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BattleshipFollow

2012 • PG-13 • 2h 11m • Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi • Universal Pictures

The battle for Earth begins at sea.

🍅 34% 54%

41

2.26

5.8

CS B

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$25.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$65.40M

Final

Worldwide total

$303.00M

$238.00M international

Domestic legs2.56x

Budget$209M

2012 rank#46

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Cast & crew

Full Berg filmography

Peter Berg

Peter Berg Director

Taylor Kitsch

Taylor Kitsch Starring

Alexander Skarsgård

Alexander Skarsgård Starring

Brooklyn Decker

Brooklyn Decker Starring

Hamish Linklater

Hamish Linklater Starring

Liam Neeson

Liam Neeson Starring

ScreenplayErich Hoeber, Jon Hoeber Produced byBrian Goldner, Scott Stuber, Peter Berg, Sarah Aubrey, Duncan Henderson CinematographyTobias A. Schliessler MusicSteve Jablonsky Prod. DesignNeil Spisak StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 18-20 2 $25.5M — 3,690 $6,920 $25.5M

2 May 25-27 3 $11.1M −56.7% 3,702 $2,985 $44.6M

3 Jun 1-3 4 $5.1M −53.9% 3,144 $1,619 $55.4M

4 Jun 8-10 8 $2.3M −55.3% 1,954 $1,165 $59.8M

5 Jun 15-17 10 $1.2M −45.2% 942 $1,325 $62.2M

6 Jun 22-24 14 $519.3K −58.4% 483 $1,075 $63.2M

7 Jun 29-Jul 1 18 $403.5K −22.3% 308 $1,310 $63.9M

8 Jul 6-8 24 $285.1K −29.3% 249 $1,145 $64.3M

9 Jul 13-15 26 $239.4K −16.0% 228 $1,049 $64.7M

10 Jul 20-22 29 $125.6K −47.5% 172 $730 $65.0M

11 Jul 27-29 33 $94.5K −24.7% 140 $675 $65.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu May 17 $650.0K — $650.0K — — -1

