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2011 • PG-13 • 1h 46m • Action, Drama, Mystery • Lionsgate

The fight for the truth will be the fight of his life.

🍅 5% 42%

25

2.12

5.1

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$10.90M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$28.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$86.60M

$58.60M international

Domestic legs2.6x

Budget$35M

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Cast & crew

Full Singleton filmography

John Singleton

John Singleton Director

Taylor Lautner

Taylor Lautner Starring

Lily Collins

Lily Collins Starring

Alfred Molina

Alfred Molina Starring

Sigourney Weaver

Sigourney Weaver Starring

Jason Isaacs

Jason Isaacs Starring

ScreenplayShawn Christensen Produced byRoy Lee, Doug Davison, Patrick Crowley, Lee Stollman CinematographyPeter Menzies Jr. StudioLionsgate

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 23-25 4 $10.9M — 3,118 $3,504 $10.9M

2 Sep 30-Oct 2 7 $5.6M −48.7% 3,118 $1,799 $19.1M

3 Oct 7-9 11 $2.9M −48.4% 2,591 $1,117 $23.4M

4 Oct 14-16 13 $1.4M −50.7% 1,707 $836 $25.8M

5 Oct 21-23 19 $581.0K −59.3% 753 $772 $26.8M

6 Oct 28-30 28 $204.7K −64.8% 351 $583 $27.2M

7 Nov 4-6 34 $130.8K −36.1% 207 $632 $27.4M

8 Nov 11-13 40 $71.2K −45.5% 127 $561 $27.5M

9 Nov 18-20 34 $124.2K +74.3% 181 $686 $27.6M

10 Nov 25-27 36 $132.3K +6.5% 163 $812 $27.8M

11 Dec 2-4 36 $94.5K −28.6% 151 $626 $28.0M

12 Dec 9-11 39 $68.2K −27.8% 131 $521 $28.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Sep 23 #4 $3.8M — $3.8M 3,118 $1,233 1

