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2014 • R • 1h 42m • Action, Drama, War • Warner Bros.

Seize your glory.

🍅 42% 53%

48

2.5

6.2

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$45.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$106.60M

Final

Worldwide total

$330.80M

$224.20M international

Domestic legs2.37x

Budget$110.0M

2014 rank#28

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Cast & crew

Eva Green

Eva Green Starring

Lena Headey

Lena Headey Starring

David Wenham

David Wenham Starring

Rodrigo Santoro

Rodrigo Santoro Starring

ScreenplayZack Snyder, Kurt Johnstad Produced byGianni Nunnari, Mark Canton, Zack Snyder, Deborah Snyder, Bernie Goldmann CinematographySimon Duggan MusicJunkie XL Prod. DesignPatrick Tatopoulos StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 7-9 1 $45.0M — 3,470 $12,979 $45.0M

2 Mar 14-16 2 $19.2M −57.4% 3,490 $5,502 $78.4M

3 Mar 21-23 5 $8.5M −55.7% 3,085 $2,757 $93.6M

4 Mar 28-30 9 $4.2M −50.5% 2,601 $1,618 $101.1M

5 Apr 4-6 12 $1.5M −65.2% 1,555 $943 $104.0M

6 Apr 11-13 16 $441.5K −69.9% 525 $841 $105.0M

7 Apr 18-20 25 $232.2K −47.4% 265 $876 $105.5M

8 Apr 25-27 24 $231.6K −0.3% 325 $713 $105.8M

9 May 2-4 31 $121.0K −47.7% 235 $515 $106.0M

10 May 9-11 39 $79.0K −34.8% 191 $413 $106.2M

11 May 16-18 23 $281.3K +256.2% 155 $1,815 $106.5M

12 May 23-25 50 $33.1K −88.2% 71 $466 $106.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Mar 7 #1 $17.5M — $17.5M 3,470 $5,030 1

