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2010 • PG-13 • 2h 28m • Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi • Warner Bros.

Your mind is the scene of the crime.

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4.23

8.8

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$62.80M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$293.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$828.00M

$536.00M international

Domestic legs4.66x

Budget$160M

2010 rank#6

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Cast & crew

Full Nolan filmography

Christopher Nolan

Christopher Nolan Director

Leonardo DiCaprio

Leonardo DiCaprio Starring

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Joseph Gordon-Levitt Starring

Ken Watanabe

Ken Watanabe Starring

Tom Hardy

Tom Hardy Starring

Elliot Page

Elliot Page Starring

ScreenplayChristopher Nolan Produced byEmma Thomas, Christopher Nolan CinematographyWally Pfister MusicHans Zimmer Prod. DesignGuy Hendrix Dyas StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 16-18 1 $62.8M — 3,792 $16,557 $62.8M

2 Jul 23-25 1 $42.7M −32.0% 3,792 $11,267 $142.9M

3 Jul 30-Aug 1 1 $27.5M −35.7% 3,545 $7,753 $193.3M

4 Aug 6-8 2 $18.5M −32.7% 3,418 $5,414 $227.6M

5 Aug 13-15 4 $11.3M −39.0% 3,120 $3,617 $248.5M

6 Aug 20-22 9 $7.8M −30.5% 2,401 $3,264 $262.0M

7 Aug 27-29 7 $4.9M −37.8% 2,070 $2,355 $270.5M

8 Sep 3-5 9 $4.6M −6.2% 1,704 $2,683 $277.1M

9 Sep 10-12 10 $2.8M −38.7% 1,583 $1,770 $282.2M

10 Sep 17-19 9 $2.0M −29.8% 1,305 $1,507 $285.1M

11 Sep 24-26 10 $1.2M −36.6% 907 $1,374 $287.1M

12 Oct 1-3 12 $904.2K −27.5% 625 $1,446 $288.4M

13 Oct 8-10 18 $492.3K −45.6% 403 $1,221 $289.2M

14 Oct 15-17 20 $348.3K −29.2% 297 $1,172 $289.8M

15 Oct 22-24 19 $500.1K +43.6% 452 $1,106 $290.4M

16 Oct 29-31 20 $362.5K −27.5% 401 $904 $290.9M

17 Nov 5-7 22 $317.2K −12.5% 291 $1,089 $291.4M

18 Nov 12-14 23 $234.5K −26.1% 262 $895 $291.8M

19 Nov 19-21 26 $153.7K −34.5% 198 $776 $292.1M

20 Nov 26-28 33 $119.5K −22.2% 144 $829 $292.3M

21 Dec 3-5 35 $67.4K −43.6% 117 $576 $292.4M

22 Dec 10-12 36 $50.0K −25.9% 108 $462 $292.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jul 16 #1 $21.8M — $21.8M 3,792 $5,744 1

