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2009 • PG-13 • 2h 38m • Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi • Sony Pictures Releasing

We were warned.

🍅 40% 47%

49

2.58

5.9

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$65.20M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$166.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$770.00M

$604.00M international

Domestic legs2.55x

Budget$200M

2009 rank#15

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Cast & crew

Full Emmerich filmography

Roland Emmerich

Roland Emmerich Director

John Cusack

John Cusack Starring

Amanda Peet

Amanda Peet Starring

Chiwetel Ejiofor

Chiwetel Ejiofor Starring

Thandiwe Newton

Thandiwe Newton Starring

Oliver Platt

Oliver Platt Starring

ScreenplayRoland Emmerich, Harald Kloser Produced byHarald Kloser, Mark Gordon, Larry Franco CinematographyDean Semler MusicHarald Kloser & Thomas Wander Prod. DesignBarry Chusid StudioSony Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 13-15 1 $65.2M — 3,404 $19,164 $65.2M

2 Nov 20-22 3 $26.4M −59.5% 3,408 $7,749 $108.1M

3 Nov 27-29 3 $17.7M −33.2% 3,444 $5,125 $138.5M

4 Dec 4-6 6 $6.8M −61.6% 3,220 $2,103 $149.0M

5 Dec 11-13 8 $4.4M −35.7% 2,838 $1,533 $155.3M

6 Dec 18-20 11 $2.2M −49.3% 2,242 $983 $159.0M

7 Dec 25-27 15 $994.5K −54.9% 800 $1,243 $161.5M

8 Jan 1-3 14 $1.1M +9.9% 800 $1,366 $163.4M

9 Jan 8-10 21 $367.3K −66.4% 351 $1,046 $164.1M

10 Jan 15-17 21 $447.0K +21.7% 373 $1,198 $164.7M

11 Jan 22-24 25 $335.7K −24.9% 324 $1,036 $165.2M

12 Jan 29-31 27 $232.6K −30.7% 272 $854 $165.6M

13 Feb 5-7 31 $162.1K −30.3% 245 $661 $165.8M

14 Feb 12-14 32 $126.6K −21.9% 173 $731 $166.0M

15 Feb 19-21 38 $81.1K −35.9% 131 $619 $166.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 13 #1 $23.4M — $23.4M 3,404 $6,886 1

