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Prisoners

2013 • R • 2h 33m • Thriller/Suspense • Warner Bros.

How far would you go to protect your child?

🍅 81% 87%

70

4.34

8.2

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$20.8M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$61M

Final

Worldwide Total

$113.3M

$52.3M international

Domestic Legs2.9x

Budget$46M

2013 Rank#60

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Cast & Crew

Full Villeneuve filmography

Denis Villeneuve

Denis Villeneuve Director

Hugh Jackman Starring

Jake Gyllenhaal

Jake Gyllenhaal Starring

Viola Davis Starring

Maria Bello Starring

Terrence Howard

Terrence Howard Starring

Written byAaron Guzikowski Produced byBroderick Johnson, Kira Davis, Andrew A. Kosove, Adam Kolbrenner CinematographyRoger Deakins Music byJóhann Jóhannsson StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 20-22 1 $20.8M — 3,260 $6,386 $20.8M

2 Sep 27-29 2 $10.9M −47.8% 3,290 $3,303 $38.5M

3 Oct 4-6 4 $5.7M −47.1% 3,236 $1,776 $47.9M

4 Oct 11-13 6 $3.6M −36.8% 2,855 $1,273 $53.6M

5 Oct 18-20 6 $2.1M −43.2% 2,160 $956 $57.3M

6 Oct 25-27 10 $1.1M −48.2% 1,347 $793 $59.1M

7 Nov 1-3 19 $401.3K −62.4% 465 $863 $59.9M

8 Nov 8-10 22 $179.1K −55.4% 225 $796 $60.3M

9 Nov 15-17 21 $241.7K +34.9% 355 $681 $60.6M

10 Nov 22-24 24 $129.4K −46.4% 255 $508 $60.8M

11 Nov 29-Dec 1 30 $92.7K −28.4% 203 $457 $61.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Sep 20 #1 $7.0M — $7.0M 3,260 $2,139 1

