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After EarthFollow

2013 • PG-13 • 1h 40m • Action, Adventure, Drama • Sony Pictures Releasing

Danger is real, fear is a choice.

🍅 12% 36%

33

1.75

4.8

CS B

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$27.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$60.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$244.00M

$183.00M international

Domestic legs2.20x

Budget$130M

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Cast & crew

Full Shyamalan filmography

M. Night Shyamalan

M. Night Shyamalan Director

Jaden Smith

Jaden Smith Starring

Will Smith

Will Smith Starring

Sophie Okonedo

Sophie Okonedo Starring

Zoë Kravitz

Zoë Kravitz Starring

ScreenplayM. Night Shyamalan, Gary Whitta Produced byCaleeb Pinkett, Jada Pinkett Smith, Will Smith, James Lassiter, M. Night Shyamalan CinematographyPeter Suschitzky MusicJames Newton Howard Prod. DesignThomas E. Sanders StudioSony Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 31-Jun 2 3 $27.5M — 3,401 $8,091 $27.5M

2 Jun 7-9 7 $10.7M −61.1% 3,401 $3,149 $46.1M

3 Jun 14-16 9 $4.1M −62.2% 2,432 $1,666 $54.5M

4 Jun 21-23 13 $940.0K −76.8% 1,166 $806 $57.4M

5 Jun 28-30 20 $323.3K −65.6% 331 $976 $58.2M

6 Jul 5-7 20 $382.3K +18.2% 270 $1,415 $58.9M

7 Jul 12-14 21 $273.4K −28.5% 238 $1,148 $59.4M

8 Jul 19-21 29 $196.4K −28.2% 189 $1,039 $59.8M

9 Jul 26-28 31 $167.1K −14.9% 167 $1,000 $60.0M

10 Aug 2-4 35 $124.9K −25.2% 146 $855 $60.3M

11 Aug 9-11 39 $77.5K −38.0% 109 $711 $60.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri May 31 #3 $9.8M — $9.8M 3,401 $2,893 1

