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2006 • PG • 1h 44m • Action, Adventure, Family • 20th Century Fox

As darkness falls, the last dragon will choose its rider.

🍅 15% 46%

38

1.88

5.1

CS B

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$23.20M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$75.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$250.00M

$175.00M international

Domestic legs3.23x

Budget$100M

2006 rank#31

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Cast & crew

Jeremy Irons

Jeremy Irons Starring

Sienna Guillory

Sienna Guillory Starring

Robert Carlyle

Robert Carlyle Starring

John Malkovich

John Malkovich Starring

Garrett Hedlund

Garrett Hedlund Starring

ScreenplayPeter Buchman Produced byJohn Davis, Wyck Godfrey CinematographyHugh Johnson MusicPatrick Doyle Prod. DesignWolf Kroeger Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 15-17 2 $23.2M — 3,020 $7,695 $23.2M

2 Dec 22-24 6 $7.0M −69.9% 3,030 $2,312 $37.5M

3 Dec 29-31 7 $8.2M +17.1% 2,985 $2,749 $56.4M

4 Jan 5-7 11 $4.8M −41.4% 2,625 $1,832 $67.0M

5 Jan 12-14 17 $2.1M −56.9% 1,614 $1,284 $70.2M

6 Jan 19-21 24 $1.2M −43.3% 1,075 $1,093 $72.3M

7 Jan 26-28 31 $555.3K −52.8% 553 $1,004 $73.2M

8 Feb 2-4 33 $337.3K −39.3% 420 $803 $73.7M

9 Feb 9-11 29 $321.9K −4.6% 361 $891 $74.1M

10 Feb 16-18 38 $192.8K −40.1% 302 $638 $74.3M

11 Feb 23-25 42 $133.4K −30.8% 219 $608 $74.6M

12 Mar 2-4 43 $108.9K −18.3% 186 $585 $74.7M

13 Mar 9-11 46 $77.7K −28.7% 131 $592 $74.8M

14 Mar 16-18 51 $60.2K −22.5% 106 $568 $74.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 15 #2 $8.7M — $8.7M 3,020 $2,894 1

