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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.

Compare to other movies
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

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 Vancouver Olympics 11 $3.6M -23.0% $87.6M 1,825 $2K 5
Feb 19-21 Vancouver Olympics 11 $1.9M -48.0% $90.8M 1,455 $1K 6
Feb 26-28 Vancouver Olympics 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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Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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Cast & Crew

Directed byAlbert Hughes, Allen Hughes
ScreenplayGary Whitta
StarringDenzel Washington, Gary Oldman, Mila Kunis, Ray Stevenson, Jennifer Beals, Michael Gambon
StudioWarner Bros.