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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.

Box office summary
Domestic Total
$79.9M
Final
Opening Weekend
$7.5M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
10.6x
Opening → Total
Budget
$66.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$178M
$97.7M international
2011 Rank
#40
Domestic
Compare with other movies
Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Dec 23-25 7 $7.5M $7.5M 2,376 $3K 1
Dec 30-Jan 1 5 $14.4M +91.9% $40.5M 2,547 $6K 2
Jan 6-8 6 $8.7M -39.8% $56.9M 2,783 $3K 3
Jan 13-15 8 $5.9M -31.8% $66.1M 2,856 $2K 4
Jan 20-22 12 $3.2M -46.8% $72.3M 2,525 $1K 5
Jan 27-29 18 $2.0M -36.4% $75.6M 1,861 $1K 6
Feb 3-5 22 $961K -52.0% $77.3M 1,163 $826 7
Feb 10-12 26 $452K -53.0% $78.2M 502 $899 8
Feb 17-19 31 $298K -34.0% $78.7M 394 $757 9
Feb 24-26 36 $176K -41.1% $79.0M 213 $825 10
Mar 2-4 38 $116K -33.8% $79.2M 131 $887 11
Mar 16-18 38 $129K +11.3% $79.5M 200 $647 12
Mar 23-25 42 $93K -27.8% $79.7M 170 $549 13

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Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed bySteven Spielberg
ScreenplayLee Hall
Produced bySteven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy
CinematographyJanusz Kamiński
MusicJohn Williams
StarringJeremy Irvine, Peter Mullan, Emily Watson, Niels Arestrup, David Thewlis, Tom Hiddleston
StudioWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures