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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

2009 R 2h 32m Crime, Drama, Mystery Music Box Films

Based on the Worldwide Best Seller

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Box Office

Opening Weekend
$336K
3-day limited opening
Domestic Total
$12.7M
Final
Worldwide Total
$109.4M
$96.7M international
Domestic Legs38.0x
Budget$13M
2010 Rank#137
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Mar 19-21 22 $336K $336K 34 $9.9K 1
Apr 2-4 19 $456K +35.9% $1.44M 87 $5.2K 3
Apr 9-11 15 $555K +21.6% $2.18M 126 $4.4K 4
Apr 16-18 14 $631K +13.8% $3.03M 152 $4.2K 5
Apr 23-25 16 $762K +20.8% $4.26M 208 $3.7K 6
Apr 30-May 2 20 $618K -19.0% $5.18M 224 $2.8K 7
May 7-9 17 $491K -20.6% $5.83M 213 $2.3K 8
May 14-16 20 $386K -21.4% $8.40M 178 $2.2K 9
May 21-23 18 $422K +9.5% $9.02M 178 $2.4K 10
May 28-30 16 $378K -10.6% $9.58M 166 $2.3K 11
Jun 4-6 16 $343K -9.0% $10.05M 152 $2.3K 12
Jun 11-13 19 $324K -5.7% $10.64M 174 $1.9K 13
Jun 18-20 21 $277K -14.5% $10.96M 160 $1.7K 14
Jun 25-27 26 $223K -19.5% $11.33M 152 $1.5K 15
Jul 2-4 25 $193K -13.4% $11.57M 125 $1.5K 16
Jul 9-11 29 $169K -12.5% $11.95M 104 $1.6K 17
Jul 16-18 34 $94K -44.2% $12.15M 81 $1.2K 18
Jul 23-25 35 $77K -18.9% $12.29M 73 $1.0K 19
Jul 30-Aug 1 43 $57K -25.6% $12.38M 57 $998 20
Aug 6-8 46 $48K -15.6% $12.47M 49 $980 21
Aug 13-15 48 $36K -25.2% $12.52M 40 $897 22
Aug 20-22 49 $42K +16.7% $12.59M 41 $1.0K 23
Aug 27-29 55 $23K -46.1% $12.64M 29 $779 24
Sep 3-5 61 $23K -0.1% $12.67M 25 $903 25
Sep 10-12 71 $14K -38.9% $12.69M 28 $492 26
Sep 17-19 83 $8K -41.9% $12.71M 19 $422 27
Sep 24-26 107 $3K -62.7% $12.72M 10 $299 28
Oct 1-3 122 $544 -81.8% $12.72M 4 $136 29
Oct 15-17 120 $779 +43.2% $12.73M 6 $130 31
Oct 22-24 90 $3K +345.7% $12.73M 5 $694 32
Oct 29-31 92 $3K -25.2% $12.74M 13 $200 33
Nov 5-7 95 $2K -26.4% $12.74M 16 $120 34
Nov 12-14 114 $776 -59.4% $12.74M 5 $155 35
Nov 19-21 97 $1K +56.6% $12.74M 5 $243 36
Nov 26-28 97 $762 -37.3% $12.74M 3 $254 37
Dec 3-5 105 $1K +32.8% $12.74M 4 $253 38
Dec 10-12 108 $538 -46.8% $12.75M 1 $538 39
Dec 17-19 108 $20 -96.3% $12.75M 1 $20 40
Dec 24-26 87 $363 +1715.0% $12.75M 1 $363 41
Dec 31-Jan 2 90 $796 +119.3% $12.75M 2 $398 42
Jan 7-9 93 $376 -52.8% $12.75M 1 $376 43
Feb 4-6 106 $173 -54.0% $12.75M 1 $173 47
Feb 18-20 112 $137 -20.8% $12.75M 1 $137 49

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Cast & Crew

Directed byNiels Arden Oplev
ScreenplayRasmus Heisterberg, Nikolaj Arcel
Produced bySøren Stærmose
CinematographyEric Kress
Music byJacob Groth
StarringMichael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Lena Endre, Sven-Bertil Taube, Peter Haber
StudioMusic Box Films

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