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2014 • PG • 1h 37m • Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy • Walt Disney Studios

Don't believe the fairy tale.

🍅 54% 72%

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2.9

7.0

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$69.40M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$241.40M

Final

Worldwide total

$758.50M

$517.10M international

Domestic legs3.48x

Budget$180.0M

2014 rank#8

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Cast & crew

Angelina Jolie

Angelina Jolie Starring

Elle Fanning

Elle Fanning Starring

Imelda Staunton

Imelda Staunton Starring

Sharlto Copley

Sharlto Copley Starring

Juno Temple

Juno Temple Starring

ScreenplayLinda Woolverton Produced byJoe Roth CinematographyDean Semler MusicJames Newton Howard Prod. DesignDylan Cole, Gary Freeman StudioWalt Disney Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 30-32 1 $69.4M — 3,948 $17,586 $69.4M

2 Jun 6-8 2 $34.3M −50.6% 3,948 $8,695 $128.2M

3 Jun 13-15 3 $18.5M −46.1% 3,623 $5,108 $163.0M

4 Jun 20-22 5 $12.9M −30.2% 3,450 $3,742 $185.9M

5 Jun 27-29 5 $8.4M −35.1% 3,073 $2,726 $202.0M

6 Jul 4-6 7 $6.2M −26.5% 2,389 $2,578 $213.9M

7 Jul 11-13 8 $4.2M −32.1% 2,077 $2,013 $222.0M

8 Jul 18-20 10 $3.2M −22.5% 1,541 $2,101 $228.3M

9 Jul 25-27 13 $1.8M −43.3% 1,077 $1,704 $232.2M

10 Aug 1-3 14 $1.3M −30.7% 681 $1,868 $234.7M

11 Aug 8-10 18 $538.7K −57.7% 370 $1,456 $236.1M

12 Aug 15-17 23 $369.3K −31.4% 244 $1,513 $236.8M

13 Aug 22-24 20 $591.1K +60.1% 344 $1,718 $237.6M

14 Aug 29-31 19 $879.7K +48.8% 338 $2,603 $238.7M

15 Sep 5-7 24 $422.2K −52.0% 322 $1,311 $239.3M

16 Sep 19-21 25 $270.1K −36.0% 283 $955 $240.1M

17 Sep 26-28 24 $219.6K −18.7% 260 $845 $240.4M

18 Oct 3-5 27 $169.4K −22.9% 212 $799 $240.6M

19 Oct 10-12 32 $149.6K −11.6% 194 $771 $240.8M

20 Oct 17-19 34 $106.1K −29.1% 157 $676 $241.0M

21 Oct 24-26 39 $82.4K −22.3% 138 $597 $241.1M

22 Oct 31-33 41 $78.0K −5.4% 112 $697 $241.2M

23 Nov 7-9 37 $64.0K −17.9% 99 $647 $241.3M

24 Nov 14-16 47 $38.7K −39.6% 87 $445 $241.4M

25 Nov 21-23 51 $18.4K −52.5% 55 $334 $241.4M

26 Nov 28-30 49 $15.7K −14.4% 39 $404 $241.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu May 29 #P $4.2M — $4.2M 3,000 $1,400 -1

