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2011 • R • 1h 27m • Action • Screen Gems

Inner City vs Outer Space

🍅 91% 75%

75

6.6

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$140K

Limited · 8 theaters

Domestic total

$1.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$6.50M

$5.50M international

Budget$13.0M

Domestic legs7.3x

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Cast & crew

Directed byJoe Cornish ScreenplayJoe Cornish Produced byNira Park, James Wilson CinematographyTom Townend MusicBasement Jaxx, Steven Price StarringJohn Boyega, Jodie Whittaker, Alex Esmail, Leeon Jones, Franz Drameh, Simon Howard StudioScreen Gems

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 29-31 32 $139.5K — 8 $17,438 $139.5K

2 Aug 5-7 43 $77.7K −44% 8 $9,717 $295.8K

3 Aug 12-14 39 $108.0K +39% 40 $2,698 $454.1K

4 Aug 19-21 44 $83.5K −23% 44 $1,897 $604.4K

5 Aug 26-28 45 $56.8K −32% 30 $1,893 $711.3K

6 Sep 2-4 47 $89.6K +58% 66 $1,357 $835.6K

7 Sep 9-11 53 $51.9K −42% 51 $1,018 $949.2K

8 Sep 16-18 59 $24.3K −53% 35 $694 $1.0M

9 Sep 23-25 79 $8.5K −65% 17 $498 $1.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jul 29 #- $46.2K — $46.2K 8 $5,775 1

Sat Jul 30 #- $50.1K +8% $96.3K 8 $6,264 2

Sun Jul 31 #- $43.2K −14% $139.5K 8 $5,398 3

Mon Aug 1 #- $20.9K −52% $160.4K 8 $2,608 4

Tue Aug 2 #- $20.5K −2% $180.9K 8 $2,568 5

Wed Aug 3 #- $19.1K −7% $200.0K 8 $2,387 6

Thu Aug 4 #- $18.1K −5% $218.1K 8 $2,258 7

Fri Aug 5 #- $22.7K +26% −51% $240.8K 8 $2,842 8

Sat Aug 6 #- $29.9K +31% −40% $270.7K 8 $3,734 9

Sun Aug 7 #- $25.1K −16% −42% $295.8K 8 $3,139 10

Mon Aug 8 #- $12.2K −52% −42% $308.0K 8 $1,519 11

Tue Aug 9 #- $13.9K +14% −33% $321.8K 8 $1,732 12

Wed Aug 10 #- $12.9K −7% −32% $334.8K 8 $1,616 13

Thu Aug 11 #- $11.4K −12% −37% $346.1K 8 $1,420 14

Fri Aug 12 #- $30.4K +167% +33% $376.5K 40 $758 15

Sat Aug 13 #- $39.9K +31% +33% $416.3K 40 $996 16

Sun Aug 14 #- $37.7K −5% +50% $454.1K 40 $943 17

Mon Aug 15 #- $16.8K −56% +38% $470.9K 40 $419 18

Tue Aug 16 #- $18.1K +8% +31% $489.0K 40 $453 19

Wed Aug 17 #- $16.8K −7% +30% $505.8K 40 $420 20

Thu Aug 18 #- $15.1K −10% +33% $520.9K 40 $378 21

Fri Aug 19 #- $23.7K +57% −22% $544.7K 44 $539 22

Sat Aug 20 #- $32.2K +35% −19% $576.9K 44 $731 23

Sun Aug 21 #- $27.6K −14% −27% $604.4K 44 $626 24

Mon Aug 22 #- $12.4K −55% −26% $616.8K 44 $281 25

Tue Aug 23 #- $13.1K +6% −28% $629.9K 44 $298 26

Wed Aug 24 #- $12.1K −8% −28% $642.0K 44 $275 27

Thu Aug 25 #- $12.4K +2% −18% $654.4K 44 $281 28

Fri Aug 26 #- $19.1K +54% −20% $673.5K 30 $636 29

Sat Aug 27 #- $19.8K +4% −38% $693.4K 30 $660 30

Sun Aug 28 #- $17.9K −10% −35% $711.3K 30 $596 31

Mon Aug 29 #- $8.8K −51% −29% $720.0K 30 $291 32

Tue Aug 30 #- $10.0K +14% −24% $730.0K 30 $333 33

Wed Aug 31 #- $7.4K −26% −39% $737.4K 30 $245 34

Thu Sep 1 #- $8.7K +18% −30% $746.0K 30 $288 35

Fri Sep 2 #- $24.0K +178% +26% $770.1K 66 $364 36

Sat Sep 3 #- $32.5K +35% +64% $802.5K 66 $491 37

Sun Sep 4 #- $33.1K +2% +85% $835.6K 66 $501 38

Mon Sep 5 #45 $29.6K −10% +239% $865.3K 66 $449 39

Tue Sep 6 #- $10.6K −64% +6% $875.8K 66 $160 40

Wed Sep 7 #- $11.7K +11% +59% $887.6K 66 $177 41

Thu Sep 8 #- $9.7K −17% +12% $897.3K 66 $147 42

Fri Sep 9 #- $17.2K +77% −28% $914.5K 51 $337 43

Sat Sep 10 #- $20.2K +17% −38% $934.7K 51 $396 44

Sun Sep 11 #- $14.5K −28% −56% $949.2K 51 $284 45

Mon Sep 12 #- $7.1K −51% −76% $956.3K 51 $138 46

Tue Sep 13 #- $8.3K +18% −21% $964.6K 51 $163 47

Wed Sep 14 #- $7.2K −14% −39% $971.8K 51 $140 48

Thu Sep 15 #- $7.4K +3% −24% $979.2K 51 $144 49

Fri Sep 16 #- $7.3K −1% −58% $986.5K 35 $208 50

Sat Sep 17 #- $10.1K +38% −50% $996.6K 35 $288 51

Sun Sep 18 #- $6.9K −32% −52% $1.0M 35 $196 52

Mon Sep 19 #- $2.8K −59% −60% $1.0M 35 $81 53

Tue Sep 20 #- $3.1K +10% −63% $1.0M 35 $88 54

Wed Sep 21 #- $2.8K −9% −61% $1.0M 35 $80 55

Thu Sep 22 #- $3.5K +23% −53% $1.0M 35 $99 56

Fri Sep 23 #- $2.5K −28% −66% $1.0M 17 $146 57

Sat Sep 24 #- $3.4K +38% −66% $1.0M 17 $202 58

Sun Sep 25 #- $2.5K −26% −63% $1.0M 17 $149 59

Cumulative total$1.0M

Jul 29Aug 13Aug 27Sep 11Sep 25

Weekend grossWk 9 · $8.5K

$139.5K

$77.7K

$108.0K

$83.5K

$56.8K

$89.6K

$51.9K

$24.3K

$8.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9

Theater countPeak 66 → 17 −74.2%

8 open17 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −65%

−44%

W1→2

+39%

W2→3

−23%

W3→4

−32%

W4→5

+58%

W5→6

−42%

W6→7

−53%

W7→8

−65%

W8→9

Steepest −65%Biggest gain +58%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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