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2013 • PG-13 • 2h 8m • Biography, Drama, Sport • Warner Bros.

In a game divided by color, he made us see greatness.

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3.70

7.5

CS A+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$27.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$95.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$97.50M

$2.50M international

Domestic legs3.46x

Budget$40.0M

2013 rank#37

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Cast & crew

Full Helgeland filmography

Brian Helgeland

Brian Helgeland Director

Chadwick Boseman

Chadwick Boseman Starring

Harrison Ford

Harrison Ford Starring

Nicole Beharie

Nicole Beharie Starring

Christopher Meloni

Christopher Meloni Starring

Ryan Merriman

Ryan Merriman Starring

ScreenplayBrian Helgeland Produced byThomas Tull CinematographyDon Burgess MusicMark Isham StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Apr 12-14 1 $27.5M — 3,003 $9,153 $27.5M

2 Apr 19-21 2 $17.7M −35.5% 3,250 $5,452 $53.8M

3 Apr 26-28 3 $10.7M −39.9% 3,405 $3,129 $69.0M

4 May 3-5 3 $6.1M −43.2% 3,345 $1,810 $78.2M

5 May 10-12 5 $4.6M −24.2% 2,930 $1,565 $84.7M

6 May 17-19 6 $2.8M −38.7% 2,380 $1,181 $88.8M

7 May 24-26 8 $1.3M −55.2% 915 $1,375 $91.1M

8 May 31-Jun 2 13 $512.2K −59.3% 501 $1,022 $92.3M

9 Jun 7-9 17 $364.2K −28.9% 370 $984 $92.9M

10 Jun 14-16 14 $606.1K +66.4% 444 $1,365 $93.7M

11 Jun 21-23 22 $259.1K −57.2% 325 $797 $94.2M

12 Jun 28-30 25 $185.3K −28.5% 252 $735 $94.6M

13 Jul 5-7 33 $119.5K −35.5% 182 $656 $94.8M

14 Jul 12-14 43 $60.8K −49.1% 105 $579 $94.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Apr 12 #1 $9.1M — $9.1M 3,003 $3,017 1

