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2008 • PG-13 • 1h 49m • Action, Adventure, Drama • Warner Bros.

The legend. The battle. The first hero.

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$35.90M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$94.80M

Final

Worldwide total

$270.00M

$175.00M international

Domestic legs2.64x

Budget$105M

2008 rank#31

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Cast & crew

Directed byRoland Emmerich ScreenplayRoland Emmerich, Harald Kloser Produced byMichael Wimer, Roland Emmerich, Mark Gordon CinematographyUeli Steiger MusicHarald Kloser & Thomas Wander Prod. DesignJean-Vincent Puzos StarringSteven Strait, Camilla Belle, Cliff Curtis, Nathanael Baring, Mo Zinal, Affif Ben Badra StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 7-9 1 $35.9M — 3,410 $10,518 $35.9M

2 Mar 14-16 2 $16.8M −53.2% 3,410 $4,918 $61.6M

3 Mar 21-23 5 $8.9M −46.7% 3,454 $2,586 $76.4M

4 Mar 28-30 7 $4.9M −44.6% 3,055 $1,619 $85.0M

5 Apr 4-6 10 $2.8M −43.5% 2,335 $1,198 $89.3M

6 Apr 11-13 12 $1.5M −47.2% 1,550 $953 $91.8M

7 Apr 18-20 16 $603.4K −59.2% 855 $705 $92.8M

8 Apr 25-27 22 $358.4K −40.6% 450 $796 $93.4M

9 May 2-4 28 $152.2K −57.5% 265 $574 $93.6M

10 May 9-11 19 $347.4K +128.3% 409 $849 $94.0M

11 May 16-18 22 $204.3K −41.2% 290 $704 $94.3M

12 May 23-25 24 $104.8K −48.7% 187 $560 $94.5M

13 May 30-Jun 1 29 $69.5K −33.7% 139 $500 $94.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Mar 7 #1 $12.5M — $12.5M 3,410 $3,667 1

