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I Am LegendFollow

2007 • PG-13 • 1h 41m • Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi • Warner Bros.

The last man on Earth is not alone.

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65

3.46

7.2

CS B

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$77.20M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$256.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$585.00M

$329.00M international

Domestic legs3.32x

Budget$150M

2007 rank#6

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Cast & crew

Full Lawrence filmography

Francis Lawrence

Francis Lawrence Director

Will Smith

Will Smith Starring

Alice Braga

Alice Braga Starring

Charlie Tahan

Charlie Tahan Starring

Dash Mihok

Dash Mihok Starring

ScreenplayMark Protosevich, Akiva Goldsman Produced byAkiva Goldsman, James Lassiter, David Heyman, Neal Moritz CinematographyAndrew Lesnie MusicJames Newton Howard Prod. DesignNaomi Shohan StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 14-16 1 $77.2M — 3,606 $21,411 $77.2M

2 Dec 21-23 2 $33.5M −56.6% 3,620 $9,255 $136.8M

3 Dec 28-30 3 $27.4M −18.2% 3,636 $7,539 $194.5M

4 Jan 4-6 3 $15.7M −42.7% 3,648 $4,308 $228.1M

5 Jan 11-13 6 $8.2M −48.0% 3,353 $2,439 $240.3M

6 Jan 18-20 9 $4.9M −40.2% 2,525 $1,937 $247.5M

7 Jan 25-27 17 $2.2M −54.8% 1,405 $1,573 $251.7M

8 Feb 1-3 21 $1.0M −54.1% 777 $1,306 $253.3M

9 Feb 8-10 22 $589.4K −42.0% 435 $1,354 $254.2M

10 Feb 15-17 31 $268.0K −54.5% 210 $1,276 $254.6M

11 Feb 22-24 36 $151.2K −43.6% 155 $975 $254.8M

12 Feb 29-Mar 2 26 $380.3K +151.6% 343 $1,108 $255.3M

13 Mar 7-9 25 $294.4K −22.6% 322 $914 $255.7M

14 Mar 14-16 31 $228.9K −22.3% 264 $866 $256.0M

15 Mar 21-23 39 $114.7K −49.9% 202 $567 $256.2M

16 Mar 28-30 51 $60.5K −47.3% 136 $444 $256.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 14 #1 $30.1M — $30.1M 3,606 $8,335 1