Fri May 18 #2 $8.8M — $8.8M 3,690 $2,380 1

Sat May 19 #2 $9.7M +11% $18.5M 3,690 $2,635 2

Sun May 20 #2 $7.0M −28% $25.5M 3,690 $1,905 3

Mon May 21 #2 $2.4M −66% $27.9M 3,690 $640 4

Tue May 22 #2 $2.3M −4% $30.2M 3,690 $615 5

Wed May 23 #2 $1.7M −27% $31.8M 3,690 $450 6

Thu May 24 #2 $1.7M +1% $33.5M 3,690 $455 7

Fri May 25 #4 $3.1M +82% −65% $36.6M 3,702 $825 8

Sat May 26 #3 $4.1M +35% −58% $40.7M 3,702 $1,115 9

Sun May 27 #3 $3.9M −6% −45% $44.6M 3,702 $1,045 10

Mon May 28 #3 $2.9M −25% +22% $47.4M 3,702 $780 11

Tue May 29 #4 $1.1M −62% −52% $48.5M 3,702 $295 12

Wed May 30 #3 $851.5K −22% −49% $49.4M 3,702 $230 13

Thu May 31 #3 $925.9K +9% −45% $50.3M 3,702 $250 14

Fri Jun 1 #5 $1.4M +56% −53% $51.8M 3,144 $460 15

Sat Jun 2 #4 $2.2M +53% −46% $54.0M 3,144 $704 16

Sun Jun 3 #4 $1.4M −35% −63% $55.4M 3,144 $455 17

Mon Jun 4 #7 $518.8K −64% −82% $55.9M 3,144 $165 18

Tue Jun 5 #7 $566.9K +9% −48% $56.5M 3,144 $180 19

Wed Jun 6 #6 $518.5K −9% −39% $57.0M 3,144 $164 20

Thu Jun 7 #6 $534.5K +3% −42% $57.5M 3,144 $170 21

Fri Jun 8 #9 $693.7K +30% −52% $58.2M 1,954 $355 22

Sat Jun 9 #8 $918.4K +32% −59% $59.2M 1,954 $470 23

Sun Jun 10 #9 $664.4K −28% −54% $59.8M 1,954 $340 24

Mon Jun 11 #9 $273.6K −59% −47% $60.1M 1,954 $140 25

Tue Jun 12 #9 $284.3K +4% −50% $60.4M 1,954 $145 26

Wed Jun 13 #9 $272.6K −4% −47% $60.7M 1,954 $139 27

Thu Jun 14 #9 $253.1K −7% −53% $60.9M 1,954 $129 28

Fri Jun 15 #12 $334.4K +32% −52% $61.2M 942 $355 29

Sat Jun 16 #11 $480.4K +44% −48% $61.7M 942 $510 30

Sun Jun 17 #10 $433.3K −10% −35% $62.2M 942 $460 31

Mon Jun 18 #13 $136.6K −68% −50% $62.3M 942 $145 32

Tue Jun 19 #13 $131.9K −3% −54% $62.4M 942 $140 33

Wed Jun 20 #13 $127.6K −3% −53% $62.5M 942 $135 34

Thu Jun 21 #13 $122.9K −4% −51% $62.7M 942 $130 35

Fri Jun 22 $152.2K +24% −54% $62.8M 483 $315 36

Sat Jun 23 $214.9K +41% −55% $63.0M 483 $445 37

Sun Jun 24 $152.1K −29% −65% $63.2M 483 $315 38

Mon Jun 25 $65.2K −57% −52% $63.3M 483 $135 39

Tue Jun 26 $74.9K +15% −43% $63.3M 483 $155 40

Wed Jun 27 $67.6K −10% −47% $63.4M 483 $140 41

Thu Jun 28 $67.8K n/c −45% $63.5M 483 $140 42

Fri Jun 29 $124.7K +84% −18% $63.6M 308 $405 43

Sat Jun 30 $160.2K +28% −25% $63.8M 308 $520 44

Sun Jul 1 $118.6K −26% −22% $63.9M 308 $385 45

Mon Jul 2 $44.6K −62% −32% $63.9M 308 $144 46

Tue Jul 3 $44.5K n/c −41% $64.0M 262 $170 47

Wed Jul 4 $51.1K +15% −24% $64.0M 262 $195 48

Thu Jul 5 $40.6K −21% −40% $64.0M 262 $155 49

Fri Jul 6 $90.9K +124% −27% $64.1M 249 $365 50

Sat Jul 7 $113.3K +25% −29% $64.3M 249 $455 51

Sun Jul 8 $80.9K −29% −32% $64.3M 249 $325 52

Mon Jul 9 $37.4K −54% −16% $64.4M 249 $150 53

Tue Jul 10 $42.3K +13% −5% $64.4M 249 $170 54

Wed Jul 11 $39.8K −6% −22% $64.5M 249 $160 55

Thu Jul 12 $41.1K +3% +1% $64.5M 249 $165 56

Fri Jul 13 $74.1K +80% −18% $64.6M 228 $324 57

Sat Jul 14 $98.0K +32% −13% $64.7M 228 $430 58

Sun Jul 15 $67.3K −31% −17% $64.7M 228 $295 59

Mon Jul 16 $33.1K −51% −11% $64.8M 228 $145 60

Tue Jul 17 $36.5K +10% −14% $64.8M 228 $160 61

Wed Jul 18 $34.2K −6% −14% $64.8M 228 $150 62

Thu Jul 19 $31.9K −7% −22% $64.9M 228 $140 63

Fri Jul 20 $36.1K +13% −51% $64.9M 172 $210 64

Sat Jul 21 $49.9K +38% −49% $65.0M 172 $290 65

Sun Jul 22 $39.6K −21% −41% $65.0M 172 $230 66

Mon Jul 23 $18.9K −52% −43% $65.0M 172 $110 67

Tue Jul 24 $22.4K +18% −39% $65.0M 172 $130 68

Wed Jul 25 $19.7K −12% −42% $65.1M 172 $114 69

Thu Jul 26 $21.5K +9% −33% $65.1M 172 $125 70

Fri Jul 27 $26.6K +24% −26% $65.1M 140 $190 71

Sat Jul 28 $38.5K +45% −23% $65.1M 140 $275 72

Sun Jul 29 $29.4K −24% −26% $65.2M 140 $209 73

Mon Jul 30 $14.0K −52% −26% $65.2M 140 $99 74

Tue Jul 31 $16.1K +15% −28% $65.2M 140 $115 75

Wed Aug 1 $14.1K −13% −29% $65.2M 140 $100 76

Thu Aug 2 $16.1K +15% −25% $65.2M 140 $114 77

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

Cumulative total$65.1M

May 17Jun 4Jun 21Jul 9Jul 26

Weekend grossWk 10 · $125.6K

$25.5M

$11.1M

$5.1M

$2.3M

$1.2M

$519.3K

$403.5K

$285.1K

$239.4K

$125.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,702 → 172 −95.4%

3,690 open172 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −47.5%

−56.7%

W1→2

−53.9%

W2→3

−55.3%

W3→4

−45.2%

W4→5

−58.4%

W5→6

−22.3%

W6→7

−29.3%

W7→8

−16.0%

W8→9

−47.5%

W9→10

Steepest −58.4%Best hold −16.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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