Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief backdrop

Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief movie poster

Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning ThiefFollow

2010 • PG • 1h 58m • Adventure, Family, Fantasy • 20th Century Fox

Worlds collide.

🍅 48% 53%

47

2.73

5.9

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$31.20M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$88.80M

Final

Worldwide total

$226.00M

$138.00M international

Domestic legs2.84x

Budget$95.0M

2010 rank#39

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Cast & crew

Full Columbus filmography

Chris Columbus

Chris Columbus Director

Logan Lerman

Logan Lerman Starring

Brandon T. Jackson

Brandon T. Jackson Starring

Alexandra Daddario

Alexandra Daddario Starring

Jake Abel

Jake Abel Starring

Pierce Brosnan

Pierce Brosnan Starring

ScreenplayCraig Titley Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Feb 12-14 3 $31.2M — 3,356 $9,307 $31.2M

2 Feb 19-21 4 $15.3M −51.2% 3,396 $4,491 $58.7M

3 Feb 26-28 5 $9.6M −37.2% 3,302 $2,902 $71.0M

4 Mar 5-7 7 $5.1M −46.5% 2,994 $1,711 $78.1M

5 Mar 12-14 11 $3.1M −39.9% 2,175 $1,415 $82.3M

6 Mar 19-21 16 $1.4M −55.5% 1,348 $1,015 $85.0M

7 Mar 26-28 19 $672.7K −50.8% 790 $851 $86.1M

8 Apr 2-4 21 $323.1K −52.0% 412 $784 $86.7M

9 Apr 9-11 21 $289.0K −10.6% 303 $953 $87.2M

10 Apr 16-18 25 $229.0K −20.7% 301 $760 $87.5M

11 Apr 23-25 24 $235.0K +2.6% 291 $807 $87.7M

12 Apr 30-May 2 24 $197.8K −15.8% 265 $746 $88.0M

13 May 7-9 31 $135.1K −31.7% 221 $611 $88.2M

14 May 14-16 33 $123.2K −8.8% 209 $589 $88.4M

15 May 21-23 35 $90.2K −26.8% 166 $543 $88.5M

16 May 28-30 39 $61.0K −32.4% 108 $564 $88.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Feb 12 #3 $9.6M — $9.6M 3,356 $2,871 1