Sat Dec 15 #1 $28.8M −4% $58.9M 3,606 $7,985 2

Sun Dec 16 #1 $18.4M −36% $77.2M 3,606 $5,090 3

Mon Dec 17 #1 $7.5M −59% $84.7M 3,606 $2,070 4

Tue Dec 18 #1 $6.5M −13% $91.2M 3,606 $1,803 5

Wed Dec 19 #1 $6.0M −7% $97.2M 3,606 $1,669 6

Thu Dec 20 #1 $6.1M +1% $103.3M 3,606 $1,681 7

Fri Dec 21 #2 $10.9M +80% −64% $114.2M 3,620 $3,013 8

Sat Dec 22 #2 $12.4M +14% −57% $126.6M 3,620 $3,425 9

Sun Dec 23 #2 $10.2M −18% −44% $136.8M 3,620 $2,815 10

Mon Dec 24 #2 $4.4M −57% −41% $141.2M 3,620 $1,215 11

Tue Dec 25 #2 $9.8M +122% +50% $151.0M 3,620 $2,701 12

Wed Dec 26 #2 $8.7M −11% +45% $159.7M 3,620 $2,409 13

Thu Dec 27 #3 $7.4M −15% +22% $167.1M 3,620 $2,045 14

Fri Dec 28 #3 $9.3M +25% −15% $176.4M 3,636 $2,553 15

Sat Dec 29 #3 $9.9M +6% −20% $186.2M 3,636 $2,718 16

Sun Dec 30 #2 $8.2M −17% −19% $194.5M 3,636 $2,267 17

Mon Dec 31 #3 $4.9M −41% +10% $199.3M 3,636 $1,335 18

Tue Jan 1 #2 $6.8M +40% −31% $206.1M 3,636 $1,865 19

Wed Jan 2 #3 $3.4M −50% −61% $209.5M 3,636 $928 20

Thu Jan 3 #3 $2.8M −16% −62% $212.3M 3,636 $778 21

Fri Jan 4 #4 $5.2M +83% −44% $217.5M 3,648 $1,421 22

Sat Jan 5 #2 $6.8M +32% −31% $224.4M 3,648 $1,876 23

Sun Jan 6 #4 $3.7M −46% −55% $228.1M 3,648 $1,010 24

Mon Jan 7 #3 $1.1M −71% −78% $229.1M 3,648 $291 25

Tue Jan 8 #3 $1.1M n/c −84% $230.2M 3,648 $292 26

Wed Jan 9 #3 $983.4K −8% −71% $231.2M 3,648 $269 27

Thu Jan 10 #3 $933.3K −5% −67% $232.1M 3,648 $255 28

Fri Jan 11 #5 $2.6M +174% −51% $234.7M 3,353 $761 29

Sat Jan 12 #6 $3.7M +44% −46% $238.3M 3,353 $1,098 30

Sun Jan 13 #6 $1.9M −47% −47% $240.3M 3,353 $578 31

Mon Jan 14 #5 $586.4K −70% −45% $240.9M 3,353 $174 32

Tue Jan 15 #5 $574.4K −2% −46% $241.4M 3,353 $171 33

Wed Jan 16 #5 $551.8K −4% −44% $242.0M 3,353 $164 34

Thu Jan 17 #5 $581.4K +5% −38% $242.6M 3,353 $173 35

Fri Jan 18 #9 $1.4M +138% −46% $244.0M 2,525 $548 36

Sat Jan 19 #9 $2.2M +60% −40% $246.2M 2,525 $875 37

Sun Jan 20 #9 $1.3M −41% −33% $247.5M 2,525 $513 38

Mon Jan 21 #10 $1.0M −22% +73% $248.5M 2,525 $401 39

Tue Jan 22 #10 $332.2K −67% −42% $248.8M 2,525 $131 40

Wed Jan 23 #10 $307.3K −7% −44% $249.1M 2,525 $121 41

Thu Jan 24 #9 $333.3K +8% −43% $249.5M 2,525 $132 42

Fri Jan 25 $594.0K +78% −57% $250.0M 1,405 $422 43

Sat Jan 26 $1.1M +79% −52% $251.1M 1,405 $757 44

Sun Jan 27 $553.4K −48% −57% $251.7M 1,405 $393 45

Mon Jan 28 $153.2K −72% −85% $251.8M 1,405 $109 46

Tue Jan 29 $142.4K −7% −57% $252.0M 1,405 $101 47

Wed Jan 30 $144.1K +1% −53% $252.1M 1,405 $102 48

Thu Jan 31 $141.1K −2% −58% $252.2M 1,405 $100 49

Fri Feb 1 $298.2K +111% −50% $252.5M 777 $383 50

Sat Feb 2 $559.4K +88% −47% $253.1M 777 $719 51

Sun Feb 3 $157.8K −72% −71% $253.3M 777 $203 52

Mon Feb 4 $84.3K −47% −45% $253.3M 777 $108 53

Tue Feb 5 $73.4K −13% −48% $253.4M 777 $94 54

Wed Feb 6 $72.4K −1% −50% $253.5M 777 $93 55

Thu Feb 7 $78.5K +8% −44% $253.6M 777 $100 56

Fri Feb 8 $154.6K +97% −48% $253.7M 435 $355 57

Sat Feb 9 $285.0K +84% −49% $254.0M 435 $655 58

Sun Feb 10 $149.7K −47% −5% $254.2M 435 $344 59

Mon Feb 11 $44.3K −70% −47% $254.2M 435 $101 60

Tue Feb 12 $39.3K −11% −47% $254.2M 435 $90 61

Wed Feb 13 $36.3K −7% −50% $254.3M 435 $83 62

Thu Feb 14 $43.5K +20% −45% $254.3M 435 $99 63

Fri Feb 15 $67.5K +55% −56% $254.4M 435 $155 64

Sat Feb 16 $115.8K +72% −59% $254.5M 435 $266 65

Sun Feb 17 $84.7K −27% −43% $254.6M 435 $194 66

Mon Feb 18 #30 $50.6K −40% +14% $254.6M 435 $116 67

Tue Feb 19 $17.9K −65% −54% $254.7M 435 $41 68

Wed Feb 20 $16.8K −6% −54% $254.7M 435 $38 69

Thu Feb 21 $17.6K +5% −60% $254.7M 435 $40 70

Fri Feb 22 $39.9K +127% −41% $254.7M 155 $257 71

Sat Feb 23 $70.2K +76% −39% $254.8M 155 $452 72

Sun Feb 24 $41.0K −42% −52% $254.8M 155 $264 73

Mon Feb 25 $10.1K −75% −80% $254.9M 155 $64 74

Tue Feb 26 $10.7K +7% −40% $254.9M 155 $69 75

Wed Feb 27 $9.3K −14% −45% $254.9M 155 $59 76

Thu Feb 28 $11.3K +22% −36% $254.9M 155 $72 77

Fri Feb 29 #24 $100.5K +792% +152% $255.0M 343 $293 78

Sat Mar 1 #24 $176.8K +76% +152% $255.2M 343 $515 79

Sun Mar 2 #24 $102.9K −42% +151% $255.3M 343 $300 80

Mon Mar 3 $31.6K −69% +214% $255.3M 343 $92 81

Tue Mar 4 $31.5K n/c +193% $255.3M 343 $91 82

Wed Mar 5 $29.7K −6% +221% $255.4M 343 $86 83

Thu Mar 6 $31.9K +7% +183% $255.4M 343 $92 84

Fri Mar 7 $83.8K +163% −17% $255.5M 322 $260 85

Sat Mar 8 $134.4K +60% −24% $255.6M 322 $417 86

Sun Mar 9 $76.1K −43% −26% $255.7M 322 $236 87

Mon Mar 10 $24.0K −68% −24% $255.7M 322 $74 88

Tue Mar 11 $24.7K +3% −22% $255.7M 322 $76 89

Wed Mar 12 $23.9K −3% −20% $255.8M 322 $74 90

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

Cumulative total$254.7M

Dec 14Dec 31Jan 18Feb 4Feb 21

Weekend grossWk 10 · $268.0K

$77.2M

$33.5M

$27.4M

$15.7M

$8.2M

$4.9M

$2.2M

$1.0M

$589.4K

$268.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,648 → 435 −88.1%

3,606 open435 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −54.5%

−56.6%

W1→2

−18.2%

W2→3

−42.7%

W3→4

−48.0%

W4→5

−40.2%

W5→6

−54.8%

W6→7

−54.1%

W7→8

−42.0%

W8→9

−54.5%

W9→10

Steepest −56.6%Best hold −18.2%

Run milestones

$200M in 19 days

$100M

Day 7

Dec 20

$200M

Day 19

Jan 1

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

#4 Biggest horror filmsAll-time $256.4M #6 Biggest horror openingsAll-time $77.2M #9 Biggest December openingsAll-time $77.2M

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