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2008 • PG • 1h 30m • Adventure, Drama, Family • 20th Century Fox

Escape is the only option

🍅 53% 46%

58

3.01

6.4

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$3.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$7.90M

Final

Worldwide total

$17.80M

$10.00M international

Domestic legs2.5x

Budget$38M

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Cast & crew

Full Kenan filmography

Gil Kenan

Gil Kenan Director

Saoirse Ronan

Saoirse Ronan Starring

Bill Murray

Bill Murray Starring

Tim Robbins

Tim Robbins Starring

ScreenplayCaroline Thompson Produced byTom Hanks, Gary Goetzman, Steven Shareshian CinematographyXavier Grobet Prod. DesignMartin Laing Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 10-12 11 $3.1M — 2,022 $1,548 $3.1M

2 Oct 17-19 15 $1.7M −44.7% 2,023 $856 $5.9M

3 Oct 24-26 22 $476.7K −72.5% 536 $889 $6.9M

4 Oct 31-Nov 2 28 $225.0K −52.8% 257 $876 $7.2M

5 Nov 7-9 35 $133.7K −40.6% 180 $743 $7.4M

6 Nov 14-16 37 $97.1K −27.4% 171 $568 $7.6M

7 Nov 21-23 40 $62.4K −35.7% 148 $422 $7.7M

8 Nov 28-30 42 $54.5K −12.7% 111 $491 $7.7M

9 Dec 5-7 47 $27.9K −48.9% 83 $336 $7.8M

10 Dec 12-14 55 $16.8K −39.8% 63 $266 $7.8M

11 Dec 19-21 58 $8.9K −46.8% 40 $223 $7.8M

12 Dec 26-28 58 $10.5K +17.9% 25 $421 $7.8M

13 Jan 2-4 65 $10.1K −3.8% 23 $440 $7.9M

14 Jan 9-11 65 $7.6K −25.0% 19 $399 $7.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 10 #10 $973.0K — $973.0K 2,022 $481 1

