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The Karate Kid

2010 PG 2h 20m Action, Drama, Family Sony Pictures Releasing

A challenge he never imagined. A teacher he never expected.

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$177M
Final
Opening Weekend
$55.7M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
3.17x
Opening → Total
Budget
$40.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$359M
$183M international
2010 Rank
#11
Domestic

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jun 11-13 World Cup (South Africa) 1 $55.7M $55.7M 3,663 $15K 1
Jun 18-20 World Cup (South Africa) 2 $29.9M -46.3% $107.1M 3,663 $8K 2
Jun 25-27 World Cup (South Africa) 4 $15.5M -48.0% $135.8M 3,740 $4K 3
Jul 2-4 World Cup (South Africa) 6 $8.0M -48.5% $151.5M 3,109 $3K 4
Jul 9-11 World Cup (South Africa) 8 $5.4M -32.9% $164.3M 2,458 $2K 5
Jul 16-18 10 $2.3M -57.3% $169.3M 1,532 $1K 6
Jul 23-25 13 $1.1M -51.9% $171.7M 780 $1K 7
Jul 30-Aug 1 16 $595K -45.9% $172.9M 461 $1K 8
Aug 6-8 16 $613K +3.0% $173.9M 442 $1K 9
Aug 13-15 18 $518K -15.4% $174.9M 372 $1K 10
Aug 20-22 24 $378K -27.0% $175.5M 314 $1K 11
Aug 27-29 30 $249K -34.3% $175.9M 255 $974 12
Sep 3-5 33 $246K -1.0% $176.2M 227 $1K 13
Sep 10-12 39 $126K -48.9% $176.5M 168 $748 14
Sep 17-19 44 $96K -23.8% $176.6M 147 $651 15

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Profitability

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

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Cast & Crew

Directed byHarald Zwart
ScreenplayChristopher Murphey
StarringJaden Smith, Taraji P. Henson, Wenwen Han, Wu Zhensu, Tess Liu
StudioSony Pictures Releasing