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Sunshine

2007 • R • 1h 47m • Sci-Fi, Thriller, Drama • Fox Searchlight

Just look out for a little extra brightness in the sky.

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Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$243K

Limited, 10 theaters

Domestic Total

$3.7M

Final

Worldwide Total

$32.0M

$28.3M international

Domestic Legs2.9x

Budget$40M

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Cast & Crew

Full Boyle filmography

Danny Boyle Director

Cillian Murphy Starring

Chris Evans Starring

Rose Byrne Starring

Michelle Yeoh Starring

ScreenplayAlex Garland StudioFox Searchlight Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 20-22 25 $243.0K — 10 $24,296 $243.0K

2 Jul 27-29 13 $1.3M +419.8% 461 $2,740 $1.6M

3 Aug 3-5 22 $448.4K −64.5% 383 $1,171 $2.7M

4 Aug 10-12 31 $180.7K −59.7% 116 $1,558 $3.2M

5 Aug 17-19 41 $94.6K −47.6% 85 $1,113 $3.4M

6 Aug 24-26 53 $48.0K −49.3% 40 $1,200 $3.5M

7 Aug 31-Sep 2 55 $44.5K −7.4% 28 $1,588 $3.6M

8 Sep 7-9 65 $23.6K −47.0% 33 $714 $3.6M

9 Sep 14-16 82 $11.5K −51.0% 27 $428 $3.6M

10 Sep 21-23 75 $10.8K −6.0% 21 $517 $3.7M

11 Sep 28-30 94 $4.8K −55.5% 12 $403 $3.7M

12 Oct 5-7 101 $2.7K −45.0% 5 $532 $3.7M

13 Oct 12-14 104 $1.5K −44.4% 4 $370 $3.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jul 20 #- $77.4K — $77.4K 10 $7,737 1

