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2009 • R • 1h 52m • Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller • TriStar Pictures

You are not welcome here.

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81

3.81

7.9

CS B

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$37.40M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$116.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$211.00M

$95.20M international

Domestic legs3.10x

Budget$30.0M

2009 rank#27

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Cast & crew

Directed byNeill Blomkamp ScreenplayNeill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell Produced byPeter Jackson, Carolynne Cunningham CinematographyTrent Opaloch MusicClinton Shorter Prod. DesignPhilip Ivey StarringSharlto Copley, Jason Cope, Nathalie Boltt, Sylvaine Strike, Elizabeth Mkandawie, John Sumner StudioTriStar Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 14-16 1 $37.4M — 3,049 $12,251 $37.4M

2 Aug 21-23 2 $18.2M −51.2% 3,050 $5,971 $72.8M

3 Aug 28-30 4 $10.3M −43.6% 3,180 $3,229 $90.4M

4 Sep 4-6 5 $7.1M −31.1% 3,139 $2,254 $101.4M

5 Sep 11-13 8 $3.5M −50.0% 2,560 $1,382 $108.5M

6 Sep 18-20 13 $1.9M −45.9% 1,558 $1,227 $111.7M

7 Sep 25-27 15 $1.1M −43.4% 925 $1,169 $113.5M

8 Oct 2-4 22 $480.5K −55.6% 493 $974 $114.4M

9 Oct 9-11 28 $290.9K −39.5% 333 $873 $114.9M

10 Oct 16-18 28 $246.0K −15.4% 335 $734 $115.2M

11 Oct 23-25 33 $148.1K −39.8% 232 $638 $115.5M

12 Oct 30-Nov 1 38 $82.3K −44.4% 176 $467 $115.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Aug 14 #1 $14.2M — $14.2M 3,049 $4,645 1

Sat Aug 15 #1 $12.6M −11% $26.8M 3,049 $4,136 2

Sun Aug 16 #1 $10.6M −16% $37.4M 3,049 $3,469 3

Mon Aug 17 #1 $5.2M −51% $42.5M 3,049 $1,693 4

Tue Aug 18 #1 $4.6M −11% $47.1M 3,049 $1,510 5

Wed Aug 19 #1 $3.9M −16% $51.0M 3,049 $1,267 6

Thu Aug 20 #1 $3.6M −7% $54.6M 3,049 $1,181 7

Fri Aug 21 #2 $5.5M +54% −61% $60.1M 3,050 $1,815 8

Sat Aug 22 #2 $7.2M +31% −43% $67.4M 3,050 $2,373 9

Sun Aug 23 #2 $5.4M −25% −49% $72.8M 3,050 $1,783 10

Mon Aug 24 #2 $2.0M −63% −61% $74.8M 3,050 $658 11

Tue Aug 25 #2 $2.0M n/c −56% $76.8M 3,050 $658 12

Wed Aug 26 #2 $1.7M −15% −56% $78.5M 3,050 $557 13

Thu Aug 27 #2 $1.6M −7% −56% $80.1M 3,050 $521 14

Fri Aug 28 #4 $3.0M +87% −46% $83.1M 3,180 $932 15

Sat Aug 29 #4 $4.4M +48% −39% $87.5M 3,180 $1,378 16

Sun Aug 30 #4 $2.9M −33% −46% $90.4M 3,180 $918 17

Mon Aug 31 #4 $1.0M −65% −49% $91.4M 3,180 $322 18

Tue Sep 1 #3 $1.1M +5% −46% $92.5M 3,180 $339 19

Wed Sep 2 #3 $896.1K −17% −47% $93.4M 3,180 $281 20

Thu Sep 3 #3 $887.4K −1% −44% $94.3M 3,180 $279 21

Fri Sep 4 #5 $1.8M +100% −40% $96.0M 3,139 $564 22

Sat Sep 5 #5 $2.6M +44% −42% $98.6M 3,139 $815 23

Sun Sep 6 #5 $2.7M +7% −6% $101.4M 3,139 $874 24

Mon Sep 7 #5 $2.0M −26% +99% $103.4M 3,139 $649 25

Tue Sep 8 #5 $580.0K −72% −46% $104.0M 3,139 $184 26

Wed Sep 9 #6 $490.8K −15% −45% $104.5M 3,139 $156 27

Thu Sep 10 #6 $458.0K −7% −48% $104.9M 3,139 $145 28

Fri Sep 11 #8 $1.1M +130% −41% $106.0M 2,560 $410 29

Sat Sep 12 #8 $1.6M +52% −37% $107.6M 2,560 $625 30

Sun Sep 13 #8 $884.8K −45% −68% $108.5M 2,560 $345 31

Mon Sep 14 #9 $304.5K −66% −85% $108.8M 2,560 $118 32

Tue Sep 15 #10 $352.4K +16% −39% $109.1M 2,560 $137 33

Wed Sep 16 #8 $331.2K −6% −33% $109.4M 2,560 $129 34

Thu Sep 17 #8 $327.9K −1% −28% $109.8M 2,560 $128 35

Fri Sep 18 #13 $568.0K +73% −46% $110.3M 1,558 $364 36

Sat Sep 19 #13 $834.2K +47% −48% $111.2M 1,558 $535 37

Sun Sep 20 #12 $510.9K −39% −42% $111.7M 1,558 $327 38

Mon Sep 21 #13 $182.2K −64% −40% $111.9M 1,558 $116 39

Tue Sep 22 #13 $206.5K +13% −41% $112.1M 1,558 $132 40

Wed Sep 23 #12 $184.1K −11% −44% $112.3M 1,558 $118 41

Thu Sep 24 #12 $181.8K −1% −45% $112.4M 1,558 $116 42

Fri Sep 25 #16 $310.9K +71% −45% $112.8M 925 $336 43

Sat Sep 26 #15 $475.2K +53% −43% $113.2M 925 $513 44

Sun Sep 27 #13 $296.1K −38% −42% $113.5M 925 $320 45

Mon Sep 28 #14 $103.9K −65% −43% $113.6M 925 $112 46

Tue Sep 29 #14 $104.5K +1% −49% $113.7M 925 $112 47

Wed Sep 30 #15 $95.2K −9% −48% $113.8M 925 $102 48

Thu Oct 1 #15 $96.6K +1% −47% $113.9M 925 $104 49

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

Cumulative total$113.9M

Aug 14Aug 26Sep 7Sep 19Oct 1

Weekend grossWk 10 · $246.0K

$37.4M

$18.2M

$10.3M

$7.1M

$3.5M

$1.9M

$1.1M

$480.5K

$290.9K

$246.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,180 → 925 −70.9%

3,049 open925 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −15.4%

−51.2%

W1→2

−43.6%

W2→3

−31.1%

W3→4

−50.0%

W4→5

−45.9%

W5→6

−43.4%

W6→7

−55.6%

W7→8

−39.5%

W8→9

−15.4%

W9→10

Steepest −55.6%Best hold −15.4%

Run milestones

$100M in 24 days

$100M

Day 24

Sep 6

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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