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The Equalizer

2014 R 2h 12m Action, Crime, Thriller Sony Pictures

What do you see when you look at me?

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$101.5M
Final
Opening Weekend
$34.1M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
2.97x
Opening → Total
Budget
$55.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$192.9M
$91.4M international
2014 Rank
#30
Domestic

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Sep 26-28 1 $34.1M $34.1M 3,236 $11K 1
Oct 3-5 3 $18.8M -45.1% $64.2M 3,236 $6K 2
Oct 10-12 6 $9.7M -48.2% $79.9M 3,117 $3K 3
Oct 17-19 9 $5.4M -44.5% $89.1M 2,262 $2K 4
Oct 24-26 12 $2.8M -48.4% $93.8M 1,636 $2K 5
Oct 31-33 16 $1.8M -35.8% $96.4M 1,108 $2K 6
Nov 7-9 16 $915K -48.6% $98.0M 616 $1K 7
Nov 14-16 21 $464K -49.3% $98.9M 375 $1K 8
Nov 21-23 23 $279K -39.8% $99.3M 269 $1K 9
Nov 28-30 15 $483K +72.9% $100.0M 436 $1K 10
Dec 5-7 21 $307K -36.4% $100.5M 357 $860 11
Dec 12-14 23 $195K -36.6% $100.8M 262 $743 12
Dec 19-21 32 $73K -62.3% $100.9M 111 $661 13
Jan 2-4 35 $119K +62.3% $101.4M 148 $805 14
Jan 9-11 41 $51K -57.0% $101.5M 116 $441 15

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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 byAntoine Fuqua
ScreenplayRichard Wenk
StarringDenzel Washington, Marton Csokas, Chloë Grace Moretz, David Harbour
StudioSony Pictures
Produced byTodd Black, Jason Blumenthal, Denzel Washington, Alex Siskin, Steve Tisch, Mace Neufeld, Tony Eldridge