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G.I. Joe: The Rise of CobraFollow

2009 • PG-13 • 1h 58m • Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi • Paramount Pictures

When all else fails, they don't.

🍅 33% 50%

32

2.31

5.7

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$54.70M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$150.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$302.00M

$152.00M international

Domestic legs2.75x

Budget$175M

2009 rank#18

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Cast & crew

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Starring

Christopher Eccleston

Christopher Eccleston Starring

Lee Byung-hun

Lee Byung-hun Starring

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Joseph Gordon-Levitt Starring

Sienna Miller

Sienna Miller Starring

ScreenplayStuart Beattie, Paul Lovett, David Elliot Produced byLorenzo di Bonaventura, Brian Goldner, Bob Ducsay CinematographyMitchell Amundsen MusicAlan Silvestri Prod. DesignEd Verreaux StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 7-9 1 $54.7M — 4,007 $13,654 $54.7M

2 Aug 14-16 2 $22.3M −59.2% 4,007 $5,571 $98.6M

3 Aug 21-23 3 $12.2M −45.3% 3,953 $3,087 $120.2M

4 Aug 28-30 5 $7.7M −36.8% 3,467 $2,225 $132.2M

5 Sep 4-6 8 $5.2M −32.9% 2,846 $1,818 $139.5M

6 Sep 11-13 11 $2.5M −52.5% 2,120 $1,158 $144.2M

7 Sep 18-20 15 $1.4M −43.9% 1,361 $1,012 $146.2M

8 Sep 25-27 16 $845.4K −38.6% 895 $944 $147.4M

9 Oct 2-4 21 $486.9K −42.4% 588 $828 $148.1M

10 Oct 9-11 18 $687.9K +41.3% 609 $1,129 $149.0M

11 Oct 16-18 18 $407.5K −40.8% 514 $792 $149.6M

12 Oct 23-25 22 $235.4K −42.2% 407 $578 $150.0M

13 Oct 30-Nov 1 36 $91.3K −61.2% 205 $445 $150.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Aug 7 #1 $22.2M — $22.2M 4,007 $5,530 1

