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The Darkest Hour

2011 • PG-13 • 1h 29m • Action, Adventure, Horror • Summit Entertainment

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2.14

4.9

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$3.0M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$21.4M

Final

Worldwide Total

$64.6M

$43.2M international

Domestic Legs7.2x

Budget$34.8M

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Cast & Crew

Emile Hirsch Starring

Olivia Thirlby Starring

Joel Kinnaman Starring

Max Minghella Starring

ScreenplayJon Spaihts Produced byTimur Bekmambetov, Tom Jacobson CinematographyScott Kevan MusicTyler Bates StudioSummit Entertainment

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 23-25 9 $3.0M — 2,324 $1,288 $3.0M

2 Dec 30-Jan 1 9 $4.2M +39.1% 2,327 $1,789 $13.1M

3 Jan 6-8 10 $3.1M −25.0% 2,163 $1,444 $18.7M

4 Jan 13-15 16 $1.1M −65.5% 1,182 $913 $20.5M

5 Jan 20-22 30 $183.0K −83.0% 301 $608 $21.1M

6 Jan 27-29 47 $42.8K −76.6% 87 $492 $21.2M

7 Feb 3-5 52 $19.6K −54.3% 39 $501 $21.2M

8 Feb 10-12 75 $6.9K −64.8% 18 $382 $21.2M

9 Feb 17-19 45 $98.7K +1334.5% 113 $873 $21.3M

10 Feb 24-26 50 $65.6K −33.6% 94 $698 $21.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Sun Dec 25 #8 $3.0M — $3.0M 2,324 $1,288 -5