Sat Mar 8 #1 $16.1M −7.8% $33.5M 3,470 $4,637 2

Sun Mar 9 #1 $11.5M −28.6% $45.0M 3,470 $3,313 3

Mon Mar 10 #1 $3.9M −66.2% $48.9M 3,470 $1,119 4

Tue Mar 11 #1 $4.2M +8.4% $53.1M 3,470 $1,213 5

Wed Mar 12 #1 $3.1M −26.6% $56.2M 3,470 $890 6

Thu Mar 13 #1 $3.0M −3.2% $59.2M 3,470 $861 7

Fri Mar 14 #2 $5.8M +92.9% −67.0% $65.0M 3,490 $1,651 8

Sat Mar 15 #2 $7.9M +37.1% −50.9% $72.9M 3,490 $2,264 9

Sun Mar 16 #2 $5.5M −29.9% −51.8% $78.4M 3,490 $1,586 10

Mon Mar 17 #1 $1.7M −68.7% −55.4% $80.1M 3,490 $496 11

Tue Mar 18 #1 $2.0M +17.4% −51.7% $82.2M 3,490 $582 12

Wed Mar 19 #1 $1.6M −22.5% −49.0% $83.7M 3,490 $451 13

Thu Mar 20 #1 $1.3M −14.6% −55.0% $85.1M 3,490 $385 14

Fri Mar 21 #5 $2.4M +78.7% −58.3% $87.5M 3,085 $779 15

Sat Mar 22 #4 $3.7M +52.2% −53.7% $91.1M 3,085 $1,185 16

Sun Mar 23 #5 $2.4M −33.1% −55.8% $93.6M 3,085 $793 17

Mon Mar 24 #5 $831.7K −66.0% −52.0% $94.4M 3,085 $270 18

Tue Mar 25 #5 $971.1K +16.8% −52.2% $95.4M 3,085 $315 19

Wed Mar 26 #5 $776.2K −20.1% −50.7% $96.2M 3,085 $252 20

Thu Mar 27 #5 $674.2K −13.1% −49.8% $96.8M 3,085 $219 21

Fri Mar 28 #9 $1.2M +74.7% −51.0% $98.0M 2,601 $453 22

Sat Mar 29 #10 $1.9M +60.7% −48.2% $99.9M 2,601 $728 23

Sun Mar 30 #8 $1.1M −39.9% −53.5% $101.1M 2,601 $438 24

Mon Mar 31 #8 $394.1K −65.4% −52.6% $101.4M 2,601 $152 25

Tue Apr 1 #8 $460.1K +16.7% −52.6% $101.9M 2,601 $177 26

Wed Apr 2 #8 $363.3K −21.1% −53.2% $102.3M 2,601 $140 27

Thu Apr 3 #8 $285.4K −21.4% −57.7% $102.6M 2,601 $110 28

Fri Apr 4 #12 $430.8K +50.9% −63.4% $103.0M 1,555 $277 29

Sat Apr 5 #12 $631.4K +46.6% −66.6% $103.6M 1,555 $406 30

Sun Apr 6 #12 $404.1K −36.0% −64.5% $104.0M 1,555 $260 31

Mon Apr 7 #12 $136.2K −66.3% −65.4% $104.2M 1,555 $88 32

Tue Apr 8 #12 $171.6K +26.0% −62.7% $104.3M 1,555 $110 33

Wed Apr 9 #11 $135.6K −21.0% −62.7% $104.5M 1,555 $87 34

Thu Apr 10 #12 $112.0K −17.4% −60.7% $104.6M 1,555 $72 35

Fri Apr 11 #- $130.4K +16.4% −69.7% $104.7M 525 $248 36

Sat Apr 12 #- $184.7K +41.6% −70.7% $104.9M 525 $352 37

Sun Apr 13 #- $126.3K −31.6% −68.7% $105.0M 525 $241 38

Mon Apr 14 #- $51.8K −59.0% −62.0% $105.1M 525 $99 39

Tue Apr 15 #- $72.0K +39.0% −58.1% $105.1M 525 $137 40

Wed Apr 16 #- $50.0K −30.6% −63.1% $105.2M 525 $95 41

Thu Apr 17 #- $54.9K +9.8% −51.0% $105.2M 525 $105 42

Fri Apr 18 #- $86.9K +58.3% −33.4% $105.3M 265 $328 43

Sat Apr 19 #- $93.3K +7.4% −49.5% $105.4M 265 $352 44

Sun Apr 20 #- $52.0K −44.2% −58.8% $105.5M 265 $196 45

Mon Apr 21 #- $27.2K −47.7% −47.5% $105.5M 265 $103 46

Tue Apr 22 #20 $27.3K +0.5% −62.0% $105.5M 265 $103 47

Wed Apr 23 #- $23.5K −14.0% −53.0% $105.6M 265 $89 48

Thu Apr 24 #- $23.2K −1.3% −57.7% $105.6M 265 $88 49

Fri Apr 25 #19 $66.2K +185.2% −23.8% $105.6M 325 $204 50

Sat Apr 26 #19 $96.0K +45.0% +2.9% $105.7M 325 $295 51

Sun Apr 27 #19 $69.4K −27.7% +33.4% $105.8M 325 $214 52

Mon Apr 28 #17 $25.7K −63.0% −5.6% $105.8M 325 $79 53

Tue Apr 29 #18 $27.0K +5.0% −1.4% $105.9M 325 $83 54

Wed Apr 30 #- $24.0K −11.0% +2.1% $105.9M 325 $74 55

Thu May 1 #18 $24.0K −0.1% +3.3% $105.9M 325 $74 56

Fri May 2 #- $33.5K +39.5% −49.4% $105.9M 235 $142 57

Sat May 3 #- $49.8K +48.7% −48.2% $106.0M 235 $212 58

Sun May 4 #- $37.8K −24.0% −45.5% $106.0M 235 $161 59

Mon May 5 #- $13.0K −65.7% −49.5% $106.0M 235 $55 60

Tue May 6 #- $14.9K +14.6% −44.9% $106.1M 235 $63 61

Wed May 7 #- $14.4K −3.0% −40.0% $106.1M 235 $61 62

Thu May 8 #- $13.1K −9.0% −45.3% $106.1M 235 $56 63

Fri May 9 #- $20.8K +58.7% −37.8% $106.1M 191 $109 64

Sat May 10 #- $33.1K +59.2% −33.4% $106.1M 191 $173 65

Sun May 11 #- $25.0K −24.4% −33.8% $106.2M 191 $131 66

Mon May 12 #- $8.8K −65.0% −32.4% $106.2M 191 $46 67

Tue May 13 #- $9.6K +10.0% −35.1% $106.2M 191 $50 68

Wed May 14 #- $8.9K −8.1% −38.5% $106.2M 191 $46 69

Thu May 15 #- $9.1K +3.0% −30.4% $106.2M 191 $48 70

Fri May 16 #- $50.0K +448.7% +140.5% $106.3M 155 $323 71

Sat May 17 #- $136.5K +172.7% +311.9% $106.4M 155 $880 72

Sun May 18 #- $94.8K −30.5% +278.6% $106.5M 155 $612 73

Mon May 19 #- $13.8K −85.5% +56.9% $106.5M 155 $89 74

Tue May 20 #- $11.9K −13.1% +24.0% $106.5M 155 $77 75

Wed May 21 #- $7.1K −40.6% −19.8% $106.5M 155 $46 76

Thu May 22 #- $9.9K +40.1% +9.1% $106.5M 155 $64 77

Fri May 23 #- $8.4K −15.1% −83.1% $106.5M 71 $119 78

Sat May 24 #- $12.6K +49.7% −90.7% $106.6M 71 $178 79

Sun May 25 #- $12.0K −4.8% −87.3% $106.6M 71 $170 80

Mon May 26 #- $6.8K −43.3% −50.4% $106.6M 71 $96 81

Tue May 27 #- $2.3K −65.9% −80.6% $106.6M 71 $33 82

Wed May 28 #- $3.0K +30.0% −57.5% $106.6M 71 $43 83

Thu May 29 #- $3.9K +29.1% −60.8% $106.6M 71 $55 84

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

Cumulative total$106.2M

Mar 7Mar 24Apr 11Apr 28May 15

Weekend grossWk 10 · $79.0K

$45.0M

$19.2M

$8.5M

$4.2M

$1.5M

$441.5K

$232.2K

$231.6K

$121.0K

$79.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,490 → 191 −94.5%

3,470 open191 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −34.8%

−57.4%

W1→2

−55.7%

W2→3

−50.5%

W3→4

−65.2%

W4→5

−69.9%

W5→6

−47.4%

W6→7

−0.3%

W7→8

−47.7%

W8→9

−34.8%

W9→10

Steepest −69.9%Best hold −0.3%

Run milestones

$100M in 24 days

$100M

Day 24

Mar 30

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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