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Never Let Me GoFollow

2010 • R • 2h 0m • Drama • Fox Searchlight Pictures

These students have everything they need. Except time.

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$112K

Limited · 4 theaters

Domestic total

$2.40M

Final

Worldwide total

$11.20M

$8.80M international

Budget$15.0M

Domestic legs7.0x from $346K biggest weekend

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Cast & crew

Full Romanek filmography

Mark Romanek

Mark Romanek Director

Carey Mulligan

Carey Mulligan Starring

Keira Knightley

Keira Knightley Starring

Andrew Garfield

Andrew Garfield Starring

Charlotte Rampling

Charlotte Rampling Starring

Sally Hawkins

Sally Hawkins Starring

ScreenplayAlex Garland Produced byAndrew Macdonald, Allon Reich CinematographyAdam Kimmel MusicRachel Portman StudioFox Searchlight Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 17-19 42 $111.7K — 4 $27,933 $156.7K

2 Sep 24-26 28 $241.9K +117% 26 $9,305 $438.5K

3 Oct 1-3 30 $186.6K −23% 43 $4,338 $723.9K

4 Oct 8-10 22 $345.7K +85% 167 $2,070 $1.1M

5 Oct 15-17 24 $327.1K −5% 232 $1,409 $1.7M

6 Oct 22-24 29 $191.2K −42% 178 $1,074 $2.0M

7 Oct 29-31 35 $91.7K −52% 126 $727 $2.2M

8 Nov 5-7 44 $41.9K −54% 51 $821 $2.3M

9 Nov 12-14 52 $24.7K −41% 32 $771 $2.3M

10 Nov 19-21 57 $10.6K −57% 18 $586 $2.4M

11 Nov 26-28 55 $15.4K +46% 13 $1,188 $2.4M

12 Dec 3-5 65 $10.7K −31% 16 $670 $2.4M

13 Dec 10-12 63 $8.9K −17% 19 $466 $2.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Sep 15 #- $25.1K — $25.1K 4 $6,280 -2

