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2019 • PG-13 • 2h 18m • Action, Drama, History, War • Lionsgate/Summit Entertainment

From the moment the Pacific Fleet was attacked, America was at war. From the moment the war began, it was won.

🍅 57% 82%

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3.2

6.7

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$17.90M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$56.80M

Final

Worldwide total

$126.80M

$69.90M international

Domestic legs3.17x

Budget$100M

2019 rank#50

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Cast & crew

Full Emmerich filmography

Roland Emmerich

Roland Emmerich Director

Ed Skrein

Ed Skrein Starring

Patrick Wilson

Patrick Wilson Starring

Woody Harrelson

Woody Harrelson Starring

Luke Evans

Luke Evans Starring

Aaron Eckhart

Aaron Eckhart Starring

ScreenplayWes Tooke Produced byRoland Emmerich, Harald Kloser CinematographyRobby Baumgartner MusicThomas Wander & Harald Kloser StudioLionsgate

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 8-10 1 $17.9M — 3,242 $5,520 $17.9M

2 Nov 15-17 2 $8.5M −52.5% 3,242 $2,624 $34.9M

3 Nov 22-24 5 $4.6M −45.4% 2,627 $1,767 $43.0M

4 Nov 29-Dec 1 8 $3.9M −15.5% 2,377 $1,649 $50.2M

5 Dec 6-8 9 $1.9M −50.7% 2,100 $921 $53.4M

6 Dec 13-15 11 $871.8K −54.9% 1,419 $614 $55.2M

7 Dec 20-22 19 $158.9K −81.8% 283 $561 $55.9M

8 Dec 27-29 25 $136.9K −13.8% 142 $964 $56.2M

9 Jan 3-5 24 $176.2K +28.7% 197 $895 $56.5M

10 Jan 10-12 28 $86.1K −51.1% 178 $484 $56.7M

11 Jan 17-19 34 $57.0K −33.9% 113 $504 $56.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Nov 7 #P $925.0K — $925.0K 2,600 $356 -1

