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2006 • PG • 2h • Adventure, Drama, Family • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

The Most Amazing Story Of Survival, Friendship, And Adventure Ever Told.

🍅 73% 78%

64

3.28

7.3

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$20.20M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$81.60M

Final

Worldwide total

$120.00M

$38.80M international

Domestic legs4.04x

Budget$40.0M

2006 rank#27

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Cast & crew

Paul Walker

Paul Walker Starring

Jason Biggs

Jason Biggs Starring

Bruce Greenwood

Bruce Greenwood Starring

Wendy Crewson

Wendy Crewson Starring

ScreenplayDavid DiGilio Produced byPatrick Crowley, David Hoberman CinematographyDon Burgess MusicMark Isham Prod. DesignJohn Willett StudioWalt Disney Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Feb 17-19 1 $20.2M — 3,066 $6,584 $20.2M

2 Feb 24-26 2 $15.9M −21.4% 3,072 $5,166 $45.2M

3 Mar 3-5 3 $10.1M −36.1% 3,122 $3,246 $58.6M

4 Mar 10-12 6 $5.6M −45.2% 2,970 $1,869 $66.6M

5 Mar 17-19 7 $4.1M −26.4% 2,603 $1,569 $73.0M

6 Mar 24-26 9 $2.7M −33.4% 2,101 $1,293 $77.1M

7 Mar 31-Apr 2 14 $967.9K −64.4% 1,275 $759 $79.2M

8 Apr 7-9 20 $301.2K −68.9% 509 $591 $79.8M

9 Apr 14-16 26 $180.6K −40.1% 314 $575 $80.2M

10 Apr 21-23 20 $304.8K +68.8% 432 $705 $80.6M

11 Apr 28-30 22 $248.9K −18.3% 363 $685 $80.9M

12 May 5-7 27 $160.9K −35.4% 305 $527 $81.2M

13 May 12-14 31 $145.2K −9.8% 261 $556 $81.4M

14 May 19-21 36 $79.9K −45.0% 206 $387 $81.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Feb 17 #2 $5.1M — $5.1M 3,066 $1,661 1

Sat Feb 18 #1 $8.4M +65% $13.5M 3,066 $2,744 2

Sun Feb 19 #1 $6.7M −21% $20.2M 3,066 $2,178 3

Mon Feb 20 #1 $4.8M −28% $25.0M 3,066 $1,559 4

Tue Feb 21 #1 $1.6M −67% $26.5M 3,066 $512 5

Wed Feb 22 #1 $1.4M −12% $27.9M 3,066 $449 6

Thu Feb 23 #1 $1.4M +3% $29.3M 3,066 $462 7

Fri Feb 24 #2 $4.1M +189% −20% $33.4M 3,072 $1,333 8

Sat Feb 25 #2 $7.2M +75% −15% $40.6M 3,072 $2,335 9

Sun Feb 26 #2 $4.6M −36% −31% $45.2M 3,072 $1,497 10

Mon Feb 27 #2 $856.0K −81% −82% $46.1M 3,072 $278 11

Tue Feb 28 #2 $856.3K n/c −45% $46.9M 3,072 $278 12

Wed Mar 1 #2 $739.5K −14% −46% $47.7M 3,072 $240 13

Thu Mar 2 #2 $841.2K +14% −41% $48.5M 3,072 $273 14

Fri Mar 3 #5 $2.6M +204% −38% $51.1M 3,122 $819 15

Sat Mar 4 #3 $4.8M +86% −34% $55.8M 3,122 $1,521 16

Sun Mar 5 #3 $2.8M −40% −39% $58.6M 3,122 $905 17

Mon Mar 6 #4 $601.2K −79% −30% $59.2M 3,122 $192 18

Tue Mar 7 #2 $601.7K n/c −30% $59.8M 3,122 $192 19

Wed Mar 8 #2 $562.3K −7% −24% $60.4M 3,122 $180 20

Thu Mar 9 #2 $610.5K +9% −27% $61.0M 3,122 $195 21

Fri Mar 10 #6 $1.4M +137% −43% $62.5M 2,970 $487 22

Sat Mar 11 #6 $2.5M +71% −48% $64.9M 2,970 $834 23

Sun Mar 12 #5 $1.6M −34% −43% $66.6M 2,970 $547 24

Mon Mar 13 #5 $556.9K −66% −7% $67.1M 2,970 $187 25

Tue Mar 14 #5 $618.3K +11% +3% $67.7M 2,970 $208 26

Wed Mar 15 #5 $606.2K −2% +8% $68.3M 2,970 $204 27

Thu Mar 16 #5 $610.1K +1% n/c $69.0M 2,970 $205 28

Fri Mar 17 #7 $1.1M +85% −22% $70.1M 2,603 $432 29

Sat Mar 18 #7 $1.8M +62% −27% $71.9M 2,603 $699 30

Sun Mar 19 #7 $1.1M −38% −30% $73.0M 2,603 $436 31

Mon Mar 20 #7 $323.9K −71% −42% $73.4M 2,603 $124 32

Tue Mar 21 #7 $358.8K +11% −42% $73.7M 2,603 $137 33

Wed Mar 22 #7 $333.5K −7% −45% $74.1M 2,603 $128 34

Thu Mar 23 #7 $363.0K +9% −40% $74.4M 2,603 $139 35

Fri Mar 24 #9 $748.7K +106% −34% $75.2M 2,101 $356 36

Sat Mar 25 #9 $1.2M +65% −32% $76.4M 2,101 $589 37

Sun Mar 26 #9 $732.0K −41% −36% $77.1M 2,101 $348 38

Mon Mar 27 #9 $246.7K −66% −24% $77.4M 2,101 $117 39

Tue Mar 28 #9 $289.9K +18% −19% $77.7M 2,101 $137 40

Wed Mar 29 #9 $268.2K −7% −20% $77.9M 2,101 $127 41

Thu Mar 30 #9 $261.7K −2% −28% $78.2M 2,101 $124 42

Mon May 29 #44 $10.4K — $81.6M 82 $127 102

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

Cumulative total$78.2M

Feb 17Feb 27Mar 10Mar 20Mar 30

Weekend grossWk 10 · $304.8K

$20.2M

$15.9M

$10.1M

$5.6M

$4.1M

$2.7M

$967.9K

$301.2K

$180.6K

$304.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,122 → 2,101 −32.7%

3,066 open2,101 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +68.8%

−21.4%

W1→2

−36.1%

W2→3

−45.2%

W3→4

−26.4%

W4→5

−33.4%

W5→6

−64.4%

W6→7

−68.9%

W7→8

−40.1%

W8→9

+68.8%

W9→10

Steepest −68.9%Biggest gain +68.8%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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