Sat Oct 11 #10 $1.3M +30.7% $2.2M 2,022 $629 2

Sun Oct 12 #10 $884.8K −30.4% $3.1M 2,022 $438 3

Mon Oct 13 #8 $471.9K −46.7% $3.6M 2,022 $233 4

Tue Oct 14 #12 $200.3K −57.6% $3.8M 2,022 $99 5

Wed Oct 15 #11 $180.5K −9.9% $4.0M 2,022 $89 6

Thu Oct 16 #11 $213.7K +18.4% $4.2M 2,022 $106 7

Fri Oct 17 #15 $506.7K +137.1% −47.9% $4.7M 2,023 $250 8

Sat Oct 18 #15 $738.5K +45.8% −41.9% $5.4M 2,023 $365 9

Sun Oct 19 #14 $485.5K −34.3% −45.1% $5.9M 2,023 $240 10

Mon Oct 20 — $113.8K −76.6% −75.9% $6.0M 2,023 $56 11

Tue Oct 21 — $110.6K −2.8% −44.8% $6.2M 2,023 $55 12

Wed Oct 22 — $111.1K +0.5% −38.4% $6.3M 2,023 $55 13

Thu Oct 23 — $133.7K +20.3% −37.4% $6.4M 2,023 $66 14

Fri Oct 24 — $135.5K +1.3% −73.3% $6.5M 536 $253 15

Sat Oct 25 — $198.6K +46.6% −73.1% $6.7M 536 $371 16

Sun Oct 26 — $142.7K −28.2% −70.6% $6.9M 536 $266 17

Mon Oct 27 — $28.6K −80.0% −74.9% $6.9M 536 $53 18

Tue Oct 28 — $29.9K +4.7% −73.0% $6.9M 536 $56 19

Wed Oct 29 — $29.1K −2.9% −73.9% $7.0M 536 $54 20

Thu Oct 30 #19 $36.1K +24.1% −73.0% $7.0M 536 $67 21

Fri Oct 31 — $43.1K +19.6% −68.2% $7.0M 536 $80 22

Sat Nov 1 — $104.2K +141.7% −47.5% $7.1M 536 $194 23

Sun Nov 2 — $77.7K −25.4% −45.5% $7.2M 536 $145 24

Mon Nov 3 — $13.8K −82.2% −51.6% $7.2M 536 $26 25

Tue Nov 4 — $20.9K +51.5% −30.0% $7.3M 536 $39 26

Wed Nov 5 — $13.6K −34.9% −53.1% $7.3M 536 $25 27

Thu Nov 6 — $13.0K −4.9% −64.1% $7.3M 536 $24 28

Fri Nov 7 — $35.0K +169.7% −18.9% $7.3M 180 $194 29

Sat Nov 8 — $62.1K +77.7% −40.4% $7.4M 180 $345 30

Sun Nov 9 — $36.6K −41.2% −53.0% $7.4M 180 $203 31

Mon Nov 10 — $14.1K −61.4% +2.1% $7.4M 180 $78 32

Tue Nov 11 — $26.7K +89.1% +27.4% $7.5M 180 $148 33

Wed Nov 12 — $8.8K −67.0% −35.3% $7.5M 180 $49 34

Thu Nov 13 — $8.0K −9.1% −38.2% $7.5M 180 $45 35

Fri Nov 14 — $26.4K +229.8% −24.4% $7.5M 171 $155 36

Sat Nov 15 — $44.4K +68.1% −28.5% $7.5M 171 $260 37

Sun Nov 16 — $26.2K −41.1% −28.3% $7.6M 171 $153 38

Mon Nov 17 — $6.9K −73.7% −51.1% $7.6M 171 $40 39

Tue Nov 18 — $6.0K −13.0% −77.5% $7.6M 171 $35 40

Wed Nov 19 — $6.2K +4.0% −29.2% $7.6M 171 $37 41

Thu Nov 20 — $5.6K −10.1% −30.0% $7.6M 171 $33 42

Fri Nov 21 — $16.2K +188.0% −38.9% $7.6M 148 $109 43

Sat Nov 22 — $27.3K +69.1% −38.5% $7.6M 148 $185 44

Sun Nov 23 — $18.9K −31.0% −27.9% $7.7M 148 $128 45

Mon Nov 24 — $6.2K −66.9% −9.5% $7.7M 148 $42 46

Tue Nov 25 — $8.1K +30.4% +35.6% $7.7M 148 $55 47

Wed Nov 26 — $8.9K +9.7% +43.1% $7.7M 110 $81 48

Thu Nov 27 — $7.6K −14.5% +36.1% $7.7M 110 $69 49

Fri Nov 28 — $20.4K +166.6% +26.0% $7.7M 111 $183 50

Sat Nov 29 — $21.9K +7.4% −20.0% $7.7M 111 $197 51

Sun Nov 30 — $12.2K −44.1% −35.2% $7.7M 111 $110 52

Mon Dec 1 — $2.6K −78.8% −58.5% $7.7M 111 $23 53

Tue Dec 2 — $2.6K −0.1% −68.2% $7.7M 111 $23 54

Wed Dec 3 — $2.1K −18.6% −76.4% $7.8M 111 $19 55

Thu Dec 4 — $2.7K +28.2% −64.6% $7.8M 111 $24 56

Fri Dec 5 — $7.1K +162.6% −65.1% $7.8M 83 $86 57

Sat Dec 6 — $12.1K +70.0% −44.8% $7.8M 83 $146 58

Sun Dec 7 — $8.7K −28.2% −29.0% $7.8M 83 $105 59

Mon Dec 8 — $2.5K −71.5% −4.6% $7.8M 83 $30 60

Tue Dec 9 — $2.8K +12.8% +7.7% $7.8M 83 $34 61

Wed Dec 10 — $1.9K −31.2% −9.0% $7.8M 83 $23 62

Thu Dec 11 — $1.7K −11.2% −37.0% $7.8M 83 $21 63

Fri Dec 12 — $4.8K +183.9% −31.9% $7.8M 63 $77 64

Sat Dec 13 — $7.7K +59.7% −36.0% $7.8M 63 $123 65

Sun Dec 14 — $4.2K −45.8% −51.7% $7.8M 63 $66 66

Mon Dec 15 — $1.3K −68.6% −46.8% $7.8M 63 $21 67

Tue Dec 16 — $1.5K +12.6% −46.9% $7.8M 63 $24 68

Wed Dec 17 — $2.7K +80.2% +39.2% $7.8M 63 $42 69

Thu Dec 18 — $1.5K −44.5% −13.0% $7.8M 63 $24 70

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

Cumulative total$7.8M

Oct 10Oct 27Nov 14Dec 1Dec 18

Weekend grossWk 10 · $16.8K

$3.1M

$1.7M

$476.7K

$225.0K

$133.7K

$97.1K

$62.4K

$54.5K

$27.9K

$16.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,023 → 63 −96.9%

2,022 open63 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −39.8%

−44.7%

W1→2

−72.5%

W2→3

−52.8%

W3→4

−40.6%

W4→5

−27.4%

W5→6

−35.7%

W6→7

−12.7%

W7→8

−48.9%

W8→9

−39.8%

W9→10

Steepest −72.5%Best hold −12.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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