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Cowboys & AliensFollow

2011 • PG-13 • 1h 59m • Action, Drama, Sci-Fi • Universal Pictures

First Contact. Last Stand.

🍅 44% 43%

50

2.36

6.0

CS B

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$36.40M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$100.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$175.00M

$74.60M international

Domestic legs2.75x

Budget$163M

2011 rank#29

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Cast & crew

Full Favreau filmography

Jon Favreau

Jon Favreau Director

Daniel Craig

Daniel Craig Starring

Harrison Ford

Harrison Ford Starring

Olivia Wilde

Olivia Wilde Starring

Sam Rockwell

Sam Rockwell Starring

Adam Beach

Adam Beach Starring

ScreenplayHawk Ostby, Mark Fergus, Roberto Orci, Damon Lindelof Produced byBrian Grazer, Ron Howard, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Scott Mitchell Rosenberg CinematographyMatthew Libatique MusicHarry Gregson-Williams Prod. DesignScott Chambliss StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 29-31 1 $36.4M — 3,750 $9,715 $36.4M

2 Aug 5-7 3 $15.7M −56.8% 3,754 $4,190 $67.3M

3 Aug 12-14 6 $7.8M −50.3% 3,310 $2,359 $81.7M

4 Aug 19-21 12 $4.2M −46.0% 2,213 $1,905 $89.5M

5 Aug 26-28 15 $2.4M −43.6% 1,559 $1,525 $93.5M

6 Sep 2-4 14 $1.9M −21.0% 1,185 $1,585 $96.3M

7 Sep 9-11 18 $828.0K −55.9% 920 $899 $98.0M

8 Sep 16-18 22 $530.8K −35.9% 614 $864 $98.8M

9 Sep 23-25 26 $277.8K −47.7% 345 $805 $99.3M

10 Sep 30-Oct 2 30 $186.8K −32.7% 241 $775 $99.6M

11 Oct 7-9 28 $147.3K −21.1% 206 $715 $99.8M

12 Oct 14-16 28 $140.4K −4.7% 208 $674 $100.0M

13 Oct 21-23 39 $95.0K −32.3% 131 $725 $100.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jul 29 #2 $13.1M — $13.1M 3,750 $3,489 1

