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The Ruins

2008 • R • 1h 30m • Adventure, Horror, Thriller • Paramount Pictures

Terror has evolved.

🍅 52% 30%

44

2.78

5.9

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$8.0M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$17.4M

Final

Worldwide Total

$22.9M

$5.5M international

Domestic Legs2.2x

Budget$25M

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Cast & Crew

Directed byCarter Smith ScreenplayScott B. Smith Produced byChris Bender, Stuart Cornfeld CinematographyDarius Khondji MusicGraeme Revell Prod. DesignGrant Major StarringJonathan Tucker, Jena Malone, Shawn Ashmore, Laura Ramsey, Joe Anderson, Sergio Calderón StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Apr 4-6 5 $8.0M — 2,812 $2,846 $8.0M

2 Apr 11-13 8 $3.4M −57.7% 2,814 $1,203 $13.5M

3 Apr 18-20 13 $1.2M −64.3% 1,857 $651 $15.8M

4 Apr 25-27 18 $420.3K −65.2% 722 $582 $16.7M

5 May 2-4 30 $141.9K −66.2% 240 $591 $16.9M

6 May 9-11 44 $62.7K −55.8% 100 $627 $17.0M

7 May 16-18 31 $101.6K +62.2% 70 $1,452 $17.2M

8 May 23-25 31 $81.6K −19.7% 123 $664 $17.2M

9 May 30-Jun 1 31 $63.7K −22.0% 140 $455 $17.3M

10 Jun 6-8 51 $22.8K −64.2% 61 $374 $17.4M

11 Jun 13-15 61 $16.3K −28.4% 30 $544 $17.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Apr 4 #4 $2.8M — $2.8M 2,812 $992 1

