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The Prestige

2006 • PG-13 • 2h 10m • Drama, Fantasy, Mystery & Thriller • Touchstone Pictures

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Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$14.8M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$53.1M

Final

Worldwide Total

$104.4M

$51.3M international

Domestic Legs3.6x

Budget$40M

2006 Rank#59

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Cast & Crew

Full Nolan filmography

Christopher Nolan

Christopher Nolan Director

Hugh Jackman Starring

Christian Bale Starring

Michael Caine Starring

Piper Perabo Starring

Scarlett Johansson

Scarlett Johansson Starring

ScreenplayJonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan Based onThe Prestige by Christopher Priest Produced byEmma Thomas, Aaron Ryder, Christopher Nolan CinematographyWally Pfister Music byDavid Julyan StudioTouchstone Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 20-22 1 $14.8M — 2,281 $6,489 $14.8M

2 Oct 27-29 3 $9.6M −35.3% 2,281 $4,197 $28.8M

3 Nov 3-5 6 $7.5M −21.6% 2,305 $3,256 $39.1M

4 Nov 10-12 8 $4.8M −36.3% 2,236 $2,137 $46.2M

5 Nov 17-19 13 $1.9M −59.2% 1,470 $1,327 $49.4M

6 Nov 24-26 19 $861.0K −55.8% 565 $1,524 $51.1M

7 Dec 1-3 22 $344.9K −59.9% 321 $1,075 $51.6M

8 Dec 8-10 29 $140.4K −59.3% 203 $692 $51.9M

9 Dec 15-17 36 $58.7K −58.2% 116 $506 $52.0M

10 Dec 22-24 29 $91.1K +55.2% 263 $346 $52.2M

11 Dec 29-31 33 $151.0K +65.7% 264 $572 $52.5M

12 Jan 5-7 36 $151.8K +0.6% 226 $672 $52.8M

13 Jan 12-14 42 $80.7K −46.8% 140 $577 $52.9M

14 Jan 19-21 47 $45.5K −43.6% 97 $469 $53.0M

15 Jan 26-28 56 $28.6K −37.1% 57 $502 $53.1M

16 Feb 2-4 60 $17.3K −39.7% 42 $411 $53.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 20 #1 $5.1M — $5.1M 2,281 $2,254 1

Sat Oct 21 #1 $5.9M +14% $11.0M 2,281 $2,565 2

Sun Oct 22 #1 $3.8M −35% $14.8M 2,281 $1,670 3

Mon Oct 23 #1 $1.2M −69% $16.0M 2,281 $524 4

Tue Oct 24 #1 $1.2M −2% $17.2M 2,281 $513 5

Wed Oct 25 #2 $1.0M −13% $18.2M 2,281 $446 6

Thu Oct 26 #2 $1.0M — $19.2M 2,281 $448 7

Fri Oct 27 #2 $3.0M +193% −42% $22.2M 2,281 $1,313 8

Sat Oct 28 #3 $4.1M +37% −30% $26.3M 2,281 $1,795 9

Sun Oct 29 #3 $2.5M −39% −35% $28.8M 2,281 $1,088 10

Mon Oct 30 #3 $658.3K −73% −45% $29.4M 2,281 $289 11

Tue Oct 31 #3 $776.2K +18% −34% $30.2M 2,281 $340 12

Wed Nov 1 #3 $696.4K −10% −32% $30.9M 2,281 $305 13

Thu Nov 2 #3 $718.6K +3% −30% $31.6M 2,281 $315 14

Fri Nov 3 #5 $2.4M +236% −19% $34.0M 2,305 $1,048 15

Sat Nov 4 #6 $3.4M +39% −18% $37.4M 2,305 $1,458 16

Sun Nov 5 #6 $1.7M −49% −30% $39.1M 2,305 $749 17

Mon Nov 6 #6 $549.3K −68% −17% $39.7M 2,305 $238 18

Tue Nov 7 #6 $593.6K +8% −24% $40.3M 2,305 $258 19

Wed Nov 8 #6 $484.3K −18% −30% $40.8M 2,305 $210 20

Thu Nov 9 #5 $644.3K +33% −10% $41.4M 2,305 $280 21

Fri Nov 10 #8 $1.6M +151% −33% $43.0M 2,236 $723 22

Sat Nov 11 #8 $2.1M +28% −38% $45.1M 2,236 $925 23

Sun Nov 12 #8 $1.1M −47% −37% $46.2M 2,236 $490 24

Mon Nov 13 #8 $332.5K −70% −39% $46.5M 2,236 $149 25

Tue Nov 14 #8 $309.3K −7% −48% $46.8M 2,236 $138 26

Wed Nov 15 #8 $289.1K −7% −40% $47.1M 2,236 $129 27

Thu Nov 16 #8 $297.6K +3% −54% $47.4M 2,236 $133 28

Tue Nov 21 #10 $273.4K — −12% $49.8M 1,470 $186 33

Mon Dec 25 #31 $27.5K — $52.2M 263 $105 67

Mon Jan 15 #43 $14.6K — $52.9M 140 $104 88

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

Cumulative total$52.2M

Oct 20Oct 27Nov 4Nov 11Dec 25

Weekend grossWk 10 · $91.1K

$14.8M

$9.6M

$7.5M

$4.8M

$1.9M

$861.0K

$344.9K

$140.4K

$58.7K

$91.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,305 → 263 −88.6%

2,281 open263 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +55.2%

−35.3%

W1→2

−21.6%

W2→3

−36.3%

W3→4

−59.2%

W4→5

−55.8%

W5→6

−59.9%

W6→7

−59.3%

W7→8

−58.2%

W8→9

+55.2%

W9→10

Steepest −59.9%Biggest gain +55.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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