Thu Sep 16 #- $19.9K −21% $45.0K 4 $4,969 -1

Fri Sep 17 #- $33.5K +68% $78.5K 4 $8,374 1

Sat Sep 18 #- $45.3K +35% $123.8K 4 $11,333 2

Sun Sep 19 #- $32.9K −27% $156.7K 4 $8,226 3

Mon Sep 20 #- $10.5K −68% $167.2K 4 $2,618 4

Tue Sep 21 #- $9.6K −8% $176.8K 4 $2,406 5

Wed Sep 22 #- $10.0K +4% −60% $186.8K 4 $2,499 6

Thu Sep 23 #- $9.8K −2% −51% $196.6K 4 $2,440 7

Fri Sep 24 #- $67.9K +596% +103% $264.5K 26 $2,613 8

Sat Sep 25 #- $103.0K +52% +127% $367.6K 26 $3,962 9

Sun Sep 26 #- $71.0K −31% +116% $438.5K 26 $2,729 10

Mon Sep 27 #- $25.9K −64% +147% $464.4K 26 $995 11

Tue Sep 28 #- $25.1K −3% +161% $489.5K 26 $964 12

Wed Sep 29 #- $23.8K −5% +138% $513.3K 26 $915 13

Thu Sep 30 #- $24.0K +1% +146% $537.3K 26 $923 14

Fri Oct 1 #- $54.1K +125% −20% $591.4K 43 $1,257 15

Sat Oct 2 #- $79.4K +47% −23% $670.8K 43 $1,846 16

Sun Oct 3 #- $53.1K −33% −25% $723.9K 43 $1,233 17

Mon Oct 4 #- $18.3K −65% −29% $742.2K 43 $426 18

Tue Oct 5 #- $22.0K +20% −12% $764.2K 43 $510 19

Wed Oct 6 #- $20.1K −8% −15% $784.3K 43 $468 20

Thu Oct 7 #- $19.7K −2% −18% $804.0K 43 $457 21

Fri Oct 8 #- $98.9K +403% +83% $902.8K 167 $592 22

Sat Oct 9 #- $144.7K +46% +82% $1.0M 167 $866 23

Sun Oct 10 #- $102.1K −29% +92% $1.1M 167 $611 24

Mon Oct 11 #- $57.1K −44% +211% $1.2M 167 $341 25

Tue Oct 12 #- $45.4K −20% +107% $1.3M 167 $271 26

Wed Oct 13 #- $39.9K −12% +98% $1.3M 167 $238 27

Thu Oct 14 #- $41.2K +3% +110% $1.3M 167 $246 28

Fri Oct 15 #- $98.8K +140% −0% $1.4M 232 $425 29

Sat Oct 16 #- $140.5K +42% −3% $1.6M 232 $605 30

Sun Oct 17 #- $87.8K −38% −14% $1.7M 232 $378 31

Mon Oct 18 #- $34.5K −61% −40% $1.7M 232 $148 32

Tue Oct 19 #- $40.1K +16% −12% $1.7M 232 $173 33

Wed Oct 20 #- $37.1K −8% −7% $1.8M 232 $159 34

Thu Oct 21 #- $41.0K +11% −1% $1.8M 232 $176 35

Fri Oct 22 #- $56.6K +38% −43% $1.9M 178 $318 36

Sat Oct 23 #- $79.1K +40% −44% $1.9M 178 $444 37

Sun Oct 24 #- $55.5K −30% −37% $2.0M 178 $311 38

Mon Oct 25 #- $19.6K −65% −43% $2.0M 178 $110 39

Tue Oct 26 #- $22.0K +12% −45% $2.0M 178 $123 40

Wed Oct 27 #- $22.0K +0% −41% $2.1M 178 $123 41

Thu Oct 28 #- $24.1K +9% −41% $2.1M 178 $135 42

Fri Oct 29 #- $29.2K +21% −48% $2.1M 126 $231 43

Sat Oct 30 #- $37.3K +28% −53% $2.2M 126 $296 44

Sun Oct 31 #- $25.2K −33% −55% $2.2M 126 $199 45

Mon Nov 1 #- $11.3K −55% −43% $2.2M 126 $89 46

Tue Nov 2 #- $15.0K +33% −32% $2.2M 126 $118 47

Wed Nov 3 #- $15.1K +1% −32% $2.2M 126 $119 48

Thu Nov 4 #- $17.4K +15% −28% $2.2M 126 $137 49

Fri Nov 5 #- $11.1K −36% −62% $2.3M 51 $218 50

Sat Nov 6 #- $19.1K +71% −49% $2.3M 51 $373 51

Sun Nov 7 #- $11.7K −39% −54% $2.3M 51 $229 52

Mon Nov 8 #- $4.3K −63% −62% $2.3M 51 $84 53

Tue Nov 9 #- $6.0K +38% −60% $2.3M 51 $116 54

Wed Nov 10 #- $5.0K −16% −67% $2.3M 51 $97 55

Thu Nov 11 #- $7.1K +43% −59% $2.3M 51 $140 56

Fri Nov 12 #- $6.9K −4% −38% $2.3M 32 $215 57

Sat Nov 13 #- $11.5K +66% −40% $2.3M 32 $357 58

Sun Nov 14 #- $6.3K −45% −46% $2.3M 32 $197 59

Mon Nov 15 #- $2.2K −66% −50% $2.3M 32 $67 60

Tue Nov 16 #- $3.0K +37% −50% $2.3M 32 $92 61

Wed Nov 17 #- $3.1K +6% −37% $2.3M 32 $97 62

Thu Nov 18 #- $3.2K +2% −55% $2.3M 32 $99 63

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

Cumulative total$2.3M

Sep 15Oct 1Oct 17Nov 2Nov 18

Weekend grossWk 10 · $10.6K

$111.7K

$241.9K

$186.6K

$345.7K

$327.1K

$191.2K

$91.7K

$41.9K

$24.7K

$10.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 232 → 32 −86.2%

4 open32 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −57%

+117%

W1→2

−23%

W2→3

+85%

W3→4

−5%

W4→5

−42%

W5→6

−52%

W6→7

−54%

W7→8

−41%

W8→9

−57%

W9→10

Steepest −57%Biggest gain +117%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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