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Rambo

2008 • R • 1h 32m • Action, Thriller • Lionsgate

Live for nothing, or die for something.

🍅 38% 69%

46

3.18

7.0

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$18.2M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$42.8M

Final

Worldwide Total

$113.2M

$70.5M international

Domestic Legs2.3x

Budget$47.5M

2008 Rank#69

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Cast & Crew

Directed bySylvester Stallone ScreenplayArt Monterastelli, Sylvester Stallone Produced byAvi Lerner, Kevin King Templeton, John Thompson Music byBrian Tyler StarringSylvester Stallone, Julie Benz, Paul Schulze, Matthew Marsden, Graham McTavish StudioLionsgate SeriesRambo

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jan 25-27 2 $18.2M — 2,751 $6,617 $18.2M

2 Feb 1-3 5 $7.1M −60.9% 2,751 $2,588 $29.9M

3 Feb 8-10 8 $4.5M −37.1% 2,717 $1,650 $36.9M

4 Feb 15-17 13 $2.0M −55.6% 1,702 $1,168 $40.2M

5 Feb 22-24 24 $654.2K −67.1% 727 $900 $41.8M

6 Feb 29-Mar 2 30 $271.4K −58.5% 402 $675 $42.3M

7 Mar 7-9 44 $71.6K −73.6% 163 $439 $42.5M

8 Mar 14-16 37 $104.5K +45.9% 201 $520 $42.6M

9 Mar 21-23 47 $55.3K −47.0% 136 $407 $42.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jan 25 #2 $6.7M — $6.7M 2,751 $2,433 1

Sat Jan 26 #2 $6.7M +1% $13.4M 2,751 $2,445 2

Sun Jan 27 #1 $4.8M −29% $18.2M 2,751 $1,739 3

Mon Jan 28 #1 $1.4M −71% $19.6M 2,751 $501 4

Tue Jan 29 #1 $1.2M −11% $20.8M 2,751 $443 5

Wed Jan 30 #1 $1.0M −15% $21.8M 2,751 $378 6

Thu Jan 31 #1 $959.4K −8% $22.8M 2,751 $349 7

Fri Feb 1 #5 $2.3M +135% −66% $25.0M 2,764 $814 8

Sat Feb 2 #7 $3.5M +57% −48% $28.6M 2,764 $1,274 9

Sun Feb 3 #4 $1.3M −62% −72% $29.9M 2,764 $488 10

Mon Feb 4 #3 $703.5K −48% −49% $30.6M 2,764 $255 11

Tue Feb 5 #2 $645.6K −8% −47% $31.3M 2,764 $234 12

Wed Feb 6 #2 $553.2K −14% −47% $31.8M 2,764 $200 13

Thu Feb 7 #3 $573.4K +4% −40% $32.4M 2,764 $207 14

Fri Feb 8 #8 $1.2M +110% −46% $33.6M 2,717 $444 15

Sat Feb 9 #8 $1.9M +60% −45% $35.5M 2,717 $710 16

Sun Feb 10 #6 $1.3M −30% $36.9M 2,717 $496 17

Mon Feb 11 #6 $362.2K −73% −49% $37.2M 2,717 $133 18

Tue Feb 12 #7 $342.1K −6% −47% $37.6M 2,717 $126 19

Wed Feb 13 #7 $318.1K −7% −43% $37.9M 2,717 $117 20

Thu Feb 14 #14 $300.8K −5% −48% $38.2M 2,717 $111 21

Fri Feb 15 #13 $491.4K +63% −59% $38.7M 1,702 $289 22

Sat Feb 16 #13 $809.9K +65% −58% $39.5M 1,702 $476 23

Sun Feb 17 #13 $687.2K −15% −49% $40.2M 1,702 $404 24

Mon Feb 18 #14 $398.8K −42% +10% $40.6M 1,702 $234 25

Tue Feb 19 #13 $179.0K −55% −48% $40.8M 1,702 $105 26

Wed Feb 20 #13 $167.9K −6% −47% $40.9M 1,702 $99 27

Thu Feb 21 #13 $174.0K +4% −42% $41.1M 1,702 $102 28

Fri Feb 22 #- $164.8K −5% −66% $41.3M 727 $227 29

Sat Feb 23 #- $282.7K +72% −65% $41.6M 727 $389 30

Sun Feb 24 #- $206.7K −27% −70% $41.8M 727 $284 31

Mon Feb 25 #19 $60.7K −71% −85% $41.8M 727 $83 32

Tue Feb 26 #18 $63.6K +5% −64% $41.9M 727 $87 33

Wed Feb 27 #20 $61.9K −3% −63% $41.9M 727 $85 34

Thu Feb 28 #20 $61.7K — −65% $42.0M 727 $85 35

Fri Feb 29 #- $67.9K +10% −59% $42.1M 402 $169 36

Sat Mar 1 #25 $116.7K +72% −59% $42.2M 402 $290 37

Sun Mar 2 #- $86.8K −26% −58% $42.3M 402 $216 38

Mon Mar 3 #- $30.0K −65% −51% $42.3M 402 $75 39

Tue Mar 4 #- $29.5K −2% −54% $42.3M 402 $73 40

Wed Mar 5 #- $29.1K −1% −53% $42.4M 402 $72 41

Thu Mar 6 #- $28.6K −2% −54% $42.4M 402 $71 42

Fri Mar 7 #- $18.4K −36% −73% $42.4M 163 $113 43

Sat Mar 8 #- $30.0K +63% −74% $42.4M 163 $184 44

Sun Mar 9 #- $23.2K −23% −73% $42.5M 163 $142 45

Mon Mar 10 #- $8.8K −62% −71% $42.5M 163 $54 46

Cumulative total$42.5M

Jan 25Feb 5Feb 17Feb 28Mar 10

Weekend grossWk 9 · $55.3K

$18.2M

$7.1M

$4.5M

$2.0M

$654.2K

$271.4K

$71.6K

$104.5K

$55.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9

Theater countPeak 2,764 → 163 −94.1%

2,751 open163 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −47.0%

−60.9%

W1→2

−37.1%

W2→3

−55.6%

W3→4

−67.1%

W4→5

−58.5%

W5→6

−73.6%

W6→7

+45.9%

W7→8

−47.0%

W8→9

Steepest −73.6%Biggest gain +45.9%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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