Sat Jul 21 #- $86.9K +12% $164.2K 10 $8,687 2

Sun Jul 22 #- $78.7K −9% $243.0K 10 $7,872 3

Mon Jul 23 #- $36.0K −54% $278.9K 10 $3,596 4

Tue Jul 24 #- $29.7K −17% $308.6K 10 $2,971 5

Wed Jul 25 #- $28.0K −6% $336.6K 10 $2,797 6

Thu Jul 26 #- $25.9K −7% $362.5K 10 $2,590 7

Fri Jul 27 #- $394.7K +1% +410% $757.2K 461 $856 8

Sat Jul 28 #- $478.4K +21% +451% $1.2M 461 $1,038 9

Sun Jul 29 #- $389.9K −18% +395% $1.6M 461 $846 10

Mon Jul 30 #- $168.7K −57% +369% $1.8M 461 $366 11

Tue Jul 31 #- $153.7K −9% +417% $1.9M 461 $333 12

Wed Aug 1 #- $143.4K −7% +413% $2.1M 461 $311 13

Thu Aug 2 #- $143.9K — +456% $2.2M 461 $312 14

Fri Aug 3 #- $124.0K −14% −69% $2.4M 383 $324 15

Sat Aug 4 #- $174.1K +40% −64% $2.5M 383 $455 16

Sun Aug 5 #- $150.2K −14% −61% $2.7M 383 $392 17

Mon Aug 6 #- $86.4K −42% −49% $2.8M 383 $226 18

Tue Aug 7 #- $77.5K −10% −50% $2.8M 383 $202 19

Wed Aug 8 #- $70.7K −9% −51% $2.9M 383 $184 20

Thu Aug 9 #- $67.6K −4% −53% $3.0M 383 $177 21

Fri Aug 10 #- $50.4K −26% −59% $3.0M 116 $434 22

Sat Aug 11 #- $70.1K +39% −60% $3.1M 116 $604 23

Sun Aug 12 #- $60.3K −14% −60% $3.2M 116 $520 24

Mon Aug 13 #- $27.4K −55% −68% $3.2M 116 $236 25

Tue Aug 14 #- $27.9K +2% −64% $3.2M 116 $240 26

Wed Aug 15 #- $30.2K +9% −57% $3.3M 116 $261 27

Thu Aug 16 #- $29.5K −2% −56% $3.3M 116 $254 28

Fri Aug 17 #- $25.1K −15% −50% $3.3M 85 $295 29

Sat Aug 18 #- $37.0K +48% −47% $3.3M 85 $435 30

Sun Aug 19 #- $32.6K −12% −46% $3.4M 85 $383 31

Mon Aug 20 #- $14.8K −54% −46% $3.4M 85 $175 32

Tue Aug 21 #- $17.2K +16% −38% $3.4M 85 $202 33

Wed Aug 22 #- $14.9K −13% −51% $3.4M 85 $176 34

Thu Aug 23 #- $15.4K +3% −48% $3.4M 85 $182 35

Fri Aug 24 #- $12.8K −17% −49% $3.5M 40 $319 36

Sat Aug 25 #- $19.5K +53% −47% $3.5M 40 $488 37

Sun Aug 26 #- $15.7K −19% −52% $3.5M 40 $393 38

Mon Aug 27 #- $6.6K −58% −55% $3.5M 40 $166 39

Tue Aug 28 #- $7.7K +16% −55% $3.5M 40 $192 40

Wed Aug 29 #- $6.5K −15% −56% $3.5M 40 $163 41

Thu Aug 30 #- $6.7K +3% −57% $3.5M 40 $168 42

Fri Aug 31 #- $11.6K +73% −9% $3.5M 28 $413 43

Sat Sep 1 #- $15.3K +32% −22% $3.5M 28 $546 44

Sun Sep 2 #- $17.6K +15% +12% $3.6M 28 $628 45

Mon Sep 3 #49 $17.3K −2% +160% $3.6M 28 $616 46

Tue Sep 4 #- $4.1K −76% −46% $3.6M 28 $148 47

Wed Sep 5 #- $4.3K +5% −33% $3.6M 28 $155 48

Thu Sep 6 #- $4.4K +1% −35% $3.6M 28 $157 49

Fri Sep 7 #- $7.2K +64% −38% $3.6M 33 $219 50

Sat Sep 8 #- $9.6K +33% −37% $3.6M 33 $290 51

Sun Sep 9 #- $6.8K −29% −61% $3.6M 33 $206 52

Mon Sep 10 #- $2.1K −69% −88% $3.6M 33 $65 53

Tue Sep 11 #- $3.4K +58% −19% $3.6M 33 $102 54

Wed Sep 12 #- $3.1K −7% −28% $3.6M 33 $95 55

Thu Sep 13 #- $3.7K +20% −15% $3.6M 33 $113 56

Fri Sep 14 #- $3.8K +1% −47% $3.6M 27 $140 57

Sat Sep 15 #- $4.6K +22% −52% $3.6M 27 $172 58

Sun Sep 16 #- $3.1K −33% −54% $3.6M 27 $116 59

Mon Sep 17 #- $1.6K −48% −24% $3.6M 27 $60 60

Tue Sep 18 #21 $1.8K +12% −46% $3.6M 27 $67 61

Wed Sep 19 #- $1.8K −1% −43% $3.6M 27 $66 62

Thu Sep 20 #- $2.3K +31% −38% $3.6M 27 $86 63

Fri Sep 21 #- $3.6K +56% −4% $3.6M 21 $174 64

Sat Sep 22 #- $4.2K +16% −9% $3.7M 21 $201 65

Sun Sep 23 #- $3.0K −29% −4% $3.7M 21 $142 66

Mon Sep 24 #- $1.4K −52% −12% $3.7M 21 $68 67

Tue Sep 25 #- $1.8K +23% −3% $3.7M 21 $84 68

Wed Sep 26 #- $1.6K −10% −12% $3.7M 21 $75 69

Thu Sep 27 #- $1.7K +9% −27% $3.7M 21 $82 70

Fri Sep 28 #- $1.4K −16% −61% $3.7M 12 $120 71

Sat Sep 29 #- $2.2K +51% −48% $3.7M 12 $181 72

Sun Sep 30 #- $1.2K −44% −59% $3.7M 12 $102 73

Mon Oct 1 #- $797 −35% −44% $3.7M 12 $66 74

Tue Oct 2 #- $1.1K +37% −38% $3.7M 12 $91 75

Wed Oct 3 #- $1.1K — −31% $3.7M 12 $91 76

Thu Oct 4 #- $809 −26% −53% $3.7M 12 $67 77

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

Cumulative total$3.7M

Jul 20Aug 6Aug 24Sep 10Sep 27

Weekend grossWk 10 · $10.8K

$243.0K

$1.3M

$448.4K

$180.7K

$94.6K

$48.0K

$44.5K

$23.6K

$11.5K

$10.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 461 → 21 −95.4%

10 open21 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −6.0%

+419.8% W1→2

−64.5% W2→3

−59.7% W3→4

−47.6% W4→5

−49.3% W5→6

−7.4% W6→7

−47.0% W7→8

−51.0% W8→9

−6.0% W9→10

Steepest +419.8%Best hold −6.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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