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Terminator Salvation

2009 PG-13 1h 55m Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi Warner Bros.

The end begins.

Box office summary
Domestic Total
$125M
Final
Opening Weekend
$42.6M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
2.94x
Opening → Total
Budget
$200M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$371M
$246M international
2009 Rank
#23
Domestic
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
May 22-24 2 $42.6M $55.9M 3,530 $12K 1
May 29-31 3 $16.4M -61.4% $90.9M 3,602 $5K 2
Jun 5-7 6 $8.2M -49.8% $105.6M 3,304 $2K 3
Jun 12-14 8 $4.8M -42.0% $113.9M 2,650 $2K 4
Jun 19-21 10 $3.3M -31.4% $119.7M 1,920 $2K 5
Jun 26-28 13 $1.1M -66.9% $121.9M 1,102 $987 6
Jul 3-5 18 $296K -72.8% $122.7M 311 $952 7
Jul 10-12 26 $242K -18.4% $123.1M 221 $1K 8
Jul 17-19 19 $421K +74.1% $123.8M 195 $2K 9
Jul 24-26 30 $174K -58.6% $124.1M 148 $1K 10
Jul 31-Aug 2 23 $301K +72.9% $124.5M 324 $929 11
Aug 7-9 28 $184K -38.8% $124.9M 288 $640 12
Aug 14-16 35 $110K -40.5% $125.1M 203 $540 13
Aug 21-23 39 $69K -37.6% $125.2M 136 $503 14

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Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byMcG
ScreenplayJohn Brancato, Michael Ferris
Produced byDerek Anderson, Moritz Borman, Victor Kubicek, Jeffrey Silver
CinematographyShane Hurlbut
MusicDanny Elfman
StarringChristian Bale, Sam Worthington, Moon Bloodgood, Helena Bonham Carter, Anton Yelchin, Common
StudioWarner Bros.