Sat Feb 13 #2 $11.4M +19% $21.1M 3,356 $3,404 2

Sun Feb 14 #3 $10.2M −11% $31.2M 3,356 $3,031 3

Mon Feb 15 #1 $7.4M −27% $38.7M 3,356 $2,212 4

Tue Feb 16 #2 $1.9M −74% $40.6M 3,356 $568 5

Wed Feb 17 #4 $1.5M −24% $42.0M 3,356 $432 6

Thu Feb 18 #4 $1.4M −1% $43.5M 3,356 $428 7

Fri Feb 19 #3 $4.0M +180% −58% $47.5M 3,396 $1,185 8

Sat Feb 20 #4 $7.0M +73% −39% $54.5M 3,396 $2,055 9

Sun Feb 21 #3 $4.2M −39% −58% $58.7M 3,396 $1,250 10

Mon Feb 22 #5 $717.2K −83% −90% $59.4M 3,396 $211 11

Tue Feb 23 #5 $700.9K −2% −63% $60.1M 3,396 $206 12

Wed Feb 24 #5 $601.9K −14% −59% $60.7M 3,396 $177 13

Thu Feb 25 #4 $680.1K +13% −53% $61.4M 3,396 $200 14

Fri Feb 26 #6 $2.4M +249% −41% $63.8M 3,302 $719 15

Sat Feb 27 #5 $4.6M +94% −34% $68.4M 3,302 $1,397 16

Sun Feb 28 #5 $2.6M −44% −39% $71.0M 3,302 $785 17

Mon Mar 1 #6 $497.0K −81% −31% $71.5M 3,302 $150 18

Tue Mar 2 #6 $512.3K +3% −27% $72.0M 3,302 $155 19

Wed Mar 3 #6 $464.7K −9% −23% $72.5M 3,302 $140 20

Thu Mar 4 #6 $460.8K −1% −32% $72.9M 3,302 $139 21

Fri Mar 5 #8 $1.4M +201% −42% $74.3M 2,994 $462 22

Sat Mar 6 #7 $2.4M +71% −49% $76.7M 2,994 $789 23

Sun Mar 7 #7 $1.4M −42% −47% $78.1M 2,994 $459 24

Mon Mar 8 #8 $269.0K −80% −46% $78.3M 2,994 $89 25

Tue Mar 9 #9 $288.2K +7% −44% $78.6M 2,994 $96 26

Wed Mar 10 #9 $271.7K −6% −42% $78.9M 2,994 $90 27

Thu Mar 11 #8 $306.4K +13% −34% $79.2M 2,994 $102 28

Fri Mar 12 #12 $774.7K +153% −44% $80.0M 2,175 $356 29

Sat Mar 13 #11 $1.4M +82% −40% $81.4M 2,175 $647 30

Sun Mar 14 #11 $895.3K −36% −35% $82.3M 2,175 $411 31

Mon Mar 15 #11 $331.8K −63% +23% $82.6M 2,175 $152 32

Tue Mar 16 #11 $391.6K +18% +36% $83.0M 2,175 $180 33

Wed Mar 17 #10 $334.4K −15% +23% $83.3M 2,175 $153 34

Thu Mar 18 #11 $342.0K +2% +12% $83.7M 2,175 $157 35

Fri Mar 19 #15 $395.2K +16% −49% $84.1M 1,348 $293 36

Sat Mar 20 #16 $577.6K +46% −59% $84.6M 1,348 $428 37

Sun Mar 21 #13 $395.6K −32% −56% $85.0M 1,348 $293 38

Mon Mar 22 #16 $102.2K −74% −69% $85.1M 1,348 $75 39

Tue Mar 23 #16 $91.4K −10% −77% $85.2M 1,348 $67 40

Wed Mar 24 #16 $89.3K −2% −73% $85.3M 1,348 $66 41

Thu Mar 25 #16 $112.1K +25% −67% $85.4M 1,348 $83 42

Fri Mar 26 $190.3K +70% −52% $85.6M 790 $240 43

Sat Mar 27 $286.8K +51% −50% $85.9M 790 $363 44

Sun Mar 28 $195.6K −32% −51% $86.1M 790 $247 45

Mon Mar 29 $72.9K −63% −29% $86.2M 790 $92 46

Tue Mar 30 $70.4K −3% −23% $86.2M 790 $89 47

Wed Mar 31 $54.3K −23% −39% $86.3M 654 $83 48

Thu Apr 1 $68.1K +25% −39% $86.4M 654 $104 49

Fri Apr 2 $133.1K +96% −30% $86.5M 412 $323 50

Sat Apr 3 $128.3K −4% −55% $86.6M 412 $311 51

Sun Apr 4 $61.6K −52% −68% $86.7M 412 $149 52

Mon Apr 5 $48.9K −21% −33% $86.7M 412 $118 53

Tue Apr 6 $41.4K −15% −41% $86.8M 412 $100 54

Wed Apr 7 $39.1K −6% −28% $86.8M 412 $94 55

Thu Apr 8 $45.7K +17% −33% $86.9M 412 $110 56

Fri Apr 9 $90.3K +98% −32% $87.0M 303 $297 57

Sat Apr 10 $137.0K +52% +7% $87.1M 303 $452 58

Sun Apr 11 $61.7K −55% n/c $87.2M 303 $203 59

Mon Apr 12 $18.0K −71% −63% $87.2M 303 $59 60

Tue Apr 13 $15.6K −14% −62% $87.2M 303 $51 61

Wed Apr 14 $13.4K −14% −66% $87.2M 303 $44 62

Thu Apr 15 $15.9K +19% −65% $87.2M 303 $52 63

Fri Apr 16 $59.6K +275% −34% $87.3M 301 $197 64

Sat Apr 17 $108.6K +82% −21% $87.4M 301 $360 65

Sun Apr 18 $60.8K −44% −1% $87.5M 301 $201 66

Mon Apr 19 $16.4K −73% −9% $87.5M 301 $54 67

Tue Apr 20 $16.2K −1% +4% $87.5M 301 $53 68

