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2009 • R • 2h 42m • Action, Drama, Mystery • Warner Bros.

Justice is coming to all of us. No matter what we do.

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3.68

7.6

CS B

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$55.20M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$108.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$185.00M

$77.90M international

Domestic legs1.95x

Budget$130M

2009 rank#31

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Cast & crew

Full Snyder filmography

Zack Snyder

Zack Snyder Director

Malin Åkerman

Malin Åkerman Starring

Patrick Wilson

Patrick Wilson Starring

Billy Crudup

Billy Crudup Starring

Matthew Goode

Matthew Goode Starring

Jackie Earle Haley

Jackie Earle Haley Starring

ScreenplayDavid Hayter, Alex Tse Produced byLawrence Gordon, Lloyd Levin, Deborah Snyder CinematographyLarry Fong MusicTyler Bates StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 6-8 1 $55.2M — 3,611 $15,290 $55.2M

2 Mar 13-15 2 $17.8M −67.7% 3,611 $4,934 $85.8M

3 Mar 20-22 5 $6.8M −61.8% 3,510 $1,937 $98.1M

4 Mar 27-29 8 $2.7M −59.8% 2,010 $1,359 $103.3M

5 Apr 3-5 13 $1.1M −60.7% 1,103 $973 $105.3M

6 Apr 10-12 17 $554.4K −48.4% 453 $1,223 $106.4M

7 Apr 17-19 25 $199.1K −64.1% 236 $843 $106.8M

8 Apr 24-26 29 $125.2K −37.1% 145 $863 $107.1M

9 May 8-10 29 $112.5K −10.2% 263 $427 $107.3M

10 May 15-17 33 $65.0K −42.2% 163 $398 $107.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Mar 6 #1 $24.5M — $24.5M 3,611 $6,789 1

