Name: Apocalypto
Director: Mel Gibson
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Released: 2006
Cast: Rudy Youngblood, Raoul Max Trujillo, Gerardo Taracena, Iazua Larios, Antonio Monroy

Cast & crew

Directed byMel Gibson ScreenplayMel Gibson, Farhad Safinia Produced byMel Gibson, Bruce Davey CinematographyDean Semler MusicJames Horner Prod. DesignThomas E. Sanders StarringRudy Youngblood, Raoul Max Trujillo, Gerardo Taracena, Iazua Larios, Antonio Monroy, María Isabel Díaz Lago StudioWalt Disney Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 8-10 1 $15.0M — 2,465 $6,087 $15.0M

2 Dec 15-17 6 $8.0M −46.6% 2,465 $3,248 $28.2M

3 Dec 22-24 13 $2.9M −64.2% 2,144 $1,338 $34.6M

4 Dec 29-31 14 $3.3M +13.8% 2,023 $1,613 $42.7M

5 Jan 5-7 18 $1.8M −46.0% 903 $1,951 $47.3M

6 Jan 12-14 26 $849.7K −51.8% 467 $1,819 $48.9M

7 Jan 19-21 32 $517.8K −39.1% 349 $1,483 $49.8M

8 Jan 26-28 35 $228.7K −55.8% 175 $1,306 $50.2M

9 Feb 2-4 43 $103.5K −54.8% 114 $907 $50.4M

10 Feb 9-11 42 $160.2K +54.8% 233 $687 $50.6M

11 Feb 16-18 47 $75.2K −53.1% 140 $537 $50.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 8 #1 $4.9M — $4.9M 2,465 $1,989 1

Sat Dec 9 #2 $5.7M +17% $10.6M 2,465 $2,323 2

Sun Dec 10 #1 $4.4M −24% $15.0M 2,465 $1,774 3

Mon Dec 11 #1 $1.5M −65% $16.5M 2,465 $612 4

Tue Dec 12 #1 $1.3M −11% $17.9M 2,465 $543 5

Wed Dec 13 #1 $1.2M −11% $19.0M 2,465 $483 6

Thu Dec 14 #1 $1.2M −3% $20.2M 2,465 $467 7

Fri Dec 15 #5 $2.3M +96% −54% $22.5M 2,465 $917 8

Sat Dec 16 #6 $3.1M +39% −45% $25.6M 2,465 $1,273 9

Sun Dec 17 #4 $2.6M −17% −40% $28.2M 2,465 $1,058 10

Mon Dec 18 #6 $913.4K −65% −40% $29.1M 2,465 $370 11

Tue Dec 19 #6 $886.5K −3% −34% $30.0M 2,465 $359 12

Wed Dec 20 #9 $830.1K −6% −30% $30.8M 2,465 $336 13

Thu Dec 21 #8 $884.6K +7% −23% $31.7M 2,465 $358 14

Mon Dec 25 #13 $1.6M — +76% $36.2M 2,144 $751 18

Fri Dec 29 #14 $1.1M — $40.5M 2,023 $543 22

Mon Jan 15 #26 $166.3K — $49.0M 467 $356 39

Fri Jan 19 #29 $140.0K — $49.4M 349 $401 43

Mon Feb 19 #45 $13.9K — $50.8M 140 $99 74

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

Cumulative total$49.4M

Dec 8Dec 12Dec 17Dec 21Jan 19

Weekend grossWk 10 · $160.2K

$15.0M

$8.0M

$2.9M

$3.3M

$1.8M

$849.7K

$517.8K

$228.7K

$103.5K

$160.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,465 → 349 −85.8%

2,465 open349 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +54.8%

−46.6%

W1→2

−64.2%

W2→3

+13.8%

W3→4

−46.0%

W4→5

−51.8%

W5→6

−39.1%

W6→7

−55.8%

W7→8

−54.8%

W8→9

+54.8%

W9→10

Steepest −64.2%Biggest gain +54.8%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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