Sat Jul 17 #1 $21.8M n/c $43.6M 3,792 $5,746 2

Sun Jul 18 #1 $19.2M −12% $62.8M 3,792 $5,066 3

Mon Jul 19 #1 $10.2M −47% $73.0M 3,792 $2,686 4

Tue Jul 20 #1 $9.8M −4% $82.7M 3,792 $2,575 5

Wed Jul 21 #1 $8.9M −9% $91.6M 3,792 $2,336 6

Thu Jul 22 #1 $8.6M −3% $100.2M 3,792 $2,258 7

Fri Jul 23 #1 $13.1M +53% −40% $113.2M 3,792 $3,450 8

Sat Jul 24 #1 $16.5M +26% −24% $129.8M 3,792 $4,354 9

Sun Jul 25 #1 $13.1M −20% −32% $142.9M 3,792 $3,462 10

Mon Jul 26 #1 $6.1M −54% −40% $148.9M 3,792 $1,599 11

Tue Jul 27 #1 $6.1M n/c −38% $155.0M 3,792 $1,600 12

Wed Jul 28 #1 $5.5M −9% −38% $160.5M 3,792 $1,456 13

Thu Jul 29 #1 $5.3M −4% −38% $165.8M 3,792 $1,394 14

Fri Jul 30 #2 $8.2M +55% −37% $174.0M 3,545 $2,311 15

Sat Jul 31 #1 $10.7M +31% −35% $184.7M 3,545 $3,021 16

Sun Aug 1 #1 $8.6M −20% −35% $193.3M 3,545 $2,420 17

Mon Aug 2 #1 $4.3M −50% −29% $197.6M 3,545 $1,209 18

Tue Aug 3 #1 $4.1M −4% −32% $201.7M 3,545 $1,162 19

Wed Aug 4 #1 $3.8M −8% −31% $205.5M 3,545 $1,068 20

Thu Aug 5 #1 $3.6M −4% −32% $209.1M 3,545 $1,020 21

Fri Aug 6 #3 $5.6M +53% −32% $214.7M 3,418 $1,624 22

Sat Aug 7 #2 $7.4M +33% −31% $222.1M 3,418 $2,159 23

Sun Aug 8 #2 $5.6M −25% −35% $227.6M 3,418 $1,629 24

Mon Aug 9 #2 $2.5M −55% −41% $230.2M 3,418 $740 25

Tue Aug 10 #2 $2.6M +4% −36% $232.8M 3,418 $767 26

Wed Aug 11 #2 $2.2M −15% −41% $235.0M 3,418 $648 27

Thu Aug 12 #2 $2.2M −2% −40% $237.2M 3,418 $637 28

Fri Aug 13 #5 $3.4M +54% −40% $240.5M 3,120 $1,073 29

Sat Aug 14 #4 $4.6M +37% −38% $245.1M 3,120 $1,466 30

Sun Aug 15 #4 $3.4M −27% −40% $248.5M 3,120 $1,076 31

Mon Aug 16 #4 $1.5M −54% −39% $250.0M 3,120 $491 32

Tue Aug 17 #4 $1.5M +1% −41% $251.5M 3,120 $494 33

Wed Aug 18 #5 $1.4M −11% −38% $252.9M 3,120 $439 34

Thu Aug 19 #5 $1.3M −7% −41% $254.2M 3,120 $409 35

Fri Aug 20 #9 $2.2M +70% −35% $256.4M 2,401 $906 36

Sat Aug 21 #9 $3.2M +48% −30% $259.6M 2,401 $1,341 37

Sun Aug 22 #8 $2.4M −24% −27% $262.0M 2,401 $1,016 38

Mon Aug 23 #7 $963.4K −61% −37% $263.0M 2,401 $401 39

Tue Aug 24 #8 $985.3K +2% −36% $264.0M 2,401 $410 40

Wed Aug 25 #5 $871.2K −12% −36% $264.9M 2,401 $362 41

Thu Aug 26 #4 $792.0K −9% −38% $265.6M 2,401 $329 42

Fri Aug 27 #8 $1.4M +81% −34% $267.1M 2,070 $694 43

Sat Aug 28 #7 $2.1M +46% −35% $269.2M 2,070 $1,012 44

Sun Aug 29 #7 $1.3M −36% −45% $270.5M 2,070 $648 45

Mon Aug 30 #6 $514.3K −62% −47% $271.0M 2,070 $248 46

Tue Aug 31 #8 $584.3K +14% −41% $271.6M 2,070 $282 47

