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The Raven

2012 • R • 1h 51m • Crime, Drama, Mystery • Relativity Media

The only one who can stop a serial killer is the man who inspired him.

🍅 21% 46%

44

2.81

6.4

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$7.3M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$16.0M

Final

Worldwide Total

$30.6M

$14.6M international

Domestic Legs2.2x

Budget$26M

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Cast & Crew

Directed byJames McTeigue ScreenplayBen Livingston, Hannah Shakespeare Produced byAaron Ryder, Trevor Macy, Marc D. Evans CinematographyDanny Ruhlmann Prod. DesignRoger Ford StarringJohn Cusack, Luke Evans, Alice Eve, Brendan Gleeson, Kevin McNally, Oliver Jackson-Cohen StudioRelativity Media

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Apr 27-29 7 $7.3M — 2,203 $3,309 $7.3M

2 May 4-6 8 $2.6M −63.8% 2,209 $1,194 $12.2M

3 May 11-13 12 $1.4M −47.7% 1,888 $730 $14.7M

4 May 18-20 25 $236.7K −82.8% 432 $548 $15.5M

5 May 25-27 37 $60.0K −74.6% 111 $541 $15.7M

6 Jun 1-3 55 $19.2K −68.1% 61 $314 $15.8M

7 Jun 8-10 57 $14.2K −26.1% 34 $417 $15.8M

8 Jun 15-17 62 $12.1K −15.0% 29 $416 $15.8M

9 Jun 22-24 37 $67.4K +458.9% 133 $506 $15.9M

10 Jun 29-Jul 1 48 $22.0K −67.3% 78 $282 $16.0M

11 Jul 6-8 72 $3.3K −85.2% 29 $112 $16.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Apr 27 #7 $2.5M — $2.5M 2,203 $1,147 1