Fri Nov 8 #1 $6.3M — $6.3M 3,242 $1,957 1

Sat Nov 9 #1 $6.5M +2.8% $12.9M 3,242 $2,012 2

Sun Nov 10 #1 $5.0M −22.9% $17.9M 3,242 $1,551 3

Mon Nov 11 #1 $3.3M −35.4% $21.1M 3,242 $1,002 4

Tue Nov 12 #1 $2.4M −25.3% $23.6M 3,242 $749 5

Wed Nov 13 #1 $1.5M −38.8% $25.1M 3,242 $458 6

Thu Nov 14 #1 $1.3M −10.5% $26.4M 3,242 $410 7

Fri Nov 15 #3 $2.5M +87.9% −60.6% $28.9M 3,242 $771 8

Sat Nov 16 #3 $3.7M +47.5% −43.5% $32.6M 3,242 $1,137 9

Sun Nov 17 #3 $2.3M −37.0% −53.8% $34.9M 3,242 $716 10

Mon Nov 18 #2 $788.5K −66.0% −75.7% $35.7M 3,242 $243 11

Tue Nov 19 #2 $1.2M +53.4% −50.2% $36.9M 3,242 $373 12

Wed Nov 20 #2 $798.1K −34.0% −46.3% $37.7M 3,242 $246 13

Thu Nov 21 #2 $715.3K −10.4% −46.2% $38.4M 3,242 $221 14

Fri Nov 22 #5 $1.4M +91.7% −45.1% $39.8M 2,627 $522 15

Sat Nov 23 #6 $2.0M +44.9% −46.1% $41.8M 2,627 $757 16

Sun Nov 24 #6 $1.3M −35.5% −44.8% $43.0M 2,627 $488 17

Mon Nov 25 #6 $593.3K −53.7% −24.8% $43.6M 2,627 $226 18

Tue Nov 26 #6 $887.1K +49.5% −26.6% $44.5M 2,627 $338 19

Wed Nov 27 #8 $923.9K +4.2% +15.8% $45.5M 2,375 $389 20

Thu Nov 28 #7 $841.8K −8.9% +17.7% $46.3M 2,375 $354 21

Fri Nov 29 #7 $1.7M +98.5% +21.8% $48.0M 2,377 $703 22

Sat Nov 30 #8 $1.4M −13.6% −27.4% $49.4M 2,377 $607 23

Sun Dec 1 #8 $805.8K −44.2% −37.1% $50.2M 2,377 $339 24

Mon Dec 2 #7 $263.8K −67.3% −55.5% $50.5M 2,377 $111 25

Tue Dec 3 #7 $420.4K +59.4% −52.6% $50.9M 2,377 $177 26

Wed Dec 4 #7 $291.4K −30.7% −68.5% $51.2M 2,377 $123 27

Thu Dec 5 #7 $272.5K −6.5% −67.6% $51.5M 2,377 $115 28

Fri Dec 6 #8 $544.9K +99.9% −67.4% $52.0M 2,100 $259 29

Sat Dec 7 #9 $858.8K +57.6% −40.5% $52.9M 2,100 $409 30

Sun Dec 8 #9 $529.5K −38.4% −34.3% $53.4M 2,100 $252 31

Mon Dec 9 #8 $209.9K −60.3% −20.4% $53.6M 2,100 $100 32

Tue Dec 10 #8 $322.7K +53.7% −23.2% $53.9M 2,100 $154 33

Wed Dec 11 #8 $227.6K −29.5% −21.9% $54.2M 2,100 $108 34

Thu Dec 12 #8 $184.0K −19.2% −32.5% $54.3M 2,100 $88 35

Fri Dec 13 #11 $253.7K +37.9% −53.4% $54.6M 1,419 $179 36

Sat Dec 14 #11 $383.2K +51.1% −55.4% $55.0M 1,419 $270 37

Sun Dec 15 #11 $234.8K −38.7% −55.6% $55.2M 1,419 $166 38

Mon Dec 16 #11 $119.2K −49.2% −43.2% $55.3M 1,419 $84 39

Tue Dec 17 #11 $170.6K +43.1% −47.1% $55.5M 1,419 $120 40

Wed Dec 18 #11 $134.7K −21.0% −40.8% $55.6M 1,419 $95 41

Thu Dec 19 #10 $92.6K −31.3% −49.7% $55.7M 1,419 $65 42

Fri Dec 20 #- $44.1K −52.4% −82.6% $55.8M 283 $156 43

Sat Dec 21 #- $59.2K +34.2% −84.6% $55.8M 283 $209 44

Sun Dec 22 #- $55.6K −6.1% −76.3% $55.9M 283 $196 45

Mon Dec 23 #- $48.2K −13.3% −59.6% $55.9M 283 $170 46

Tue Dec 24 #- $35.8K −25.7% −79.0% $56.0M 283 $127 47

Wed Dec 25 #- $40.2K +12.3% −70.2% $56.0M 283 $142 48

Thu Dec 26 #- $45.0K +12.0% −51.4% $56.1M 283 $159 49

Fri Dec 27 #- $48.3K +7.2% +9.4% $56.1M 142 $340 50

Sat Dec 28 #- $50.2K +4.1% −15.1% $56.2M 142 $354 51

Sun Dec 29 #- $38.4K −23.5% −30.9% $56.2M 142 $270 52

Mon Dec 30 #- $39.2K +2.1% −18.7% $56.2M 142 $276 53

Tue Dec 31 #- $46.1K +17.7% +28.8% $56.3M 142 $325 54

Wed Jan 1 #- $58.5K +26.8% +45.6% $56.3M 142 $412 55

Thu Jan 2 #- $33.4K −43.0% −25.9% $56.4M 142 $235 56

Fri Jan 3 #- $58.9K +76.6% +22.1% $56.4M 197 $299 57

Sat Jan 4 #- $74.4K +26.3% +48.1% $56.5M 197 $378 58

Sun Jan 5 #- $42.9K −42.4% +11.7% $56.5M 197 $218 59

Mon Jan 6 #- $18.2K −57.5% −53.5% $56.6M 197 $93 60

Tue Jan 7 #- $24.5K +34.4% −46.9% $56.6M 197 $124 61

Wed Jan 8 #- $16.8K −31.3% −71.3% $56.6M 197 $85 62

Thu Jan 9 #- $16.1K −4.2% −51.7% $56.6M 197 $82 63

Fri Jan 10 #- $27.6K +71.1% −53.2% $56.7M 178 $155 64

Sat Jan 11 #- $37.5K +36.0% −49.6% $56.7M 178 $211 65

Sun Jan 12 #- $21.1K −43.9% −50.9% $56.7M 178 $118 66

Mon Jan 13 #- $8.4K −60.0% −53.8% $56.7M 178 $47 67

Tue Jan 14 #- $12.4K +46.9% −49.5% $56.7M 178 $70 68

Wed Jan 15 #- $12.9K +4.6% −23.0% $56.7M 178 $73 69

Thu Jan 16 #- $11.8K −8.8% −26.7% $56.8M 178 $66 70

Fri Jan 17 #- $16.5K +39.8% −40.1% $56.8M 113 $146 71

Sat Jan 18 #- $25.9K +57.0% −30.8% $56.8M 113 $230 72

Sun Jan 19 #- $14.5K −44.1% −31.1% $56.8M 113 $128 73

Mon Jan 20 #- $12.8K −11.6% +52.2% $56.8M 113 $114 74

Tue Jan 21 #- $8.6K −33.2% −30.8% $56.8M 113 $76 75

Wed Jan 22 #- $7.4K −13.2% −42.6% $56.8M 113 $66 76

Thu Jan 23 #- $6.4K −14.2% −46.0% $56.8M 113 $56 77

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

Cumulative total$56.8M

Nov 7Nov 25Dec 12Dec 30Jan 16

Weekend grossWk 10 · $86.1K

$17.9M

$8.5M

$4.6M

$3.9M

$1.9M

$871.8K

$158.9K

$136.9K

$176.2K

$86.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,242 → 178 −94.5%

2,600 open178 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −51.1%

−52.5%

W1→2

−45.4%

W2→3

−15.5%

W3→4

−50.7%

W4→5

−54.9%

W5→6

−81.8%

W6→7

−13.8%

W7→8

+28.7%

W8→9

−51.1%

W9→10

Steepest −81.8%Biggest gain +28.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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