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2013 • PG-13 • 2h 14m • Action, Biography, Crime • Sony Pictures Releasing

Out here survival is everything.

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3.78

7.8

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$25.70M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$107.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$219.00M

$112.00M international

Domestic legs4.16x

Budget$55.0M

2013 rank#31

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Cast & crew

Directed byPaul Greengrass ScreenplayBilly Ray Produced byScott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca CinematographyBarry Ackroyd MusicHenry Jackman Prod. DesignPaul Kirby StarringTom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi, Barkhad Abdirahman, Faysal Ahmed, Mahat M. Ali, Michael Chernus StudioSony Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 11-13 2 $25.7M — 3,020 $8,515 $25.7M

2 Oct 18-20 2 $16.4M −36.2% 3,020 $5,434 $52.4M

3 Oct 25-27 3 $11.6M −29.1% 3,143 $3,704 $69.9M

4 Nov 1-3 6 $8.4M −27.8% 3,021 $2,783 $82.5M

5 Nov 8-10 8 $5.7M −32.1% 2,646 $2,158 $90.9M

6 Nov 15-17 9 $4.4M −23.2% 2,626 $1,669 $97.5M

7 Nov 22-24 12 $1.8M −58.5% 1,656 $1,099 $100.7M

8 Nov 29-Dec 1 17 $1.1M −37.0% 807 $1,422 $102.7M

9 Dec 6-8 17 $510.2K −55.6% 640 $797 $103.5M

10 Dec 13-15 20 $290.2K −43.1% 323 $898 $104.0M

11 Dec 20-22 26 $140.4K −51.6% 172 $816 $104.3M

12 Dec 27-29 33 $140.8K +0.3% 111 $1,268 $104.6M

13 Jan 3-5 32 $121.0K −14.0% 105 $1,152 $104.8M

14 Jan 10-12 33 $95.5K −21.1% 114 $837 $105.0M

15 Jan 17-19 24 $523.8K +448.6% 903 $580 $105.6M

16 Jan 24-26 26 $312.1K −40.4% 302 $1,033 $106.2M

17 Jan 31-Feb 2 31 $175.6K −43.7% 245 $716 $106.5M

18 Feb 7-9 37 $110.9K −36.8% 182 $609 $106.7M

19 Feb 14-16 45 $80.7K −27.3% 135 $597 $106.9M

20 Feb 21-23 50 $64.3K −20.3% 189 $340 $107.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 11 #2 $8.5M — $8.5M 3,020 $2,810 1