Sat Dec 16 #2 $8.7M n/c $17.5M 3,020 $2,897 2

Sun Dec 17 #2 $5.7M −34% $23.2M 3,020 $1,903 3

Mon Dec 18 #2 $1.8M −69% $25.0M 3,020 $593 4

Tue Dec 19 #2 $1.7M −3% $26.8M 3,020 $573 5

Wed Dec 20 #4 $1.8M +1% $28.5M 3,020 $581 6

Thu Dec 21 #4 $2.0M +13% $30.5M 3,020 $654 7

Fri Dec 22 #6 $2.7M +38% −69% $33.2M 3,030 $902 8

Sat Dec 23 #6 $3.0M +8% −66% $36.2M 3,030 $976 9

Sun Dec 24 #7 $1.3M −56% −77% $37.5M 3,030 $433 10

Mon Dec 25 #8 $2.3M +77% +30% $39.8M 3,030 $768 11

Tue Dec 26 #7 $3.1M +32% +77% $42.9M 3,030 $1,012 12

Wed Dec 27 #7 $2.7M −12% +54% $45.6M 3,030 $894 13

Thu Dec 28 #8 $2.6M −4% +32% $48.2M 3,030 $860 14

Fri Dec 29 #7 $3.0M +15% +10% $51.2M 2,985 $1,004 15

Sat Dec 30 #7 $3.2M +7% +8% $54.4M 2,985 $1,070 16

Sun Dec 31 #8 $2.0M −37% +53% $56.4M 2,985 $674 17

Mon Jan 1 #7 $2.6M +31% +13% $59.1M 2,985 $883 18

Tue Jan 2 #7 $1.4M −47% −55% $60.5M 2,985 $466 19

Wed Jan 3 #7 $933.1K −33% −66% $61.4M 2,985 $312 20

Thu Jan 4 #7 $850.3K −9% −67% $62.2M 2,985 $284 21

Fri Jan 5 #11 $1.4M +64% −54% $63.6M 2,625 $529 22

Sat Jan 6 #11 $2.1M +49% −35% $65.7M 2,625 $789 23

Sun Jan 7 #10 $1.3M −35% −33% $67.0M 2,625 $513 24

Mon Jan 8 #11 $301.6K −78% −89% $67.3M 2,625 $114 25

Tue Jan 9 #11 $289.3K −4% −79% $67.6M 2,625 $110 26

Wed Jan 10 #11 $258.9K −11% −72% $67.9M 2,625 $98 27

Thu Jan 11 #12 $274.3K +6% −68% $68.2M 2,625 $104 28

Fri Jan 12 $474.7K +73% −66% $68.6M 2,625 $180 29

Sat Jan 13 $891.1K +88% −57% $69.5M 2,625 $339 30

Sun Jan 14 $708.1K −21% −47% $70.2M 2,625 $269 31

Mon Jan 15 #14 $570.3K −19% +89% $70.8M 1,614 $353 32

Tue Jan 16 $125.1K −78% −57% $70.9M 1,614 $77 33

Wed Jan 17 $118.6K −5% −54% $71.1M 1,614 $73 34

Thu Jan 18 $112.0K −6% −59% $71.2M 1,614 $69 35

Fri Jan 19 #21 $285.5K +155% −40% $71.5M 1,075 $265 36

Sat Jan 20 $572.1K +100% −36% $72.0M 1,075 $532 37

Sun Jan 21 $318.1K −44% −55% $72.3M 1,075 $295 38

Mon Jan 22 $78.9K −75% −86% $72.4M 1,075 $73 39

Tue Jan 23 $72.5K −8% −42% $72.5M 1,075 $67 40

Wed Jan 24 $68.4K −6% −42% $72.6M 1,075 $63 41

Thu Jan 25 $79.6K +16% −29% $72.6M 1,075 $74 42

Fri Jan 26 $129.4K +62% −55% $72.8M 553 $233 43

Sat Jan 27 $256.6K +98% −55% $73.0M 553 $464 44

Sun Jan 28 $169.4K −34% −47% $73.2M 553 $306 45

Mon Jan 29 $34.3K −80% −57% $73.2M 553 $61 46

Tue Jan 30 $31.1K −9% −57% $73.3M 553 $56 47

Wed Jan 31 $27.2K −13% −60% $73.3M 553 $49 48

Thu Feb 1 $31.3K +15% −61% $73.3M 553 $56 49

Fri Feb 2 $88.7K +183% −31% $73.4M 553 $160 50

Sat Feb 3 $174.6K +97% −32% $73.6M 553 $315 51

Sun Feb 4 $73.9K −58% −56% $73.7M 553 $133 52

Mon Feb 5 $22.7K −69% −34% $73.7M 553 $40 53

Tue Feb 6 $22.6K n/c −27% $73.7M 553 $40 54

Wed Feb 7 $19.9K −12% −27% $73.7M 553 $35 55

Thu Feb 8 $22.4K +12% −29% $73.7M 553 $40 56

Fri Feb 9 $72.0K +222% −19% $73.8M 361 $199 57

Sat Feb 10 $152.4K +112% −13% $74.0M 361 $422 58

Sun Feb 11 $97.6K −36% +32% $74.1M 361 $270 59

Mon Feb 12 $21.0K −78% −7% $74.1M 361 $58 60

Tue Feb 13 $15.7K −25% −30% $74.1M 361 $43 61

Wed Feb 14 $24.5K +56% +23% $74.1M 361 $67 62

Thu Feb 15 $18.7K −23% −16% $74.1M 361 $51 63

