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Never Back Down

2008 • PG-13 • 1h 53m • Action, Drama, Sport • Summit Entertainment

Win or lose... Everyone has their fight.

🍅 21% 35% MC 39 LB 3.11 IMDb 6.6

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$8.6M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$24.9M
Final
Worldwide Total
$39.3M
$14.5M international
Domestic Legs2.9x
Budget$21M
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Cast & Crew

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Jeff Wadlow Jeff Wadlow Director Amber Heard Amber Heard Starring Cam Gigandet Cam Gigandet Starring Djimon Hounsou Djimon Hounsou Starring Evan Peters Evan Peters Starring
ScreenplayChris Hauty Produced byDavid Zelon, Craig Baumgarten CinematographyLukas Ettlin MusicMichael Wandmacher StudioSummit Entertainment
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Mar 14-16 3 $8.6M — 2,729 $3,153 $8.6M
2 Mar 21-23 6 $4.8M −43.9% 2,729 $1,769 $16.8M
3 Mar 28-30 11 $2.4M −51.1% 1,869 $1,262 $21.2M
4 Apr 4-6 17 $1.1M −52.6% 1,209 $925 $23.1M
5 Apr 11-13 23 $470.5K −57.9% 713 $660 $23.9M
6 Apr 18-20 33 $160.2K −65.9% 297 $540 $24.2M
7 Apr 25-27 36 $115.9K −27.7% 212 $547 $24.4M
8 May 2-4 29 $145.7K +25.7% 217 $671 $24.6M
9 May 9-11 39 $69.5K −52.3% 120 $579 $24.7M
10 May 16-18 44 $59.2K −14.7% 60 $987 $24.8M
11 May 23-26 49 $30.7K −48.1% 21 $1,464 $24.8M
12 May 30-Jun 1 56 $24.4K −20.7% 8 $3,049 $24.8M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $59.2K
$8.6M
$4.8M
$2.4M
$1.1M
$470.5K
$160.2K
$115.9K
$145.7K
$69.5K
$59.2K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −14.7%
−43.9%
W1→2
−51.1%
W2→3
−52.6%
W3→4
−57.9%
W4→5
−65.9%
W5→6
−27.7%
W6→7
+25.7%
W7→8
−52.3%
W8→9
−14.7%
W9→10
Steepest −65.9%Biggest gain +25.7%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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