Sat Apr 5 #5 $3.1M +12.2% $5.9M 2,812 $1,113 2

Sun Apr 6 #5 $2.1M −33.3% $8.0M 2,812 $742 3

Mon Apr 7 #5 $595.5K −71.4% $8.6M 2,812 $212 4

Tue Apr 8 #5 $595.2K −0.0% $9.2M 2,812 $212 5

Wed Apr 9 #5 $486.3K −18.3% $9.7M 2,812 $173 6

Thu Apr 10 #5 $483.0K −0.7% $10.2M 2,812 $172 7

Fri Apr 11 #8 $1.0M +115.3% −62.7% $11.2M 2,814 $370 8

Sat Apr 12 #9 $1.4M +35.6% −54.9% $12.6M 2,814 $501 9

Sun Apr 13 #8 $934.8K −33.7% −55.2% $13.5M 2,814 $332 10

Mon Apr 14 #7 $287.5K −69.2% −51.7% $13.8M 2,814 $102 11

Tue Apr 15 #8 $275.0K −4.3% −53.8% $14.1M 2,814 $98 12

Wed Apr 16 #8 $253.3K −7.9% −47.9% $14.4M 2,814 $90 13

Thu Apr 17 #8 $254.1K +0.3% −47.4% $14.6M 2,814 $90 14

Fri Apr 18 — $369.6K +45.4% −64.5% $15.0M 1,857 $199 15

Sat Apr 19 #13 $503.2K +36.2% −64.3% $15.5M 1,857 $271 16

Sun Apr 20 #13 $336.4K −33.1% −64.0% $15.8M 1,857 $181 17

Mon Apr 21 #13 $111.1K −67.0% −61.3% $15.9M 1,857 $60 18

Tue Apr 22 #13 $105.4K −5.2% −61.7% $16.0M 1,857 $57 19

Wed Apr 23 #12 $104.6K −0.8% −58.7% $16.1M 1,857 $56 20

Thu Apr 24 #13 $104.4K −0.2% −58.9% $16.3M 1,857 $56 21

Fri Apr 25 — $125.2K +20.0% −66.1% $16.4M 722 $173 22

Sat Apr 26 — $182.0K +45.3% −63.8% $16.6M 722 $252 23

Sun Apr 27 — $113.0K −37.9% −66.4% $16.7M 722 $157 24

Mon Apr 28 — $35.3K −68.8% −68.3% $16.7M 722 $49 25

Tue Apr 29 — $32.6K −7.6% −69.1% $16.7M 722 $45 26

Wed Apr 30 — $32.0K −1.7% −69.4% $16.8M 722 $44 27

Thu May 1 — $23.7K −26.1% −77.3% $16.8M 722 $33 28

Fri May 2 — $44.4K +87.6% −64.6% $16.8M 240 $185 29

Sat May 3 — $65.8K +48.3% −63.8% $16.9M 240 $274 30

Sun May 4 — $31.6K −52.0% −72.0% $16.9M 240 $132 31

Mon May 5 — $8.2K −74.1% −76.8% $16.9M 240 $34 32

Tue May 6 — $8.9K +8.6% −72.7% $17.0M 240 $37 33

Wed May 7 — $9.0K +1.7% −71.8% $17.0M 240 $38 34

Thu May 8 — $9.0K −0.7% −62.0% $17.0M 240 $37 35

Fri May 9 — $25.3K +182.1% −42.9% $17.0M 100 $253 36

Sat May 10 — $26.7K +5.4% −59.4% $17.0M 100 $267 37

Sun May 11 — $10.6K −60.2% −66.4% $17.0M 100 $106 38

Mon May 12 — $4.5K −57.9% −45.5% $17.0M 100 $45 39

Tue May 13 — $4.3K −4.3% −52.0% $17.0M 100 $43 40

Wed May 14 — $4.7K +10.3% −47.9% $17.1M 100 $47 41

Thu May 15 — $3.9K −18.3% −57.1% $17.1M 100 $39 42

Fri May 16 — $33.7K +773.7% +32.8% $17.1M 70 $481 43

Sat May 17 — $38.4K +14.0% +43.7% $17.1M 70 $548 44

Sun May 18 — $29.6K −22.8% +179.1% $17.2M 70 $423 45

Mon May 19 — $2.6K −91.3% −42.3% $17.2M 70 $37 46

Tue May 20 — $2.7K +5.3% −36.5% $17.2M 70 $39 47

Wed May 21 — $2.0K −24.8% −56.7% $17.2M 70 $29 48

Thu May 22 — $2.3K +14.7% −39.3% $17.2M 70 $33 49

Fri May 23 — $21.1K +804.1% −37.2% $17.2M 123 $172 50

Sat May 24 — $30.4K +43.8% −20.8% $17.2M 123 $247 51

Sun May 25 — $30.1K −0.9% +1.7% $17.2M 123 $245 52

Mon May 26 #35 $15.5K −48.5% +501.8% $17.3M 123 $126 53

Tue May 27 — $7.3K −53.2% +167.4% $17.3M 123 $59 54

Wed May 28 — $7.6K +4.4% +271.3% $17.3M 123 $62 55

Thu May 29 — $7.1K −6.2% +203.9% $17.3M 123 $58 56

Fri May 30 — $19.3K +172.1% −8.6% $17.3M 140 $138 57

Sat May 31 — $26.0K +34.8% −14.3% $17.3M 140 $186 58

Sun Jun 1 — $18.3K −29.6% −39.1% $17.3M 140 $131 59

Mon Jun 2 — $7.8K −57.4% −49.6% $17.4M 140 $56 60

Tue Jun 3 — $7.4K −5.1% +2.1% $17.4M 140 $53 61

Wed Jun 4 — $7.9K +6.9% +4.6% $17.4M 140 $57 62

Thu Jun 5 — $8.1K +2.1% +13.8% $17.4M 140 $58 63

Fri Jun 6 — $6.8K −15.6% −64.7% $17.4M 61 $112 64

Sat Jun 7 — $9.9K +44.7% −62.1% $17.4M 61 $162 65

Sun Jun 8 — $6.1K −38.3% −66.8% $17.4M 61 $100 66

Mon Jun 9 — $2.3K −62.0% −70.4% $17.4M 61 $38 67

Tue Jun 10 — $2.4K +2.5% −68.0% $17.4M 61 $39 68

Wed Jun 11 — $2.2K −6.2% −71.9% $17.4M 61 $36 69

Thu Jun 12 — $2.3K +2.3% −71.8% $17.4M 61 $37 70

Fri Jun 13 — $5.5K +140.6% −19.8% $17.4M 30 $182 71

Sat Jun 14 — $9.1K +65.4% −8.3% $17.4M 30 $302 72

Sun Jun 15 — $1.8K −80.2% −70.6% $17.4M 30 $60 73

Mon Jun 16 — $1.3K −25.7% −42.4% $17.4M 30 $44 74

Tue Jun 17 — $1.1K −20.5% −55.4% $17.4M 30 $35 75

Wed Jun 18 — $1.2K +13.9% −45.8% $17.4M 30 $40 76

Thu Jun 19 — $1.3K +9.9% −41.8% $17.4M 30 $44 77

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

Cumulative total$17.4M

Apr 4Apr 21May 9May 26Jun 12

Weekend grossWk 10 · $22.8K

$8.0M

$3.4M

$1.2M

$420.3K

$141.9K

$62.7K

$101.6K

$81.6K

$63.7K

$22.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,814 → 61 −97.8%

2,812 open61 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −64.2%

−57.7%

W1→2

−64.3%

W2→3

−65.2%

W3→4

−66.2%

W4→5

−55.8%

W5→6

+62.2%

W6→7

−19.7%

W7→8

−22.0%

W8→9

−64.2%

W9→10

Steepest −66.2%Biggest gain +62.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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