Fri Feb 16 $46.5K +148% −35% $74.2M 302 $153 64

Sat Feb 17 $80.2K +73% −47% $74.3M 302 $265 65

Sun Feb 18 $66.2K −17% −32% $74.3M 302 $219 66

Mon Feb 19 #35 $51.9K −22% +147% $74.4M 302 $171 67

Tue Feb 20 $17.1K −67% +9% $74.4M 302 $56 68

Wed Feb 21 $13.5K −21% −45% $74.4M 302 $44 69

Thu Feb 22 $15.9K +18% −15% $74.4M 302 $52 70

Fri Feb 23 $34.7K +118% −25% $74.5M 219 $158 71

Sat Feb 24 $59.6K +72% −26% $74.5M 219 $272 72

Sun Feb 25 $39.0K −35% −41% $74.6M 219 $178 73

Mon Feb 26 $8.6K −78% −83% $74.6M 219 $39 74

Tue Feb 27 $8.5K −1% −50% $74.6M 219 $38 75

Wed Feb 28 $7.2K −15% −46% $74.6M 219 $33 76

Thu Mar 1 $7.8K +8% −51% $74.6M 219 $35 77

Fri Mar 2 $26.6K +241% −23% $74.6M 186 $143 78

Sat Mar 3 $51.1K +92% −14% $74.7M 186 $274 79

Sun Mar 4 $31.2K −39% −20% $74.7M 186 $167 80

Mon Mar 5 $8.6K −73% n/c $74.7M 186 $45 81

Tue Mar 6 $9.4K +10% +11% $74.7M 186 $50 82

Wed Mar 7 $8.9K −5% +24% $74.7M 186 $48 83

Thu Mar 8 $9.5K +6% +21% $74.8M 186 $50 84

Fri Mar 9 $21.4K +126% −20% $74.8M 131 $163 85

Sat Mar 10 $36.7K +71% −28% $74.8M 131 $279 86

Sun Mar 11 $19.6K −47% −37% $74.8M 131 $149 87

Mon Mar 12 $9.1K −54% +6% $74.8M 131 $69 88

Tue Mar 13 $10.2K +13% +8% $74.8M 131 $78 89

Wed Mar 14 $11.5K +13% +29% $74.9M 131 $87 90

Thu Mar 15 $12.4K +8% +31% $74.9M 131 $94 91

Fri Mar 16 $19.1K +54% −10% $74.9M 106 $180 92

Sat Mar 17 $27.1K +42% −26% $74.9M 106 $255 93

Sun Mar 18 $14.0K −48% −29% $74.9M 106 $131 94

Mon Mar 19 $4.2K −70% −53% $74.9M 106 $40 95

Tue Mar 20 $4.9K +15% −52% $74.9M 106 $45 96

Wed Mar 21 $4.1K −15% −64% $74.9M 106 $38 97

Thu Mar 22 $4.4K +6% −65% $74.9M 106 $41 98

Fri Mar 23 $11.6K +164% −39% $75.0M 71 $163 99

Sat Mar 24 $18.1K +55% −33% $75.0M 71 $254 100

Sun Mar 25 $10.7K −41% −23% $75.0M 71 $151 101

Mon Mar 26 $3.8K −65% −11% $75.0M 71 $53 102

Tue Mar 27 $4.5K +19% −7% $75.0M 71 $63 103

Wed Mar 28 $4.0K −11% −3% $75.0M 71 $56 104

Thu Mar 29 $4.3K +6% −3% $75.0M 71 $59 105

Fri Mar 30 $4.7K +9% −60% $75.0M 71 $65 106

Sat Mar 31 $6.4K +37% −65% $75.0M 71 $89 107

Sun Apr 1 $4.0K −37% −63% $75.0M 71 $56 108

Mon Apr 2 $2.3K −43% −39% $75.0M 71 $32 109

Tue Apr 3 $1.3K −43% −71% $75.0M 71 $18 110

Wed Apr 4 $1.5K +15% −62% $75.0M 71 $21 111

Thu Apr 5 $1.8K +17% −59% $75.0M 71 $24 112

Fri Apr 6 $507 −71% −89% $75.0M 8 $63 113

Sat Apr 7 $939 +85% −85% $75.0M 8 $117 114

Sun Apr 8 $315 −66% −92% $75.0M 8 $39 115

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

Cumulative total$74.4M

Dec 15Jan 1Jan 19Feb 5Feb 22

Weekend grossWk 10 · $192.8K

$23.2M

$7.0M

$8.2M

$4.8M

$2.1M

$1.2M

$555.3K

$337.3K

$321.9K

$192.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,030 → 302 −90.0%

3,020 open302 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −40.1%

−69.9%

W1→2

+17.1%

W2→3

−41.4%

W3→4

−56.9%

W4→5

−43.3%

W5→6

−52.8%

W6→7

−39.3%

W7→8

−4.6%

W8→9

−40.1%

W9→10

Steepest −69.9%Biggest gain +17.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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