Sat Sep 24 #4 $4.7M +21.2% $8.5M 3,118 $1,494 2

Sun Sep 25 #4 $2.4M −48.0% $10.9M 3,118 $777 3

Mon Sep 26 #6 $564.5K −76.7% $11.5M 3,118 $181 4

Tue Sep 27 #5 $732.2K +29.7% $12.2M 3,118 $235 5

Wed Sep 28 #6 $584.9K −20.1% $12.8M 3,118 $188 6

Thu Sep 29 #6 $682.3K +16.7% $13.5M 3,118 $219 7

Fri Sep 30 #8 $1.7M +150.0% −55.6% $15.2M 3,118 $547 8

Sat Oct 1 #7 $2.6M +50.6% −44.8% $17.8M 3,118 $824 9

Sun Oct 2 #7 $1.3M −48.1% −45.0% $19.1M 3,118 $427 10

Mon Oct 3 #10 $320.6K −75.9% −43.2% $19.4M 3,118 $103 11

Tue Oct 4 #10 $422.6K +31.8% −42.3% $19.8M 3,118 $136 12

Wed Oct 5 #11 $308.4K −27.0% −47.3% $20.1M 3,118 $99 13

Thu Oct 6 #11 $320.3K +3.8% −53.1% $20.5M 3,118 $103 14

Fri Oct 7 #11 $841.0K +162.6% −50.7% $21.3M 2,591 $325 15

Sat Oct 8 #10 $1.3M +49.6% −51.0% $22.6M 2,591 $486 16

Sun Oct 9 #11 $794.5K −36.9% −40.4% $23.4M 2,591 $307 17

Mon Oct 10 #11 $374.5K −52.9% +16.8% $23.7M 2,591 $145 18

Tue Oct 11 #13 $224.7K −40.0% −46.8% $24.0M 2,591 $87 19

Wed Oct 12 #14 $190.6K −15.2% −38.2% $24.2M 2,591 $74 20

Thu Oct 13 #13 $198.9K +4.4% −37.9% $24.4M 2,591 $77 21

Fri Oct 14 #13 $420.3K +111.3% −50.0% $24.8M 1,707 $246 22

Sat Oct 15 #13 $655.0K +55.9% −47.9% $25.4M 1,707 $384 23

Sun Oct 16 #13 $351.9K −46.3% −55.7% $25.8M 1,707 $206 24

Mon Oct 17 — $97.3K −72.4% −74.0% $25.9M 1,707 $57 25

Tue Oct 18 — $117.6K +20.9% −47.7% $26.0M 1,707 $69 26

Wed Oct 19 — $105.2K −10.5% −44.8% $26.1M 1,707 $62 27

Thu Oct 20 #13 $112.8K +7.2% −43.3% $26.2M 1,707 $66 28

Fri Oct 21 — $179.0K +58.7% −57.4% $26.4M 753 $238 29

Sat Oct 22 — $268.1K +49.7% −59.1% $26.7M 753 $356 30

Sun Oct 23 — $133.9K −50.1% −62.0% $26.8M 753 $178 31

Mon Oct 24 — $40.3K −69.9% −58.6% $26.8M 753 $54 32

Tue Oct 25 — $46.9K +16.3% −60.1% $26.9M 753 $62 33

Wed Oct 26 — $37.4K −20.2% −64.5% $26.9M 753 $50 34

Thu Oct 27 — $40.9K +9.4% −63.7% $27.0M 753 $54 35

Fri Oct 28 — $63.6K +55.5% −64.5% $27.0M 351 $181 36

Sat Oct 29 — $93.1K +46.4% −65.3% $27.1M 351 $265 37

Sun Oct 30 — $48.0K −48.4% −64.1% $27.2M 351 $137 38

Mon Oct 31 — $17.4K −63.7% −56.8% $27.2M 351 $50 39

Tue Nov 1 — $19.8K +13.6% −57.8% $27.2M 351 $56 40

Wed Nov 2 — $16.0K −19.1% −57.2% $27.2M 351 $46 41

Thu Nov 3 — $19.7K +23.0% −51.8% $27.2M 351 $56 42

Fri Nov 4 — $41.0K +108.2% −35.5% $27.3M 207 $198 43

Sat Nov 5 — $61.1K +49.0% −34.3% $27.3M 207 $295 44

Sun Nov 6 — $28.6K −53.2% −40.4% $27.4M 207 $138 45

Mon Nov 7 — $10.3K −64.1% −41.0% $27.4M 207 $50 46

Tue Nov 8 — $12.4K +20.6% −37.4% $27.4M 207 $60 47

Wed Nov 9 — $9.4K −23.8% −41.0% $27.4M 207 $46 48

Thu Nov 10 — $13.2K +39.7% −33.0% $27.4M 207 $64 49

Fri Nov 11 — $25.6K +93.9% −37.6% $27.4M 127 $201 50

Sat Nov 12 — $31.4K +22.7% −48.6% $27.5M 127 $247 51

Sun Nov 13 — $14.3K −54.5% −50.2% $27.5M 127 $112 52

Mon Nov 14 — $4.7K −67.2% −54.5% $27.5M 127 $37 53

Tue Nov 15 — $5.8K +24.1% −53.1% $27.5M 127 $46 54

Wed Nov 16 — $4.7K −19.4% −50.4% $27.5M 127 $37 55

Thu Nov 17 — $4.3K −7.5% −67.2% $27.5M 127 $34 56

Fri Nov 18 — $35.3K +715.5% +38.0% $27.5M 181 $195 57

Sat Nov 19 — $53.3K +50.9% +69.7% $27.6M 181 $294 58

Sun Nov 20 — $35.6K −33.2% +149.5% $27.6M 181 $197 59

Mon Nov 21 — $16.1K −54.7% +244.4% $27.6M 181 $89 60

Tue Nov 22 — $20.0K +24.3% +245.1% $27.7M 181 $111 61

Wed Nov 23 — $25.5K +27.2% +444.9% $27.7M 181 $141 62

Thu Nov 24 — $20.2K −20.8% +366.9% $27.7M 181 $112 63

Fri Nov 25 — $48.2K +138.4% +36.5% $27.8M 163 $296 64

Sat Nov 26 — $55.5K +15.2% +4.2% $27.8M 163 $341 65

Sun Nov 27 — $28.6K −48.5% −19.7% $27.8M 163 $175 66

Mon Nov 28 — $7.8K −72.8% −51.8% $27.8M 163 $48 67

Tue Nov 29 — $8.7K +11.9% −56.6% $27.9M 163 $53 68

Wed Nov 30 — $7.6K −12.7% −70.2% $27.9M 163 $47 69

Thu Dec 1 — $8.2K +8.1% −59.4% $27.9M 163 $50 70

Fri Dec 2 — $27.3K +233.1% −43.3% $27.9M 151 $181 71

Sat Dec 3 — $42.6K +55.7% −23.3% $27.9M 151 $282 72

Sun Dec 4 — $24.6K −42.2% −13.9% $28.0M 151 $163 73

Mon Dec 5 — $6.3K −74.5% −19.2% $28.0M 151 $42 74

Tue Dec 6 — $7.6K +21.2% −12.5% $28.0M 151 $50 75

Wed Dec 7 — $6.7K −11.6% −11.4% $28.0M 151 $45 76

Thu Dec 8 — $7.7K +14.7% −6.0% $28.0M 151 $51 77

Fri Dec 9 — $18.4K +139.0% −32.5% $28.0M 131 $141 78

Sat Dec 10 — $32.1K +73.9% −24.7% $28.0M 131 $245 79

Sun Dec 11 — $17.7K −44.8% −28.1% $28.1M 131 $135 80

Mon Dec 12 — $5.6K −68.6% −11.6% $28.1M 131 $42 81

Tue Dec 13 — $6.1K +9.3% −20.3% $28.1M 131 $46 82

Wed Dec 14 — $5.4K −11.5% −20.2% $28.1M 131 $41 83

Thu Dec 15 — $5.9K +10.6% −23.0% $28.1M 131 $45 84

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

Cumulative total$27.9M

Sep 23Oct 10Oct 28Nov 14Dec 1

Weekend grossWk 10 · $132.3K

$10.9M

$5.6M

$2.9M

$1.4M

$581.0K

$204.7K

$130.8K

$71.2K

$124.2K

$132.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,118 → 163 −94.8%

3,118 open163 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +6.5%

−48.7%

W1→2

−48.4%

W2→3

−50.7%

W3→4

−59.3%

W4→5

−64.8%

W5→6

−36.1%

W6→7

−45.5%

W7→8

+74.3%

W8→9

+6.5%

W9→10

Steepest −64.8%Biggest gain +74.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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