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2013 • PG-13 • 2h 23m • Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi • Warner Bros.

You are not alone.

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$117.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$291.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$668.00M

$377.00M international

Domestic legs2.50x

Budget$225M

2013 rank#5

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Cast & crew

Full Snyder filmography

Zack Snyder

Zack Snyder Director

Henry Cavill

Henry Cavill Starring

Amy Adams

Amy Adams Starring

Diane Lane

Diane Lane Starring

Russell Crowe

Russell Crowe Starring

Michael Shannon

Michael Shannon Starring

ScreenplayDavid S. Goyer Produced byCharles Roven, Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas, Deborah Snyder CinematographyAmir Mokri MusicHans Zimmer Prod. DesignAlex McDowell StudioWarner Bros. SeriesSuperman

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 14-16 1 $116.6M — 4,207 $27,720 $128.7M

2 Jun 21-23 3 $41.3M −64.6% 4,207 $9,813 $210.1M

3 Jun 28-30 5 $20.7M −49.8% 4,131 $5,019 $248.6M

4 Jul 5-7 7 $11.4M −45.0% 2,905 $3,929 $271.2M

5 Jul 12-14 10 $4.7M −58.7% 2,150 $2,194 $280.9M

6 Jul 19-21 15 $1.8M −61.4% 1,050 $1,732 $285.0M

7 Jul 26-28 17 $749.2K −58.8% 501 $1,495 $286.8M

8 Aug 2-4 21 $466.6K −37.7% 304 $1,534 $287.7M

9 Aug 9-11 19 $750.3K +60.8% 426 $1,761 $288.7M

10 Aug 16-18 23 $512.3K −31.7% 365 $1,403 $289.6M

11 Aug 23-25 26 $353.8K −30.9% 303 $1,167 $290.2M

12 Aug 30-Sep 1 36 $290.2K −18.0% 284 $1,021 $290.7M

13 Sep 6-8 39 $120.8K −58.4% 201 $601 $290.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Jun 13 #1 $12.1M — $12.1M 1,000 $12,062 -1

