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2009 • PG-13 • 1h 19m • Action, Adventure, Animation • Focus Features

When our world ended, their mission began.

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60

3.53

7.0

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$10.70M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$31.70M

Final

Worldwide total

$48.60M

$16.80M international

Domestic legs3.0x

Budget$30M

2009 rank#92

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Cast & crew

Elijah Wood

Elijah Wood Starring

Christopher Plummer

Christopher Plummer Starring

Martin Landau

Martin Landau Starring

John C. Reilly

John C. Reilly Starring

Crispin Glover

Crispin Glover Starring

Jennifer Connelly

Jennifer Connelly Starring

ScreenplayPamela Pettler Produced byTim Burton, Timur Bekmambetov, Jinko Gotoh, Jim Lemley CinematographyKevin R. Adams MusicDanny Elfman StudioFocus Features

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 11-13 2 $10.7M — 1,661 $6,466 $15.2M

2 Sep 18-20 6 $5.6M −48.2% 2,060 $2,701 $22.9M

3 Sep 25-27 9 $3.0M −46.8% 2,025 $1,461 $27.2M

4 Oct 2-4 14 $1.4M −52.7% 1,598 $875 $29.4M

5 Oct 9-11 16 $829.6K −40.7% 1,216 $682 $30.7M

6 Oct 16-18 31 $232.1K −72.0% 488 $476 $31.2M

7 Oct 23-25 50 $51.3K −77.9% 134 $383 $31.3M

8 Oct 30-Nov 1 54 $33.0K −35.8% 91 $362 $31.4M

9 Nov 6-8 35 $99.6K +202.3% 126 $791 $31.5M

10 Nov 13-15 37 $70.4K −29.3% 111 $634 $31.6M

11 Nov 20-22 42 $43.4K −38.4% 92 $472 $31.7M

12 Nov 27-29 55 $29.2K −32.7% 63 $463 $31.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Sep 9 #1 $3.1M — $3.1M 1,653 $1,885 -2

