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X-Men Origins: WolverineFollow

2009 • PG-13 • 1h 47m • Action, Sci-Fi • 20th Century Fox

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🍅 37% 58%

40

2.56

6.5

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$85.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$179.90M

Final

Worldwide total

$374.80M

$194.90M international

Domestic legs2.11x

Budget$150M

2009 rank#13

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Cast & crew

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Gavin Hood

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Hugh Jackman

Hugh Jackman Starring

Liev Schreiber

Liev Schreiber Starring

Danny Huston

Danny Huston Starring

Lynn Collins

Lynn Collins Starring

Kevin Durand

Kevin Durand Starring

ScreenplayDavid Benioff, Skip Woods Produced byLauren Shuler Donner, Ralph Winter, Hugh Jackman, John Palermo CinematographyDonald McAlpine MusicHarry Gregson-Williams Studio20th Century Fox SeriesX-Men

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 1-3 1 $85.1M — 4,099 $20,750 $85.1M

2 May 8-10 2 $26.4M −69.0% 4,102 $6,437 $129.0M

3 May 15-17 3 $14.7M −44.3% 3,892 $3,777 $151.0M

4 May 22-24 6 $8.1M −45.1% 3,183 $2,535 $163.3M

5 May 29-31 8 $3.9M −52.0% 2,263 $1,711 $170.8M

6 Jun 5-7 11 $1.9M −50.2% 1,391 $1,385 $174.3M

7 Jun 12-14 12 $933.6K −51.6% 799 $1,168 $176.2M

8 Jun 19-21 14 $635.1K −32.0% 536 $1,184 $177.3M

9 Jun 26-28 20 $310.2K −51.2% 360 $861 $177.8M

10 Jul 3-5 19 $296.4K −4.5% 303 $978 $178.3M

11 Jul 10-12 22 $295.8K −0.2% 279 $1,060 $178.8M

12 Jul 17-19 28 $192.1K −35.1% 226 $849 $179.2M

13 Jul 24-26 32 $139.7K −27.3% 181 $771 $179.5M

14 Jul 31-Aug 2 38 $82.4K −41.0% 129 $638 $179.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri May 1 #1 $34.4M — $34.4M 4,099 $8,400 1