Fri Jun 14 #1 $44.0M +265% $56.1M 4,207 $10,461 1

Sat Jun 15 #1 $36.3M −17% $92.4M 4,207 $8,632 2

Sun Jun 16 #1 $36.3M n/c $128.7M 4,207 $8,626 3

Mon Jun 17 #1 $12.6M −65% $141.3M 4,207 $2,991 4

Tue Jun 18 #1 $11.5M −9% $152.8M 4,207 $2,736 5

Wed Jun 19 #1 $9.0M −22% $161.8M 4,207 $2,139 6

Thu Jun 20 #1 $7.0M −22% $168.8M 4,207 $1,666 7

Fri Jun 21 #3 $12.5M +79% −71% $181.3M 4,207 $2,982 8

Sat Jun 22 #3 $16.2M +29% −55% $197.5M 4,207 $3,853 9

Sun Jun 23 #3 $12.5M −23% −65% $210.1M 4,207 $2,978 10

Mon Jun 24 #3 $4.5M −64% −64% $214.6M 4,207 $1,078 11

Tue Jun 25 #3 $5.2M +15% −55% $219.8M 4,207 $1,235 12

Wed Jun 26 #3 $4.1M −21% −54% $223.9M 4,207 $977 13

Thu Jun 27 #3 $3.9M −5% −44% $227.8M 4,207 $930 14

Fri Jun 28 #5 $6.0M +53% −52% $233.8M 4,131 $1,454 15

Sat Jun 29 #5 $8.4M +39% −48% $242.2M 4,131 $2,024 16

Sun Jun 30 #5 $6.4M −24% −49% $248.6M 4,131 $1,540 17

Mon Jul 1 #5 $3.0M −52% −33% $251.6M 4,131 $736 18

Tue Jul 2 #5 $2.8M −9% −46% $254.4M 4,131 $673 19

Wed Jul 3 #7 $2.4M −15% −43% $256.8M 2,965 $793 20

Thu Jul 4 #6 $3.0M +28% −23% $259.8M 2,965 $1,016 21

Fri Jul 5 #6 $3.9M +30% −35% $263.7M 2,905 $1,344 22

Sat Jul 6 #6 $4.3M +9% −49% $267.9M 2,905 $1,466 23

Sun Jul 7 #6 $3.2M −24% −49% $271.2M 2,905 $1,118 24

Mon Jul 8 #7 $1.3M −61% −58% $272.5M 2,905 $438 25

Tue Jul 9 #7 $1.5M +15% −47% $273.9M 2,905 $505 26

Wed Jul 10 #7 $1.2M −16% −48% $275.2M 2,905 $422 27

Thu Jul 11 #7 $1.0M −18% −66% $276.2M 2,905 $348 28

Fri Jul 12 #10 $1.4M +35% −65% $277.5M 2,150 $634 29

Sat Jul 13 #9 $1.9M +43% −54% $279.5M 2,150 $904 30

Sun Jul 14 #9 $1.4M −27% −57% $280.9M 2,150 $656 31

Mon Jul 15 #9 $592.2K −58% −53% $281.5M 2,150 $275 32

Tue Jul 16 #9 $712.4K +20% −51% $282.2M 2,150 $331 33

Wed Jul 17 #10 $542.1K −24% −56% $282.7M 2,150 $252 34

Thu Jul 18 #10 $445.3K −18% −56% $283.2M 2,150 $207 35

Fri Jul 19 #15 $504.4K +13% −63% $283.7M 1,050 $480 36

Sat Jul 20 #15 $744.9K +48% −62% $284.4M 1,050 $709 37

Sun Jul 21 #14 $570.1K −23% −60% $285.0M 1,050 $542 38

Mon Jul 22 #13 $253.4K −56% −57% $285.3M 1,050 $241 39

Tue Jul 23 #13 $321.0K +27% −55% $285.6M 1,050 $305 40

Wed Jul 24 #13 $252.2K −21% −53% $285.8M 1,050 $240 41

Thu Jul 25 #14 $231.3K −8% −48% $286.1M 1,050 $220 42

Fri Jul 26 #18 $213.2K −8% −58% $286.3M 501 $425 43

Sat Jul 27 #17 $308.5K +45% −59% $286.6M 501 $615 44

Sun Jul 28 #17 $227.6K −26% −60% $286.8M 501 $454 45

Mon Jul 29 #17 $104.6K −54% −59% $286.9M 501 $208 46

Tue Jul 30 #17 $122.0K +17% −62% $287.0M 501 $243 47

Wed Jul 31 #17 $88.3K −28% −65% $287.1M 501 $176 48

Thu Aug 1 #17 $92.5K +5% −60% $287.2M 501 $184 49

Fri Aug 2 $137.9K +49% −35% $287.4M 304 $453 50

Sat Aug 3 $189.6K +38% −39% $287.5M 304 $623 51

Sun Aug 4 $139.1K −27% −39% $287.7M 304 $457 52

Mon Aug 5 $75.1K −46% −28% $287.8M 304 $247 53

Tue Aug 6 $72.6K −3% −40% $287.8M 304 $238 54

Wed Aug 7 $50.5K −30% −43% $287.9M 304 $166 55

Thu Aug 8 $52.0K +3% −44% $287.9M 304 $171 56

Fri Aug 9 $216.3K +316% +57% $288.1M 426 $507 57

Sat Aug 10 $298.6K +38% +57% $288.4M 426 $701 58

Sun Aug 11 $235.3K −21% +69% $288.7M 426 $552 59

Mon Aug 12 $111.8K −52% +49% $288.8M 426 $262 60

Tue Aug 13 $129.2K +16% +78% $288.9M 426 $303 61

Wed Aug 14 $100.8K −22% +99% $289.0M 426 $236 62

Thu Aug 15 $97.8K −3% +88% $289.1M 426 $229 63

Fri Aug 16 $145.6K +49% −33% $289.3M 365 $398 64

Sat Aug 17 $211.0K +45% −29% $289.5M 365 $578 65

Sun Aug 18 $155.8K −26% −34% $289.6M 365 $426 66

Mon Aug 19 $60.5K −61% −46% $289.7M 365 $165 67

Tue Aug 20 $66.5K +10% −49% $289.8M 365 $182 68

Wed Aug 21 $55.9K −16% −45% $289.8M 365 $153 69

Thu Aug 22 $59.2K +6% −39% $289.9M 365 $162 70

Fri Aug 23 $101.7K +72% −30% $290.0M 303 $335 71

Sat Aug 24 $154.7K +52% −27% $290.1M 303 $510 72

Sun Aug 25 $97.4K −37% −37% $290.2M 303 $321 73

Mon Aug 26 $36.1K −63% −40% $290.3M 303 $118 74

Tue Aug 27 $33.0K −9% −50% $290.3M 303 $108 75

Wed Aug 28 $29.1K −12% −48% $290.3M 303 $96 76

Thu Aug 29 $32.1K +10% −46% $290.4M 303 $105 77

Fri Aug 30 $69.0K +115% −32% $290.4M 284 $242 78

Sat Aug 31 $110.7K +60% −28% $290.5M 284 $389 79

Sun Sep 1 $110.5K n/c +13% $290.7M 284 $389 80

Mon Sep 2 $100.0K −10% +177% $290.8M 284 $352 81

Tue Sep 3 $19.6K −80% −41% $290.8M 284 $68 82

Wed Sep 4 $17.8K −9% −39% $290.8M 284 $62 83

Thu Sep 5 $17.0K −5% −47% $290.8M 284 $59 84

Fri Sep 6 $31.1K +83% −55% $290.8M 201 $154 85

Sat Sep 7 $56.1K +80% −49% $290.9M 201 $278 86

Sun Sep 8 $33.6K −40% −70% $290.9M 201 $167 87

Mon Sep 9 $8.0K −76% −92% $290.9M 201 $39 88

Tue Sep 10 $9.1K +14% −54% $290.9M 201 $45 89

Wed Sep 11 $9.2K +1% −49% $291.0M 201 $45 90

Thu Sep 12 $8.8K −3% −48% $291.0M 201 $43 91

Fri Sep 13 $17.6K +99% −44% $291.0M 91 $192 92

Sat Sep 14 $27.4K +56% −51% $291.0M 91 $300 93

Sun Sep 15 $16.1K −41% −52% $291.0M 91 $176 94

Mon Sep 16 $5.7K −64% −28% $291.0M 91 $62 95

Tue Sep 17 $6.7K +17% −27% $291.0M 91 $73 96

Wed Sep 18 $5.6K −16% −39% $291.0M 91 $61 97

Thu Sep 19 $5.9K +6% −33% $291.0M 91 $65 98

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

Cumulative total$289.9M

Jun 13Jul 1Jul 18Aug 5Aug 22

Weekend grossWk 10 · $512.3K

$116.6M

$41.3M

$20.7M

$11.4M

$4.7M

$1.8M

$749.2K

$466.6K

$750.3K

$512.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 4,207 → 365 −91.3%

1,000 open365 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −31.7%

−64.6%

W1→2

−49.8%

W2→3

−45.0%

W3→4

−58.7%

W4→5

−61.4%

W5→6

−58.8%

W6→7

−37.7%

W7→8

+60.8%

W8→9

−31.7%

W9→10

Steepest −64.6%Biggest gain +60.8%

Run milestones

$200M in 10 days

$100M

Day 3

Jun 16

$200M

Day 10

Jun 23

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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