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The Impossible

2012 • PG-13 • 1h 54m • Drama, History, Thriller • Lionsgate

Nothing is more powerful than the human spirit.

🍅 81% 84%

73

3.67

7.5

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$144K

Limited · 15 theaters

Domestic Total

$19.0M

Final

Worldwide Total

$169.6M

$150.6M international

Domestic Legs6.9x

Budget$40M

Compare with other movies

Cast & Crew

Full Bayona filmography

J. A. Bayona Director

Naomi Watts Starring

Ewan McGregor Starring

Tom Holland Starring

Geraldine Chaplin

Geraldine Chaplin Starring

ScreenplaySergio G. Sánchez Produced byEnrique López Lavigne, Belén Atienza, Álvaro Augustín, Ghislain Barrois CinematographyÓscar Faura MusicFernando Velázquez Prod. DesignEugenio Caballero StudioLionsgate

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 21-23 25 $143.8K — 15 $9,588 $143.8K

2 Dec 28-30 27 $182.6K +26.9% 15 $12,172 $482.9K

3 Jan 4-6 15 $2.8M +1409.2% 572 $4,817 $3.4M

4 Jan 11-13 14 $2.5M −8.1% 808 $3,133 $6.8M

5 Jan 18-20 14 $2.5M −2.2% 886 $2,795 $10.2M

6 Jan 25-27 17 $1.9M −21.8% 782 $2,475 $13.3M

7 Feb 1-3 20 $1.3M −32.6% 765 $1,706 $15.2M

8 Feb 8-10 19 $957.6K −26.6% 739 $1,296 $16.7M

9 Feb 15-17 22 $480.4K −49.8% 422 $1,138 $17.5M

10 Feb 22-24 27 $289.3K −39.8% 273 $1,060 $18.1M

11 Mar 1-3 34 $159.8K −44.8% 151 $1,058 $18.3M

12 Mar 8-10 36 $98.1K −38.6% 114 $860 $18.5M

13 Mar 15-17 38 $84.1K −14.3% 105 $801 $18.6M

14 Mar 22-24 43 $76.9K −8.5% 123 $625 $18.7M

15 Mar 29-31 51 $45.5K −40.8% 86 $529 $18.8M

16 Apr 5-7 45 $59.1K +29.9% 80 $739 $18.9M

17 Apr 12-14 41 $59.8K +1.2% 77 $777 $19.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 21 — $37.7K — $37.7K 15 $2,515 1