Sat Jul 30 #1 $13.2M +1% $26.3M 3,750 $3,515 2

Sun Jul 31 #1 $10.2M −23% $36.4M 3,750 $2,710 3

Mon Aug 1 #2 $4.3M −58% $40.7M 3,750 $1,140 4

Tue Aug 2 #2 $4.3M n/c $45.0M 3,750 $1,135 5

Wed Aug 3 #2 $3.5M −18% $48.5M 3,750 $935 6

Thu Aug 4 #2 $3.2M −10% $51.6M 3,750 $840 7

Fri Aug 5 #4 $4.7M +48% −64% $56.3M 3,754 $1,245 8

Sat Aug 6 #3 $6.4M +36% −52% $62.7M 3,754 $1,695 9

Sun Aug 7 #3 $4.7M −26% −54% $67.3M 3,754 $1,250 10

Mon Aug 8 #4 $1.7M −63% −59% $69.1M 3,754 $465 11

Tue Aug 9 #6 $2.0M +13% −54% $71.1M 3,754 $525 12

Wed Aug 10 #7 $1.5M −26% −58% $72.5M 3,754 $390 13

Thu Aug 11 #6 $1.3M −9% −58% $73.9M 3,754 $355 14

Fri Aug 12 #7 $2.2M +65% −53% $76.1M 3,310 $665 15

Sat Aug 13 #6 $3.2M +44% −50% $79.2M 3,310 $960 16

Sun Aug 14 #7 $2.4M −23% −48% $81.7M 3,310 $734 17

Mon Aug 15 #9 $959.9K −61% −45% $82.6M 3,310 $289 18

Tue Aug 16 #9 $1.0M +7% −48% $83.7M 3,310 $310 19

Wed Aug 17 #9 $795.0K −23% −46% $84.5M 3,310 $240 20

Thu Aug 18 #8 $827.5K +4% −38% $85.3M 3,310 $250 21

Fri Aug 19 #11 $1.2M +44% −46% $86.5M 2,213 $540 22

Sat Aug 20 #11 $1.8M +50% −44% $88.3M 2,213 $810 23

Sun Aug 21 #12 $1.2M −31% −50% $89.5M 2,213 $555 24

Mon Aug 22 #13 $420.5K −66% −56% $89.9M 2,213 $190 25

Tue Aug 23 #13 $453.4K +8% −56% $90.4M 2,213 $204 26

Wed Aug 24 #13 $387.3K −15% −51% $90.8M 2,213 $175 27

Thu Aug 25 #13 $387.0K n/c −53% $91.1M 2,213 $174 28

Fri Aug 26 #15 $662.6K +71% −45% $91.8M 1,559 $425 29

Sat Aug 27 #14 $1.0M +54% −43% $92.8M 1,559 $655 30

Sun Aug 28 #13 $693.8K −32% −44% $93.5M 1,559 $445 31

Mon Aug 29 #16 $218.3K −69% −48% $93.7M 1,559 $140 32

Tue Aug 30 #16 $233.8K +7% −48% $94.0M 1,559 $150 33

Wed Aug 31 #17 $202.7K −13% −48% $94.2M 1,559 $130 34

Thu Sep 1 #17 $202.4K n/c −48% $94.4M 1,559 $129 35

Fri Sep 2 #15 $444.4K +120% −33% $94.8M 1,185 $375 36

Sat Sep 3 #14 $699.1K +57% −32% $95.5M 1,185 $590 37

Sun Sep 4 #14 $734.9K +5% +6% $96.3M 1,185 $620 38

Mon Sep 5 #14 $622.1K −15% +185% $96.9M 1,185 $525 39

Tue Sep 6 $124.4K −80% −47% $97.0M 1,185 $105 40

Wed Sep 7 $106.7K −14% −47% $97.1M 1,185 $90 41

Thu Sep 8 $101.1K −5% −50% $97.2M 1,185 $85 42

Fri Sep 9 #18 $234.6K +132% −47% $97.4M 920 $254 43

Sat Sep 10 #18 $381.8K +63% −45% $97.8M 920 $415 44

Sun Sep 11 #17 $211.6K −45% −71% $98.0M 920 $230 45

Mon Sep 12 #16 $64.4K −70% −90% $98.1M 920 $70 46

Tue Sep 13 $69.0K +7% −45% $98.2M 920 $75 47

Wed Sep 14 $59.8K −13% −44% $98.2M 920 $65 48

Thu Sep 15 $64.4K +8% −36% $98.3M 920 $70 49

Fri Sep 16 $150.1K +133% −36% $98.4M 614 $244 50

Sat Sep 17 $239.5K +60% −37% $98.7M 614 $390 51

Sun Sep 18 $141.2K −41% −33% $98.8M 614 $230 52

Mon Sep 19 $40.2K −72% −38% $98.9M 614 $65 53

Tue Sep 20 $45.7K +14% −34% $98.9M 614 $74 54

Wed Sep 21 $39.6K −13% −34% $99.0M 614 $64 55

Thu Sep 22 $42.7K +8% −34% $99.0M 614 $69 56

Fri Sep 23 $81.1K +90% −46% $99.1M 345 $235 57

Sat Sep 24 $124.2K +53% −48% $99.2M 345 $360 58

Sun Sep 25 $72.5K −42% −49% $99.3M 345 $210 59

Mon Sep 26 $20.7K −71% −49% $99.3M 345 $60 60

Tue Sep 27 $24.1K +16% −47% $99.3M 345 $69 61

Wed Sep 28 $22.3K −7% −44% $99.3M 345 $64 62

Thu Sep 29 $22.4K +1% −47% $99.4M 345 $65 63

Fri Sep 30 $54.2K +142% −33% $99.4M 241 $225 64

Sat Oct 1 $84.3K +56% −32% $99.5M 241 $350 65

Sun Oct 2 $48.2K −43% −33% $99.6M 241 $200 66

Mon Oct 3 $15.7K −68% −24% $99.6M 241 $65 67

Tue Oct 4 $18.0K +15% −25% $99.6M 241 $74 68

Wed Oct 5 $16.9K −6% −24% $99.6M 241 $70 69

Thu Oct 6 $18.3K +8% −19% $99.6M 241 $75 70

Fri Oct 7 $43.3K +137% −20% $99.7M 206 $210 71

Sat Oct 8 $63.9K +48% −24% $99.7M 206 $310 72

Sun Oct 9 $40.2K −37% −17% $99.8M 206 $195 73

Mon Oct 10 $18.5K −54% +18% $99.8M 206 $90 74

Tue Oct 11 $14.4K −22% −20% $99.8M 206 $70 75

Wed Oct 12 $13.4K −7% −21% $99.8M 206 $65 76

Thu Oct 13 $13.4K n/c −26% $99.8M 206 $65 77

Fri Oct 14 $42.6K +218% −1% $99.9M 208 $205 78

Sat Oct 15 $62.4K +46% −2% $99.9M 208 $299 79

Sun Oct 16 $35.4K −43% −12% $100.0M 208 $170 80

Mon Oct 17 $11.4K −68% −38% $100.0M 208 $55 81

Tue Oct 18 $14.6K +27% +1% $100.0M 208 $70 82

Wed Oct 19 $13.6K −7% +2% $100.0M 208 $65 83

Thu Oct 20 $14.5K +7% +8% $100.0M 208 $69 84

Fri Oct 21 $29.5K +103% −31% $100.1M 131 $225 85

Sat Oct 22 $40.6K +38% −35% $100.1M 131 $310 86

Sun Oct 23 $24.9K −39% −30% $100.1M 131 $190 87

Mon Oct 24 $7.9K −68% −31% $100.1M 131 $60 88

Tue Oct 25 $9.8K +25% −33% $100.1M 131 $75 89

Wed Oct 26 $9.2K −7% −33% $100.1M 131 $70 90

Thu Oct 27 $9.8K +7% −33% $100.2M 131 $74 91

Fri Oct 28 $16.8K +72% −43% $100.2M 91 $185 92

Sat Oct 29 $27.8K +65% −32% $100.2M 91 $305 93

Sun Oct 30 $15.9K −43% −36% $100.2M 91 $175 94

Mon Oct 31 $7.3K −54% −7% $100.2M 91 $80 95

Tue Nov 1 $6.4K −13% −35% $100.2M 91 $70 96

Wed Nov 2 $5.5K −14% −40% $100.2M 91 $60 97

Thu Nov 3 $6.3K +16% −35% $100.2M 91 $69 98

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

Cumulative total$99.6M

Jul 29Aug 15Sep 2Sep 19Oct 6

Weekend grossWk 10 · $186.8K

$36.4M

$15.7M

$7.8M

$4.2M

$2.4M

$1.9M

$828.0K

$530.8K

$277.8K

$186.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,754 → 241 −93.6%

3,750 open241 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −32.7%

−56.8%

W1→2

−50.3%

W2→3

−46.0%

W3→4

−43.6%

W4→5

−21.0%

W5→6

−55.9%

W6→7

−35.9%

W7→8

−47.7%

W8→9

−32.7%

W9→10

Steepest −56.8%Best hold −21.0%

Run milestones

$100M in 83 days

$100M

Day 83

Oct 19

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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