Sat Sep 21 #1 $9.0M +29.0% $16.0M 3,260 $2,759 2

Sun Sep 22 #1 $4.8M −46.1% $20.8M 3,260 $1,487 3

Mon Sep 23 #1 $1.7M −65.8% $22.5M 3,260 $509 4

Tue Sep 24 #1 $2.2M +31.3% $24.7M 3,260 $668 5

Wed Sep 25 #1 $1.6M −26.4% $26.3M 3,260 $492 6

Thu Sep 26 #1 $1.4M −10.9% $27.7M 3,260 $438 7

Fri Sep 27 #3 $3.4M +135.9% −51.7% $31.1M 3,290 $1,024 8

Sat Sep 28 #2 $4.9M +45.8% −45.4% $36.0M 3,290 $1,493 9

Sun Sep 29 #2 $2.6M −47.4% −46.7% $38.5M 3,290 $785 10

Mon Sep 30 #2 $852.1K −67.0% −48.6% $39.4M 3,290 $259 11

Tue Oct 1 #2 $1.1M +31.7% −48.5% $40.5M 3,290 $341 12

Wed Oct 2 #2 $862.5K −23.1% −46.2% $41.4M 3,290 $262 13

Thu Oct 3 #2 $794.2K −7.9% −44.4% $42.2M 3,290 $241 14

Fri Oct 4 #4 $1.7M +118.5% −48.5% $43.9M 3,236 $536 15

Sat Oct 5 #4 $2.6M +46.9% −48.1% $46.5M 3,236 $788 16

Sun Oct 6 #4 $1.5M −42.6% −43.4% $47.9M 3,236 $452 17

Mon Oct 7 #4 $488.4K −66.6% −42.7% $48.4M 3,236 $151 18

Tue Oct 8 #4 $612.2K +25.3% −45.4% $49.0M 3,236 $189 19

Wed Oct 9 #4 $468.4K −23.5% −45.7% $49.5M 3,236 $145 20

Thu Oct 10 #4 $457.5K −2.3% −42.4% $50.0M 3,236 $141 21

Fri Oct 11 #6 $1.1M +130.1% −39.3% $51.0M 2,855 $369 22

Sat Oct 12 #4 $1.6M +49.7% −38.2% $52.6M 2,855 $552 23

Sun Oct 13 #5 $1.0M −36.1% −31.2% $53.6M 2,855 $353 24

Mon Oct 14 #5 $566.2K −43.8% +15.9% $54.2M 2,855 $198 25

Tue Oct 15 #5 $392.3K −30.7% −35.9% $54.5M 2,855 $137 26

Wed Oct 16 #5 $329.1K −16.1% −29.7% $54.9M 2,855 $115 27

Thu Oct 17 #5 $316.2K −3.9% −30.9% $55.2M 2,855 $111 28

Fri Oct 18 #6 $623.0K +97.0% −40.8% $55.8M 2,160 $288 29

Sat Oct 19 #6 $940.1K +50.9% −40.3% $56.8M 2,160 $435 30

Sun Oct 20 #6 $501.1K −46.7% −50.2% $57.3M 2,160 $232 31

Mon Oct 21 #6 $178.0K −64.5% −68.6% $57.4M 2,160 $82 32

Tue Oct 22 #6 $254.3K +42.8% −35.2% $57.7M 2,160 $118 33

Wed Oct 23 #6 $194.0K −23.7% −41.1% $57.9M 2,160 $90 34

Thu Oct 24 #6 $174.4K −10.1% −44.9% $58.1M 2,160 $81 35

Fri Oct 25 #10 $320.7K +84.0% −48.5% $58.4M 1,347 $238 36

Sat Oct 26 #10 $487.6K +52.0% −48.1% $58.9M 1,347 $362 37

Sun Oct 27 #10 $260.0K −46.7% −48.1% $59.1M 1,347 $193 38

Mon Oct 28 #10 $94.0K −63.8% −47.2% $59.2M 1,347 $70 39

Tue Oct 29 #10 $126.4K +34.5% −50.3% $59.3M 1,347 $94 40

Wed Oct 30 #10 $92.3K −27.0% −52.4% $59.4M 1,347 $69 41

Thu Oct 31 #11 $108.4K +17.5% −37.8% $59.5M 1,347 $80 42

Fri Nov 1 — $114.4K +5.5% −64.3% $59.7M 465 $246 43

Sat Nov 2 — $191.3K +67.3% −60.8% $59.9M 465 $411 44

Sun Nov 3 — $95.6K −50.0% −63.2% $59.9M 465 $206 45

Mon Nov 4 — $32.0K −66.6% −66.0% $60.0M 465 $69 46

Tue Nov 5 — $47.1K +47.5% −62.7% $60.0M 465 $101 47

Wed Nov 6 — $31.7K −32.7% −65.6% $60.1M 465 $68 48

Thu Nov 7 — $29.3K −7.7% −73.0% $60.1M 465 $63 49

Fri Nov 8 — $49.2K +67.8% −57.0% $60.1M 225 $219 50

Sat Nov 9 — $81.2K +65.2% −57.6% $60.2M 225 $361 51

Sun Nov 10 — $48.7K −40.1% −49.1% $60.3M 225 $216 52

Mon Nov 11 — $23.0K −52.8% −28.2% $60.3M 225 $102 53

Tue Nov 12 — $21.5K −6.2% −54.3% $60.3M 225 $96 54

Wed Nov 13 — $13.6K −37.0% −57.2% $60.3M 225 $60 55

Thu Nov 14 — $14.9K +10.0% −49.1% $60.3M 225 $66 56

Fri Nov 15 — $70.5K +372.5% +43.4% $60.4M 355 $199 57

Sat Nov 16 — $110.3K +56.5% +35.8% $60.5M 355 $311 58

Sun Nov 17 — $60.8K −44.9% +25.0% $60.6M 355 $171 59

Mon Nov 18 — $21.1K −65.3% −8.1% $60.6M 355 $59 60

Tue Nov 19 — $29.6K +40.1% +37.2% $60.6M 355 $83 61

Wed Nov 20 — $22.5K −24.0% +65.5% $60.7M 355 $63 62

Thu Nov 21 — $18.8K −16.1% +26.2% $60.7M 355 $53 63

Fri Nov 22 — $39.0K +107.2% −44.7% $60.7M 255 $153 64

Sat Nov 23 — $57.0K +46.0% −48.4% $60.8M 255 $223 65

Sun Nov 24 — $33.4K −41.3% −45.1% $60.8M 255 $131 66

Mon Nov 25 — $14.4K −57.0% −31.9% $60.8M 255 $56 67

Tue Nov 26 — $20.6K +43.2% −30.4% $60.8M 255 $81 68

Wed Nov 27 — $16.8K −18.6% −25.4% $60.9M 255 $66 69

Thu Nov 28 — $13.4K −20.0% −28.9% $60.9M 255 $53 70

Fri Nov 29 — $33.0K +146.1% −15.5% $60.9M 203 $162 71

Sat Nov 30 — $38.6K +17.2% −32.2% $60.9M 203 $190 72

Sun Dec 1 — $21.1K −45.5% −36.9% $61.0M 203 $104 73

Mon Dec 2 — $9.3K −56.1% −35.6% $61.0M 203 $46 74

Tue Dec 3 — $11.6K +25.2% −43.7% $61.0M 203 $57 75

Wed Dec 4 — $9.6K −17.0% −42.6% $61.0M 203 $47 76

Thu Dec 5 — $9.0K −6.7% −33.0% $61.0M 203 $44 77

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

Cumulative total$60.9M

Sep 20Oct 7Oct 25Nov 11Nov 28

Weekend grossWk 10 · $129.4K

$20.8M

$10.9M

$5.7M

$3.6M

$2.1M

$1.1M

$401.3K

$179.1K

$241.7K

$129.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,290 → 255 −92.2%

3,260 open255 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −46.4%

−47.8%

W1→2

−47.1%

W2→3

−36.8%

W3→4

−43.2%

W4→5

−48.2%

W5→6

−62.4%

W6→7

−55.4%

W7→8

+34.9%

W8→9

−46.4%

W9→10

Steepest −62.4%Biggest gain +34.9%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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