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2005 • R • 2h 44m • Drama, History, Thriller • Universal Pictures

The world was watching in 1972 as 11 Israeli athletes were murdered at the Munich Olympics. This is the story of what happened next.

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74

3.81

7.5

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$4.20M

Limited · 532 theaters

Domestic total

$47.40M

Final

Worldwide total

$131.00M

$83.60M international

Domestic legs6.3x from $7.6M first wide weekend

Budget$70.0M

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Cast & crew

Full Spielberg filmography

Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg Director

Eric Bana

Eric Bana Starring

Daniel Craig

Daniel Craig Starring

Ciarán Hinds

Ciarán Hinds Starring

Mathieu Kassovitz

Mathieu Kassovitz Starring

Ayelet Zurer

Ayelet Zurer Starring

ScreenplayTony Kushner, Eric Roth Produced bySteven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Barry Mendel, Colin Wilson CinematographyJanusz Kamiński MusicJohn Williams StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 23-25 8 $4.2M — 532 $7,805 $4.2M

2 Dec 30-Jan 1 10 $4.8M +14.6% 532 $8,944 $14.3M

3 Jan 6-8 6 $7.6M +59.0% 1,485 $5,095 $25.4M

4 Jan 13-15 11 $5.0M −33.5% 1,498 $3,360 $32.9M

5 Jan 20-22 14 $3.0M −39.8% 1,437 $2,110 $38.0M

6 Jan 27-29 18 $1.7M −44.9% 980 $1,704 $40.6M

7 Feb 3-5 16 $1.7M +0.3% 1,151 $1,455 $43.0M

8 Feb 10-12 20 $783.5K −53.2% 546 $1,435 $44.3M

9 Feb 17-19 21 $667.0K −14.9% 380 $1,755 $45.3M

10 Feb 24-26 25 $502.4K −24.7% 325 $1,545 $46.1M

11 Mar 3-5 27 $449.6K −10.5% 281 $1,600 $46.7M

12 Mar 10-12 34 $230.8K −48.7% 171 $1,350 $47.1M

13 Mar 17-19 47 $93.4K −59.5% 104 $898 $47.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 23 #9 $1.4M — $1.4M 532 $2,580 1

Sat Dec 24 #7 $1.1M −22% $2.4M 532 $2,020 2

Sun Dec 25 #10 $1.7M +59% $4.2M 532 $3,205 3

Mon Dec 26 #11 $1.9M +11% $6.0M 532 $3,550 4

Wed Dec 28 #10 $1.1M — $8.4M 532 $2,085 6

Thu Dec 29 #10 $1.1M +3% $9.5M 532 $2,149 7

Fri Dec 30 #10 $1.5M +33% +11% $11.0M 532 $2,860 8

Sat Dec 31 #10 $1.2M −18% +16% $12.3M 532 $2,334 9

Sun Jan 1 #9 $2.0M +61% +17% $14.3M 532 $3,749 10

Mon Jan 2 #10 $1.7M −16% −11% $15.9M 532 $3,155 11

Tue Jan 3 #9 $657.0K −61% $16.6M 532 $1,235 12

Wed Jan 4 #10 $503.0K −23% −55% $17.1M 532 $945 13

Thu Jan 5 #8 $675.6K +34% −41% $17.8M 532 $1,270 14

Fri Jan 6 #5 $2.3M +241% +51% $20.1M 1,485 $1,550 15

Sat Jan 7 #6 $3.2M +40% +160% $23.3M 1,485 $2,175 16

Sun Jan 8 #6 $2.0M −37% +2% $25.4M 1,485 $1,370 17

Mon Jan 9 #5 $660.8K −68% −61% $26.0M 1,485 $445 18

Tue Jan 10 #6 $653.2K −1% −1% $26.7M 1,485 $439 19

Wed Jan 11 #6 $624.2K −4% +24% $27.3M 1,485 $420 20

Thu Jan 12 #6 $608.9K −2% −10% $27.9M 1,485 $410 21

Fri Jan 13 #10 $1.4M +126% −40% $29.3M 1,498 $920 22

Mon Jan 16 #11 $876.3K — +33% $33.8M 1,498 $585 25

Tue Jan 17 #10 $382.0K −56% −42% $34.2M 1,498 $255 26

Wed Jan 18 #9 $381.5K n/c −39% $34.6M 1,498 $254 27

Thu Jan 19 #9 $382.3K n/c −37% $35.0M 1,498 $255 28

Mon Feb 20 #22 $134.9K — $45.4M 380 $355 60

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

Cumulative total$45.4M

Dec 23Dec 30Jan 6Jan 12Feb 20

Weekend grossWk 10 · $502.4K

$4.2M

$4.8M

$7.6M

$5.0M

$3.0M

$1.7M

$1.7M

$783.5K

$667.0K

$502.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,498 → 380 −74.6%

532 open380 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −24.7%

+14.6%

W1→2

+59.0%

W2→3

−33.5%

W3→4

−39.8%

W4→5

−44.9%

W5→6

+0.3%

W6→7

−53.2%

W7→8

−14.9%

W8→9

−24.7%

W9→10

Steepest −53.2%Biggest gain +59.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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