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Red Dawn

2012 • PG-13 • 1h 33m • Action, War • Open Road Films

Welcome to the home of the brave.

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2.21

5.3

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$14.3M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$44.8M

Final

Worldwide Total

$48.2M

$3.4M international

Domestic Legs3.1x

Budget$65M

2012 Rank#74

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Cast & Crew

Chris Hemsworth

Chris Hemsworth Starring

Josh Peck Starring

Josh Hutcherson

Josh Hutcherson Starring

Isabel Lucas Starring

Adrianne Palicki

Adrianne Palicki Starring

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

Jeffrey Dean Morgan Starring

ScreenplayCarl Ellsworth, Jeremy Passmore Produced byBeau Flynn, Tripp Vinson CinematographyMitchell Amundsen MusicRamin Djawadi StudioOpen Road Films

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 23-25 7 $14.3M — 2,725 $5,239 $21.7M

2 Nov 30-Dec 2 8 $6.5M −54.5% 2,781 $2,337 $31.3M

3 Dec 7-9 8 $4.2M −34.8% 2,754 $1,538 $37.2M

4 Dec 14-16 10 $2.4M −43.1% 2,250 $1,071 $40.9M

5 Dec 21-23 15 $794.9K −67.0% 1,011 $786 $42.6M

6 Dec 28-30 22 $391.2K −50.8% 425 $921 $43.4M

7 Jan 4-6 29 $181.3K −53.7% 252 $719 $43.9M

8 Jan 11-13 33 $108.0K −40.4% 225 $480 $44.0M

9 Jan 18-20 31 $215.1K +99.1% 249 $864 $44.3M

10 Jan 25-27 35 $150.2K −30.2% 205 $733 $44.5M

11 Feb 1-3 40 $85.9K −42.8% 153 $561 $44.7M

12 Feb 8-10 47 $54.2K −36.9% 105 $516 $44.8M

13 Feb 15-17 53 $28.0K −48.3% 56 $500 $44.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Nov 21 #5 $4.2M — $4.2M 2,679 $1,555 -2