Fri May 30 #1 $24.3M +478.5% $24.3M 3,948 $6,154 1

Sat May 31 #1 $25.8M +6.0% $50.0M 3,948 $6,522 2

Sun Jun 1 #1 $19.4M −24.7% $69.4M 3,948 $4,910 3

Mon Jun 2 #1 $6.2M −68.0% $75.6M 3,948 $1,572 4

Tue Jun 3 #1 $7.2M +15.9% $82.8M 3,948 $1,823 5

Wed Jun 4 #1 $5.6M −22.0% $88.4M 3,948 $1,422 6

Thu Jun 5 #1 $5.4M −3.8% $93.8M 3,948 $1,368 7

Fri Jun 6 #3 $10.2M +88.7% −58.1% $104.0M 3,948 $2,581 8

Sat Jun 7 #1 $13.5M +32.1% −47.7% $117.5M 3,948 $3,410 9

Sun Jun 8 #1 $10.7M −20.7% −44.9% $128.2M 3,948 $2,704 10

Mon Jun 9 #2 $4.0M −62.1% −34.8% $132.2M 3,948 $1,025 11

Tue Jun 10 #2 $4.7M +16.4% −34.5% $136.9M 3,948 $1,194 12

Wed Jun 11 #2 $4.0M −15.4% −29.0% $140.9M 3,948 $1,010 13

Thu Jun 12 #2 $3.6M −9.9% −33.4% $144.5M 3,948 $910 14

Fri Jun 13 #4 $5.8M +62.7% −42.6% $150.4M 3,623 $1,614 15

Sat Jun 14 #3 $7.3M +25.0% −45.7% $157.7M 3,623 $2,018 16

Sun Jun 15 #4 $5.3M −26.9% −49.9% $163.0M 3,623 $1,475 17

Mon Jun 16 #4 $2.3M −57.5% −43.9% $165.3M 3,623 $627 18

Tue Jun 17 #3 $2.8M +25.2% −39.7% $168.1M 3,623 $784 19

Wed Jun 18 #3 $2.4M −15.8% −40.0% $170.5M 3,623 $661 20

Thu Jun 19 #3 $2.4M +2.0% −32.1% $173.0M 3,623 $674 21

Fri Jun 20 #5 $4.0M +63.8% −31.6% $177.0M 3,450 $1,159 22

Sat Jun 21 #- $5.3M +31.3% −28.2% $182.2M 3,450 $1,522 23

Sun Jun 22 #- $3.7M −30.3% −31.5% $185.9M 3,450 $1,061 24

Mon Jun 23 #4 $1.7M −52.2% −23.0% $187.6M 3,450 $507 25

Tue Jun 24 #4 $2.3M +32.4% −18.5% $189.9M 3,450 $671 26

Wed Jun 25 #3 $1.9M −16.2% −18.9% $191.9M 3,450 $563 27

Thu Jun 26 #3 $1.7M −9.9% −28.4% $193.6M 3,450 $507 28

Fri Jun 27 #5 $2.6M +48.6% −35.0% $196.2M 3,073 $846 29

Sat Jun 28 #5 $3.3M +27.3% −37.0% $199.5M 3,073 $1,076 30

Sun Jun 29 #5 $2.5M −25.3% −32.5% $202.0M 3,073 $804 31

Mon Jun 30 #4 $1.4M −41.7% −17.6% $203.5M 3,073 $469 32

Tue Jul 1 #4 $1.6M +9.2% −32.0% $205.0M 3,073 $512 33

Wed Jul 2 #7 $1.2M −23.5% −37.9% $206.2M 2,443 $493 34

Thu Jul 3 #7 $1.5M +26.9% −12.5% $207.8M 2,389 $640 35

Fri Jul 4 #7 $1.8M +19.7% −29.5% $209.6M 2,389 $767 36

Sat Jul 5 #7 $2.4M +32.9% −26.4% $212.0M 2,389 $1,019 37

Sun Jul 6 #7 $1.9M −22.2% −23.4% $213.9M 2,389 $793 38

Mon Jul 7 #7 $951.4K −49.8% −34.0% $214.9M 2,389 $398 39

Tue Jul 8 #7 $1.1M +20.8% −27.0% $216.0M 2,389 $481 40

Wed Jul 9 #7 $906.0K −21.2% −24.8% $216.9M 2,389 $379 41

Thu Jul 10 #7 $898.5K −0.8% −41.3% $217.8M 2,389 $376 42

Fri Jul 11 #8 $1.3M +39.5% −31.6% $219.1M 2,077 $603 43

Sat Jul 12 #8 $1.7M +33.5% −31.2% $220.8M 2,077 $806 44

Sun Jul 13 #8 $1.3M −25.1% −33.8% $222.0M 2,077 $603 45

Mon Jul 14 #7 $711.5K −43.2% −25.2% $222.7M 2,077 $343 46

