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Wanted

2008 • R • 1h 50m • Action, Crime, Thriller • Universal Pictures

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64

3.05

6.7

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$50.9M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$135M

Final

Worldwide Total

$342M

$208M international

Domestic Legs2.64x

Budget$75.0M

2008 Rank#18

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Cast & Crew

James McAvoy Starring

Angelina Jolie Starring

Morgan Freeman Starring

Terence Stamp Starring

Thomas Kretschmann

Thomas Kretschmann Starring

Common Starring

ScreenplayMichael Brandt, Derek Haas, Chris Morgan Produced byMarc Platt, Jim Lemley, Jason Netter, Iain Smith CinematographyMitchell Amundsen MusicDanny Elfman StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 27-29 2 $50.9M — 3,175 $16,040 $50.9M

2 Jul 4-6 3 $20.1M −60.6% 3,185 $6,295 $90.2M

3 Jul 11-13 5 $12.0M −40.2% 3,157 $3,799 $112.5M

4 Jul 18-20 8 $5.1M −57.7% 2,433 $2,085 $123.3M

5 Jul 25-27 10 $2.7M −46.0% 1,750 $1,564 $128.6M

6 Aug 1-3 12 $1.2M −54.7% 895 $1,385 $131.3M

7 Aug 8-10 16 $735.1K −40.7% 642 $1,145 $132.6M

8 Aug 15-17 21 $368.8K −49.8% 367 $1,005 $133.3M

9 Aug 22-24 30 $221.0K −40.1% 254 $870 $133.7M

10 Aug 29-31 36 $158.1K −28.5% 186 $850 $134.0M

11 Sep 5-7 40 $117.0K −26.0% 180 $649 $134.2M

12 Sep 12-14 41 $82.5K −29.5% 146 $564 $134.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jun 27 #2 $19.0M — $19.0M 3,175 $5,990 1

