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Rescue Dawn

2007 • PG-13 • 2h 6m • Adventure, Biography, War • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

A true story of survival... declassified.

🍅 90% 75% MC 77 LB 3.57 IMDb 7.2

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$110K
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$5.5M
Final
Worldwide Total
$7.0M
$1.5M international
Domestic Legs49.8x
Budget$10M
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Cast & Crew

Directed byWerner Herzog Produced byJeff Geoffray, Walter Josten, Robyn Klein, Adam W. Rosen CinematographyPeter Zeitlinger MusicKlaus Badelt StarringChristian Bale, Steve Zahn, Toby Huss, François Chau, Marshall Bell, Jeremy Davies StudioMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jul 6-8 28 $110.3K — 6 $18,388 $167.9K
2 Jul 13-15 21 $363.1K +229.1% 38 $9,555 $592.0K
3 Jul 20-22 20 $349.8K −3.6% 57 $6,138 $1.1M
4 Jul 27-29 11 $1.7M +371.7% 500 $3,301 $3.0M
5 Aug 3-5 18 $560.9K −66.0% 505 $1,111 $4.2M
6 Aug 10-12 24 $268.8K −52.1% 403 $667 $4.8M
7 Aug 17-19 33 $158.5K −41.0% 278 $570 $5.1M
8 Aug 24-26 47 $66.4K −58.1% 128 $519 $5.3M
9 Aug 31-Sep 3 52 $47.0K −29.2% 74 $636 $5.4M
10 Sep 7-9 67 $20.5K −56.3% 63 $326 $5.4M
11 Sep 14-16 81 $11.9K −42.1% 36 $330 $5.4M
12 Sep 21-23 78 $9.8K −17.4% 16 $614 $5.5M
13 Sep 28-30 92 $5.4K −45.0% 10 $540 $5.5M
14 Oct 5-7 106 $1.9K −64.3% 11 $175 $5.5M
15 Oct 12-14 100 $2.0K +5.2% 11 $184 $5.5M
16 Oct 19-21 122 $1.1K −46.7% 4 $270 $5.5M
17 Oct 26-28 125 $405 −62.5% 4 $101 $5.5M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $20.5K
$110.3K
$363.1K
$349.8K
$1.7M
$560.9K
$268.8K
$158.5K
$66.4K
$47.0K
$20.5K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −56.3%
+229.1%
W1→2
−3.6%
W2→3
+371.7%
W3→4
−66.0%
W4→5
−52.1%
W5→6
−41.0%
W6→7
−58.1%
W7→8
−29.2%
W8→9
−56.3%
W9→10
Steepest −66.0%Biggest gain +371.7%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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