 $35 226

Fri Jul 5 $1.2K +243% n/c $125.0M 10 $120 227

Sat Jul 6 $1.2K +2% n/c $125.0M 10 $122 228

Sun Jul 7 $1.0K −17% n/c $125.0M 10 $102 229

Fri Jul 19 $2.4K — $125.0M 18 $134 241

Sat Jul 20 $3.6K +47% $125.0M 18 $197 242

Sun Jul 21 $2.4K −32% $125.0M 18 $133 243

Mon Jul 22 $432 −82% $125.0M 18 $24 244

Tue Jul 23 $520 +20% $125.0M 18 $28 245

Wed Jul 24 $526 +1% $125.0M 18 $29 246

Thu Jul 25 $543 +3% $125.0M 18 $30 247

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

Cumulative total$103.9M

Nov 21Dec 8Dec 26Jan 12Jan 29

Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.6M

$22.5M

$12.2M

$8.3M

$5.4M

$4.0M

$3.8M

$2.8M

$2.7M

$3.4M

$2.6M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,946 → 941 −68.1%

2,902 open941 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −22.8%

−45.9%

W1→2

−31.4%

W2→3

−35.0%

W3→4

−25.8%

W4→5

−5.9%

W5→6

−25.6%

W6→7

−3.9%

W7→8

+23.9%

W8→9

−22.8%

W9→10

Steepest −45.9%Biggest gain +23.9%

Run milestones

$100M in 62 days

$100M

Day 62

Jan 21

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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