Thu Nov 22 #6 $3.2M −22.0% $7.4M 2,679 $1,212 -1

Fri Nov 23 #7 $6.0M +84.1% $13.4M 2,725 $2,194 1

Sat Nov 24 #7 $5.5M −7.8% $18.9M 2,725 $2,024 2

Sun Nov 25 #7 $2.8M −49.6% $21.7M 2,725 $1,020 3

Mon Nov 26 #6 $820.2K −70.5% $22.5M 2,725 $301 4

Tue Nov 27 #5 $920.2K +12.2% $23.4M 2,725 $338 5

Wed Nov 28 #5 $675.2K −26.6% $24.1M 2,725 $248 6

Thu Nov 29 #6 $668.0K −1.1% $24.8M 2,725 $245 7

Fri Nov 30 #7 $2.1M +208.6% −65.5% $26.8M 2,781 $741 8

Sat Dec 1 #7 $2.9M +41.0% −47.3% $29.7M 2,781 $1,045 9

Sun Dec 2 #8 $1.5M −47.3% −44.9% $31.3M 2,781 $551 10

Mon Dec 3 #7 $411.1K −73.2% −49.9% $31.7M 2,781 $148 11

Tue Dec 4 #7 $507.7K +23.5% −44.8% $32.2M 2,781 $183 12

Wed Dec 5 #7 $402.6K −20.7% −40.4% $32.6M 2,781 $145 13

Thu Dec 6 #7 $410.4K +1.9% −38.6% $33.0M 2,781 $148 14

Fri Dec 7 #7 $1.3M +216.6% −37.0% $34.3M 2,754 $472 15

Sat Dec 8 #8 $1.9M +46.7% −34.4% $36.2M 2,754 $692 16

Sun Dec 9 #8 $1.0M −46.0% −32.8% $37.2M 2,754 $374 17

Mon Dec 10 #8 $296.3K −71.2% −27.9% $37.5M 2,754 $108 18

Tue Dec 11 #9 $365.1K +23.2% −28.1% $37.9M 2,754 $133 19

Wed Dec 12 #9 $298.7K −18.2% −25.8% $38.2M 2,754 $108 20

Thu Dec 13 #8 $294.5K −1.4% −28.3% $38.5M 2,754 $107 21

Fri Dec 14 #8 $697.2K +136.8% −46.3% $39.2M 2,250 $310 22

Sat Dec 15 #10 $1.1M +57.3% −42.5% $40.3M 2,250 $487 23

Sun Dec 16 #9 $614.8K −43.9% −40.3% $40.9M 2,250 $273 24

Mon Dec 17 #11 $230.2K −62.6% −22.3% $41.1M 2,250 $102 25

Tue Dec 18 #10 $273.2K +18.7% −25.2% $41.4M 2,250 $121 26

Wed Dec 19 #12 $186.0K −31.9% −37.7% $41.6M 1,547 $120 27

Thu Dec 20 #12 $238.1K +28.0% −19.1% $41.8M 1,547 $154 28

Fri Dec 21 — $244.5K +2.7% −64.9% $42.1M 1,011 $242 29

Sat Dec 22 — $306.5K +25.4% −72.1% $42.4M 1,011 $303 30

Sun Dec 23 — $243.9K −20.4% −60.3% $42.6M 1,011 $241 31

Mon Dec 24 — $115.5K −52.7% −49.8% $42.7M 1,011 $114 32

Tue Dec 25 — $85.8K −25.7% −68.6% $42.8M 402 $213 33

Wed Dec 26 — $88.3K +2.9% −52.5% $42.9M 402 $220 34

Thu Dec 27 — $86.1K −2.5% −63.8% $43.0M 402 $214 35

Fri Dec 28 — $129.2K +50.0% −47.2% $43.1M 425 $304 36

Sat Dec 29 — $142.4K +10.2% −53.5% $43.3M 425 $335 37

Sun Dec 30 — $119.6K −16.0% −51.0% $43.4M 425 $281 38

Mon Dec 31 — $74.3K −37.9% −35.7% $43.5M 425 $175 39

Tue Jan 1 — $117.1K +57.6% +36.4% $43.6M 425 $275 40

Wed Jan 2 — $55.6K −52.5% −37.1% $43.6M 425 $131 41

Thu Jan 3 — $55.1K −0.9% −36.0% $43.7M 425 $130 42

Fri Jan 4 — $61.8K +12.2% −52.1% $43.8M 252 $245 43

Sat Jan 5 — $79.4K +28.5% −44.2% $43.8M 252 $315 44

Sun Jan 6 — $40.0K −49.6% −66.6% $43.9M 252 $159 45

Mon Jan 7 — $14.2K −64.5% −80.9% $43.9M 252 $56 46

Tue Jan 8 — $13.7K −3.5% −88.3% $43.9M 252 $54 47

Wed Jan 9 — $11.2K −18.0% −79.8% $43.9M 252 $45 48

Thu Jan 10 — $11.6K +3.6% −78.9% $43.9M 252 $46 49

Fri Jan 11 — $34.7K +198.5% −43.8% $44.0M 225 $154 50

