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Super 8

2011 PG-13 1h 52m Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller Paramount Pictures

It arrives.

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$127M
Final
Opening Weekend
$35.5M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
3.58x
Opening → Total
Budget
$50.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$260M
$133M international
2011 Rank
#21
Domestic

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jun 10-12 1 $35.5M $36.5M 3,379 $10K 1
Jun 17-19 2 $21.5M -39.4% $73.0M 3,408 $6K 2
Jun 24-26 4 $12.0M -44.0% $95.1M 3,424 $4K 3
Jul 1-3 5 $7.9M -34.1% $108.5M 3,088 $3K 4
Jul 8-10 7 $4.8M -38.9% $118.1M 2,292 $2K 5
Jul 15-17 9 $2.0M -59.3% $122.3M 1,459 $1K 6
Jul 22-24 14 $760K -61.4% $124.2M 658 $1K 7
Jul 29-31 22 $304K -60.0% $125.0M 325 $934 8
Aug 5-7 33 $170K -44.0% $125.3M 174 $977 9
Aug 12-14 37 $108K -36.3% $125.5M 108 $1K 10
Aug 26-28 23 $305K +181.8% $126.0M 242 $1K 11
Sep 2-4 35 $276K -9.7% $126.5M 240 $1K 12
Sep 9-11 39 $142K -48.6% $126.7M 203 $697 13
Sep 16-18 40 $92K -34.8% $126.9M 159 $581 14
Sep 23-25 44 $73K -20.6% $127.0M 117 $626 15

Performance Charts

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Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

Week-over-Week Drop

Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byJ.J. Abrams
ScreenplayJ.J. Abrams
StarringJoel Courtney, Elle Fanning, Riley Griffiths, Kyle Chandler, Noah Emmerich, AJ Michalka
StudioParamount Pictures