Sat Nov 14 #1 $24.7M +5% $48.1M 3,404 $7,255 2

Sun Nov 15 #1 $17.1M −31% $65.2M 3,404 $5,022 3

Mon Nov 16 #1 $5.1M −70% $70.4M 3,404 $1,502 4

Tue Nov 17 #1 $4.6M −11% $74.9M 3,404 $1,337 5

Wed Nov 18 #1 $3.6M −20% $78.5M 3,404 $1,070 6

Thu Nov 19 #1 $3.2M −13% $81.7M 3,404 $932 7

Fri Nov 20 #3 $8.1M +156% −65% $89.9M 3,408 $2,387 8

Sat Nov 21 #3 $11.0M +36% −55% $100.9M 3,408 $3,241 9

Sun Nov 22 #3 $7.2M −35% −58% $108.1M 3,408 $2,119 10

Mon Nov 23 #3 $2.3M −68% −55% $110.4M 3,408 $673 11

Tue Nov 24 #3 $2.8M +22% −38% $113.2M 3,408 $822 12

Wed Nov 25 #3 $3.6M +30% n/c $116.9M 3,444 $1,059 13

Thu Nov 26 #5 $4.0M +11% +28% $121.0M 3,444 $1,175 14

Fri Nov 27 #3 $6.9M +71% −15% $127.7M 3,444 $2,013 15

Sat Nov 28 #3 $7.0M +1% −36% $134.8M 3,444 $2,040 16

Sun Nov 29 #3 $3.7M −47% −49% $138.5M 3,444 $1,071 17

Mon Nov 30 #3 $963.9K −74% −58% $139.4M 3,444 $279 18

Tue Dec 1 #3 $1.0M +7% −63% $140.4M 3,444 $300 19

Wed Dec 2 #3 $886.5K −14% −76% $141.3M 3,444 $257 20

Thu Dec 3 #3 $850.6K −4% −79% $142.2M 3,444 $246 21

Fri Dec 4 #6 $2.0M +137% −71% $144.2M 3,220 $627 22

Sat Dec 5 #6 $3.0M +47% −58% $147.2M 3,220 $920 23

Sun Dec 6 #5 $1.8M −40% −52% $149.0M 3,220 $554 24

Mon Dec 7 #5 $491.2K −73% −49% $149.4M 3,220 $152 25

Tue Dec 8 #5 $543.0K +11% −48% $150.0M 3,220 $168 26

Wed Dec 9 #5 $464.5K −14% −48% $150.5M 3,220 $144 27

Thu Dec 10 #5 $479.7K +3% −44% $150.9M 3,220 $148 28

Fri Dec 11 #8 $1.2M +152% −40% $152.1M 2,838 $425 29

Sat Dec 12 #8 $2.0M +64% −33% $154.1M 2,838 $698 30

Sun Dec 13 #7 $1.2M −41% −35% $155.3M 2,838 $409 31

Mon Dec 14 #7 $366.2K −69% −25% $155.7M 2,838 $129 32

Tue Dec 15 #7 $408.1K +11% −25% $156.1M 2,838 $143 33

Wed Dec 16 #7 $375.1K −8% −19% $156.4M 2,838 $132 34

Thu Dec 17 #7 $386.3K +3% −19% $156.8M 2,838 $136 35

Fri Dec 18 #11 $644.2K +67% −47% $157.5M 2,242 $287 36

Sat Dec 19 #11 $854.1K +33% −57% $158.3M 2,242 $380 37

Sun Dec 20 #10 $706.3K −17% −39% $159.0M 2,242 $315 38

Mon Dec 21 #11 $447.3K −37% +22% $159.5M 2,242 $199 39

Tue Dec 22 #11 $475.3K +6% +16% $160.0M 2,242 $212 40

Wed Dec 23 #12 $326.5K −31% −13% $160.3M 2,242 $145 41

Thu Dec 24 #12 $218.4K −33% −43% $160.5M 2,242 $97 42

Fri Dec 25 #15 $306.4K +40% −52% $160.8M 800 $383 43

Sat Dec 26 #15 $379.8K +24% −56% $161.2M 800 $474 44

Sun Dec 27 #15 $308.2K −19% −56% $161.5M 800 $385 45

Mon Dec 28 #16 $221.6K −28% −50% $161.7M 800 $276 46

Tue Dec 29 #15 $217.7K −2% −54% $161.9M 800 $272 47

Wed Dec 30 #15 $227.9K +5% −30% $162.2M 800 $284 48

Thu Dec 31 #15 $191.1K −16% −12% $162.3M 800 $238 49

Fri Jan 1 #14 $427.4K +124% +39% $162.8M 800 $534 50

Sat Jan 2 #14 $446.7K +5% +18% $163.2M 800 $558 51

Sun Jan 3 #15 $219.0K −51% −29% $163.4M 800 $273 52

Mon Jan 4 $85.4K −61% −61% $163.5M 800 $106 53

Tue Jan 5 $74.8K −12% −66% $163.6M 800 $93 54

Wed Jan 6 $70.7K −5% −69% $163.7M 800 $88 55

Thu Jan 7 $64.8K −8% −66% $163.7M 800 $80 56

Fri Jan 8 $96.4K +49% −77% $163.8M 351 $274 57

Sat Jan 9 $167.4K +74% −63% $164.0M 351 $476 58

Sun Jan 10 $103.5K −38% −53% $164.1M 351 $294 59

Fri Jan 15 $112.2K — +16% $164.3M 373 $300 64

Sat Jan 16 $184.9K +65% +10% $164.5M 373 $495 65

Sun Jan 17 $149.9K −19% +45% $164.7M 373 $401 66

Mon Jan 18 #22 $97.0K −35% $164.8M 373 $260 67

Fri Jan 22 $91.5K — −18% $165.0M 324 $282 71

Sat Jan 23 $160.5K +75% −13% $165.1M 324 $495 72

Sun Jan 24 $83.6K −48% −44% $165.2M 324 $258 73

Fri Jan 29 $58.3K — −36% $165.3M 272 $214 78

Sat Jan 30 $107.1K +84% −33% $165.5M 272 $393 79

Sun Jan 31 $67.1K −37% −20% $165.5M 272 $246 80

Fri Feb 5 $45.0K — −23% $165.7M 245 $183 85

Sat Feb 6 $84.1K +87% −22% $165.8M 245 $343 86

Sun Feb 7 $33.1K −61% −51% $165.8M 245 $135 87

Fri Feb 12 $26.1K — −42% $165.9M 173 $150 92

Sat Feb 13 $47.7K +83% −43% $165.9M 173 $275 93

Sun Feb 14 $52.8K +11% +60% $166.0M 173 $305 94

Mon Feb 15 #36 $22.7K −57% $166.0M 173 $131 95

Fri Feb 19 $20.0K — −23% $166.1M 131 $152 99

Sat Feb 20 $37.9K +90% −21% $166.1M 131 $289 100

Sun Feb 21 $23.2K −39% −56% $166.1M 131 $176 101

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

Cumulative total$164.8M

Nov 13Nov 29Dec 14Dec 30Jan 18

Weekend grossWk 10 · $447.0K

$65.2M

$26.4M

$17.7M

$6.8M

$4.4M

$2.2M

$994.5K

$1.1M

$367.3K

$447.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,444 → 373 −89.2%

3,404 open373 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +21.7%

−59.5%

W1→2

−33.2%

W2→3

−61.6%

W3→4

−35.7%

W4→5

−49.3%

W5→6

−54.9%

W6→7

+9.9%

W7→8

−66.4%

W8→9

+21.7%

W9→10

Steepest −66.4%Biggest gain +21.7%

Run milestones

$100M in 9 days

$100M

Day 9

Nov 21

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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