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Righteous Kill

2008 • R • 1h 50m • Crime, Mystery, Thriller • Overture Films

Most people respect the badge. Everybody respects the gun.

🍅 18% 37%

36

2.51

6.0

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$16.3M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$40.1M

Final

Worldwide Total

$78.5M

$38.4M international

Domestic Legs2.5x

Budget$60M

2008 Rank#71

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Cast & Crew

Full Avnet filmography

Jon Avnet Director

Robert De Niro Starring

Al Pacino Starring

Carla Gugino Starring

John Leguizamo Starring

Donnie Wahlberg

Donnie Wahlberg Starring

ScreenplayRussell Gewirtz Produced byJon Avnet, Randall Emmett, Avi Lerner, Lati Grobman CinematographyDenis Lenoir MusicEdward Shearmur StudioOverture Films

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 12-14 3 $16.3M — 3,152 $5,168 $16.3M

2 Sep 19-21 5 $7.4M −54.4% 3,152 $2,355 $28.5M

3 Sep 26-28 8 $3.7M −50.0% 3,011 $1,232 $34.7M

4 Oct 3-5 15 $1.6M −56.6% 1,789 $900 $37.7M

5 Oct 10-12 22 $483.1K −70.0% 743 $650 $38.8M

6 Oct 17-19 27 $193.6K −59.9% 381 $508 $39.2M

7 Oct 24-26 42 $78.0K −59.7% 167 $467 $39.4M

8 Oct 31-Nov 2 43 $68.8K −11.8% 142 $485 $39.5M

9 Nov 7-9 42 $81.6K +18.6% 129 $633 $39.6M

10 Nov 14-16 47 $44.1K −45.9% 108 $409 $39.7M

11 Nov 21-23 37 $82.6K +87.2% 212 $390 $39.8M

12 Nov 28-30 33 $105.4K +27.6% 197 $535 $40.0M

13 Dec 5-7 53 $20.9K −80.2% 89 $235 $40.1M

14 Dec 12-14 72 $4.6K −77.8% 36 $129 $40.1M

15 Dec 19-21 77 $1.6K −65.0% 15 $108 $40.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Sep 12 #3 $5.8M — $5.8M 3,152 $1,855 1

