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2007 • PG-13 • 1h 55m • Action, Adventure, Animation • Paramount Pictures

Face your demons.

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59

2.72

6.3

CS B-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$27.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$82.30M

Final

Worldwide total

$196.00M

$114.00M international

Domestic legs2.99x

Budget$150M

2007 rank#32

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Cast & crew

Full Zemeckis filmography

Robert Zemeckis

Robert Zemeckis Director

Ray Winstone

Ray Winstone Starring

Angelina Jolie

Angelina Jolie Starring

Anthony Hopkins

Anthony Hopkins Starring

John Malkovich

John Malkovich Starring

Robin Wright

Robin Wright Starring

ScreenplayRoger Avary, Neil Gaiman Produced bySteve Starkey, Robert Zemeckis, Jack Rapke CinematographyRobert Presley MusicAlan Silvestri Prod. DesignDoug Chiang StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 16-18 1 $27.5M — 3,153 $8,726 $27.5M

2 Nov 23-25 3 $16.5M −39.9% 3,218 $5,139 $56.6M

3 Nov 30-Dec 2 2 $8.2M −50.4% 3,249 $2,526 $68.9M

4 Dec 7-9 5 $4.5M −44.7% 2,976 $1,524 $76.1M

5 Dec 14-16 12 $1.4M −69.6% 1,659 $832 $79.3M

6 Dec 21-23 20 $374.1K −72.9% 352 $1,062 $80.4M

7 Dec 28-30 22 $301.6K −19.4% 290 $1,039 $81.1M

8 Jan 4-6 26 $206.4K −31.6% 215 $960 $81.5M

9 Jan 11-13 34 $133.3K −35.4% 126 $1,057 $81.7M

10 Jan 18-20 33 $185.1K +38.9% 251 $737 $82.0M

11 Jan 25-27 38 $101.4K −45.2% 214 $473 $82.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 16 #1 $10.0M — $10.0M 3,153 $3,173 1