Sat Jan 12 — $47.0K +35.3% −40.9% $44.0M 225 $209 51

Sun Jan 13 — $26.3K −44.0% −34.2% $44.0M 225 $117 52

Mon Jan 14 — $9.1K −65.5% −36.1% $44.0M 225 $40 53

Tue Jan 15 — $9.9K +9.2% −27.6% $44.1M 225 $44 54

Wed Jan 16 — $8.6K −13.6% −23.8% $44.1M 225 $38 55

Thu Jan 17 — $9.6K +11.6% −17.9% $44.1M 225 $42 56

Fri Jan 18 — $59.2K +519.5% +70.4% $44.1M 249 $238 57

Sat Jan 19 — $91.5K +54.6% +94.7% $44.2M 249 $367 58

Sun Jan 20 — $64.4K −29.6% +144.7% $44.3M 249 $259 59

Mon Jan 21 — $49.3K −23.5% +443.1% $44.3M 249 $198 60

Tue Jan 22 — $17.7K −64.1% +78.6% $44.4M 249 $71 61

Wed Jan 23 — $14.7K −17.1% +71.5% $44.4M 249 $59 62

Thu Jan 24 — $17.6K +20.1% +84.6% $44.4M 249 $71 63

Fri Jan 25 — $39.0K +121.2% −34.1% $44.4M 205 $190 64

Sat Jan 26 — $71.8K +84.0% −21.5% $44.5M 205 $350 65

Sun Jan 27 — $39.4K −45.1% −38.8% $44.5M 205 $192 66

Mon Jan 28 — $11.1K −71.9% −77.5% $44.5M 205 $54 67

Tue Jan 29 — $11.3K +2.0% −36.2% $44.6M 205 $55 68

Wed Jan 30 — $10.4K −8.3% −29.5% $44.6M 205 $51 69

Thu Jan 31 — $11.5K +10.9% −34.9% $44.6M 205 $56 70

Fri Feb 1 — $27.7K +141.5% −28.9% $44.6M 153 $181 71

Sat Feb 2 — $44.5K +60.4% −38.1% $44.7M 153 $291 72

Sun Feb 3 — $13.7K −69.2% −65.3% $44.7M 153 $89 73

Mon Feb 4 — $7.3K −46.9% −34.4% $44.7M 153 $47 74

Tue Feb 5 — $7.8K +7.7% −30.7% $44.7M 153 $51 75

Wed Feb 6 — $6.8K −13.3% −34.5% $44.7M 153 $44 76

Thu Feb 7 — $7.0K +3.6% −38.8% $44.7M 153 $46 77

Fri Feb 8 — $14.9K +112.5% −46.1% $44.7M 105 $142 78

Sat Feb 9 — $25.7K +72.0% −42.2% $44.7M 105 $245 79

Sun Feb 10 — $13.6K −47.1% −0.7% $44.8M 105 $129 80

Mon Feb 11 — $4.2K −69.2% −42.3% $44.8M 105 $40 81

Tue Feb 12 — $3.3K −20.4% −57.4% $44.8M 105 $32 82

Wed Feb 13 — $3.2K −2.8% −52.2% $44.8M 105 $31 83

Thu Feb 14 — $5.5K +71.1% −21.1% $44.8M 105 $53 84

Fri Feb 15 — $7.2K +29.5% −51.9% $44.8M 56 $128 85

Sat Feb 16 — $12.0K +66.6% −53.5% $44.8M 56 $213 86

Sun Feb 17 — $8.9K −25.6% −34.6% $44.8M 56 $159 87

Mon Feb 18 — $5.8K −35.1% +37.8% $44.8M 56 $103 88

Tue Feb 19 — $2.0K −65.4% −40.1% $44.8M 56 $36 89

Wed Feb 20 — $1.9K −7.3% −42.9% $44.8M 56 $33 90

Thu Feb 21 — $2.2K +20.6% −59.7% $44.8M 56 $40 91

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

Cumulative total$44.6M

Nov 21Dec 9Dec 27Jan 13Jan 31

Weekend grossWk 10 · $150.2K

$14.3M

$6.5M

$4.2M

$2.4M

$794.9K

$391.2K

$181.3K

$108.0K

$215.1K

$150.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,781 → 205 −92.6%

2,679 open205 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −30.2%

−54.5%

W1→2

−34.8%

W2→3

−43.1%

W3→4

−67.0%

W4→5

−50.8%

W5→6

−53.7%

W6→7

−40.4%

W7→8

+99.1%

W8→9

−30.2%

W9→10

Steepest −67.0%Biggest gain +99.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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