Sat Apr 28 #7 $2.9M +16.4% $5.5M 2,203 $1,335 2

Sun Apr 29 #7 $1.8M −38.0% $7.3M 2,203 $828 3

Mon Apr 30 #6 $587.7K −67.8% $7.9M 2,203 $267 4

Tue May 1 #6 $705.6K +20.1% $8.6M 2,203 $320 5

Wed May 2 #6 $513.1K −27.3% $9.1M 2,203 $233 6

Thu May 3 #6 $443.3K −13.6% $9.5M 2,203 $201 7

Fri May 4 #7 $849.8K +91.7% −66.4% $10.4M 2,209 $385 8

Sat May 5 #7 $1.0M +23.3% −64.4% $11.4M 2,209 $474 9

Sun May 6 #9 $739.2K −29.4% −59.5% $12.2M 2,209 $335 10

Mon May 7 #8 $264.2K −64.3% −55.1% $12.4M 2,209 $120 11

Tue May 8 #8 $343.9K +30.2% −51.3% $12.8M 2,209 $156 12

Wed May 9 #7 $288.5K −16.1% −43.8% $13.1M 2,209 $131 13

Thu May 10 #7 $272.3K −5.6% −38.6% $13.3M 2,209 $123 14

Fri May 11 #9 $408.2K +49.9% −52.0% $13.8M 1,888 $216 15

Sat May 12 #11 $546.7K +33.9% −47.8% $14.3M 1,888 $290 16

Sun May 13 #12 $423.9K −22.5% −42.7% $14.7M 1,888 $225 17

Mon May 14 #10 $159.6K −62.3% −39.6% $14.9M 1,888 $85 18

Tue May 15 #11 $172.5K +8.0% −49.9% $15.1M 1,888 $91 19

Wed May 16 #11 $125.8K −27.0% −56.4% $15.2M 1,888 $67 20

Thu May 17 #11 $127.4K +1.2% −53.2% $15.3M 1,888 $67 21

Fri May 18 — $72.7K −42.9% −82.2% $15.4M 432 $168 22

Sat May 19 — $103.4K +42.2% −81.1% $15.5M 432 $239 23

Sun May 20 — $60.5K −41.5% −85.7% $15.5M 432 $140 24

Mon May 21 — $30.5K −49.6% −80.9% $15.6M 432 $71 25

Tue May 22 — $32.4K +6.1% −81.2% $15.6M 432 $75 26

Wed May 23 — $32.8K +1.4% −73.9% $15.6M 432 $76 27

Thu May 24 — $34.0K +3.5% −73.3% $15.7M 432 $79 28

Fri May 25 — $15.8K −53.5% −78.3% $15.7M 111 $142 29

Sat May 26 — $22.7K +44.0% −78.0% $15.7M 111 $205 30

Sun May 27 — $21.5K −5.4% −64.5% $15.7M 111 $194 31

Mon May 28 — $14.8K −31.0% −51.4% $15.8M 111 $134 32

Tue May 29 — $7.6K −48.8% −76.5% $15.8M 111 $68 33

Wed May 30 — $6.7K −12.2% −79.7% $15.8M 111 $60 34

Thu May 31 — $7.3K +9.8% −78.4% $15.8M 111 $66 35

Fri Jun 1 — $5.8K −20.8% −63.2% $15.8M 61 $95 36

Sat Jun 2 — $8.0K +37.6% −64.9% $15.8M 61 $131 37

Sun Jun 3 — $5.4K −32.7% −75.0% $15.8M 61 $88 38

Mon Jun 4 — $3.3K −39.5% −78.1% $15.8M 61 $53 39

Tue Jun 5 — $3.3K +0.7% −56.8% $15.8M 61 $54 40

Wed Jun 6 — $2.8K −15.8% −58.6% $15.8M 61 $45 41

Thu Jun 7 — $2.7K −0.9% −62.7% $15.8M 61 $45 42

Fri Jun 8 — $5.5K +102.4% −4.6% $15.8M 34 $163 43

Sat Jun 9 — $5.4K −2.1% −32.1% $15.8M 34 $159 44

Sun Jun 10 — $3.2K −40.8% −40.3% $15.8M 34 $94 45

Mon Jun 11 — $2.2K −31.0% −32.0% $15.8M 34 $65 46

Tue Jun 12 — $3.4K +51.5% +2.3% $15.8M 34 $99 47

Wed Jun 13 — $2.8K −15.4% +2.8% $15.8M 34 $83 48

Thu Jun 14 — $2.2K −21.3% −18.5% $15.8M 34 $66 49

Fri Jun 15 — $4.1K +81.7% −26.8% $15.8M 29 $140 50

Sat Jun 16 — $4.7K +15.8% −13.4% $15.8M 29 $162 51

Sun Jun 17 — $3.3K −29.7% +2.8% $15.8M 29 $114 52

Mon Jun 18 — $1.5K −54.2% −31.7% $15.8M 29 $52 53

Tue Jun 19 — $2.3K +50.8% −32.1% $15.8M 29 $79 54

Wed Jun 20 — $2.0K −10.4% −28.0% $15.8M 29 $70 55

Thu Jun 21 — $2.8K +35.5% +24.0% $15.8M 29 $95 56

Fri Jun 22 — $20.4K +638.1% +403.7% $15.9M 133 $154 57

Sat Jun 23 — $25.9K +26.9% +451.9% $15.9M 133 $195 58

Sun Jun 24 — $21.0K −18.9% +536.9% $15.9M 133 $158 59

Mon Jun 25 — $10.9K −47.9% +624.0% $15.9M 133 $82 60

Tue Jun 26 — $12.7K +15.9% +456.4% $15.9M 133 $95 61

Wed Jun 27 — $10.9K −14.3% +432.0% $16.0M 133 $82 62

Thu Jun 28 — $11.4K +4.8% +311.3% $16.0M 133 $86 63

Fri Jun 29 — $6.7K −41.4% −67.3% $16.0M 78 $86 64

Sat Jun 30 — $8.4K +26.4% −67.5% $16.0M 78 $108 65

Sun Jul 1 — $6.9K −17.9% −67.1% $16.0M 78 $89 66

Mon Jul 2 — $4.1K −40.3% −62.2% $16.0M 78 $53 67

Tue Jul 3 — $4.8K +15.0% −62.5% $16.0M 78 $61 68

Wed Jul 4 — $5.1K +6.6% −53.3% $16.0M 78 $65 69

Thu Jul 5 — $4.9K −2.7% −56.7% $16.0M 78 $63 70

Fri Jul 6 — $926 −81.2% −86.1% $16.0M 29 $32 71

Sat Jul 7 — $1.2K +32.9% −85.4% $16.0M 29 $42 72

Sun Jul 8 — $1.1K −10.5% −84.1% $16.0M 29 $38 73

Mon Jul 9 — $492 −55.4% −88.1% $16.0M 29 $17 74

Tue Jul 10 — $598 +21.5% −87.4% $16.0M 29 $21 75

Wed Jul 11 — $603 +0.8% −88.1% $16.0M 29 $21 76

Thu Jul 12 — $601 −0.3% −87.8% $16.0M 29 $21 77

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

Cumulative total$16.0M

Apr 27May 14Jun 1Jun 18Jul 5

Weekend grossWk 10 · $22.0K

$7.3M

$2.6M

$1.4M

$236.7K

$60.0K

$19.2K

$14.2K

$12.1K

$67.4K

$22.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,209 → 78 −96.5%

2,203 open78 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −67.3%

−63.8%

W1→2

−47.7%

W2→3

−82.8%

W3→4

−74.6%

W4→5

−68.1%

W5→6

−26.1%

W6→7

−15.0%

W7→8

+458.9%

W8→9

−67.3%

W9→10

Steepest −82.8%Biggest gain +458.9%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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