Sat Dec 22 — $55.4K +46.9% $93.2K 15 $3,695 2

Sun Dec 23 — $50.7K −8.6% $143.8K 15 $3,377 3

Mon Dec 24 — $31.1K −38.6% $174.9K 15 $2,072 4

Tue Dec 25 — $54.8K +76.5% $229.7K 15 $3,656 5

Wed Dec 26 — $34.1K −37.8% $263.9K 15 $2,276 6

Thu Dec 27 — $36.5K +6.8% $300.3K 15 $2,431 7

Fri Dec 28 — $51.8K +42.1% +37.4% $352.2K 15 $3,455 8

Sat Dec 29 — $70.6K +36.3% +27.4% $422.8K 15 $4,710 9

Sun Dec 30 — $60.1K −14.9% +18.7% $482.9K 15 $4,007 10

Mon Dec 31 — $45.9K −23.7% +47.6% $528.8K 15 $3,059 11

Tue Jan 1 — $70.0K +52.5% +27.6% $598.8K 15 $4,666 12

Wed Jan 2 — $29.9K −57.3% −12.5% $628.6K 15 $1,990 13

Thu Jan 3 — $28.4K −4.9% −22.2% $657.0K 15 $1,892 14

Fri Jan 4 #17 $777.1K +2637.8% +1399.7% $1.4M 572 $1,359 15

Sat Jan 5 #14 $1.2M +54.6% +1600.9% $2.6M 572 $2,101 16

Sun Jan 6 #16 $776.7K −35.4% +1192.0% $3.4M 572 $1,358 17

Mon Jan 7 #16 $216.0K −72.2% +370.9% $3.6M 572 $378 18

Tue Jan 8 #15 $246.6K +14.2% +252.4% $3.9M 572 $431 19

Wed Jan 9 #15 $213.7K −13.4% +615.9% $4.1M 572 $374 20

Thu Jan 10 #16 $225.3K +5.4% +693.8% $4.3M 572 $394 21

Fri Jan 11 — $747.4K +231.7% −3.8% $5.1M 808 $925 22

Sat Jan 12 — $1.1M +50.6% −6.3% $6.2M 808 $1,393 23

Sun Jan 13 — $658.3K −41.5% −15.2% $6.8M 808 $815 24

Mon Jan 14 #15 $197.0K −70.1% −8.8% $7.0M 808 $244 25

Tue Jan 15 #14 $251.1K +27.5% +1.8% $7.3M 808 $311 26

Wed Jan 16 #15 $199.6K −20.5% −6.6% $7.5M 808 $247 27

Thu Jan 17 #14 $223.7K +12.1% −0.7% $7.7M 808 $277 28

Fri Jan 18 #14 $660.6K +195.3% −11.6% $8.4M 886 $746 29

Sat Jan 19 #14 $1.1M +63.9% −3.8% $9.5M 886 $1,222 30

Sun Jan 20 #14 $732.8K −32.3% +11.3% $10.2M 886 $827 31

Mon Jan 21 #15 $535.9K −26.9% +172.1% $10.7M 886 $605 32

Tue Jan 22 #14 $245.3K −54.2% −2.3% $11.0M 886 $277 33

Wed Jan 23 #14 $184.6K −24.8% −7.5% $11.2M 886 $208 34

Thu Jan 24 #14 $203.2K +10.1% −9.2% $11.4M 886 $229 35

Fri Jan 25 #17 $493.3K +142.8% −25.3% $11.9M 782 $631 36

Sat Jan 26 #17 $913.1K +85.1% −15.7% $12.8M 782 $1,168 37

Sun Jan 27 #17 $529.3K −42.0% −27.8% $13.3M 782 $677 38

Mon Jan 28 — $136.5K −74.2% −74.5% $13.4M 782 $175 39

Tue Jan 29 — $183.4K +34.4% −25.2% $13.6M 782 $235 40

Wed Jan 30 — $143.1K −22.0% −22.5% $13.8M 782 $183 41

Thu Jan 31 — $148.2K +3.6% −27.0% $13.9M 782 $190 42

Fri Feb 1 #20 $399.7K +169.7% −19.0% $14.3M 765 $523 43

Sat Feb 2 #20 $670.8K +67.8% −26.5% $15.0M 765 $877 44

Sun Feb 3 #18 $234.9K −65.0% −55.6% $15.2M 765 $307 45

Mon Feb 4 #19 $107.2K −54.4% −21.5% $15.3M 765 $140 46

Tue Feb 5 #18 $153.9K +43.7% −16.1% $15.5M 765 $201 47

Wed Feb 6 #18 $117.7K −23.5% −17.7% $15.6M 765 $154 48

Thu Feb 7 #18 $117.9K +0.1% −20.5% $15.7M 765 $154 49

Fri Feb 8 — $240.7K +104.3% −39.8% $16.0M 739 $326 50

Sat Feb 9 — $438.1K +82.0% −34.7% $16.4M 739 $593 51

Sun Feb 10 — $278.7K −36.4% +18.7% $16.7M 739 $377 52

Mon Feb 11 — $87.5K −68.6% −18.4% $16.8M 739 $118 53

Tue Feb 12 — $105.5K +20.5% −31.5% $16.9M 739 $143 54

Wed Feb 13 — $77.6K −26.4% −34.1% $16.9M 739 $105 55

Thu Feb 14 — $87.8K +13.2% −25.5% $17.0M 523 $168 56

Fri Feb 15 — $118.4K +34.8% −50.8% $17.1M 422 $281 57

Sat Feb 16 — $205.7K +73.8% −53.1% $17.4M 422 $487 58

Sun Feb 17 — $156.3K −24.0% −43.9% $17.5M 422 $370 59

Mon Feb 18 — $105.1K −32.8% +20.2% $17.6M 422 $249 60

Tue Feb 19 — $57.7K −45.1% −45.3% $17.7M 422 $137 61

Wed Feb 20 — $46.3K −19.7% −40.3% $17.7M 422 $110 62

Thu Feb 21 — $47.3K +2.1% −46.1% $17.8M 422 $112 63

Fri Feb 22 — $79.9K +69.0% −32.5% $17.8M 273 $293 64

Sat Feb 23 — $142.8K +78.7% −30.6% $18.0M 273 $523 65

