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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

2011 • R • 2h 38m • Thriller, Crime, Mystery • Sony Pictures

What is hidden in snow, comes forth in the thaw.

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3.91

7.8

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$12.8M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$102.5M

Final

Worldwide Total

$239.4M

$136.9M international

Domestic Legs8.0x

Budget$90.0M

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Cast & Crew

Full Fincher filmography

David Fincher Director

Daniel Craig Starring

Rooney Mara Starring

Christopher Plummer

Christopher Plummer Starring

Stellan Skarsgård

Stellan Skarsgård Starring

Robin Wright Starring

ScreenplaySteven Zaillian Produced byScott Rudin, Ole Søndberg, Søren Stærmose, Cean Chaffin CinematographyJeff Cronenweth Music byTrent Reznor, Atticus Ross StudioSony Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 23-25 3 $12.8M — 2,914 $4,382 $21.1M

2 Dec 30-Jan 1 4 $14.8M +16.1% 2,914 $5,087 $55.6M

3 Jan 6-8 4 $11.4M −23.3% 2,950 $3,852 $76.9M

4 Jan 13-15 7 $6.7M −41.4% 2,674 $2,491 $87.8M

5 Jan 20-22 11 $3.5M −47.0% 1,907 $1,850 $94.6M

6 Jan 27-29 17 $2.2M −37.9% 1,202 $1,822 $98.2M

7 Feb 3-5 21 $1.0M −53.3% 668 $1,530 $99.9M

8 Feb 10-12 24 $493.3K −51.7% 269 $1,834 $100.8M

9 Feb 17-19 27 $345.0K −30.1% 189 $1,826 $101.4M

10 Feb 24-26 35 $178.2K −48.4% 125 $1,425 $101.7M

11 Mar 2-4 24 $286.4K +60.7% 256 $1,119 $102.1M

12 Mar 9-11 29 $173.2K −39.5% 211 $821 $102.4M

13 Mar 16-18 46 $72.0K −58.5% 108 $666 $102.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Dec 21 #2 $5.1M — $5.1M 2,914 $1,738 -2

