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2012 • R • 1h 50m • Action, Adventure, Thriller • Relativity Media

The only easy day was yesterday.

🍅 28% 72%

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2.70

6.4

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$24.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$70.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$82.50M

$12.50M international

Domestic legs2.86x

Budget$12.0M

2012 rank#41

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Cast & crew

Directed byMike McCoy, Scott Waugh ScreenplayKurt Johnstad Produced byMouse McCoy, Scott Waugh CinematographyShane Hurlbut MusicNathan Furst Prod. DesignJohn Zachary StarringRoselyn Sánchez, Jason Cottle, Alex Veadov, Nestor Serrano, Ailsa Marshall, Gonzalo Menendez StudioRelativity Media

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Feb 24-26 1 $24.5M — 3,039 $8,054 $24.5M

2 Mar 2-4 3 $13.6M −44.5% 3,053 $4,445 $45.1M

3 Mar 9-11 4 $7.0M −48.5% 2,951 $2,369 $56.1M

4 Mar 16-18 5 $3.7M −46.6% 2,765 $1,350 $62.5M

5 Mar 23-25 5 $2.0M −45.3% 2,216 $921 $65.9M

6 Mar 30-Apr 1 8 $1.0M −50.9% 1,239 $808 $67.7M

7 Apr 6-8 13 $531.1K −47.0% 708 $750 $68.8M

8 Apr 13-15 21 $255.8K −51.8% 352 $726 $69.3M

9 Apr 20-22 31 $131.4K −48.6% 229 $573 $69.5M

10 Apr 27-29 26 $155.2K +18.1% 285 $544 $69.7M

11 May 4-6 38 $74.2K −52.2% 193 $384 $69.8M

12 May 11-13 48 $42.0K −43.4% 118 $356 $69.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Feb 24 #1 $9.0M — $9.0M 3,039 $2,976 1