Thu Sep 10 #1 $1.3M −58.1% $4.4M 1,653 $789 -1

Fri Sep 11 #2 $3.3M +152.6% $7.7M 1,661 $1,984 1

Sat Sep 12 #2 $4.7M +43.0% $12.4M 1,661 $2,836 2

Sun Sep 13 #2 $2.7M −42.0% $15.2M 1,661 $1,646 3

Mon Sep 14 #2 $583.8K −78.6% $15.7M 1,661 $351 4

Tue Sep 15 #3 $591.6K +1.3% $16.3M 1,661 $356 5

Wed Sep 16 #3 $512.5K −13.4% $16.8M 1,661 $309 6

Thu Sep 17 #3 $506.1K −1.2% $17.4M 1,661 $305 7

Fri Sep 18 #6 $1.6M +214.7% −51.7% $18.9M 2,060 $773 8

Sat Sep 19 #6 $2.4M +51.9% −48.6% $21.4M 2,060 $1,175 9

Sun Sep 20 #5 $1.6M −35.9% −43.3% $22.9M 2,060 $753 10

Mon Sep 21 #7 $356.8K −77.0% −38.9% $23.3M 2,060 $173 11

Tue Sep 22 #7 $378.5K +6.1% −36.0% $23.7M 2,060 $184 12

Wed Sep 23 #7 $313.2K −17.2% −38.9% $24.0M 2,060 $152 13

Thu Sep 24 #7 $302.0K −3.6% −40.3% $24.3M 2,060 $147 14

Fri Sep 25 #10 $796.5K +163.7% −50.0% $25.1M 2,025 $393 15

Sat Sep 26 #9 $1.3M +62.6% −46.5% $26.4M 2,025 $640 16

Sun Sep 27 #8 $867.3K −33.1% −44.1% $27.2M 2,025 $428 17

Mon Sep 28 #10 $254.8K −70.6% −28.6% $27.5M 2,025 $126 18

Tue Sep 29 #10 $200.4K −21.3% −47.0% $27.7M 2,025 $99 19

Wed Sep 30 #11 $176.0K −12.2% −43.8% $27.9M 2,025 $87 20

Thu Oct 1 #10 $183.8K +4.4% −39.1% $28.0M 2,025 $91 21

Fri Oct 2 — $362.6K +97.3% −54.5% $28.4M 1,598 $227 22

Sat Oct 3 — $637.5K +75.8% −50.8% $29.0M 1,598 $399 23

Sun Oct 4 — $398.3K −37.5% −54.1% $29.4M 1,598 $249 24

Mon Oct 5 — $97.3K −75.6% −61.8% $29.5M 1,598 $61 25

Tue Oct 6 — $99.0K +1.7% −50.6% $29.6M 1,598 $62 26

Wed Oct 7 — $95.5K −3.6% −45.8% $29.7M 1,598 $60 27

Thu Oct 8 — $96.9K +1.5% −47.3% $29.8M 1,598 $61 28

Fri Oct 9 — $225.6K +132.8% −37.8% $30.1M 1,216 $186 29

Sat Oct 10 — $353.6K +56.7% −44.5% $30.4M 1,216 $291 30

Sun Oct 11 — $250.5K −29.2% −37.1% $30.7M 1,216 $206 31

Mon Oct 12 — $134.4K −46.3% +38.1% $30.8M 1,216 $111 32

Tue Oct 13 — $65.7K −51.2% −33.7% $30.9M 1,216 $54 33

Wed Oct 14 — $56.8K −13.5% −40.5% $30.9M 1,216 $47 34

Thu Oct 15 — $71.3K +25.5% −26.4% $31.0M 1,216 $59 35

Fri Oct 16 — $61.0K −14.4% −72.9% $31.0M 488 $125 36

Sat Oct 17 — $101.7K +66.6% −71.2% $31.2M 488 $208 37

Sun Oct 18 — $69.4K −31.8% −72.3% $31.2M 488 $142 38

Mon Oct 19 — $18.1K −74.0% −86.6% $31.2M 488 $37 39

Tue Oct 20 — $16.9K −6.5% −74.3% $31.3M 488 $35 40

Wed Oct 21 — $15.9K −5.9% −72.0% $31.3M 488 $33 41

Thu Oct 22 — $17.8K +12.0% −75.0% $31.3M 488 $36 42

Fri Oct 23 — $13.8K −22.4% −77.4% $31.3M 134 $103 43

Sat Oct 24 — $23.0K +66.3% −77.4% $31.3M 134 $171 44

Sun Oct 25 — $14.6K −36.5% −79.0% $31.3M 134 $109 45

Mon Oct 26 — $4.4K −69.5% −75.4% $31.3M 134 $33 46

Tue Oct 27 — $4.1K −7.1% −75.6% $31.3M 134 $31 47

Wed Oct 28 — $3.4K −18.7% −78.9% $31.4M 134 $25 48

Thu Oct 29 — $4.5K +34.3% −74.7% $31.4M 134 $34 49

Fri Oct 30 — $9.6K +112.2% −30.7% $31.4M 91 $105 50

Sat Oct 31 — $10.2K +6.8% −55.5% $31.4M 91 $112 51

Sun Nov 1 — $13.2K +28.9% −9.6% $31.4M 91 $145 52

Mon Nov 2 — $4.6K −64.8% +4.5% $31.4M 91 $51 53

Tue Nov 3 — $4.3K −6.5% +5.2% $31.4M 91 $48 54

Wed Nov 4 — $4.3K −1.4% +27.5% $31.4M 91 $47 55

Thu Nov 5 — $4.2K −1.1% −6.2% $31.4M 91 $46 56

Fri Nov 6 — $26.2K +520.5% +174.4% $31.4M 126 $208 57

Sat Nov 7 — $43.0K +63.9% +320.9% $31.5M 126 $341 58

Sun Nov 8 — $30.4K −29.4% +130.5% $31.5M 126 $241 59

Mon Nov 9 — $9.2K −69.8% +97.2% $31.5M 126 $73 60

Tue Nov 10 — $10.8K +18.5% +149.9% $31.5M 126 $86 61

Wed Nov 11 — $20.4K +87.9% +376.4% $31.5M 126 $162 62

Thu Nov 12 — $8.6K −58.0% +102.2% $31.6M 126 $68 63

Fri Nov 13 — $18.1K +111.8% −31.0% $31.6M 111 $163 64

Sat Nov 14 — $30.5K +68.6% −29.0% $31.6M 111 $275 65

Sun Nov 15 — $21.7K −28.8% −28.4% $31.6M 111 $196 66

Mon Nov 16 — $6.1K −72.1% −33.7% $31.6M 111 $55 67

Tue Nov 17 — $5.6K −7.6% −48.2% $31.6M 111 $51 68

Wed Nov 18 — $5.4K −4.3% −73.6% $31.6M 111 $48 69

Thu Nov 19 — $5.4K +1.3% −36.3% $31.6M 111 $49 70

Fri Nov 20 — $11.0K +101.8% −39.3% $31.7M 92 $119 71

Sat Nov 21 — $18.9K +72.0% −38.1% $31.7M 92 $205 72

Sun Nov 22 — $13.5K −28.5% −37.9% $31.7M 92 $147 73

Mon Nov 23 — $5.8K −57.3% −5.1% $31.7M 92 $63 74

Tue Nov 24 — $6.7K +17.0% +20.2% $31.7M 92 $73 75

Wed Nov 25 — $5.4K −20.2% +0.1% $31.7M 63 $85 76

Thu Nov 26 — $4.6K −14.5% −15.5% $31.7M 63 $73 77

Fri Nov 27 — $10.3K +124.9% −5.8% $31.7M 63 $164 78

Sat Nov 28 — $11.4K +10.5% −39.5% $31.7M 63 $182 79

Sun Nov 29 — $7.4K −35.3% −45.2% $31.7M 63 $117 80

Mon Nov 30 — $1.8K −76.2% −69.5% $31.7M 63 $28 81

Tue Dec 1 — $1.4K −22.8% −79.9% $31.7M 63 $22 82

Wed Dec 2 — $1.7K +27.5% −67.8% $31.7M 63 $27 83

Thu Dec 3 — $1.7K −0.9% −62.7% $31.7M 63 $27 84

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

Cumulative total$31.6M

Sep 9Sep 27Oct 15Nov 1Nov 19

Weekend grossWk 10 · $70.4K

$10.7M

$5.6M

$3.0M

$1.4M

$829.6K

$232.1K

$51.3K

$33.0K

$99.6K

$70.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,060 → 111 −94.6%

1,653 open111 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −29.3%

−48.2%

W1→2

−46.8%

W2→3

−52.7%

W3→4

−40.7%

W4→5

−72.0%

W5→6

−77.9%

W6→7

−35.8%

W7→8

+202.3%

W8→9

−29.3%

W9→10

Steepest −77.9%Biggest gain +202.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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