Sat May 2 #1 $29.3M −15% $63.8M 4,099 $7,153 2

Sun May 3 #1 $21.3M −27% $85.1M 4,099 $5,196 3

Mon May 4 #1 $5.5M −74% $90.5M 4,099 $1,329 4

Tue May 5 #1 $4.6M −15% $95.1M 4,099 $1,130 5

Wed May 6 #1 $4.0M −13% $99.2M 4,099 $978 6

Thu May 7 #1 $3.5M −13% $102.6M 4,099 $846 7

Fri May 8 #2 $8.3M +140% −76% $110.9M 4,102 $2,027 8

Sat May 9 #2 $11.2M +35% −62% $122.2M 4,102 $2,738 9

Sun May 10 #2 $6.9M −39% −68% $129.0M 4,102 $1,672 10

Mon May 11 #2 $2.0M −71% −64% $131.0M 4,102 $481 11

Tue May 12 #2 $1.9M −4% −59% $132.9M 4,102 $461 12

Wed May 13 #2 $1.7M −10% −57% $134.6M 4,102 $415 13

Thu May 14 #2 $1.7M −1% −52% $136.3M 4,102 $410 14

Fri May 15 #3 $4.2M +148% −50% $140.5M 3,892 $1,072 15

Sat May 16 #3 $6.4M +54% −43% $146.9M 3,892 $1,655 16

Sun May 17 #3 $4.1M −37% −40% $151.0M 3,892 $1,049 17

Mon May 18 #3 $1.4M −65% −28% $152.4M 3,892 $366 18

Tue May 19 #3 $1.1M −25% −44% $153.5M 3,892 $274 19

Wed May 20 #3 $956.4K −10% −44% $154.4M 3,892 $245 20

Thu May 21 #4 $811.0K −15% −52% $155.3M 3,892 $208 21

Fri May 22 #6 $2.3M +177% −46% $157.5M 3,183 $706 22

Sat May 23 #6 $3.0M +34% −53% $160.5M 3,183 $945 23

Sun May 24 #6 $2.8M −7% −31% $163.3M 3,183 $883 24

Mon May 25 #6 $1.8M −35% +29% $165.2M 3,183 $578 25

Tue May 26 #6 $649.1K −65% −39% $165.8M 3,183 $203 26

Wed May 27 #5 $568.4K −12% −41% $166.4M 3,183 $178 27

Thu May 28 $588.4K +4% −27% $167.0M 3,183 $184 28

Fri May 29 #8 $1.2M +96% −49% $168.1M 3,183 $362 29

Sat May 30 #8 $1.7M +47% −44% $169.8M 3,183 $532 30

Sun May 31 #8 $1.0M −40% −64% $170.8M 3,183 $321 31

Mon Jun 1 #8 $384.0K −62% −79% $171.2M 3,183 $120 32

Tue Jun 2 #8 $410.1K +7% −37% $171.6M 3,183 $128 33

Wed Jun 3 #7 $393.9K −4% −31% $172.0M 3,183 $123 34

Thu Jun 4 #8 $388.6K −1% −34% $172.4M 3,183 $122 35

Fri Jun 5 #11 $603.4K +55% −48% $173.0M 1,389 $434 36

Sat Jun 6 #10 $839.0K +39% −51% $173.9M 1,389 $604 37

Sun Jun 7 #10 $484.7K −42% −53% $174.3M 1,389 $348 38

Mon Jun 8 #10 $218.0K −55% −43% $174.6M 1,389 $156 39

Tue Jun 9 #10 $217.6K n/c −47% $174.8M 1,389 $156 40

Wed Jun 10 #10 $214.4K −1% −46% $175.0M 1,389 $154 41

Thu Jun 11 #10 $219.5K +2% −44% $175.2M 1,389 $158 42

Fri Jun 12 #12 $276.0K +26% −54% $175.5M 799 $345 43

Sat Jun 13 #12 $397.4K +44% −53% $175.9M 799 $497 44

Sun Jun 14 #12 $260.1K −35% −46% $176.2M 799 $325 45

Mon Jun 15 #12 $120.2K −54% −45% $176.3M 799 $150 46

Tue Jun 16 #12 $130.2K +8% −40% $176.4M 799 $162 47

Wed Jun 17 #12 $123.0K −6% −43% $176.5M 799 $153 48

Thu Jun 18 #12 $129.9K +6% −41% $176.7M 799 $162 49

Fri Jun 19 #14 $180.4K +39% −35% $176.8M 536 $336 50

Sat Jun 20 #14 $235.6K +31% −41% $177.1M 536 $439 51

Sun Jun 21 #14 $219.1K −7% −16% $177.3M 536 $408 52

Mon Jun 22 #14 $75.9K −65% −37% $177.4M 536 $141 53

Tue Jun 23 #16 $74.7K −2% −43% $177.4M 536 $139 54

Wed Jun 24 $44.3K −41% −64% $177.5M 341 $129 55

Thu Jun 25 $42.8K −3% −67% $177.5M 341 $125 56

Fri Jun 26 $95.9K +124% −47% $177.6M 360 $266 57

Sat Jun 27 $127.8K +33% −46% $177.8M 360 $355 58

Sun Jun 28 $86.5K −32% −61% $177.8M 360 $240 59

Mon Jun 29 $45.4K −47% −40% $177.9M 360 $126 60

Tue Jun 30 $57.8K +27% −23% $177.9M 341 $169 61

Wed Jul 1 $48.2K −17% +9% $178.0M 341 $141 62

Thu Jul 2 $57.1K +18% +33% $178.0M 341 $167 63

Fri Jul 3 #15 $121.7K +113% +27% $178.2M 303 $401 64

Sat Jul 4 #17 $77.8K −36% −39% $178.2M 303 $256 65

Sun Jul 5 #15 $96.8K +24% +12% $178.3M 303 $319 66

Mon Jul 6 #15 $50.7K −48% +11% $178.4M 303 $167 67

Tue Jul 7 #16 $55.1K +9% −5% $178.4M 303 $181 68

