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2012 • R • 1h 49m • Action, Adventure, Crime • Universal Pictures

What would you hide to protect your family?

🍅 50% 57%

51

2.78

6.4

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$24.30M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$66.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$98.40M

$31.90M international

Domestic legs2.73x

Budget$25.0M

2012 rank#43

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Cast & crew

Full Kormákur filmography

Baltasar Kormákur

Baltasar Kormákur Director

Mark Wahlberg

Mark Wahlberg Starring

Kate Beckinsale

Kate Beckinsale Starring

Ben Foster

Ben Foster Starring

Giovanni Ribisi

Giovanni Ribisi Starring

Lukas Haas

Lukas Haas Starring

ScreenplayAaron Guzikowski Produced byTim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Baltasar Kormákur, Stephen Levinson, Mark Wahlberg CinematographyBarry Ackroyd MusicClinton Shorter StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jan 13-15 1 $24.3M — 2,863 $8,505 $24.3M

2 Jan 20-22 3 $12.0M −50.6% 2,870 $4,194 $45.9M

3 Jan 27-29 7 $6.7M −44.3% 2,650 $2,529 $56.6M

4 Feb 3-5 11 $3.4M −49.2% 2,047 $1,665 $62.0M

5 Feb 10-12 17 $1.3M −63.1% 1,081 $1,164 $64.6M

6 Feb 17-19 21 $539.7K −57.1% 420 $1,284 $65.8M

7 Feb 24-26 37 $172.4K −68.1% 197 $875 $66.2M

8 Mar 2-4 36 $120.6K −30.0% 148 $815 $66.4M

9 Mar 9-11 43 $78.5K −34.9% 119 $660 $66.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jan 13 #1 $8.6M — $8.6M 2,863 $3,015 1

