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The Fourth Kind

2009 • PG-13 • 1h 45m • Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi • Universal Pictures

There are four kinds of alien encounters. The fourth kind is abduction.

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2.67

5.9

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$12.2M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$26.2M

Final

Worldwide Total

$49.5M

$23.3M international

Domestic Legs2.1x

Budget$10M

2009 Rank#100

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Cast & Crew

Directed byOlatunde Osunsanmi ScreenplayOlatunde Osunsanmi Produced byJoe Carnahan, Paul Brooks, Terry Robbins CinematographyLorenzo Senatore MusicAtli Örvarsson Prod. DesignCarlos Silva Da Silva StarringMilla Jovovich, Elias Koteas, Will Patton, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Corey Johnson, Enzo Cilenti StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 6-8 4 $12.2M — 2,527 $4,840 $12.2M

2 Nov 13-15 6 $4.6M −62.3% 2,530 $1,820 $20.4M

3 Nov 20-22 9 $1.7M −62.1% 1,648 $1,060 $23.4M

4 Nov 27-29 19 $618.3K −64.6% 552 $1,120 $24.6M

5 Dec 4-6 25 $187.1K −69.7% 243 $770 $24.9M

6 Dec 11-13 29 $142.1K −24.0% 217 $655 $25.1M

7 Dec 18-20 34 $66.5K −53.2% 133 $500 $25.3M

8 Dec 25-27 39 $45.1K −32.1% 64 $705 $25.4M

9 Jan 1-3 38 $67.8K +50.2% 77 $880 $25.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 6 #2 $5.0M — $5.0M 2,527 $1,975 1

