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2006 • R • 1h 49m • Sci-Fi, Thriller, Drama • Universal Pictures

The year 2027: the last days of the human race. No child has been born for 18 years. He must protect our only hope.

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4.30

7.9

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$501K

3-day opening

Domestic total

$35.60M

Final

Worldwide total

$69.80M

$34.30M international

Domestic legs3.5x from $10.2M first wide weekend

Budget$76M

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Cast & crew

Full Cuarón filmography

Alfonso Cuarón

Alfonso Cuarón Director

Clive Owen

Clive Owen Starring

Julianne Moore

Julianne Moore Starring

Michael Caine

Michael Caine Starring

Chiwetel Ejiofor

Chiwetel Ejiofor Starring

Charlie Hunnam

Charlie Hunnam Starring

ScreenplayAlfonso Cuarón, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby Produced byMarc Abraham, Eric Newman, Hilary Shor, Iain Smith, Tony Smith CinematographyEmmanuel Lubezki Music byJohn Tavener StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 29-31 22 $501.0K — 16 $31,313 $1.1M

2 Jan 5-7 3 $10.2M +1,935.5% 1,209 $8,435 $11.8M

3 Jan 12-14 7 $6.4M −37.5% 1,508 $4,225 $21.3M

4 Jan 19-21 8 $3.7M −41.8% 1,524 $2,435 $27.5M

5 Jan 26-28 15 $2.2M −41.2% 1,273 $1,715 $30.9M

6 Feb 2-4 18 $1.1M −48.5% 829 $1,355 $32.7M

7 Feb 9-11 20 $809.2K −28.0% 486 $1,665 $33.9M

8 Feb 16-18 26 $364.4K −55.0% 210 $1,735 $34.5M

9 Feb 23-25 35 $198.7K −45.5% 154 $1,290 $34.9M

10 Mar 2-4 37 $133.7K −32.7% 99 $1,350 $35.1M

11 Mar 9-11 42 $96.8K −27.6% 88 $1,100 $35.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Mon Dec 25 #21 $179.3K — $179.3K 16 $11,204 1

Fri Dec 29 #- $180.0K — $180.0K 16 $11,250 5

Fri Jan 5 #3 $3.6M — +1% $5.2M 1,209 $2,955 12

Sat Jan 6 #3 $4.0M +13% $9.2M 1,209 $3,345 13

Sun Jan 7 #3 $2.6M −36% $11.8M 1,209 $2,135 14

Mon Jan 8 #2 $822.1K −68% $12.6M 1,209 $680 15

Tue Jan 9 #3 $840.3K +2% $13.5M 1,209 $695 16

Wed Jan 10 #3 $749.6K −11% $14.2M 1,209 $620 17

Thu Jan 11 #3 $749.0K — $15.0M 1,209 $620 18

Fri Jan 12 #8 $1.9M +153% −47% $16.9M 1,510 $1,253 19

Sat Jan 13 #6 $2.6M +36% −36% $19.4M 1,510 $1,703 20

Sun Jan 14 #6 $1.9M −26% −26% $21.3M 1,510 $1,263 21

Mon Jan 15 #9 $1.1M −43% +31% $22.4M 1,510 $714 22

Tue Jan 16 #6 $475.0K −56% −43% $22.9M 1,510 $315 23

Wed Jan 17 #6 $459.9K −3% −39% $23.4M 1,510 $305 24

Thu Jan 18 #5 $429.8K −7% −43% $23.8M 1,510 $285 25

Fri Jan 19 #8 $1.1M +161% −41% $24.9M 1,524 $735 26

Sat Jan 20 #8 $1.8M +58% −31% $26.7M 1,524 $1,160 27

Sun Jan 21 #10 $823.0K −53% −57% $27.5M 1,524 $540 28

Mon Jan 22 #10 $290.0K −65% −73% $27.8M 1,524 $190 29

Tue Jan 23 #8 $320.0K +10% −33% $28.1M 1,524 $210 30

Wed Jan 24 #8 $312.4K −2% −32% $28.4M 1,524 $205 31

Thu Jan 25 #9 $312.7K — −27% $28.7M 1,524 $205 32

Fri Jan 26 #16 $580.0K +86% −48% $29.3M 717 $809 33

Fri Feb 16 #- $89.3K — $34.3M 210 $425 54

Sat Feb 17 #- $148.1K +66% $34.4M 210 $705 55

Sun Feb 18 #- $127.0K −14% $34.5M 210 $605 56

Mon Feb 19 #29 $71.4K −44% $34.6M 210 $340 57

Tue Feb 20 #- $29.4K −59% $34.6M 210 $140 58

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

Cumulative total$34.6M

Dec 25Jan 10Jan 17Jan 24Feb 20

Weekend grossWk 10 · $133.7K

$501.0K

$10.2M

$6.4M

$3.7M

$2.2M

$1.1M

$809.2K

$364.4K

$198.7K

$133.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,524 → 210 −86.2%

16 open210 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −32.7%

+1,935.5%

W1→2

−37.5%

W2→3

−41.8%

W3→4

−41.2%

W4→5

−48.5%

W5→6

−28.0%

W6→7

−55.0%

W7→8

−45.5%

W8→9

−32.7%

W9→10

Steepest −55.0%Biggest gain +1,935.5%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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