Sat Apr 13 #1 $11.3M +25% $20.4M 3,003 $3,776 2

Sun Apr 14 #1 $7.1M −38% $27.5M 3,003 $2,359 3

Mon Apr 15 #1 $2.2M −69% $29.7M 3,003 $743 4

Tue Apr 16 #1 $2.5M +13% $32.2M 3,003 $839 5

Wed Apr 17 #1 $1.9M −26% $34.1M 3,003 $617 6

Thu Apr 18 #1 $1.9M +4% $36.0M 3,003 $644 7

Fri Apr 19 #2 $5.2M +169% −42% $41.2M 3,250 $1,605 8

Sat Apr 20 #2 $8.0M +53% −29% $49.3M 3,250 $2,462 9

Sun Apr 21 #2 $4.5M −44% −36% $53.8M 3,250 $1,385 10

Mon Apr 22 #2 $1.1M −76% −52% $54.8M 3,250 $330 11

Tue Apr 23 #2 $1.4M +30% −45% $56.2M 3,250 $428 12

Wed Apr 24 #2 $1.1M −22% −41% $57.3M 3,250 $335 13

Thu Apr 25 #2 $1.0M −4% −46% $58.4M 3,250 $321 14

Fri Apr 26 #3 $3.0M +183% −43% $61.3M 3,405 $866 15

Sat Apr 27 #3 $4.8M +64% −40% $66.1M 3,405 $1,420 16

Sun Apr 28 #3 $2.9M −41% −36% $69.0M 3,405 $842 17

Mon Apr 29 #3 $808.1K −72% −25% $69.8M 3,405 $237 18

Tue Apr 30 #4 $904.2K +12% −35% $70.7M 3,405 $265 19

Wed May 1 #3 $688.2K −24% −37% $71.4M 3,405 $202 20

Thu May 2 #3 $713.4K +4% −32% $72.1M 3,405 $209 21

Fri May 3 #3 $1.8M +150% −40% $73.9M 3,345 $532 22

Sat May 4 #3 $2.7M +54% −43% $76.7M 3,345 $821 23

Sun May 5 #3 $1.5M −44% −47% $78.2M 3,345 $456 24

Mon May 6 #4 $434.1K −72% −46% $78.6M 3,345 $129 25

Tue May 7 #4 $528.1K +22% −42% $79.1M 3,345 $157 26

Wed May 8 #4 $461.1K −13% −33% $79.6M 3,345 $137 27

Thu May 9 #4 $477.5K +4% −33% $80.1M 3,345 $142 28

Fri May 10 #5 $1.1M +134% −37% $81.2M 2,930 $381 29

Sat May 11 #4 $2.0M +76% −28% $83.2M 2,930 $671 30

Sun May 12 #5 $1.5M −24% −2% $84.7M 2,930 $512 31

Mon May 13 #5 $327.3K −78% −25% $85.0M 2,930 $111 32

Tue May 14 #5 $384.8K +18% −27% $85.4M 2,930 $131 33

Wed May 15 #5 $333.2K −13% −28% $85.7M 2,930 $113 34

Thu May 16 #5 $289.2K −13% −39% $86.0M 2,930 $98 35

Fri May 17 #5 $768.8K +166% −31% $86.8M 2,380 $323 36

Sat May 18 #6 $1.2M +60% −38% $88.0M 2,380 $516 37

Sun May 19 #6 $814.2K −34% −46% $88.8M 2,380 $342 38

Mon May 20 #7 $251.3K −69% −23% $89.1M 2,380 $105 39

Tue May 21 #5 $267.0K +6% −31% $89.3M 2,380 $112 40

Wed May 22 #5 $255.4K −4% −23% $89.6M 2,380 $107 41

Thu May 23 #7 $214.2K −16% −26% $89.8M 2,380 $89 42

Fri May 24 #8 $300.7K +40% −61% $90.1M 915 $328 43

Sat May 25 #8 $508.1K +69% −59% $90.6M 915 $555 44

Sun May 26 #8 $449.9K −11% −45% $91.1M 915 $491 45

Mon May 27 #8 $450.6K n/c +79% $91.5M 915 $492 46

Tue May 28 #8 $116.3K −74% −56% $91.6M 915 $127 47

Wed May 29 #8 $98.2K −16% −62% $91.7M 915 $107 48

Thu May 30 #8 $91.2K −7% −57% $91.8M 915 $99 49

Fri May 31 $142.4K +56% −53% $92.0M 501 $284 50

Sat Jun 1 $218.9K +54% −57% $92.2M 501 $437 51

Sun Jun 2 $150.9K −31% −66% $92.3M 501 $301 52

Mon Jun 3 $51.2K −66% −89% $92.4M 501 $102 53

Tue Jun 4 $58.2K +14% −50% $92.4M 501 $116 54

Wed Jun 5 $54.2K −7% −45% $92.5M 501 $108 55

Thu Jun 6 $65.5K +21% −28% $92.6M 501 $130 56

Fri Jun 7 $104.7K +60% −26% $92.7M 370 $282 57