Sun Feb 24 — $66.6K −53.4% −57.4% $18.1M 273 $244 66

Mon Feb 25 — $23.4K −64.9% −77.7% $18.1M 273 $86 67

Tue Feb 26 — $33.5K +43.1% −42.0% $18.1M 273 $123 68

Wed Feb 27 — $26.1K −22.1% −43.7% $18.1M 273 $95 69

Thu Feb 28 — $27.1K +4.1% −42.6% $18.2M 273 $99 70

Fri Mar 1 — $43.6K +60.6% −45.5% $18.2M 151 $289 71

Sat Mar 2 — $74.4K +70.7% −47.9% $18.3M 151 $493 72

Sun Mar 3 — $41.8K −43.8% −37.2% $18.3M 151 $277 73

Mon Mar 4 — $14.1K −66.2% −39.6% $18.3M 151 $94 74

Tue Mar 5 — $19.2K +35.6% −42.8% $18.4M 151 $127 75

Wed Mar 6 — $16.6K −13.1% −36.1% $18.4M 151 $110 76

Thu Mar 7 — $15.9K −4.7% −41.5% $18.4M 151 $105 77

Fri Mar 8 — $28.5K +79.7% −34.5% $18.4M 114 $250 78

Sat Mar 9 — $44.0K +54.4% −40.8% $18.5M 114 $386 79

Sun Mar 10 — $25.5K −42.1% −39.0% $18.5M 114 $224 80

Mon Mar 11 — $9.4K −63.1% −33.5% $18.5M 114 $82 81

Tue Mar 12 — $12.6K +34.5% −34.0% $18.5M 114 $111 82

Wed Mar 13 — $11.2K −11.6% −32.9% $18.5M 114 $98 83

Thu Mar 14 — $10.9K −2.5% −31.3% $18.5M 114 $96 84

Fri Mar 15 — $25.5K +133.7% −10.7% $18.6M 105 $243 85

Sat Mar 16 — $36.4K +42.9% −17.4% $18.6M 105 $347 86

Sun Mar 17 — $22.2K −39.0% −12.9% $18.6M 105 $211 87

Mon Mar 18 — $7.5K −66.0% −19.7% $18.6M 105 $72 88

Tue Mar 19 — $12.9K +70.5% +1.8% $18.6M 105 $123 89

Wed Mar 20 — $11.9K −7.4% +6.7% $18.6M 105 $114 90

Thu Mar 21 — $12.5K +4.8% +14.6% $18.7M 105 $119 91

Fri Mar 22 — $22.6K +80.7% −11.4% $18.7M 123 $184 92

Sat Mar 23 — $34.0K +50.6% −6.6% $18.7M 123 $276 93

Sun Mar 24 — $20.3K −40.2% −8.4% $18.7M 123 $165 94

Mon Mar 25 — $8.5K −58.2% +12.4% $18.7M 123 $69 95

Tue Mar 26 — $10.1K +19.2% −21.4% $18.8M 123 $82 96

Wed Mar 27 — $9.0K −10.9% −24.4% $18.8M 123 $73 97

Thu Mar 28 — $9.5K +5.2% −24.0% $18.8M 123 $77 98

Fri Mar 29 — $16.7K +76.3% −25.9% $18.8M 86 $194 99

Sat Mar 30 — $17.6K +5.3% −48.2% $18.8M 86 $205 100

Sun Mar 31 — $11.2K −36.4% −44.9% $18.8M 86 $130 101

Mon Apr 1 — $7.4K −34.1% −13.1% $18.8M 86 $86 102

Tue Apr 2 — $7.1K −3.5% −29.7% $18.8M 86 $83 103

Wed Apr 3 — $6.7K −5.8% −25.7% $18.8M 86 $78 104

Thu Apr 4 — $7.8K +16.5% −17.7% $18.8M 86 $91 105

Fri Apr 5 — $20.2K +159.1% +20.9% $18.9M 80 $253 106

Sat Apr 6 — $22.5K +11.0% +27.6% $18.9M 80 $281 107

Sun Apr 7 — $16.4K −26.8% +46.9% $18.9M 80 $206 108

Mon Apr 8 — $6.2K −62.0% −15.3% $18.9M 80 $78 109

Tue Apr 9 — $7.6K +21.0% +6.3% $18.9M 80 $95 110

Wed Apr 10 — $8.4K +11.6% +26.0% $18.9M 80 $106 111

Thu Apr 11 — $7.6K −10.0% −2.6% $18.9M 80 $95 112

Fri Apr 12 — $18.3K +141.5% −9.3% $19.0M 77 $238 113

Sat Apr 13 — $27.1K +47.8% +20.8% $19.0M 77 $352 114

Sun Apr 14 — $14.4K −47.0% −12.6% $19.0M 77 $187 115

Mon Apr 15 — $4.4K −69.4% −29.6% $19.0M 77 $57 116

Tue Apr 16 — $6.6K +49.2% −13.2% $19.0M 77 $85 117

Wed Apr 17 — $6.4K −2.9% −24.5% $19.0M 77 $83 118

Thu Apr 18 — $5.8K −9.3% −23.9% $19.0M 77 $75 119

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

Cumulative total$18.2M

Dec 21Jan 7Jan 25Feb 11Feb 28

Weekend grossWk 10 · $289.3K

$143.8K

$182.6K

$2.8M

$2.5M

$2.5M

$1.9M

$1.3M

$957.6K

$480.4K

$289.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 886 → 273 −69.2%

15 open273 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −39.8%

+26.9%

W1→2

+1409.2%

W2→3

−8.1%

W3→4

−2.2%

W4→5

−21.8%

W5→6

−32.6%

W6→7

−26.6%

W7→8

−49.8%

W8→9

−39.8%

W9→10

Steepest −49.8%Biggest gain +1409.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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