Wed Sep 1 #7 $473.3K −19% −46% $272.1M 1,923 $246 48

Thu Sep 2 #7 $481.4K +2% −39% $272.6M 1,923 $250 49

Fri Sep 3 #9 $1.2M +140% −19% $273.7M 1,704 $679 50

Sat Sep 4 #9 $1.7M +47% −19% $275.4M 1,704 $996 51

Sun Sep 5 #8 $1.7M +1% +28% $277.1M 1,704 $1,007 52

Mon Sep 6 #9 $1.3M −24% +155% $278.5M 1,704 $770 53

Tue Sep 7 #9 $329.3K −75% −44% $278.8M 1,704 $193 54

Wed Sep 8 #9 $309.4K −6% −35% $279.1M 1,704 $181 55

Thu Sep 9 #8 $313.2K +1% −35% $279.4M 1,704 $183 56

Fri Sep 10 #10 $831.4K +165% −28% $280.2M 1,583 $525 57

Sat Sep 11 #9 $1.3M +57% −23% $281.5M 1,583 $824 58

Sun Sep 12 #10 $666.0K −49% −61% $282.2M 1,583 $420 59

Mon Sep 13 #9 $211.2K −68% −84% $282.4M 1,583 $133 60

Tue Sep 14 #9 $258.1K +22% −22% $282.7M 1,583 $163 61

Wed Sep 15 #9 $229.4K −11% −26% $282.9M 1,583 $144 62

Thu Sep 16 #9 $252.1K +10% −20% $283.2M 1,583 $159 63

Fri Sep 17 #8 $593.8K +136% −29% $283.8M 1,305 $455 64

Sat Sep 18 #9 $910.7K +53% −30% $284.7M 1,305 $697 65

Sun Sep 19 #9 $462.7K −49% −31% $285.1M 1,305 $354 66

Mon Sep 20 #10 $156.1K −66% −26% $285.3M 1,305 $119 67

Tue Sep 21 #10 $178.1K +14% −31% $285.5M 1,305 $136 68

Wed Sep 22 #10 $166.2K −7% −28% $285.6M 1,305 $127 69

Thu Sep 23 #9 $176.0K +6% −30% $285.8M 1,305 $134 70

Fri Sep 24 #10 $380.2K +116% −36% $286.2M 907 $419 71

Sat Sep 25 #10 $565.8K +49% −38% $286.8M 907 $623 72

Sun Sep 26 #10 $301.1K −47% −35% $287.1M 907 $331 73

Mon Sep 27 #10 $109.1K −64% −30% $287.2M 907 $120 74

Tue Sep 28 #10 $124.0K +14% −30% $287.3M 907 $136 75

Wed Sep 29 #10 $104.3K −16% −37% $287.4M 907 $115 76

Thu Sep 30 #11 $110.5K +6% −37% $287.5M 907 $121 77

Fri Oct 1 #12 $246.5K +123% −35% $287.7M 625 $394 78

Sat Oct 2 #12 $471.1K +91% −17% $288.2M 625 $753 79

Sun Oct 3 #12 $186.6K −60% −38% $288.4M 625 $298 80

Mon Oct 4 #12 $68.3K −63% −37% $288.5M 625 $109 81

Tue Oct 5 #12 $74.0K +8% −40% $288.5M 625 $118 82

Wed Oct 6 #12 $70.3K −5% −33% $288.6M 625 $112 83

Thu Oct 7 #12 $73.3K +4% −34% $288.7M 625 $117 84

Fri Oct 8 $142.9K +95% −42% $288.8M 403 $354 85

Sat Oct 9 $216.7K +52% −54% $289.1M 403 $537 86

Sun Oct 10 $132.7K −39% −29% $289.2M 403 $329 87

Mon Oct 11 $76.5K −42% +12% $289.3M 403 $189 88

Tue Oct 12 $45.9K −40% −38% $289.3M 403 $113 89

Wed Oct 13 $44.1K −4% −37% $289.4M 403 $109 90

Thu Oct 14 $53.5K +21% −27% $289.4M 403 $132 91

Fri Oct 15 $110.1K +106% −23% $289.5M 297 $370 92

Sat Oct 16 $161.8K +47% −25% $289.7M 297 $544 93

