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2013 • R • 1h 49m • Action, Drama, Sci-Fi • TriStar Pictures

He can save us all.

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2.95

6.6

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$29.80M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$93.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$286.00M

$193.00M international

Domestic legs3.12x

Budget$115M

2013 rank#38

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Cast & crew

Full Blomkamp filmography

Neill Blomkamp

Neill Blomkamp Director

Matt Damon

Matt Damon Starring

Jodie Foster

Jodie Foster Starring

Sharlto Copley

Sharlto Copley Starring

Diego Luna

Diego Luna Starring

Wagner Moura

Wagner Moura Starring

ScreenplayNeill Blomkamp Produced bySimon Kinberg, Bill Block, Neill Blomkamp CinematographyTrent Opaloch MusicRyan Amon Prod. DesignPhilip Ivey StudioTriStar Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 9-11 1 $29.8M — 3,284 $9,076 $29.8M

2 Aug 16-18 3 $13.7M −54.1% 3,284 $4,167 $56.0M

3 Aug 23-25 7 $6.9M −49.4% 2,913 $2,377 $68.9M

4 Aug 30-Sep 1 6 $6.4M −7.0% 2,539 $2,535 $78.5M

5 Sep 6-8 7 $3.1M −51.2% 2,241 $1,401 $85.1M

6 Sep 13-15 9 $2.1M −32.9% 1,720 $1,224 $88.4M

7 Sep 20-22 12 $1.5M −30.4% 1,392 $1,053 $90.8M

8 Sep 27-29 21 $502.0K −65.8% 562 $893 $91.9M

9 Oct 4-6 29 $168.7K −66.4% 222 $759 $92.2M

10 Oct 11-13 40 $87.8K −47.9% 140 $627 $92.4M

11 Nov 8-10 24 $165.8K +88.9% 192 $863 $92.7M

12 Nov 15-17 30 $117.5K −29.2% 181 $648 $92.9M

13 Nov 22-24 39 $53.1K −54.8% 114 $465 $93.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Aug 9 #1 $11.1M — $11.1M 3,284 $3,376 1