Sat Nov 17 #1 $10.5M +5% $20.5M 3,153 $3,329 2

Sun Nov 18 #1 $7.0M −33% $27.5M 3,153 $2,224 3

Mon Nov 19 #1 $2.7M −62% $30.2M 3,153 $841 4

Tue Nov 20 #1 $2.9M +8% $33.0M 3,153 $912 5

Wed Nov 21 #4 $3.5M +21% $36.5M 3,218 $1,077 6

Thu Nov 22 #3 $3.6M +3% $40.1M 3,218 $1,113 7

Fri Nov 23 #3 $6.5M +82% −35% $46.6M 3,218 $2,020 8

Sat Nov 24 #3 $6.4M −2% −39% $53.0M 3,218 $1,977 9

Sun Nov 25 #2 $3.7M −42% −48% $56.6M 3,218 $1,141 10

Mon Nov 26 #2 $1.1M −70% −59% $57.7M 3,218 $337 11

Tue Nov 27 #2 $1.0M −4% −64% $58.8M 3,218 $323 12

Wed Nov 28 #2 $1.0M −3% −71% $59.8M 3,218 $314 13

Thu Nov 29 #2 $959.8K −5% −73% $60.7M 3,218 $298 14

Fri Nov 30 #2 $2.5M +158% −62% $63.2M 3,249 $762 15

Sat Dec 1 #3 $3.5M +41% −45% $66.7M 3,249 $1,074 16

Sun Dec 2 #2 $2.2M −36% −39% $68.9M 3,249 $689 17

Mon Dec 3 #2 $653.6K −71% −40% $69.6M 3,249 $201 18

Tue Dec 4 #2 $677.8K +4% −35% $70.3M 3,249 $208 19

Wed Dec 5 #2 $644.4K −5% −36% $70.9M 3,249 $198 20

Thu Dec 6 #2 $667.3K +4% −30% $71.6M 3,249 $205 21

Fri Dec 7 #4 $1.3M +98% −47% $72.9M 2,976 $444 22

Sat Dec 8 #5 $2.0M +49% −44% $74.9M 2,976 $659 23

Sun Dec 9 #3 $1.3M −36% −44% $76.1M 2,976 $420 24

Mon Dec 10 #3 $453.9K −64% −31% $76.6M 2,976 $152 25

Tue Dec 11 #3 $480.7K +6% −29% $77.1M 2,976 $161 26

Wed Dec 12 #4 $428.5K −11% −34% $77.5M 2,976 $143 27

Thu Dec 13 #4 $395.9K −8% −41% $77.9M 2,976 $133 28

Fri Dec 14 #12 $438.4K +11% −67% $78.3M 1,659 $264 29

Sat Dec 15 #12 $557.5K +27% −72% $78.9M 1,659 $336 30

Sun Dec 16 #12 $384.6K −31% −69% $79.3M 1,659 $231 31

Mon Dec 17 #10 $184.3K −52% −59% $79.4M 1,659 $111 32

Tue Dec 18 #10 $189.1K +3% −61% $79.6M 1,659 $113 33

Wed Dec 19 #11 $201.5K +7% −53% $79.8M 1,659 $121 34

Thu Dec 20 #11 $212.1K +5% −46% $80.0M 1,659 $127 35

Fri Dec 21 $102.3K −52% −77% $80.1M 352 $290 36

Sat Dec 22 $139.7K +37% −75% $80.3M 352 $396 37

Sun Dec 23 $132.1K −5% −66% $80.4M 352 $375 38

Mon Dec 24 $70.4K −47% −62% $80.5M 352 $199 39

Tue Dec 25 $95.4K +36% −50% $80.6M 352 $270 40

Wed Dec 26 $93.4K −2% −54% $80.7M 352 $265 41

Thu Dec 27 $99.0K +6% −53% $80.8M 352 $281 42

Fri Dec 28 $91.1K −8% −11% $80.9M 290 $314 43

Sat Dec 29 $108.0K +18% −23% $81.0M 290 $372 44

Sun Dec 30 $102.5K −5% −22% $81.1M 290 $353 45

Mon Dec 31 $48.5K −53% −31% $81.1M 290 $167 46

Tue Jan 1 $76.5K +58% −20% $81.2M 290 $263 47

Wed Jan 2 $52.0K −32% −44% $81.3M 290 $179 48

Thu Jan 3 $49.0K −6% −50% $81.3M 290 $169 49

Fri Jan 4 $60.6K +24% −34% $81.4M 215 $281 50

Sat Jan 5 $90.5K +49% −16% $81.5M 215 $420 51

Sun Jan 6 $55.4K −39% −46% $81.5M 215 $257 52

Mon Jan 7 $20.6K −63% −58% $81.5M 215 $95 53

Tue Jan 8 $23.2K +13% −70% $81.6M 215 $108 54

Wed Jan 9 $23.7K +2% −54% $81.6M 215 $110 55

Thu Jan 10 $23.2K −2% −53% $81.6M 215 $107 56

Fri Jan 11 $38.8K +67% −36% $81.6M 126 $308 57

Sat Jan 12 $59.4K +53% −34% $81.7M 126 $471 58

Sun Jan 13 $35.0K −41% −37% $81.7M 126 $278 59

Mon Jan 14 $11.8K −66% −43% $81.7M 126 $93 60

Tue Jan 15 $14.0K +18% −40% $81.8M 126 $110 61

Wed Jan 16 $13.4K −4% −43% $81.8M 126 $106 62

Thu Jan 17 $17.9K +34% −23% $81.8M 126 $142 63

Fri Jan 18 $48.4K +170% +25% $81.8M 251 $192 64

Sat Jan 19 $78.5K +62% +32% $81.9M 251 $312 65

Sun Jan 20 $58.2K −26% +66% $82.0M 251 $232 66

Mon Jan 21 #35 $35.9K −38% +204% $82.0M 251 $142 67

Tue Jan 22 $15.0K −58% +7% $82.0M 251 $59 68

Wed Jan 23 $14.2K −6% +6% $82.0M 251 $56 69

Thu Jan 24 $16.7K +17% −7% $82.1M 251 $66 70

Fri Jan 25 $25.4K +53% −47% $82.1M 214 $118 71

Sat Jan 26 $45.8K +80% −42% $82.1M 214 $213 72

Sun Jan 27 $30.2K −34% −48% $82.2M 214 $140 73

Mon Jan 28 $8.2K −73% −77% $82.2M 214 $38 74

Tue Jan 29 $8.1K −1% −46% $82.2M 214 $38 75

Wed Jan 30 $8.1K n/c −43% $82.2M 214 $38 76

Thu Jan 31 $8.7K +7% −48% $82.2M 214 $40 77

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

Cumulative total$82.1M

Nov 16Dec 3Dec 21Jan 7Jan 24

Weekend grossWk 10 · $185.1K

$27.5M

$16.5M

$8.2M

$4.5M

$1.4M

$374.1K

$301.6K

$206.4K

$133.3K

$185.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,249 → 251 −92.3%

3,153 open251 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +38.9%

−39.9%

W1→2

−50.4%

W2→3

−44.7%

W3→4

−69.6%

W4→5

−72.9%

W5→6

−19.4%

W6→7

−31.6%

W7→8

−35.4%

W8→9

+38.9%

W9→10

Steepest −72.9%Biggest gain +38.9%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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