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Superhero Movie

2008 • PG-13 • 1h 26m • Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

The greatest Superhero movie of all time! (not counting all the others)

🍅 17% 32%

33

2.41

4.8

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$9.5M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$26.6M

Final

Worldwide Total

$73.0M

$46.4M international

Domestic Legs2.8x

Budget$35M

Compare with other movies

Cast & Crew

Sara Paxton Starring

Christopher McDonald

Christopher McDonald Starring

Leslie Nielsen Starring

Kevin Hart Starring

Keith David Starring

ScreenplayCraig Mazin Produced byDavid Zucker, Craig Mazin, Robert K. Weiss, Greg Norberg CinematographyThomas E. Ackerman MusicJames L. Venable StudioMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 28-30 3 $9.5M — 2,960 $3,213 $9.5M

2 Apr 4-6 6 $5.4M −43.0% 2,965 $1,827 $16.9M

3 Apr 11-13 9 $3.2M −40.6% 2,526 $1,273 $21.3M

4 Apr 18-20 11 $1.6M −50.0% 1,880 $855 $23.6M

5 Apr 25-27 15 $869.1K −46.0% 1,103 $788 $24.9M

6 May 2-4 23 $202.9K −76.7% 463 $438 $25.3M

7 May 9-11 36 $73.2K −63.9% 131 $559 $25.4M

8 May 16-18 63 $20.9K −71.5% 54 $387 $25.4M

9 May 23-25 29 $86.8K +315.6% 153 $567 $25.5M

10 May 30-Jun 1 26 $82.8K −4.6% 157 $527 $26.6M

11 Jun 6-8 37 $45.0K −45.6% 90 $500 $25.7M

12 Jun 13-15 49 $26.1K −42.1% 59 $442 $25.8M

13 Jun 20-22 53 $19.2K −26.4% 34 $564 $25.8M

14 Jun 27-29 65 $11.4K −40.3% 25 $458 $25.8M

15 Jul 4-6 67 $8.7K −24.2% 18 $482 $25.9M

16 Jul 11-13 78 $5.8K −33.5% 12 $481 $25.9M

17 Jul 18-20 80 $4.4K −23.7% 12 $367 $25.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Mar 28 #3 $3.5M — $3.5M 2,960 $1,173 1