Wed Jul 8 #16 $48.3K −12% n/c $178.5M 303 $159 69

Thu Jul 9 #16 $49.7K +3% −13% $178.5M 303 $164 70

Fri Jul 10 $99.5K +100% −18% $178.6M 279 $356 71

Sat Jul 11 $116.5K +17% +50% $178.8M 279 $417 72

Sun Jul 12 $79.9K −31% −17% $178.8M 279 $286 73

Mon Jul 13 $41.0K −49% −19% $178.9M 279 $146 74

Tue Jul 14 $45.8K +12% −17% $178.9M 279 $164 75

Wed Jul 15 $35.5K −22% −26% $179.0M 279 $127 76

Thu Jul 16 $37.7K +6% −24% $179.0M 279 $135 77

Fri Jul 17 $58.0K +54% −42% $179.1M 226 $256 78

Sat Jul 18 $78.5K +35% −33% $179.1M 226 $347 79

Sun Jul 19 $55.6K −29% −30% $179.2M 226 $246 80

Mon Jul 20 $30.3K −46% −26% $179.2M 226 $133 81

Tue Jul 21 $36.0K +19% −21% $179.3M 226 $159 82

Wed Jul 22 $31.3K −13% −12% $179.3M 226 $138 83

Thu Jul 23 $33.3K +6% −12% $179.3M 226 $147 84

Fri Jul 24 $43.1K +30% −26% $179.4M 181 $238 85

Sat Jul 25 $58.8K +36% −25% $179.4M 181 $324 86

Sun Jul 26 $37.7K −36% −32% $179.5M 181 $208 87

Mon Jul 27 $21.9K −42% −28% $179.5M 181 $120 88

Tue Jul 28 $24.6K +13% −32% $179.5M 181 $136 89

Wed Jul 29 $23.5K −5% −25% $179.5M 181 $129 90

Thu Jul 30 $21.9K −7% −34% $179.6M 181 $121 91

Fri Jul 31 $25.3K +15% −41% $179.6M 129 $195 92

Sat Aug 1 $33.4K +32% −43% $179.6M 129 $258 93

Sun Aug 2 $23.7K −29% −37% $179.6M 129 $183 94

Mon Aug 3 $13.0K −45% −40% $179.7M 129 $101 95

Tue Aug 4 $14.4K +10% −42% $179.7M 129 $111 96

Wed Aug 5 $13.1K −9% −45% $179.7M 129 $101 97

Thu Aug 6 $13.7K +5% −38% $179.7M 129 $106 98

Fri Aug 7 $13.9K +2% −45% $179.7M 92 $151 99

Sat Aug 8 $18.0K +29% −46% $179.7M 92 $196 100

Sun Aug 9 $12.8K −29% −46% $179.7M 92 $139 101

Mon Aug 10 $6.8K −47% −48% $179.7M 92 $73 102

Tue Aug 11 $7.9K +17% −45% $179.8M 92 $86 103

Wed Aug 12 $7.1K −10% −45% $179.8M 92 $77 104

Thu Aug 13 $7.4K +4% −46% $179.8M 92 $80 105

Fri Aug 14 $11.1K +49% −21% $179.8M 64 $172 106

Sat Aug 15 $14.7K +33% −19% $179.8M 64 $229 107

Sun Aug 16 $8.9K −39% −30% $179.8M 64 $139 108

Mon Aug 17 $3.9K −56% −42% $179.8M 64 $61 109

Tue Aug 18 $4.1K +3% −49% $179.8M 64 $63 110

Wed Aug 19 $3.6K −11% −49% $179.8M 64 $56 111

Thu Aug 20 $3.8K +4% −49% $179.8M 64 $58 112

Fri Aug 21 $7.2K +90% −35% $179.8M 46 $156 113

Sat Aug 22 $10.3K +43% −30% $179.8M 46 $223 114

Sun Aug 23 $6.2K −40% −30% $179.8M 46 $135 115

Mon Aug 24 $2.6K −59% −35% $179.8M 46 $56 116

Tue Aug 25 $2.2K −16% −47% $179.8M 46 $47 117

Wed Aug 26 $2.1K −5% −43% $179.8M 46 $44 118

Thu Aug 27 $2.2K +8% −41% $179.8M 46 $48 119

Fri Aug 28 $4.1K +83% −43% $179.9M 26 $156 120

Sat Aug 29 $6.9K +70% −33% $179.9M 26 $265 121

Sun Aug 30 $3.1K −54% −49% $179.9M 26 $121 122

Mon Aug 31 $1.4K −57% −47% $179.9M 26 $52 123

Tue Sep 1 $1.2K −9% −43% $179.9M 26 $47 124

Wed Sep 2 $1.6K +31% −21% $179.9M 26 $62 125

Thu Sep 3 $1.4K −15% −38% $179.9M 26 $53 126

Mon Sep 7 #73 $1.2K — −11% $179.9M 10 $120 130

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

Cumulative total$178.5M

May 1May 18Jun 5Jun 22Jul 9

Weekend grossWk 10 · $296.4K

$85.1M

$26.4M

$14.7M

$8.1M

$3.9M

$1.9M

$933.6K

$635.1K

$310.2K

$296.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 4,102 → 303 −92.6%

4,099 open303 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −4.5%

−69.0%

W1→2

−44.3%

W2→3

−45.1%

W3→4

−52.0%

W4→5

−50.2%

W5→6

−51.6%

W6→7

−32.0%

W7→8

−51.2%

W8→9

−4.5%

W9→10

Steepest −69.0%Best hold −4.5%

Run milestones

$100M in 7 days

$100M

Day 7

May 7

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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