Sat Jun 28 #2 $17.6M −7% $36.7M 3,175 $5,555 2

Sun Jun 29 #2 $14.3M −19% $50.9M 3,175 $4,495 3

Mon Jun 30 #2 $6.4M −55% $57.3M 3,175 $2,010 4

Tue Jul 1 #3 $4.6M −28% $61.9M 3,175 $1,450 5

Wed Jul 2 #3 $3.6M −22% $65.5M 3,175 $1,130 6

Thu Jul 3 #3 $4.6M +29% $70.1M 3,175 $1,459 7

Fri Jul 4 #3 $5.4M +16% −72% $75.5M 3,185 $1,685 8

Sat Jul 5 #3 $8.3M +55% −53% $83.8M 3,185 $2,610 9

Sun Jul 6 #3 $6.4M −23% −55% $90.2M 3,185 $2,000 10

Mon Jul 7 #3 $2.9M −55% −55% $93.0M 3,185 $895 11

Tue Jul 8 #3 $2.7M −5% −41% $95.7M 3,185 $850 12

Wed Jul 9 #3 $2.4M −10% −32% $98.2M 3,185 $764 13

Thu Jul 10 #3 $2.3M −6% −51% $100.5M 3,185 $715 14

Fri Jul 11 #5 $3.7M +64% −30% $104.2M 3,157 $1,185 15

Sat Jul 12 #5 $4.7M +26% −43% $108.9M 3,157 $1,489 16

Sun Jul 13 #5 $3.6M −24% −44% $112.5M 3,157 $1,125 17

Mon Jul 14 #5 $1.6M −55% −44% $114.0M 3,157 $505 18

Tue Jul 15 #5 $1.6M −2% −42% $115.6M 3,157 $495 19

Wed Jul 16 #5 $1.4M −10% −42% $117.0M 3,157 $445 20

Thu Jul 17 #5 $1.2M −12% −46% $118.2M 3,157 $390 21

Fri Jul 18 #8 $1.6M +29% −57% $119.8M 2,436 $654 22

Sat Jul 19 #8 $1.9M +21% −59% $121.8M 2,436 $794 23

Sun Jul 20 #8 $1.5M −20% −57% $123.3M 2,436 $634 24

Mon Jul 21 #8 $656.9K −57% −59% $124.0M 2,436 $269 25

Tue Jul 22 #8 $644.7K −2% −59% $124.6M 2,436 $264 26

Wed Jul 23 #8 $632.6K −2% −55% $125.3M 2,436 $259 27

Thu Jul 24 #8 $632.0K n/c −49% $125.9M 2,436 $259 28

Fri Jul 25 #10 $831.0K +31% −48% $126.7M 1,754 $473 29

Sat Jul 26 #10 $1.1M +30% −44% $127.8M 1,754 $613 30

Sun Jul 27 #10 $831.3K −23% −46% $128.6M 1,754 $473 31

Mon Jul 28 #10 $367.5K −56% −44% $129.0M 1,754 $209 32

Tue Jul 29 #10 $376.9K +3% −42% $129.4M 1,754 $214 33

Wed Jul 30 #10 $358.8K −5% −43% $129.7M 1,754 $204 34

Thu Jul 31 #10 $349.6K −3% −45% $130.1M 1,754 $199 35

Fri Aug 1 #12 $371.4K +6% −55% $130.5M 895 $415 36

Sat Aug 2 #13 $501.2K +35% −53% $131.0M 895 $560 37

Sun Aug 3 #12 $367.3K −27% −56% $131.3M 895 $410 38

Mon Aug 4 #12 $179.0K −51% −51% $131.5M 895 $199 39

Tue Aug 5 #12 $174.3K −3% −54% $131.7M 895 $194 40

Wed Aug 6 #15 $101.9K −42% −72% $131.8M 895 $113 41

Thu Aug 7 $93.0K −9% −73% $131.9M 895 $103 42

Fri Aug 8 #15 $211.9K +128% −43% $132.1M 642 $330 43

Sat Aug 9 #15 $304.9K +44% −39% $132.4M 642 $475 44

Sun Aug 10 #15 $218.3K −28% −41% $132.6M 642 $340 45

Mon Aug 11 #15 $96.3K −56% −46% $132.7M 642 $150 46

Tue Aug 12 #15 $103.0K +7% −41% $132.8M 642 $160 47

Wed Aug 13 #16 $74.0K −28% −27% $132.9M 642 $115 48

Thu Aug 14 #16 $73.8K n/c −21% $133.0M 642 $115 49

Fri Aug 15 $113.8K +54% −46% $133.1M 367 $310 50

Sat Aug 16 $152.3K +34% −50% $133.2M 367 $415 51

Sun Aug 17 $102.8K −33% −53% $133.3M 367 $280 52

Mon Aug 18 $45.9K −55% −52% $133.4M 367 $125 53

Tue Aug 19 $51.4K +12% −50% $133.4M 367 $140 54

Wed Aug 20 $49.5K −4% −33% $133.5M 367 $135 55

Thu Aug 21 $47.7K −4% −35% $133.5M 367 $130 56

Fri Aug 22 $66.0K +38% −42% $133.6M 254 $260 57

Sat Aug 23 $95.3K +44% −37% $133.7M 254 $375 58

Sun Aug 24 $59.7K −37% −42% $133.7M 254 $235 59

Mon Aug 25 $25.4K −57% −45% $133.8M 254 $100 60

Tue Aug 26 $24.1K −5% −53% $133.8M 254 $95 61

Wed Aug 27 $19.4K −20% −61% $133.8M 254 $76 62

Thu Aug 28 $19.1K −2% −60% $133.8M 254 $75 63

Fri Aug 29 $39.1K +105% −41% $133.9M 254 $153 64

Sat Aug 30 $62.3K +60% −35% $133.9M 254 $245 65

Sun Aug 31 $56.7K −9% −5% $134.0M 254 $223 66

Mon Sep 1 #38 $34.4K −39% +36% $134.0M 186 $185 67

Tue Sep 2 $13.0K −62% −46% $134.0M 186 $70 68

Wed Sep 3 $12.1K −7% −38% $134.0M 186 $64 69

Thu Sep 4 $11.2K −8% −41% $134.1M 186 $60 70

Fri Sep 5 $32.4K +190% −17% $134.1M 180 $180 71

Sat Sep 6 $54.0K +67% −13% $134.1M 180 $299 72

Sun Sep 7 $30.6K −43% −46% $134.2M 180 $170 73

Mon Sep 8 $9.8K −68% −71% $134.2M 180 $54 74

Tue Sep 9 $11.7K +19% −10% $134.2M 180 $65 75

Wed Sep 10 $10.8K −8% −11% $134.2M 180 $59 76

Thu Sep 11 $10.8K n/c −3% $134.2M 180 $60 77

Fri Sep 12 $24.1K +123% −26% $134.2M 180 $133 78

Sat Sep 13 $37.2K +55% −31% $134.3M 180 $206 79

Sun Sep 14 $21.2K −43% −31% $134.3M 180 $117 80

Mon Sep 15 $7.3K −66% −26% $134.3M 180 $40 81

Tue Sep 16 $8.8K +20% −25% $134.3M 180 $48 82

Wed Sep 17 $8.0K −8% −26% $134.3M 180 $44 83

Thu Sep 18 $8.8K +9% −19% $134.3M 180 $48 84

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

Cumulative total$134.1M

Jun 27Jul 14Aug 1Aug 18Sep 4

Weekend grossWk 10 · $158.1K

$50.9M

$20.1M

$12.0M

$5.1M

$2.7M

$1.2M

$735.1K

$368.8K

$221.0K

$158.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,185 → 186 −94.2%

3,175 open186 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −28.5%

−60.6% W1→2

−40.2% W2→3

−57.7% W3→4

−46.0% W4→5

−54.7% W5→6

−40.7% W6→7

−49.8% W7→8

−40.1% W8→9

−28.5% W9→10

Steepest −60.6%Best hold −28.5%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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