Sat Aug 10 #1 $10.7M −3% $21.8M 3,284 $3,273 2

Sun Aug 11 #1 $8.0M −26% $29.8M 3,284 $2,426 3

Mon Aug 12 #2 $3.4M −57% $33.2M 3,284 $1,040 4

Tue Aug 13 #2 $3.9M +15% $37.2M 3,284 $1,195 5

Wed Aug 14 #2 $2.7M −31% $39.9M 3,284 $828 6

Thu Aug 15 #2 $2.4M −10% $42.3M 3,284 $744 7

Fri Aug 16 #4 $3.9M +61% −64% $46.3M 3,284 $1,199 8

Sat Aug 17 #4 $5.5M +40% −49% $51.8M 3,284 $1,678 9

Sun Aug 18 #3 $4.2M −23% −47% $56.0M 3,284 $1,290 10

Mon Aug 19 #3 $1.6M −63% −54% $57.6M 3,284 $475 11

Tue Aug 20 #3 $1.9M +19% −53% $59.4M 3,284 $564 12

Wed Aug 21 #4 $1.3M −31% −53% $60.7M 3,284 $387 13

Thu Aug 22 #5 $1.3M −1% −48% $62.0M 3,284 $384 14

Fri Aug 23 #7 $2.0M +60% −49% $64.0M 2,913 $693 15

Sat Aug 24 #6 $2.9M +43% −47% $66.9M 2,913 $994 16

Sun Aug 25 #6 $2.0M −31% −53% $68.9M 2,913 $689 17

Mon Aug 26 #6 $787.7K −61% −50% $69.7M 2,913 $270 18

Tue Aug 27 #5 $962.1K +22% −48% $70.6M 2,913 $330 19

Wed Aug 28 #4 $746.0K −22% −41% $71.4M 2,913 $256 20

Thu Aug 29 #4 $727.7K −2% −42% $72.1M 2,913 $249 21

Fri Aug 30 #6 $1.6M +119% −21% $73.7M 2,539 $626 22

Sat Aug 31 #6 $2.3M +47% −20% $76.0M 2,539 $918 23

Sun Sep 1 #6 $2.5M +8% +25% $78.5M 2,539 $990 24

Mon Sep 2 #6 $2.0M −21% +152% $80.5M 2,539 $780 25

Tue Sep 3 #5 $601.0K −70% −38% $81.1M 2,539 $236 26

Wed Sep 4 #4 $453.8K −24% −39% $81.6M 2,539 $178 27

Thu Sep 5 #5 $397.9K −12% −45% $82.0M 2,539 $156 28

Fri Sep 6 #6 $892.8K +124% −44% $82.9M 2,241 $398 29

Sat Sep 7 #7 $1.5M +63% −38% $84.3M 2,241 $648 30

Sun Sep 8 #7 $795.6K −45% −68% $85.1M 2,241 $355 31

Mon Sep 9 #5 $267.9K −66% −86% $85.4M 2,241 $119 32

Tue Sep 10 #5 $370.8K +38% −38% $85.8M 2,241 $165 33

Wed Sep 11 #5 $304.5K −18% −33% $86.1M 2,241 $135 34

Thu Sep 12 #5 $275.9K −9% −31% $86.3M 2,241 $123 35

Fri Sep 13 #9 $635.2K +130% −29% $87.0M 1,720 $369 36

Sat Sep 14 #9 $911.7K +44% −37% $87.9M 1,720 $530 37

Sun Sep 15 #9 $559.6K −39% −30% $88.4M 1,720 $325 38

Mon Sep 16 #7 $208.8K −63% −22% $88.7M 1,720 $121 39

Tue Sep 17 #7 $256.3K +23% −31% $88.9M 1,720 $148 40

Wed Sep 18 #7 $206.6K −19% −32% $89.1M 1,720 $120 41

Thu Sep 19 #7 $208.0K +1% −25% $89.3M 1,720 $120 42

Fri Sep 20 #11 $406.0K +95% −36% $89.7M 1,392 $291 43

Sat Sep 21 #12 $689.2K +70% −24% $90.4M 1,392 $495 44

Sun Sep 22 #13 $371.1K −46% −34% $90.8M 1,392 $266 45

Mon Sep 23 #10 $133.7K −64% −36% $90.9M 1,392 $96 46

Tue Sep 24 #10 $165.5K +24% −35% $91.1M 1,392 $118 47

Wed Sep 25 #10 $136.0K −18% −34% $91.2M 1,392 $97 48

Thu Sep 26 #10 $123.9K −9% −40% $91.3M 1,392 $88 49

Fri Sep 27 $149.0K +20% −63% $91.5M 562 $265 50

Sat Sep 28 $233.1K +56% −66% $91.7M 562 $414 51

Sun Sep 29 $119.8K −49% −68% $91.9M 562 $213 52

Mon Sep 30 $46.9K −61% −65% $91.9M 562 $83 53

Tue Oct 1 $57.8K +23% −65% $92.0M 562 $102 54

Wed Oct 2 $45.9K −21% −66% $92.0M 562 $81 55

Thu Oct 3 $42.0K −8% −66% $92.0M 562 $74 56

Fri Oct 4 $49.7K +18% −67% $92.1M 222 $223 57

Sat Oct 5 $77.3K +56% −67% $92.2M 222 $348 58

Sun Oct 6 $41.6K −46% −65% $92.2M 222 $187 59

Fri Oct 11 $27.1K — −46% $92.3M 140 $193 64

Sat Oct 12 $37.7K +39% −51% $92.3M 140 $268 65

Sun Oct 13 $23.1K −39% −45% $92.4M 140 $164 66

Fri Oct 18 $17.2K — −36% $92.4M 93 $184 71

Sat Oct 19 $24.6K +43% −35% $92.5M 93 $264 72

Sun Oct 20 $13.8K −44% −40% $92.5M 93 $148 73

Fri Oct 25 $10.6K — −39% $92.5M 61 $173 78

Sat Oct 26 $16.0K +52% −35% $92.5M 61 $262 79

Sun Oct 27 $9.2K −43% −34% $92.5M 61 $150 80

Fri Nov 1 $6.5K — −38% $92.6M 38 $171 85

Sat Nov 2 $11.4K +74% −29% $92.6M 38 $299 86

Sun Nov 3 $6.0K −47% −35% $92.6M 38 $157 87

Fri Nov 8 $45.7K — +600% $92.6M 192 $237 92

Sat Nov 9 $68.7K +50% +504% $92.7M 192 $357 93

Sun Nov 10 $51.5K −25% +760% $92.7M 192 $268 94

Fri Nov 15 $33.4K — −27% $92.9M 181 $184 99

Sat Nov 16 $52.3K +57% −24% $92.9M 181 $289 100

Sun Nov 17 $31.7K −39% −38% $92.9M 181 $175 101

Fri Nov 22 $15.0K — −55% $93.0M 114 $131 106

Sat Nov 23 $22.4K +50% −57% $93.0M 114 $196 107

Sun Nov 24 $15.6K −30% −51% $93.1M 114 $137 108

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

Cumulative total$92.4M

Aug 9Aug 24Sep 9Sep 24Oct 13

Weekend grossWk 10 · $87.8K

$29.8M

$13.7M

$6.9M

$6.4M

$3.1M

$2.1M

$1.5M

$502.0K

$168.7K

$87.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,284 → 140 −95.7%

3,284 open140 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −47.9%

−54.1%

W1→2

−49.4%

W2→3

−7.0%

W3→4

−51.2%

W4→5

−32.9%

W5→6

−30.4%

W6→7

−65.8%

W7→8

−66.4%

W8→9

−47.9%

W9→10

Steepest −66.4%Best hold −7.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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