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Edge of DarknessFollow

2010 • R • 1h 57m • Crime, Drama, Thriller • Warner Bros.

Some secrets take us to the edge.

🍅 54% 49%

55

3.03

6.6

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$17.20M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$43.30M

Final

Worldwide total

$82.80M

$39.50M international

Domestic legs2.5x

Budget$60M

2010 rank#73

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Cast & crew

Full Campbell filmography

Martin Campbell

Martin Campbell Director

Mel Gibson

Mel Gibson Starring

Ray Winstone

Ray Winstone Starring

Danny Huston

Danny Huston Starring

Shawn Roberts

Shawn Roberts Starring

Jay O. Sanders

Jay O. Sanders Starring

ScreenplayWilliam Monahan, Andrew Bovell Produced byGraham King, Tim Headington, Michael Wearing CinematographyPhil Meheux Music byHoward Shore StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jan 29-31 2 $17.2M — 3,066 $5,615 $17.2M

2 Feb 5-7 4 $6.9M −60.2% 3,066 $2,236 $28.9M

3 Feb 12-14 8 $4.8M −29.4% 2,615 $1,851 $36.3M

4 Feb 19-21 10 $2.2M −53.7% 2,118 $1,059 $40.3M

5 Feb 26-28 14 $1.0M −54.7% 1,255 $811 $42.2M

6 Mar 5-7 26 $289.2K −71.6% 483 $599 $42.8M

7 Mar 12-14 40 $63.4K −78.1% 144 $440 $43.0M

8 Mar 19-21 49 $23.5K −63.0% 53 $443 $43.1M

9 Mar 26-28 31 $111.2K +373.6% 208 $535 $43.2M

10 Apr 2-4 45 $37.3K −66.5% 126 $296 $43.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jan 29 #2 $5.6M — $5.6M 3,066 $1,830 1