Sat Feb 25 #1 $9.5M +5% $18.5M 3,039 $3,118 2

Sun Feb 26 #1 $6.0M −37% $24.5M 3,039 $1,958 3

Mon Feb 27 #1 $1.9M −67% $26.4M 3,039 $640 4

Tue Feb 28 #1 $2.0M +2% $28.4M 3,039 $655 5

Wed Feb 29 #1 $1.5M −22% $30.0M 3,039 $508 6

Thu Mar 1 #1 $1.6M +2% $31.5M 3,039 $518 7

Fri Mar 2 #3 $3.8M +142% −58% $35.3M 3,053 $1,247 8

Sat Mar 3 #3 $6.1M +60% −36% $41.4M 3,053 $1,991 9

Sun Mar 4 #3 $3.7M −39% −38% $45.1M 3,053 $1,206 10

Mon Mar 5 #3 $1.0M −72% −47% $46.1M 3,053 $337 11

Tue Mar 6 #3 $1.1M +11% −43% $47.3M 3,053 $374 12

Wed Mar 7 #3 $891.5K −22% −42% $48.2M 3,053 $292 13

Thu Mar 8 #3 $925.3K +4% −41% $49.1M 3,053 $303 14

Fri Mar 9 #5 $2.0M +117% −47% $51.1M 2,951 $680 15

Sat Mar 10 #4 $3.1M +55% −49% $54.2M 2,951 $1,052 16

Sun Mar 11 #4 $1.9M −39% −49% $56.1M 2,951 $636 17

Mon Mar 12 #4 $671.0K −64% −35% $56.8M 2,951 $227 18

Tue Mar 13 #4 $734.4K +9% −36% $57.5M 2,951 $248 19

Wed Mar 14 #4 $592.4K −19% −34% $58.1M 2,951 $200 20

Thu Mar 15 #4 $630.1K +6% −32% $58.7M 2,951 $213 21

Fri Mar 16 #5 $1.1M +81% −43% $59.9M 2,765 $413 22

Sat Mar 17 #5 $1.6M +36% −50% $61.4M 2,765 $561 23

Sun Mar 18 #4 $1.0M −33% −45% $62.5M 2,765 $375 24

Mon Mar 19 #5 $357.8K −66% −47% $62.8M 2,765 $129 25

Tue Mar 20 #5 $392.9K +10% −47% $63.2M 2,765 $142 26

Wed Mar 21 #5 $342.9K −13% −42% $63.5M 2,765 $124 27

Thu Mar 22 #5 $332.0K −3% −47% $63.9M 2,765 $120 28

Fri Mar 23 #7 $569.2K +71% −50% $64.4M 2,219 $256 29

Sat Mar 24 #5 $917.4K +61% −41% $65.4M 2,219 $413 30

Sun Mar 25 #5 $554.8K −40% −47% $65.9M 2,219 $250 31

Mon Mar 26 #6 $196.4K −65% −45% $66.1M 2,219 $88 32

Tue Mar 27 #6 $214.2K +9% −45% $66.3M 2,219 $96 33

Wed Mar 28 #5 $196.5K −8% −43% $66.5M 2,219 $88 34

Thu Mar 29 #5 $215.3K +10% −35% $66.7M 2,219 $97 35

Fri Mar 30 #8 $291.3K +35% −49% $67.0M 1,239 $235 36

Sat Mar 31 #8 $445.0K +53% −51% $67.5M 1,239 $359 37

Sun Apr 1 #8 $265.6K −40% −52% $67.7M 1,239 $214 38

Mon Apr 2 #7 $101.1K −62% −49% $67.8M 1,239 $81 39

Tue Apr 3 #8 $119.8K +19% −44% $68.0M 1,239 $96 40

Wed Apr 4 #9 $119.7K n/c −39% $68.1M 1,239 $96 41

Thu Apr 5 #8 $147.2K +23% −32% $68.2M 1,239 $118 42

Fri Apr 6 #12 $188.0K +28% −35% $68.4M 708 $265 43

Sat Apr 7 #11 $220.7K +17% −50% $68.6M 708 $311 44

Sun Apr 8 #13 $122.4K −45% −54% $68.8M 708 $172 45

Mon Apr 9 #12 $58.7K −52% −42% $68.8M 708 $82 46

Tue Apr 10 #11 $58.6K n/c −51% $68.9M 708 $82 47

Wed Apr 11 #11 $58.2K −1% −51% $68.9M 708 $82 48

Thu Apr 12 #11 $61.9K +6% −58% $69.0M 708 $87 49

Fri Apr 13 $75.5K +22% −60% $69.1M 352 $214 50

Sat Apr 14 $115.3K +53% −48% $69.2M 352 $327 51

Sun Apr 15 $65.0K −44% −47% $69.3M 352 $184 52

Mon Apr 16 $19.6K −70% −67% $69.3M 352 $55 53

Tue Apr 17 $20.6K +5% −65% $69.3M 352 $58 54

Wed Apr 18 $20.4K −1% −65% $69.3M 352 $57 55

Thu Apr 19 $23.2K +14% −63% $69.3M 352 $65 56

Fri Apr 20 $35.7K +54% −53% $69.4M 229 $156 57

Sat Apr 21 $60.4K +69% −48% $69.4M 229 $263 58

Sun Apr 22 $35.3K −42% −46% $69.5M 229 $153 59

Mon Apr 23 $11.5K −67% −41% $69.5M 229 $50 60

Tue Apr 24 $13.4K +16% −35% $69.5M 229 $58 61

Wed Apr 25 $11.8K −12% −42% $69.5M 229 $51 62

Thu Apr 26 $17.1K +45% −26% $69.5M 229 $74 63

Fri Apr 27 $43.8K +156% +23% $69.6M 285 $153 64

Sat Apr 28 $68.0K +55% +13% $69.6M 285 $238 65

Sun Apr 29 $43.3K −36% +23% $69.7M 285 $151 66

Mon Apr 30 $17.3K −60% +51% $69.7M 285 $60 67

Tue May 1 $19.0K +10% +42% $69.7M 285 $66 68

Wed May 2 $16.3K −14% +38% $69.7M 285 $57 69

Thu May 3 $16.5K +1% −3% $69.8M 285 $57 70

Fri May 4 $23.6K +43% −46% $69.8M 193 $122 71

Sat May 5 $30.2K +28% −56% $69.8M 193 $156 72

Sun May 6 $20.5K −32% −53% $69.8M 193 $106 73

Mon May 7 $8.7K −58% −50% $69.8M 193 $45 74

Tue May 8 $10.3K +18% −46% $69.8M 193 $53 75

Wed May 9 $9.3K −10% −43% $69.9M 193 $48 76

Thu May 10 $8.9K −4% −46% $69.9M 193 $46 77

Fri May 11 $12.2K +37% −48% $69.9M 118 $103 78

Sat May 12 $17.3K +42% −42% $69.9M 118 $146 79

Sun May 13 $12.4K −28% −39% $69.9M 118 $105 80

Mon May 14 $5.3K −57% −39% $69.9M 118 $44 81

Tue May 15 $6.0K +14% −41% $69.9M 118 $51 82

Wed May 16 $4.9K −18% −47% $69.9M 118 $41 83

Thu May 17 $5.3K +7% −41% $69.9M 118 $44 84

Fri May 18 $10.8K +105% −12% $69.9M 96 $112 85

Sat May 19 $16.7K +55% −4% $70.0M 96 $174 86

Sun May 20 $25.4K +52% +105% $70.0M 96 $265 87

Mon May 21 $3.6K −86% −33% $70.0M 96 $37 88

Tue May 22 $3.5K −2% −42% $70.0M 96 $36 89

Wed May 23 $3.8K +10% −23% $70.0M 96 $39 90

Thu May 24 $5.0K +31% −5% $70.0M 96 $51 91

Fri May 25 $2.1K −59% −81% $70.0M 39 $52 92

Sat May 26 $2.8K +34% −84% $70.0M 39 $70 93

Sun May 27 $3.4K +24% −87% $70.0M 39 $87 94

Mon May 28 $1.9K −45% −48% $70.0M 39 $47 95

Tue May 29 $492 −74% −86% $70.0M 39 $12 96

Wed May 30 $518 +5% −86% $70.0M 39 $13 97

Thu May 31 $708 +37% −86% $70.0M 39 $18 98

Fri Jun 1 $1.6K +127% −22% $70.0M 19 $84 99

Sat Jun 2 $1.2K −23% −55% $70.0M 19 $65 100

Sun Jun 3 $2.1K +74% −37% $70.0M 19 $113 101

Mon Jun 4 $231 −89% −88% $70.0M 19 $12 102

Tue Jun 5 $571 +147% +16% $70.0M 19 $30 103

Wed Jun 6 $291 −49% −44% $70.0M 19 $15 104

Thu Jun 7 $681 +134% −4% $70.0M 19 $35 105

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

Cumulative total$69.8M

Feb 24Mar 12Mar 30Apr 16May 3

Weekend grossWk 10 · $155.2K

$24.5M

$13.6M

$7.0M

$3.7M

$2.0M

$1.0M

$531.1K

$255.8K

$131.4K

$155.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,053 → 285 −90.7%

3,039 open285 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +18.1%

−44.5%

W1→2

−48.5%

W2→3

−46.6%

W3→4

−45.3%

W4→5

−50.9%

W5→6

−47.0%

W6→7

−51.8%

W7→8

−48.6%

W8→9

+18.1%

W9→10

Steepest −51.8%Biggest gain +18.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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