Sat Jun 8 $159.9K +53% −27% $92.8M 370 $432 58

Sun Jun 9 $99.6K −38% −34% $92.9M 370 $269 59

Mon Jun 10 $48.3K −51% −6% $93.0M 370 $130 60

Tue Jun 11 $42.5K −12% −27% $93.0M 370 $114 61

Wed Jun 12 $40.2K −5% −26% $93.1M 370 $108 62

Thu Jun 13 $39.4K −2% −40% $93.1M 370 $106 63

Fri Jun 14 $192.6K +389% +84% $93.3M 370 $520 64

Sat Jun 15 $250.3K +30% +56% $93.5M 370 $676 65

Sun Jun 16 $163.2K −35% +64% $93.7M 370 $441 66

Mon Jun 17 $63.0K −61% +30% $93.8M 370 $170 67

Tue Jun 18 $69.1K +10% +63% $93.8M 370 $186 68

Wed Jun 19 $61.2K −12% +52% $93.9M 370 $165 69

Thu Jun 20 $51.5K −16% +31% $93.9M 370 $139 70

Fri Jun 21 $81.7K +59% −58% $94.0M 325 $251 71

Sat Jun 22 $101.5K +24% −59% $94.1M 325 $312 72

Sun Jun 23 $75.9K −25% −53% $94.2M 325 $233 73

Mon Jun 24 $39.2K −48% −38% $94.2M 325 $120 74

Tue Jun 25 $46.4K +18% −33% $94.3M 325 $142 75

Wed Jun 26 $43.2K −7% −29% $94.3M 325 $133 76

Thu Jun 27 $46.2K +7% −10% $94.4M 325 $142 77

Fri Jun 28 $55.4K +20% −32% $94.4M 252 $219 78

Sat Jun 29 $76.9K +39% −24% $94.5M 252 $305 79

Sun Jun 30 $53.0K −31% −30% $94.6M 252 $210 80

Mon Jul 1 $29.5K −44% −25% $94.6M 252 $117 81

Tue Jul 2 $33.4K +13% −28% $94.6M 252 $132 82

Wed Jul 3 $24.8K −26% −43% $94.7M 182 $136 83

Thu Jul 4 $38.2K +54% −17% $94.7M 182 $209 84

Fri Jul 5 $40.8K +7% −26% $94.7M 182 $224 85

Sat Jul 6 $47.9K +17% −38% $94.8M 182 $263 86

Sun Jul 7 $30.8K −36% −42% $94.8M 182 $169 87

Mon Jul 8 $12.0K −61% −59% $94.8M 182 $65 88

Tue Jul 9 $14.5K +21% −57% $94.8M 182 $79 89

Wed Jul 10 $14.5K n/c −42% $94.9M 182 $79 90

Thu Jul 11 $15.0K +4% −61% $94.9M 182 $82 91

Fri Jul 12 $18.5K +23% −55% $94.9M 105 $175 92

Sat Jul 13 $25.4K +37% −47% $94.9M 105 $241 93

Sun Jul 14 $16.9K −33% −45% $94.9M 105 $161 94

Mon Jul 15 $9.2K −46% −23% $94.9M 105 $87 95

Tue Jul 16 $10.2K +11% −29% $94.9M 105 $97 96

Wed Jul 17 $10.2K −1% −30% $95.0M 105 $96 97

Thu Jul 18 $10.6K +4% −30% $95.0M 105 $100 98

Fri Jul 19 $11.0K +4% −40% $95.0M 85 $129 99

Sat Jul 20 $13.0K +18% −49% $95.0M 85 $153 100

Sun Jul 21 $9.2K −29% −45% $95.0M 85 $108 101

Mon Jul 22 $4.6K −50% −50% $95.0M 85 $54 102

Tue Jul 23 $4.8K +5% −53% $95.0M 85 $56 103

Wed Jul 24 $4.3K −10% −57% $95.0M 85 $50 104

Thu Jul 25 $5.1K +18% −52% $95.0M 85 $60 105

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

Cumulative total$93.9M

Apr 12Apr 29May 17Jun 3Jun 20

Weekend grossWk 10 · $606.1K

$27.5M

$17.7M

$10.7M

$6.1M

$4.6M

$2.8M

$1.3M

$512.2K

$364.2K

$606.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,405 → 370 −89.1%

3,003 open370 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +66.4%

−35.5%

W1→2

−39.9%

W2→3

−43.2%

W3→4

−24.2%

W4→5

−38.7%

W5→6

−55.2%

W6→7

−59.3%

W7→8

−28.9%

W8→9

+66.4%

W9→10

Steepest −59.3%Biggest gain +66.4%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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