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The Wolverine

2013 PG-13 2h 6m Action, Sci-Fi 20th Century Fox

When he's most vulnerable, he's most dangerous.

Box office summary
Domestic Total
$133M
Final
Opening Weekend
$53.1M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
2.50x
Opening → Total
Budget
$120M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$415M
$282M international
2013 Rank
#22
Domestic
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jul 26-28 1 $53.1M $53.1M 3,924 $14K 1
Aug 2-4 2 $21.3M -59.9% $94.6M 3,924 $5K 2
Aug 9-11 7 $8.0M -62.4% $112.0M 2,867 $3K 3
Aug 16-18 10 $4.5M -43.7% $120.6M 2,058 $2K 4
Aug 23-25 15 $2.5M -45.0% $125.1M 1,449 $2K 5
Aug 30-Sep 1 19 $1.7M -31.0% $127.8M 988 $2K 6
Sep 6-8 20 $749K -56.3% $129.4M 698 $1K 7
Sep 13-15 21 $565K -24.5% $130.2M 540 $1K 8
Sep 20-22 21 $458K -18.9% $130.9M 462 $991 9
Sep 27-29 23 $269K -41.2% $131.3M 329 $819 10
Oct 4-6 28 $182K -32.6% $131.6M 241 $753 11
Oct 11-13 29 $179K -1.4% $131.8M 227 $788 12
Oct 18-20 30 $153K -14.7% $132.1M 207 $737 13
Oct 25-27 34 $103K -32.6% $132.2M 164 $626 14
Nov 1-3 38 $73K -28.5% $132.4M 119 $617 15

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

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Cast & Crew

Directed byJames Mangold
ScreenplayScott Frank, Mark Bomback
Produced byLauren Shuler Donner, Hutch Parker
CinematographyRoss Emery
MusicMarco Beltrami
StarringHugh Jackman, Famke Janssen, Will Yun Lee, Hal Yamanouchi, Brian Tee
Studio20th Century Fox