Sat Mar 29 #3 $3.8M +10.8% $7.3M 2,960 $1,300 2

Sun Mar 30 #3 $2.2M −43.1% $9.5M 2,960 $740 3

Mon Mar 31 #3 $541.3K −75.3% $10.1M 2,960 $183 4

Tue Apr 1 #3 $526.1K −2.8% $10.6M 2,960 $178 5

Wed Apr 2 #3 $445.4K −15.3% $11.0M 2,960 $150 6

Thu Apr 3 #3 $458.6K +3.0% $11.5M 2,960 $155 7

Fri Apr 4 #6 $1.7M +276.0% −50.3% $13.2M 2,965 $582 8

Sat Apr 5 #6 $2.4M +38.3% −38.0% $15.6M 2,965 $804 9

Sun Apr 6 #6 $1.3M −45.2% −40.3% $16.9M 2,965 $441 10

Mon Apr 7 #6 $306.7K −76.6% −43.3% $17.2M 2,965 $103 11

Tue Apr 8 #6 $317.1K +3.4% −39.7% $17.5M 2,965 $107 12

Wed Apr 9 #6 $280.2K −11.6% −37.1% $17.8M 2,965 $94 13

Thu Apr 10 #6 $284.3K +1.5% −38.0% $18.1M 2,965 $96 14

Fri Apr 11 #9 $965.8K +239.7% −44.0% $19.1M 2,526 $382 15

Sat Apr 12 #8 $1.4M +48.0% −40.1% $20.5M 2,526 $566 16

Sun Apr 13 #9 $820.8K −42.6% −37.2% $21.3M 2,526 $325 17

Mon Apr 14 #9 $192.3K −76.6% −37.3% $21.5M 2,526 $76 18

Tue Apr 15 #9 $176.2K −8.3% −44.4% $21.7M 2,526 $70 19

Wed Apr 16 #9 $160.3K −9.1% −42.8% $21.8M 2,526 $63 20

Thu Apr 17 #9 $163.2K +1.8% −42.6% $22.0M 2,526 $65 21

Fri Apr 18 #12 $458.2K +180.8% −52.6% $22.5M 1,880 $244 22

Sat Apr 19 #11 $715.6K +56.2% −49.9% $23.2M 1,880 $381 23

Sun Apr 20 #11 $434.2K −39.3% −47.1% $23.6M 1,880 $231 24

Mon Apr 21 #12 $121.2K −72.1% −37.0% $23.7M 1,880 $64 25

Tue Apr 22 #12 $110.8K −8.6% −37.1% $23.8M 1,880 $59 26

Wed Apr 23 #13 $100.2K −9.6% −37.5% $23.9M 1,880 $53 27

Thu Apr 24 #12 $107.3K +7.1% −34.2% $24.0M 1,880 $57 28

Fri Apr 25 — $250.4K +133.4% −45.3% $24.3M 1,103 $227 29

Sat Apr 26 — $388.6K +55.2% −45.7% $24.7M 1,103 $352 30

Sun Apr 27 — $230.1K −40.8% −47.0% $24.9M 1,103 $209 31

Mon Apr 28 — $42.5K −81.5% −65.0% $25.0M 1,103 $39 32

Tue Apr 29 — $38.0K −10.5% −65.7% $25.0M 1,103 $34 33

Wed Apr 30 — $37.2K −2.0% −62.8% $25.0M 1,103 $34 34

Thu May 1 — $30.4K −18.4% −71.7% $25.1M 1,103 $28 35

Fri May 2 — $57.2K +88.5% −77.1% $25.1M 463 $124 36

Sat May 3 — $93.1K +62.6% −76.1% $25.2M 463 $201 37

Sun May 4 — $52.6K −43.5% −77.1% $25.3M 463 $114 38

Mon May 5 — $12.2K −76.7% −71.2% $25.3M 463 $26 39

Tue May 6 — $11.6K −5.0% −69.4% $25.3M 463 $25 40

Wed May 7 — $11.2K −4.0% −70.0% $25.3M 463 $24 41

Thu May 8 — $8.7K −22.5% −71.5% $25.3M 463 $19 42

Fri May 9 — $21.0K +142.8% −63.3% $25.3M 131 $160 43

Sat May 10 — $37.9K +80.5% −59.3% $25.4M 131 $289 44

Sun May 11 — $14.2K −62.4% −72.9% $25.4M 131 $109 45

Mon May 12 — $3.3K −76.8% −72.9% $25.4M 131 $25 46

Tue May 13 — $3.4K +3.8% −70.4% $25.4M 131 $26 47

Wed May 14 — $2.8K −19.7% −75.3% $25.4M 131 $21 48

Thu May 15 — $2.1K −23.7% −75.7% $25.4M 131 $16 49

Fri May 16 — $5.9K +180.3% −71.9% $25.4M 54 $109 50

Sat May 17 — $10.0K +70.1% −73.5% $25.4M 54 $186 51

Sun May 18 — $4.9K −50.7% −65.3% $25.4M 54 $92 52

Mon May 19 — $3.2K −35.5% −3.7% $25.4M 54 $59 53

Tue May 20 — $1.8K −43.7% −47.8% $25.4M 54 $33 54

Wed May 21 — $1.4K −20.1% −48.0% $25.4M 54 $27 55

Thu May 22 — $1.3K −9.1% −38.1% $25.4M 54 $24 56

Fri May 23 — $21.4K +1542.4% +263.0% $25.4M 153 $140 57

Sat May 24 #21 $34.2K +59.7% +240.8% $25.5M 153 $224 58

Sun May 25 — $31.2K −8.9% +530.3% $25.5M 153 $204 59

Mon May 26 #27 $22.0K −29.5% +588.8% $25.5M 153 $144 60

Tue May 27 — $8.6K −60.8% +379.8% $25.5M 153 $56 61

Wed May 28 — $8.8K +1.7% +510.7% $25.5M 153 $57 62

Thu May 29 — $8.8K +0.1% +572.9% $25.6M 153 $57 63

Fri May 30 — $21.4K +144.1% +0.0% $25.6M 157 $136 64