Sat Mar 8 #1 $14.0M +12% $26.5M 3,410 $4,110 2

Sun Mar 9 #1 $9.3M −33% $35.9M 3,410 $2,740 3

Mon Mar 10 #1 $2.7M −71% $38.6M 3,410 $787 4

Tue Mar 11 #1 $2.3M −14% $40.9M 3,410 $679 5

Wed Mar 12 #1 $2.0M −14% $42.9M 3,410 $583 6

Thu Mar 13 #1 $1.9M −2% $44.8M 3,410 $570 7

Fri Mar 14 #2 $4.9M +154% −60% $49.8M 3,410 $1,450 8

Sat Mar 15 #2 $7.0M +42% −50% $56.8M 3,410 $2,054 9

Sun Mar 16 #2 $4.8M −31% −48% $61.6M 3,410 $1,413 10

Mon Mar 17 #2 $1.4M −71% −48% $63.0M 3,410 $406 11

Tue Mar 18 #2 $1.4M +4% −38% $64.4M 3,410 $421 12

Wed Mar 19 #2 $1.4M −4% −30% $65.8M 3,410 $406 13

Thu Mar 20 #2 $1.6M +15% −18% $67.4M 3,410 $469 14

Fri Mar 21 #5 $3.1M +93% −38% $70.5M 3,410 $905 15

Sat Mar 22 #5 $3.4M +11% −51% $73.9M 3,410 $1,004 16

Sun Mar 23 #3 $2.4M −29% −50% $76.3M 3,410 $710 17

Mon Mar 24 #4 $1.2M −52% −16% $77.5M 3,410 $339 18

Tue Mar 25 #4 $867.4K −25% −40% $78.3M 3,410 $254 19

Wed Mar 26 #4 $811.2K −6% −41% $79.2M 3,410 $237 20

Thu Mar 27 #4 $807.2K n/c −50% $80.0M 3,410 $236 21

Fri Mar 28 #8 $1.4M +75% −54% $81.5M 3,055 $463 22

Sat Mar 29 #7 $2.1M +49% −38% $83.6M 3,055 $690 23

Sun Mar 30 #6 $1.4M −32% −41% $85.0M 3,055 $468 24

Mon Mar 31 #6 $408.3K −71% −65% $85.4M 3,055 $133 25

Tue Apr 1 #6 $396.2K −3% −54% $85.8M 3,055 $129 26

Wed Apr 2 #6 $367.1K −7% −55% $86.2M 3,055 $120 27

Thu Apr 3 #6 $388.4K +6% −52% $86.6M 3,055 $127 28

Fri Apr 4 #10 $787.1K +103% −44% $87.3M 2,335 $337 29

Sat Apr 5 #10 $1.2M +53% −43% $88.5M 2,335 $517 30

Sun Apr 6 #9 $802.1K −34% −44% $89.3M 2,335 $343 31

Mon Apr 7 #8 $228.0K −72% −44% $89.6M 2,335 $97 32

Tue Apr 8 #8 $231.6K +2% −42% $89.8M 2,335 $99 33

Wed Apr 9 #7 $233.8K +1% −36% $90.0M 2,335 $100 34

Thu Apr 10 #8 $232.2K −1% −40% $90.3M 2,335 $99 35

Fri Apr 11 #12 $416.6K +79% −47% $90.7M 1,550 $268 36

Sat Apr 12 #12 $647.3K +55% −46% $91.3M 1,550 $417 37

Sun Apr 13 #11 $414.4K −36% −48% $91.8M 1,550 $267 38

Mon Apr 14 #10 $118.3K −71% −48% $91.9M 1,550 $76 39

Tue Apr 15 #10 $119.3K +1% −48% $92.0M 1,550 $76 40

Wed Apr 16 #10 $117.2K −2% −50% $92.1M 1,550 $75 41

Thu Apr 17 #11 $114.8K −2% −51% $92.2M 1,550 $74 42

Fri Apr 18 $171.7K +50% −59% $92.4M 855 $200 43

Sat Apr 19 $261.7K +52% −60% $92.7M 855 $306 44

Sun Apr 20 $170.0K −35% −59% $92.8M 855 $198 45

Mon Apr 21 $52.4K −69% −56% $92.9M 855 $61 46

Tue Apr 22 $49.9K −5% −58% $92.9M 855 $58 47

Wed Apr 23 $52.7K +6% −55% $93.0M 855 $61 48

Thu Apr 24 $53.8K +2% −53% $93.0M 855 $62 49

Fri Apr 25 $106.3K +98% −38% $93.1M 450 $236 50

Sat Apr 26 $154.9K +46% −41% $93.3M 450 $344 51

Sun Apr 27 $97.2K −37% −43% $93.4M 450 $216 52

Mon Apr 28 $26.4K −73% −50% $93.4M 450 $58 53

Tue Apr 29 $24.8K −6% −50% $93.4M 450 $55 54

Wed Apr 30 $25.6K +3% −51% $93.5M 450 $56 55

Thu May 1 $21.3K −17% −60% $93.5M 450 $47 56

Fri May 2 $46.3K +117% −56% $93.5M 265 $174 57

Sat May 3 $66.1K +43% −57% $93.6M 265 $249 58

Sun May 4 $39.7K −40% −59% $93.6M 265 $149 59

Mon May 5 $10.9K −72% −59% $93.7M 265 $41 60

Tue May 6 $13.1K +20% −47% $93.7M 265 $49 61

Wed May 7 $13.1K n/c −49% $93.7M 265 $49 62

Thu May 8 $13.6K +3% −36% $93.7M 265 $51 63

Fri May 9 $105.4K +676% +127% $93.8M 409 $257 64

Sat May 10 $154.2K +46% +133% $94.0M 409 $377 65

Sun May 11 $87.8K −43% +121% $94.0M 409 $214 66

Mon May 12 $25.7K −71% +135% $94.1M 409 $62 67

Tue May 13 $25.4K −1% +94% $94.1M 409 $62 68

Wed May 14 $23.3K −8% +78% $94.1M 409 $57 69

Thu May 15 $22.8K −2% +68% $94.1M 409 $55 70

Fri May 16 $55.0K +141% −48% $94.2M 290 $189 71

Sat May 17 $84.6K +54% −45% $94.3M 290 $291 72

Sun May 18 $64.6K −24% −26% $94.3M 290 $222 73

Mon May 19 $20.9K −68% −19% $94.4M 290 $71 74

Tue May 20 $18.3K −12% −28% $94.4M 290 $63 75

Wed May 21 $15.9K −13% −32% $94.4M 290 $54 76

Mon May 26 #23 $27.3K — +31% $94.5M 187 $145 81

Tue May 27 $9.3K −66% −49% $94.6M 187 $49 82

Wed May 28 $9.6K +3% −40% $94.6M 187 $51 83

Thu May 29 $9.7K +1% $94.6M 187 $51 84

Fri May 30 $18.3K +89% $94.6M 139 $131 85

Sat May 31 $29.9K +63% $94.6M 139 $214 86

Sun Jun 1 $21.4K −28% $94.6M 139 $153 87

Mon Jun 2 $8.7K −59% −68% $94.7M 139 $62 88

Tue Jun 3 $8.9K +2% −4% $94.7M 139 $63 89

Wed Jun 4 $9.3K +5% −2% $94.7M 139 $67 90

Thu Jun 5 $9.4K +1% −2% $94.7M 139 $67 91

Fri Jun 6 $10.1K +7% −45% $94.7M 76 $133 92

Sat Jun 7 $15.7K +55% −47% $94.7M 76 $206 93

Sun Jun 8 $10.5K −33% −51% $94.7M 76 $137 94

Mon Jun 9 $6.6K −37% −24% $94.7M 76 $86 95

Tue Jun 10 $6.0K −10% −33% $94.7M 76 $78 96

Wed Jun 11 $6.2K +4% −33% $94.7M 76 $81 97

Thu Jun 12 $5.7K −8% −39% $94.7M 76 $75 98

Fri Jun 13 $8.5K +47% −16% $94.8M 45 $188 99

Sat Jun 14 $9.4K +11% −40% $94.8M 45 $209 100

Sun Jun 15 $8.1K −14% −23% $94.8M 45 $179 101

Mon Jun 16 $3.2K −61% −52% $94.8M 45 $70 102

Tue Jun 17 $3.3K +5% −44% $94.8M 45 $74 103

Wed Jun 18 $3.5K +4% −44% $94.8M 45 $77 104

Thu Jun 19 $3.7K +5% −36% $94.8M 45 $81 105

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

Cumulative total$94.1M

Mar 7Mar 24Apr 11Apr 28May 15

Weekend grossWk 10 · $347.4K

$35.9M

$16.8M

$8.9M

$4.9M

$2.8M

$1.5M

$603.4K

$358.4K

$152.2K

$347.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,410 → 409 −88.0%

3,410 open409 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +128.3%

−53.2%

W1→2

−46.7%

W2→3

−44.6%

W3→4

−43.5%

W4→5

−47.2%

W5→6

−59.2%

W6→7

−40.6%

W7→8

−57.5%

W8→9

+128.3%

W9→10

Steepest −59.2%Biggest gain +128.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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