Sat Nov 7 #4 $4.8M −4.3% $9.8M 2,527 $1,890 2

Sun Nov 8 #4 $2.5M −48.4% $12.2M 2,527 $975 3

Mon Nov 9 #4 $770.7K −68.7% $13.0M 2,527 $305 4

Tue Nov 10 #4 $1.1M +40.9% $14.1M 2,527 $430 5

Wed Nov 11 #4 $1.2M +10.5% $15.3M 2,527 $475 6

Thu Nov 12 #4 $556.1K −53.7% $15.8M 2,527 $220 7

Fri Nov 13 #5 $1.8M +218.6% −64.5% $17.6M 2,530 $700 8

Sat Nov 14 #7 $1.9M +5.7% −60.8% $19.5M 2,530 $740 9

Sun Nov 15 #6 $961.2K −48.7% −61.0% $20.4M 2,530 $380 10

Mon Nov 16 #6 $316.0K −67.1% −59.0% $20.8M 2,530 $125 11

Tue Nov 17 #7 $316.3K +0.1% −70.9% $21.1M 2,530 $125 12

Wed Nov 18 #7 $278.2K −12.0% −76.8% $21.4M 2,530 $110 13

Thu Nov 19 #8 $252.7K −9.2% −54.6% $21.6M 2,530 $100 14

Fri Nov 20 #9 $626.2K +147.8% −64.7% $22.2M 1,648 $380 15

Sat Nov 21 #9 $725.1K +15.8% −61.3% $23.0M 1,648 $440 16

Sun Nov 22 #9 $395.7K −45.4% −58.8% $23.4M 1,648 $240 17

Mon Nov 23 #9 $173.0K −56.3% −45.2% $23.5M 1,648 $105 18

Tue Nov 24 #11 $222.5K +28.6% −29.7% $23.8M 1,648 $135 19

Wed Nov 25 — $113.4K −49.0% −59.3% $23.9M 552 $205 20

Thu Nov 26 — $118.9K +4.9% −52.9% $24.0M 552 $215 21

Fri Nov 27 — $248.5K +109.0% −60.3% $24.2M 552 $450 22

Sat Nov 28 — $254.0K +2.2% −65.0% $24.5M 552 $460 23

Sun Nov 29 — $115.8K −54.4% −70.7% $24.6M 552 $210 24

Mon Nov 30 — $35.9K −69.0% −79.3% $24.6M 552 $65 25

Tue Dec 1 — $38.6K +7.7% −82.6% $24.7M 552 $70 26

Wed Dec 2 — $38.6K −0.1% −66.0% $24.7M 552 $70 27

Thu Dec 3 — $35.9K −7.0% −69.8% $24.8M 552 $65 28

Fri Dec 4 — $59.5K +65.8% −76.1% $24.8M 243 $245 29

Sat Dec 5 — $81.5K +36.9% −67.9% $24.9M 243 $335 30

Sun Dec 6 — $46.1K −43.4% −60.2% $24.9M 243 $190 31

Mon Dec 7 — $15.9K −65.5% −55.7% $25.0M 243 $65 32

Tue Dec 8 — $15.8K −0.9% −59.2% $25.0M 243 $65 33

Wed Dec 9 — $14.5K −8.3% −62.5% $25.0M 243 $60 34

Thu Dec 10 — $15.7K +8.4% −56.3% $25.0M 243 $65 35

Fri Dec 11 — $42.3K +169.8% −28.9% $25.0M 217 $195 36

Sat Dec 12 — $61.8K +46.2% −24.1% $25.1M 217 $285 37

Sun Dec 13 — $38.0K −38.6% −17.6% $25.1M 217 $175 38

Mon Dec 14 — $14.2K −62.6% −10.8% $25.2M 217 $65 39

Tue Dec 15 — $15.2K +7.0% −3.6% $25.2M 217 $70 40

Wed Dec 16 — $14.1K −7.0% −2.4% $25.2M 217 $65 41

Thu Dec 17 — $14.1K −0.5% −10.3% $25.2M 217 $65 42

Fri Dec 18 — $21.2K +51.0% −49.8% $25.2M 133 $160 43

Sat Dec 19 — $24.0K +13.1% −61.2% $25.2M 133 $180 44

Sun Dec 20 — $21.3K −11.4% −44.0% $25.3M 133 $160 45

Mon Dec 21 — $14.6K −31.2% +3.1% $25.3M 133 $110 46

Tue Dec 22 — $14.6K −0.2% −3.9% $25.3M 133 $110 47

Wed Dec 23 — $11.3K −22.5% −19.9% $25.3M 133 $85 48

Thu Dec 24 — $4.7K −58.8% −66.9% $25.3M 133 $35 49

Fri Dec 25 — $12.2K +161.2% −42.7% $25.3M 64 $190 50

Sat Dec 26 — $17.9K +47.4% −25.3% $25.3M 64 $280 51

Sun Dec 27 — $15.0K −16.1% −29.3% $25.4M 64 $235 52

Mon Dec 28 — $10.6K −29.8% −27.8% $25.4M 64 $165 53

Tue Dec 29 — $10.2K −3.0% −29.8% $25.4M 64 $160 54

Wed Dec 30 — $10.2K −0.1% −9.6% $25.4M 64 $160 55

Thu Dec 31 — $5.4K −46.8% +16.9% $25.4M 64 $85 56

Fri Jan 1 — $26.2K +381.2% +115.3% $25.4M 77 $340 57

Sat Jan 2 — $26.6K +1.5% +48.2% $25.4M 77 $345 58

Sun Jan 3 — $15.0K −43.5% −0.2% $25.5M 77 $195 59

Mon Jan 4 — $6.5K −56.4% −38.0% $25.5M 77 $85 60

Tue Jan 5 — $5.4K −17.6% −47.4% $25.5M 77 $70 61

Wed Jan 6 — $5.0K −7.1% −51.1% $25.5M 77 $65 62

Thu Jan 7 — $4.6K −7.7% −15.1% $25.5M 77 $60 63

Cumulative total$25.5M

Nov 6Nov 22Dec 7Dec 23Jan 7

Weekend grossWk 9 · $67.8K

$12.2M

$4.6M

$1.7M

$618.3K

$187.1K

$142.1K

$66.5K

$45.1K

$67.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9

Theater countPeak 2,530 → 77 −97.0%

2,527 open77 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · +50.2%

−62.3%

W1→2

−62.1%

W2→3

−64.6%

W3→4

−69.7%

W4→5

−24.0%

W5→6

−53.2%

W6→7

−32.1%

W7→8

+50.2%

W8→9

Steepest −69.7%Biggest gain +50.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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