Wed Apr 21 $15.7K −3% +17% $87.5M 301 $52 69

Thu Apr 22 $15.2K −3% −4% $87.5M 301 $50 70

Fri Apr 23 $59.2K +289% −1% $87.6M 291 $203 71

Sat Apr 24 $108.4K +83% n/c $87.7M 291 $372 72

Sun Apr 25 $67.4K −38% +11% $87.7M 291 $231 73

Mon Apr 26 $14.4K −79% −12% $87.8M 291 $49 74

Tue Apr 27 $13.5K −7% −17% $87.8M 291 $46 75

Wed Apr 28 $12.5K −7% −20% $87.8M 291 $43 76

Thu Apr 29 $14.3K +14% −6% $87.8M 291 $49 77

Fri Apr 30 $53.7K +275% −9% $87.9M 265 $202 78

Sat May 1 $88.1K +64% −19% $87.9M 265 $332 79

Sun May 2 $56.0K −36% −17% $88.0M 265 $211 80

Mon May 3 $13.4K −76% −7% $88.0M 265 $50 81

Tue May 4 $12.7K −5% −6% $88.0M 265 $48 82

Wed May 5 $10.7K −16% −15% $88.0M 265 $40 83

Thu May 6 $12.7K +19% −11% $88.1M 265 $47 84

Fri May 7 $32.8K +159% −39% $88.1M 221 $148 85

Sat May 8 $58.0K +77% −34% $88.1M 221 $262 86

Sun May 9 $44.3K −24% −21% $88.2M 221 $200 87

Mon May 10 $9.9K −78% −27% $88.2M 221 $44 88

Tue May 11 $11.2K +13% −12% $88.2M 221 $50 89

Wed May 12 $11.6K +4% +8% $88.2M 221 $52 90

Thu May 13 $11.8K +1% −7% $88.2M 221 $53 91

Fri May 14 $31.8K +170% −3% $88.3M 209 $152 92

Sat May 15 $56.1K +77% −3% $88.3M 209 $268 93

Sun May 16 $35.3K −37% −20% $88.4M 209 $168 94

Mon May 17 $8.5K −76% −14% $88.4M 209 $40 95

Tue May 18 $9.2K +9% −18% $88.4M 209 $44 96

Wed May 19 $8.2K −11% −29% $88.4M 209 $39 97

Thu May 20 $10.1K +23% −14% $88.4M 209 $48 98

Fri May 21 $23.6K +134% −26% $88.4M 166 $142 99

Sat May 22 $42.6K +80% −24% $88.5M 166 $256 100

Sun May 23 $24.0K −44% −32% $88.5M 166 $144 101

Mon May 24 $10.2K −57% +21% $88.5M 166 $61 102

Tue May 25 $9.1K −11% −2% $88.5M 166 $54 103

Wed May 26 $9.2K +1% +12% $88.5M 166 $55 104

Thu May 27 $11.1K +21% +9% $88.5M 166 $66 105

Fri May 28 $17.9K +62% −24% $88.5M 108 $165 106

Sat May 29 $25.2K +41% −41% $88.6M 108 $233 107

Sun May 30 $17.9K −29% −25% $88.6M 108 $165 108

Mon May 31 #37 $22.0K +23% +115% $88.6M 108 $203 109

Tue Jun 1 $7.2K −67% −21% $88.6M 108 $66 110

Wed Jun 2 $6.6K −8% −28% $88.6M 108 $61 111

Thu Jun 3 $7.2K +9% −35% $88.6M 108 $66 112

Fri Jun 4 $11.8K +63% −34% $88.6M 81 $145 113

Sat Jun 5 $17.8K +51% −29% $88.7M 81 $219 114

Sun Jun 6 $11.4K −36% −36% $88.7M 81 $141 115

Mon Jun 7 $5.4K −53% −76% $88.7M 81 $66 116

Tue Jun 8 $6.7K +24% −7% $88.7M 81 $82 117

Wed Jun 9 $7.6K +14% +15% $88.7M 81 $94 118

Thu Jun 10 $6.9K −9% −4% $88.7M 81 $85 119

Fri Jun 11 $9.1K +31% −23% $88.7M 43 $211 120

Sat Jun 12 $11.2K +23% −37% $88.7M 43 $259 121

Sun Jun 13 $6.8K −39% −41% $88.7M 43 $157 122

Mon Jun 14 $3.0K −56% −44% $88.7M 43 $69 123

Tue Jun 15 $3.5K +18% −47% $88.7M 43 $81 124

Wed Jun 16 $2.8K −22% −64% $88.7M 43 $63 125

Thu Jun 17 $3.3K +20% −53% $88.7M 43 $76 126

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

Cumulative total$87.5M

Feb 12Mar 1Mar 19Apr 5Apr 22

Weekend grossWk 10 · $229.0K

$31.2M

$15.3M

$9.6M

$5.1M

$3.1M

$1.4M

$672.7K

$323.1K

$289.0K

$229.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,396 → 301 −91.1%

3,356 open301 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −20.7%

−51.2%

W1→2

−37.2%

W2→3

−46.5%

W3→4

−39.9%

W4→5

−55.5%

W5→6

−50.8%

W6→7

−52.0%

W7→8

−10.6%

W8→9

−20.7%

W9→10

Steepest −55.5%Best hold −10.6%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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