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Lucy

2014 R 1h 29m Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller Universal Pictures

The average person uses 10% of their brain capacity. Imagine what she could do with 100%.

Lucy Box Office

Opening Weekend
$43.9M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$126.7M
Final
Worldwide Total
$457.5M
$330.8M international
Domestic Legs2.89x
Budget$40.0M
2014 Rank#23
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jul 25-27 1 $43.90M $43.90M 3,173 $13.8K 1
Aug 1-3 2 $18.25M -58.4% $79.54M 3,202 $5.7K 2
Aug 8-10 5 $9.49M -48.0% $97.51M 3,147 $3.0K 3
Aug 15-17 8 $5.49M -42.1% $107.71M 2,520 $2.2K 4
Aug 22-24 11 $3.46M -37.0% $113.70M 1,768 $2.0K 5
Aug 29-31 11 $2.76M -20.2% $117.84M 1,293 $2.1K 6
Sep 5-7 10 $1.96M -29.2% $121.21M 1,171 $1.7K 7
Sep 12-14 13 $1.54M -21.1% $123.49M 1,068 $1.4K 8
Sep 19-21 15 $737K -52.2% $124.82M 788 $935 9
Sep 26-28 19 $371K -49.7% $125.48M 488 $760 10
Oct 3-5 24 $189K -49.1% $125.83M 255 $740 11
Oct 10-12 28 $175K -7.4% $126.09M 203 $860 12
Oct 17-19 32 $138K -21.1% $126.30M 180 $765 13
Oct 24-26 35 $91K -34.1% $126.45M 144 $630 14
Oct 31-33 44 $63K -30.9% $126.55M 113 $555 15

Performance Charts

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

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Profitability

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

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Cast & Crew

Directed byLuc Besson
ScreenplayLuc Besson
Produced byVirginie Besson-Silla
CinematographyThierry Arbogast
MusicÉric Serra
Prod. DesignHugues Tissandier
StarringScarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Choi Min-sik, Amr Waked
StudioUniversal Pictures

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