Sat Jan 30 #2 $7.2M +27.5% $12.8M 3,066 $2,333 2

Sun Jan 31 #2 $4.5M −37.8% $17.2M 3,066 $1,452 3

Mon Feb 1 #2 $1.3M −70.4% $18.5M 3,066 $430 4

Tue Feb 2 #2 $1.4M +5.0% $19.9M 3,066 $452 5

Wed Feb 3 #2 $1.1M −19.7% $21.0M 3,066 $363 6

Thu Feb 4 #2 $1.1M −4.4% $22.1M 3,066 $347 7

Fri Feb 5 #4 $2.3M +117.3% −58.8% $24.4M 3,066 $753 8

Sat Feb 6 #5 $3.5M +50.2% −51.5% $27.9M 3,066 $1,132 9

Sun Feb 7 #5 $1.1M −69.0% −75.8% $28.9M 3,066 $351 10

Mon Feb 8 #4 $662.2K −38.4% −49.8% $29.6M 3,066 $216 11

Tue Feb 9 #4 $698.1K +5.4% −49.6% $30.3M 3,066 $228 12

Wed Feb 10 #4 $554.3K −20.6% −50.2% $30.9M 3,066 $181 13

Thu Feb 11 #4 $621.2K +12.1% −41.6% $31.5M 3,066 $203 14

Fri Feb 12 #8 $1.0M +66.5% −55.2% $32.5M 2,615 $396 15

Sat Feb 13 #8 $1.9M +80.8% −46.1% $34.4M 2,615 $715 16

Sun Feb 14 #8 $1.9M +3.6% +80.0% $36.3M 2,615 $741 17

Mon Feb 15 #8 $729.2K −62.4% +10.1% $37.1M 2,615 $279 18

Tue Feb 16 #9 $369.3K −49.3% −47.1% $37.4M 2,615 $141 19

Wed Feb 17 #9 $335.7K −9.1% −39.4% $37.8M 2,615 $128 20

Thu Feb 18 #8 $344.7K +2.7% −44.5% $38.1M 2,615 $132 21

Fri Feb 19 #10 $619.0K +79.6% −40.2% $38.7M 2,118 $292 22

Sat Feb 20 #10 $1.1M +70.2% −43.6% $39.8M 2,118 $498 23

Sun Feb 21 #10 $570.5K −45.9% −70.5% $40.3M 2,118 $269 24

Mon Feb 22 #9 $196.5K −65.6% −73.1% $40.5M 2,118 $93 25

Tue Feb 23 #9 $209.1K +6.4% −43.4% $40.8M 2,118 $99 26

Wed Feb 24 #9 $197.1K −5.8% −41.3% $40.9M 2,118 $93 27

Thu Feb 25 #9 $203.2K +3.1% −41.1% $41.2M 2,118 $96 28

Fri Feb 26 #- $275.2K +35.5% −55.5% $41.4M 1,255 $219 29

Sat Feb 27 #- $495.7K +80.1% −53.0% $41.9M 1,255 $395 30

Sun Feb 28 #- $246.3K −50.3% −56.8% $42.2M 1,255 $196 31

Mon Mar 1 #- $82.4K −66.5% −58.1% $42.3M 1,255 $66 32

Tue Mar 2 #- $107.3K +30.2% −48.7% $42.4M 1,255 $86 33

Wed Mar 3 #12 $101.1K −5.8% −48.7% $42.5M 1,255 $81 34

Thu Mar 4 #- $91.1K −9.9% −55.2% $42.6M 1,255 $73 35

Fri Mar 5 #- $87.9K −3.5% −68.0% $42.6M 483 $182 36

Sat Mar 6 #- $129.8K +47.6% −73.8% $42.8M 483 $269 37

Sun Mar 7 #- $71.5K −44.9% −71.0% $42.8M 483 $148 38

Mon Mar 8 #- $28.8K −59.7% −65.1% $42.9M 483 $60 39

Tue Mar 9 #- $34.1K +18.3% −68.3% $42.9M 483 $71 40

Wed Mar 10 #- $28.0K −17.9% −72.4% $42.9M 483 $58 41

Thu Mar 11 #- $30.7K +9.8% −66.3% $43.0M 483 $64 42

Fri Mar 12 #- $20.7K −32.7% −76.5% $43.0M 144 $144 43

Sat Mar 13 #- $26.4K +27.7% −79.7% $43.0M 144 $183 44

Sun Mar 14 #- $16.3K −38.2% −77.2% $43.0M 144 $113 45

Mon Mar 15 #- $6.2K −61.7% −78.3% $43.0M 144 $43 46

Tue Mar 16 #- $7.5K +19.8% −78.1% $43.0M 144 $52 47

Wed Mar 17 #- $5.9K −21.0% −78.9% $43.0M 144 $41 48

Thu Mar 18 #- $6.8K +16.0% −77.7% $43.1M 144 $48 49

Fri Mar 19 #- $7.7K +12.3% −62.8% $43.1M 53 $145 50

Sat Mar 20 #- $10.4K +35.6% −60.5% $43.1M 53 $197 51

Sun Mar 21 #- $5.4K −48.6% −67.1% $43.1M 53 $101 52

Mon Mar 22 #- $1.7K −67.7% −72.3% $43.1M 53 $33 53

Tue Mar 23 #- $2.5K +46.0% −66.2% $43.1M 53 $48 54

Wed Mar 24 #- $2.2K −13.6% −63.0% $43.1M 53 $41 55

Thu Mar 25 #- $2.2K +1.9% −67.5% $43.1M 53 $42 56

Fri Mar 26 #- $33.5K +1403.8% +334.9% $43.1M 208 $161 57

Sat Mar 27 #- $45.8K +37.0% +339.5% $43.2M 208 $220 58

Sun Mar 28 #- $31.9K −30.4% +495.2% $43.2M 208 $153 59

Mon Mar 29 #- $13.7K −57.0% +692.8% $43.2M 208 $66 60

Tue Mar 30 #- $14.8K +8.0% +486.5% $43.2M 208 $71 61

Wed Mar 31 #- $14.1K −5.0% +544.9% $43.2M 208 $68 62

Thu Apr 1 #- $14.8K +5.3% +566.2% $43.3M 208 $71 63

Fri Apr 2 #- $13.2K −11.1% −60.6% $43.3M 126 $105 64

Sat Apr 3 #- $14.2K +7.7% −69.0% $43.3M 126 $113 65

Sun Apr 4 #- $9.9K −30.3% −69.0% $43.3M 126 $79 66

Mon Apr 5 #- $5.2K −47.0% −61.8% $43.3M 126 $42 67

Tue Apr 6 #- $5.8K +10.4% −60.9% $43.3M 126 $46 68

Wed Apr 7 #- $5.5K −5.4% −61.1% $43.3M 126 $43 69

Thu Apr 8 #- $6.4K +16.9% −56.8% $43.3M 126 $51 70

Cumulative total$43.3M

Jan 29Feb 15Mar 5Mar 22Apr 8

Weekend grossWk 10 · $37.3K

$17.2M

$6.9M

$4.8M

$2.2M

$1.0M

$289.2K

$63.4K

$23.5K

$111.2K

$37.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,066 → 126 −95.9%

3,066 open126 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −66.5%

−60.2%

W1→2

−29.4%

W2→3

−53.7%

W3→4

−54.7%

W4→5

−71.6%

W5→6

−78.1%

W6→7

−63.0%

W7→8

+373.6%

W8→9

−66.5%

W9→10

Steepest −78.1%Biggest gain +373.6%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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