Thu Dec 22 #4 $3.3M −34.6% $8.4M 2,914 $1,136 -1

Fri Dec 23 #4 $4.6M +39.8% $13.0M 2,914 $1,589 1

Sat Dec 24 #4 $2.5M −45.8% $15.5M 2,914 $861 2

Sun Dec 25 #4 $5.6M +124.3% $21.1M 2,914 $1,932 3

Mon Dec 26 #5 $6.7M +19.5% $27.9M 2,914 $2,308 4

Tue Dec 27 #5 $4.6M −31.9% $32.4M 2,914 $1,572 5

Wed Dec 28 #4 $4.2M −9.0% −17.8% $36.6M 2,914 $1,430 6

Thu Dec 29 #4 $4.1M −0.5% +25.2% $40.8M 2,914 $1,422 7

Fri Dec 30 #4 $5.3M +28.7% +15.2% $46.1M 2,914 $1,831 8

Sat Dec 31 #6 $4.2M −20.4% +69.1% $50.3M 2,914 $1,457 9

Sun Jan 1 #3 $5.2M +23.6% −6.8% $55.6M 2,914 $1,800 10

Mon Jan 2 #4 $4.4M −16.8% −35.1% $60.0M 2,914 $1,498 11

Tue Jan 3 #3 $2.1M −52.4% −54.7% $62.0M 2,914 $713 12

Wed Jan 4 #3 $1.8M −13.2% −56.7% $63.8M 2,914 $619 13

Thu Jan 5 #3 $1.7M −5.5% −58.9% $65.5M 2,914 $585 14

Fri Jan 6 #4 $3.5M +107.2% −33.8% $69.1M 2,950 $1,198 15

Sat Jan 7 #4 $4.9M +40.0% +16.5% $74.0M 2,950 $1,677 16

Sun Jan 8 #4 $2.9M −41.7% −45.0% $76.9M 2,950 $978 17

Mon Jan 9 #4 $942.2K −67.3% −78.4% $77.8M 2,950 $319 18

Tue Jan 10 #4 $1.3M +33.2% −39.6% $79.1M 2,950 $425 19

Wed Jan 11 #3 $1.1M −13.9% −40.1% $80.2M 2,950 $366 20

Thu Jan 12 #3 $1.0M −7.2% −41.2% $81.2M 2,950 $340 21

Fri Jan 13 #7 $1.9M +93.3% −45.1% $83.1M 2,674 $725 22

Sat Jan 14 #8 $2.6M +36.4% −46.6% $85.8M 2,674 $989 23

Sun Jan 15 #7 $2.1M −21.3% −27.9% $87.8M 2,674 $778 24

Mon Jan 16 #10 $1.4M −34.0% +45.6% $89.2M 2,674 $513 25

Tue Jan 17 #5 $666.0K −51.5% −46.9% $89.9M 2,674 $249 26

Wed Jan 18 #5 $574.5K −13.7% −46.8% $90.5M 2,674 $215 27

Thu Jan 19 #5 $570.9K −0.6% −43.1% $91.0M 2,674 $214 28

Fri Jan 20 #11 $1.0M +75.2% −48.4% $92.0M 1,907 $525 29

Sat Jan 21 #10 $1.8M +76.0% −33.4% $93.8M 1,907 $923 30

Sun Jan 22 #12 $767.4K −56.4% −63.1% $94.6M 1,907 $402 31

Mon Jan 23 #11 $330.7K −56.9% −75.9% $94.9M 1,907 $173 32

Tue Jan 24 #10 $397.1K +20.1% −40.4% $95.3M 1,907 $208 33

Wed Jan 25 #11 $349.9K −11.9% −39.1% $95.6M 1,907 $183 34

Thu Jan 26 #10 $363.8K +4.0% −36.3% $96.0M 1,907 $191 35

Fri Jan 27 #16 $606.1K +66.6% −39.4% $96.6M 1,907 $318 36

Sat Jan 28 #17 $1.0M +68.1% −42.1% $97.6M 1,907 $534 37

Sun Jan 29 #18 $565.3K −44.5% −26.3% $98.2M 1,907 $296 38

Mon Jan 30 #16 $164.7K −70.9% −50.2% $98.4M 1,907 $86 39

Tue Jan 31 #16 $183.9K +11.6% −53.7% $98.5M 1,907 $96 40

Wed Feb 1 #15 $170.1K −7.5% −51.4% $98.7M 1,907 $89 41

Thu Feb 2 #15 $177.4K +4.3% −51.2% $98.9M 1,907 $93 42

Fri Feb 3 — $316.4K +78.4% −47.8% $99.2M 668 $474 43

Sat Feb 4 — $560.9K +77.3% −45.0% $99.8M 668 $840 44

Sun Feb 5 — $145.1K −74.1% −74.3% $99.9M 668 $217 45

Mon Feb 6 #17 $96.8K −33.3% −41.2% $100.0M 668 $145 46

Tue Feb 7 #17 $116.9K +20.7% −36.5% $100.1M 668 $175 47

Wed Feb 8 #16 $99.3K −15.0% −41.6% $100.2M 668 $149 48

Thu Feb 9 #17 $104.0K +4.7% −41.4% $100.3M 668 $156 49

Fri Feb 10 — $123.4K +18.7% −61.0% $100.4M 269 $459 50

Sat Feb 11 — $232.1K +88.0% −58.6% $100.7M 269 $863 51

Sun Feb 12 — $137.8K −40.6% −5.0% $100.8M 269 $512 52

Fri Feb 17 — $80.5K — −34.8% $101.1M 189 $426 57

Sat Feb 18 — $145.7K +81.1% −37.2% $101.2M 189 $771 58

Sun Feb 19 — $118.9K −18.4% −13.7% $101.4M 189 $629 59

Mon Feb 20 — $66.2K −44.3% $101.4M 189 $350 60

Fri Feb 24 — $48.8K — −39.4% $101.6M 125 $390 64

Sat Feb 25 — $89.9K +84.3% −38.3% $101.7M 125 $719 65

Sun Feb 26 — $39.5K −56.1% −66.8% $101.7M 125 $316 66

Fri Mar 2 — $74.9K — +53.5% $101.9M 256 $292 71

Sat Mar 3 — $131.6K +75.7% +46.3% $102.0M 256 $514 72

Sun Mar 4 — $79.9K −39.2% +102.4% $102.1M 256 $312 73

Fri Mar 9 — $48.2K — −35.6% $102.2M 211 $228 78

Sat Mar 10 — $82.2K +70.5% −37.5% $102.3M 211 $389 79

Sun Mar 11 — $42.9K −47.8% −46.4% $102.4M 211 $203 80

Fri Mar 16 — $21.4K — −55.6% $102.5M 108 $198 85

Sat Mar 17 — $31.2K +45.6% −62.1% $102.5M 108 $289 86

Sun Mar 18 — $19.4K −37.7% −54.7% $102.5M 108 $180 87

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$101.7M

Dec 21Jan 5Jan 20Feb 4Feb 26

Weekend grossWk 10 · $178.2K

$12.8M

$14.8M

$11.4M

$6.7M

$3.5M

$2.2M

$1.0M

$493.3K

$345.0K

$178.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,950 → 125 −95.8%

2,914 open125 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −48.4%

+16.1%

W1→2

−23.3%

W2→3

−41.4%

W3→4

−47.0%

W4→5

−37.9%

W5→6

−53.3%

W6→7

−51.7%

W7→8

−30.1%

W8→9

−48.4%

W9→10

Steepest −53.3%Biggest gain +16.1%

Run milestones

$100M in 46 days

$100M

Day 46

Feb 6

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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