Tue Jul 15 #7 $981.6K +38.0% −14.6% $223.7M 2,077 $473 47

Wed Jul 16 #7 $787.8K −19.7% −13.0% $224.5M 2,077 $379 48

Thu Jul 17 #7 $578.9K −26.5% −35.6% $225.1M 2,077 $279 49

Fri Jul 18 #10 $966.9K +67.0% −22.9% $226.0M 1,541 $627 50

Sat Jul 19 #9 $1.4M +39.8% −19.2% $227.4M 1,541 $877 51

Sun Jul 20 #10 $919.7K −32.0% −26.6% $228.3M 1,541 $597 52

Mon Jul 21 #10 $460.4K −49.9% −35.3% $228.8M 1,541 $299 53

Tue Jul 22 #10 $565.8K +22.9% −42.4% $229.3M 1,541 $367 54

Wed Jul 23 #10 $512.9K −9.4% −34.9% $229.8M 1,541 $333 55

Thu Jul 24 #10 $496.6K −3.2% −14.2% $230.3M 1,541 $322 56

Fri Jul 25 #13 $542.8K +9.3% −43.9% $230.9M 1,077 $504 57

Sat Jul 26 #13 $721.6K +32.9% −46.6% $231.6M 1,077 $670 58

Sun Jul 27 #13 $570.9K −20.9% −37.9% $232.2M 1,077 $530 59

Mon Jul 28 #- $341.1K −40.2% −25.9% $232.5M 1,077 $317 60

Tue Jul 29 #- $363.1K +6.4% −35.8% $232.9M 1,077 $337 61

Wed Jul 30 #12 $306.0K −15.7% −40.3% $233.2M 1,077 $284 62

Thu Jul 31 #- $283.5K −7.3% −42.9% $233.5M 1,077 $263 63

Fri Aug 1 #12 $361.0K +27.3% −33.5% $233.8M 681 $530 64

Sat Aug 2 #12 $521.2K +44.4% −27.8% $234.4M 681 $765 65

Sun Aug 3 #12 $390.2K −25.1% −31.6% $234.7M 681 $573 66

Mon Aug 4 #13 $211.9K −45.7% −37.9% $235.0M 681 $311 67

Tue Aug 5 #- $216.9K +2.4% −40.3% $235.2M 681 $319 68

Wed Aug 6 #14 $181.0K −16.5% −40.8% $235.4M 681 $266 69

Thu Aug 7 #13 $164.7K −9.0% −41.9% $235.5M 681 $242 70

Fri Aug 8 #15 $168.2K +2.1% −53.4% $235.7M 370 $455 71

Sat Aug 9 #17 $227.1K +35.0% −56.4% $235.9M 370 $614 72

Sun Aug 10 #16 $143.4K −36.9% −63.3% $236.1M 370 $388 73

Mon Aug 11 #15 $90.9K −36.6% −57.1% $236.1M 370 $246 74

Tue Aug 12 #17 $110.5K +21.6% −49.0% $236.3M 370 $299 75

Wed Aug 13 #17 $86.0K −22.2% −52.5% $236.3M 325 $265 76

Thu Aug 14 #16 $71.4K −17.0% −56.7% $236.4M 325 $220 77

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

Cumulative total$235.5M

May 29Jun 16Jul 3Jul 21Aug 7

Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.3M

$69.4M

$34.3M

$18.5M

$12.9M

$8.4M

$6.2M

$4.2M

$3.2M

$1.8M

$1.3M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,948 → 681 −82.8%

3,000 open681 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −30.7%

−50.6%

W1→2

−46.1%

W2→3

−30.2%

W3→4

−35.1%

W4→5

−26.5%

W5→6

−32.1%

W6→7

−22.5%

W7→8

−43.3%

W8→9

−30.7%

W9→10

Steepest −50.6%Best hold −22.5%

Run milestones

$200M in 31 days

$100M

Day 8

Jun 6

$200M

Day 31

Jun 29

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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