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War Horse

2011 • PG-13 • 2h 26m • Adventure, Drama, History • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Separated by war. Tested by battle. Bound by friendship.

🍅 74% 74%

72

3.39

7.2

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$7.5M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$79.9M

Final

Worldwide Total

$178M

$97.7M international

Domestic Legs10.6x

Budget$66.0M

2011 Rank#40

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Cast & Crew

Full Spielberg filmography

Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg Director

Emily Watson Starring

David Thewlis Starring

Tom Hiddleston Starring

ScreenplayLee Hall Produced bySteven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy CinematographyJanusz Kamiński MusicJohn Williams StudioWalt Disney Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 23-25 7 $7.5M — 2,376 $3,163 $7.5M

2 Dec 30-Jan 1 5 $14.4M +91.9% 2,547 $5,662 $40.5M

3 Jan 6-8 6 $8.7M −39.8% 2,783 $3,118 $56.9M

4 Jan 13-15 8 $5.9M −31.8% 2,856 $2,073 $66.1M

5 Jan 20-22 12 $3.2M −46.8% 2,525 $1,247 $72.3M

6 Jan 27-29 18 $2.0M −36.4% 1,861 $1,076 $75.6M

7 Feb 3-5 22 $960.8K −52.0% 1,163 $826 $77.3M

8 Feb 10-12 26 $451.8K −53.0% 502 $899 $78.2M

9 Feb 17-19 31 $298.3K −34.0% 394 $757 $78.7M

10 Feb 24-26 36 $175.8K −41.1% 213 $825 $79.0M

11 Mar 2-4 38 $116.3K −33.8% 131 $887 $79.2M

12 Mar 16-18 38 $129.5K +11.3% 200 $647 $79.5M

13 Mar 23-25 42 $93.4K −27.8% 170 $549 $79.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Sun Dec 25 #3 $7.5M — $7.5M 2,376 $3,163 1

Mon Dec 26 #3 $7.0M −7% $14.5M 2,376 $2,951 2

Tue Dec 27 #7 $4.2M −40% $18.7M 2,376 $1,756 3

Wed Dec 28 #7 $3.7M −11% $22.4M 2,376 $1,563 4

Thu Dec 29 #7 $3.6M −3% $26.0M 2,376 $1,521 5

Fri Dec 30 #6 $4.7M +30% $30.7M 2,547 $1,844 6

Sat Dec 31 #3 $5.6M +20% $36.4M 2,547 $2,208 7

Sun Jan 1 #5 $4.1M −27% −45% $40.5M 2,547 $1,609 8

Mon Jan 2 #7 $3.6M −11% −48% $44.1M 2,547 $1,428 9

Tue Jan 3 #6 $1.6M −57% −62% $45.7M 2,547 $614 10

Wed Jan 4 #4 $1.3M −17% −65% $47.0M 2,547 $512 11

Thu Jan 5 #4 $1.3M −3% −65% $48.2M 2,547 $496 12

Fri Jan 6 #5 $2.6M +105% −45% $50.8M 2,783 $932 13

Sat Jan 7 #6 $3.8M +48% −32% $54.7M 2,783 $1,380 14

Sun Jan 8 #6 $2.2M −42% −45% $56.9M 2,783 $805 15

Mon Jan 9 #5 $673.4K −70% −81% $57.6M 2,783 $241 16

Tue Jan 10 #5 $984.0K +46% −37% $58.6M 2,783 $353 17

Wed Jan 11 #5 $849.4K −14% −35% $59.4M 2,783 $305 18

Thu Jan 12 #5 $760.6K −10% −40% $60.2M 2,783 $273 19

Fri Jan 13 #8 $1.6M +115% −37% $61.8M 2,856 $572 20

Sat Jan 14 #9 $2.4M +44% −39% $64.2M 2,856 $825 21

Sun Jan 15 #9 $1.9M −18% −14% $66.1M 2,856 $675 22

Mon Jan 16 #9 $1.4M −26% +112% $67.5M 2,856 $499 23

Tue Jan 17 #8 $600.1K −58% −39% $68.1M 2,856 $210 24

Wed Jan 18 #8 $512.3K −15% −40% $68.6M 2,856 $179 25

Thu Jan 19 #7 $499.8K −2% −34% $69.1M 2,856 $174 26

Mon Jan 23 #12 $281.3K — −80% $72.6M 2,525 $111 30

Tue Jan 24 #12 $376.8K +34% −37% $72.9M 2,525 $149 31

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

Cumulative total$72.9M

Dec 25Jan 1Jan 8Jan 14Jan 24

Weekend grossWk 10 · $175.8K

$7.5M

$14.4M

$8.7M

$5.9M

$3.2M

$2.0M

$960.8K

$451.8K

$298.3K

$175.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,856 → 2,525 −11.6%

2,376 open2,525 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −41.1%

+91.9% W1→2

−39.8% W2→3

−31.8% W3→4

−46.8% W4→5

−36.4% W5→6

−52.0% W6→7

−53.0% W7→8

−34.0% W8→9

−41.1% W9→10

Steepest +91.9%Best hold −31.8%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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