Sat May 31 — $35.5K +65.8% +3.8% $25.6M 157 $226 65

Sun Jun 1 — $25.9K −27.2% −17.0% $25.6M 157 $165 66

Mon Jun 2 — $9.3K −63.9% −57.5% $25.6M 157 $60 67

Tue Jun 3 — $10.5K +12.7% +22.3% $25.7M 157 $67 68

Wed Jun 4 — $11.0K +4.5% +25.6% $25.7M 157 $70 69

Thu Jun 5 — $11.7K +6.1% +33.1% $25.7M 157 $74 70

Fri Jun 6 — $12.4K +6.3% −42.1% $25.7M 90 $138 71

Sat Jun 7 — $18.3K +47.7% −48.3% $25.7M 90 $204 72

Sun Jun 8 — $14.3K −22.3% −44.9% $25.7M 90 $158 73

Mon Jun 9 — $5.9K −58.8% −37.2% $25.7M 90 $65 74

Tue Jun 10 — $6.9K +16.8% −35.0% $25.7M 90 $76 75

Wed Jun 11 — $6.3K −8.4% −43.0% $25.7M 90 $70 76

Thu Jun 12 — $6.8K +8.6% −41.6% $25.8M 90 $76 77

Fri Jun 13 — $8.0K +16.9% −35.8% $25.8M 59 $135 78

Sat Jun 14 — $10.0K +25.7% −45.4% $25.8M 59 $170 79

Sun Jun 15 — $8.1K −19.5% −43.4% $25.8M 59 $137 80

Mon Jun 16 — $4.4K −45.4% −24.8% $25.8M 59 $75 81

Tue Jun 17 — $4.8K +8.3% −30.3% $25.8M 59 $81 82

Wed Jun 18 — $4.5K −4.8% −27.6% $25.8M 59 $77 83

Thu Jun 19 — $4.6K +0.9% −32.7% $25.8M 59 $78 84

Fri Jun 20 — $5.4K +16.8% −32.8% $25.8M 34 $158 85

Sat Jun 21 — $7.7K +43.2% −23.5% $25.8M 34 $226 86

Sun Jun 22 — $6.1K −19.9% −23.8% $25.8M 34 $181 87

Mon Jun 23 — $2.3K −62.4% −47.5% $25.8M 34 $68 88

Tue Jun 24 — $2.7K +17.1% −43.2% $25.8M 34 $80 89

Wed Jun 25 — $2.6K −5.6% −43.7% $25.8M 34 $75 90

Thu Jun 26 — $2.6K +2.9% −42.6% $25.8M 34 $77 91

Fri Jun 27 — $3.0K +12.5% −44.8% $25.8M 18 $164 92

Sat Jun 28 — $4.3K +44.7% −44.2% $25.8M 18 $238 93

Sun Jun 29 — $4.2K −1.9% −31.6% $25.8M 18 $233 94

Mon Jun 30 — $1.6K −62.0% −31.0% $25.8M 18 $89 95

Tue Jul 1 — $2.0K +25.4% −26.2% $25.8M 18 $111 96

Wed Jul 2 — $1.5K −23.6% −40.3% $25.8M 18 $85 97

Thu Jul 3 — $1.7K +13.2% −34.3% $25.8M 18 $96 98

Fri Jul 4 — $1.9K +11.5% −34.8% $25.8M 18 $107 99

Sat Jul 5 — $3.5K +79.5% −19.2% $25.8M 18 $192 100

Sun Jul 6 — $3.3K −5.0% −21.8% $25.9M 18 $183 101

Mon Jul 7 — $1.3K −60.7% −18.9% $25.9M 18 $72 102

Tue Jul 8 — $1.7K +32.6% −14.3% $25.9M 18 $95 103

Wed Jul 9 — $1.6K −9.5% +1.6% $25.9M 18 $86 104

Thu Jul 10 — $1.5K −4.6% −14.5% $25.9M 18 $82 105

Fri Jul 11 — $1.4K −5.0% −27.1% $25.9M 12 $117 106

Sat Jul 12 — $2.4K +73.7% −29.5% $25.9M 12 $203 107

Sun Jul 13 — $1.9K −21.2% −41.5% $25.9M 12 $160 108

Mon Jul 14 — $834 −56.6% −35.5% $25.9M 12 $70 109

Tue Jul 15 — $747 −10.4% −56.4% $25.9M 12 $62 110

Wed Jul 16 — $727 −2.7% −53.1% $25.9M 12 $61 111

Thu Jul 17 — $697 −4.1% −52.9% $25.9M 12 $58 112

Fri Jul 18 — $1.2K +77.6% −11.9% $25.9M 12 $103 113

Sat Jul 19 — $1.6K +29.6% −34.2% $25.9M 12 $134 114

Sun Jul 20 — $1.6K −2.9% −18.9% $25.9M 12 $130 115

Mon Jul 21 — $509 −67.3% −39.0% $25.9M 12 $42 116

Tue Jul 22 — $547 +7.5% −26.8% $25.9M 12 $46 117

Wed Jul 23 — $503 −8.0% −30.8% $25.9M 12 $42 118

Thu Jul 24 — $641 +27.4% −8.0% $25.9M 12 $53 119

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

Cumulative total$25.7M

Mar 28Apr 14May 2May 19Jun 5

Weekend grossWk 10 · $82.8K

$9.5M

$5.4M

$3.2M

$1.6M

$869.1K

$202.9K

$73.2K

$20.9K

$86.8K

$82.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,965 → 157 −94.7%

2,960 open157 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −4.6%

−43.0%

W1→2

−40.6%

W2→3

−50.0%

W3→4

−46.0%

W4→5

−76.7%

W5→6

−63.9%

W6→7

−71.5%

W7→8

+315.6%

W8→9

−4.6%

W9→10

Steepest −76.7%Biggest gain +315.6%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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