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The Book of Eli

2010 R 1h 58m Action, Adventure, Drama Warner Bros.

Some will kill to have it. He will kill to protect it.

Box office summary
Domestic Total
$94.8M
Final
Opening Weekend
$32.8M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
2.89x
Opening → Total
Budget
$80.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$157M
$62.3M international
2010 Rank
#34
Domestic
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jan 15-17 2 $32.8M $32.8M 3,111 $11K 1
Jan 22-24 3 $15.7M -52.0% $60.7M 3,111 $5K 2
Jan 29-31 5 $8.9M -43.4% $74.5M 3,075 $3K 3
Feb 5-7 7 $4.7M -47.0% $82.0M 2,820 $2K 4
Feb 12-14 11 $3.6M -23.0% $87.6M 1,825 $2K 5
Feb 19-21 11 $1.9M -48.0% $90.8M 1,455 $1K 6
Feb 26-28 12 $1.1M -41.1% $92.5M 975 $1K 7
Mar 5-7 19 $533K -52.1% $93.4M 555 $960 8
Mar 12-14 28 $186K -65.1% $93.8M 220 $846 9
Mar 19-21 36 $78K -58.2% $94.0M 100 $777 10
Apr 2-4 26 $189K +143.0% $94.3M 218 $866 11
Apr 9-11 31 $135K -28.6% $94.5M 187 $721 12
Apr 16-18 35 $85K -37.0% $94.6M 146 $582 13
Apr 23-25 40 $63K -25.5% $94.7M 111 $570 14

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Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byAlbert Hughes, Allen Hughes
ScreenplayGary Whitta
Produced byJoel Silver, Denzel Washington, Broderick Johnson, Andrew A. Kosove, David Valdes
CinematographyDon Burgess
MusicAtticus Ross, Leopold Ross, Claudia Sarne
StarringDenzel Washington, Gary Oldman, Mila Kunis, Ray Stevenson, Jennifer Beals, Michael Gambon
StudioWarner Bros.