Sat Oct 12 #2 $10.5M +23% $18.9M 3,020 $3,460 2

Sun Oct 13 #2 $6.8M −35% $25.7M 3,020 $2,244 3

Mon Oct 14 #2 $3.6M −47% $29.3M 3,020 $1,186 4

Tue Oct 15 #2 $2.6M −27% $31.9M 3,020 $870 5

Wed Oct 16 #2 $2.1M −21% $34.0M 3,020 $691 6

Thu Oct 17 #2 $2.0M −4% $36.0M 3,020 $666 7

Fri Oct 18 #3 $5.1M +153% −40% $41.1M 3,020 $1,683 8

Sat Oct 19 #2 $7.4M +45% −29% $48.5M 3,020 $2,443 9

Sun Oct 20 #2 $4.0M −46% −42% $52.4M 3,020 $1,308 10

Mon Oct 21 #2 $1.3M −66% −62% $53.8M 3,020 $445 11

Tue Oct 22 #2 $1.8M +32% −32% $55.6M 3,020 $588 12

Wed Oct 23 #2 $1.4M −23% −34% $56.9M 3,020 $455 13

Thu Oct 24 #2 $1.3M −3% −34% $58.3M 3,020 $440 14

Fri Oct 25 #3 $3.6M +173% −29% $61.9M 3,143 $1,153 15

Sat Oct 26 #3 $5.2M +43% −30% $67.1M 3,143 $1,647 16

Sun Oct 27 #3 $2.8M −45% −28% $69.9M 3,143 $903 17

Mon Oct 28 #3 $896.8K −68% −33% $70.8M 3,143 $285 18

Tue Oct 29 #3 $1.2M +32% −33% $72.0M 3,143 $378 19

Wed Oct 30 #3 $874.0K −26% −36% $72.9M 3,143 $278 20

Thu Oct 31 #3 $1.2M +34% −12% $74.1M 3,143 $374 21

Fri Nov 1 #6 $2.4M +107% −33% $76.5M 3,021 $804 22

Sat Nov 2 #6 $3.9M +62% −24% $80.4M 3,021 $1,303 23

Sun Nov 3 #6 $2.0M −48% −28% $82.5M 3,021 $675 24

Mon Nov 4 #6 $620.7K −70% −31% $83.1M 3,021 $205 25

Tue Nov 5 #6 $820.3K +32% −31% $83.9M 3,021 $271 26

Wed Nov 6 #5 $646.4K −21% −26% $84.5M 3,021 $213 27

Thu Nov 7 #6 $636.4K −2% −46% $85.2M 3,021 $210 28

Fri Nov 8 #8 $1.6M +149% −35% $86.8M 2,646 $599 29

Sat Nov 9 #8 $2.5M +60% −35% $89.3M 2,646 $960 30

Sun Nov 10 #8 $1.6M −38% −22% $90.9M 2,646 $598 31

Mon Nov 11 #8 $849.8K −46% +37% $91.7M 2,646 $321 32

Tue Nov 12 #7 $513.9K −40% −37% $92.3M 2,646 $194 33

Wed Nov 13 #7 $435.7K −15% −33% $92.7M 2,646 $164 34

Thu Nov 14 #7 $424.0K −3% −33% $93.1M 2,646 $160 35

Fri Nov 15 #9 $1.3M +202% −19% $94.4M 2,626 $487 36

Sat Nov 16 #8 $2.1M +63% −18% $96.5M 2,626 $795 37

Sun Nov 17 #9 $1.0M −51% −36% $97.5M 2,626 $386 38

Mon Nov 18 #8 $317.7K −69% −63% $97.8M 2,626 $120 39

Tue Nov 19 #8 $432.2K +36% −16% $98.3M 2,626 $164 40

Wed Nov 20 #8 $347.6K −20% −20% $98.6M 2,626 $132 41

Thu Nov 21 #9 $284.3K −18% −33% $98.9M 2,626 $108 42

Fri Nov 22 #12 $533.8K +88% −58% $99.4M 1,656 $322 43

Sat Nov 23 #12 $847.0K +59% −59% $100.3M 1,656 $511 44

Sun Nov 24 #12 $440.6K −48% −57% $100.7M 1,656 $266 45

Mon Nov 25 #12 $182.7K −59% −43% $100.9M 1,656 $110 46

Tue Nov 26 #12 $252.5K +38% −42% $101.1M 1,656 $152 47

Wed Nov 27 #18 $200.5K −21% −42% $101.3M 807 $248 48

Thu Nov 28 #16 $234.5K +17% −18% $101.6M 807 $290 49

Fri Nov 29 #17 $499.4K +113% −6% $102.1M 807 $618 50

Sat Nov 30 #17 $451.4K −10% −47% $102.5M 807 $559 51

Sun Dec 1 #18 $197.2K −56% −55% $102.7M 807 $244 52

Mon Dec 2 #18 $60.3K −69% −67% $102.8M 807 $74 53

Tue Dec 3 #16 $73.1K +21% −71% $102.9M 807 $90 54

Wed Dec 4 #16 $66.3K −9% −67% $102.9M 807 $82 55

Thu Dec 5 #16 $66.7K +1% −72% $103.0M 807 $82 56

Fri Dec 6 $149.6K +124% −70% $103.1M 640 $233 57

Sat Dec 7 $240.8K +61% −47% $103.4M 640 $376 58

Sun Dec 8 $119.9K −50% −39% $103.5M 640 $187 59

Mon Dec 9 #17 $49.9K −58% −17% $103.6M 640 $77 60

Tue Dec 10 #16 $62.1K +25% −15% $103.6M 640 $97 61

Wed Dec 11 #17 $55.9K −10% −16% $103.7M 640 $87 62

Thu Dec 12 #17 $55.9K n/c −16% $103.7M 640 $87 63

Fri Dec 13 $83.8K +50% −44% $103.8M 323 $259 64

Sat Dec 14 $127.7K +52% −47% $103.9M 323 $395 65

Sun Dec 15 $78.7K −38% −34% $104.0M 323 $243 66

Mon Dec 16 $34.2K −57% −31% $104.1M 323 $105 67

Tue Dec 17 $35.5K +4% −43% $104.1M 323 $110 68