Sat Jun 1 #3 $10.3M +4% $20.1M 3,401 $3,018 2

Sun Jun 2 #3 $7.4M −28% $27.5M 3,401 $2,179 3

Mon Jun 3 #3 $2.1M −72% $29.6M 3,401 $604 4

Tue Jun 4 #3 $2.3M +13% $31.9M 3,401 $684 5

Wed Jun 5 #3 $1.8M −25% $33.7M 3,401 $515 6

Thu Jun 6 #5 $1.7M −1% $35.4M 3,401 $509 7

Fri Jun 7 #6 $3.3M +93% −66% $38.7M 3,401 $983 8

Sat Jun 8 #7 $4.4M +33% −57% $43.2M 3,401 $1,305 9

Sun Jun 9 #7 $2.9M −34% −61% $46.1M 3,401 $860 10

Mon Jun 10 #7 $1.2M −58% −40% $47.3M 3,401 $365 11

Tue Jun 11 #7 $1.2M −1% −47% $48.6M 3,401 $361 12

Wed Jun 12 #8 $986.7K −20% −44% $49.6M 3,401 $290 13

Thu Jun 13 #9 $901.5K −9% −48% $50.5M 3,401 $265 14

Fri Jun 14 #9 $1.2M +28% −65% $51.6M 2,432 $475 15

Sat Jun 15 #9 $1.5M +27% −67% $53.1M 2,432 $605 16

Sun Jun 16 #9 $1.4M −4% −51% $54.5M 2,432 $584 17

Mon Jun 17 #9 $512.3K −64% −59% $55.0M 2,432 $210 18

Tue Jun 18 #9 $573.3K +12% −53% $55.6M 2,432 $235 19

Wed Jun 19 #9 $492.1K −14% −50% $56.1M 2,432 $202 20

Thu Jun 20 #9 $348.4K −29% −61% $56.4M 2,432 $143 21

Fri Jun 21 $278.3K −20% −76% $56.7M 1,166 $238 22

Sat Jun 22 $374.4K +35% −75% $57.1M 1,166 $321 23

Sun Jun 23 $287.3K −23% −80% $57.4M 1,166 $246 24

Mon Jun 24 $127.1K −56% −75% $57.5M 1,166 $109 25

Tue Jun 25 $161.5K +27% −72% $57.7M 1,166 $138 26

Wed Jun 26 $134.9K −17% −73% $57.8M 1,166 $115 27

Thu Jun 27 $118.3K −12% −66% $57.9M 1,166 $101 28

Fri Jun 28 $92.4K −22% −67% $58.0M 331 $279 29

Sat Jun 29 $130.1K +41% −65% $58.1M 331 $393 30

Sun Jun 30 $100.7K −23% −65% $58.2M 331 $304 31

Mon Jul 1 $51.1K −49% −60% $58.3M 331 $154 32

Tue Jul 2 $52.9K +3% −67% $58.4M 331 $159 33

Wed Jul 3 $67.2K +27% −50% $58.4M 270 $249 34

Thu Jul 4 $86.2K +28% −27% $58.5M 270 $319 35

Fri Jul 5 $126.3K +47% +37% $58.6M 270 $467 36

Sat Jul 6 $146.5K +16% +13% $58.8M 270 $542 37

Sun Jul 7 $109.5K −25% +9% $58.9M 270 $405 38

Mon Jul 8 $54.2K −50% +6% $58.9M 270 $200 39

Tue Jul 9 $65.1K +20% +23% $59.0M 270 $240 40

Wed Jul 10 $52.2K −20% −22% $59.1M 270 $193 41

Thu Jul 11 $51.7K −1% −40% $59.1M 270 $191 42

Fri Jul 12 $80.4K +56% −36% $59.2M 238 $337 43

Sat Jul 13 $108.1K +34% −26% $59.3M 238 $454 44

Sun Jul 14 $84.9K −21% −22% $59.4M 238 $356 45

Mon Jul 15 $41.6K −51% −23% $59.4M 238 $174 46

Tue Jul 16 $46.9K +13% −28% $59.5M 238 $197 47

Wed Jul 17 $42.5K −9% −19% $59.5M 238 $178 48

Thu Jul 18 $44.0K +4% −15% $59.6M 238 $185 49

Fri Jul 19 $56.0K +27% −30% $59.6M 189 $296 50

Sat Jul 20 $78.3K +40% −28% $59.7M 189 $414 51

Sun Jul 21 $62.1K −21% −27% $59.8M 189 $328 52

Fri Jul 26 $46.6K — −17% $59.9M 167 $279 57

Sat Jul 27 $67.6K +45% −14% $60.0M 167 $405 58

Sun Jul 28 $52.8K −22% −15% $60.0M 167 $316 59

Fri Aug 2 $34.8K — −25% $60.2M 146 $238 64

Sat Aug 3 $49.5K +42% −27% $60.2M 146 $339 65

Sun Aug 4 $40.6K −18% −23% $60.3M 146 $278 66

Fri Aug 9 $20.9K — −40% $60.4M 109 $192 71

Sat Aug 10 $31.7K +51% −36% $60.4M 109 $290 72

Sun Aug 11 $24.9K −21% −39% $60.4M 109 $228 73

Fri Aug 16 $13.4K — −36% $60.5M 77 $174 78

Sat Aug 17 $24.0K +79% −24% $60.5M 77 $311 79

Sun Aug 18 $18.8K −22% −25% $60.5M 77 $243 80

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

Cumulative total$60.3M

May 31Jun 14Jun 29Jul 13Aug 4

Weekend grossWk 10 · $124.9K

$27.5M

$10.7M

$4.1M

$940.0K

$323.3K

$382.3K

$273.4K

$196.4K

$167.1K

$124.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,401 → 146 −95.7%

3,401 open146 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −25.2%

−61.1%

W1→2

−62.2%

W2→3

−76.8%

W3→4

−65.6%

W4→5

+18.2%

W5→6

−28.5%

W6→7

−28.2%

W7→8

−14.9%

W8→9

−25.2%

W9→10

Steepest −76.8%Biggest gain +18.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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