Sat Sep 13 #3 $6.4M +10.2% $12.3M 3,152 $2,044 2

Sun Sep 14 #2 $4.0M −38.0% $16.3M 3,152 $1,268 3

Mon Sep 15 #2 $1.2M −69.3% $17.5M 3,152 $389 4

Tue Sep 16 #2 $1.4M +13.2% $18.9M 3,152 $440 5

Wed Sep 17 #2 $1.1M −18.2% $20.0M 3,152 $360 6

Thu Sep 18 #2 $1.1M −5.7% $21.1M 3,152 $340 7

Fri Sep 19 #4 $2.3M +116.0% −60.4% $23.4M 3,152 $734 8

Sat Sep 20 #5 $3.3M +42.9% −48.7% $26.7M 3,152 $1,049 9

Sun Sep 21 #5 $1.8M −45.5% −54.9% $28.5M 3,152 $572 10

Mon Sep 22 #4 $603.7K −66.5% −50.8% $29.1M 3,152 $192 11

Tue Sep 23 #3 $701.2K +16.1% −49.5% $29.8M 3,152 $222 12

Wed Sep 24 #3 $598.1K −14.7% −47.3% $30.4M 3,152 $190 13

Thu Sep 25 #3 $564.7K −5.6% −47.3% $31.0M 3,152 $179 14

Fri Sep 26 #8 $1.0M +80.4% −56.0% $32.0M 3,011 $338 15

Sat Sep 27 #7 $1.7M +71.0% −47.4% $33.8M 3,011 $578 16

Sun Sep 28 #9 $949.8K −45.4% −47.3% $34.7M 3,011 $315 17

Mon Sep 29 #7 $316.1K −66.7% −47.6% $35.0M 3,011 $105 18

Tue Sep 30 #8 $402.0K +27.2% −42.7% $35.4M 3,011 $134 19

Wed Oct 1 #6 $351.2K −12.6% −41.3% $35.8M 3,011 $117 20

Thu Oct 2 #7 $305.4K −13.0% −45.9% $36.1M 3,011 $101 21

Fri Oct 3 #15 $489.5K +60.3% −51.9% $36.6M 1,789 $274 22

Sat Oct 4 — $720.3K +47.1% −58.6% $37.3M 1,789 $403 23

Sun Oct 5 — $400.1K −44.4% −57.9% $37.7M 1,789 $224 24

Mon Oct 6 #15 $141.9K −64.5% −55.1% $37.8M 1,789 $79 25

Tue Oct 7 #12 $163.1K +14.9% −59.4% $38.0M 1,789 $91 26

Wed Oct 8 #14 $162.2K −0.6% −53.8% $38.2M 1,789 $91 27

Thu Oct 9 #14 $158.2K −2.5% −48.2% $38.3M 1,789 $88 28

Thu Nov 20 — $6.7K — $39.7M 108 $62 70

Fri Nov 21 — $24.5K +264.7% $39.8M 212 $115 71

Sat Nov 22 — $35.3K +44.3% $39.8M 212 $166 72

Sun Nov 23 — $22.9K −35.2% $39.8M 212 $108 73

Mon Nov 24 — $9.7K −57.7% $39.8M 212 $46 74

Tue Nov 25 — $11.4K +18.3% $39.8M 212 $54 75

Wed Nov 26 — $20.8K +82.0% $39.9M 197 $106 76

Thu Nov 27 — $24.7K +18.8% +268.9% $39.9M 197 $126 77

Fri Nov 28 — $35.8K +44.8% +46.5% $39.9M 197 $182 78

Sat Nov 29 — $40.7K +13.5% +15.2% $40.0M 197 $206 79

Sun Nov 30 — $28.9K −28.9% +26.5% $40.0M 197 $147 80

Mon Dec 1 — $12.5K −56.9% +29.0% $40.0M 197 $63 81

Tue Dec 2 — $14.9K +19.3% +30.1% $40.0M 197 $76 82

Wed Dec 3 — $11.4K −23.2% −45.2% $40.0M 197 $58 83

Thu Dec 4 — $11.2K −2.0% −54.8% $40.0M 197 $57 84

Fri Dec 5 — $7.3K −34.5% −79.5% $40.0M 89 $82 85

Sat Dec 6 — $8.4K +14.0% −79.5% $40.0M 89 $94 86

Sun Dec 7 — $5.2K −37.5% −81.9% $40.1M 89 $59 87

Mon Dec 8 — $4.2K −19.9% −66.4% $40.1M 89 $47 88

Tue Dec 9 — $4.6K +9.2% −69.3% $40.1M 89 $51 89

Wed Dec 10 — $4.3K −5.2% −62.0% $40.1M 89 $49 90

Thu Dec 11 — $4.1K −5.8% −63.5% $40.1M 89 $46 91

Fri Dec 12 — $1.4K −64.7% −80.4% $40.1M 36 $40 92

Sat Dec 13 — $2.1K +44.9% −75.0% $40.1M 36 $58 93

Sun Dec 14 — $1.1K −47.0% −78.8% $40.1M 36 $31 94

Mon Dec 15 — $664 −40.0% −84.1% $40.1M 36 $18 95

Tue Dec 16 — $806 +21.4% −82.4% $40.1M 36 $22 96

Wed Dec 17 — $764 −5.2% −82.4% $40.1M 36 $21 97

Thu Dec 18 — $743 −2.7% −81.8% $40.1M 36 $21 98

Fri Dec 19 — $615 −17.2% −57.3% $40.1M 15 $41 99

Sat Dec 20 — $630 +2.4% −69.8% $40.1M 15 $42 100

Sun Dec 21 — $375 −40.5% −66.1% $40.1M 15 $25 101

Mon Dec 22 — $165 −56.0% −75.2% $40.1M 15 $11 102

Tue Dec 23 — $210 +27.3% −73.9% $40.1M 15 $14 103

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

Cumulative total$39.7M

Sep 12Sep 19Sep 26Oct 3Nov 20

Weekend grossWk 10 · $44.1K

$16.3M

$7.4M

$3.7M

$1.6M

$483.1K

$193.6K

$78.0K

$68.8K

$81.6K

$44.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,152 → 108 −96.6%

3,152 open108 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −45.9%

−54.4%

W1→2

−50.0%

W2→3

−56.6%

W3→4

−70.0%

W4→5

−59.9%

W5→6

−59.7%

W6→7

−11.8%

W7→8

+18.6%

W8→9

−45.9%

W9→10

Steepest −70.0%Biggest gain +18.6%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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