Sat Jan 14 #1 $8.5M −1% $17.1M 2,863 $2,975 2

Sun Jan 15 #1 $7.2M −15% $24.3M 2,863 $2,515 3

Mon Jan 16 #2 $4.2M −42% $28.5M 2,863 $1,455 4

Tue Jan 17 #1 $2.2M −48% $30.7M 2,863 $760 5

Wed Jan 18 #1 $1.6M −25% $32.3M 2,863 $570 6

Thu Jan 19 #1 $1.6M −4% $33.9M 2,863 $550 7

Fri Jan 20 #3 $3.7M +133% −57% $37.6M 2,870 $1,279 8

Sat Jan 21 #3 $5.8M +59% −31% $43.4M 2,870 $2,035 9

Sun Jan 22 #4 $2.5M −57% −65% $45.9M 2,870 $880 10

Mon Jan 23 #3 $1.0M −60% −76% $47.0M 2,870 $355 11

Tue Jan 24 #3 $1.1M +13% −47% $48.1M 2,870 $400 12

Wed Jan 25 #3 $875.4K −24% −46% $49.0M 2,870 $305 13

Thu Jan 26 #3 $889.8K +2% −43% $49.9M 2,870 $310 14

Fri Jan 27 #7 $1.9M +114% −48% $51.8M 2,650 $719 15

Sat Jan 28 #7 $3.0M +59% −48% $54.8M 2,650 $1,145 16

Sun Jan 29 #6 $1.8M −42% −30% $56.6M 2,650 $664 17

Mon Jan 30 #6 $490.3K −72% −52% $57.1M 2,650 $185 18

Tue Jan 31 #8 $569.8K +16% −50% $57.6M 2,650 $215 19

Wed Feb 1 #7 $490.0K −14% −44% $58.1M 2,650 $184 20

Thu Feb 2 #7 $489.4K n/c −45% $58.6M 2,650 $184 21

Fri Feb 3 #11 $1.1M +130% −41% $59.7M 2,047 $550 22

Sat Feb 4 #11 $1.8M +61% −40% $61.6M 2,047 $885 23

Sun Feb 5 #12 $470.8K −74% −73% $62.0M 2,047 $230 24

Mon Feb 6 #10 $337.8K −28% −31% $62.4M 2,047 $165 25

Tue Feb 7 #10 $399.6K +18% −30% $62.8M 2,047 $195 26

Wed Feb 8 #10 $317.0K −21% −35% $63.1M 2,047 $154 27

Thu Feb 9 #10 $307.6K −3% −37% $63.4M 2,047 $150 28

Fri Feb 10 $362.1K +18% −68% $63.7M 1,081 $335 29

Sat Feb 11 $572.9K +58% −68% $64.3M 1,081 $530 30

Sun Feb 12 $324.3K −43% −31% $64.6M 1,081 $299 31

Mon Feb 13 $102.2K −68% −70% $64.7M 1,081 $94 32

Tue Feb 14 $259.4K +154% −35% $65.0M 1,081 $240 33

Wed Feb 15 $108.1K −58% −66% $65.1M 1,081 $99 34

Thu Feb 16 $113.5K +5% −63% $65.2M 1,081 $105 35

Fri Feb 17 $138.6K +22% −62% $65.4M 420 $329 36

Sat Feb 18 $224.7K +62% −61% $65.6M 420 $535 37

Sun Feb 19 $176.4K −21% −46% $65.8M 420 $420 38

Mon Feb 20 $94.5K −46% −7% $65.9M 420 $225 39

Tue Feb 21 $52.5K −44% −80% $65.9M 420 $124 40

Wed Feb 22 $44.1K −16% −59% $66.0M 420 $104 41

Thu Feb 23 $44.2K n/c −61% $66.0M 420 $105 42

Fri Feb 24 $50.2K +14% −64% $66.1M 197 $255 43

Sat Feb 25 $77.8K +55% −65% $66.1M 197 $395 44

Sun Feb 26 $44.3K −43% −75% $66.2M 197 $225 45

Mon Feb 27 $16.7K −62% −82% $66.2M 197 $85 46

Tue Feb 28 $17.7K +6% −66% $66.2M 197 $90 47

Wed Feb 29 $15.8K −11% −64% $66.2M 197 $80 48

Thu Mar 1 $17.8K +13% −60% $66.2M 197 $90 49

Fri Mar 2 $32.6K +83% −35% $66.3M 197 $165 50

Sat Mar 3 $57.0K +75% −27% $66.3M 197 $289 51

Sun Mar 4 $31.1K −45% −30% $66.4M 197 $157 52

Mon Mar 5 $11.1K −64% −34% $66.4M 197 $56 53

Tue Mar 6 $14.0K +26% −21% $66.4M 197 $71 54

Wed Mar 7 $11.2K −20% −29% $66.4M 197 $56 55

Thu Mar 8 $12.6K +13% −29% $66.4M 197 $63 56

Fri Mar 9 $20.8K +66% −36% $66.4M 119 $175 57

Sat Mar 10 $33.9K +63% −40% $66.5M 119 $285 58

Sun Mar 11 $23.8K −30% −23% $66.5M 119 $200 59

Mon Mar 12 $8.9K −63% −20% $66.5M 119 $75 60

Tue Mar 13 $10.1K +13% −28% $66.5M 119 $85 61

Wed Mar 14 $9.5K −6% −15% $66.5M 119 $79 62

Thu Mar 15 $10.1K +6% −20% $66.5M 119 $84 63

Cumulative total$66.5M

Jan 13Jan 29Feb 13Feb 29Mar 15

Weekend grossWk 9 · $78.5K

$24.3M

$12.0M

$6.7M

$3.4M

$1.3M

$539.7K

$172.4K

$120.6K

$78.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9

Theater countPeak 2,870 → 119 −95.9%

2,863 open119 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −34.9%

−50.6%

W1→2

−44.3%

W2→3

−49.2%

W3→4

−63.1%

W4→5

−57.1%

W5→6

−68.1%

W6→7

−30.0%

W7→8

−34.9%

W8→9

Steepest −68.1%Best hold −30.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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