Name: The Equalizer
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Released: 2014
Rating: 6.3
Cast: Denzel Washington, Marton Csokas, Chloë Grace Moretz, David Harbour

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Thu Sep 25	#P	$1.50M		—	$1.50M	2,693	$557	-1
Fri Sep 26	#1	$12.50M	+733.0%	—	$12.50M	3,236	$3.9K	1
Sat Sep 27	#1	$13.49M	+8.0%	—	$25.99M	3,236	$4.2K	2
Sun Sep 28	#1	$8.15M	-39.6%	—	$34.14M	3,236	$2.5K	3
Mon Sep 29	#1	$2.97M	-63.6%	—	$37.11M	3,236	$918	4
Tue Sep 30	#1	$3.63M	+22.3%	—	$40.74M	3,236	$1.1K	5
Wed Oct 1	#1	$2.57M	-29.3%	—	$43.31M	3,236	$793	6
Thu Oct 2	#1	$2.18M	-15.1%	—	$45.49M	3,236	$673	7
Fri Oct 3	#3	$5.59M	+156.5%	-55.3%	$51.08M	3,236	$1.7K	8
Sat Oct 4	#3	$8.45M	+51.1%	-37.4%	$59.52M	3,236	$2.6K	9
Sun Oct 5	#3	$4.71M	-44.2%	-42.2%	$64.24M	3,236	$1.5K	10
Mon Oct 6	#3	$1.47M	-68.8%	-50.4%	$65.71M	3,236	$455	11
Tue Oct 7	#3	$1.84M	+24.7%	-49.4%	$67.55M	3,236	$567	12
Wed Oct 8	#3	$1.38M	-25.1%	-46.4%	$68.92M	3,236	$425	13
Thu Oct 9	#3	$1.24M	-9.9%	-43.1%	$70.16M	3,236	$383	14
Fri Oct 10	#7	$2.80M	+125.7%	-50.0%	$72.96M	3,117	$897	15
Sat Oct 11	#6	$4.26M	+52.4%	-49.6%	$77.22M	3,117	$1.4K	16
Sun Oct 12	#6	$2.65M	-37.9%	-43.9%	$79.86M	3,117	$849	17
Mon Oct 13	#6	$1.42M	-46.2%	-3.3%	$81.29M	3,117	$457	18
Tue Oct 14	#6	$971K	-31.8%	-47.1%	$82.26M	3,117	$311	19
Wed Oct 15	#6	$784K	-19.2%	-43.0%	$83.04M	3,117	$252	20
Thu Oct 16	#6	$677K	-13.7%	-45.4%	$83.72M	3,117	$217	21
Fri Oct 17	#9	$1.57M	+131.8%	-43.9%	$85.29M	2,262	$693	22
Sat Oct 18	#9	$2.47M	+57.3%	-42.1%	$87.75M	2,262	$1.1K	23
Sun Oct 19	#9	$1.35M	-45.4%	-49.1%	$89.10M	2,262	$596	24
Mon Oct 20	#9	$472K	-65.0%	-66.8%	$89.57M	2,262	$209	25
Tue Oct 21	#9	$561K	+18.8%	-42.2%	$90.13M	2,262	$248	26
Wed Oct 22	#9	$450K	-19.7%	-42.6%	$90.58M	2,262	$199	27
Thu Oct 23	#9	$391K	-13.0%	-42.2%	$90.98M	2,262	$173	28
Fri Oct 24	#12	$796K	+103.3%	-49.3%	$91.77M	1,636	$486	29
Sat Oct 25	#12	$1.28M	+60.7%	-48.2%	$93.05M	1,636	$782	30
Sun Oct 26	#12	$700K	-45.2%	-48.0%	$93.75M	1,636	$428	31
Mon Oct 27	#12	$227K	-67.5%	-51.8%	$93.98M	1,636	$139	32
Tue Oct 28	#12	$273K	+20.0%	-51.3%	$94.25M	1,636	$167	33
Wed Oct 29	#12	$212K	-22.2%	-52.8%	$94.46M	1,636	$130	34
Thu Oct 30	#12	$196K	-7.7%	-49.9%	$94.66M	1,636	$120	35
Fri Oct 31	#-	$398K	+103.1%	-49.9%	$95.06M	1,108	$359	36
Sat Nov 1	#14	$904K	+126.9%	-29.3%	$95.96M	1,108	$816	37
Sun Nov 2	#14	$480K	-46.9%	-31.4%	$96.44M	1,108	$433	38
Mon Nov 3	#15	$168K	-65.1%	-26.2%	$96.61M	1,108	$151	39
Tue Nov 4	#15	$199K	+18.5%	-27.2%	$96.81M	1,108	$179	40
Wed Nov 5	#15	$155K	-22.2%	-27.2%	$96.96M	1,108	$140	41
Thu Nov 6	#15	$139K	-9.8%	-28.9%	$97.10M	1,108	$126	42
Fri Nov 7	#-	$257K	+84.1%	-35.5%	$97.36M	616	$417	43
Sat Nov 8	#-	$423K	+64.7%	-53.2%	$97.78M	616	$686	44
Sun Nov 9	#-	$236K	-44.3%	-50.9%	$98.02M	616	$383	45
Mon Nov 10	#-	$107K	-54.5%	-36.1%	$98.12M	616	$174	46
Tue Nov 11	#-	$155K	+44.9%	-21.8%	$98.28M	616	$252	47
Wed Nov 12	#-	$71K	-54.5%	-54.3%	$98.35M	616	$115	48
Thu Nov 13	#15	$64K	-9.0%	-53.9%	$98.41M	616	$104	49
Fri Nov 14	#-	$133K	+106.9%	-48.2%	$98.55M	375	$355	50
Sat Nov 15	#-	$213K	+59.7%	-49.7%	$98.76M	375	$567	51
Sun Nov 16	#-	$118K	-44.5%	-49.9%	$98.88M	375	$315	52
Mon Nov 17	#-	$38K	-67.9%	-64.7%	$98.92M	375	$101	53
Tue Nov 18	#-	$42K	+11.8%	-72.8%	$98.96M	375	$113	54
Wed Nov 19	#-	$37K	-11.9%	-47.3%	$99.00M	375	$99	55
Thu Nov 20	#-	$30K	-18.6%	-52.9%	$99.03M	375	$81	56
Fri Nov 21	#-	$77K	+152.7%	-42.4%	$99.10M	269	$285	57
Sat Nov 22	#19	$129K	+68.5%	-39.2%	$99.23M	269	$480	58
Sun Nov 23	#-	$73K	-43.2%	-37.9%	$99.30M	269	$273	59
Mon Nov 24	#-	$31K	-57.4%	-17.4%	$99.34M	269	$116	60
Tue Nov 25	#-	$37K	+19.2%	-12.0%	$99.37M	269	$139	61
Wed Nov 26	#-	$65K	+75.1%	+75.1%	$99.44M	436	$150	62
Thu Nov 27	#-	$91K	+39.2%	+199.4%	$99.53M	436	$208	63
Fri Nov 28	#15	$187K	+105.6%	+143.6%	$99.72M	436	$428	64
Sat Nov 29	#15	$202K	+8.0%	+56.1%	$99.92M	436	$462	65
Sun Nov 30	#-	$94K	-53.3%	+28.5%	$100.01M	436	$216	66
Mon Dec 1	#-	$32K	-65.6%	+3.7%	$100.04M	436	$74	67
Tue Dec 2	#-	$36K	+12.2%	-2.4%	$100.08M	436	$83	68
Wed Dec 3	#-	$33K	-10.2%	-49.9%	$100.11M	436	$75	69
Thu Dec 4	#-	$34K	+5.1%	-62.2%	$100.15M	436	$79	70
Fri Dec 5	#-	$88K	+156.2%	-52.9%	$100.24M	357	$246	71
Sat Dec 6	#-	$140K	+58.6%	-30.8%	$100.38M	357	$391	72
Sun Dec 7	#-	$80K	-42.9%	-15.5%	$100.45M	357	$223	73
Fri Dec 12	#-	$55K	-31.4%	+68.6%	$100.51M	262	$209	74
Sat Dec 13	#-	$89K	+62.8%	+144.6%	$100.60M	262	$340	75
Sun Dec 14	#-	$51K	-42.7%	+55.9%	$100.65M	262	$194	76
Fri Jan 2	#-	$45K	-11.4%	+31.4%	$100.96M	148	$305	77
Sat Jan 3	#-	$46K	+2.8%	-47.3%	$101.01M	148	$314	78
Sun Jan 4	#-	$28K	-40.6%	-80.3%	$101.03M	148	$186	79