Wed Dec 18 $30.2K −15% −46% $104.1M 323 $93 69

Thu Dec 19 $30.3K n/c −46% $104.1M 323 $93 70

Fri Dec 20 $35.6K +17% −58% $104.2M 172 $207 71

Sat Dec 21 $59.2K +66% −54% $104.2M 172 $344 72

Sun Dec 22 $45.6K −23% −42% $104.3M 172 $264 73

Mon Dec 30 $33.3K — $104.6M 111 $299 81

Tue Dec 31 $36.1K +8% $104.6M 111 $324 82

Wed Jan 1 $48.1K +33% $104.7M 111 $433 83

Fri Jan 3 $37.9K — $104.7M 105 $360 85

Sat Jan 4 $54.0K +43% $104.8M 105 $514 86

Sun Jan 5 $29.2K −46% $104.8M 105 $277 87

Fri Jan 10 $28.2K — −25% $104.9M 114 $247 92

Sat Jan 11 $43.4K +54% −20% $105.0M 114 $380 93

Sun Jan 12 $23.9K −45% −18% $105.0M 114 $209 94

Mon Jan 13 $9.4K −61% $105.0M 114 $82 95

Tue Jan 14 $13.4K +43% $105.0M 114 $117 96

Wed Jan 15 $44.2K +230% $105.1M 903 $48 97

Thu Jan 16 $63.2K +43% $105.1M 903 $69 98

Fri Jan 17 $138.4K +119% +390% $105.3M 903 $153 99

Sat Jan 18 $252.0K +82% +481% $105.5M 903 $279 100

Sun Jan 19 $133.4K −47% +459% $105.6M 903 $147 101

Mon Jan 20 $126.8K −5% +1,251% $105.8M 903 $140 102

Tue Jan 21 $56.9K −55% +325% $105.8M 903 $63 103

Wed Jan 22 $52.1K −8% +18% $105.9M 903 $57 104

Thu Jan 23 $54.8K +5% −13% $105.9M 903 $60 105

Fri Jan 24 $91.0K +66% −34% $106.0M 302 $301 106

Sat Jan 25 $142.4K +57% −43% $106.2M 302 $471 107

Sun Jan 26 $78.7K −45% −41% $106.2M 302 $260 108

Mon Jan 27 $27.8K −65% −78% $106.3M 302 $92 109

Tue Jan 28 $35.6K +28% −37% $106.3M 302 $117 110

Wed Jan 29 $31.6K −11% −39% $106.3M 302 $104 111

Thu Jan 30 $30.6K −3% −44% $106.4M 302 $101 112

Fri Jan 31 $63.4K +107% −30% $106.4M 245 $258 113

Sat Feb 1 $88.2K +39% −38% $106.5M 245 $360 114

Sun Feb 2 $23.9K −73% −70% $106.5M 245 $97 115

Mon Feb 3 $18.8K −21% −32% $106.6M 245 $76 116

Tue Feb 4 $21.9K +16% −39% $106.6M 245 $89 117

Wed Feb 5 $18.8K −14% −40% $106.6M 245 $76 118

Thu Feb 6 $19.9K +6% −35% $106.6M 245 $81 119

Fri Feb 7 $30.2K +52% −52% $106.7M 182 $166 120

Sat Feb 8 $51.5K +70% −42% $106.7M 182 $282 121

Sun Feb 9 $29.2K −43% +22% $106.7M 182 $160 122

Mon Feb 10 $9.2K −68% −51% $106.7M 182 $50 123

Tue Feb 11 $12.0K +30% −45% $106.8M 182 $65 124

Wed Feb 12 $9.8K −19% −48% $106.8M 182 $53 125

Thu Feb 13 $11.9K +22% −40% $106.8M 182 $65 126

Fri Feb 14 $26.0K +119% −14% $106.8M 135 $192 127

Sat Feb 15 $31.7K +22% −38% $106.8M 135 $234 128

Sun Feb 16 $22.9K −28% −22% $106.9M 135 $169 129

Mon Feb 17 $12.6K −45% +36% $106.9M 135 $93 130

Tue Feb 18 $7.5K −41% −38% $106.9M 135 $55 131

Wed Feb 19 $6.4K −14% −34% $106.9M 135 $47 132

Thu Feb 20 $7.2K +11% −40% $106.9M 135 $53 133

Fri Feb 21 $16.5K +130% −37% $106.9M 189 $87 134

Sat Feb 22 $32.9K +99% +4% $106.9M 189 $173 135

Sun Feb 23 $14.9K −55% −35% $107.0M 189 $79 136

Fri Feb 28 $89.7K — +444% $107.0M 96 $934 141

Sat Mar 1 $89.7K n/c +173% $107.1M 96 $934 142

Sun Mar 2 $9.2K −90% −39% $107.1M 96 $95 143

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

Cumulative total$104.1M

Oct 11Oct 28Nov 15Dec 2Dec 19

Weekend grossWk 10 · $290.2K

$25.7M

$16.4M

$11.6M

$8.4M

$5.7M

$4.4M

$1.8M

$1.1M

$510.2K

$290.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,143 → 323 −89.7%

3,020 open323 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −43.1%

−36.2%

W1→2

−29.1%

W2→3

−27.8%

W3→4

−32.1%

W4→5

−23.2%

W5→6

−58.5%

W6→7

−37.0%

W7→8

−55.6%

W8→9

−43.1%

W9→10

Steepest −58.5%Best hold −23.2%

Run milestones

$100M in 44 days

$100M

Day 44

Nov 23

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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