Sat Aug 8 #1 $18.2M −18% $40.3M 4,007 $4,534 2

Sun Aug 9 #1 $14.4M −21% $54.7M 4,007 $3,589 3

Mon Aug 10 #1 $6.4M −55% $61.1M 4,007 $1,598 4

Tue Aug 11 #1 $6.0M −7% $67.1M 4,007 $1,487 5

Wed Aug 12 #1 $4.8M −19% $71.9M 4,007 $1,200 6

Thu Aug 13 #1 $4.4M −9% $76.3M 4,007 $1,089 7

Fri Aug 14 #3 $7.0M +61% −68% $83.3M 4,007 $1,752 8

Sat Aug 15 #2 $8.9M +26% −51% $92.2M 4,007 $2,215 9

Sun Aug 16 #2 $6.4M −28% −55% $98.6M 4,007 $1,603 10

Mon Aug 17 #2 $2.6M −59% −59% $101.2M 4,007 $651 11

Tue Aug 18 #2 $2.6M −1% −57% $103.8M 4,007 $645 12

Wed Aug 19 #2 $2.2M −16% −55% $106.0M 4,007 $545 13

Thu Aug 20 #2 $2.1M −5% −53% $108.0M 4,007 $516 14

Fri Aug 21 #3 $3.7M +78% −47% $111.7M 3,953 $933 15

Sat Aug 22 #3 $5.1M +39% −42% $116.8M 3,953 $1,293 16

Sun Aug 23 #3 $3.4M −34% −47% $120.2M 3,953 $860 17

Mon Aug 24 #3 $1.1M −66% −56% $121.4M 3,953 $288 18

Tue Aug 25 #5 $1.2M +2% −55% $122.5M 3,953 $295 19

Wed Aug 26 #5 $981.1K −16% −55% $123.5M 3,953 $248 20

Thu Aug 27 #5 $911.1K −7% −56% $124.4M 3,953 $230 21

Fri Aug 28 #5 $2.3M +148% −39% $126.7M 3,467 $652 22

Sat Aug 29 #5 $3.5M +54% −32% $130.2M 3,467 $1,008 23

Sun Aug 30 #5 $2.0M −44% −42% $132.2M 3,467 $564 24

Mon Aug 31 #6 $583.0K −70% −49% $132.7M 3,467 $168 25

Tue Sep 1 #7 $595.4K +2% −49% $133.3M 3,467 $171 26

Wed Sep 2 #7 $491.3K −17% −50% $133.8M 3,467 $141 27

Thu Sep 3 #7 $494.7K +1% −46% $134.3M 3,467 $142 28

Fri Sep 4 #9 $1.3M +153% −45% $135.6M 2,846 $440 29

Sat Sep 5 #7 $2.0M +59% −43% $137.6M 2,846 $700 30

Sun Sep 6 #7 $1.9M −3% −1% $139.5M 2,846 $677 31

Mon Sep 7 #7 $1.5M −21% +162% $141.0M 2,846 $537 32

Tue Sep 8 #10 $279.3K −82% −53% $141.3M 2,846 $98 33

Wed Sep 9 #11 $224.6K −20% −54% $141.5M 2,846 $78 34

Thu Sep 10 #11 $219.0K −3% −56% $141.7M 2,846 $76 35

Fri Sep 11 #14 $664.8K +204% −47% $142.4M 2,120 $313 36

Sat Sep 12 #11 $1.2M +80% −40% $143.6M 2,120 $565 37

Sun Sep 13 #11 $592.9K −51% −69% $144.2M 2,120 $279 38

Mon Sep 14 #14 $144.7K −76% −91% $144.3M 2,120 $68 39

Tue Sep 15 #14 $154.5K +7% −45% $144.5M 2,120 $72 40

Wed Sep 16 #14 $153.2K −1% −32% $144.7M 2,120 $72 41

Thu Sep 17 $159.2K +4% −27% $144.8M 2,120 $75 42

Fri Sep 18 #15 $394.0K +147% −41% $145.2M 1,361 $289 43

Sat Sep 19 #14 $621.6K +58% −48% $145.8M 1,361 $456 44

Sun Sep 20 #15 $362.3K −42% −39% $146.2M 1,361 $266 45

Mon Sep 21 $92.2K −75% −36% $146.3M 1,361 $67 46

Tue Sep 22 $101.6K +10% −34% $146.4M 1,361 $74 47

Wed Sep 23 $90.1K −11% −41% $146.5M 1,361 $66 48

Thu Sep 24 $95.8K +6% −40% $146.6M 1,361 $70 49

Fri Sep 25 $230.2K +140% −42% $146.8M 895 $257 50

Sat Sep 26 $401.6K +74% −35% $147.2M 895 $448 51

Sun Sep 27 $213.5K −47% −41% $147.4M 895 $238 52

Mon Sep 28 $63.0K −71% −32% $147.5M 895 $70 53

Tue Sep 29 $55.6K −12% −45% $147.5M 895 $62 54

Wed Sep 30 $54.6K −2% −39% $147.6M 895 $61 55

Thu Oct 1 $62.2K +14% −35% $147.7M 895 $69 56

Fri Oct 2 $134.6K +117% −42% $147.8M 588 $228 57

Sat Oct 3 $230.9K +72% −43% $148.0M 588 $392 58

Sun Oct 4 $121.5K −47% −43% $148.1M 588 $206 59

Mon Oct 5 $35.2K −71% −44% $148.2M 588 $59 60

Tue Oct 6 $36.9K +5% −34% $148.2M 588 $62 61

Wed Oct 7 $35.1K −5% −36% $148.2M 588 $59 62

Thu Oct 8 $37.1K +6% −40% $148.3M 588 $63 63

Fri Oct 9 $195.8K +428% +45% $148.5M 609 $321 64

Sat Oct 10 $294.1K +50% +27% $148.8M 609 $482 65

Sun Oct 11 $197.9K −33% +63% $149.0M 609 $325 66

Mon Oct 12 $92.0K −54% +161% $149.1M 609 $151 67

Tue Oct 13 $57.7K −37% +57% $149.1M 609 $94 68

Wed Oct 14 $55.3K −4% +57% $149.2M 609 $90 69

Thu Oct 15 $63.9K +16% +72% $149.2M 609 $104 70

Fri Oct 16 $116.2K +82% −41% $149.4M 514 $226 71

Sat Oct 17 $182.1K +57% −38% $149.5M 514 $354 72

Sun Oct 18 $109.3K −40% −45% $149.6M 514 $212 73

Mon Oct 19 $30.9K −72% −66% $149.7M 514 $60 74

Tue Oct 20 $33.0K +7% −43% $149.7M 514 $64 75

Wed Oct 21 $30.5K −7% −45% $149.7M 514 $59 76

Thu Oct 22 $34.5K +13% −46% $149.8M 514 $67 77

Fri Oct 23 $68.4K +99% −41% $149.8M 407 $168 78

Sat Oct 24 $107.1K +57% −41% $150.0M 407 $263 79

Sun Oct 25 $59.9K −44% −45% $150.0M 407 $147 80

Mon Oct 26 $16.7K −72% −46% $150.0M 407 $40 81

Tue Oct 27 $17.1K +3% −48% $150.0M 407 $41 82

Wed Oct 28 $15.4K −10% −50% $150.1M 407 $37 83

Thu Oct 29 $16.9K +10% −51% $150.1M 407 $41 84

Fri Oct 30 $28.4K +68% −58% $150.1M 205 $138 85

Sat Oct 31 $30.3K +7% −72% $150.1M 205 $147 86

Sun Nov 1 $32.6K +8% −45% $150.2M 205 $159 87

Mon Nov 2 $8.3K −75% −50% $150.2M 205 $40 88

Tue Nov 3 $9.2K +11% −46% $150.2M 205 $44 89

Wed Nov 4 $7.9K −14% −49% $150.2M 205 $38 90

Thu Nov 5 $8.5K +7% −50% $150.2M 205 $41 91

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

Cumulative total$149.2M

Aug 7Aug 24Sep 11Sep 28Oct 15

Weekend grossWk 10 · $687.9K

$54.7M

$22.3M

$12.2M

$7.7M

$5.2M

$2.5M

$1.4M

$845.4K

$486.9K

$687.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 4,007 → 609 −84.8%

4,007 open609 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +41.3%

−59.2%

W1→2

−45.3%

W2→3

−36.8%

W3→4

−32.9%

W4→5

−52.5%

W5→6

−43.9%

W6→7

−38.6%

W7→8

−42.4%

W8→9

+41.3%

W9→10

Steepest −59.2%Biggest gain +41.3%

Run milestones

$100M in 11 days

$100M

Day 11

Aug 17

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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