Sun Oct 17 $76.4K −53% −42% $289.8M 297 $257 94

Mon Oct 18 $30.6K −60% −60% $289.8M 297 $102 95

Tue Oct 19 $32.0K +5% −30% $289.8M 297 $107 96

Wed Oct 20 $32.2K +1% −27% $289.8M 297 $108 97

Thu Oct 21 $34.3K +6% −36% $289.9M 297 $115 98

Fri Oct 22 $151.1K +340% +37% $290.0M 452 $334 99

Sat Oct 23 $217.0K +44% +34% $290.2M 452 $480 100

Sun Oct 24 $132.0K −39% +73% $290.4M 452 $292 101

Mon Oct 25 $51.5K −61% +68% $290.4M 452 $113 102

Tue Oct 26 $53.1K +3% +66% $290.5M 452 $117 103

Wed Oct 27 $48.5K −9% +50% $290.5M 452 $107 104

Thu Oct 28 $51.4K +6% +50% $290.6M 452 $113 105

Fri Oct 29 $121.5K +136% −20% $290.7M 401 $302 106

Sat Oct 30 $153.1K +26% −29% $290.9M 401 $381 107

Sun Oct 31 $87.9K −43% −33% $290.9M 401 $219 108

Mon Nov 1 $41.5K −53% −20% $291.0M 401 $103 109

Tue Nov 2 $47.1K +14% −11% $291.0M 401 $117 110

Wed Nov 3 $44.7K −5% −8% $291.1M 401 $111 111

Thu Nov 4 $49.4K +11% −4% $291.1M 401 $123 112

Fri Nov 5 $98.2K +99% −19% $291.2M 291 $337 113

Sat Nov 6 $143.5K +46% −6% $291.4M 291 $493 114

Sun Nov 7 $75.4K −47% −14% $291.4M 291 $259 115

Mon Nov 8 $27.3K −64% −34% $291.5M 291 $93 116

Tue Nov 9 $31.2K +14% −34% $291.5M 291 $107 117

Wed Nov 10 $34.6K +11% −23% $291.5M 291 $119 118

Thu Nov 11 $56.8K +64% +15% $291.6M 291 $195 119

Fri Nov 12 $75.8K +34% −23% $291.7M 262 $289 120

Sat Nov 13 $102.6K +35% −29% $291.8M 262 $391 121

Sun Nov 14 $56.1K −45% −26% $291.8M 262 $214 122

Mon Nov 15 $19.1K −66% −30% $291.9M 262 $72 123

Tue Nov 16 $21.1K +11% −32% $291.9M 262 $80 124

Wed Nov 17 $20.9K −1% −40% $291.9M 262 $79 125

Thu Nov 18 $20.8K −1% −63% $291.9M 262 $79 126

Fri Nov 19 $46.8K +125% −38% $292.0M 198 $236 127

Sat Nov 20 $68.9K +47% −33% $292.0M 198 $347 128

Sun Nov 21 $37.9K −45% −32% $292.1M 198 $191 129

Mon Nov 22 $18.6K −51% −3% $292.1M 198 $93 130

Tue Nov 23 $23.1K +24% +10% $292.1M 198 $116 131

Wed Nov 24 $24.7K +7% +18% $292.1M 164 $150 132

Thu Nov 25 $23.8K −3% +15% $292.2M 164 $145 133

Fri Nov 26 $48.1K +102% +3% $292.2M 144 $333 134

Sat Nov 27 $50.1K +4% −27% $292.3M 144 $348 135

Sun Nov 28 $21.3K −58% −44% $292.3M 144 $147 136

Mon Nov 29 $8.1K −62% −56% $292.3M 144 $56 137

Tue Nov 30 $10.0K +24% −57% $292.3M 144 $69 138

Wed Dec 1 $10.4K +4% −58% $292.3M 144 $72 139

Thu Dec 2 $10.2K −2% −57% $292.3M 144 $70 140

Fri Dec 3 $21.2K +107% −56% $292.3M 117 $180 141

Sat Dec 4 $30.9K +46% −38% $292.4M 117 $264 142