Sat Mar 7 #1 $18.4M −25% $42.9M 3,611 $5,091 2

Sun Mar 8 #1 $12.3M −33% $55.2M 3,611 $3,410 3

Mon Mar 9 #1 $3.9M −68% $59.1M 3,611 $1,075 4

Tue Mar 10 #1 $3.4M −12% $62.5M 3,611 $945 5

Wed Mar 11 #1 $2.8M −18% $65.3M 3,611 $778 6

Thu Mar 12 #1 $2.6M −7% $67.9M 3,611 $722 7

Fri Mar 13 #3 $5.3M +103% −78% $73.2M 3,611 $1,468 8

Sat Mar 14 #2 $7.5M +42% −59% $80.8M 3,611 $2,089 9

Sun Mar 15 #2 $5.0M −34% −60% $85.8M 3,611 $1,376 10

Mon Mar 16 #2 $1.6M −68% −59% $87.4M 3,611 $446 11

Tue Mar 17 #2 $1.3M −22% −63% $88.6M 3,611 $347 12

Wed Mar 18 #2 $1.4M +9% −51% $90.0M 3,611 $379 13

Thu Mar 19 #2 $1.4M −1% −48% $91.3M 3,611 $374 14

Fri Mar 20 #5 $2.0M +48% −62% $93.3M 3,510 $569 15

Sat Mar 21 #5 $2.9M +43% −62% $96.2M 3,510 $813 16

Sun Mar 22 #5 $1.9M −32% −61% $98.1M 3,510 $554 17

Mon Mar 23 #5 $631.2K −68% −61% $98.8M 3,510 $179 18

Tue Mar 24 #5 $637.3K +1% −49% $99.4M 3,510 $181 19

Wed Mar 25 #5 $575.1K −10% −58% $100.0M 3,510 $163 20

Thu Mar 26 #5 $556.4K −3% −59% $100.5M 3,510 $158 21

Fri Mar 27 #10 $760.7K +37% −62% $101.3M 2,010 $378 22

Sat Mar 28 #9 $1.2M +55% −59% $102.5M 2,010 $586 23

Sun Mar 29 #8 $791.9K −33% −59% $103.3M 2,010 $393 24

Mon Mar 30 #8 $253.4K −68% −60% $103.5M 2,010 $126 25

Tue Mar 31 #8 $263.5K +4% −59% $103.8M 2,010 $131 26

Wed Apr 1 #8 $239.8K −9% −58% $104.0M 2,010 $119 27

Thu Apr 2 #8 $242.0K +1% −57% $104.3M 2,010 $120 28

Fri Apr 3 #13 $320.0K +32% −58% $104.6M 1,103 $290 29

Sat Apr 4 #13 $448.2K +40% −62% $105.0M 1,103 $406 30

Sun Apr 5 #12 $306.1K −32% −61% $105.3M 1,103 $277 31

Mon Apr 6 #12 $111.5K −64% −56% $105.5M 1,103 $101 32

Tue Apr 7 #12 $125.4K +12% −52% $105.6M 1,103 $113 33

Wed Apr 8 #12 $124.2K −1% −48% $105.7M 1,103 $112 34

Thu Apr 9 $156.4K +26% −35% $105.9M 1,103 $141 35

Fri Apr 10 $189.6K +21% −41% $106.1M 453 $418 36

Sat Apr 11 $224.3K +18% −50% $106.3M 453 $495 37

Sun Apr 12 $140.5K −37% −54% $106.4M 453 $310 38

Mon Apr 13 $66.3K −53% −40% $106.5M 453 $146 39

Tue Apr 14 $57.2K −14% −54% $106.5M 453 $126 40

Wed Apr 15 $52.4K −8% −58% $106.6M 453 $115 41

Thu Apr 16 $55.2K +5% −65% $106.6M 453 $121 42

Fri Apr 17 $55.6K +1% −71% $106.7M 236 $235 43

Sat Apr 18 $83.5K +50% −63% $106.8M 236 $353 44

Sun Apr 19 $60.0K −28% −57% $106.8M 236 $254 45

Mon Apr 20 $22.6K −62% −66% $106.9M 236 $95 46

Tue Apr 21 $24.2K +7% −58% $106.9M 236 $102 47

Wed Apr 22 $21.0K −13% −60% $106.9M 236 $89 48

Thu Apr 23 $19.6K −7% −65% $106.9M 236 $82 49

Fri Apr 24 $35.4K +81% −36% $107.0M 145 $244 50

Sat Apr 25 $54.2K +53% −35% $107.0M 145 $373 51

Sun Apr 26 $35.6K −34% −41% $107.1M 145 $245 52

Mon Apr 27 $13.2K −63% −42% $107.1M 145 $90 53

Tue Apr 28 $14.9K +13% −38% $107.1M 145 $102 54

Wed Apr 29 $13.8K −7% −34% $107.1M 145 $95 55

Thu Apr 30 $14.0K +1% −29% $107.1M 145 $96 56

Fri May 1 $16.6K +19% −53% $107.1M 90 $184 57

Sat May 2 $26.0K +57% −52% $107.2M 90 $289 58

Sun May 3 $19.6K −25% −45% $107.2M 90 $217 59

Mon May 4 $7.0K −64% −46% $107.2M 90 $78 60

Tue May 5 $7.4K +5% −50% $107.2M 90 $82 61

Wed May 6 $8.7K +17% −37% $107.2M 90 $96 62

Thu May 7 $7.2K −17% −49% $107.2M 90 $79 63

Fri May 8 $31.4K +336% +89% $107.2M 263 $119 64

Sat May 9 $45.7K +46% +76% $107.3M 263 $173 65

Sun May 10 $35.4K −22% +81% $107.3M 263 $134 66

Mon May 11 $15.6K −56% +121% $107.3M 263 $59 67

Tue May 12 $17.4K +11% +135% $107.4M 263 $65 68

Wed May 13 $17.0K −2% +96% $107.4M 263 $64 69

Thu May 14 $16.5K −3% +130% $107.4M 263 $62 70

Fri May 15 $17.7K +7% −44% $107.4M 163 $108 71

Sat May 16 $27.7K +57% −39% $107.4M 163 $169 72

Sun May 17 $19.6K −29% −45% $107.5M 163 $120 73

Mon May 18 $8.1K −59% −48% $107.5M 163 $49 74

Tue May 19 $7.1K −13% −59% $107.5M 163 $43 75

Wed May 20 $7.4K +5% −56% $107.5M 163 $45 76

Thu May 21 $7.5K +1% −54% $107.5M 163 $46 77

Fri May 22 $3.8K −50% −79% $107.5M 45 $83 78

Sat May 23 $5.1K +36% −81% $107.5M 45 $114 79

Sun May 24 $5.8K +13% −70% $107.5M 45 $128 80

Mon May 25 #56 $4.8K −17% −41% $107.5M 45 $106 81

Tue May 26 $2.2K −54% −69% $107.5M 45 $49 82

Wed May 27 $2.3K +5% −69% $107.5M 45 $51 83

Thu May 28 $2.0K −16% −74% $107.5M 45 $43 84

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

Cumulative total$107.4M

Mar 6Mar 23Apr 10Apr 27May 14

Weekend grossWk 10 · $65.0K

$55.2M

$17.8M

$6.8M

$2.7M

$1.1M

$554.4K

$199.1K

$125.2K

$112.5K

$65.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,611 → 263 −92.7%

3,611 open263 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −42.2%

−67.7%

W1→2

−61.8%

W2→3

−59.8%

W3→4

−60.7%

W4→5

−48.4%

W5→6

−64.1%

W6→7

−37.1%

W7→8

−10.2%

W8→9

−42.2%

W9→10

Steepest −67.7%Best hold −10.2%

Run milestones

$100M in 21 days

$100M

Day 21

Mar 26

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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