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Sep 26-28	1	$34.14M	—	$34.14M	3,236	$10.5K	1
Oct 3-5	3	$18.75M	-45.1%	$64.24M	3,236	$5.8K	2
Oct 10-12	6	$9.70M	-48.2%	$79.86M	3,117	$3.1K	3
Oct 17-19	9	$5.38M	-44.5%	$89.10M	2,262	$2.4K	4
Oct 24-26	12	$2.77M	-48.4%	$93.75M	1,636	$1.7K	5
Oct 31-33	16	$1.78M	-35.8%	$96.44M	1,108	$1.6K	6
Nov 7-9	16	$915K	-48.6%	$98.02M	616	$1.5K	7
Nov 14-16	21	$464K	-49.3%	$98.88M	375	$1.2K	8
Nov 21-23	23	$279K	-39.8%	$99.30M	269	$1.0K	9
Nov 28-30	15	$483K	+72.9%	$100.01M	436	$1.1K	10
Dec 5-7	21	$307K	-36.4%	$100.45M	357	$860	11
Dec 12-14	23	$195K	-36.6%	$100.77M	262	$743	12
Dec 19-21	32	$73K	-62.3%	$100.92M	111	$661	13
Jan 2-4	35	$119K	+62.3%	$101.44M	148	$805	14
Jan 9-11	41	$51K	-57.0%	$101.53M	116	$441	15

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

Daily Gross

Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Week-over-Week Drop

Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byAntoine Fuqua

ScreenplayRichard Wenk

Produced byTodd Black, Jason Blumenthal, Denzel Washington, Alex Siskin, Steve Tisch, Mace Neufeld, Tony Eldridge

CinematographyMauro Fiore

MusicHarry Gregson-Williams

StarringDenzel Washington, Marton Csokas, Chloë Grace Moretz, David Harbour

StudioSony Pictures

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