Mon Dec 26 #8 $2.1M −30.9% $5.1M 2,324 $890 -4

Tue Dec 27 #9 $1.5M −29.3% $6.5M 2,324 $629 -3

Wed Dec 28 #9 $1.2M −15.0% $7.8M 2,324 $534 -2

Thu Dec 29 #9 $1.2M −2.7% $9.0M 2,324 $520 -1

Fri Dec 30 #9 $1.7M +37.1% $10.6M 2,327 $712 1

Sat Dec 31 #10 $1.0M −37.1% $11.7M 2,327 $447 2

Sun Jan 1 #9 $1.5M +40.7% $13.1M 2,327 $630 3

Mon Jan 2 #9 $1.1M −26.5% $14.2M 2,327 $463 4

Tue Jan 3 #9 $587.2K −45.5% $14.8M 2,327 $252 5

Wed Jan 4 #9 $406.9K −30.7% $15.2M 2,327 $175 6

Thu Jan 5 #9 $356.6K −12.4% $15.6M 2,327 $153 7

Fri Jan 6 #11 $1.1M +200.3% −35.4% $16.6M 2,163 $495 8

Sat Jan 7 #11 $1.4M +30.2% +33.8% $18.0M 2,163 $644 9

Sun Jan 8 #10 $660.1K −52.6% −55.0% $18.7M 2,163 $305 10

Mon Jan 9 #11 $186.4K −71.8% −82.7% $18.9M 2,163 $86 11

Tue Jan 10 #12 $216.6K +16.2% −63.1% $19.1M 2,163 $100 12

Wed Jan 11 #12 $181.5K −16.2% −55.4% $19.3M 2,163 $84 13

Thu Jan 12 #12 $174.2K −4.0% −51.2% $19.4M 2,163 $81 14

Fri Jan 13 — $305.4K +75.3% −71.5% $19.8M 1,182 $258 15

Sat Jan 14 — $447.7K +46.6% −67.9% $20.2M 1,182 $379 16

Sun Jan 15 — $326.2K −27.1% −50.6% $20.5M 1,182 $276 17

Mon Jan 16 — $185.6K −43.1% −0.4% $20.7M 1,182 $157 18

Tue Jan 17 — $62.9K −66.1% −71.0% $20.8M 1,182 $53 19

Wed Jan 18 — $58.2K −7.4% −67.9% $20.8M 1,182 $49 20

Thu Jan 19 — $56.4K −3.1% −67.6% $20.9M 1,182 $48 21

Fri Jan 20 — $51.7K −8.5% −83.1% $20.9M 301 $172 22

Sat Jan 21 — $89.2K +72.7% −80.1% $21.0M 301 $296 23

Sun Jan 22 — $42.2K −52.7% −87.1% $21.1M 301 $140 24

Mon Jan 23 — $13.4K −68.2% −92.8% $21.1M 301 $45 25

Tue Jan 24 — $13.7K +2.4% −78.2% $21.1M 301 $46 26

Wed Jan 25 — $13.3K −2.8% −77.1% $21.1M 301 $44 27

Thu Jan 26 — $13.4K +0.4% −76.3% $21.1M 301 $44 28

Fri Jan 27 — $11.9K −11.3% −77.0% $21.1M 87 $136 29

Sat Jan 28 — $21.1K +77.5% −76.4% $21.2M 87 $242 30

Sun Jan 29 — $9.8K −53.4% −76.7% $21.2M 87 $113 31

Mon Jan 30 — $2.8K −72.0% −79.5% $21.2M 87 $32 32

Tue Jan 31 — $3.7K +36.2% −72.7% $21.2M 87 $43 33

Wed Feb 1 — $3.1K −18.2% −77.0% $21.2M 87 $35 34

Thu Feb 2 — $3.4K +10.7% −74.7% $21.2M 87 $39 35

Fri Feb 3 — $5.7K +67.6% −52.1% $21.2M 39 $146 36

Sat Feb 4 — $10.2K +78.6% −51.8% $21.2M 39 $260 37

Sun Feb 5 — $3.7K −63.5% −62.3% $21.2M 39 $95 38

Mon Feb 6 — $1.6K −56.7% −41.6% $21.2M 39 $41 39

Tue Feb 7 — $2.0K +27.5% −45.4% $21.2M 39 $53 40

Wed Feb 8 — $1.6K −20.2% −46.7% $21.2M 39 $42 41

Thu Feb 9 — $1.6K −4.8% −54.2% $21.2M 39 $40 42

Fri Feb 10 — $1.9K +22.6% −66.5% $21.2M 18 $106 43

Sat Feb 11 — $2.9K +54.4% −71.0% $21.2M 18 $164 44

Sun Feb 12 — $2.0K −31.1% −45.3% $21.2M 18 $113 45

Mon Feb 13 — $582 −71.3% −63.8% $21.2M 18 $32 46

Tue Feb 14 — $1.4K +133.7% −33.6% $21.2M 18 $76 47

Wed Feb 15 — $744 −45.3% −54.5% $21.2M 18 $41 48

Thu Feb 16 — $830 +11.6% −46.7% $21.2M 18 $46 49

Fri Feb 17 — $24.6K +2866.3% +1191.0% $21.2M 113 $218 50

Sat Feb 18 — $41.5K +68.4% +1308.5% $21.3M 113 $367 51

Sun Feb 19 — $32.6K −21.4% +1506.9% $21.3M 113 $289 52

Mon Feb 20 — $17.3K −47.1% +2864.8% $21.3M 113 $153 53

Tue Feb 21 — $9.0K −47.6% +564.2% $21.3M 113 $80 54

Wed Feb 22 — $7.9K −12.5% +962.5% $21.4M 113 $70 55

Thu Feb 23 — $7.3K −7.0% +785.3% $21.4M 113 $65 56

Fri Feb 24 — $17.4K +137.3% −29.2% $21.4M 94 $186 57

Sat Feb 25 — $29.9K +71.7% −27.8% $21.4M 94 $318 58

Sun Feb 26 — $18.2K −39.2% −44.2% $21.4M 94 $194 59

Mon Feb 27 — $4.9K −73.2% −71.8% $21.4M 94 $52 60

Tue Feb 28 — $5.3K +8.1% −41.8% $21.4M 94 $56 61

Wed Feb 29 — $4.7K −10.4% −40.4% $21.4M 94 $50 62

Thu Mar 1 — $1.9K −60.7% −74.8% $21.4M 94 $20 63

Cumulative total$21.4M

Dec 25Jan 11Jan 28Feb 13Mar 1

Weekend grossWk 10 · $65.6K

$3.0M

$4.2M

$3.1M

$1.1M

$183.0K

$42.8K

$19.6K

$6.9K

$98.7K

$65.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,327 → 94 −96.0%

2,324 open94 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −33.6%

+39.1%

W1→2

−25.0%

W2→3

−65.5%

W3→4

−83.0%

W4→5

−76.6%

W5→6

−54.3%

W6→7

−64.8%

W7→8

+1334.5%

W8→9

−33.6%

W9→10

Steepest −83.0%Biggest gain +1334.5%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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