Sun Dec 5 $15.4K −50% −28% $292.4M 117 $131 143

Mon Dec 6 $6.2K −60% −23% $292.4M 117 $53 144

Tue Dec 7 $7.4K +20% −26% $292.4M 117 $63 145

Wed Dec 8 $7.1K −4% −32% $292.4M 117 $60 146

Thu Dec 9 $7.6K +6% −26% $292.4M 117 $64 147

Fri Dec 10 $16.8K +121% −21% $292.4M 108 $155 148

Sat Dec 11 $21.7K +29% −30% $292.5M 108 $200 149

Sun Dec 12 $11.6K −47% −25% $292.5M 108 $107 150

Mon Dec 13 $5.2K −55% −16% $292.5M 108 $48 151

Tue Dec 14 $6.0K +15% −19% $292.5M 108 $55 152

Wed Dec 15 $5.6K −6% −21% $292.5M 108 $52 153

Thu Dec 16 $6.4K +14% −15% $292.5M 108 $59 154

Fri Dec 17 $8.6K +33% −49% $292.5M 62 $138 155

Sat Dec 18 $10.3K +20% −53% $292.5M 62 $166 156

Sun Dec 19 $7.1K −31% −39% $292.5M 62 $114 157

Mon Dec 20 $5.6K −21% +7% $292.5M 62 $90 158

Tue Dec 21 $5.4K −3% −10% $292.5M 62 $87 159

Wed Dec 22 $2.5K −53% −55% $292.5M 40 $63 160

Thu Dec 23 $3.6K +40% −45% $292.5M 40 $88 161

Fri Dec 24 $2.5K −29% −71% $292.5M 28 $90 162

Sat Dec 25 $3.0K +20% −71% $292.5M 28 $107 163

Sun Dec 26 $3.5K +17% −50% $292.5M 28 $125 164

Mon Dec 27 $3.4K −2% −39% $292.5M 28 $122 165

Tue Dec 28 $3.6K +6% −33% $292.5M 28 $130 166

Wed Dec 29 $3.6K −2% +41% $292.5M 28 $127 167

Thu Dec 30 $5.2K +45% +47% $292.6M 28 $185 168

Fri Dec 31 $4.7K −10% +85% $292.6M 28 $166 169

Sat Jan 1 $7.0K +50% +133% $292.6M 28 $250 170

Sun Jan 2 $3.6K −48% +3% $292.6M 28 $129 171

Mon Jan 3 $2.5K −30% −26% $292.6M 28 $90 172

Tue Jan 4 $1.3K −49% −64% $292.6M 28 $46 173

Wed Jan 5 $1.8K +38% −50% $292.6M 28 $64 174

Thu Jan 6 $1.7K −6% −67% $292.6M 28 $60 175

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

Cumulative total$285.8M

Jul 16Aug 2Aug 20Sep 6Sep 23

Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.0M

$62.8M

$42.7M

$27.5M

$18.5M

$11.3M

$7.8M

$4.9M

$4.6M

$2.8M

$2.0M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,792 → 1,305 −65.6%

3,792 open1,305 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −29.8%

−32.0%

W1→2

−35.7%

W2→3

−32.7%

W3→4

−39.0%

W4→5

−30.5%

W5→6

−37.8%

W6→7

−6.2%

W7→8

−38.7%

W8→9

−29.8%

W9→10

Steepest −39.0%Best hold −6.2%

Run milestones

$200M in 19 days

$100M

Day 7

Jul 22

$200M

Day 19

Aug 3

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

#13 Biggest original filmsAll-time $292.6M #17 Best multipliersAll-time 4.66x #20 Best second-weekend holds$50M+ openers, all-time −32.0%

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